"When the drought is known to the Holy Lord, the Holy Lord will definitely approve the opening of the warehouse for disaster relief and order people to go to the Western Surrender City to investigate the situation." After telling him, Su Jiudong was still relieved, so he hurriedly urged Wen Yiheng to write a letter.

But Wen Yiheng didn't get up, and lazily lay back on the Luohan couch, and said with a smile: "I know you are really in a hurry, but you really don't have to be in a hurry to finish writing tonight, and it will be the same if you write it tomorrow." ”

"Moreover, even if I finish writing later, Xu Ming will take turns to rest tonight and go back to the house early to rest. At such a late hour, even if I am his master, it is not good to call him from the bed and let him deliver letters for me all night..."

Wen Yiheng now trusts Ding Xuming the most, and his skills and loyalty are second to none in the secret guards who follow Wen Yiheng.

Therefore, Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong unanimously decided that it was safest and proper for Ding Xuming to secretly send the letter to the capital and hand it over to Su Fenglan.

"I'll talk to you tonight, and I have a new idea, so I don't need to stay up all night. It's late at night, so let's go to sleep as soon as possible. Wen Yiheng got up and sent Su Jiudong back to the room, and then returned to his bedroom with peace of mind.

Su Jiudong got up quietly, and saw through the crack in the window that Wen Yiheng had indeed walked into the bedroom, and finally fell asleep peacefully.

Ten days later.

Wen Yiheng asked Ding Xuming to send a letter to Su Fenglan in the capital, and he already had a reply.

This time, after Su Fenglan and General Huaihua returned to Beijing to offer victory, they followed Wen Yiheng's suggestion and submitted a request for resignation to Emperor Tianduo in time, and retreated bravely in order to protect themselves.

Emperor Tianduo appreciated Su Fenglan's knowledge, and wanted to take back all the military power in Su Fenglan's hands, but he was afraid of causing a shock in the military camp, so he symbolically only took back half of the military power, and Su Fenglan could still continue to sit firmly in the position of general of the martial arts.

It is precisely because of the protection of his official position that Su Fenglan did not stop participating in the court like Zhu Guogong, but continued to enjoy the qualifications of the court.

Wen Yiheng was browsing the letter replied by Su Fenglan in his hand, and Su Jiudong was also belatedly summoned by him.

"What did my dad write in the letter? It makes you look so fascinated. When Su Jiudong stepped into the study, he saw that Wen Yiheng was pinching the letter in his hand and looking at it intently, so he asked curiously.

Wen Yiheng's eyes continued to stare at the letter, he didn't raise his head, and there was obvious pleasure in his voice, summarizing the content of the letter for Su Jiudong.

"General Su said that he had been sleepless all night the night he received the letter, and that he had been worried about the drought in the western city, and even more so about the two of us. Therefore, in accordance with your suggestion, on the second day of the pilgrimage, I handed over the letter in my own handwriting to the Holy One. ”

Su Jiudong asked curiously, "And then?" How did the Holy One react? ”

Wen Yiheng showed an expected smirk, and his pleasure suddenly turned into displeasure: "According to the temperament of the saint, of course, it broke out in public, and Long Yan was furious. ”

"Especially when we knew that we were still stationed on the outskirts of Altay Mountain, preparing to launch an attack on Zhuote City, the drought in the western surrender city began to break out, and I was even more furious, and I dropped the red pen on the dragon case at that time, and finally it was picked up by General Su."

"The Holy Lord is so angry, is he angry that the drought in the city of Xishou was concealed, or is he angry that you have exposed the drought?" After all, Su Jiudong didn't know whether the scale in Emperor Tianduo's heart was biased towards Wen Yiheng or his son Yun Mulin.

"Although the saint is eccentric and Yun Mulin, he can still see it at the critical moment, and when he drops his pen in this anger, it is nothing more than for Yun Mulin."

Wen Yiheng explained to Su Jiudong: "At that time, Yun Mulin, as the envoy who was stationed in place of the Holy Army, first had the act of 'desertion' to escape from the battle, and even returned to the capital in advance after fleeing back to the Western Surrender City and discovering that a drought broke out. ”

"What made the Holy Lord angry was that after Yun Mulin returned to Beijing, instead of reporting to the Holy Lord about the drought in the Western Surrender City, he deliberately directed the situation of our trapped Altay Mountains to Su Fenglan and me. In the eyes of the saints, this is to shirk responsibility and not take responsibility. ”

"The saint is furious, maybe he is just doing superficial work to show the courtiers, maybe he will make excuses for Yun Mulin in his heart." Because of Yun Mulin's relationship, Su Jiudong didn't even have much of a good impression of Emperor Tianduo.

"As long as the Holy Lord finally punishes Yun Mulin, it means that Yun Mulin still occupies an important position in the Holy Lord's heart. It can be seen from this that in the heart of the saint, such a major event as concealing the drought is not as good as Yun Mulin, the prince personally selected by the saint. ”

Su Jiudong was indignant at Emperor Tianduo's "doting" on Yun Mulin, and suddenly had a new idea: "... Did my father deliberately guide the saint to suppress the local officials in Yun Mulin, and lead the saint in the direction of concealing the drought? ”

Wen Yiheng shook his head: "Regarding this, General Su didn't elaborate, only said that the Holy Lord punished the prince to be grounded for a month, and then it was the matter of donating food to the West Surrender City for disaster relief." ”

Su Jiudong was silent when he heard this, and finally made a final guess under Wen Yiheng's urging: "Bao Buqi Shengshang has the intention of protecting Yun Mulin, so he is obviously angry with Yun Mulin, but in the end he was not punished." "Bookbag nets

Su Jiudong only felt that Emperor Tianduo had been partial to Yun Mulin to his hometown, and he really couldn't understand what kind of "personality charm" Yun Mulin had, so that Emperor Tianduo could always support him and carry him on his back and help him sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince.

