When Qi Ning returned to the Hou Mansion, Tang Nuo had already been taken back to the mansion from Yong'an Hall, this time in order to find the antidote, Tang Nuo's vitality was quite injured, and it was inevitable that he would have to rest for a few days to recover. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Duan Canghai and Zhao Wuxian went out to follow their traces, and now they have already returned, but Duan Canghai and the others have no trace, so they can only arrange for someone to find Duan Canghai and his party.

Fortunately, the guards of the Jinyi Marquis Mansion have their own marks, and after leaving the city, they will leave some marks that are not easy to be noticed on the way, and it is easy for their own people to catch up with the traces.

The disaster that was supposed to lead to an earth-shattering change was completely eliminated at the end of the day, and Qi Ning was completely relieved, and he had a good night's sleep.

By the next morning, it was the palace that sent someone to pass it over, and Qi Ning cleaned it up, and then entered the palace, thinking that it should be the emperor who wanted to know the progress of the epidemic.

After entering the palace, when he arrived at the imperial study, he found that there were more than ten ministers in the imperial study, including the Marquis of Zhongyi and the King of Huainan.

When Qi Ning came in, Lu Xiao, the squire of the military department, was standing in the middle, as if he was reporting something, and after Qi Ning came in, the eyes of all the ministers were focused on Qi Ning.

Qi Ning saw that there was a person standing under Lu Xiao opposite, who was nearly fifty years old, with a fluttering black beard, tall and thin, his eyes did not squint, and his appearance was quite handsome, he only felt quite familiar, and suddenly thought that this person was six or seven points similar to Dou Lianzhong between his eyebrows, and thought to himself, Could this person have changed into Dou Kui, the head of the household?

Seeing Qi Ning come in, Longtai's eyes lit up slightly, but his expression was still very calm, after Qi Ning saw it, according to the position last time, he stood under the head of Zhongyi Hou, but this time he didn't see the figure of Wuxiang Hou Su Yu, knowing that the method of detoxification came out yesterday, Wuxiang Hou should have also been detoxified, and now he should have been recuperating in the house.

The ministers didn't speak, and Long Tai motioned for Lu Xiao to continue, and Lu Xiao continued: "If it is not quickly exterminated, I am afraid that it will lead to a large-scale rebellion in other Miaodong. ”

Qi Ning only thought that this Lu Shilang was sending troops to encircle and suppress the Black Lotus Holy Sect again, and thought that this guy was also determined, but Arnau was rescued by Swing Yi in the Shenhou Mansion, which was naturally a great stimulus to the imperial court, and gave a big reason for a main battle faction like Lu Xiao.

He couldn't help but glance down, only to see that Ximen Wuxian was under his head, calm and relaxed, when he looked over, he saw that Ximen Wuxian was also looking at himself, the two looked at each other, Ximen Wuxian showed a shallow smile, Qi Ning also smiled reluctantly, but he thought in his heart that Lao Tzu was held hostage in your Shenhou Mansion last time, and you don't have any gifts to come and take a look?

"Zhongyi Hou, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Qi Ning suddenly heard Long Tai speak, and retracted his thoughts.

Zhongyi Hou said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has always thought that the murder weapon of the soldier should not be lightly launched unless it is absolutely necessary. Huamiao Heiyan Cave is among the seventy-two caves of the Miao people, and it is also a relatively powerful Miao Cave, and it has also made contributions to the imperial court back then, but this time there is such a thing, is it better to send someone to figure out the situation first? ”

Qi Ning was stunned, he originally thought that Lu Xiao was admonishing him to send troops against the Black Lotus Holy Sect, but listening to the meaning of the Zhongyi Hou, it seemed that it was not aimed at the Black Lotus Holy Sect, but to deal with the Black Rock Cave in the flower seedlings.

He knew that the Black Lotus Holy Sect came from Black Miao, when did this Flower Miao cause trouble again?

