Chapter 49: "The Mole" (I)
The next day, there was no transaction, because Qingyue followed Han Jiu and rescued Yun Xi with Zhou Yuele's hand. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info As for the method, he covered his face and gave some medicine to the guards, and then told Zhou Yuele the location where Yun Xi was hidden.
During this period, Zhou Yuele's performance was relatively normal, picked up Yun Xi and kicked the door open, got on the horse and galloped away. On the other hand, Han Jiu's performance was incomprehensible, seeing that Yun Xi was gone, he was stunned like a wooden chicken, stunned for a long time, before he woke up with cold water, after the two woke up, the three of them looked at each other for a long time, Han Jiu scratched his head, and then ordered the two to leave. The three of them returned to Shaanxi and Gansu Prefecture inconsistently.
There is a problem, there is definitely a problem, Qingyue's head is about to explode, and a wave of unsettled waves will arise again and again.
When 10,000 quintals of grain and grass entered the Shaanxi-Gansu Mansion, the second monk of the Shaanxi-Gansu General Capital was at a loss, and Kangxi instructed him in the secret fold to only give 50,000 quintals of grain and grass to the Northwest Battalion, and the remaining 150,000 quintals of grain for his disaster relief. The rest of the northwest camp needs to be raised from Shaanxi and Gansu provinces as appropriate in the coming year, and the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces do not need to pay the imperial court a grain for three years. Now that 10,000 loads of grain suddenly fell from the sky, there was neither a grace nor a secret fold, he was a little confused, but no matter what, this was food, which was a good thing, so he called the master and began to write an excerpt of thanksgiving.
Two days after the excerpt of Thanksgiving was issued, another 10,000 loads of grain fell from the sky, and there was no simile or secret word, so he wiped his beard and wrote the excerpt of Thanksgiving himself. This time, the thanksgiving fold was just two days away, and the third time, when 10,000 loads of grain arrived, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Prefecture felt that something was wrong, and the imperial court would not send so much grain for no reason, and would not hand over the use of grain on behalf of him. He changed his housekeeper, asked for a sedan chair, and planned to go to the granary to see the 10,000 loads of grain for himself. After instructing the housekeeper, he instructed his subordinates to go to the inner room to find his wife and ask for official clothes. Waiting for the gap in the official uniform, he took out his snuff and wiped it on his nose, "Ah Na" sneezed happily, but when he opened his eyes, there was one more person in front of him. He was about to call for the Assassin, but swallowed it back. He knew the person who came, it was the angel who held the talisman last year.
The person who can be the governor of the two provinces is definitely not a stupid person, and Qingyue is quite satisfied with his performance.
"The Holy One sent me this time to find out the traitors hiding in your house. As for 30,000 quintals of grain, or 50,000 quintals or 60,000 quintals of grain, it is a bureau made by the imperial court. Now when you go to the grain depot, whatever you see or find, don't make a noise. You also restrain your men. Qingyue whispered behind her back.
The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu smashed his mouth and asked, "Holy bow?" ”
Qingyue glanced at the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu coldly, took out the fake survey from his sleeve, and showed it, when the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu saw it, he knelt on the ground and asked for peace, Qingyue rolled her eyes: I didn't discuss it!
"Also, I need you to write a letter to Mu Zhang'a, tell him that your grain depot is limited, and let him come and pick up the grain quickly."
The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu replied that Qingyue had confessed to his own coming, and he could only know that he would not tell his parents, his wife and children, and if he revealed the news, he could only say that he was secretly a traitor. After hearing this, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu was indignant in his heart, and he was a feudal official, how could he allow this yellow-mouthed child to slander casually. But as an official, he pays attention to the city government, no matter how unhappy he is, he must have a "self-cultivation", he arched his hand and said: "Then please ask the angel to return a certain innocence." ”
Seeing that he was neither soft nor hard, he knew that he had just spoken a little bigger, and he also arched his hand and said: "Governor Xin is too careful, but the matter is big, so I have to be careful." If there is a place to offend, I hope that the governor Hai Han will be punished. ”
As he was talking, footsteps sounded outside the door, and Qingyue flashed and hid behind the bookshelf.
