"Your Excellency, please ......"

In front of Yufeng Building, Chen Mogu, who was the first to get out of the sedan chair, hurriedly stepped forward and opened the curtain for Liu Xi, his tone was as humble as just now. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the officialdom, one more level is a heaven and earth, not to mention that Liu Xi has the official position of the military department of the sixth grade, that is, the head of the minister of the Qincha, it is enough for Li Tang to grovel to any state and county government.

It's just that in his heart, Liu Xi really doesn't like Chen Mogu's false and enthusiastic appearance, but if he behaves arrogantly and doesn't deal with these people, then how can he finish the matter?

Thinking to himself, he had to suppress the feeling of disgust and discomfort, and said with a smile, "Lord Chen, don't you want to be like this, don't you want to torture the official?" ”

"My lord, this is a joke, my lord is the minister of the Qin Mission, that is, to do things for the Son of Heaven to go out of Beijing, and it is naturally insignificant for the lower officials to do this."

As he spoke, Chen Mogu led Liu Xi to the restaurant.

But before he could take a few steps, several figures walked out of the restaurant, Liu Xi looked up, the face of the person at the head was white, and there were some familiar eyes between his eyebrows, as if he had seen it somewhere, and when he turned his head, he looked at Chen Mogu, and then he came back to his senses, and it turned out that he was a little similar to him.

"My lord, this is Xiaguan's younger brother, Chen Qi."

When Liu Xi was secretly thinking about it, Chen Mogu had already said it, and later saw him pointing to the rest of the people, "These are the squires of Yangqu, and when they heard that Lord Qincha was coming, they all rushed over, and I hope that the adults will not blame them." ”

Sweeping over these gorgeously dressed people who were completely different from the ragged clothes he had seen before, Liu Xi suddenly felt disgust in his heart, but he continued to smile and said, "Lord Chen doesn't need to say this, Kuang helps the countryside, disaster relief and people, these ministers have also made a lot of efforts to think about it, and it is inevitable that after the official returns to the court, he will inevitably explain this matter to the saint." ”

Hearing these words, the businessmen, who were still worried, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and saluted Liu Xi one after another, saying that they didn't dare to say anything in their mouths, and for a while, the atmosphere was also happy.

"Lord Qincha is tired from running around, don't stand outside the house, hurry up and let the adults go upstairs to drink some tea, so that you can rest and rest."

As soon as Chen Mogu opened his mouth, the businessmen who were still going to speak immediately stopped talking, stepped aside, and walked upstairs with the last of the others.

In the private room on the second floor, as soon as Liu Xi and the others sat down, Zhu Fu put the dishes on the table, and the action was so fast that it was astonishing.

"The north is cold, and the adults have come from thousands of miles to bring the will of the imperial court, and the lower officials will give me a cup of salute for the people of Yangqu."

Chen Mogu got up with the red plum and white glaze cup and said, with this sentence, Liu Xi was inconvenient to refuse, picked up the wine cup and drank it with him.

"Good!"

Seeing that Liu Xi drank the wine in the cup very neatly, Chen Mogu smiled better and praised him for his good drinking, while the other officials and squires of Yangqu City also toasted one after another.

The cups are weaving shadows, and the chips are staggered.

Unconsciously, it was already three rounds of wine, and after drinking the wine, everyone spoke more and more happily, and Chen Mogu almost rolled up his sleeves and patted Liu Xi's shoulder with his fat hand to call him a brother.

"Lord Liu...... Yangqu City is far away from Middle Earth, the land is barren and poor, and it is perverse to raise the people...... The lower officials finally understood that it is not easy to be an official here! ”

I don't know if I drank too much wine, or felt that I was a lot closer to Liu Xi, Chen Mogu actually poured bitter water, said that he drank another glass of wine, burped a few times and continued to say intermittently, "And...... And from time to time, the Huns come to plunder, and they come at two ends in three days, this heart...... I was so scared that I was scared......"

"The northern land is really not as good as the land south of the Yangtze River, you have worked hard, and when the disaster relief is over, the official will return to Beijing to say a few good words for you."

Liu Xi said a perfunctory word, nodded to Chen Qi, who was full of wine for him, was silent for a while, and then turned his head to Chen Mogu and said, "Lord Chen, the food of the imperial court has been transferred from the nearby state capitals such as Fengcheng and Maoming, but after all, it will take some time, and the hunger of the people is urgent, I don't know how much surplus food there is in Yangqu City?" ”

Chen Mogu, who was confused and seemed to be going to get drunk and fall to the ground in the next moment, heard this, the smile on his face froze when he heard this, and he said softly after a long time, "My lord, I can't hide it, Yangqu has been affected by disasters for several years, and the lower officials have also handed over the fold to the imperial court, although they have been reduced by a few percent of the tax, but there is not much surplus grain in the granary......"

