Chang'an's granary is located in the central and western part of Chang'an City, covering an area of more than 2,000 acres, the stored grain is not only the guarantee of nearly 100,000 commercial and industrial population in Chang'an, but also the lifeblood of Dong Zhuojun's Jizhou and Youzhou two major legions, protected by more than 5,000 Dong Zhuojun soldiers, under the command of the grain officer, the former Chang'an grain officer is Sima Lang and in charge, but Dong Boss's third brother Dong Man replaced Kang Peng in charge of the rear period, he was good at patting Hua Xin up, and he temporarily managed the granary, fortunately Hua Xin although he lacked in character, However, the ability to govern is also very good, using the period of escrow to buy at a parity or low price the grain that has been harvested by the people of Yongheliang and Liang for many years and the price has fallen sharply, and then use the idle transportation resources and trade privileges in Dong Zhuojun's hands to resell it to the south of the Saiwai and other places, in exchange for a large number of horses, cattle and sheep, animal skins, gold sand, medicinal materials and other commodities, and then resell them to the rich Yongheliang Sanzhou to earn a huge price difference, and then use the difference to buy grain, which not only ensures the food needs of the front, but also raises the price of grain in the three states. When Kang Peng returned to Chang'an City, Chang'an's granary not only did not decrease, but increased slightly, and also allowed Dong Zhuojun to make a large price difference from it, increasing Dong Zhuojun's income.

However, Hua Xin's doing this seemed to be of great benefit to Dong Zhuojun on the surface, but many people who had a good impression of Hua Xin sweated for Hua Xin, because the laws of the Han Dynasty clearly stipulated that large-scale trade with Saiwai and Nanban and other places must be reported to the imperial court, and it could only be implemented with the permission of the imperial court, and most of what Hua Xin sold was high-yield grain, which was likely to be used by nomads and fishing and hunting peoples, posing a threat to Dong Zhuojun. Who knew that after Kang Peng came back, not only did he not reprimand and punish Hua Xin, but directly straightened Hua Xin and let him officially manage the granary, which surprised many people who were waiting for Hua Xin's jokes. In fact, Kang Peng was not allowed to sell high-yield grain to the nomads at the beginning, because Dong Zhuojun had to ensure the supply of grain and the use of seed retention, and could not let the grain be exported, and now the problem of food shortage has been completely solved, Kang Peng himself still wants to sell grain to the nomads, but he has been busy with the military and has no time to take care of it for the time being. As for the problem of grain leakage, for an empire, the farming peoples are much easier to manage than the nomads and the fishing and hunting peoples, and Kang Peng also wished that those nomads and fishing and hunting peoples would be transformed into agricultural peoples, and at that time, other peoples had not yet mastered the principle of the hybrid evolution of grain species, and would definitely be plagued by seed degradation, and Kang Peng could also use this to indirectly control the outside and the south that could not be taken into account.

When Cai Wenji, Cai Yong, Chen Gong and Fa Zheng and others rushed to the Chang'an granary with murderous spirits, the Chang'an granary had been under martial law according to Hua Xin's order, and more than 5,000 granary soldiers were fully armed around the granary, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and Hua Xin was not in the granary at the moment, and the granary guards were all in charge of Xu Xian, the eldest son of Dong Zhuojun's veteran Xu Rong. No one is allowed to enter or leave without a handwritten warrant from the grain officer! ”

Cai Wenji was furious when she heard this, she didn't know that this young general was the son of Xu Rong, a veteran general whom her husband trusted - she didn't trust or return to hand over the east gate of Chang'an to Xu Rong to guard, let alone arrange Xu Rong's son in the granary, the number one fat difference in the army. Cai Wenji just judged that Xu Xian was a low-level general by looking at the color of the clothes, and couldn't help but say with great authority: "This concubine is your master's mother, and the child in this concubine's arms is your young master, quickly open the camp gate, and quickly find Hua Xin to come and knock on this concubine." Chen Gong and Fa Zheng and other old Dong Zhuojun old men also shouted, asking Xu Xian to open the door immediately and knock on Cai Wenji.

