Qin Xiao heard Gu Baiyi's words, and his heart quickly sank.

There was no light in the room, and it was even darker at this time, and the two of them sat opposite each other, barely seeing the faces of the place.

The sound of stir-frying came from the kitchen, and it was very rhythmic.

"The Xiling rebellion, the general was killed, and once the news spread, the whole country was shocked." Gu Baiyi sighed: "The imperial court must also give an explanation to the people of the world. Who will bear the responsibility for the Immortal Army's failure to get out? Although the Southern Courtyard and the Household Department are both involved, the first to bear the brunt must be the Military Department. ”

Qin Xiao bowed slightly, and finally understood at this time that after the Xiling Rebellion, there would inevitably be a storm on the side of the imperial court.

"The Ministry of War is the official office directly responsible for the transfer of troops, and the Changsheng Army did not enter the customs in time, no matter how many reasons are found, the Ministry of War will not be able to escape the blame." Gu Baiyi said solemnly: "Of course, Fan Wenzheng, the official of the Ministry of War, wants to minimize the impact, and judging from the current situation, it is very likely that the responsibility will be shifted to Xiling." ”

"Push to Xiling?" Qin Xiao frowned.

Gu Baiyi said: "Han Duwei is a person from the Duwei Mansion, and as we all know, it is used to spy on the Yamen of the Xiling family. This time the Xiling family was in turmoil, and the imperial court did not receive any report in advance, and the blame must have fallen on the capital protection mansion and the three major governor's mansions of Xiling. The other officials of Xiling failed to come back, but Han Duwei and Du Junshou returned to Beijing, but Han Duwei went to the military department, and the people of the military department would definitely detain him, and if I guessed correctly, the crime of negligence would soon be detained on the head of Han Duwei. ”

Qin Xiao was stunned and said, "Will they do this?" Han Duwei is in Turtle City, and there are only dozens of people under his hands, and the main incident is in Fan County, how can you blame Han Duwei? ”

"But Turtle City also fell into the hands of the rebels, and Han Duwei did not keep Turtle City, so the military department will naturally say that it is his crime." Gu Baiyi sighed lightly: "The military department will put the biggest blame on the head of the Xiling Duhu, but Han Duwei and other Xiling officials will definitely be affected. ”

"How can it be?" Qin Xiao was annoyed in his heart: "Are they still unreasonable? ”

"The court will only talk about gains and losses, and the truth can be said on the table, who will reason with you in the audience?" Gu Baiyi obviously knew the situation of the court very well, and said helplessly: "Throwing the responsibility for the loss of Xiling on a group of officials in Xiling is not only to let the Xiling officials share the fault of the military department this time, but the most important thing is to attack the officials in this way." ”

Qin Xiao was even more surprised, and asked, "Brother Gu, are you saying that the Ministry of War is going to target the Ministry of Officials?" ”

"I said that this time to delay the entry of the Immortal Army, no matter what is being considered behind it, if something happens, the military department will not be able to escape the blame." Gu Baiyi said solemnly: "What the Ministry of War has to do now is to implicate as many people as possible, so as to minimize the responsibility borne by the Ministry of War." The officials of Xiling, whether it is Xiling Duhu or Han Duwei, can only go to Xiling with the approval of the Ministry of Officials, and as long as the Ministry of War deducts the responsibility on those officials in Xiling, the officials who were released at the beginning will not be able to get out of the matter, so that the officials can also be dragged into the water. ”

Qin Xiao originally thought that the six ministries were the central yamen of the empire, each performing its own duties, but only then did he know that between the six ministries, they would do the same.

"Captain Han Du went to the military department, and the military department will naturally control him as a criminal officer." Gu Baiyi said: "And Du Jun Shou went to the Ministry of Officials, of course the Ministry of Officials will realize that they don't want to do anything, control Du Jun Shou in their hands, and will use all means to make Du Jun Shou a pawn against the Ministry of War." Shaking his head, he said, "The situation of both of them is extremely dangerous, especially Han Duwei, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape this time." ”

Qin Xiao didn't know what to say for a while

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"Brother Qin, this is just my personal opinion, not necessarily the case." Gu Baiyi understood Qin Xiao's current state of mind very well, and comforted: "Maybe everything is what I think about a lot, and I don't know." ”

Qin Xiao knew very well in his heart that although Gu Baiyi was just a small clerk, he had seen it and analyzed it thoroughly, and he also hoped that everything would not be as Gu Baiyi said, but he understood it even more clearly, even if what Gu Baiyi said was not completely accurate, the possibility was extremely great.

"Brother Gu, you just said that my current situation is also very dangerous, what do you say?" Qin Xiao was silent for a moment, and finally asked, "Could it be that they will still trouble me?" ”

Gu Baiyi said in a low voice: "You went to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, they already knew about your existence, and they didn't take you immediately, just because they thought that you were not an official, and people were soft-spoken, so they would not be any threat to them, and it would be useless to take you." But once they know that you are a black-feathered night crow, the situation is very different, do you have a tiger head jade pendant on you? ”

"Yes!"

"That's it." Gu Baiyi said: "If you are a night crow, behind you is the Immortal Army, or even the entire Woye Town Army, if you say it, you will be different from ordinary people, and even have a greater influence than Han Duwei and Du Junshou." The military department can't figure out your current thoughts, and is even more worried that you have disrupted their deployment arrangements because of the incident caused by Captain Han Du, in this case, it is very likely that someone will be sent to secretly attack you, so that you can avoid a lot of trouble. ”

Qin Xiao's back was cold, not because of fear, but because of the ruthlessness of those officials.

