Xu Liang never expected that Emperor Chongzhen's response to the letter he handed over to Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang, would be like this.

The letter sent by Xu Changqing used the highest mark of Jinyiwei's emergency process, and when Xu Liang was handed by Xu Changqing to Jinyiwei to try the 100 household tokens, he hurriedly heard Xu Changqing introduce Jinyiwei's contact information and code words, and the letter in his hand at the moment was the highest level.

The letter is estimated to have been written by Commander Luo Yangxing himself, and Commander Luo wrote a letter to Xu Liang in such a hurry, just to tell Xu Liang something.

Emperor Chongzhen actually accepted Xu Liang's so-called grievances, and personally instructed to transfer 70,000 taels of silver from the imperial treasury, and sent them to Pingliang in a few days, as a reward for the victory of the Liang army. Of course, there are conditions for Emperor Chongzhen to be so willing to be the head of the wrongs, and Emperor Chongzhen has already drafted a decree that Wang Tiqian Wang Gonggong of the East Investigation Factory will be the main envoy to suppress bandits, and Pingliang will know Xu Liang as the deputy envoy to go out to exterminate the thieves entrenched in Jingning Prefecture.

This is the official rhetoric of the holy decree, and the actual intention secretly is to ask Xu Liang to cooperate with Wang Tiqian, the third head of the Dongchang Factory, to exterminate the main leaders of the Li family's army, especially Li Xinbei, the leader of the Li family's army.

At the end of the letter, Commander Luo pointed out Li Xinbei's true identity, and after Wang Tiqian's arduous investigation of the East Investigation Factory, Li Xinbei's true identity was the former ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, who should have died for a long time, and Wei Zhongxian, the commander of the East Factory. Commander Luo's request was for Xu Liang to find a way to find out the whereabouts of the last sheepskin Diamond Sutra before Wang Tiqian killed Wei Zhongxian.

Xu Liang read the letter. The whole person's mood has become very bad. Originally, Xu Liang's plan was to take advantage of the opportunity that the remaining thieves in Jingning Prefecture had not been exterminated. Fully develop the strength of the Liang army, at this time. The court could not do without the protection of the Liang army, and Xu Liang could make a fortune in silence and expand the Liang army without attracting unnecessary suspicion and trouble.

This is also the reason why Xu Liang did not hesitate to offend the governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang, and refused to send troops to Jingning Prefecture. The trick of raising bandits to protect themselves, although old-fashioned, is very effective.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and no one thought that the identity of Li Xinbei, who was damn and hid in the Li family's army, would be exposed at this critical juncture. actually let Emperor Chongzhen know that he was Wei Zhongxian with the pseudonym Li Xinbei!

The person that Emperor Chongzhen hated the most in his life, in addition to Huang Taiji in the north, was Gonggong Wei. Seeing with his own eyes the corpse of Wei Zhongxian, who had been burned to charcoal, now it is actually revealed that Father-in-law Wei is not dead, and he is still alive in the northwest?! Xu Liang can imagine Emperor Chongzhen's reaction after hearing this shocking news at first glance, Emperor Chongzhen desperately wants the whereabouts of the Diamond Sutra, and also wants to completely kill the remnants of Wei Zhongxian in the world.

The Diamond Sutra, the damn parchment Diamond Sutra again! Xu Liang clearly remembered that the fourth lady, Li Ting, had clearly said to herself that there were a total of five copies of the Sheepskin Diamond Sutra. The one in Loujiabao in the northwest has been obtained by Emperor Chongzhen, one is in the hands of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Dao, and the other is in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the southeast pirates.

Only three have been clarified, and two are still missing. And this letter from Commander Locke. But it was written in black and white, to find out the whereabouts of the last Diamond Sutra.

The last one? In other words, Commander Luo should also know the whereabouts of one of the Diamond Sutras! Thinking of the brocade guard who was chasing Wei Zhongxian, he presented it to Emperor Chongzhen. The so-called corpse of Wei Zhongxian, which was burned to charcoal, Xu Liang felt that the story inside was very dark. It's long.

The emperor wanted to kill Wei Zhongxian, but Commander Luo asked Xu Liang to ask Wei Zhongxian about the whereabouts of the last Diamond Sutra before Wei Zhongxian died. Suddenly, Wei Zhongxian, who is alias Li Xinbei, has become a sought-after sweetheart.

Xu Liang was one head and two big, and he was worried about how to delay the dispatch of troops. He deeply knew that before the Liang army was not strong enough, the sooner the thieves in Pingliang Mansion were exterminated, the sooner the Liang army would be in danger. Although the Liang army now looks like there are 50,000 people, but most of them are new soldiers, there are not many cavalry, and there is a shortage of artillery.

On October 27 of the first year of Chongzhen, Xu Liang burned incense and bathed in the courtyard of Xufu, facing the north and worshipping. In the front door and backyard, the subordinates of the Xu Mansion knelt on the ground.