"Military law is above, there are no princesses and young masters here, and there are no superiors and subordinates, there is only military law here." Xu Xian's face was fearless, and he replied loudly: "The princess and all the adults can check the second article of the martial law decree of the military law, the granary and the armory are under martial law, and the guards and generals are not allowed to let people enter the warehouse unless they see the decree of the king or the treasury officer's handwritten warrant, and those who violate the order will be punished for rebellion!" Lawfully kill on sight! Speaking of this, Xu Xian waved his hand, and the Dong Zhuojun soldiers guarding the granary behind him rushed forward, aiming the bows and crossbows and other weapons in their hands at Cai Wenji, Chen Gong and the others.

Chen Gong and Fa Zheng were better, Cai Wenji and Cai Yong had seen such a really murderous formation, and they were immediately frightened and subconsciously took a few steps back and hid behind the guards, Cai Wenji asked Cai Yong in a trembling voice: "Father, what now?" Cai Yongna could answer, but Chen Gong suggested: "Princess, please quickly mobilize the army here and directly control the granary, otherwise we will indirectly control Hua Xin, the dog thief." Cai Yong hurriedly echoed and persuaded Cai Wenji to adopt Chen Gong's suggestion.

Cai Wenji patted Dong Peng in her arms and muttered for a moment, for the first time since her husband's assassination, she didn't listen to her father's words, but asked Xu Xian in the granary again: "Since there are military law regulations, then the concubine will not enter the granary, where is Hua Xin?" He should always answer the concubine's question, right? Hearing Cai Wenji's words, Chen Gong and Cai Yong's heads fainted with a bang, and Cai Yong hurriedly said, "Daughter, what's wrong with you?" Why don't you take the advice of the ** teacher? ”

"The army is the lifeblood of the king, and the army cannot be chaotic, let alone cannibalistic." Cai Wenji replied in a low voice, Cai Yong and Chen Gong were in a hurry, what they wanted was internal strife in Dong Zhuojun, but they didn't expect Cai Wenji, who wanted her son to inherit the throne, to suddenly think about her husband's great cause now, which greatly disrupted the position of the Restoration Party.

When Cai Yong and Chen Gong were trying to make Cai Wenji obey their orders again, someone from behind them suddenly shouted, "Huada is back." Everyone turned their heads to look, and sure enough, they saw Hua Xin hurrying over with a large pile of official documents surrounded by a few soldiers, which would not need the guidance of Cai Yong and others, Cai Wenji, who had never been angry since he was a child, immediately became angry and said: "Hua Xin, what are you doing?" Why don't you come to greet the concubine? ”

"Back to the princess, the villain has gone to the army workshop." Hua Xin ran over and said respectfully: "The foot bow in front of the consumption is huge, and the inventory of Chang'an is not much, and the villain went to arrange for craftsmen to step up production, but Chang'an City is under martial law, and it is impossible to transport coal to the city, and there is not much coal in the workshop, so the villain went to mobilize and borrow the coal storage of other workshops in Chang'an City to maintain the production of the military workshop; In addition, the autumn harvest is imminent, and our army's treasury is no longer enough to store new grain, so the villain went to survey the new grain storage site and arrange to lease land from the people to build a new warehouse, and it is always good to take precautions; There is also horse material for war horses to survive the winter, and now we have to prepare in advance......"

