Song Ci was overjoyed and said: "How dare the minister want to be rewarded, this silver has been enough for the minister for many years, and there is no need for the emperor to give any reward to the minister."

Song Lizong was also very pleased, and continued: "Lu You, I will reward you with the position of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, from now on, the military salary sent to the border to fight against gold will be managed by you, can you be confident?"

Lu You said: "Thank you to the emperor, the ministers will never give up, and they are willing to serve the dogs and horses." Tang and Wu, although they were unwilling, still stepped forward and said: "The emperor is wise, Song Ci and Lord Lu can be said to have saved me in the Great Song Dynasty and in the midst of fire and water, and they should be rewarded."

"Yes, Your Majesty, if it weren't for Song Ci and Lord Lu, this Cao Lihong wouldn't know how much to give to the Jin people for nothing, it's really ashamed!"

Song Ci knew, how could these two people speak ill of themselves at this moment? At this moment, Song Lizong seems to have believed in himself and Lu You, even if they have the courage to come, they don't dare to come nonsense, after all, they have already burned their eyebrows.

Song Lizong nodded, he is going to deal with this Zhu Zhi'an now, although he is ordered by others, he is also one of the traitors, this kind of person will not be spared.

"Also, listen, Aiqing, the order to recall Zhu Zhi'an has been issued, if anyone among you dares to leak half a word, his fate is comparable to Cao Lihong, you can weigh it yourself!"

"The ministers don't dare."

Song Lizong got up and left, and the eunuch said, "Retreat."

Everyone left, and soon came to the city gate, where Song Ci and Lu You gathered and planned to say goodbye.

"Lord Lu, today's election of the Hall of Virtue is really thanks to you, otherwise Song alone may not be able to punish this Cao Lihong."

Lu You sighed, things did not meet his expectations, and he was a little dissatisfied and angry at the moment.

"Song Xian's nephew, I'll wait for a while, I don't know that the Year of the Monkey and the Moon can get together, today, things are beyond our expectations, but Cao Lihong was killed, but there is a lot of suspicion, Xian's nephew, you are a man, Lu believes that you can find a little clue from it, right?"

Song Ci had this intention, at this moment, Tang and Wu came from a distance, and their faces were less arrogant and contemptuous, but at this moment, they were like a Taoist person, showing this face vividly.

"Lord Song, Lord Lu, why haven't you two left yet? At the same time, Lord Song has to go back to the barracks, which is thousands of miles away, and the road can be described as very difficult.

Song Ci couldn't see through it, and said at this moment: "Two adults, thanks to you, Song is about to get up, just want to chat with Lord Lu for a few words, what's the matter, the two adults, could it be that you have something to say to Song?"

Lu You had no intention of leaving at all, and he also wanted to see what the two of them wanted. Wu Xi said: "Today, Lord Song and Lord Lu have found evidence of Cao Lihong's betrayal, which can be regarded as a great merit and is favored by the emperor, so we should come to congratulate you!"

"But it's not Lord Song, you see that the emperor gave you so much silver, you can see that your Lord Song will be his celebrity in the future, and in the future, you will have to rely on Lord Song to say a few good words in front of the emperor."

Hearing this, Lu You said: "Two adults, Lu remembers that you are walking with Cao Lihong, can you tell Lu at this moment, why did the tree fall monkey Sun San?"

They looked embarrassed, but soon covered it up and smiled awkwardly. "Lord Lu, isn't it that we didn't know that this Cao Lihong was a person, and I didn't know that he had the audacity to betray the Great Song Dynasty, how could we still walk with him for such a person?"

"That's it, Lord Lu, after all, we are officials in the same dynasty, as colleagues, how can you exclude us because of this matter, or even go toe-for-tat with us?"

Lu You snorted coldly, he had already seen these two thoughts, and he didn't bother to break them, but he knew that he always had to solve them.

Song Ci chuckled, Emperor Song Lizong couldn't see these two people, but he was already nearly forty people, how could he be deceived by them?

"Two adults, you are already second-grade officials, Song is only a fifth-grade, you are much taller than me, today, this kind of words, I'm afraid Song is not qualified!"

"Besides, Song Mou is a person who holds grudges, and he will repay him in his spare time, you have spoken a lot of bad things about Song Mou as early as the Ningzong period, and I am the criminal officer, or you have brought him down, and at the same time, Song Mou is all dependent on you to sit on this encirclement and suppression general.

Song Ci suddenly smiled, "Two adults, you must not have imagined that Song Mou actually showed something in the encirclement and suppression, hehe, now Song has more than 10,000 people, if the emperor believes it, I am willing to go to the front line to lead troops to resist Jin." ”

They echoed one after another, not daring to have any opinions at all, everyone chatted for a while, and Song Ci also took two thousand men and horses and walked on the way back.

