"General Li is polite!" Although it shows that Li Yuanba's words are not sincere, Shan Donggu's heart still feels very comfortable.

"I don't know what Shan Changshi came here today?" Li Yuanba led Shan Donggu to a high chair, and the soldiers with their own Shenwu Guard served Shan Donggu fragrant tea.

Shan Donggu ordered his subordinate servants to put down the gifts they were carrying, and said to Li Yuanba with a smile: "General, Xiaguan has been added as the governor of Jiangzhou, and there is already an accusation of entertaining Shangguan, not to mention that there was a misunderstanding between Xiaguan and the general before, and it was only ...... today."

"Shan Changshi doesn't have to be like this!" Li Yuanba waved his hand indifferently and said: "The so-called ignorant are not to blame, not to mention that the fault of the first thing is not in Shan Changshi, why should Shan Changshi care so much?" ”

"It's still a general's generosity!" Shan Donggu smiled, changed his words, and said: "I heard that yesterday the general rushed to Qishan County with the soldiers of Shenwuwei to join the Shenwuwei army, and cooperated with the Jiangzhou guards to encircle and suppress Guyun Village. The county town? ”

"Because it's already been solved!" Li Yuanba casually revealed the news, but he was taking the opportunity to observe the change in the old man's expression.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Yuanba's words, Shan Donggu's face twitched violently, and then his pupils suddenly dilated, and the color of fear flashed away.

After a long while, Shan Donggu forced a smile on his face, and reluctantly smiled: "Since, even so, I don't know if the general has caught Li Hu, the big boss of Guyun Village?" ”

Li Yuanba shook his head with some regret, and said: "Then Li Hu can be regarded as a man, even if he fights to the end, he has not betrayed his master......"

When he said this, Li Yuanba obviously heard Shan Donggu's voice exhaling a breath of turbidity, and just when he wanted to speak, Li Yuanba's last sentence almost scared Shan Donggu half to death.

"But...... Although Li Hu said that he was dead, we caught Li Zong, the military advisor of Guyun Village! Li Yuanba said with a smile: "Li Zong doesn't look like a hard bone. I believe that something useful will soon be able to come out of his mouth! At least you can find out the Guyun Village hidden in Jiangzhou, and even the Guyun Village in other states, counties, and county governments! ”

"This ...... And that's a good thing indeed! Shan Donggu's face was a little ugly, and his smile finally became a little far-fetched.

After that, Li Yuanba and Shan Donggu chatted without a word, but Shan Donggu was in a very bad state, and his words were a little ambiguous, and he was obviously absent-minded.

After about a stick of incense, Shan Donggu got up and said goodbye to Li Yuanba and left.

Li Yuanba took Su Dingfang, Li Ke and others to personally send Shan Donggu to the door of the pavilion.

Seeing Shan Donggu get into the carriage and head towards the Thorn Mansion, Zhao Sanpao couldn't help but say, "Lord Wang." Since you have found the secret correspondence between this old man and Guyun Village in the secret room of Guyun Village, why not take this opportunity to arrest this old guy? ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Li Sanduo was also full of puzzlement: "Since we have evidence in our hands, why don't we arrest all these guys in Jiangzhou and interrogate them well, I believe they can spit out a lot of Chang'an officials!" ”

"Can't you two think about it?" Li Yuanba turned his head and glanced at this pair of living treasures, and said: "In this Jiangzhou territory, there is not only Guyun Village, but also the Salt Gang. Once we arrest all these guys who are involved in Guyun Village. The Salt Gang will inevitably react, and even quickly stop and go into hiding, so wouldn't it be worth the loss? ”

"Oh!" Zhao Sanpao suddenly realized and said, "Does the prince want to solve these two scourges of Jiangzhou at one time?" ”

"Yes. Even if it's for my officials of the Tang Dynasty. For the sake of the people of the entire Jiangzhou and even the surrounding prefectures, counties and counties, these two scourges will be completely solved! ”

A cold look flashed in Li Yuanba's eyes, and it was clear that he wanted to uproot these two tumors.

"Uncle Four Emperors. We must not be forgotten about this matter! Li Ke took a few steps forward and said, "It's the fault of our court that there is still such a place in my Datang!" ”

"If you see such a guy in the future. I must see one and kill the other! ”

Li Su and Li Yun will always be jealous and hateful, if these two brothers are put together, I am afraid that they will kill the corrupt officials in their back covers.

"Okay, Fourth Uncle will give you this opportunity now!"

Li Yuanba patted Li Ke's shoulder, took out half of the jade jue engraved with patterns from his arms, handed it to him, and said:

"Later, you take this half of the jade jue, go to the 'Yonghe Tavern' in the city to find their shopkeeper, and tell him, 'Qin, Mingyue, Han, and the Great Wall have not been returned.'" The shopkeeper will reply to you, 'But make the dragon city fly, and don't teach Humadu Yinshan'!" ”

"In the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, the Great Wall people have not returned...... Good poetry, good poetry! Li Ke thought for a long time, and then said, "Then what? ”

"Then you don't have to worry about it, the tavern keeper will tell you some information, you just need to remember these things clearly, and repeat them to me when you come back!" Li Yuanba said with a smile: "Remember clearly, right?" ”

"Remember clearly, Uncle Four Emperors!"