As soon as he said this, the county Cheng Ma Pang hurriedly sighed and took over the words, "Lord Chen is right, but Yangqu City has reached the time when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, otherwise, it would not have handed over five folds to the imperial court within a month, and Lord Chen, Xia Guan and others are afraid that there will be chaos in the evening." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Xi squinted at Ma Pang, "But as far as this official knows, this fold was also sent to the imperial court by Xiapi and Yecheng first, by the way, why didn't you see General Sima of the Rampage Brigade?" ”

Yangqu City, located on the border, is an indispensable fortress of Li Tang, naturally to send troops to guard, Liu Xi on the way to carefully inquire about the situation in the north, knowing that Yangqu City is garrisoned by 5,000 soldiers of the Hengchong Brigade, and the leader of the troops is Sima Chao, a cavalry general.

There was wine and meat on the table, and he was wearing silk and satin, but he said that there was no surplus food in Yangqu City, if there was no cat greasy, how could Liu Xi believe it?

Walking all the way from the city gate, although he was easy-going, he was also doing things to observe words and looks, and when he saw that Chen Mogu changed his expression when he proposed the surplus grain, Liu Xi understood that this small Yangqu City was afraid that it was also a pool of troubled waters.

"These days, the Huns often come to plunder, General Sima is busy deploying, perhaps because of the busy military affairs, I want to come to see the lord later."

Chen Mogu kept silent about the surplus grain, only saying that Sima Chao had no leisure to come here, and later persuaded Liu Xi to drink.

This time, Liu Xi didn't drink the cup happily with the previous one, but said about the food in a deep voice, "Lord Chen, when this official first arrived in Yangqu City, you know more about the suffering of the people here than I do, and at this moment, I am afraid that there are more unclothed victims coming from all over the place, but the rice and grain in the city are in an emergency, is it possible that there is no surplus grain for a stone?" ”

The words grew lower and colder.

"Your Excellency, forgive your sins!"

Hearing this, Chen Mogu hurriedly put down the wine cup in his hand, got up and saluted Liu Xi.

Under Chen Qi's eyes, Lord Bo Xiaoyuan said in a low voice, "My lord, the remaining grain in the granary in the city is only one hundred and ten stones......

"In the past three years, the imperial court has exempted Yangqu from paying fifty percent of the tax, and there is only one hundred and ten stones of surplus grain in the warehouse?"

Seeing Liu Xi frowning, Xiao Yuan was panicked and didn't know how to speak, but he felt that someone was tugging at the corner of his clothes, and when he turned around, Chen Qi was making eye contact with him.

Swallowing dryly, Xiao Yuan moved out after discussing the words many days ago, "My lord doesn't know, although Yangqu City is guarded by General Sima, but there are also people who are in turmoil, in fact, there is a surplus of grain and ten thousand stones in the city, but those thieves attacked the Huns a few months ago, and the rampage brigade was powerless, so they could only watch them rob the grain." ”

Seeing that Xiao Yuan's beard on his chin constantly shaking due to anger, this kind of contrived attitude made Liu Xi want to overturn the table in front of him and walk away, but he didn't.

and provoked the anger, and then it will be all wiped out in the future.

Since Xiao Yuan pushed the black cauldron to the bandits, Liu Xi gave them a step, and did not ask about the surplus grain, but just asked where the bandits were, and made the trend that he would take people up the mountain to kill the bandits tomorrow.

In the midst of the words of welcome, Liu Xi hiccuped and walked out drunk, talking crazy words with Chen Qi who was supporting him.

"Go, send the adults back to the inn."

Chen Qi said coldly to the two palanquin men, Yangqu City is just dozens of roads, so the inn where Wu Shuang'er and the others live is still extremely easy to find.

Seeing the soft sedan car leaving, Chen Qi waved his hand, sent away the businessmen who still wanted to stay and listen, and said a few jokes to Ma Pang and others, and sent the three away, and then returned to the restaurant.

Pushing open the door, seeing Chen Mogu, who was drunk, sitting on a wooden chair with his eyes closed and drinking tea, Chen Qi hurriedly stepped forward, sat aside, and poured a cup of sobering tea to moisten his throat that was uncomfortably dry by wine.

"All gone?"

"Well, it's annoying to let them stay." After taking a few sips of warm sobering tea, Chen Qi lowered his voice and said, "Brother, do you think he will really go to suppress bandits?" ”

Mountain bandits, indeed, in the west of Wuziling, quite a means, coupled with the dangerous terrain of Wuziling, even the rampage brigade failed to encircle and suppress them.

It was discussed in advance that if someone from the imperial court came to interrogate the grain, it would be passed on to the mountain bandits, but now this Qin sent people up the mountain to encircle and suppress it, wouldn't that be exposed?

Thinking of this, Chen Qi couldn't help but panic a little, he could disagree with those businessmen, and even point fingers regardless of life or death, but this Qincha was a person who could kill him, if he was found out what he had done, then there would be a way to live?

"Do you think he will have soldiers to follow him up the mountain to suppress the bandits?"

Hearing Chen Mogu's words, Chen Qi's eyes lit up, "Brother is right, now this rampaging brigade obeys his brother's orders, with those guards he brought, how can he help the gang of bandits in Wuziling, maybe he can come to kill people with a knife, my brother is really smart." ”

"Hehe......"

Chen Mogu's face full of red light once again showed that cute smile, closed his eyes, and continued to sip tea.