On the most prosperous cross street in Zhaoqing City, there is an extremely gorgeous and high-end restaurant, called "Drunken Xiao Building", the building is three floors high, the eaves built are anti-Yu, the style is luxurious, standing in the private room on the highest floor, pushing the window to the eye, can overlook the whole city, the field of vision is broad.

There are celebrity chefs here, and there are a wide variety of dishes with excellent taste; There are Mei Ji singing, warblers and swallows, and rings are fat and thin. Let the guests taste the delicacies, but also enjoy the beauty singing, the food and the beauty complement each other, the vegetable fragrance and the body fragrance are combined into one, so that people suddenly feel proud of the spring breeze and ten miles of joy, so even if this is the most expensive restaurant in Guangdong, it is also full, and the dignitaries and dignitaries gather and feast guests, and they like to carry out it here.

After the dispersal of the day, at dinner time, the drunken Xiaolou as usual, the flow of people in front of the door is surging, the rich nobles in splendid silk shirts come and go, the carriages fall off the sedan chair to come and go, the flattering welcome of the small servants, the babbling of the pipa erhu, the sound of countless people greeting each other and singing, and the delicate snorting sound of the woman leaning on the arms of the nobles in the gorgeous costumes, mixed together, it has become a symphony that reflects the incomparable prosperity of Zhaoqing City.

However, it is slightly different from the usual that the third floor, the most sought-after floor of Zuixiao Building, is very quiet, five of the six large private rooms are empty, only one private room next to the west side, through the gap in the closed door, you can see that there are lights inside, and it seems that there are guests.

There are many people who are late, or those who are named to sit on the third floor, they all scolded the street, pushed away the shopkeeper who was blocked in a hurry, pushed and kneading and kneaded to go up, and shouted: "Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, in this Zhaoqing city, who still doesn't let people eat!" Empty tables don't let people go up, so domineering, isn't it the emperor? ”

However, these people were all driven down the stairs leading from the second floor to the third floor, and even the powerful and wealthy people all closed their mouths when they saw the brocade guards guarding the staircase with a cold face, and the embroidered spring knives they were holding in their hands, and they all closed their mouths, smiled gloomily, and cautiously retreated.

Jinyiwei, who doesn't know that the current commander of Jinyiwei is Ma Jixiang, the favorite minister of the emperor, looking at the clothes of those guards, they are all at the level of thousands of households, so you can imagine who the people who eat above are.

The people below are guessing, and the people above are also guessing.

In the lighted private room on the third floor, there are three people sitting around the delicate round table of pear blossom wood.

The thin and long-bearded one is the first to shop Qu Shiyun with a square face and thick eyebrows, and it is the commander of the Jinyi Guard to make the horse auspicious, and the last one with a white face and a little rich is Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the three provinces who is not exposed in the court today.

The round table is full of famous dishes, the aroma is fragrant, and people can't help but eat it.

But these three people didn't have the heart to eat at all, and the three pairs of ivory chopsticks rested on the crystal clear porcelain bowl, and they didn't move.

Not only that, but the three of them kept looking out from a window that opened westward, as if they were waiting for something to happen.

"It's coming, it's coming!" After all, Ma Jixiang is younger, his eyes are sharp, and he sees that at the west gate of Zhaoqing, there is a long torch swimming like a fire snake, slowly moving out of the city, even if it is so far away, it can be vaguely recognized that it is a team of cavalry, is going out of the city, and the leader of a big banner is embroidered with a big "Li" character.

The other two stood up when they heard the sound and looked out together, with serious faces, as if the fiery snake had a lot to do with them.

"Sure enough, Li Chengdong is really impatient, he can't even wait for a night." Qu Shiyun sneered and slapped the folding fan in his hand into his palm, and snorted: "The nature of the thief has not changed, this is in a hurry to grab the territory!" ”

Ma Jixiang stood beside him, his face was full of righteous indignation, and he echoed: "Such a reckless style, where can there be a member of the imperial court, Scholar Qu said well, a thief is always a thief, and he can't become a good person." ”

Qu Shiyun glanced at him and said indifferently: "Didn't Commander Ma get very close to him, he also made a special trip to Guangzhou last month, just to give gifts to Li Chengdong's second concubine's birthday, and the people who saw it said that there were a lot of gifts, and it took ten carts to carry them." ”

Ma Jixiang's face didn't blush, and his face did not change and said: "It's just a void and a snake, a certain is ordered by the emperor to supervise hundreds of officials, Li Chengdong is a prince of the country, and he is in charge of thousands of troops and horses, of course, he has to be careful to be careful, this is a good handover with it, and it is also a way to be vigilant." ”

Qu Shiyun and Wang Yingxiong looked at him with complicated eyes, shameless to the point of opening their eyes and talking nonsense, which is also a kind of ability.

Seeing the torches go out of the west gate, the three of them turned around and sat down again.

Qu Shiyun didn't move the chopsticks, but picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and the other two saw that he didn't move, so it was naturally inconvenient to move.

"Governor Wang, do you know that the emperor secretly announced that you would enter Beijing, why didn't he let you enter the court, but let me and Commander Ma see you privately here?" Qu Shiyun put down the teacup, wiped his mouth with a white towel, and said to Wang Yingxiong.

Wang Yingxiong's eyes turned sharply, and he arched his hand to Qu Shiyun and said: "The will of heaven is unpredictable, please also ask the Lord of the first shop to make it clear." ”

Qu Shiyun put his hands on the table and said solemnly: "Governor Wang, only the three of us know about tonight's affairs, and there is no one else outside the six ears, please be careful with Governor Wang." ”

Wang Yingxiong's eyelids jumped, and he looked up at Ma Jixiang, only to see that the spy leader put away his cynical hippie smile, and his face was as cold as Qu Shiyun.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yingxiong, who had a premonition, knew that it was not trivial, and hurriedly nodded yes, cheered up, and waited for the following.

"Governor Wang knows all about today's court affairs, right?" Seeing Wang Yingxiong nodding, Qu Shiyun continued: "The Kanhe of the military department will be sent to Sichuan on the same day, and the official will also send troops to Jiangxi, and Governor Wang will also be appointed as a grain and grass transfer envoy, responsible for the back road for Wang Huan's army, and the days to come will be busy." ”

He turned his head, and his eyes were shining: "But this is all on the surface, the emperor is compromised, and under the pressure of Li Chengdong, he has to make these arrangements, in fact, the emperor has other plans in his heart." ”

Qu Shiyun exhaled, stretched out his arm, and said to Ma Jixiang: "Please command Ma to announce the secret edict!" Ma Jixiang nodded and stood up.

Wang Yingxiong was taken aback, quickly got up, and knelt down on the spot.

And Ma Jixiang stood in front of him, lowered his tone, and said solemnly in a voice that only the people in this room could hear: "The emperor has an edict, and the governor of Yunnan, Guichuan and the three provinces of military affairs Wang Yingxiong, take advantage of the occasion of the eastward expedition to Shanxi, looking for opportunities to complete two important tasks: one is to carry the will with him, and announce Jiang Huang to become the duke of the country and other titles, so that Jiang Huang can be used by me; Second, take advantage of the opportunity to transfer grain and grass and go deep into Kuizhou, control the Shizhu Silver Mine, get the formula for the exterminating bomb, and understand Wang Huan's method of building a strong army with his own hands! ”

(End of chapter)