In early summer, the climate in the desert is so hot that you want to strip naked, soak in the water and stay still all day.

Gu Qing really did this, and asked the craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervision to help build a large wooden basin that was one zhang square and about four feet deep, which was equivalent to a small swimming pool, filled with water, Gu Qing soaked in the wooden basin, so comfortable that his soul was out of his body, fluttering from all over the world.

After running for a full hour, the skin on his body was soaked white, like an organ specimen soaked in formalin, and Gu Qing reluctantly got up.

Han Jie handed over the clothes, and Gu Qing put them on slowly.

While wearing it, Gu Qing suddenly said, "Where is the thousand-man cavalry team brought by Pei Yushi stationed?" ”

Han Jie said: "It's five miles south of Qiuzi City. ”

Gu Qing was curious: "Why aren't they stationed directly in our camp?" ”

Han Jie explained: "When Pei Yushi came, the scribes in our army had already arranged the barracks for this thousand-man cavalry, but Pei Yushi insisted that they go to the south to camp and camp separately from our camp. ”

Gu Qing's face suddenly became a little cold: "Why didn't you report this matter to me earlier?" ”

Han Jie was stunned: "Master Hou, it's just a camp of a thousand-person cavalry team......"

Halfway through the words, seeing that Gu Qing's face became more and more ugly, Han Jie didn't dare to say any more.

The thousand-man cavalry that followed Pei Zhounan to Anxi, Pei Zhounan explained at the time that this cavalry was helping to transport silver cakes.

Later, Gu Qing found that the general of the thousand-man cavalry did not pay homage to him as a festival envoy, and he felt slightly strange in his heart, which did not conform to the rules of officialdom.

Until this moment, when he knew that this thousand-man cavalry team was camped alone, he felt more and more strange in his heart.

Han Jie hesitated for a moment and said, "There is another thing, the food and forage used by this cavalry team on weekdays and the forage used by the war horses have not passed through the Jiedu Embassy, and everything is purchased by them in Qiuzi City, that is to say, their food, shelter and transportation are all done alone, it seems that ...... I don't want to have anything to do with our Anxi Army. ”

Gu Qing exhaled lightly and sighed: "It's not good, I thought that I only needed to deal with one Pei Zhounan, but I didn't expect that there would be this thousand-person cavalry team." ”

Han Jie was surprised: "What does Master Hou mean ......"

"They...... Most of them are Pei Zhounan's backers, to put it in layman's terms, they are Pei Zhounan's law enforcement team. ”

Han Jie became more and more stunned: "Pei Zhounan, he ...... Do you want to turn the sky upside down? This is in Anxi, on the territory of the Hou Ye, we have tens of thousands of troops, how can a thousand-man cavalry team take us? ”

Gu Qing sneered: "What if Pei Zhounan has a secret purpose?" Once the secret decree is announced, the thousand-man cavalry will raise their swords against our tens of thousands of troops, whoever dares to resist will rebel, do you think he will turn the sky upside down? ”

Han Jie gasped, his face was extremely ugly: "He ...... What exactly do you want to do? ”

Gu Qing said leisurely: "What Pei Zhounan wants to do depends on what I do. As long as I show the slightest bit of self-respect, he'll do something to me......"

Han Jie was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but say, "Could it be that Your Majesty ...... you to Master Hou?"

Gu Qing sighed: "It's not necessarily that I am jealous, but I am jealous of my power, no matter who comes to be the envoy of this festival, he will be suspicious of His Majesty, speaking of which, I may have been affected by An Lushan, the dead fat pig has 150,000 troops, Your Majesty has been jealous of him, but he doesn't dare to say anything about cutting power, so he has to focus on other military towns to prevent the emergence of a second An Lushan ......"

"Master Hou, what should we do next? The last general always felt that after Pei Zhounan came to Anxi, it was like a knife hanging above his head all the time, and his heart was very unsteady. ”

"We haven't done anything rebellious, tens of thousands of Anxi troops are still loyal to the Tang Dynasty and loyal to Your Majesty's border army, what are you afraid of? If Pei Zhounan dares to frame me and dig a pit for me, it will be another matter, except for him at that time, even if the lawsuit is in front of His Majesty, I will be confident. ”

Han Jie pondered for a moment and said, "Master Hou, the last general suggested that we also send a large army to move the defense and camp next to the large battalion of 1,000 cavalry, and the camp is in an offensive posture, pinning it in the middle, so that they dare not act rashly." ”

Gu Qing sneered: "Your method is too naïve, only young children can scare their peers like this, and it is easy to cause conflicts by doing so, at that time, it happened to give Pei Zhounan an excuse to participate in the impeachment and send it to Chang'an, and it was me who was unlucky." ”

Looking into the distance, Gu Qing said softly: "Don't act rashly, let's see what Pei Zhounan will do next, and I also want to know that everything Pei Zhounan does is his personal intention, or His Majesty's instructions." ”

Han Jie looked at him in shock, and there seemed to be a treacherous aura surging around him.

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Pei Zhounan is not an ordinary superintendent of the imperial history, in fact, he has a great background.

His background is Hedong Pei family, is a very large family, from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Hedong Pei family and Li Tang Dynasty has a continuous relationship, the emperors of all dynasties have married the princess to the Pei family, it can be said that the Pei family and the emperor's family are a hundred years of in-laws, until now Li Longji is the emperor, there are also princesses married to the Pei family.