At this moment, the sound of "popping" knocking on the door sounded, both of them were stunned, stood up, looked out from the window, and heard someone banging on the courtyard door.

Qin Xiao thought to himself that it was possible that someone from the military department really came to him, so he heard Qiu Niang's voice sounding outside: "Who is nervous outside, is there such a knock on the door?" ”

"Open the door quickly, don't open the door again, kick the door with one kick." A rough voice sounded outside the courtyard gate, very arrogant.

"Brother Qin, wait a minute, I'll see what's going on." Gu Baiyi went out and walked into the courtyard, Qiu Niang had already taken a kitchen knife from the kitchen and scolded, "Who are you?" Knock on the door again and slash you to death. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a "bang", someone had already kicked on the courtyard door, the courtyard gate was already dilapidated, not firm, kicked down, the gate fell straight inside, and smashed on the ground with a "bang".

Qiu Niang had already walked towards the courtyard gate with a knife, and when the courtyard gate came down, Gu Baiyi's eyes were quick, she reached out and grabbed Qiu Niang's arm, and pulled her back, otherwise Qiu Niang just stepped forward, and if she didn't do it, she would be smashed by the courtyard door.

Qiu Niang was stunned for a moment, and her delicate face was full of astonishment.

At this moment, several figures had already rushed in from outside the door, and under the darkness of the night, seven or eight strong men in Tsing Yi rushed forward, and immediately surrounded Gu Baiyi and the two of them.

Qin Xiao's face sank, and he was about to rush out, but he suddenly saw that the clothes of these people were almost exactly the same as the master of Tsing Yi Tang he saw during the day, and he sneered in his heart, stood by the window, and did not go out immediately.

Qiu Niang naturally saw that it was someone from Tsing Yi Tang, her face was pale, and she clenched the kitchen knife and said, "You guys...... What do you want to do? ”

"My name is Liang Kuan." A man in Tsing Yi said: "It's the head horse under Li Sanye, and Li Sanye sent us to do something." ”

Gu Baiyi was calm and calm, without any panic, and said slowly: "Are you officers and soldiers?" ”

Liang Kuan, the man in Tsing Yi, was stunned and frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

"According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, unless it is an official errand, no one is allowed to trespass on people's houses for any reason." Gu Baiyi said calmly: "If you are not an official and trespass into a private house, you are violating the laws of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Datang Law?" Liang Kuan and the other people in Tsing Yi all laughed: "We have found out, your name is Gu Baiyi, you are the clerk of Kyoto Prefecture, and you are not even a sesame mung bean official, and now you are talking to us about the law of the Tang Dynasty?" Stretched out two hands: "Come on, come on, Wen Lang, I violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, how about you arrest me and put me in prison?" ”

"If I report to the police, you will indeed go to prison for a month." Gu Baiyi was still calm.

Liang Kuan sneered and said, "Trespassing on a private house is a fart, what crime should you be guilty of colluding with bandits?" ”

"Collusion with bandits?" Gu Baiyi said: "Who are the bandits you are talking about?" ”

"Today by the Luoshui River, the little white face that your sister likes is a bandit." Liang Kuan said coldly: "Gu Qiuniang, you took the bandits to swim in the river, you must have already hooked up and become a traitor, the little white face is a bandit, you are the thief's mother-in-law, you also teamed up to snatch a hundred taels of silver from us, and did evil in broad daylight, hehe, are you justified or are we justified in this matter?" ”

Qiu Niang Liang Kuan said that she had hooked up with Qin Xiao and became an adulterer, she was ashamed and annoyed, and scolded: "Shut your dog's mouth, you spew blood, you deceive people too much, so ..... That guest is just helping, you're bastards. ”

Everyone in Tsing Yi Hall rushed to the courtyard of Qiu Niang, and the neighbors heard the movement, and they didn't dare to come over when they closed the door, but the fat woman on the opposite side probed her brain outside the door, gloating: "I know that this fox spirit dresses up every day and shows off its flowers." ”

"Dead fat pig, what's your business." Qiu Niang is beautiful and erected.

Liang Kuan listened to the woman's words and said with a smile: "Look, the neighbors have all testified, and you still dare to quibble?" You hooked up with bandits, and you committed a heinous crime. ”

"No, no, it's not false that she seduces men, but she's not a bandit." The fat woman immediately said: "She doesn't have the guts, I have been staring at their house all day long, but I haven't seen them colluding with the bandits, you must be mistaken." ”

Qiu Niang didn't expect the fat woman to speak for herself, so she immediately said, "Did you hear that?" She testified that we did not collude with the bandits. ”

Liang Kuan beckoned to the fat woman and said, "You come, I didn't hear clearly, you understand." ”

The fat woman saw that this group of people in Tsing Yi were fierce and vicious, although her mouth couldn't help but say a few more words, she didn't dare to approach, shook her head and stepped back, waved her hand and said, "I don't know, I don't know anything." ”

Liang Kuan took out a piece of broken silver and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, you come here, just make it clear, this piece of silver is your reward." ”

Although the fat woman was a little frightened, when she saw the silver, she hesitated, but she approached and said, "What do you want me to say?" I..... I just said that they are not bandits, and they will not collude with bandits...... 1 Before he finished speaking, Liang Kuan had already raised a foot and kicked it on the fat woman's stomach, this kick was really not light, the fat woman "ouch", was kicked to the ground, and the pain in her abdomen made her roll on the ground.

A man rushed in from outside, it was the fat woman's man, and when he saw the fat woman being knocked to the ground, he said angrily: "Why are you beating people? Came forward to ask for the fat woman, and a man in Tsing Yi was hit the man's back with a heavy long stick, and the man screamed and was knocked to the ground.