Yang Tongju's mood was not good, he saw from a distance that the dimly lit backyard was dusty at the moment, and he faintly saw many figures shaking. What worries him the most is that the courtyard wall that has just been blocked has revealed a big gap. He thought it was those rioting hungry people learning from those god-killing Khitan dog thieves, and he couldn't help but be furious: "You straight thieves, do you know what kind of place this is?" Don't get out of here! ”

It's a pity that there are more people in the gap, although there are constantly people pouring in, but no one pays attention to his words. Yang Tongju roared angrily: "Someone! Beat these straight out of me......"

"Yang Yuanbiao, what are you howling!" In the dust, General Yang rushed out in embarrassment with his mouth and nose covered: "It's the old marquis of Ming and General Wuxian who have come to relieve you!" Don't be rude! ”

Yang Tong was overjoyed when he heard it. He hurriedly put away his sword and hurriedly stepped forward to salute the old marquis Ming. Who knew that he stretched his neck and didn't see where the old marquis of Ming was. He had to call out loudly: "Old marquis, old marquis"

"Don't scream, ghosts." The old marquis of Ming finally walked out of the dust in embarrassment with the support of Guo Chenghe, and he spoke out hatefully: "Who picked up the courtyard wall and pulled down Ben Hou to beat fifty military sticks." ”

"Yes!" Someone immediately agreed, and then a few unlucky ghosts were dragged away.

Yang Tongju was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked cautiously: "Old Marquis, what happened?" ”

The old marquis of Ming blew his beard, panted and said angrily: "Whoever makes them not open their eyes, it is not good to pick up something." I just wanted to pick up the fence on this side of the latrine, which caused Ben Hou to step on the yellow soup. ”

Yang Tongju covered his nose sharply and took a step back. Holding his breath, he said, "Then the old marquis wants to go and wash?" ”

"Nonsense." Old Marquis Ming glanced at him, and said angrily: "If you don't feel like it, it's okay if you don't wash it." ”

Yang Tong hurriedly said to a few maids behind him and ordered: "A few of you, carefully wait for the old marquis to bathe and change clothes." ”

"Yes." A few maids obediently agreed, and stepped forward to hug the old marquis Ming and wanted to leave. However, before leaving, the old marquis of Ming was still not at ease and ordered Guo Chengsi to temporarily take charge of pacifying the hungry people.

Guo Chengsi did not postpone either. smiled and agreed, and the old marquis Ming followed a few maids away.

After Guo Chengsi and Yang Tongju met the ceremony, they also asked with interest: "Yang Tongju and the general soldier are both surnamed Yang." There is also a meta character in the name, I don't know what the relationship is? ”

Yang Yuanyi on the side smiled and said, "Yuan Biao is the clan brother of this official. ”

"I see." Guo Chengsi suddenly realized: "It's a second master!" ”

Yang Tongju didn't answer their words, he only said to Guo Chengsi: "What does it look like to stand here." General Wu Xian, please come with me to the lobby to talk. ”

"Lord Commander. Yang Tong sentenced to lead the way. Guo Chengsi followed the two brothers out of the inner courtyard and into the lobby. Luo Tongzhi, who looked anxious, saw their arrival, as if he had seen a savior, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them one by one.

After finally sitting down, the governor of the prefecture hurriedly said: "General Guo, General Yang, I don't know how many people you brought?" How long will it take to subdue these lawless mobs? ”

"Mob?" Guo Chengsi originally smiled with a jade face. After hearing the words of the governor, he immediately sank. He said dissatisfiedly: "The people outside are the people of Juchong Pass. Although they suffered mercilessly humiliation, brutality, and plunder from the Khitan dog thieves, they were still reluctant to leave this homeland where they were raised. Why did the old gentleman, who was their parent officer, call them mobs? ”

The governor of the prefecture blushed and said unconvinced: "General Wu Xian, they all dare to storm the prefect's yamen, aren't they still mobs?" ”

Guo Chengsi smiled, he stroked the delicate sword at his waist, and said slowly: "Then it depends on why the hungry people outside will attack the yamen." There is always a cause and effect in everything, the food of the court did not come, and those hungry people did not make trouble when they were hungry every day, why are they so angry that they want to storm the yamen now that the food of the court is coming? Aren't the adults curious at all? ”

Luo Tongzhi and Yang Tongju looked at each other, and their faces were a little unsightly.

