Everyone in the capital knows that the Qi Wangfu has two meanings, one is the private residence of the King of Qi, and the other is the official office of the Northern Sui army, which was originally called the General's Office, and now it is also called the Qi Wangfu, and this young man obviously said the latter meaning. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"How did you get in?" Lu Yu asked nervously again.

When they exterminated the Turkic cavalry in Beihai County, Zhang Xuan realized that there were various threats within the territory of the Northern Sui Dynasty, and he needed an elite army dedicated to internal emergency, that is, the internal guard.

Zhang Xuan thought about it again and again, and finally decided to transfer the Fenglei Army from the scout guard to the Qi Palace, as the direct internal guard of the Qi Palace, responsible for carrying out emergency tasks within the territory, and agreed to expand the army to 3,000 people, not recruiting from outside, but drawing elites from various armies.

Liu Lancheng said with a smile: "There are so many people blocked in front, of course we came in from the back and asked for something to do with Steward Lu." ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of a dense beating overhead, and then the window screen was smashed, and several fist-sized stones flew in, and it was the crowd outside who threw stones at the shop again, and everyone's faces changed in fright.

Liu Lancheng turned around and ordered, "Go and stop it." ”

More than a dozen subordinates each grabbed a few pieces of money from the basket and strode outside, only to hear an exclamation outside, the crowd seemed to be chaotic, and a man stumbled over, "Big steward, people outside are picking up money all over the ground, and it is a mess." ”

Liu Lancheng said with a smile: "Now my subordinates will be able to occupy a favorable position, and the people behind will naturally listen to their guidance and will not break into the store." ”

Lu Yu admired, dozens of dollars took the initiative, and sure enough, he made an extraordinary move, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Mr. Liu, please!" ”

Liu Lancheng followed him into the back room, the two sat down separately, Liu Lancheng introduced himself, Lu Yu was suddenly in awe, "It turned out to be General Liu, and I have admired the name for a long time." ”

"Don't dare to be, today I was ordered to investigate some situations."

Lu Yu was not interested in Liu Lancheng's official business, he was only concerned about the safety of his grain store now, and he asked in a low voice: "General Liu said just now that the government will not come, why is this?" ”

"It's very simple, at the moment of the war, you have provoked violent fluctuations in food prices, causing chaos in the central capital, which makes the imperial court extremely dissatisfied, so when you encounter trouble, the government will definitely stand by."

Lu Yu suddenly became anxious, "The price increase is not decided by our store, we also watch others increase the price, we only rise, how can we blame the responsibility?" ”

"This is the purpose of my visit, Ziwei Pavilion must find out the real reason for the price increase, and distinguish the responsibility, I know that Yanshan Grain Shop is the Lu family's industry and will not betray the interests of the Northern Sui, so I came to you, I hope you can tell me what the real reason for the price increase is?"

Lu Yu sighed and said: "It's not clear which one started the price increase, we don't actually want to raise the price, but this morning there was a news suddenly from within the rice shop, which made everyone mess up, and several small grain stores took the lead in hoarding goods and raising prices, and we had to keep up." ”

"What's the news, the palace assassination?"

"It's not! The battle situation of the former army was unfavorable, Shanyang County had been broken by the Turkic army, General Wei Chigong and 30,000 defenders were all killed, and the Turkic army had broken through the Loufu Pass and went south. ”

Liu Lancheng was stunned, this is a very clever rumor! Mixing true news with fake news, once the news of the former army came, everyone would not find out that the news was fake, and it was very clever to seize the timing and release it the day after the assassination occurred, so that the imperial court thought that the price of food had skyrocketed due to the assassination of the palace.

What's more, how could the people who spread rumors know that the Lord of Shanyang County will be Wei Chigong? That was an extremely important military situation, which belonged to the strategic deployment of the Sui army, and only the military top brass and the military department would know about it.

Liu Lancheng immediately judged that this was by no means an ordinary rumor, but that the hostile forces were deliberately creating panic in an attempt to cause turmoil in the capital.

"If I want to find out where this news comes from, where do I start?" Liu Lancheng asked again.

Lu Yu glanced back at his panicked subordinates in the lobby, and said, "If I provide a little clue, can General Liu drive away the troublemakers outside for me?" ”

"Is this the condition of the Grand Steward?"

Lu Yu smiled bitterly, "I really have no choice, they all asked for a refund, I didn't refuse to return, but I just returned the money and it was messed up." ”

"So be it! I'll give the chief steward an idea that might solve today's troubles. ”

"General, please!"

"The chief steward can let them register first, and then check with the grain store's sales records, and if the check is successful, then let them take the grain back and return it at the original price."

"But if they can't check it, what if they want to make trouble unreasonably?"