"Old marquis, the excerpts have been sent, and the lower officials think that the matter is already very clear." Lu Xiao said: "Anyway, killing the officials of the imperial court is a great reason, and it is also a rebellion, if the imperial court turns a blind eye to this matter, the other Miao insights see that the imperial court reacts like this, and they think that the imperial court is weak, and the courage will become even greater, coupled with the instigation of the Black Lotus Holy Sect, it will soon cause a huge disaster." For those barbarians, they can only be ruthless, kill chickens and monkeys, and exterminate the Black Rock Cave, and the other caves of the Miao people will definitely be deterred by the imperial court. ”

Qi Ning was surprised, secretly thinking that it turned out that Huamiao Heiyan Cave actually killed the officials of the imperial court, this is really not a trivial matter, and couldn't help asking: "Lord Lu, is there conclusive evidence that Heiyan Cave killed the officials of the imperial court?" ”

Lu Xiao knew that Qi Ning had just arrived, and he was not clear about the matter, so he nodded slightly, and then said to Longtai: "Your Majesty, the messenger sent by the King of Shu is very clear about this matter, is it up to him to summon him to explain it in detail?" ”

Long Tai's expression was grim, and he said, "Let the messenger come in and make it clear." ”

At that moment, he sent someone to spread the messenger of the king of Shu to come to the imperial study to see, and it didn't take long to see a messenger coming in a hurry, after coming in, he didn't dare to look up, and was led to the front by the eunuch, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed: "Xu Guanfeng, the villain Jinguan Wei Lieutenant, meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." His forehead was on the ground, his buttocks were rising, and his burly figure was lying on the ground like a big toad.

When he first came in, Qi Ning recognized at a glance that this Xu Guanfeng was the Sichuan Captain he met in the wine shop on his way back to Beijing last time.

"Xu Guanfeng, about the rebellion in the Black Rock Cave, you will now make it clear what you know." Lu Xiao said in a deep voice: "If there is a slight mistake, it will be severely punished." ”

Xu Guanfeng didn't dare to raise his head, but pouted his ass and said, "The villain doesn't dare to deceive in the slightest." Emperor Qi, Heiyan Cave is a flower seedling cave living in Heiyan Ridge, there are six villages, six villages combined, there are six or seven thousand people. ”

Lu Xiao said: "There is no need to introduce these, the Black Rock Cave has made contributions to the imperial court back then, and the imperial court has rewarded them for this, and they have also been exempted from taxes for five years. He actually glanced at Qi Ning and said, "The court knows everything about this matter, and the Marquis of Jinyi knows it well." ”

Qi Ning frowned, thinking to himself that Lao Tzu had never even heard of the Flower Miao Black Cave before, how could he know so well? What's all this about?

The old Zhongyi Hou of Longzhong said lightly: "Why did Heiyanzhai kill officials? ”

Xu Guanfeng said: "Heiyanzhai has made contributions to the imperial court back then, so it has always been a little arrogant, not only do they not take other Miao Dong in their eyes, but they also don't care about the officials of the imperial court. After a pause, he continued: "The imperial court exempted them from paying taxes for five years, but after the expiration, they still delayed it for several years, but the local officials didn't say much. ”

King Huainan said: "It is the duty of local officials to collect taxes, if it is to resist taxes, it is equivalent to rebellion, why don't you dare to say it?" ”

Xu Guanfeng hesitated for a moment before he said, "Actually...... In fact, it is a scruple about the ....... of Jinyi Hou! ”

For a while, everyone's eyes looked at Qi Ning, even the little emperor of Longtai also glanced at Qi Ning, Qi Ning thought that it was none of his business, and it was inconvenient for him to say much about such a major event in the court, but he didn't want Xu Guanfeng to pull the matter on Jinyihou, so he couldn't help frowning and said: "What does this have to do with Jinyihou?" ”

King Huainan said with a smile: "Don't you know, the old marquis of Jinyi conquered Xichuan, because the terrain of Xichuan is dangerous, there are many passes, and he was once frustrated, and then the old marquis came into contact with the black rock cave of the Huamiao people, and the black rock cave helped the old marquis and became the guide of the Chu army, they are very clear about the complex terrain of Xichuan, and can go deep into the hinterland of Xichuan to understand the intelligence, so the old marquis of Jinyi has won a series of battles in Xichuan, and even once came to the city of Chengdu, if it is not for the black rock cave, the old marquis's expedition may not be so smooth. ”

Qi Ning suddenly realized.

When the Shu king Li entrenched in Xichuan, became the soil emperor of Xichuan, after the Xiao family pacified the area south of the Yangtze River, the side of the couch naturally did not allow the Li family to continue to be independent as the king in Xichuan, and the Southern Chu and the Northern Han two countries competed, if Xichuan was uncertain, the flank of the Southern Chu would wait if there was a knife to resist at all times, so he sent the old marquis of brocade to wave his troops to the west to pacify Xichuan.

