Sunlight shines through the carved windows into the room, shining on the embroidered carpet on the floor, the golden threads shimmering with a warm yellow glow.

The sound of hurried footsteps sounded in the courtyard, and then Li Qing's suppressed inquiry at the door.

"Is the prince awake?"

Changning lifted the curtain, glanced into the room, and saw Su Lu looking out the window, and lowered the curtain again.

"Your Majesty, the prince has woken up."

Li Qing, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, walked in quickly, his cheeks were full of joy, and when he arrived at the side of the bed, he sat down with his sleeves caged, and then asked.

"How's it going, sleep well, are you hungry?"

Su Lu touched his stomach: "I'm really a little hungry, by the way, how many ginseng people are there in the government and the opposition today, and does Dazong Zheng want to take away my military power?" ”

Li Qing glanced at Su Lu with disgust, and instructed Changning, who was accompanying him, to say:

"Go, pass some food, I'll eat it with the prince. I'm hungry when I fight with these courtiers today. ”

Next to him, Gāo Zhān said with a smile: "It's also Your Majesty's kindness, and he doesn't want to refute the face of your scholars, if the prince is here, who would dare to say no, the ministers." ”

Next to him, Su Ge also flattened his mouth and said: "Lord Yang shirked his responsibility too quickly, the silver treasury belongs to the household department, and of course it is the responsibility of the household department to lose the silver, but it is pushed to the forbidden army, Gao Gonggong is right, he just sees that the prince is not in the court, and he bullies Your Majesty You are kind." ”

Su Lu frowned, and asked Li Qing and said:

"Why, the treasury silver is lost, the silver of the big treasury is lost?"

Li Qing sighed and said helplessly: "Isn't it a routine inventory at the end of the year these days, Dingxiangwei's tentacles are getting deeper and deeper now, I can't find anything in previous years, is there really no favoritism in it, so I recruited Pingqi." ”

"I didn't expect to really let Ding Xiangwei find out something, the Jingxi Treasury should normally be 6.5 million taels of silver, but I didn't expect that now there are less than 3 million taels in the warehouse, and the remaining 3.5 million taels are completely gone."

"No, this incident happened today, Yang Biao opened his mouth to shirk responsibility, the treasury soldiers, the forbidden army, anyway, there is no responsibility of his household department, I am really annoyed to hear it today."

The dishes made by the imperial chef were brought in and laid out in the dormitory.

Li Qing drove away the palace maid and dressed Su Lu with his own hands, watching Su Lu put on a bright yellow python robe, his cheeks were full of redness.

"I haven't dressed you yet?"

Su Lu sat down at the table, picked up a piece of pastry and said: "Eat first, now that the surrounding area is stable, I don't have to go out to fight in the future, I will stay in the capital for a long time, you can dress me whenever you want." ”

Li Qing sat down next to Su Lu, picked up the porridge bowl and took a sip, "Hey, this imperial chef has also grown up today, and the porridge he makes is much sweeter." ”

Changning, who was serving Li Qing to eat next to him, said with a smile: "It's the imperial chef who has entered, and it is Your Majesty that you saw the prince come back and knew that the prince didn't have to go out of the capital again, so my heart was sweet." ”

Su Lu asked Li Qing and said, "When I came back from the Northland, I heard that there was an incident in Liangzhou, and Cao Hua could have the latest military information back?" ”

Li Qing put down the bowl and watched Su Lu eat.

"Yesterday, a new military information was transmitted, saying that Emperor Qin ordered Xiang Chong's army to leave Mole City and wanted to attack Hargai, but was beaten back by Cao Hua's army, and the Qin army lost 6,000 and Xiang Chong returned to Mole City."

Li Qing helped Su Lu take a piece of sweet cake, stuffed it into Su Lu's hand, and said with a smile:

"You female disciple, you really didn't live up to your expectations, the unified army is a good hand in fighting, Xiang Chong is also a famous general of the Qin army, relying on the natural danger of Mole City, he stubbornly withstood the attack of the barbarians and the Taixi people, but the Qin army that was beaten by Cao Hua in the first battle was broken, and this Mole City is about to be lost."

