Chapter Seventy-Eight: Raising Eyebrows and Unsheathing the Sword (5)

Yes, Daddy, Daddy, you've finally made people feel at ease, and you're doing well!

Don't look at Hongqing always standing aside in a regular manner, and his face has always maintained a calm and calm attitude, but in fact, his heart is always mentioned, what he is afraid of is that the third master can't hold his breath, if he is really mixed with A Jintai too early, there will be more variables in the back, of course, this does not mean that Hongqing looks down on the power of the prince, but the time is not yet ripe - before the old man's holy decree is issued, any wind and grass has the possibility of leaking the news, if there is a gecko tail at the end of the eighth master, Wouldn't Hongqing's various deployments fall into the void, or even be beaten by the other party, it is not impossible, as for counting on the prince's help when he is in trouble, it is better to expect the sow to go up to the tree to be stronger, fortunately, the third master is finally sober enough, and Hongqing can also feel a little more at ease.

"Qing'er performed well this time, and she is very happy for her father."

This Hongqing is praising the third master in his heart, and the third master, who has just put down the tea bowl, praised Hongqing with almost the same words, which really makes Hongqing a little crying and laughing, which is too much of a coincidence!

"The father and the king have praised falsely, and it is the duty of a child to share the worries of his father."

Crooked in his heart, he should thank him, but he can't help but say it, Hongqing hurriedly reined in his thoughts, bowed down, and replied very respectfully.

"Well, I'm afraid it took a lot of money to adjust the grain twice?"

The third master was obviously very satisfied with Hongqing's non-arrogant attitude, and he didn't say any more, just nodded happily, and then asked casually.

"Back to my father's words, the two purchases of grain before and after were all 10,000 taels of silver, although the cost is a lot, but the child thinks it is worth it."

Hongqing was in a slightly relaxed mood at this time, and she didn't think about the purpose of the third master's question, so she answered casually.

"Huh? These damned thieves dare to act so recklessly, and this king will never wait for you to rest! ”

As soon as he heard Hongqing's words, the third master was immediately angry, not for anything else, just because the third master had instantly calculated how big the difference between the prices of the two batches of grain was, you must know that this time Li Minquan came forward to buy grain, not only under the banner of his third master, I am afraid that he also used the feelings of the villagers, and it was in the case that the imperial court had opened a warehouse to release grain, and the price of grain had already been reduced compared with the most serious disaster, and the grain purchased should be slightly lower than the normal market price in theory, even so, the price of this grain was more than four times that of Huguang's grain. This is still because Jining has not been affected by the disaster, and if it is replaced by the disaster area, the price of grain will not have to increase several times, and when I think that hundreds of thousands of taels of silver will be swallowed by the old eight and one gang with a clear conscience, the anger that the third master had originally calmed down suddenly surged up again.

Hey, you've just reacted to it, yes, it's useless to be angry, or think more about how to copy people's old bottoms!

Looking at the excited appearance of the third master, Hongqing couldn't help but roll his eyes, and despised his father fiercely in his heart, because what matters at the moment is not to move his anger, but to use his brains.

"Qing'er, how did you remember to transfer grain from Huguang, huh?"

The third master's anger did not last long, and before Hongqing changed his mind, he saw that the third master's face suddenly turned cold, his eyes were staring at Hongqing, and he asked almost word by word.

Uh-huh, Daddy is suspicious!

As soon as he heard the words of the third master, Hongqing immediately guessed the mind of the third master, there is no other, buying grain in Jining can also be pushed to Li Minquan's body, but Hongqing has prepared the urgent transfer of grain from Huguang before leaving Beijing, it is not easy to explain, after all, the imperial court has issued an order to transfer grain from Huguang, Hongqing will come to such a hand again, logically speaking, there is obviously a suspicion of repetition, if it is not expected in advance that this errand will go wrong, how can he act like this.

"Back to his father's words, the child was just thinking about being prepared, even if there was nothing to do, it was always good to be able to do more for the victims, so I discussed with the fifteenth and sixteenth uncles to buy more food for backup, but I didn't expect it to be a coincidence, and it really came in handy."

It has been more than a year since I traveled to this era, and most of the important actions of the Chengjun Mansion are Hongqing's handiwork, even if there is such a shield as Li Minquan, but it is really necessary to study it carefully, and there are definitely clues inside, exposing things that come from sooner or later, this point, Hongqing has long expected it, but Hongqing didn't want to be exposed so early, so he quickly organized the language, and replied with a mixture of truth and falsehood.

"Oh? Is that all? Qing'er still has some hands behind, and she will listen to her father. ”

The third master is a shrewd person, he is definitely not so easy to deceive, even if Hongqing said it sincerely, he still did not let go, but was a little more suspicious, but he did not break it, but quietly asked down.

Backhand? I'll go to it, it seems that I can't hide it, and they all say that the third master is fine, hey, it's really good at home, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to live in the future!