Wen Yiheng frowned slightly and said: "After the drought in the West Surrender City was exposed by me in a secret letter, the saint immediately asked why Yun Mulin, as the crown prince, did not report it, instead of thinking about how to solve the drought in time, this is the conscious idea of the saint. ”

“… Extrapolating from all directions, maybe your guess is correct, the Holy One does want to protect Yun Mulin. ”

Su Jiudong snorted contemptuously when he heard this, and said no more.

Wen Yiheng's face was not very good-looking: "In short, General Su replied to me this time, and did not mention how the Holy Lord would deal with Yun Mulin in the end, mainly to inform me that the imperial court had sent disaster relief funds and grain, and it was estimated that it would arrive in Xishou City in half a month." ”

Su Jiudong's tone was not without frustration and discouragement, and he said slowly: "Since Daddy didn't mention in the letter how the Holy Lord wants to deal with Yun Mulin, it seems that the Holy Lord really intends to make a big deal small and block everything for Yun Mulin." ”

"Originally, I thought that after the drought in the western city was revealed, Yun Mulin would not be able to eat and walk around... Now it seems that I was whimsical. ”

Wen Yiheng hugged Su Jiudong's shoulder when he heard this, shook it lightly and comforted him, his face was sad.

"Since there is still half a month to go, then I won't be in a hurry to find a hidden return to give him the deposit notes. Let him wait. Su Jiudong finally said lightly.

Su Jiudong raised his head "arrogantly", and said with a smile: "Anyway, that 'horse craftsman' is a skilled craftsman, isn't the master just a strange temper?" If you want to give, you can give, if you don't want to give, you can only endure it... Anyway, the initiative is mine. ”

When Su Fenglan's letter had not yet been delivered to Wen Yiheng, Su Jiudong originally planned to talk to Yin Cigui about the deposit of the silver bill today.

After all, Su Jiudong holds the "precious liferoot" of this hidden return, and he is indeed qualified and confident to "call and drink" to the hidden return. However, although Su Jiudong was not satisfied with the donation in front of him, he could only reluctantly accept it due to the situation.

It is precisely because of the partial compromise that Su Jiudong wants to use this as a bargaining chip to trap the hidden reciprocal and force the hidden reciprocal to return to the imperial court before the grain money reaches the western surrender city, and he must maintain the daily operation of the porridge factory.

After six days, Su Jiudong felt that the time was almost up, so he pretended to be a horse craftsman again, respectfully holding a small wooden box with a re-transcribed deposit receipt, and went to the door with Wen Yiheng to discuss the follow-up plan.

Yin Cigui didn't know that Yun Mulin hadn't received his letter, so he had been "keeping to himself" during this time.

Yin Ci waited quietly for the "reply" and instructions from Yun Mulin, spent money over and over again, tried his best to maintain the daily operation of the porridge factory, and "scraped together" 500,000 taels of cash in time.

However, a few days have passed, and only 250,000 have been donated to the government before and after, and the remaining 250,000 have not yet arrived.

In this regard, Yin Jigui explained that the remaining price will not be donated until the "horse craftsman" has finished piecing together the deposit bills and he has received the intact deposit notes, and will finally complete the request for a donation of 500,000 taels of silver that Su Jiudong had made before.

Su Jiudong also estimated that the time was almost up, so he "changed his face" again and dressed up as a horse craftsman to meet Yinjigui.

Unlike the first visit to the mansion of the Hidden Warrior, after being "scolded" by the horse craftsman last time, the Hidden Residence obviously took the horse craftsman's visit seriously this time.

Yin Jigui not only ordered people to prepare this year's rain before the dragon well, but also led a total of eight important people, including his wife and the official family, to wait for the arrival of the horse craftsmen at the gate half an hour in advance.

Yin Jigui has done enough battles this time, and his preparation is sincere. It is to prevent the horse craftsmen from making excuses and refusing to hand over the deposit notes.

Su Jiudong sat in the carriage and lifted the corner of the curtain, and saw the battle of the hidden return from a distance through that corner, but he had confidence and an even more unscrupulous attitude.

Su Jiudong put down the curtain and laughed: "Otherwise, people outside the party are not as smart as us after all, and this move is simply written on the door of his mind 'I have a request'... As everyone knows, this will only put yourself in a passive situation. ”

Wen Yiheng heard the meaning of Su Jiudong's words, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "Since he is still sincere, you don't have to persecute him too much today like last time, just deliver the goods with one hand and take the money with the other." ”

In this regard, Su Jiudong's reply was very proud and playful: "I, like the horse craftsman, am not a vexatious person. As long as Yin Jigui is smart and interesting enough, I won't embarrass him too much. ”

Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong received a warm reception as soon as they got off the carriage, and they were welcomed all the way to the main hall and sat down, and enjoyed the courtesy of the guests in the house of Rong Di, who was known as the richest man in the city.