Su Lu bit the sweet cake, and his tone was full of disdain: "Emperor Qin's heart is big, thinking that if the barbarians leave with the Taixi people, he will be able to recover his homeland, it's really ridiculous, we can repel the Taixi people, and beating his remnants of the Qin army is like playing." ”

"What are you going to do about the treasury of the western part of the world?"

Su Lu asked Li Qing.

Li Qing shook his head in distress, "I don't know, I have summoned Pingqi just now, I think this kid should also arrive, Ding Xiangwei's manpower is very deep, I don't know if I can count on him this time." ”

While he was talking, the guards outside came to report that Pingqi had arrived.

Su Lu waved his hand and motioned for the guards to come in.

Pingqi entered the dormitory, greeted the two of them, and stood aside respectfully.

Su Lu asked, "Where is the Jingxi Daku, do you have any way to find out some clues?" ”

Ping Qi lowered his head: "Don't hide it from the prince, Your Majesty, the ministers have been thinking about this matter these days, and the Dingxiang guards under him have also spread out, wanting to inquire about some clues, but I didn't expect that I really found something." ”

"The Jingxi Treasury is backed by Jingshan, and the four wildernesses are uninhabited, and the only people who can enter the treasury are those who follow the treasury soldiers and officials, as well as the officials who are inspected by the household department."

"The minister started with these people, used all kinds of means, and finally found out some clues."

Li Qingxi was overjoyed, "Pingqi, tell me, what clues have you found, these Aiqing of mine, that favoritism and fraud, embezzled the treasury silver?" ”

Pingqi glanced at Su Lu, "This person Wang Ye also dealt with him last night, and he is a servant of the Criminal Department." ”

"Is that him?"

Su Lu frowned, this is really a coincidence, last night I thought in my heart that Lu Shilang was shrewd and capable, and he did things at a high level, but he didn't expect such a moth to come out in a blink of an eye.

"Lu Shilang has a wife from the clan, should he be forced to do these things?"

Li Qing asked, with some doubts on his cheeks, Lu Shilang was a good official, how could he steal the treasury silver, and besides, he didn't have a chance to contact the treasury silver.

Next to him, Gāo Zhān spoke: "Your Majesty, if the servant remembers well, Lu Shilang has risen from the ministry of the Great Treasury of Jingxi. ”

Ping Qi stretched out a thumbs up to Gāo Zhān: "Grandpa Gao is amazing, I still remember the events of many years ago so clearly, yes, Lu Shilang was still the director of the Jingxi Treasury ten years ago, if he wants to do something to the treasury, there are means." ”

"According to the news that the minister explored, Lu Shilang made friends with a group of mysterious people, it should be the hand of these mysterious people on the treasury silver, how to move the treasury silver, and when the silver in the big treasury is clear, there should be eyebrows."

"Your Majesty, the commander of the guards of the Prince of Anguo's Mansion is the commander of the land battle and General Lu asks to see you."

A guard came in and reported it.

Li Qing glanced at Su Lu, smiled and said, "You, the commander of the guards, have only been away from you for a few hours, and then I came to see you again." ”

Su Lu waved his hand and motioned for the guards to lure Lu Zhan in.

"When Lu Zhan came here, I'm afraid there is something important to report."

Lu Zhan came in and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Qi, in the entourage of Lu Shilang, the minister found the soldiers of the Black Flag Army of my Qin State and the Xuanjia Army of the Tang State. ”

Su Lu raised his eyebrows, there is a Black Flag Army, and a Xuanjia Army?

Li Qing stood up in surprise: "How is it possible, Lu Zhan, you only know the Black Flag Army, how come you even know the people of the Xuanjia Army?" ”

Lu Zhan lowered his head: "Your Majesty, the minister was also a brave general in the Black Flag Army back then, he had followed Li Shuai and dealt with Zhou Shuai of the Tang Kingdom, and he had seen the elite of the Xuanjia Army, and there were such people among the attendants and guards of Lu Shilang. ”