General Chang wrote at the right time, I am afraid that the intention is to give the people more time to prepare," Wang Meng said in a low voice, he looked at Shao Kuan, "But now that Cao Xun is directly looking at the two ends, it is difficult for us to interfere in this matter." ”

Bai Ling looked at Shao Xian Ling, who was sitting on the side, and gradually felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

"And that's not the worst." Shao Kuan looked at the ground, "Because the two sides are looking at their own grain production, the grain government that used to spend the winter had to subsidize the people, and the wheat harvested by the people every autumn is basically not kept in their hands, and most of them will be handed over." ”

"So now the people of the city have no food for themselves?"

"Naturally, there are, but not much." Shao Kuan replied, "After all, no one will be stupid and really hand over all the grain and leave nothing behind, but with that surplus grain alone, the people will not be able to survive the winter." ”

"Now Cao Xun wants to transport all the grain, except for the military rations here, to Zhuozhou, and only leave the people for five days to continue to distribute the surplus grain at various grain relief points." Shao Kuan closed his eyes vigorously, "This is forcing me to take the people out of the city today and tomorrow......"

Bai Ling looked at Wang Meng, "So is Vice General Wang accompanying him to escort these two thousand people to Yanzhou together?" ”

Wang Meng shook his head, "The order I received is to continue to garrison Liangwang until next spring. ”

"That ......"

"No need to ask, there are only fifty people accompanying the people, all of whom are officials brought by Cao Xun from Zhuozhou." Shao Kuan said softly, "Counting the two small officials at the top and bottom of the yamen, I can barely get together a hundred people." ”

Bai Ling stood there and thought for a while, and quickly understood.

Shao Kuan has been looking at both sides for many years, although his political achievements are not very good, but he has never made a big mistake, not to mention that this person is famous and has a bad history with Cao Xun, so it is probably not enough to rely on fabricated facts.

Then he needs to really jump into the pit, for example, to lead the people to migrate in the winter, and then the dead and wounded are not counted.

"Why should Lord Shao be discouraged?" Bai Ling looked at Shao Kuan, "You write an excerpt now, send it directly to Pingjing as before, and tell the capital what happened here today. ”

Bai Ling said, and inspiration emerged, "At present, the gold thief has not yet withdrawn, and General Chang's letter vaguely says "choose the time to move", Cao Xun probably relied on this, thinking that this pot could be thrown to both sides. We will threaten Cao Xun with the excerpt of entering Beijing, delay for a few days, and at the same time send someone to Zhuozhou to report to General Chang, and ask General Chang to write a new letter and write down the time of moving the county clearly, he Cao Xun has no other support, and naturally he does not dare to force ——"

When Bai Ling said this, he faintly felt that something was wrong.

Shao Kuan in front of him didn't mention the slightest bit of energy, and his eyes that had lost their luster were still looking at the ground weakly.

"Lord Shao?" Bai Ling shouted in confusion.

Shao Kuan raised his eyes and looked at Bai Ling.

"There are some things I may not have made clear last night," Bai Ling said softly, "if there is such a moth in the sights of the two heads......"

"The gold thief will take advantage of the chaos, right?" Shao Kuan looked at Bai Ling.

Bai Ling frowned, looked at Shao Kuan with some doubts, and then looked at Wang Meng.

"Lord Wang has already told me this morning." Shao Kuan said in a low voice, "It is indeed possible, but as long as I leave here, Cao Xun will not do anything wrong at both ends, and I am relieved to leave the matter of defending the city to Wang Meng."

"On the contrary, it can't be delayed." Shao Kuan said in a low voice, "Since Cao Xun is targeting me, as long as I stay in the two heads for one more day, it will be impossible for him to give up, so ......"

"What is Shao Xianling talking about?" Bai Ling directly interrupted Shao Kuan's words, "You said last night that you were frank and unrestrained—"

"Songqing," Wang Meng raised his hand to stop Bai Ling, "let's go out and talk." ”

Bai Ling glanced at Wang Meng in disbelief, and then looked not far away, Shao Kuan, who looked as if his main heart had been removed.

She gritted her teeth and turned around with a bit of annoyance.

……

Everything was in order in the military camp in the north of the city, Wang Meng wore combat armor, and walked slowly along the edge of the military camp with Bai Ling.

Bai Ling listened to Wang Meng's narration in silence, she really didn't guess wrong, Wang Meng went to Shao Kuan this morning, and told the pros and cons of the whole thing, how important the position of the two heads is, once the disaster causes Xiao Wall, the consequences are unimaginable.

However, at that time, Shao Kuan's whole person's strength had collapsed - just like what Bai Ling saw just now.

"I was in the yamen this morning, and I heard that Cao Xun and Lord Shao had a fight in the backyard," Bai Ling frowned, "Did Cao Xun and Lord Shao say something?" ”

Wang Meng nodded.

"So what did Cao Xun say?" The fist in Bai Ling's sleeve suddenly clenched.

“…… There is something you may not know," Wang Meng said softly, "Shao Kuan used to be a protégé of Song Bozong. ”

Song Bozong......

An old man's figure suddenly appeared in Bai Ling's mind.

It's been years since I've heard that name......

"So what?" Bai Ling lowered his head slightly, his eyes sank, "Song Bozong has been powerful for twenty years, and half of the officials in the court have been promoted through him or his henchmen, and the saints have not pursued it today, what is Shao Xianling afraid of?" ”

"Shao Kuan came to the north more than ten years ago, but at the beginning, he didn't look at the two ends to be an official, he ...... He was deposed here. Wang Meng said again.

"So what?" Bai Ling asked again.

"When the Song family fell, and officials from all over the country complied with the edict and scolded the traitor, he read that Song Bozong had the grace of knowing him, and he did not go to the book." Wang Meng said softly, "After Jingzhong realized it, he said that he couldn't distinguish between right and wrong, so he was demoted several levels, and then he went around and around and was put on both sides to look at this place......"

Bai Ling frowned.

Wang Meng's footsteps stopped, "But he has kept all the correspondence between himself and Song Bozong, which I didn't expect." Cao Xun pinched this handle. ”

"Is there any evidence in the letter that Lord Shao is rebelling together?"

"Of course not."

"Is that evidence that he and Song Bozong and his party are corrupt and pervert the law?"

"No, it's just some holiday greetings." Wang Meng looked at Bai Ling, "Shao Kuan is an upright person, I know this. ”

"Then Lord Shao always took out the letter to show people, and went around to promote the benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith of the Song family's father and son?"

"This ......," Wang Meng frowned, "of course he wouldn't do such a stupid thing." ”

“…… So what kind of trick is this? Bai Ling was puzzled, "The master is like a father and son, even if he keeps the letters from the past, what kind of big sin is it?" ”

After Bai Ling's words, the person who became confused was Wang Meng.

"Sympathize with the thief, Songqing, don't you understand what it is to sympathize with the thief?"