Chapter 122: A Mysterious Invitation
The king of Chu was quite thoughtful, and asked people to open the coffin to ask for a certificate, and then covered his nose and waved his hand to let people close the coffin lid. Although it was summer, Ben had only been dead for a day, and the corpse would not decompose and stench, but due to poisoning, the degree of decomposition of the corpse had intensified.
"Is there a notebook to play the emperor?" Facing Hubu Shangshu An Jinyan, the King of Chu asked sharply.
An Jinyan said respectfully: "Back to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, I haven't ...... yet Playing. ”
"That piece was written by this king!" The king of Chu deliberately glanced at Liu Yu when he spoke, thinking that he wanted to put the blame on Liu Yu and ask him for the crime of poor protection.
Seeing that the King of Chu turned around and went to the Taishou Mansion, Han Sheng glanced at Liu Yu and said worriedly: "Little Brother Liu, things may be a little troublesome. ”
Liu Yue understood what Han Sheng meant, if the king of Chu shifted the responsibility to Liu Yu, then it would be clear to the emperor that they had broken up, and the emperor might not trust Liu Yu again in the future. After all, Han Sheng and Liu Yue are in-laws, and if he doesn't think about Liu Yue, Han Sheng also has to think about the future of his two granddaughters.
"Then Brother Lao Han will write another secret recital, saying that he will sing a double reed play with the King of Chu and deliberately paralyze the traitor."
Han Sheng nodded with a smile and glanced at Liu Yu, as if to say, you kid has a lot of ideas.
Han Sheng went back to write the notebook, using a special code, like sending a telegram, Liu Yu looked at it and didn't understand it, Han Sheng explained: "I'll teach you later, it's not the time yet." ”
Those who want to engage in spy intelligence work have their own means of contact, and even if this book falls into the hands of the enemy, they will not be able to find out the hidden information in it. Han Sheng, the intelligence chief, was not in vain.
Liu Yu put some blood on the five fingers of his right hand, and his arm has improved greatly in the past two days, and he can perform some simple movements. Xu Xuanzhu was also very happy about this. I thought it was the credit of Qu Ning's medical skills. Qu Ning was quite puzzled. Every time I came to consult Liu Yu, I had a suspicious look. Liu Yue couldn't explain this kind of thing to her, and he couldn't explain it.
Han Sheng was still writing the notebook, and before Liu Yu's finger was pricked with the needle he had put down, a guard came to report, saying that someone outside the post house had sent an invitation and wanted to invite Liu Yu, the former general of the palace, to pass over to the palace.
Liu Yu doubted in his heart, could it be that Liu Liniang was doing ghost again? opened the invitation, and the self in it was not like what Liu Liniang wrote. But be vigilant. After all, he had just fought with the people of the Huaiwang faction once, and if he really faced Liu Liniang this time, he had to be prepared with both hands.
"Master, are you going?" Su Yan, who came after hearing the news, asked.
"What do you say?" Liu Yu glanced at Su Yan and asked rhetorically.
Su Yan smiled and said, "Master, you are sitting here, you must not go." ”
Liu Yu not only did not go, but also sent someone to investigate the place where he met, but the person who came back from the investigation said that the place where he met was a warehouse, and there was a warehouse full of grain.
"Huh?" It's not just Liu Yu. Even Su Yan thought he had heard it wrong.
Liu Yu immediately took Hu Xuan and Qu Zhu under the escort of the guards. I went to the warehouse with Su Yan to see it, and sure enough, it was a warehouse full of high-quality rice, adding up to thousands of quintals, more than 2,000 bales of rice, and more than 100,000 catties.
"That's a lot of money." Liu Yu hesitated, and said in his heart, could it be Liu Liniang's doing? It stands to reason that it doesn't make sense, how could Liu Liniang openly give rice to the enemy.
I asked the neighbors around and said that this was originally an abandoned warehouse, and people began to move things here two days ago, and many people came in and out, but they were all gone more than an hour ago.
Liu Yue became more and more unclear about the origin of the other party.
"General Liu, there's another invitation outside." Zhang Wuzhu came in with an invitation card and handed it to Liu Yu.
"What about people?"
Liu Yu opened it, and the content inside was the same as the previous one, but the location of the meeting was changed.
Zhang Wuzhu said: "The messenger was just a little hairy doll, and he ran away after throwing down the letter, thinking that he was an errand runner." I sent someone to follow, but I didn't see anyone. ”
"Let's go! Take someone to see it. ”
Liu Yu left a group of guards, led people to the next place, and when they arrived at the meeting place, it was still a warehouse, which was larger than the previous warehouse, and there was still no one, and the warehouse was full of rice, and there were more than 2,000 loads after counting.
"Crazy, this is."
Liu Yu was simply confused by this inexplicable rice. I can't see anyone, I just blindly give him rice, it's like giving a big gift, and it's not over yet. These more than 3,000 quintals of rice are enough for thousands of victims to eat until the summer potatoes are ripe in late autumn.
Liu Yu waited in the second warehouse for a long time, thinking that there would be a follow-up, and no one came to deliver the invitation until dusk.
