Just as Wang Huaqiang closed his eyes and pondered, there was a rush of footsteps from far and near at the door, and Wang Xu's voice sounded in the distance: "You guys are well guarded here, and no one is allowed to come in." ”

He sat up sharply, stood up, and straightened his clothes. The eldest grandson Wuji and Pei Shiju were led by Wang Xuan to approach the small courtyard, Wang Huaqiang walked to the door, smiled and bowed: "General Changsun, Pei Sheren, why did you come so quickly?" ”

Changsun Sheng changed into a five-grade crimson court dress today, wearing a high Jinxian crown, while Pei Shiju on the side was a six-grade dark green court dress, also wearing a Jinxian crown, the three of them hadn't seen each other for a month, looked at each other and laughed, and walked into the house, Wang Xuan walked outside the courtyard with interest and acted as a guard.

After Changsun Sheng entered the house, he found a chair and sat down, picked up the kettle on the guest table by himself, poured two glasses of water for himself and Pei Shiju, picked up the teacup, Changsun Sheng drank it in one gulp, then smacked his lips and said: "The wind and sand on this road are not small, and it is really uncomfortable to blow a mouthful of sand." ”

Wang Huaqiang said with a smile: "Yanmen Mountain and Gouzhu Mountain are sandwiched between the two mountains, here is a tuyere, every morning from Mao to Chen, there will be a strong wind for an hour, and the wind and sand in the north will blow over." You have to choose this time to enter Daizhou, this is asking for your own hardship. By the way, why did you two come so quickly this time? ”

Pei Shiju also took a sip of water and said: "Originally, I expected that it would take seven or eight days to raise silk in Daxing, but I didn't expect that just three days after you left, the high-grade silk in the Guanzhong area fell to fifty yuan a horse, plus the emperor appointed many heroes to serve as officials in different places, and Keri took office, those heroes who got silk didn't have time to deal with it, and they felt distressed when they sold it cheaply, so they simply entrusted it directly to the Duke of Qi and let us bring it to the Turks for sale this time." ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded, this matter was somewhat expected by him, and he asked, "Then how much silk did you raise this time?" It's unlikely that they're all superior. ”

Pei Shiju laughed: "It turned out that it only cost 100,000 pieces, but this time a total of 103,000 horses of high-grade silk were collected and all shipped over." There are still more than 100,000 horses of medium silk and inferior silk combined, and the Duke of Qi has collected them into the treasury according to the price of Daxing before the price reduction. This time, the silk silk is a mix of upper, middle and lower grades, accounting for one-third each.

But these people can't only sell the high-quality ones, so the Duke of Qi simply took back all the silk silk in this way, anyway, the medium and low-grade silk will either be rewarded again in the future, or they will have to be used to do business with the Turks or Tuyuhun and Goguryeo, and there will always be a time when it will be useful. ”

Changsun Sheng drank a few glasses of water, calmed down, and said to Wang Huaqiang: "Huaqiang, we arrived in Daizhou earlier than expected, are you still smooth here?" Has all the iron ore been shipped out of town? Have you found a good place to put this iron ore? ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly: "Duan Da has just escorted the last dozen truckloads of iron ore out of the city, and there is a natural cave in the Gouzhu Mountain outside the city, which is enough to store these iron ores, and I have arranged for Duan Da to guard the cave during this time." ”

Changsun Sheng's expression was soothed suddenly, and he said with a smile: "Then I can rest assured, I am afraid that we will come too quickly and miss your transportation of iron ore, so I specially asked the mission not to enter the city." ”

Wang Huaqiang looked at Changsun Sheng and asked, "Has the traitor sent to the Turks by Liu Jushi been found?" That's the most important thing. ”

Eldest Sun Sheng smiled: "Brother Huaqiang, you can rest assured about this matter, we locked this spy before we left, he is Liu Chang's friend, Lu Delin, the son of Lu Ben, the minister of the dragon, is also the main member of Liu Jushi's second-generation underworld gang, and has the identity of Zuo Yiwei's guard, this time Liu Jushi found a way to let him into the mission, and the jade pendant was also given to him." ”

Wang Huaqiang's face changed slightly: "How did General Changsun know that Yu Pei was in this person?" Will Liu Jushi make a plan to attack the west and let Lu Ben be the bait, and send others to the Turks to connect with Princess Dayi? ”

