Chapter 376: Bold

Hou Junji was secretly proud that he was able to cover up the storage of property very well, however, at least two people in Gaochang City at this time could guess the truth.

The first person is Wang Xuance. The original envoy of the Tang Dynasty did not forget his mission, and after settling down in Gaochang City, he began to look for cotton seeds everywhere. This search really made him find it. But when he saw the seeds, his eyes quickly turned to the farmers who gave the seeds.

No one in Datang has ever planted this thing, and if you can bring a few old farmers who have grown cotton all their lives back to Datang, I am afraid it will be much easier to explain at that time. So the soldiers in the mission dragged several old peasants away with their families after Wang Xuance gave an order.

When Wang Xuance heard Hou Junji say that the big box he moved out was fine wine, he immediately pouted disdainfully: "If it is fine wine, Hou Junji may have taken it out for Lu Yun to drink in order to show his innocence." Besides, is there a hundred years of fine wine in Gaochang City? During the Kaihuang period, the Turks broke Gaochang City once, and even if there were, it was looted by the Turks at that time, where will it stay until now? ”

The other person who guessed the truth was Mei Renxing. After the Tang army invaded Gaochang City, this high-ranking leader of the investigation institute has been huddled in his own courtyard and does not go out to meet Hou Junji and others. And the only person who has seen him is Wang Xuance, the person he saved at the beginning. People who do intelligence are inherently cautious.

Originally, he stayed in Gaochang City, and thought that if the Tang army could not attack for a long time, he would help him and do something to sabotage it, so as to achieve the purpose of disrupting the Gaosing Turkic coalition army and containing its troops. But to his surprise, the Tang army attacked twice and captured Gaochang City.

Although Mei Renxing restrained his subordinates and tried not to have contact with the Tang Army, his lack of contact with the Tang Army did not mean that the Tang Army would not come to the door. When those Tang soldiers heard that Hou Junji had moved more than a dozen large boxes from the palace, they didn't know who started it, so these Tang soldiers knocked on the door of every house on the street, asking them for money, and if the other party refused, they would do it themselves. This turmoil soon spread in Gaochang City, and also spread to Mei Renxing's mansion.

When Mei Renxing heard that a Tang sergeant came to ask for money, he was immediately furious and ordered his subordinates to stand at the door with weapons and blades in their hands and confront the Tang army. The subordinates dissuaded him repeatedly, but Mei Renxing stopped and glanced at the door fiercely: "Go get a few hundred dollars and send them away!" ”

All the subordinates suddenly sweated profusely, do you think this is sending beggars? At the same time, they have a deeper understanding of the boss's money-hungry nature.

Although Mei Renxing ordered it like this, it was impossible for his subordinates to really take a few hundred dollars to send those Tang soldiers, and if they dared to do so, they might be beaten violently.

Just when they were at a loss, there was a commotion outside the door, but it was the gendarmerie battalion who had just arrived.

Standing at the door, watching the soldiers being taken away by the military police, these Mei Renxing's subordinates suddenly let out a long sigh of relief.

"But why would Tang Jun do such a thing?" A voice sounded abruptly beside him.

"Wow!" Everyone looked back, but it was Mei Renxing standing beside everyone, looking at the soldiers who were going away, and his face was full of doubts and said what he said just now.

"Your Excellency, you, why are you here? Didn't you go into the house? ”

"Just came out! By the way, have you heard why the Tang army came to loot the people's property? ”

"Well, I'm kind enough to hear that General Hou has moved a large sum of money from the palace. Someone took the lead, and these soldiers naturally had to follow suit! ”

When Mei Renxing heard this, he couldn't help frowning. After a while, he commanded the people: "Go and find out the truth of this matter at once!" Let's see if Nahou Junji really took a large amount of possessions from the palace! ”

"Whoa!" These subordinates saluted at the same time.

Within two days, a statement about this incident came out from the gendarmerie barracks, saying that Hou Junji had taken away wine, not any property. Mei Renxing, who heard this statement, scoffed: "Hmph, tell me, who will not be tempted when they see a huge amount of wealth?" ”

The subordinates couldn't help but roll their eyes when they heard this, this Mei Renxing was imposing his own values on others.

After a few tosses, it really allowed these rangers and intelligence officers to find out something.

It is said that after Hou Junji entered the palace, the security was very strict, and if anyone approached, he would be driven away.

It is said that most of the boxes were not lightweight, and required four people to carry them, and only four boxes made the carriage very laborious to pull, and it was evident that they contained very heavy things.

It is said that Hou Junji's son-in-law, Helan Chushi, has recently been extremely generous, and the reward for those soldiers who curry favor has also been increased from the original minimum of 50 wen to the minimum consistent money.

Reputedly......

As soon as he synthesized these news, Mei Renxing knew that what Hou Junji moved to his big tent was definitely not a century-old wine, but a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. Thinking of this, Mei Renxing's eyes suddenly bloomed with a golden light.

According to the regulations of the investigation court, Mei Renxing reported the matter through the carrier pigeon as soon as possible. From beginning to end, it was narrated as it was.