"My men are on the side to maintain order, I let them change their armor, and if they are rude, then my men will be responsible for arresting people."

This method made Lu Yu's eyes light up, his grain bag has a store mark in the lower left corner, and there are records of purchases of more than ten stones, and it can be returned after checking, he is afraid that someone will fish in troubled waters, buy the grain that is often closed and return it to him, if there are soldiers next to him to maintain order, then there is no problem.

He hurriedly got up and saluted, "Thank you General Liu for your help!" ”

Liu Lancheng said lightly: "This is just the condition of Lu Guanshi. ”

Lu Yu patted his forehead and said apologetically: "The general didn't remind me, I almost forgot,"

"I'm listening!"

Lu Yu lowered his voice and said: "The general might as well go and check the Heluo rice shop, I heard from the Cui steward of the Shuangcheng grain shop that the news of the defeat of the Sui army came out of this rice shop." ”

Liu Lancheng was overjoyed, and according to the agreement, he instructed his subordinates to assist Steward Lu in handling the matter of returning the grain, and he himself immediately returned to Ziwei Palace to report the situation.

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When Liu Lancheng arrived at Ziwei Palace, it was already close to dusk, but Du Ruhui did not return to the house, and he was still waiting for news from Liu Lancheng in the official room.

In the official room, Du Ruhui invited Liu Lancheng to sit down, and asked people to serve tea, at this time, Ling Jing, who had joined the army, also hurried over, he sat down on the side, and Liu Lancheng told him in detail about his visit to Yanshan Grain Shop.

Ling Jing frowned, "Heluo rice shop, could it be that this is the rice shop opened by Wang Shichong?" ”

Du Ruhan smiled: "Judging from the name, it is indeed a bit similar, in fact, I also suspect that it is related to Wang Shichong, or Xiao Miao, the two of them are the biggest suspects, and there are obvious motives, but there are no clues, and there is no point in just guessing." ”

"Now that we have clues, what should we do?" Liu Lancheng asked.

In Liu Lancheng's style, this grain shop is either an intelligence point or a branch of a hostile force, and it should be taken by thunderbolt means, so as not to have many dreams at night, but now it is not him who has the final say, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are his bosses, and he must obey the arrangements of his boss.

Du Ruhui pondered for a moment and said: "If I were the intelligence leader, I would never spread the news from my own terminal, either find a branch point, or use this grain store through favors, so we can't do it rashly, so as not to startle the snake." ”

Ling Jing used to be Dou Jiande's military advisor and a resourceful person, he smiled and said: "Then the way is very simple, just secretly arrest their shopkeeper from outside the store, and you won't startle the snake." ”

The two looked at Liu Lancheng, and Liu Lancheng said with a smile: "Tonight, all the people involved will be arrested." ”

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Since it is a time of war, although the war broke out in Bingzhou, it also affected the life of Zhongdu to some extent, mainly because the city gate must be closed after dark, and Zhongdu and Anyang County must strictly implement this regulation, so the West Market has also been affected accordingly, and most of the shops must close at dusk, so as to hurry up and return to the city before the city gate is closed.

Heluo store is the same, the shopkeeper is called Shen Chun, a native of Xingyang County, currently living in Anyang New County, at dusk, most of the people who made trouble in front of the grain stores have returned to the city, after the Yancheng grain shop successfully solved the contradiction, everyone has followed suit, so that the price increase impact has the hope of solving.

Heluo Mipu also closed the shop, leaving two men to watch the store, and the shopkeeper Shen Chun rode a donkey to Anyang New County, he had to enter the city before dark, otherwise he would have to stay outside the city tonight.

There are a lot of pedestrians on the road, basically like Shen Chun, rushing back to the county seat in a hurry, horses, donkeys, mules, carriages, ox carts, all kinds of transportation converge on the street, quite spectacular, but more are coolie porters on foot, carrying burdens, striding meteors and walking quickly.

As soon as night fell, the drum of closing the city gate sounded, and the pedestrians outside the city flocked to the city gate, Shen Chun also entered the city in time, his home was not far from the city gate, in a small alley, Shen Chun had just arrived at the mouth of the alley, a carriage suddenly stopped behind him, a man in black covered his mouth from behind, dragged him into the carriage, and the other rode his donkey away.

In the carriage, a sharp dagger pressed against his throat, and one person said coldly: "If you tell the truth, I will spare your life, otherwise I will directly throw your body into the moat." ”

"What do you want me to say?" Shen Chun asked coldly.

"So calm, it looks like we don't have to guess each other."

Liu Lancheng smiled and said: "I am Liu Lancheng, the general of the Tiger Benlang, you should be familiar with this name, what should I call you?" Call you Shen Shopkeeper, or Shen Houzheng? ”

(To be continued.) )