"How else to say that my Li family's ancestral tomb is smoking, anyway, Master Pei of the household department has dealt with this matter, and the saint has not investigated it deeply. Later, the household department quickly sent the silver over, and asked me to quickly transfer the silver while the prince had not returned to Jingzhou. ”

"Ergui, you kid really hit the shit luck!" Lao Cao suddenly felt that Li Ergui's luck had a fight with himself.

"So, brother, do you think the younger brother is righteous to you? I even paid for this kind of thing, in order to make you careful, don't provoke that one in Xinyang County. ”

"Righteousness! My brother must remember that you are good. But why did the saint let the prince come to our Jingzhou? ”

"Hey, I guess I just want to go through the experience. Just like last year's envoy to the blue sea, can't the saint still see the mind of cultivating the prince? ”

"That's ......"

"When the prince passed by our Jingzhou last year, it was the car that you led the troops to escort, didn't I take the master of the fried hibiscus chestnut cake in Cifang Ancient Town, our Jingzhou Prefecture directly to the hotel? It's a blessing to see the prince show his face once in a place like ours, where can you expect the prince to come and do what kind of county order. ”

"And how are you coping with it now?"

"You have to pretend you don't know. Anyway, when he suffers a disaster there, I will allocate two shares of silver, and I will never look for him in Xinyang County, so I want to be safe and ......."

"Where did you get the money to give him a double portion?"

"Other states and counties are coming, this is called taking from the people for the people, and the people of Xinyang County are also the people." Li Zhuo had a grime smile on his face again.

"Then you mean this recruitment will be ......"

"Just treat Jingzhou as if there is no Xinyang County! Anyway, the people there are rich now, and no one wants to join the army. ”

"Got it!" Lao Cao pondered for a while, and couldn't help asking, "Then when will you be the head of the day?" Could it be that the prince has been staying here all along? ”

"Where can he be, he will return to the imperial capital in ten days and a half months."

"How do you know?"

"The new county order to fill the vacancy has been decided, and even the official document has been sent."

"You kid, this shit luck is really ......"

The two laughed together, and for a moment, Lao Cao felt as if he had returned to the good old days when Cao Mapi and Li Ergui stole jujubes.

* * * * * *

At night in the imperial capital of Wanhua, the west of the city near the imperial palace is still brightly lit, and since Emperor Wen postponed the curfew, the night market has been flourishing day by day, making people forget to return.

However, when night fell into the east of the city, it was still silent as usual, and even the lights were much less.

The shops on Yanbo Street have long been closed, and only two large lanterns are still lit in front of Yefu at the end of the street, reflecting the powerful word "Yefu".

There were almost a few servants left in the mansion, and when they heard that there was a lantern festival in the west of the city today, Ye Zhiqiu sent them out to see the lanterns with Ye Yin.

The people love such a master the most. Sympathetic and humane, he also gave some broken silver to play well at the lantern festival. The master is so understanding, even if he is a little stricter on weekdays, or has some strange rules, he will never make his subordinates complain in their hearts.

So the sky was just dark, and only Ye Zhiqiu and his wife were left in the Ye Mansion.

The two of them each held an old book and sat quietly in the hall, Ye Zhiqiu read a copybook, and Mrs. Ye read a Buddhist scripture. Everywhere quietly

There was only a few occasional "zizi" sounds from the candle wick on the side.

After a long time, Ye Zhiqiu put down the notebook and said, "It's almost time to come, I'll make tea." ”

Mrs. Ye also put down the book, stood up and said, "I'll go", turned around and entered the back of the hall.

After a while, there was some noise on the roof of the hall, as if someone had walked along the tile. Ye Zhiqiu looked up and saw that there was already one more person in front of him, wearing a night suit.

The two exchanged a salute.

"Lord Han is really punctual, please take a seat."

Ye Zhiqiu said, left the main seat, and sat down with Han Futong in the row of chairs in the east head.

Han Fu was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Mrs. Ye coming from behind the hall with tea.

Han Fu immediately got up and knelt on one leg and said, "How dare you bother the county lord to serve tea personally." ”

Mrs. Ye said softly: "Lord Han, get up quickly, everyone has gone out today, and you can speak quietly." As he spoke, he handed the teacup to the table, then turned and hid into the back hall.

Ye Zhiqiu took a sip of the teacup and asked:

"According to previous years, Lord Han should be recruiting troops in Jingzhou at this time, how to ...... this year But what's the urgency? ”

"If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, I wouldn't have asked someone to go to Jingzhou for me. Lord Ye, I'm afraid I'm really going to do it this time. ”

"Who?"

Han Fu didn't speak, and took out something from his sleeve.

Ye Zhiqiu looked at it by candlelight, it was a bag, the brocade was finely woven, and a dragon claw on the side of the bag jumped on the clouds, which was clearly a royal thing.

"You mean...... The one in the Evergreen Palace? ”

"Exactly! The army of the Northern Expedition is ready to go, and everything is just waiting for autumn. He summoned me late at night. ”

"What did he say?"