"General Liu, did you send someone to Manfangzhou City to investigate, what is the origin of the rice sent to us?" Seeing that Liu Yu didn't speak, Zhang Wuzhu asked.
Liu Yu didn't answer, and Su Yan on the side asked, "Master, these rice ...... How to dispose of it? ”
"Don't move for the time being until you find out where the other party comes from, and find someone to look forward to." Liu Yu instructed the guards a few words, ordering them to guard all night so that nothing could go wrong, and he had to go to the Taishou Mansion to ask Yu Taishou if he knew about it.
When he arrived at the Taishou Mansion, he learned that the King of Chu had left for Mingzhou County in the afternoon, and the King of Chu thought that since Nanyang Gan's credit had been gained and lost, the matter of collecting grain could not go wrong again, and he should return to Mingzhou County as soon as possible to handle it properly.
Yu Taishou respectfully received King Yu and his entourage, and after asking, Liu Yu learned that Lu Dao Taishou Mansion knew nothing about the mysterious person sending rice.
Liu Yu and the others came out of the Taishou Mansion at night, and when they returned to the Taishou Mansion, they saw Xu Xuanzhu entertaining a man before they entered the hall. Walking in, the man turned around, Liu Yu couldn't help laughing at a glance, it turned out to be Sui Yu who was dressed as a man, changed into a man's clothes, Sui Yu showed the demeanor of her daughter's family, Sui Yu herself gave people a feeling of a shrewd and capable shopkeeper, and now it is even more peaceful.
"Miss Sui, why are you here?" Liu Yu stepped forward with a smile, "You sent those rice?" ”
When Sui Yu saw Liu Yu, her hands and feet were unnatural, she lowered her head and said, "General Liu, actually...... The slave family's trip is here to contribute to you. ”
Sui Yu also just arrived in Fangzhou County, not only brought the salt that was in short supply in Fangzhou, but also helped to find rice everywhere. After all, the Sui family is a big businessman who walks the business, and there is a special person to tell him what goods are lacking in any place, and when he learned that there was a shortage of salt in Huaibei, Sui Yu volunteered to transfer salt from the place where the well salt was produced, and her purpose was mainly to buy grain for Liu Yu to complete the errand.
"Thank you, Miss Sui." After listening to Sui Yu's reason, Liu Yu stood up respectfully and saluted.
Sui Yu was even more at a loss and said: "General Liu doesn't have to see outside, in fact, the slave family ...... I didn't dare to take credit, the price of grain in the place was very high, I asked some local businessmen, and I heard that the Sui family wanted to buy a large amount of rice, but they all said that there was no rice to sell. Originally, the slave family was also worried that this trip would not help General Liu and Sister Xu, but ...... Just a few days ago, there was a person who didn't know the origin, saying that he could sell us rice at a price several times lower than the market price. ”
Liu Yu had already found the owner, and at this time he couldn't help asking: "Is the mysterious seller's rice the batch that was placed in the warehouse today?" ”
Sui Yu had a puzzled look on her face and said, "The batch of rice bought by the slave family is still outside the city...... It was not transported into Fangzhou City! ”
Liu Yu stood up immediately, and the emotional case was still unsolved in the end. After asking in detail, Sui Yu didn't say it very clearly, and she didn't know anything about the other party's background and identity, only that Lu Dao was a batch of cheap rice, which added up to more than 2,000 quintals. Together with the two warehouses found before, there are a total of 5,000 quintals of rice.
Xu Xuanzhu also had a puzzled face after hearing this, and asked, "Husband, who is behind this?" Helping us ...... Or is there another purpose? ”
Maybe it's in the spirit of marrying someone and following her husband, Xu Xuanzhu is almost blind to Liu Yu's letter now, and if he doesn't understand anything, he will ask Liu Yu's opinion as soon as possible. But Liu Yu also knew nothing about the matter.
"That's right, General Liu." Sui Yu said, "Those people did not collect the money, but exchanged for our batch of salt at a discount, from today on, the surrounding counties have begun to have cheap salt for sale, and it is cheaper than the original cheap salt, they also found us to transport a lot of salt loaded with sand in the past, claiming that there is a steady stream of salt transported over, like for the local salt hoarding merchants to see." ”
Liu Yue smiled dumbly, it seems that the other party is not only a "chivalrous businessman" who makes profits for the poor people, but also has a lot of brains, and will use means to paralyze those profiteers in the local area, causing wrong guidance, forcing them to sell salt at a lower price.
Liu Yuzheng was a little confused, and Zhang Wuzhu came in with an invitation card again, and said, "General Liu, the person who sent the invitation card is here again, this time inviting us to meet at the famous Qinglou Huiyue Tower in Fangzhou County." To go or not to go? ”
"Go, of course." Liu Yue's curiosity increased sharply, and he smiled, "Even I want to see who the other party is." Call Hu Xuan and Qu Zhu, invite King Yu as well, and in addition, Madame and Miss Sui might as well change into men's clothes and go with me to meet this mysterious businessman! (To be continued......)