Secondly, Pei Zhounan also has a relationship with Gu Qing.

The sword saint Pei Min was also born in the Pei clan in Hedong, and Pei Min and Gu Qing's parents used to be close friends.

Li Bai also has a deep relationship with the Pei family, he once wrote a poem, called "Send Pei Eighteen Tunan to Songshan", the "Pei Tunan" in the poem is Pei Zhounan's brother, and Pei Zhounan himself was actually an elegant person when he was in Chang'an.

Du Fu arrived in Chang'an at the beginning of the fifth year of Tianbao, and after making friends with the literary poets at that time, he made the famous "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking", and later there was a bachelor named Fan Chuanzheng, and later generations saw a different "Eight Immortals in Drinking" in his inscription.

"Su Jin" in the original Eight Immortals was replaced with "Pei Zhounan".

Regardless of whether the characters in the Eight Immortals are right or wrong, one thing can be confirmed that Pei Zhounan is indeed a character in Chang'an. Regardless of knowledge or background, they are typical elegant celebrities.

It's just that when Pei Zhounan came to Anxi by order, he was no longer an elegant celebrity in Chang'an City.

He was the imperial historian in Anxi, and he was the Qincha who was on the mission of the emperor.

So he claimed in front of Gu Qing that he didn't drink alcohol and was not lustful. Because he didn't want Gu Qing to corrupt and assimilate him through wine and sex, he had to keep a clear head at all times and make correct judgments.

Anxi Jiedu Embassy.

There was a bowl of rice in front of Pei Zhounan, one meat and one vegetarian.

He was the only one in the room, Pei Zhounan ate with a bowl, and his eating appearance was very similar to Gu Qing. Each bite had to be chewed carefully many times before swallowing, and every bite of food was cherished, as if this meal was the last of his life.

There is only food on the table, no wine, the house is simple and dilapidated, this is just a remote wing room in the inner courtyard of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, which is in disrepair and leaking everywhere, but Pei Zhounan insists on living here.

Whether it is food, housing and transportation, Pei Zhounan is very cautious, and tries to put aside the relationship with the Anxi Protectorate, in the land of Anxi, Pei Zhounan is an outlier, he is more like a bystander who stays out of the matter, and observes everything in Anxi coldly from the perspective of God.

After eating, Pei Zhounan took a sip of water, then wiped his hands, and ordered his subordinates to take away the dishes, while he sat in front of the table, opened an account book, and looked at it carefully line by line.

Bian Lingcheng was very efficient this time, and sent the general roster and money and grain account books of the Anxi Army very early, and Pei Zhounan had been reading them for three whole days.

When he was about to see the tail, the corners of Pei Zhounan's mouth suddenly hooked, and he muttered: "The account books are actually clean, not greedy for a penny, not only that, but he also subsidized a lot, and the taxes in Qiucicheng this year are the highest since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and all the taxes are used to subsidize the soldiers of the Anxi Army......"

"If this son is not a good and loyal person, he is a great traitor...... "Pei Zhounan turned to the last page of the account book, and then frowned.

The last page is a few sentences added by Bian Lingcheng personally, which is very clear, Gu Qing drills the soldiers of the Anxi Army, and there are rewards every day, it is reported that the first person in the daily drill will be rewarded with 100 Wen, and the top ten will eat meat.

Looking at these lines, Pei Zhounan's eyes became cold.

Drills must be rewarded, and there are rewards every day, all the armies of Datang have never heard of it, this is obviously to take public money and invite the army to buy hearts, this handle can be regarded as grasping.

Continuing to look down, Bian Lingcheng also wrote down one thing, in order to help Modao make Li Siye angry, Gu Qing summoned Tian Zhen, the Zhonglang of Shule Town, to Qiuzi City, and beheaded him to show the public, on the charge of "framing the robe and threatening the boss".

When Pei Zhounan saw this, his eyelids jumped suddenly.

is such a ruthless method, this Gu Hou Ye is decisive in killing, and he has a notoriety as early as Chang'an, and now it seems that he really deserves his reputation.

Then Pei Zhounan sneered again.

Very good, another handle.

Then look down, Bian Lingcheng sorted out a complete range of black materials, including Gu Qing using his power for personal gain, deliberately leaving four shops with the best locations for his fellow villagers in the newly built bazaar in Qiuzi City, and when the Tubo army came to attack and the Anxi army was opened, the commander Gao Xianzhi was assassinated in the middle of the night, and the generals below questioned Gu Qing a few words, but Gu Qing brazenly ordered these generals to be dragged out to blame the twenty military sticks and so on.

Large and small, grab a handful, some small details that even Gu Qing probably doesn't remember have been sorted out into black materials by Bian Lingcheng, and they were originally recorded on paper.

Pei Zhounan sneered while looking at it, and then spread out a piece of paper and copied all the things that Bian Lingcheng wrote.

Until all the charges were written, after Pei Zhounan dried the ink, he folded the paper, put it in an envelope, and sealed it with fire paint.

Called an entourage into the house, Pei Zhounan handed the letter to the entourage, and ordered him to send it to Chang'an as soon as possible, and asked His Majesty to take a look.