Shen Yuanzhou arrived in the capital several days later than Xue Ling, and what Ancheng lost was the rations of Ping'an Second City for nearly three months. The main person was so frightened that he almost committed suicide, and he checked himself for two days before reporting it in a panic. Shen Yuanzhou felt that something was wrong, so he invited him to return to Beijing in person.

After the early dispersal of the dynasty, Wei Long summoned the young military general to the imperial study.

"Everything is okay in Yuanzhou"? This sentence, he asked a little bit of truth. Now that he has been on the throne for almost three years, most of the officials have returned to their hearts. But when he first ascended the throne, he didn't even dare to look at his mother and concubine.

From the dragon's work, it was originally headed by the Huo and Huang families. Once it was done, Huo Zhungui became the prime minister. The daughter of the Huang family is named Taifei, but she actually rules the harem, almost hanging the curtain. According to the seniority, he still has to call the current old man Huang a grandfather, and the official Huang Jingyi an uncle.

The two forces, on the surface, looked balanced, and the northwest war, the Huang family had no generals available, and in the end, Huo Yunyang, the second son of the Huo family, turned the tide.

When Wei Long was happy, it was like sitting on pins and needles. The land in the northwest, as far as the Liang State is concerned, the Hu people in the outer town and the Chaogang in the inner side. If all of them are given to the Huo family, there will undoubtedly be no doubt that the civil and military will be in the hands of Huo Zhun. He, the emperor, is afraid that he is not as good as a puppet.

This time the water was in dire straits, only Shen Yuanzhou of the Shen family wrote that "the defeat of the northwest army is a weak defense line, and it is inconvenient to mobilize troops, please divide the two cities of Ping'an into a line of their own."

The new emperor ascended the throne, it was the time to employ people, but not everyone had the courage to slap Huo Zhun in the face. So Wei Long overrode public opinion and sent Shen Yuanzhou, who had no experience in leading troops, to Wuzhou.

Fortunately, there has been no war in the past few years, and he has vigorously supported the Shen family's forces openly and secretly. Shen Yuanzhou shouldered the beam, but he did not live up to his trust. Although this trip was dusty, his face still did not hide his perseverance, and Wei Long was somewhat relieved.

Speaking in detail, the things of the year were nothing more than the way of the monarch and the minister, but the friendship in the snow is always very worrying. What's more, the Shen family was single-handedly raised by him, and he was neither surnamed Huang nor surnamed Huo.

In this world, it may not be right. So what's the matter, he is still the true dragon emperor.

Shen Yuanzhou gave a big salute first: "The minister is guilty." ”

Wei Long waved his hand, and the little eunuch consciously retreated. He looked at Shen Yuanzhou and said, "Get up, I have already read the letter, and I want you to tell it in person." ”

Hu people, granaries, dark roads, and flat cities. Shen Yuanzhou had already drafted a dialogue, and quickly told the incident and some suspicious points.

Wei Long frowned: "Are you sure it was done by the Hu people?" ”

Shen Yuanzhou said: "The minister dare not say anything, in this incident, a guard died, and the body was sent to Wuzhou, and the minister personally saw it, and it was indeed a scimitar used by the Hu people." The other injured person also confessed that Hu Ren had committed it. ”

"Then what doubts does Wonju have?" The thought in Wei Long's mind had already passed Qianfan, but his face did not change at all, and he tapped his finger on the table and asked Shen Yuanzhou.

"All the secret passages of towns are secret, especially the main passages of military aircraft, which cannot be known unless the lord of a city. This time, the Hu people entered through the secret passage of Ancheng, if it was not for the city lord to guard and steal it, it was who leaked the secret passage map. The minister is only afraid of the deployment of the two cities of Ping'an, and His Majesty wants to investigate, not just Ancheng." Shen Yuanzhou remembered that the emperor had just ascended the throne, and there was a hint of jerkiness that could not be concealed under the demeanor of the heavenly family.

The Shen family also thought about what was wrong with the former prince. But once the son of heaven and a courtier, is he going to praise this new Ninety-Five Emperor? Or block the life of the net worth to pull a cripple, this choice is actually very easy to do.