Mrs. Xin personally held the official uniform and sent it to Governor Xin, saying ten thousand blessings, and she wanted to change it for her master, Governor Xin thought that there were outsiders in this room, so she shirked and said: "Mrs. has been insomnia recently, and it is not appropriate to work hard, so it is better to change the begonias for them." When Mrs. Xin heard this, although she smiled on her face, she began to unbutton Governor Xin's button in her hand: "What is the difference between what I do and what Begonia does?" Besides, taking care of the master is the responsibility of the clumsy. Mrs. Xin helped Governor Xin undress and leaned into his arms. Governor Xin naturally knew what she was going to do, and in normal times, he smiled at it, and there was a person sent by the emperor in this house today, and when this matter reached the emperor's ears, he governor would not be able to do it for long. He hurriedly took his wife's hand and said, "Then the lady will quickly change into an official uniform for her husband, and there are people in the yamen waiting for me." Mrs. Xin was a little unhappy, but Governor Xin couldn't help but listen to her orders.
After taking off his robe, Mr. Xin peeked at the bookshelf, the person had left, he let out a sigh of relief, quickly changed into his official uniform, and saw that his wife was still unhappy, so he kissed her on the cheek and explained that he was waiting for him at night. Mrs. Xin sent Governor Xin out with satisfaction.
Qingyue, who was lying on the beams of the house, could only hehe. In the past few days, Governor Xin is generally not bad, except for the lustful point. He has nine aunts, and the current eldest wife is the third filler he has just taken, thirty years younger than him. I don't know where he is looking for this master, who occupies a young and romantic relationship, competes with Aunt Jiufang's wife every day and is jealous, bent on being favored, and the means are even more unavailable, and there is no boudoir demeanor, which is better than the fifth wife from Goulan.
When the 60,000 loads of grain arrived in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, Mu Zhang'a personally led the guards to escort the grain. The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu ordered all the governors of the state capital to march out of the city to meet them, and asked the soldiers of Shaanxi and Gansu to vacate a large tent for them to rest.
Seeing that the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu was so respectful to him, Mu Zhang'a was in a good mood, and the killing color on his face was usually reduced a lot, so he jumped off his horse and entered the city hand in hand with the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.
Entering the Governor's Palace, the stage has been set up in the courtyard, and under the stage, there are scattered Xiao Dan who is practicing loudly, the flower face that is screaming and screaming, the old student with a long voice, and a solemn courtyard, which looks messy at the moment, similar to the overpass. Mr. Xin looked at it and scolded the housekeeper unhappily, what is this? The housekeeper shouted at the troupe with his mouth split, and led a group of family members to use sticks to drive away the troupe members.
Governor Gan turned around and said to Mu Zhang'a embarrassedly: "Forgive me, the general, Gan is not strict in governing the family, which has swept the general's interest." ”
Mu Zhang'a smiled and said, "Brother Gan is polite." I think I'm bitter and cold in the desert, it's good to have a hot meal, you have the heart, I invited the drama troupe, it's too late for me to be happy. ”
As he was talking, Xiao Hua Dan was driven by the family and fell, sat on the ground and cried. The two of them glanced at each other, this little flower dan, not too old or young, a pair of willow eyebrows frowned, no powder on the face but three points better than snow, at this time, two rows of jade beads on the cheeks, pear blossoms with rain-like oblique sideways on the ground, graceful posture at a glance. Both of them are "like-minded people", after watching Xiaohuadan, they glanced at each other, and then laughed together, after the laughter stopped, Governor Gan scolded the housekeeper again, the housekeeper looked at Xiaohuadan, and then looked at Governor Gan, and knew that this meal was in vain. When Governor Gan finished reprimanding, he ran away to help Xiaohuadan up.