Hua Xin chattered a lot, in short, he was busy with official business, so he didn't have time to give Cai Wenji a gift, Cai Wenji, who has always been pampered, had a headache when she heard these civil affairs, but Hua Xin was always smiling, and Cai Wenji didn't have a chance to have a seizure. After another moment, seeing that Hua Xin didn't mean to stop at all, Cai Wenji finally interrupted Hua Xin's words impatiently and said: "Those are your affairs, this concubine will ask you first, why don't you obey the order to send food, do you want to rebel?" ”

"Orders? What command? Hua Xin Daqi looked at Cai Wenji as if she was very pure and asked, "Princess, what order did you say?" Why didn't the villain see it? ”

"It's an order to send food to Li Dao and Guo Yan's troops!" Cai Wenji almost shouted out this sentence, Hua Xin pretended to be confused and played to this point, even if the person with good cultivation could not help but be angry, not to mention Cai Wenji, who has always had a bad temper, and the three people next to him, Chen Gong, Fa Zheng and Cai Yong were also blue-faced, and quickly took out the official letter that had not yet been opened, Chen Gong said coldly: "Brother Ziyu, I see how you still pretend?" ”

"Oh, the original letter." Hua Xin patted his head and laughed: "Princess, forgive me, the villain has been really busy and confused these days, and I saw this official letter more than an hour ago, but now I forgot it, damn it, damn it." ”

"You guys, you can give out your money now, right?" Cai Wenji asked with a blushing face, and veterans such as Li Dao and Guo Yan had already arrived, and a large number of Dong Zhuojun civil and military forces focused their eyes on Hua Xin.

"Why does the villain give out food?" Hua Xin suddenly changed his face, and replied solemnly: "It is clearly stipulated in the army that when the military warehouse allocates grain and grass, it is necessary to see one of the king's Jun Zhi, Jia Junshi or Li Taifu's handwriting before sending food, and now that Li Taifu has died of illness, the villain can only see the king's Jun Zhi or Jia Junshi's handwriting to send food, otherwise it is a violation of military law and will be killed." ”

"The king and Jia Junshi have been assassinated successively, you can't give orders, the young master is in charge of the country, of course you have to listen to the young master." Chen Gong said angrily.

"May I ask Lord Chen, has the king passed away now? Has Jia Junshi died? Hua Xin asked rhetorically, Chen Gong has nothing to say, although Kang Peng and Jia Xu are unconscious now, they are not breathing, from the perspective of military law or Han law, they are still the first and second commanders of Dong Zhuojun, Hua Xin insists on abiding by military discipline, which no one can blame.

"As long as the king and Jia Junshi are alive for one day, Hua Xin will abide by the law and discipline in the army for one day, and distribute food according to the regulations. After dropping a resounding sentence, Hua Xin hugged his fists at Li Dao, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji and other veterans of Dong Zhuojun and said: "Old generals, the king usually treats you well, and now the situation in Chang'an is critical, and you who hold the military power should be cautious, whether Chang'an City is stable or not is not only related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in front, but also related to the safety of the king whose life and death are unknown, please be more careful." After speaking, Hua Xin squeezed out of the crowd and returned to the granary without looking back.

"Hua Ziyu is reasonable!" Li Dao has always been a cannon barrel, and immediately shouted: "Lao Guo, Lao Zhang, we can't leave Chang'an City, the king and the military division are still alive, we must get their orders before we can go out of the city and station." ”

"Yes, yes." Guo Yan and Zhang Ji suddenly agreed, and several veteran generals ignored Cai Wenji and the others' iron blue faces, and left with a bang, ordering the troops that had been assembled to leave the city to return to their original positions and continue to participate in the control of Chang'an City.

The wide golden chariot was kicked and trampled by Cai Wenji, which shows the anger in Cai Wenji's heart, and Cai Yong and Chen Gong under the car have sad faces, as long as they transfer the old army of Dong Zhuojun led by Li Guo, and then win the support of Lu Bu, then the restoration party will be able to gain the upper hand in the battle for Chang'an City, at least on par with Dong Zhuojun's new army military system, but I didn't expect Hua Xin to make peace, Li Guo and others, who had promised to go out of the city, were determined to stay in the city, which brought countless variables to the restoration party's plan to seize military power.

