I try to be as amiable as possible, not only in a soft voice, but also with a friendly smile on my face. It's a pity that Song Liang didn't buy it at all.

"Wronged? Hmph!" Song Liang turned his head with a sneer, he didn't bother to look at me at all.

I......

I want to curse.

"The sister of the Song prefect went to the Zhao Tong prefect's mansion yesterday and made a big fuss, has the Song prefect heard of this?" I continued to look at him with a smile.

Song Liang spread his hands, "Lord Shen Xiang, I am now a serious offender in prison, what did you tell me about the Zhao Mansion yesterday, do you think I will know?" ”

Seeing that he had such a deep grudge and wariness against me, I decided not to talk nonsense with him

"Ling Mei broke into Zhao's mansion yesterday, and despite the guards' obstruction and scolding, she knelt down in front of me to avenge you. She said that you are not a person who colluded with the rebels, and it was Zhao Cheng who really fornicated with the rebels and betrayed the military intelligence. Do you have anything to add or refute what Ling Mei said? ”

Song Liang seemed to expect that Song Xiao would do something out of the ordinary for him, he was not surprised, he just glared at me angrily.

"You are a dignified man, and you let your subordinates abuse and hurt a weak woman at will, what a good prime minister!"

That's a misunderstanding, isn't it?

"Not the man who he is." I explain.

"You dare to say that you didn't acquiesce?" Song Liang's disgust for me deepened in his eyes.

Well, I guess it's my acquiescence, after all, I didn't stop it, that's a fact.

"If everyone can break into the court and private houses at will, I don't want the law of Daqin?" I don't think I've done anything too much" The reason why she was spared, doesn't the Song Governor know why? "I have a sharp look in my eyes.

Song Liang was silent at this time, and then lowered his head and said nothing.

I asked him bluntly, "Did Gu Yuancheng come to you secretly?" ”

"I... I don't know who he is......"

"Okay, since you don't say it, then it's better to ask Sister Ling, she knows everything and says everything." I stood up and prepared to go out.

"Wait." Song Liang spoke up.

I see him as "not a man who likes to waste time." ”

Song Liang closed his eyes, and he said, "Gu Yuancheng came to look for me. ”

I sat down again.

"What is he looking for you?"

"Didn't your subordinate find you his letter to me in my house? That's it. ”

That's right, Wang Jie gave me that letter, which is why I was so sure that Song Liang was secretly conspiring with the enemy.

"The letter only said that I would negotiate a deal with you, and the bandit leader would give you all the tax collector's money in the three cities he occupied, as long as you were willing to give him the topographical map and military deployment of Yi County."

"That's it."

I shook my head and chuckled, "I don't believe it, that's not the purpose of Gu Yuancheng's letter to you at all." ”

What kind of person Gu Yuancheng is, I know.

Song Liang saw that I was so categorical and knew that he couldn't hide it from me, so he confessed, "Gu Yuancheng is looking for me, there is another matter. ”

"What is it?"

Song Liang hesitated.

"Don't say it, when the prime minister himself figures out the cause and effect, don't blame the prime minister for ignoring the friendship of his colleagues." I threatened him.

As if he had made up his mind, he asked me, "Gu Xiang or you, who has more means?" ”

Good question.

"Me." I'm confident.

"......" Song Liang was a little speechless, but he still decided to tell me, "Three months ago, not long after I sent the news of the rebel uprising back to the capital, one night, he appeared in my study. ”

"I don't know how he made his way through the well-defended prefect's mansion and waited for me in my study without alarming anyone, but one thing I know is that those who come are not good will not come."

"He's not here to ask you for something, is he?" I'm guessing.

Song Liang looked at me in surprise, he didn't expect that I would guess the purpose of Gu Yuancheng waiting for him in the study.

Looking into his eyes, I couldn't believe it.

"Could it be the "Puppet Official" you wrote?"

Although Song Liang was surprised by my acuity, he nodded and said, "Yes, it's "Puppet Official." ”

I couldn't help but stand up.

What is "Puppet Official"? He is the evidence that Tuzhou officials have lost their black hats and heads; It is Song Liang's magic weapon that can control Tuzhou despite his mediocrity and inaction; It is the weapons that the rebels can occupy Tuzhou without wasting a single soldier.

"You're not going to give it to him, are you?" I asked him with a fluke mentality.

Song Liang shook his head, "He didn't take it, isn't "False Official" in your hands now?" ”

I exhaled.

Fortunately, fortunately, Song Liang is quite reliable at a critical time.

"He just flipped through it." Song Liang added.

I sulked in my heart, and I couldn't spit or swallow.

What do you mean by flipping through casually?

What does it mean to flip through casually!

He ...... What did they tell you? I resisted the urge to beat him and sat down and asked him.

Song Liangdao "He asked me where the "Puppet Official" was, I told him, and then he said ......"

"Did you give him the map of the deployment of Tuzhou's troops?" I was a little heartbroken.

"No, he just said that I must keep this matter a secret from everyone, and if someone really forces me to say it, I must pass a word on his behalf to that person." Song Liang was embarrassed and said.

I squinted, "What's that?" ”

"Let's see who dies in the end."

