Liu Taozi took a few steps forward.

He drove almost against the knight in front of him, then slowly lowered his head.

"Do you want to kill me?"

He Shikai took a few steps back and almost hit the wooden door behind him. He sneered and said: "The dignified General Liu is a confidant of the Prime Minister. How can I be so capable?"

"It's just that I can't kill him, but my king might be able to kill him."

"Is it King Changguang who wants to kill me?"

He Shikai pursed his lips, "Why is General Liu so aggressive?"

"General, you may not know that your father and the king of my family have been friends for many years, and the two of them are quite close."

He Shikai opened his mouth and said: "My king also attaches great importance to you and thinks that you are a great talent in governing the country. My general is lacking a position to join the army. As long as the general is willing, my king himself will step in to the prime minister's side.

how?"

"The general is just a seventh-grade official at the moment. How can it be compared to joining the army by the king's side?"

"Isn't it very convenient to be with the king, whether it is getting rich or getting promoted?"

"It is really jealous that the king attaches so much importance to the general. I have been unhappy with the general, but I still hope that the general will not care about these grudges. We will work together for the king. The king is a man who will never be stingy with his left and right."

He Shikai forced out a very kind smile and slowly stretched out his hand, wanting to hold Liu Taozi's hand.

Liu Taozi took a step back and distanced himself. His face was calm, "I wonder why the king wants to call me to join the army?"

"That's because I value the general."

"What do you value in me?"

"I don't know, maybe the general is valued because he can kill people. Why does the general want to do so much? Isn't it a good thing that people like us can be valued by others?"

"Go from here to Yecheng to join the army of the royal palace. This is a great leap forward. You don't need to make any new achievements. As long as you can make the king happy, not to mention being a town general, even being a Kaifu Yitong Sansi."

No way."

He Shikai's voice was very gentle and slowly leading.

"General, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Go back and thank your Majesty for me. It's just that I am not very talented and cannot be reused, so I will not show my shame in front of Your Majesty."

He Shikai was stunned, and he quickly asked: "What is the general talking about??"

He suddenly turned angry, "General, are you looking down on my king?"

"Do you really think that my king is as virtuous as that Huiluo?! Huiluo can't kill you, but my king might be able to?!"

Liu Taozi looked at him calmly and said nothing.

He Shikai was shocked and angry. He blocked the door and said, "Liu Taozi! Don't be so presumptuous!!"

"Those who obey my great king will live, and those who go against others will die!!"

Liu Taozi walked up to He Shikai again, reached out and grabbed his shoulders, lifted him up like a chicken, then put him aside, opened the door, and walked in directly.

He Shikai froze on the spot, looking at Liu Taozi who had closed the door.

His face was red and his whole body was shaking.

Thinking of the confident promise he made to the king before leaving, his eyes were filled with fire at this moment.

Suddenly, he burst out laughing in anger.

"It's my incompetence, incompetence, that failed to persuade the general to obey the king. The general has backbone! He has backbone!!"

He laughed and turned to leave.

This laughter was so unscrupulous that the surrounding military officers all looked over to see him.

At this moment, Wang Chong in the room was holding a document, listening to the noise outside, and curiously asked: "General, who is that person?"

Wang Chong was an old official brought by Liu Taozi from Liyang. After Tian Zili, Cui Gang and others left, he came to take charge of the clerical work.

"A person from King Changguang."

"General, King Changguang is extremely powerful. Unlike Huiluo and others, he is the direct son of Emperor Shenwu. You don't dare to provoke him."

"I didn't provoke him."

Liu Taozi didn't say any more and simply asked: "Have you checked it out?"

Wang Chong nodded, and quickly placed the thick document in his hand in front of Liu Taozi. He repeated this several times, and Liu Taozi's case was filled with documents.

"General, look, here are the preliminary statistics from various places. In the garrison towns on the frontier, there are 236,213 civilians."

"It's completely different from the results of Tianbao's eight years."

Liu Taozi's brows twitched.

"Let the garrison commanders in various places complete the auxiliary staff, and we can no longer let you run around and do things on their behalf."

"only!"

"Is there any news from Zili and the others?"

"Not yet."

"Well, keep going to work."

"only!"

Wang Chong left the document behind and carefully left the place.

Liu Taozi sat down and picked up the documents in front of her. Each piece of paper was filled with names of people, and some stated when they came and where they came from.

Some wrote age and appearance.

Some only have names and nothing else.

A thick pile of paper occupies the entire wooden case, but a piece of light paper is filled with the brokenness of countless families and the cries of countless people.

On top of the white paper and black words, you can vaguely see the abandoned farmland, the crazy old woman, the child who is waiting to be fed, the father exposed to the sun, and the woman looking into the distance with tears in her eyes.

"Boom."

A gentle knock on the door interrupted Liu Taozi's contemplation.

"Come in."

The wooden door was pushed open again, Kou Liu walked in quickly, closed the door, walked up to Liu Taozi, and bowed to see her.

"Brother!"

"How's the situation over there?"

"Hui Luo has already left. An angel came today. I saw Hui Luo get into the car, with knights guarding him in front and behind, leaving the county and heading south."

"Well, leave some people in the city and you can come back."

"Brother, there is one more thing."

"oh?"

"Today, a group of people walked in from the south city gate with great momentum. They came almost at the same time as the angels. Judging from their clothes, they seemed to be Turks. They entered the official office, but came out quickly. Now they live in the city.

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"I don't want to evacuate in a hurry. I'll keep an eye on them for a few more days. My brother sent troops earlier. Maybe they came for him."

Liu Taozi slowly raised her head and looked at Kou Liu's red, bloodshot eyes.

"No need."

"I'll give you three days off. You can go to bed."

"this"

"Um?"

"only!!!"

The sun is glaring and the surrounding area is extremely dry.

A huge team was walking on the official road.

Lou Rui was riding a war horse, blocking the dazzling light with his hands, muttering something, and his face was mostly unhappy.

Tian Zili walked beside Lou Rui, while Cui Gang walked behind.

Tian Zili asked with a smile: "Provincial Governor, could it be that you can't stand the climate in this frontier?"

Lou Rui smiled and said, "How can this place be as good as the Central Plains? It's either hot or cold. I haven't been here for many years. What city did you just say it was?"

"Zhaoyuan."

"Oh, it's all Yang Min's fault. The name of this county has been changed over and over again, and its ownership is also constantly changing. Just talking about the name, I don't know where it is."

Tian Zili lowered his head and did not answer the question.

This time Lou Rui went on an expedition, but it was no longer the same scale as before. There were more than a thousand knights arrayed in front and behind him, with an extraordinary momentum. Of course, the most trusted people were still only those dozens of people.
To be continued...