Luo Tongzhi coughed lightly and said, "This official knows that General Wu Xian once served as the left waiter of the Criminal Department, young and promising, and good at investigating and handling big and important cases. However, the general has now entered the army, and his duty is to guard the territory, sweep away the invading enemies, and protect the safety of Chang'an City. As for this local affairs, it seems that they are not under the jurisdiction of the general. ”

Luo Tongzhi's words were a little polite, he meant that Guo Chengsi was meddling with rats in dogs. Originally, the affairs of this place were under the full management of the prefect's yamen, and there was nothing to do with the local military attaché. Even if Guo Chengsi is a second-rank military attaché, he is only a fifth-rank civil official, and he can completely ignore this young general.

Luo Tongzhi was polite to Guo Chenghe, so he would make such a vague point. This is also completely based on the identity of Guo Chengheiguo's uncle, if it was the military attache next to him, he would have thrown up his sleeves and left.

Guo Chengsi suddenly laughed, he untied the sword at his waist, threw it on the table, and then smiled contemptuously: "I don't know if Luo Tong knows what this is?" ”

The crisp sound made Luo Tongzhi's heart tremble, he reached out and took the sword and took a closer look in the candlelight, and saw that the scabbard full of gems was actually engraved with four golden characters of "Shang Fang Sword": "Shang Fang Sword!" ”

"Yes, it's Shang Fang's sword, Luo Tongzhi is still quite knowledgeable!" Guo Chengsi snatched the sword from his hand and said with a serious face: "Before the general set off, the emperor must be panicked and urgently need to be appeased because he is worried that Juchong Pass will pass through the chaos this time. However, at present, there is no suitable prefect candidate who can be qualified immediately, so the emperor secretly gave this sword to the general, authorizing the general to intervene in local affairs at a critical time, and enjoy the privilege of cutting first and then playing. ”

The cold sweat on Luo Tongzhi's forehead finally rolled down, he knew that he had made a mess of the disaster relief, and he was about to riot. At this moment, Guo Chengsi suddenly showed Shang Fang's sword, obviously aimed at himself. I didn't expect the emperor to play this hand and secretly give Shang Fang a sword. Could it be that the emperor already knew that there would be an accident with the disaster relief food? And he was not kind to General Wu Xian before, and even taught him a lesson just now. As soon as he thought of this, Luo Tongzhi's face was pale, and he couldn't think of how to continue.

Guo Chengsi didn't look at Luo Tongzhi, who had no face, he walked up to Yang Tongju and the governor of the mansion and handed over the golden sword. The two looked at each other. Yang Tongju took the sword, and the governor of the prefecture also leaned over to take a look, and sure enough, he saw the four big words "Shang Fang Sword" shining with gold. Their hearts were full of surprise and fear. However, they secretly thought to themselves that they had not offended Guo Chengsi too much in words before, so they were not very afraid, so they respectfully returned the sword to Guo Chengsi.

Guo Chengsi took the sword. Rehang it around your waist. Then he said solemnly: "Since General Ben is shouldering a heavy responsibility, he has to overstep his authority and tell you what he has seen and heard these days."

Luo Tongzhi, who came back to his senses, smiled dryly: "I don't know what General Wuxian has to teach?" ”

Guo Chengsi said in a deep voice: "General Ben has reason to suspect that in this disaster relief, some people dared to risk the condemnation of the world and deliberately withheld the distribution of disaster relief food, causing a large number of starving people to die. There are even people who collude inside and outside to achieve their goal of engaging in irregularities for personal gain and enriching their pockets. What's more, there are people who deliberately create and sow discontent among the hungry. Create chaos and attempt to storm the yamen. Cause a riot for an ulterior purpose! ”

When he said this, the faces of several people at the scene changed drastically.

Guo Chengsi turned his head to look at Luo Tongzhi, who was trembling behind him, and said coldly: "Luo Tongzhi, I ask you now, what about the disaster relief food transported by the imperial court?" His tone was cold, and it was clear that Luo Tongzhi was being interrogated as a prisoner.

Luo Tongzhi stiffened his neck and said, "It's all in the granary!" Since the grain from the imperial court arrived, the cooking fires of the four porridge factories have not stopped, and they have been boiling porridge for the hungry people day and night. General Wu Xian's accusations are groundless, and the official is not convinced. ”

"Not convinced?" Guo Chengsi slapped the table and shouted angrily: "As a fellow intellectual, don't you know how many hungry people have died of starvation in the past few days? Are you still unconvinced? Your so-called daily cooking fire is non-stop, General Ben cannot deny it. But you are only allowed to put half a scoop of rice in each pot of water, do you boil porridge or rice soup? ”

Luo Tongzhi was startled at first, and then glared at Yang Tongju, the governor of the mansion, and shouted fiercely: "Which of you dares to be so disobedient to the yin and deduct the little food in the mouths of the hungry people?" ”