Mu Zhang'a touched his beard and said, "Brother Gan is so blessed." ”
Governor Gan smiled: "General, don't make fun of me, how could that tigress in my family spare me." There is a saying, beauties love heroes, if the general is interested, Gan will pull a fiber and keep a matchmaker, and it will not be in vain for the general to go on this trip. ”
Mu Zhang'a shook his hand and said: "It's not proper, it's not proper, take a concubine before the battle, it's enough for me to die a hundred times." ”
Governor Gan smiled: "The general is too honest, you temporarily recognize her as a goddaughter, and Gan will send her to the capital for you." When the general returns victoriously, both are happy. When the time comes, don't forget Gan's glass of wine. ”
Mu Zhang's heart had already moved, but he said haha, say again, talk again. Governor Kam is a man of understanding, and if he understands and speaks, he agrees to agree. He didn't say anything anymore, raised his hand to invite Mu Zhang'a into the flower hall, and Mu Zhang'a walked into the flower hall with satisfaction. Seeing that Mu Zhang'a was still dressed in military uniform, Governor Gan ordered someone to undress Mu Zhang'a's armor and unload his helmet, while he stood aside and held a horsewhip for Mu Zhang'a. Mu Zhang'a saw it and became more and more proud.
After unloading the sword and armor, the curtain of the corner gate moved, and Xiao Huadan came in with a set of regular clothes. Up close, the beauty is becoming more and more extraordinary. If it weren't for the fact that Governor Gan was in front of him, Mu Zhang'a couldn't wait to hold Xiaohuadan in his arms at this moment. After Xiao Huadan tied his belt for him, he said ten thousand blessings, and was about to go down, Governor Gan waved his hand and asked her, what is her name, how old is it, where is the family, and who else is in the family?
Xiao Huadan replied one by one, her voice was as soft as a willow, so soft that Mu Zhang'a put her hand in the tea. Mu Zhang'a, who was burned, overturned the teacup and spilled tea on the ground.
Seeing this, Governor Gan ordered Xiaohuadan to go down. The subordinates heard the commotion and came up to clean up the tea that had been spilled on the ground.
Mu Zhang'a glanced at Governor Gan embarrassedly, and then sat down as if nothing was right. Mr. Gan said some polite words, but Mu Zhang'a didn't listen to a word. Seeing Mu Zhang'a's unyielding look, he despised a million people in his heart: such a small night is also worthy of being a general, and he is not even worthy of his own feet. He nagged for a long time, and Mu Zhang'a didn't reply seriously, so Mr. Gan smiled and said: "It seems that the general has a tired journey, so it's better to rest first." The old man also has some official business, and I will pick up the wind for the general in the evening, and early tomorrow morning, we will go to the granary to count the grain. After he finished his words for a long time, Mu Zhang'a only hummed. Mr. Gan burst out laughing, finished laughing, and shouted: "General, general!" ”
Mu Zhang'a reacted and asked, "Please speak." Mr. Gan said what he just said again, and Mu Zhang'a said, "Please, please." ”
Out of the mansion, Governor Gan instructed the housekeeper: "Give me that flower to take care of, if there is no hair, I will punish you." The housekeeper covered his mouth and smiled: "Don't worry, sir, the small one is not given for nothing." "Mr. Gan got into the sedan chair and went to the granary to find Qingyue.
Qingyue and Tong Ling were in the granary, 60,000 loads of "grain and grass" had been piled up in the granary, the two hid in the corner, Qingyue closed her eyes to recuperate, and Tong Ling meditated and practiced.
Not long after, Governor Kam came to the granary and ordered that the grain to be transported be carefully examined. Hearing Governor Gan's voice, Qingyue smiled slightly, it seemed that the fish was about to take the bait. Taking advantage of the messy inventory of food by a group of people, Qingyue and Tong Ling went out of the granary and went to the key room to meet Governor Gan. By this time, Governor Gan had already sent all his close men to count the grain. Pacing by himself, he walked around the key room. Seeing Qingyue enter through the gate, she was slightly surprised, and then returned to her normal color. Qingyue hugged his hand and congratulated Governor Gan, but Governor Gan couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, if he captured Alabutan, a title is proper, this title can be passed down from generation to generation, and it is more affordable than his position as governor. Although this time it was also the angel's idea, but after this angel made a great contribution last time, the court did not mention him a word, but he and Wang Yi were entitled. If nothing else, the credit for this time will also be attributed to him. Thinking of this, he also gave up humbly, thanks to the angel's scheme.