Li Ke responded excitedly, took his two brothers and four or five soldiers of the Shenwu Guard, entered the pavilion to change a set of clothes, and rushed towards the 'Yonghe Tavern' in the city.

As for Zhao Sanpao and Li Sanduo, Li Yuanba did not let them be idle, but let this pair of living treasures take some soldiers of the Shenwu Guard in disguise, and quietly followed behind Shan Donggu who was far away, and monitored all his actions.

It's not just to report his situation, but to record everything about him, and the most important thing is the carrier pigeon, as long as it is a carrier pigeon released by Shan Donggu, not a single one can be let go!

……

The morning passed in such a hurry, Li Yuanba had a good rest in the house, and it was not until after lunch that Li Ke rushed back to the post house with a solemn look on his face.

As soon as they returned to the pavilion, the three brothers Li Ke came directly to Li Yuanba's house.

In fact, the three brothers' time in the morning was really not easy, the amount of information they received in the tavern was too large and too important, and the three brothers needed to digest it well.

Li Ke and the other three sat on the high chair relaxedly, ate a bite of snacks impatiently, drank a cup of hot tea, and then began to get to the point.

"Ke'er, how's it going? What did the shopkeeper tell you? Li Yuanba looked at the three little guys gobbling up, and he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Li Ke swallowed the dim sum in his mouth and said, "Fourth Emperor Uncle, that tavern won't be our Tang Dynasty's fine organization, right?" Otherwise, how could there be secret rooms, secret passages, and the shopkeeper in the tavern, it seems that he knows too much about the situation in Jiangzhou, right? ”

Li Yuanba shook his head and said, "You will know about this matter in the future, and it is not time to tell you yet!" Let's talk about the situation first! ”

Li Ke also knew that there were a lot of secret things in the Tang Dynasty, and some secret agencies were normal, so he nodded indifferently and said:

"Uncle Sihuang, according to the words of the shopkeeper of 'Yonghe', the soldiers of the Jiangzhou Weifu are simply not working hard, just for show. The Divine Boat is useless, it looks very powerful, but in fact it is useless. and the water army, although it has some ability, but because of the Jiangzhou Wei Shangguan, he has never seriously eliminated the salt gang......"

"Third brother, it's useless to say that!" Li Su interrupted Li Ke's words and said, "Fourth Emperor Uncle, in general, because of the existence of this Jiangzhou Wei Shangguan, they didn't plan to seriously suppress the thieves at all, but were doing all kinds of tricks to confuse the public. ”

"In this way, there is no difference from what the king expected......" For the words of the two brothers, Li Yuanba was not surprised.

"Uncle Sihuang, when I came back, the shopkeeper of Yonghe gave me an account book, you can take a look!" At this moment, Li Yun seemed to remember something, reached into his arms, took out a blue-skinned account book and threw it to Li Yuanba.

He continued: "According to the inventory of the shadow guards, whether it is silver, grain, military or Fa Cao's account books, there are some problems. In recent years, Jiangzhou has paid countless amounts of money and grain to clean up Guyunzhai and the Salt Gang. ”

"Yes, Uncle Four Emperors!" Li Ke also interjected: "At the beginning, Jiangzhou was still very rich, and the Fengling Ferry alone made the entire Jiangzhou and even the surrounding Zhouzhi rich. But even these incomes were mostly used by the imperial court to support state guards and officials. But this salt gang is getting more and more fierce, and the more and more clear. In my opinion, eighty percent of the money is used to raise thieves, not soldiers! ”

While listening, Li Yuanba looked down at the blue-skinned account book for a while, his brows were twisted into Chuanzi, and even the expression on his face became cold:

"Hmph, as a government soldier, he didn't do anything at all, and the assassin was embarrassed with the government soldiers...... Jiangzhou from the history of assassination to the small soldiers, all of them are also accustomed to the existence of robes and Guyunzhai mountain bandits, it is no wonder that these two tumors are inexhaustible, more and more. It seems that if you don't solve them, I'm really sorry for the people of my Datang! ”

"That's right, Uncle Four Emperors! The reason why Jiangzhou uses Guyunzhai mountain bandits to maintain law and order is that in addition to the existence of these two places, there are other reasons. Li Su said.

"What?" Li Yuanba's face was cold enough, and now he had begun to change to the color of iron blue, "Tell me about it!" ”

Li Ke said angrily: "Another important reason for this is that the assassins of Jiangzhou, the government soldiers and the local rich squires collude with each other, and they have common interests. Therefore, it seems that the Thorn History and Jiangzhou Weidu are the most authoritative here, but in fact, it is the Thorn Shi Hong Haiyang, the Changshi Shan Donggu and the Jiangzhou Duwei Gu Chao who are really the kings and hegemons in Jiangzhou! (To be continued......)