For the past, Qi Ning is also very clear, knowing that the Li family in Xichuan was also stubbornly resistant, the old marquis of Jinyi in Xichuan did not go well at the beginning, and both sides were also losing troops, so until now, the Qi family of the Marquis of Jinyi and the Li family of the king of Shu still do not interact with each other, and they are like fire and water.

He also knew that the old marquis later won a series of victories and arrived at the city of Chengdu, and it was at that time that the Northern Han people helped the Xichuan Li family a great favor, and the Southern Chu could only stop the expedition to Xichuan in order to deal with the Northern Han people, and when the Xichuan Li family got a respite, they did not continue to be hostile to the Southern Chu, but took the initiative to submit to the Southern Chu.

The old marquis was able to fight even victories later, but it was because some of the local Miao people were used by the old marquis, and now it seems that the flower seedling black rock cave is naturally one of the ones that assisted the old marquis in his expedition to Shu.

Qi Ning has a lot of understanding of this past, and at this time, he also understands why Lu Xiao and King Huainan would say that Heiyan Cave is involved with Jinyi Hou.

He was a little indifferent, but now he was uplifted.

Xu Guanfeng said: "Heiyan Cave helped the imperial court back then, and contributed under the command of the Marquis of Jinyi, so he has always used the Marquis of Jinyi as his backer, although he can't say that there is no one in his eyes, but he is also very arrogant. Five years later, the local officials went to the Black Rock Ridge to collect taxes, but they delayed again and again, looking for various reasons, and delayed for several years, and then it was Lord Thorn Shi who invited the cave owner of the Black Rock Cave to go to the Thorn Shi Mansion and persuaded him, and only collected seventy percent of the original taxes on the Black Rock Cave, which solved the matter. ”

Qi Ning listened to what Xu Guanfeng said very smoothly, and did not hesitate at all, as if he was endorsing, knowing that this guy had already memorized the matter reported to the imperial court in advance.

"In that case, why did the killing of court officials happen?" Lu Xiao asked in a deep voice.

Xu Guanfeng said: "In the past few years of the war with the Northern Han people, the imperial court has increased the tax in Xichuan by 20%, so it is inevitable that the local government will increase the tax on the Black Rock Cave. But the Hua Miao people are fierce and brutal, the owner of the Black Rock Cave not only did not pay taxes, but refused to pay taxes from two years ago, three months ago, the local tax collectors went to collect taxes, they actually argued with the tax collectors, injured the tax collectors, Danba County Ling Bai Tangling saw that he had made meritorious contributions to the imperial court in the Black Rock Cave, so he personally took a few people to Heiyan Ridge, but ......! Speaking of this, he paused for a moment before he said slowly: "But the people who went there were all killed by the Black Rock Cave." ”

There was silence in the imperial study for a while, and the tall and thin official who had not been silent and was suspected by Qi Ning of being Dou Kui finally asked: "It's just a hole in the Miao people, they violently resisted taxes and killed local officials, that is already a rebellion, why didn't Wei Tingshi send officials to arrest the master of the Black Rock Cave and enter Beijing to ask for the crime?" ”

Xu Guanfeng said: "Wei Tingshi also wants to send troops, but ..... First, the Black Rock Cave has contributed to the imperial court, and has a deep relationship with the Marquis of Jinyi, if you don't report to the imperial court in advance, I'm afraid that it will cause chaos. Second, the Black Rock Cave is very prestigious among the Huamiao people, if it is not handled carefully, it is afraid that it will cause chaos, so after the King of Shu and the Lord of the Thorn Shi discussed, he sent the villain to the capital to pay attention first. ”

Qi Ning saw that Xu Guanfeng's three sentences did not leave Jinyihou, and he couldn't help but sneer: "Xu Guanfeng, did you teach you these words word by word, or did Wei Assassination teach you?" You can't come up with it yourself, right? ”

Xu Guanfeng only felt that this voice was very familiar, and couldn't help but raise his head slightly, and followed the sound, only to see a young court official in brocade clothes and jade belt staring at him, his eyes were sharp, Xu Guanfeng saw that face, and found that it was very familiar, and suddenly his body shook, his face changed greatly, and his eyes were full of horror.