Pei Jing got off the horse, untied a leather bag from the saddle, came to Du Fu, and handed it to him. Du Fu took the skin in his hand, heavy.

"So that Jun Te ordered to go down and offer hundreds of gold, Du Lang settled down with a small family, and had no worries. ”

In fact, when he took over the skin, Du Fu had already guessed what was in it. Pei Jing's words only confirmed his guess.

Giving 100 gold before leaving, for Du Fu, it is like sending charcoal in the snow. He was worried about settling his family, and Qin Jin solved this unavoidable problem.

Du Fu is not a person who loves money, and 100 gold is by no means a decimal, but the heart contained in this skin made him moved.

"Thank you for your concern, Du Fu is ashamed!"

He is not a hypocritical person, and he will not refuse to use this money to take care of his family.

Pei Jing had a good sense of this official, so he smiled and said: "Du Lang is willing to risk his life, and Pei is also very respectful." ”

Feng Yijun's situation has long been spread within the Shenwu Army, and they all know that this time, the pressure of the rebels facing them is no worse than that of Tongguan, Du Fu dared to go to the dangerous place with Qin Jin, and this courage alone is impressive. The previous poor and pedantic image has also been stripped clean.

Saying that, Pei Jing approached Du Fu again, and said loudly: "Go down and be thirsty, ask Du Langzhong for a glass of water to drink......

Du Fu suddenly realized, patted his head, and bowed down to let Pei Jing go to the courtyard.

After Pei Jing entered the main hall, Du Fu ordered Yang to boil water and serve tea.

"Du Langzhong thinks, what is the current situation in Chang'an?"

As soon as he sat down, Pei Jing asked a question without a head. This made Du Fu stunned for a while, and then replied thoughtfully: "In fact, Chang'an is like a pool of mud, and like a rotten ship, it is difficult to return......" Then, he shook his head again, expressing his sigh.

"The hero sees the same thing, Pei Jing has already been in this smoky Chang'an enough, and leaving Chang'an is like a fish entering the sea!"

Du Fu still shook his head.

"Out of Chang'an, you don't necessarily be able to act happily. ”

Pei Jing obviously agreed with Du Fu's statement, nodded, and slapped his thigh with another palm.

"Who said no! The local officials are no different from the officials of the imperial court, and they will inevitably be constrained when the time comes!"

With the courage of the king, no one in the local area dared to twist it. Besides, the envoy will not give those people a chance. What Du is worried about is food!"

Guanzhong has always been short of grain, and when the harvest is not good, the Son of Heaven will often lead the powerful officials of Chang'an to Luoyang to eat. This year, seeing that there is not a drop of rain, it is a sure thing that the harvest will be lower than usual. And the war is fought with money and food, and the Shenwu Army has arrived in Feng Yi's Pujin, and after a long time, I don't know what unexpected problems will arise.

However, without waiting for Du Fu to go deeper into this topic, Pei Jing changed his words again and bypassed.

"I don't know how Du Langzhong plans to settle his family?"

Du Fu pondered for a while and said: "Feng Yi is afraid of being swordsman, Du plans to leave his son and children in Chang'an, so that they can avoid the suffering, after all, there are still some old things in Chang'an, and it is very convenient to take care of them." ”

Pei Jing nodded again, then stopped talking, he picked up the tea soup that had just been cooked, took two sips, and then exclaimed: "Good tea soup, the summer thirst is quenched, this is goodbye!"

Du Fu hurriedly got up to see him off, and after sending Pei Jing away, Yang came behind him and asked with a puzzled face: "This Captain Pei is obviously not here to beg for water to drink, but it's really strange to sit down and pick up some gossip." ”

Du Fu was also a little confused about his wife's doubts, but he always felt that the other party's main purpose was to give money, and as for what the basis was, he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Du Fu pointed to the skin on the case.

"This is the hundred gold that Qin Envoy Jun just sent, you have collected it, after your husband arrives at Feng Yi, it will be enough for the family to use for a year!"

Yang's voice trembled a little.

"Doesn't the husband really plan to take the concubine mother and son to Feng Yi?"

"Well, I won't take you this time, there is a big drought in Guanzhong this year, the grain harvest is not good, and I am afraid that I will have money when I leave Chang'an, and it will be a problem to buy food. ”

Speaking of the food issue, Du Fu immediately gave another admonition.

"Half of the hundred gold is taken out and all is exchanged for food. The remaining half is put away in case of emergency. ”

Yang nodded, indicating that he had written it down.

Speaking of the lack of grain harvest, Du Fu immediately realized that the price of grain in Chang'an would soon skyrocket, if he did not buy grain as early as possible for reserves, otherwise in the autumn and winter, the green and yellow will not be harvested, and under the soaring temperature, he is afraid that he will not be able to buy much grain with a hundred gold.

Early the next morning, Du Fu was about to go out to the East Market to inquire about the price of grain, but the only old servant in the house came to report urgently:

"Gao Yushi, who came yesterday, has arrived!"

"It's Brother Zhongwu, please!" Before the words fell, Du Fu said again: "Slow, I'll invite you personally!"

Hearing that Gao Shi came to visit early in the morning, Du Fu dispelled the idea of going to Dongshi and decided to have a long talk with this friend who had not seen him for a long time.

After a moment's effort, Gao Shi appeared in Du Fu's field of vision.