After the greetings, Governor Gan asked Qingyue how to explain to Mu Zhang'a afterwards. Qingyue smiled faintly and said, it's easy to say, just say what the emperor meant. If she guessed correctly, Mu Zhang'a's scapegoat was decided. If Mu Zhang'a was smart enough, he should have stuck to Kangxi's private alliance with Alabutan, instead of making a storm in the city. If he was a little smarter, he should follow his predecessor and commit suicide to apologize, maybe Kangxi would let his family go. Governor Gan, on the other hand, was too worried, and there was no need to think about how to explain to Mu Zhang'a, because the dead did not need to explain.
After noon, Mu Zhang'a arrived at the grain depot, and Governor Gan and his lieutenants had ordered 60,000 loads of grain and were waiting for him to leave. Governor Gan stepped forward and whispered, Xiao Huadan had already helped him admit it. I'll help him send it to the capital tomorrow. Mu Zhang'a smiled, a little embarrassed. Although he didn't succeed yesterday, the Oiran of Baihuatang is also full of charm. He clasped his hands and said to Governor Gan, thank you, thank you! Governor Gan smiled back. After the two finished laughing, Mu Zhang'a changed his face and ordered all the staff to pull out.
The people brought by Mu Zhang'a were divided into three teams, which respectively protected the front, middle and rear of the grain team, and the mobile cavalry, interspersed in the meantime, responsible for issuing orders and guarding. Qingyue was mixed in the middle of the grain team, and it was a pity in secret: in fact, Mu Zhang'a still had two brushes!
When I entered the Gobi, it was the hottest time, and the horses and people were sweating constantly, and the water seemed to never be enough to drink. Mu Zhang'a looked back at the main road, which was already twenty miles away from Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and ordered everyone to stop marching, divide the grain into three parts according to three teams of men and horses, and rest on the spot. Everyone climbed to the bottom of the grain cart and hid in the shade to rest.
Mu Zhang'a leaned on the grain cart and fell asleep in less than two seconds. And his sergeants began to stagger in less than a quarter of an hour, including the sergeants who left the guard. Mu Zhang'a probably never dreamed that his sergeants would be like him, partying all night, and at noon today, they only arrived at the grain depot half an hour before him, and the 60,000 quintals of "grain" had not been accepted at all.
Seeing that the group of people had almost slept well, Qingyue made a gesture to Tong Ling, Tong Ling understood that Alabutan was coming soon, and beckoned a few Cao Gang brothers to approach him.
One person and one rider walked over from the horizon, the hot air made this person into an "S" shape, and the awake Qingyue and Tong Ling were stunned, could it be that they spent so much effort and the traitor was not fooled? Or did you see through their schemes?
At this moment, many of the sergeants stood up and began to pour sulfur saltpeter into the grain carts, and some people were pouring "water" from water bladders on the grain. Soon, the smell of wine filled the air.
The smell of wine made Qingyue sober up, and she suddenly stood up, she already knew what Alabutan was going to do - learn from her to burn food. She was shocked in her heart, isn't this what Arabutan needs most?
If you want to stop it again, it is too late, and the grain truck is bursting with fireworks. This time, it saved her from signaling.