Wei Long said: "Just now Yuanzhou said that the Hu people did not rob all the grain and grass. ”

Shen Yuanzhou didn't expect the emperor to ask this question again, and carefully organized the language before answering: "Yes, after the fact, the granary was only one and a half empty." But the thieves were vicious, and when they left, they placed a large amount of white arsenic stones, and smoked them with smoke and fire, so that all that remained was contaminated with poison. The minister suspected that the Hu people were a disguise, and it was clear that someone was deliberately calculating the grain and grass in Ancheng. No matter who this person is, he could have destroyed everything directly with white arsenic, but he had to be clever and bring Hu people to move. ”

Wei Long said: "What you said makes sense, but it can't be ruled out that Hu Ren can't finish it, so he set it on fire." Outside of Anseong, it should be the land of the Qiang people, their tribes are scattered, and they are not fighting or gathering, so it is difficult to say this. ”

Shen Yuanzhou hurriedly knelt down again: "Your Majesty, the crime of the minister is unforgivable." ”

"Get up, don't kneel still. Victory and defeat are common, Anseong is not guarded by you, and Wonju does not have to blame himself." Wei Long paused and said, "Does the Huo family know about this?" ”

"I don't know, the fire didn't start that day, and there is still more than a month before the next time to send grain to Pingcheng, what does Your Majesty mean?"

"Then you don't have to let him know. The total number of garrisons in the two cities of Ping'an is only 20,000. This ration is short, and you have to find a way to make up for it. I'll send you the money. ”

"Your Majesty is suspicious of the Huo family?"

"Doesn't Yuanzhou also have this doubt? Otherwise, why remind me that the two cities of Ping'an are deployed. Huo Zhun, the old fox, whether he calculated it or not, if this matter is publicized, the court is afraid that the congregation will say a word, so I will hand over Ancheng to Huo Yunyang. He wasn't afraid of choking himself to death. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty .........."

"If you are looking for someone who has believed in the letter, just go and do it earlier, and try to raise food as close as possible. This matter must also continue to be investigated, and the person in charge of Ancheng will be replaced, and the secret path will be changed earlier. If there is a next time, I will not be able to protect you. ”

"Obey." Shen Yuanzhou didn't say anything more, and exited the imperial study, finding that his underwear was soaked. He did not shirk his responsibility, but genuinely doubted the Huo family. For such an important thing as the secret road, a few heads are not enough to cut off, and the head of Ancheng definitely doesn't have the courage to collude with Hu Ren. After a few days of investigation, no one was suspicious. The biggest possibility is that the Huo family has explored the secret passage of Ancheng and the deployment of Heping City, and wants to use the matter of grain and grass to participate in his dereliction of duty, and then find an opportunity to control the military power.

But there are some things that the emperor can say, but his Shen family can't say. What's more, the emperor and the Huo family are still peaceful on the surface, in case they still want to continue to maintain the loyalty of this monarch and virtuous ministers, it is not impossible to take his Shen family under the knife. He Shen Yuanzhou seems to be frank, but in fact, he is afraid that he will even spit on the wrong one.

Wei Long looked at Shen Yuanzhou's departing back and sat heavily on the chair. I grabbed the tea bowl on the table and took a sip, and found that the tea was cold. The hearty boy of that day will now play with him. I doubted the Huo family every word, and I didn't mention the Huo family, so I had to speculate on my own.

It's not that he doesn't want to move the Huo family, but unfortunately there is no one available, there is really no one. He was not the former crown prince, and it was a big crime to form a party for personal gain when he was the prince, so there were few cronies with the courtiers at the beginning. After ascending the throne, he tried his best, but the Huo family didn't stop. His maternal family, the Huang family, is a generation of civil servants, some veterans, and they have to prevent Xue Yi from dying in the cold without stiffening.

So in the past few years, he can only desperately promote some young martial artists for his own use. But in the peaceful and prosperous times, there is no work to build, and coupled with the suppression of the Huo family, it is even more difficult to walk.

On behalf of the herdsmen! Why was it that before, I was so comfortable looking at my father?

"Little pole" Wei Long shouted, and the eunuch became more and more eyeless. Shen Yuanzhou has been gone for a long time, and he doesn't know how long he rolls in to serve.