"Brother Zhongwu, after a half-year, are you still fine?"

The two were very excited to meet. Gao Shi strode into the courtyard, and at the same time sighed: "I can't think of half a year's effort, this Chang'an City has been turned upside down!"

Gao Du and the two never shy away from the situation when they were together in private, and after they sat down in the living room, they sometimes talked about it in a high-pitched and sometimes low-pitched way for most of the hour.

Compared with when Pei Jing was there, Du Fu burned a lot of scruples, and he naturally spoke more openly. He told the events that Chang'an had experienced for more than a month, 1510, and finally sighed.

"If the Son of Heaven can eradicate the traitors as soon as possible, why would the prince be forced to rebel, and why would Qin Envoy invite himself out?"

Gao Shi was silent for a long time, and then responded disapprenanently.

"Brother Zimei's words are wrong. For the Son of Heaven, whoever is close and who is distant has a scale in his heart. Whether it is a traitor or a loyal minister, if it is not used, it will be in vain, and if it can be used, there is no difference between a traitor and a loyal minister!"

These words made Du Fu stunned for a while, it was not the first time he had heard someone say this, as early as yesterday, Wei Ji also said this to him, although there were quite discrepancies in the words, but the final intention was roughly the same.

Gao Shi didn't wait for Du Fu to answer, and said again: "Qin Envoy Jun can retreat bravely and invite himself out, which is really a good move to retreat!"

Du Fu was very surprised.

"Wasn't he persecuted by the Son of Heaven?"

Gao Shi shook his head.

"Yes and no. ”

"What is this saying? I haven't seen you for half a year, and Brother Zhongwu has also learned to play dumb riddles......

"If Gao's expectations are correct, this Qin envoy is a person with great ambitions, in the mud of Chang'an, in addition to wasting time in vain, fighting for power and profit, I am afraid that there will be no chance to do other ......"

Gao Shi's speculation was very novel, which made Du Fu also look at Qin Jin from another angle, maybe he had never understood this young but repeatedly blockbuster Qin envoy. Thinking about it carefully, Gao Shi's statement is also very reasonable, which just explains why Qin Jin invited himself to go out when he had an advantage.

Obviously, Gao Shi's evaluation of Qin Jin is obviously not low.

"Brother Shu miscalculated the chess this time, I'm afraid that the trouble won't be small......"

Gao Shi suddenly mentioned Ge Shuhan who was far away in Tongguan. This made Du Fu surprised again.

"Ge Shuhan, the old man has always been loyal and brave, and he has a heavy army, he, what trouble can he have?"

Gao Shi smiled bitterly: "Brother Zimei is too upright to see the filth and sinister of this officialdom. In short, it is not easy to get through this level safely. ”

The atmosphere in the room was a little dull, and after Gao Du and the two didn't meet again, they had been discussing the current and future situation in Chang'an before they even talked about the old days.

"Since Brother Zhongwu has been repeatedly excluded in the Tongguan army, why don't you take this opportunity to operate and leave Ge Shuhan's sight. ”

In Du Fu's opinion, Gao Shi has been an official for many years and is quite capable, but he is suffering from lack of ambition, and now he has not even been able to cross the threshold of the five grades, so he already has the heart to recommend this person to Qin Jin.

Who knew that Gao Shi shook his head and refused.

"Gao was ordered by the old minister to return to Beijing, how could he escape halfway? ”

The people of the world, especially the officials, value reputation the most. Sometimes it can even be said that the size of the reputation determines the size of the official rank. If Gao Shi took the opportunity to seek to leave at this time, it would be tantamount to turning his back on Ge Shuhan's explanation, which would be very detrimental to his reputation.

"Before returning to Chang'an, the situation of the Shandong rebellion had been discovered, and it was said that the army had gathered in Hongnong, Shaanxi. A big war is about to break out in a short period of time. Brother Zimei followed Qin envoy Jun to Fengyi County, but it was not necessarily safe, and there was already news that the rebels had captured half of Hedong. ”

In this regard, Du Fu was not surprised, and even had been mentally prepared for a long time, so he behaved very calmly. This surprised Gao Shi.

"Could it be that Brother Zimei has already learned the news?"

You must know that these messages are highly confidential, and even the Son of Heaven's knowledge of the inside story is limited. Ge Shuhan's strict blockade of the news was not intended to deceive the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials, but he did not want these news to have an adverse impact on the morale of the people in Guanzhong.

But now that even Du Fu knows the news, there will be no fewer people in the court who know.

"Brother Wei also listened to what Qin Envoy Jun said, and Qin Envoy Jun has repeatedly told him not to leak it!"

Qin Jin learned from Pei Jing's report that Du Fu's friend Gao Shi had returned to Chang'an from Tongguan, and considering that this was another historical celebrity whose name he could name, he had the heart to pay a visit. But before the people could get out of the barracks, Lu Qi rushed to look for him angrily.

"Envoy, Yang Guozhong's bad intentions made it clear that he wanted to embarrass our Shenwu Army, and this evil breath is really hard to swallow. ”

"Brother Lu said slowly, what kind of moth did Yang Guozhong toss again?"

Pei Jing casually comforted the angry Lu Qi, but Qin Jin had already realized the problem.

The political affairs hall must have done something about the materials needed by the Shenwu Army