The reason why Hongqing doesn't want to be exposed too early is not that he is worried that his father will be unfavorable to him, but that he has different considerations, after all, with Li Minquan in such a transit, in case of a slight mistake in judgment, there can still be a chance to remedy, but if Hongqing stands up and makes suggestions by himself, he will be blamed at every turn, and the burden on his shoulders will inevitably be heavy.

"Back to the father's words, before leaving Beijing, the master had an explanation, so that the child could not say that he knew with the father, and now the father has guessed, the child will not hide it from you, all matters are from the master's deduction, the child is just acting on orders, in addition to buying grain, the child also sent a person to Jining, this person's name is Geng Sanbiao, originally a team leader of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and then introduced by the sixteenth uncle, to the firm to protect the factory team, now it should be in the city defense camp Ren Qianzong, maybe it can come in handy."

The third master is shrewd, Hongqing is also not bad, regardless of the facts, with one mouth, the nonsense will come out smoothly, and the partial life is reasonable, even if the third master does not believe it, it is not good for him to ask the old master Chen, who has a big temper.

"Well, it turned out that the master did it, it's just that, since the master said that he was hiding it, then he didn't ask for the father, as for that Geng Sanbiao, find an opportunity to bring it here, and let it be said for the father."

As soon as he heard that Hongqing had pushed all the plans on Old Master Chen, although the third master still had doubts in his heart, it was not good to ask any more questions, so he nodded in a deep voice and explained to Hongqing.

"No, the child obeys his father's command."

Knowing that the third master had no doubts in his heart, Hongqing didn't plan to explain more, it was good to expose himself later, and as for what would happen in the future, it would not be too late to talk about it then.

"Well, let's go."

The third master didn't ask any more questions, just waved his hand and motioned for Hongqing to retreat by himself.

"Yes, the child is gone."

The bottom of the pass has been thoroughly completed, there are not many people who can help the third master, the rest can only depend on the opponent's reaction to determine the strategy, Hongqing also really needs a period of time to sort out his thoughts, the third master is called, Hongqing doesn't want to talk more, so he bowed respectfully, slowly exited the study, and went to deduce the follow-up changes without mentioning it......

"Tenth Master, good news, food is available!"

In the garden of the back hall of the Hecao Yamen, Yin Osmium was sitting on a rocking chair with his arms open, holding a wine jar in his hand, drinking refreshingly, while chattering with Ru Fu, and was enjoying himself, but he saw the Shandong political envoy Gong Puqi coming in from outside.

"Huh? What kind of food, husband, won't you be burned and confused? ”

Yin Osmium had just picked up the wine jar and was about to take a big drink, when Gong Puqi shouted like this, his hand couldn't help but tremble, and he almost knocked over the wine jar, and he couldn't help but be a little angry, so he glanced at Gong Puqi unhappily and scolded angrily.

"Tenth Master Mingjian, no one dares to lie to you, this grain, it's really there, hehe, Tenth Master, you don't know, here's the thing......"

Eight, nine, ten, fourteen, the four masters are one, Gong Puqi, as the eighth master's disciple, naturally did not dare to be serious with the tenth master, this listening to the tenth master's tone is not good, how dare he play any tricks to sell the guanzi, and he was busy reporting the news obtained from the third master one by one.

"Aha, the third guy really bought food with his own money, hey, yes, it also saves the old men a lot of trouble, grandma is a bear, how good it is to do this earlier, it hurts the master to worry about it these days, this muddy ball!"

Everyone loves the silver of the white flowers, but it is easy to take it, but it is not so simple to get things done, don't look at the ten masters these days, in fact, there is not necessarily much peace in the heart, after all, if Shandong is really messed up, although the big board is destined to hit the third master, but he is not free from the tenth master, because of this, the tenth master has a lot of anger towards the third master - if he stayed in Liaocheng for a few more days, all the links could be smoothly and smoothly fitted, and it needs to be so blind toss, Of course, how many more victims will die if the grain is delayed for a few days is never within the scope of Lao Shi's consideration, as soon as he thinks of the unhappiness of these days, the tenth master's anger is a little rising, although the third master's move is a big help to him unintentionally, but the tenth master is still extremely dissatisfied and scolded.

"Is the information reliable?"

Ru Fu is an old eunuch, and he has a lot of experience in politics, although he also came to the spirit because of the good news brought by Gong Puqi, but he still didn't dare to be completely relieved, so he hurriedly asked a question.

"This ......, it should not be fake, the first batch of grain has been sent out by the lower officials, as for the second batch of grain, the lower officials dare not say anything, just look at the posture of the third master, there should be no fake."

Being asked by Ru Fu like this, Gong Puqi couldn't help but feel a little drumming in his heart, you must know that now the announcement has been sent to all the prefectures, if something suddenly goes wrong, then he Gong Puqi will have to bear a great responsibility, and in a panic, the beads of sweat on his forehead can't help but pop out......