After secretly exchanging a few glances with Chen Gong, Cai Yong asked his daughter with a straight face: "Good daughter, how did you think about your father's persuasion to order General Zilong to take a concubine?" ”

"I've given the order early." Cai Wenji replied angrily: "But Zhao Yun said that my father-in-law is now unclear about his life and death, and he has no intention of considering the matter of taking a concubine, so he declined my kindness." ”

"Silly daughter, this matter can't be delayed." Cai Yong said in a low voice: "You have also seen that those Xiliang veterans don't listen to you at all, you don't win the support of the army for my grandson now, in case those veterans and ministers insist on supporting the son-in-law's other sons as heirs in the future, you don't have the support of a powerful general, what can you do to support your son?" ”

Cai Yong's words are hitting Cai Wenji's heart, Dong Peng's identity as the second son has always been Cai Wenji's heart disease, Cai Wenji pondered for a while, and immediately ordered: "Quick, go to Zhao Yun's outer house immediately, this concubine wants to personally send Fan Juan into Zhao Yun's house, I think she Ma Yunlu dares to stop her?" Cai Yong was overjoyed and immediately said that he wanted to go with Cai Wenji, of course Cai Wenji agreed, and Chen Gong had another task, and Fa Zheng said goodbye to Cai Yong and others and went to do their own things.

Let's not mention that Cai Yong and Cai Wenji went to Zhao Yun's house to send off their relatives and wooed Zhao Yun by the way, just saying that Chen Gong and Fa Zheng went together not far away and dispersed, the relationship between the two was not very good before, plus the power and profit struggle in the past few days, the two have long been on the same page, how can they still walk together.

"I used to underestimate this Hua Xin so much." With the bump of the horse, Chen Gong, who was in deep thought, said secretly in his heart: "Looking at what he has done in the past few days, his ambition is not small, and he should also want to share in the distribution of power after Dong Zhuo's death, but why didn't he choose Dong Peng, who had been made his son-in-law, to take refuge?" Doesn't he understand that by swearing allegiance to Dong Peng now, he can get more in the future? Thinking of this, Chen Gong's heart tightened, Dong Zhuo has several sons, except for Dong Peng, who has a strong mother, Cai Wenji, the mothers of the other sons are all weak and have no family background, that is to say, as long as Dong Peng is not succeeded to the throne, whether it is replaced by Dong Yi or Dong Ping and Dong He, it is much easier for the auxiliary ministers in power to hold hostage!

"I know who assassinated Jia Xu!" Thinking of this, Chen Gong shouted, and suddenly returned to his horse and yelled: "Go back quickly, the princess and Lord Cai are in danger!" ”

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At the same time, in King Kang's mansion, Huang Yueying suddenly sneakily touched outside Kang Peng's bedroom, and the captain of Kang Peng's personal soldiers, who was guarding outside the bedroom, immediately greeted him, hugged his fist at Huang Yueying, and said: "Eleventh lady, the king is still unconscious, for the sake of the king's safety, the villain can't let you in, please go back." ”

"Come less." Huang Yueying said in a voice that only Shuguang could hear: "I knew that he was pretending, you go and report, I have something important to say to him, see me immediately." Before Huang Yueying's words fell, Shu Guang's face was already as pale as earth, Huang Yueying urged a few more times, and Shu Guang went in sweating profusely to report.

When Huang Yueying lightly entered the secret room behind Kang Peng's bedroom, Kang Peng was sitting on the side playing with a medicine bag, and the ground was full of fragments of teacups, obviously Kang Peng had just lost his temper, seeing Huang Yueying come in, Kang Peng's gloomy face barely squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and pulled Huang Yueying to his fat legs, pinched her tender face and said: "Little girl, Lone knows that he can hide it from anyone, but he can't hide it from you, fortunately you didn't talk nonsense, otherwise Lone's plan will be ruined by you." ”

Huang Yueying unceremoniously pinched back on Kang Peng's fat waist, and said with a red mouth: "Are you stupid to me?" There is a big loophole in your plan, the night you pretended to be poisoned, you actually sent your own soldiers to Wen Hou's house to inform Sister Mink Chan first, didn't your personal soldiers know that Wen Hou had left the city to go to the military camp on duty? You are obviously afraid that Lu Bu, who has an impulsive personality and also has the opportunity to inherit your throne, will do something out of the ordinary, so let Sister Mink Chan, who can only dissuade Wen Hou, go to Wen Hou to prevent it, but fortunately, your opponents are stupid and don't see through this, if they are all as smart as me, your plan will be useless. ”