The governor of the prefecture was so frightened that his legs weakened and he knelt on the ground. He said with tears and horror: "Tongzhi Lord, the lowly position, the lowly position has always been only responsible for the clerical work, the specific matters of disaster relief, the lowly position really doesn't know!" ”

Although Yang Tongju was not as panicked as the governor of the prefecture, his face was also ugly. He frowned and asked unhappily, "Master Tongzhi, what do you mean by this?" Do you think you are doing this ridiculous thing in secret? ”

Luo Tongzhi's eyes rolled, and he said bitterly: "Yang Tongzhi, this official knows that your family has also suffered a catastrophe this time, not only was the family property looted, but even the two concubines were robbed by the Khitan dog thieves. But even so, you can't fight the idea of this batch of relief food! That's life-saving food, and if you take it privately, you will be damned. ”

"I'll damn you." Yang Tongju's eyes turned red and he swung his fist over. Don't look at his mouth is not as strong as Luo Tongzhi, but his fists are hard enough. Seeing Luo Tongzhi's words with red mouth and white teeth, he wanted to put all the charges on himself, but he didn't have any strength left under the anger.

Hearing Luo Tongzhi's "oops" scream, the originally elegant face bloomed. He covered the corners of his mouth tremblingly, and said vaguely: "The gentleman doesn't move his mouth, you reckless man, is your heart weak?" ”

"You" Yang Tong couldn't help but be angry when he saw that he was still biting himself, he clenched his fists and his eyes flashed fiercely, and he wanted to step forward and make a move.

"Alright, don't bite indiscriminately." Guo Chengsi took out an account book from his arms and threw it in front of Luo Tongzhi, then sneered: "Without complete preparation, General Ben will not show this Shang Fang sword." Luo Tongzhi, take a look at this account book! You should be familiar with it. ”

Seeing the account book on the ground that had been rolled up with the cover turned over, Luo Tongzhi's head suddenly froze. Guo Chengsi smiled coldly and continued: "This account book was searched from the Li family's grain shop, I heard that the shopkeeper of this grain shop is the maiden family of your concubine, right?" It is also strange to say that this Li family's grain shop was also robbed by the Khitans, but their shopkeeper's ability is great, and it actually opened again a few days ago, and the grain sold is exactly the same as our batch of disaster relief grain. Luo Tongzhi, don't tell me it's just a coincidence. ”

"These idiots, obviously want them not to be in a hurry to ship. It really killed me. Luo Tongzhi was shocked, and he was also secretly cursing in his heart. He didn't expect Guo Chengsi to feel his bottom so clearly, he frequently wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and his originally straight waist also subconsciously bent down.

Guo Chengsi didn't let him think much about it at all, and continued to ask: "Say, how much grain did you secretly buy?" ”

Luo Tongzhi was even more panicked, bent his waist lower, and arched his hand: "Only, only, only 50,000 stones." ”

"Only 50,000 stones?" Guo Chengsi was furious, he raised his foot and kicked Luo Tongzhi's chest hard, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't think that General Ben doesn't know, you only left 50,000 stones for the hungry people." A full 200,000 stone of grain, but you dare to take three-quarters of it, you are really a veritable national rat. It is your presence that will force the hungry people outside to riot. ”

"Yang Tong sentenced, don't take him down." Guo Chengsi commanded sharply.

"Yes." Yang Tongju walked to the door and shouted, "Someone! Several officials rushed in. Yang Tongzhi pointed at Luo Tongzhi, who was pale and trembling, and shouted: "Put him in prison for me, and after this incident, I will punish him for his crimes!" ”

"Ahh Several officials looked at each other. Speaking of which, Luo Tongzhi's official position is one level higher than Yang Tong's, and he has no right to order Luo Tongzhi's imprisonment.

Seeing that the officials were still hesitating and did not dare to carry out their orders, Yang Tongju was furious, and he simply took matters into his own hands and arrested Luo Tongzhi, who was paralyzed, into prison.

At this moment, suddenly there was a faint commotion outside, and I didn't know what was going on. Immediately afterwards, one of Guo Chenghe's relatives ran in and reported: "My lord, it's terrible, there is smoke in the direction of the Li family's grain store, it seems to be running water!" ”

"What?" Everyone was stunned, the Li family's grain shop still had 150,000 stone of grain hidden at the moment, which was the hope of the hungry people in Juchongguan. If it is burned by a fire, then the riot outside will never be quelled, and the consequences will be unimaginable. (To be continued.) )