Changsun Sheng shook his head and said in a low voice: "I have checked the details of everyone on the list, because this time it is an envoy to the Turks, so they must be people with good conduct, and they have been strictly selected, and all those who have dealings with Liu Jushi will not be selected, only Lu Delin will be left." And I sent three men to follow him, and when he took a bath, I turned over his clothes, and the jade pendant was on him. ”

Wang Huaqiang said "oh", in fact, he knew that Changsun Sheng was resourceful and had no last resort, but this time it was about his own life, so Rong had to ask to understand, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "General Changsun, then you have already planned how to let me get rid of this Lu Delin?" This man is the son of a minister, so I'm afraid I can't kill him as he originally planned. ”

Changsun Sheng nodded and said: "Yes, but Gao Servant has already greeted us before we set off, saying that Liu Jushi has made a lot of anger and resentment, and I heard that this person also took the gang of fox friends and dogs to the old hall of Weiyang Palace in the Han Dynasty, where he sat in the south, this is an out-and-out act of rebellion, crossing the emperor's bottom line of tolerance, even if there is no Turkic matter, he will be punished according to law."

Now we have to do a good job in Turkic affairs, and try to collect as much direct evidence as possible of Liu Jushi's communication with foreign countries, after all, there is no physical evidence for that matter in Weiyang Palace, but if there is any dealings with the Turks, even if it is only business, it is solid evidence. ”

Wang Huaqiang laughed: "Then since Liu Jushi is dead this time, what are you going to do with Lu Delin?" Could it be that his father Lu Ben is closer to the emperor than Liu Chang? ”

Pei Shiju shook his head: "That's not the case, Lu Ben was also an important minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty back then, and he supported the current emperor, and his relationship with the emperor is not as close as Liu Chang." It's just that there is no direct evidence now, just because he has a jade pendant on his body, he will be killed, I am afraid that Lu Ben will not accept it, although the emperor does not like these traitors of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, alienates them, and does not give them real power, but if he is directly killed, he is also afraid that people in the world will say that he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, cold-blooded and ruthless. ”

Wang Huaqiang sighed: "Then you are going to take him down, and then look in this Daizhou City?" ”

Changsun Sheng said with a smile: "That's right, leave this matter to Wang Jingyan to do, presumably he will do his best, I will leave the three entourages who are monitoring Lu Delin, if he wants to run, kill him directly." ”

Wang Huaqiang asked again: "Taking Lu Delin in public will not alarm the rest of the mission and make them speculate and discuss?" ”

Changsun Sheng waved his hand: "No, we have already told Wang Tingshi on the way, please ask him to invite Lu Delin to talk about it at that time, and say that he has an old relationship with his father, and he wants to ask him to bring something to Lu Ben, because we may not necessarily pass through Daizhou when we come back, so no one will doubt it, when we take Lu Ben, we will say that he has a sudden illness and needs to stay for treatment for the time being, and the team will go first, and the three entourages will stay to take care of him, and no one will doubt it." ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded with satisfaction: "General Changsun really calculated carefully, Huaqiang was impressed." ”

Changsun Sheng smiled: "Compared to what you have to do, these are not worth mentioning, Hua Qiang, are you sure that there will be no mistakes in the entire plan of the operation?" When we leave Daizhou, we will be in the territory of the Turks, and I will not be able to save you in a foreign land. ”

Wang Huaqiang gritted his teeth, and his expression became stern: "The eldest husband is to fight for fame with his life, General Changsun, when you entered the Turkic military camp alone in the three years of the Great War between the two countries in the third year of the emperor's reign, and lobbied Datou and Apo Khan, you took a bigger risk than me this time." ”

A hint of smugness flashed on Changsun Sheng's face, and he disappeared for a moment, and his expression turned gloomy: "The hero didn't mention the courage of the year, and at that time I only had to face the Turks, but what you met this time was the righteous princess who was proficient in my Great Sui's internal affairs, what I was most worried about was that she asked about the upper echelons of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, or the matter of my Great Sui Dynasty now, Hua Qiang, after all, you didn't enter the court before, and you didn't know about it, this is a hidden danger." ”

Wang Huaqiang asked with a smile: "Then is it possible that Princess Dayi, a woman in Fanbang, knows the inside story of my dynasty?" ”