Kang Peng was stunned, he sent someone to inform Mink Chan first, it was indeed to prevent Lu Bu from acting differently or impulsively, but Kang Peng himself didn't expect this to be a loophole, Huang Yueying was able to see through his plan from this point, and fortunately it was not discovered by others. Kang Peng laughed dryly, and gnawed a few mouthfuls on Huang Yueying's face before saying, "So Gu married you early, so that you don't have to fight against Gu behind your back." ”

"Hmph, I'm really at a loss, marrying you old ugly ghost, just to give you a coolie for weapon research, when did you love me?" Huang Yueying complained a few words, and said with a straight face: "Xianggong, I have a question for you, if you plan to have two consequences this time, which one will you choose?" ”

"What two consequences?" Kang Peng also wanted to refer to the opinion of this genius girl, and hurriedly asked, "Tell Gu to hear it." ”

"First, you can show your face in public now, but you can only forcibly kill the royalists who support the emperor and the main envoy who assassinated Jia Junshi, but from then on you will be charged with indiscriminate killing of innocents, and you may let go of some remaining parties, which is likely to lead to a resurgence." Huang Yueying said quietly.

"Lone will not choose this consequence." Kang Peng said confidently: "Lone in order to catch all these people. I've been patient for a long time, and I won't lose my breath right now. ”

"However, you may not choose the second consequence." Huang Yueying said solemnly: "You continue to endure now, after something happens, you don't need to do it, the two factions you want to clean up will kill each other without your hands, and when they are almost killed, and all the henchmen are exposed, you can justifiably stand up and kill them all and complete your plan." However, you risk losing your most beloved son and your favorite fourth lady. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Kang Peng was taken aback.

"I analyzed the ultimate purpose of assassinating the master of the Jia army." Huang Yueying closed her big beautiful eyes and said slowly: "His purpose is to become a powerful minister, and even take away your inheritance in the end, so Sister Cai, who has a strong personality and can't control it, is his biggest stumbling block, since he can raise a dead man to assassinate Jia Junshi, naturally there are dead soldiers who can assassinate Sister Cai and her son, as long as Sister Cai and her son die, your other sons will succeed to the throne, and the mothers of your remaining sons will all have weak personalities, and the power will naturally fall into his hands, When he uses the power in his hands to divide and eliminate his other stumbling blocks, he will be the second you. However, if he wants to do this, he must clear the charge of assassinating Sister Cai, and the gang of people standing behind Sister Cai are his best targets to blame, naturally, the gang behind Sister Cai will definitely not sit still, as long as you secretly do something, you can let the two factions kill each other, so that you can profit. ”

"To be honest, I hate the arrogant and domineering Sister Cai." Huang Yueying opened her eyes and stared at Kang Peng with burning eyes, her eyes brought emotion to Kang Peng for the first time, "But I don't want you to be sad, if you are sad, Sister Wen and I will be sad, so I let you choose for yourself." If my estimate is right, that person will do it quickly, and you can go in time now. ”

Contrary to Huang Yueying's expectations, Kang Peng did not jump up to save Cai Wenji's mother and son, but continued to play with the medicine bag in his hand with a sinking face, which was a small part of the medicine that Cai Yong handed over to Cai Wenji, Hua Tuo had already experienced the ingredients - it was a very insidious poison, if Kang Peng really took this medicine, it would indeed relieve some of the poison carried by Fu Shou, but after three days of taking the medicine, the new poison would attack, and at that time, even Hua Tuo could not be rescued.

"King, you don't have to be embarrassed." Jia Xu's weak voice floated from the inner room, and Jia Xu had heard all the conversations between Huang Yueying and Kang Peng just now.