As soon as the four of them separated, Tang and Wu changed their faces, and when they looked at Song Ci's departing back, their faces were as black as ink.

"Lord Wu, you also know the current situation, I am now in the imperial court and will not be reused, given time, if Song Ci continues to gain merit, it will not be good for you and me at that time."

Wu Xi felt the same way, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot at the moment.

"Lord Tang, I think the main problem we have now is that this Zhu Zhi'an, if he returns to the palace to explain the matter, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable, so the meaning of this official is already obvious."

Tang Hui comprehended, and said with a cold light in his eyes: "Lord Wu, you mean to put this person halfway. Kill it?"

"Yes, there is no other way for me to wait, if this person is not removed, there will be endless troubles, Lord Tang, when the time comes, you and me, even in the court, more than half of the people will fall!"

"It's just that this matter is quite difficult, he Zhu Zhi'an will definitely bring a large team of people when he returns to Lin'an, it's really hard for me to start, it's not easy to start!"

"At the same time, we must be fast, otherwise the more we delay, the more unfavorable it will be for us, Lord Tang, why don't I find dozens of archers to ambush along the way, he Zhu Zhi'an must rest, as long as he falls off the sedan chair, dozens of people will work at the same time, I don't believe that he has such a big life."

Tang Hui thought about it, and simply gritted his teeth and agreed, "Lord Wu, this official has agreed to this matter, as for this archer, I will arrange it when I leave, and at the same time, it is best to rush immediately and ambush on any official road to return."

The two discussed for a long time, and finally left at this moment.

In Nanhe County, with the help of Jia Nidao and Xu An, the magistrate, there are more people playing with crickets, and there are already tens of thousands of people in the entire county of 100,000 who are starting to play, and they are no longer as diligent as before.

There are even people who get up early in the morning and the first thing they do is to look for crickets, and the whole family is out of the way, almost after eating, drinking, and Lazar, only crickets are left

Some people are also dreaming and shouting crickets, and some people also come to the grass to look everywhere when they sleepwalk, until they are bitten by a poisonous snake, and then they wake up from their dreams.

But the person concerned, Jia Yidao, was not very happy about such a scene, and said with a cold face: "The crickets are still not big enough, not big enough at all, only one-tenth of the people are playing, and I want nine out of ten."

"At the same time, as long as there are more people playing crickets, we can make a fortune, and not only that, but we can also open casinos, so that we can earn more."

"Brother Jia, you're right, we not only want the people to play, but also the people in the officialdom to play, and then, there are also the prefects, governors, and finally the people in Lin'an."

"But in the end, isn't it Brother Jia and your brother-in-law, even the emperor has to follow?"

Jia Rudao didn't care, "If he wants to play, of course I'm happy, no matter how big Song is, he is not alone, what do we have to worry about, right?"

"Brother Jia's is, in case there is a chance, we can directly let the Jin people, let Dali, and let the people of Western Xia play together, Brother Jia will come to a cricket kingdom, and you will be the emperor. Above.

"Forget the emperor, Brother Jia, I only be the prime minister, and the emperor is my brother-in-law, how can I rob his emperor? Aren't you?"

"Yes, yes, Brother Jia."

At the same time, Song Ci also returned to the Xianghe military camp with 2,000 men and horses, and when passing by the streets of the county seat, Song Ci found that the people who had fled had finally returned, and they lived their original lives, quiet and leisurely

For ordinary people, they don't need to be rich and rich, they just want to be stable for a lifetime, and it is enough to live a peaceful life.

Song Ci looked at this scene and was very satisfied, if the cluster stabilized, he might be transferred out, and he was a little reluctant to come for a few months.

Returning to the barracks with the team, Qin Yue and the others immediately came to greet them, Song Ci was not in these days, everything was fine, otherwise, they really didn't know what to do.

After settling all the soldiers, Song Ci also returned to Wuzheng, where he had been absent for two months

Xiaoxiang said with a high face: "My lord, in the days when you are away, Miss Yue and I are about to die, but fortunately you are back, otherwise we don't know what to do."

Song Ci also breathed a deep sigh of relief at this, fortunately, this trip to Lin'an was not dangerous, and Cao Lihong was also executed, which can be regarded as good news.

"Xiao Xiangyue, I don't know if all our grain and silver have been shipped back? How many are there?"

Qin Yue estimated for a moment, "My lord, there are about three million catties of grain and fifty million taels of silver, which is enough for us to use for several years, or even ten years." ”

Song Ci breathed a sigh of relief, 50 million silver is enough, if he doesn't rob it back, then it will all be in the hands of the Jin people, and at that time, his side will be empty of people and money, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Wen Cheng Wenwu and the others brought in the food from outside and put it on Song Ci's table.