“……”

"Shen Xiang? Lord Shen Xiang? Song Liang saw me in a daze, and waved his chained hand in front of me.

"Oh, okay, let's see whose hand the deer dies!" I stood up, "Someone, send the prefect back to his cell." ”

Song Liang said, "No matter what, my sister is innocent, she has married another woman, you can't blame her." ”

I said, "Don't worry, this aspect has its own opinions." ”

With that, I brushed my sleeves away.

Daqin capital, Jinluan Palace, the emperor and the court.

Today, it is rare that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also above the court.

"What do all Aiqing think about what Shen Xiang mentioned?" Emperor Cen sat on the dragon chair and looked down on the ministers.

There was a lot of discussion among the ministers in the court, and no one expected that Shen Xiang, who had gone to Tuzhou, would come back with such heavy news before he arrived in Tuzhou, and these news were just speculations by Shen Xiang alone.

This is not easy to do, if they don't believe Shen Xiang's words, if something really happens, who will be responsible? Who doesn't have a wife and children these days? But if they advised the emperor to adopt Shen Xiang's suggestion, then if Shen Xiang misjudged, who would bear the loss of this large number of military horses, money, and food?

This Shen Qingzhi, without that diamond diamond, what kind of porcelain work? Isn't it good to quell the chaos in Tuzhou, you have to find trouble for them!

Seeing that none of the ministers dared to come forward to speak, Emperor Cen's eyes sank.

"Xi'er, do you think Shen Qing's words are credible?"

Cen Xi was named by Emperor Cen, and he had no choice but to step forward, he arched his hand and said, "This year, it is indeed snowing heavily in the north for several days, and even the south has been more or less affected. According to Erchen, not only Tuzhou, but also many places in the north need the imperial court to distribute relief grain, especially in remote cities and counties, which cannot produce much grain. Lord Shen Xiang said that he would immediately distribute relief food, because Tuzhou is now in turmoil, the order is unstable, and the place is very remote, if the disaster occurs but does not receive timely assistance, there is a fear of chaos. ”

Cen Xi's sentence analysis was reasonable and well-founded, but Emperor Cen was not satisfied because he missed the most sensitive topic.

"What Xi'er said is reasonable, then, what does Xi'er think about the increase of troops on the northern frontier?"

Although Cen Xi was reluctant to answer this question, he was not alarmed. After thinking for a while, he said, "My Daqin is bordered by Qi in the south and Buda in the north, and among the three kingdoms, Buda is the weakest, they have no sharp weapons, and they don't have rich land. But at the same time, they are the most difficult enemy to guard against, the country is mostly herded, often move around, they will not be fixed in one place, there is no fixed habit, if they sneak attack our country, our country even if in the shortest possible time to make a judgment, send troops, I am afraid that when our army presses the border, they have already gone to the empty building, in vain. Now the heavy snow in the north, there must be countless cattle and sheep frozen to death, but the country is mostly barbarian, in order to survive this winter, it is not impossible to attack our country. Shen Xiang asked for more troops to take precautions, and this is what he was worried about. ”

The words were high-sounding, and in the end it was not clear whether to increase the number of troops or not to increase them.

The courtiers rolled their eyes in their hearts, of course, no one really didn't want to live and dared to roll their eyes at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Elder Pei, you are a veteran of the Three Dynasties, I don't know what your opinion is on this matter?" Emperor Cen looked at Pei Lu, who was standing in front of the ministers.

Pei Lu stepped forward unhurriedly, and he said, "It has indeed snowed a few times in succession in Tuzhou and other northern places these days, but Lao Chen received news that it has stopped snowing in northern places today. Lao Chen has no astrology ability, and he does not dare to guarantee that it will not snow in the north from now on, but the long-distance mobilization of grain and grass will hurt the country, and the Tai Hospital will send too many doctors, which will not only make the Tai Hospital short of manpower for a while, but also make people panic. According to the old minister's opinion, the matter of sending food and doctors was postponed, and the decision was made after waiting for a while. ”

Emperor Cen nodded, "Pei Lao is worthy of being the cornerstone of my dynasty, and he is right." ”

Pei Lu continued, "As for the frontier affairs, although the old minister is not a military attaché and does not know any art of war, but the old minister has also been on the battlefield several times with the first emperor. ”

When Cen Xi heard Pei Lu say this, he changed his previous vague words, and he retorted, "Taifu Pei, you also said that the snow in the north stopped today, maybe it won't snow in the future." At this time, we moved troops north, our original intention was to prevent trouble, but in the eyes of Buda country, I am afraid that our country has deliberately provoked, and then there will be a war, can Mrs. Pei be sure that this will not cost the people and money? ”

Although Cen Xi is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is above 10,000 people under one person, Pei Lu does not take him seriously. He has been in three dynasties, the oldest qualification, that is, the emperor also has to weigh his weight in the court, the daughter of his son is the favored Mei Guifei of the dynasty, the concubine Niangniang has a dragon son, the status is stable, his grandson is intelligent, only fifteen years old has been appointed as the assassin of Jingzhou, the future is limitless, not to mention the distant relatives and close relatives.