Because Hou Junji made a mistake this time, Mei Renxing set his eyes on Hou Junji.

thought that after this turmoil was over, it would be able to calm down for a while, but who expected Hou Junji to do another shocking thing.

On this day, Xue Wanjun also led an army of 25,000 people back to Gaochang, and Hou Junji saw that the personnel had arrived, so he pondered about the return of the class teacher.

However, once the class teacher returns to the court, who will deal with this mess of Gaochang? Originally, Hou Junji heard that Xue Wanjun left Su Dingfang in Luntai, and he was secretly happy that after he was a teacher, he could throw this mess to this Su Dingfang. But, on second thought, isn't this the fulfillment of this kid? After thinking for a moment, Hou Junji came up with a way.

He summoned all the officials and generals of the Tang Army who originally belonged to Gaochang to the palace of Gaochang, sat on the throne with a big grin in front of the generals, and said to everyone: "I called you over today, but I have something important to discuss!" ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Hou Junji continued: "My expeditionary army has arrived, and I will return to the court in a few days." However, as soon as the army left, he was afraid that things would change everywhere, so General Ben decided to leave a group of soldiers and horses, and select some people from among you to serve as officials in various places in Gaochang to maintain local order! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

The ministers of Gaochang were excited to be able to stay in Gaochang and not be escorted to Chang'an. The generals of the Tang Army were surprised by Hou Junji's boldness.

"General, I don't know if you have His Majesty's will? If not, then you have exceeded the rules by appointing officials without authorization! Xue Wanjun was the first to come out and said.

Hou Junji was silent for a moment, and said loudly: "General Xue, the general is outside, and the military order is not subject to it!" Moreover, the situation is urgent, if our army withdraws and the Western Turks attack, how can we protect the territory and how can we reassure the people? ”

When Xue Wanjun heard this, he immediately said: "Isn't there Su Dingfang leading 5,000 troops to garrison Luntai?" Su Dingfang can fight well and be proficient in strategy, which is enough to resist the Western Turks! ”

"This is just to protect the territory, so how to reassure the people? When the war was undecided and rumors were spreading, if the people of Gaochang listened to the rumors and fled Gaochang, then how could Su Dingfang make people's hearts calm? That's why this general will appoint some Gaochang people as officials to calm people's hearts! ”

When Xue Wanjun heard this, he finally let out a long sigh and stepped out of the palace.

"If General Hou insists on this, then don't implicate the last general!" Xue Wanjun's voice came from afar.

Hou Junji could hear the voice, his face changed, but looking at the eyes of the people below, he finally spoke: "Okay, except for General Xue's opposition, no one seems to object!" Then General Ben will be appointed to the official position now! ”

After that, Hou Junji appointed officials from Gaochang, Yiwu, Pu, Jinmanluntai, and other places, and except for three military Chinese, the rest were all Gaochang people. They are all civil servants. The entire military of Gaochang, Hou Junji is ready to hand it over to Su Dingfang, after all, he has five thousand elite Tang troops in his hands.

The selected Gaochang officials looked at Hou Junji's tall figure, and their faces were full of smirk.

The rest of the Gaochang ministers and the Gaochang royal family were in a state of decline. Hou Jun's return to the dynasty meant that they would also go to Chang'an with the army. For them, it is a journey full of unknowns.

However, Lu Zhisheng looked at Hou Junji and showed a smile. He will not worry about his fate, because he knows that whether it is on the way to Chang'an or arriving in Chang'an, the general will take good care of himself, after all, the more than ten boxes of gold, silver and jewelry are not given for nothing.

When the matter of Hou Junji's appointment of officials in the palace spread throughout Gaochang, Su Dingfang, who was far away in Luntai, heard it, smiled faintly, was noncommittal, and continued to train his soldiers and horses.

As soon as Wang Xuance, who was close to Gaochang City, heard the news, he shook his head, although this Hou Junji said that he had made many military exploits, but his arrogance became more and more serious, and this time he dared to appoint an official position without the will of His Majesty the Emperor, and I don't know whether to say that he was arrogant or bold!

"Someone's coming!" Wang Xuance called softly.

A soldier from the mission appeared at the door: "My lord, what do you command?" ”

"Well, you go and tell the people below, just say that when we return to Beijing, we won't be with the army! If someone is sent over there to ask, you will excuse me! ”

The soldier saluted and was about to go down, when Wang Xuance continued: "By the way, Lord Mei, their caravan hasn't left yet, right?" We're with them! ”

Mei Renxing once again rolled up a piece of paper with dense numbers written in small letters, put it into a small bamboo tube, sealed it with wax, and finally tied it to the pigeon's leg with his own hands. Gently lifted up, the carrier pigeon spreads its wings and flies high.

"Alas, the army has returned to the court, do you think we should also go back?" Mei Renxing said to the subordinates beside him.

Without waiting for his subordinates to answer, Mei Renxing said in a very positive tone: "I came to the Western Regions and made a lot of money, I really should go back!" ”