Two rows of hands pressed the embroidered spring knife, and the Dongchang Fanzi wearing pointed hats and soap boots was majestically protected behind the head of the third grade of the Dongchang with a big red python robe and a white jade belt, and looked at the people of the Xu Mansion coldly.

The corners of Wang Tiqian, the head of the third gear of Dongchang, with a sneering smile on the corner, looked down at Xu Liang who was bowing to the ground, stood with his feet in the figure of eight, unfolded a roll of yellow silk holy decree in his hand, and read it slowly and logically: "Playing the heavens, the emperor said: The danger of the country, fortunately to meet a good minister, Pingliang Tongzhi Xu, loyal to the country, Ke has served the public, is in a high position, lives up to the emperor's grace, personally leads the Liang army, recovers Longde, Zhuang Lang lost land, and has contributed to the court." How can the treasury be empty, unable to give rewards, so that the soldiers are resentful, the court is humiliated, in order to show the grace of heaven, reward the meritorious people, the king of the East Arrest Factory, personally receive the special silver of the inner treasury, and reward the soldiers of the Liang army...... I also heard that the thief Li Xinbei is still based in Jingning Prefecture, looking at the Ming Dynasty, for the disaster of the northwest, ordering the king of the East Investigation Factory to be the right, Pingliang Tongzhi Xu is the deputy, go all out, finish his work in a battle, suppress the bandits, pacify the chaos and peace of the people, and admire this! ”

"Chen Pingliang and Xu Liang thank my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Xu Liang finished walking according to the procedure, took the holy decree, got up and saw Wang Tiqian, and said with a smile on his face: "Wang Gonggong came all the way from Beijing, the mountains are high and the road is long, the carriages and horses are tired, and it is hard work. ”

The prince was overwhelmed when he heard this, held his head high, stroked the white jade belt around his waist with two withered hands, and said with a faint expression: "Lord Xu is polite." When they separated in April, Lord Xu was still the original magistrate of Zhengqipin, and now when our family sees Lord Xu again, Lord Xu is already in a red robe and is in a high position. Lord Xu's encounter is really envious of others, and he should be congratulated. ”

"My father-in-law praised it!" Xu Liang said modestly and waved towards the house, "Father-in-law, please sit inside and drink some tea and snacks." ”

Wang Gonggong waved his hand and said, "Hey, I'm not busy." Lord Xu will count the emperor's reward first. After that, the prince led Xu Liang to the dozen large boxes that were lined up outside the gate of the mansion, and pointed: "Inside this box is 50,000 taels of silver specially allocated by the current saint from the inner treasury, and it is given to Lord Xu and the soldiers of the Liang army under him. Please also take a look at it. ”

No way! When Xu Liang heard the number of 50,000 taels, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and blurted out, "Father-in-law, didn't the emperor's reward say 70,000 taels?" ”

Wang Gonggong's face suddenly gloomy with a smile, he squinted at Xu Liang, and said faintly: "Where did Lord Xu hear the gossip?" The emperor's reward was only 50,000 taels of silver. These boxes came out of the capital, and they were never opened along the way. 50,000 taels of silver Lord Xu insisted on saying that it was 70,000 taels, but he didn't trust our family? Want to frame someone? ”

As soon as Xu Liang's words came out, he knew that it was inappropriate. Jin Yiwei commander Luo Yangxing clearly pointed out in the letter that the reward was 70,000 taels, and with his dignified and upright Jinyi Wei commander, there was naturally no need to panic and deceive people in this kind of matter. Now the prince of Dongchang actually transported to Pingliang is only 50,000 taels, so where is the remaining 20,000 taels of silver? Xu Liang glanced at the Dongchang fans who were guarding next to the box with his eyes, and when he saw that everyone's eyes were not good, he guessed that the 20,000 taels of silver must have been swallowed by these Dongchang people who ate people and did not spit out bones.

Xu Liang hurriedly looked up to the sky and laughed at the prince with a gloomy face: "What the father-in-law said is very true, although the lower officials don't communicate much with the prince-in-law, they are naturally trustworthy in the personality of the prince-in-law. My father-in-law said it was 50,000 taels, that is 50,000 taels! It must have been misheard. ”

"Hmm!" When the prince heard this, his face turned from gloomy to clear.

Xu Liang ordered someone to help unload the car, and on the other hand, he warmly greeted the prince into the house to rest, and warmly entertained him with good wine and meat that day, and gave the prince and several Dongchang leaders a red envelope before leaving.

The night was thick, two red lanterns were hung high in the main gate of Xu's mansion, Xu Liang was full of alcohol, he chuckled and helped the prince of Dongchang, who was already very drunk, into the carriage, waved goodbye cordially, and waited for a group of Dongchang fans to hug the carriage and disappear at the end of the street, Xu Liang, who had just been staggering, suddenly stood up straight, turned around and entered the house calmly, and shouted through gritted teeth to the iron head behind him as he walked: "Tell me to go down, let the detective department keep an eye on these eggless geldings!" Damn, even Lao Tzu's silver dares to be greedy! One day, I want them to spit it out with interest! (To be continued......)