She smiled bitterly, fortunately this is not really 60,000 quintals of food, otherwise, otherwise, her life is really not long enough. Since Mu Zhang'a didn't have time to count the food, then he didn't have time to count the sergeants, so he missed this, and Qingyue bit his lip lightly. Instructed Tong Ling: "No matter what, catch that person single-handedly!" ”
When the fireworks rose, Mu Zhang'a's people all came to their senses and drew their swords to face the battle, but the people who set fire to the "grain" did not love to fight, and once the fire was ignited, they got on their horses and left. Qingyue dragged a horse and chased it out, and Tong Ling and the others followed. At this time, Mu Zhang'a also woke up, he raised his knife to look at Qingyue and them, and then looked at the grain cart, and ordered everyone not to chase the enemy, and all of them to put out the fire. There was no water on the scorching Gobi, and swords, guns, swords, halberds, clothes, and water bags were all used.
"General! We were plotted. An adjutant jumped in front of Mu Zhang'a and shouted anxiously.
Mu Zhang'a grabbed the adjutant and asked, "Tell me quickly, what's going on?" The adjutant pointed to the "grain", Mu Zhang'a knew that something was wrong, and slashed on the grain bag, and a small amount of grain flowed out of it, and the rest was all sand. He touched his face and shouted, "Give me chase!" ”
Under the effect of the heat wave, the horses are like stepping on the ice, running one step and skiing one step. And the man in the distance, seeing them coming after him, did not turn away, but still walked towards them unhurriedly.
The one who had fled before gradually gathered around him.
Qingyue and Tong Ling were the first to arrive.
The man pulled out his scimitar and pointed at Qingyue: "You underestimate me too much!" ”
Qingyue reined in the horse and looked at this person carefully, in his forties, with dark skin, white teeth, hanging feet, broom eyebrows, garlic nose, strong physique, eyes like torches, riding on a red horse, as steady as Mount Tai.
Qingyue asked, "Who are you?" ”
The man lit up the scimitar in his hand, this knife has been killing people all year round, and the blood stains have soaked into the knife, and a trace of blood can be seen in the dazzling knife light.
"Arabutan?" Qingyue tried to ask.
The men around him all showed a look of contempt, and the only person on the steppe who could use this ruby scimitar was their Khan Alabutan.
Tong Ling leaned over to Qingyue's ear and whispered that it was him.
Qingyue tightened the reins again, today, she met an outlaw!
You can grab food, please bring more people! Thinking of the 50,000 army in ambush behind her, her face was a little hot. Without the 50,000 people supporting behind, the 3,000 elite soldiers led by Mu Zhang'a could wipe out the three or four hundred people in front of him.
She only then thought of Mu Zhang'a, who led her vanguard and arrived behind her like a whirlwind. It seems that Mu Zhang'a is in a hurry, if he doesn't catch an enemy, the 60,000 quintals of indescribable "food" is definitely enough for him to drink a pot.
As soon as they met, Mu Zhang'a recognized Arabutan, reined in his horse, and asked him, "What is your intention in coming here?" ”
With a wave of his hand, Alabutan and the two archers beside him shot two arrows at Mu Zhang'a and Qingyue respectively.
"Kill you!" Arabutan's voice flew along with the sound of arrows.
Mu Zhang'a picked up the flying arrow with his knife, knocked his feet on the horse's belly, raised his knife and shouted "kill" forward, and all the sergeants received the order and pounced on the enemy in front of him.
Qing Yue saw the arrow flying and hurriedly leaned over, but the arrow was only halfway through when it was discounted to the ground by Tong Ling with a copper coin. Qingyue patted her chest and got up, Mu Zhang'a had already made a mess with Alabutan. Seeing this, Tong Ling asked Qingyue if he still wanted to capture Alabutan? Qingyue shook her head, she always felt that something was wrong, she needed to think about it, think about it.
The horse's hooves shook behind, and an army of 50,000 had arrived.
Seeing that the reinforcements were coming, Alabutan and his men began to retreat, and Mu Zhang'a gave chase. After running less than 100 meters, the men of Arabutan lit a wall of fire and blocked Muzhang'a's path, and his mount was forced back a few steps by the flames. Capturing Arabutan is a great achievement, and this is an opportunity that the people of Shaanxi and Gansu Province do not want to miss, and it is also an opportunity that he does not want to miss. Especially after Governor Gan gave him 60,000 tons of fake grain, he would not let Governor Gan get such a miraculous feat. Mu Zhang'a drove his horse back a few steps, flicked his whip, and urged his horse to jump over the wall of fire, and his elite soldiers also stepped back, beating their horses and jumping over the wall of fire. When the 50,000 Shaanxi and Gansu soldiers saw it, they also quickly surrounded it.