"He asked me if I would be in the king's life. How to interpret this sentence? ”

Ye Zhiqiu smiled on his face, secretly thinking that this Emperor Wen was really good at catching people's hearts.

"And how did you respond?"

"I said, if the Taishi Mansion is the world's wisest place, it should be able to afford it. But such a minister is so stupid, if there is no king's order, he doesn't know the east, west, north and south, how can he not be honored? ”

"Hahaha, Old Han, I didn't expect you to speak so smoothly now. not only exonerated himself, but also did not forget to push Mu Yunzuo. Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but laugh.

"Isn't this thanks to Lord Ye reminding me before? Otherwise, I can't figure out how to deal with it. ”

Han Fu is a notoriously cold and arrogant person, but at this time, in front of Ye Zhiqiu, he has no arrogance.

Ye Zhiqiu pondered for a while and asked:

"Lord Han, how many times have you been to his tea garden, and how many times have you drunk tea?"

Han Fu thought for a moment and replied:

"In the past ten years, I have entered the tea garden 24 times, drunk tea 18 times, and played three games."

"Not bad...... Not bad...... That every time you have tea with him......"

"According to Lord Ye's intentions, I singled out the Mu Yun clan's domineering and overstepping authority and told him."

"Excellent! There are twenty-four times, no less. Ten years is not a short time. Ye Zhiqiu looked very satisfied, "The Li family and the Mu Yun clan are on the same footing, as long as Li Houcong sees it, the more we hate the Mu Yun clan, the more he will treat you as his own." No matter how deep he is in the city and tests you again, ten years is enough time to dispel his doubts. He summoned you in the middle of the night, and asked you if you were not ordained, and then he gave you the word

Your tricks are clearly betting on you, and our hard work has not been in vain. ”

Han Fu was also overjoyed when he heard this, "Really? Lord Ye is saying that he has already taken the bait? ”

"Yes, what else did he say to you?"

He said that before he set out to cross the Hanjiang River in Jingzhou, he would open the bag and only obey the king's orders, which would be a great achievement and would be rewarded. Before that, it is not allowed to be opened without permission, let alone known to anyone. ”

"Have you ever taken it apart?"

"It's a big matter, I thought about it again and again, and I didn't dare to open it without permission, so I was in a hurry to see Lord Ye and ask what should I do."

Ye Zhiqiu looked at the little bag, thought for a long time, nodded and said:

"Fortunately, Lord Han didn't open it, it'......s so dangerous."

Han Fu was shocked when he heard this: "Why?" ”

"Li Houcong is suspicious by nature and extremely cautious, he has been secretly watching you for ten years, although he is sure that you have a grudge against the Mu Yun clan and will not leak the secret to the Mu Yun clan, but he is still not at ease. Obviously, there is still some time for the army to go out, but the tips have been awarded to Lord Han early, do you know why? ”

"I don't know."

"This bag must be written with a plot to plot against the Mu Yun clan, but it is also used to test Lord Han. If Lord Han has privately dismantled the trick and knows the plan, even if he doesn't go to the Mu Yun clan, there will definitely be clues in the looks of the court in the past few days, then he will remove you and replace you with another candidate before you set out for the battle. ”

"I see, it's really a vicious king!" Han Fu said hatefully, "What should we do now?" ”

"Lord Han might as well give me the tips, let me take a look at it, and then make a decision."

Han Fu thought about it, answered a good word, and then handed over the bag briskly.

Ye Zhiqiu took the bag, took the scissors and carefully cut the silk thread that was stitched at the mouth of the bag, and took out a silk book from it.

He turned to look under the lamp and smiled.

Han Fu asked impatiently, "What is the situation?" ”

Ye Zhiqiu rolled up the silk book and said with a smile: "I didn't expect this Li Houcong to be so leaky." I have read the secret letter, and what is written on it is no problem for adults. But because of this, adults don't have to open it at this time, if you know the mystery, it is easy to expose the horse's feet on the Hanyuan Hall these days. ”

Han Fu saw that Ye Zhiqiu was confident, so he nodded.

Ye Zhiqiu sighed, "I knew that he was a city-deep, but I didn't expect him to be so deep. But it's not surprising that if he hadn't been so careful all these years, how could he bring down the Taishi Mansion that was in full swing back then. ”

When Han Fu heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sure enough, it's the same cunning mind. In any case, as long as Mu Yun's family still has a breath, I will not give up. ”

"Lord Han, I empathize with the matter of revenge, speaking of this blood feud, what he Mu Yun did to my Chang clan is even more innumerable. But Lord Han must not forget, the first plan is to restore the country, only by recovering the Songyang country, can we inherit the last wishes of you and my fathers and ancestors, and we must not mess up the whole situation because of a momentary anger. We have endured it in the imperial capital for decades, and even the county lord was forced to marry me incognito, all for the great cause of restoring the country, Lord Han must calm down! ”

"That's nature. Even the county lord is so forbearing, how can I be rash. It's just that when I think of my father's hatred before his death, I can't sleep at night, and thanks to Lord Ye's secret scheduling, I won't lose my mind. ”

(End of chapter)