In addition to chasing Arabutan, the two teams also attacked each other, trying to slow down each other's speed.
Tong Ling was anxious from the side, and Qingyue looked gloomy. This is also something she missed.
A loud whistle sounded on the Gobi, and countless black shadows emerged from the flat Gobi, and they jumped out of the trenches, took bows and arrows, and shot down all the horses that rushed in front, and the people and horses behind who had no time to stand were tripped by the horses that fell in front. The people who held the reins in the back desperately wanted to retreat, and at one time 53,000 people were in a mess.
Mu Zhang'a shouted at the top of his voice: "Take a bow and shoot arrows." Soon, his troops stabilized their positions and took arrows from their quivers and fired them back. Seeing this, the commander of the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces also ordered his men to shoot arrows with bows, although some people kept being hit by arrows during the period, but 10,000 crossbowmen were always stronger than thousands of archers. Ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and the opposing shooters fell to the ground one after another, and the rest retreated in order.
Looking at Alabutan, who was getting farther and farther away, Qingyue screamed badly. Instructed Tong Ling to go to the commander of Shaanxi and Gansu Mansions, and asked him to quickly withdraw his troops to protect the granary, and let Mu Zhang'a continue to pursue Alabutan.
Tong Ling nodded, patted his horse and went to find the commander of the two armies. Mu Zhang'a is nothing, but the commander of Shaanxi and Gansu Mansions said: Storing food is to fight Alabutan, catch Alabutan, why do you need food!
Qingyue went crazy after hearing the reply, then you have to catch him!
Sure enough, in the trenches in the distance, Arabutan was ambushed not by people, but by horses, handsome horses who had rested all day. The remaining thousands of people in Arabutan abandoned their original mounts, got on fast horses, and ran into the Gobi in the depths.
And Mu Zhang'a and the horses of Shaanxi and Gansu Mansions walked twenty miles in the scorching sun, fought for half an hour, and could no longer run. Some of the horses even fell to the ground and died as they ran.
Qingyue laughed miserably, she was wrong from the beginning, even if the commanders of Shaanxi and Gansu Mansions returned to Ma now, they would definitely not be able to save the granary.
After returning to Shaanxi and Gansu Mansion, the face was even paler than Qing Yue's was the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and the grain depot was looted. The corpses of the grain guards were scattered around the grain depot. The blood attracted countless flies, which densely landed on the blood marks, and as soon as the people passed, they stirred up a black and misty patch.
Governor Gan stood in front of the granary, undecided, whether to apologize for the sins first, or to sue the angels. Everything that happened here was known to no one except himself and the angels. If that person doesn't recognize it, or the emperor doesn't recognize it, he will recite this black cauldron. He thought about it again and again, and instructed the housekeeper to let the eldest lady take most of the fine soft in the family, go back to the capital, and go to the king of the eight sages; The girl Kerr and the unborn child temporarily went to the countryside to avoid trouble. Then, he bit his finger and wrote an apology on the silk. Fortunately, he is diligent enough, except for the 50,000 quintals of grain for next year's spring ploughing, the rest of the grain has been distributed to all prefectures and counties.
He was writing, Qingyue and Tong Ling came. He didn't care about the two of them, and wrote apologies to himself. And Qingyue waited for him to finish writing without saying a word.
As soon as Governor Gan withdrew his hand, Qingyue said, "Mu Zhang'a will come in a while." When he comes in, you take down his adjutant Ge Tian. ”
Governor Gan glanced at Qingyue: "Only now do I find out that you are a woman." ”
Qingyue ignored him and asked him, "Do you take it, or don't you take it?" ”
Governor Gan smiled and asked, "Do I have a choice?" ”