Chapter 189: The border is in an emergency
"Your mother is sick with a heart, Teng'er is going south, her illness will only get worse and worse when she stays in Qinglong City, I plan to take her to Pengzhou Wonderland to recuperate. Teng'er is not in danger here, your mother and I are estimated to go for a year and a half, you discuss things at home with the housekeeper, I left some silver in case of emergency, if it is useful, you can find the housekeeper to get it! β
Huo Feng stood outside the east courtyard and explained straight to the point.
Of course, it is not so much an explanation as an order.
Xia Qian nodded, except for the silver, and kept all the things explained by the other party in mind.
"Pengzhou Wonderland is a long way away, and Guanghai Road will take more than two months, during which it will be impossible to contact the outside world. There will be no major events in this year and a half, if you encounter difficulties, there are still 500 soldiers at home, although they are not the same as the Huo family army stationed in Chibei, but they are not mediocre, you can find Fan Mang when necessary! β
"Yes!" Xia Qian lowered her head and pursed her lips into a straight line.
"Do you know why I didn't kill you?" Huo Feng's eagle-like eyes fell on her, and he asked condescendingly.
Lin Qianxue said that when the emperor gave them marriage, he made a secret decree, and their singers sent by Nankang, those with suspicious appearance or dissatisfied husbands, just find an excuse to get rid of.
Huo Feng's hatred for her can be said to be expressed in words, and he is always ready to break her body into pieces.
"I'm just such a child, I already have a dislike, and I don't want to completely fall out because of you! But you remember to me that if there is a place where you can't live on the vine, no matter how big the world is, there will be no place for you! β
After Huo Feng finished speaking, he turned around and entered the east courtyard.
Hundreds of soldiers outside the East Courtyard looked at her as if they were looking at a monster.
After Huo Feng and the Lin family left with Mingyue, although the general's mansion had no master, more than 500 government soldiers trained on time every day, and the subordinates kept the mansion and garden in good order, and there was no difference from the past.
Without Huo Zun, Xia Qian rarely stepped into the General's Mansion since he went back that time.
Kuo Tianchen deducted military salaries many times in the pro-military camp, and the amount was huge, and the matter caused a sensation in the court after it was revealed.
The emperor was furious, but for the sake of the king, after putting aside the position of the great commander of Kuo Tianchen, he spared his life.
However, although Kuo Tianchen was exempted from the death penalty, his father Qingtian Wang became a big resentment, not only took out money to fill the military salary, but also was forced to confiscate all the savings in the house.
After Lu Jingheng became the commander of 100,000 personal soldiers, he repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and the emperor was happy to add him to the rank of knight and became a second-class military attachΓ©.
Qingyue looked at Lu Xuwen with a proud look on his face, and gritted his teeth angrily: "Master Ma, the second-rank general, the commander of the 100,000 pro-army, my young master was also in this position a year ago, and the general was not as proud as him at that time!" β
Xia Qian leaned on the window railing and laughed, and said leisurely: "This horse master has just entered the clouds, and it is reasonable for the family to get carried away for a while, I hope they don't get too carried away!" β
In the third month after Huo Zun left, the war in southern Xinjiang came.
It is said that the rain and waterlogging in Wancheng, the plague is prevalent, and although the epidemic has been controlled, the grain and grass brought by Huo Zun have been eaten by the plague rats and can no longer be used.
Xia Qian always felt that this matter was inseparable from Wanzhou Governor Hua Qianli, but Huo Zun had the imperial gold medal in hand, and if there was evidence, Hua Qianli would have been corrected on the spot long ago, and he would not have let him live well at all.
Soon after Concubine Rong became the queen, she was seriously ill, and the emperor overhauled the temple and spent a lot of money for her.
The queen died this year, and he built a lot of construction and expanded the imperial tomb, and the treasury spent a lot of money.
The King of Heaven looked at his white silver king smashing into the imperial tomb, and gritted his teeth in distress.
At present, the preparation of 50,000 soldiers for the whole year's grain and grass is not a small amount, but it is enough to empty the already empty treasury.
Fortunately, the emperor was surprisingly cheerful, and the treasury was turned upside down, and the grain and grass sent to him were prepared within five days.
Hearing that the person who was going south to escort the grain and grass was Kuo Tianchen, Xia Qian didn't sleep all night.
Early the next morning, he asked the king to meet him at the teahouse.
King Qingtian said that this was the opportunity he asked the emperor to let Kuo Tianchen make meritorious contributions, and no matter how stupid he was, he would not joke with his son's future and life.
Xia Qian thought about it and felt that it was the same, and said that as long as Kuo Tianchen was not in the middle, she could give a big gift to the Qingtian Palace.
After the king assured that there would be no mistakes in this batch of grain and grass, Xia Qian handed over the two letters that Huo Zun had given her at the beginning.
The first letter is Kuo Tianchen's embezzlement of the military salary of the pro-military camp, and the king of Qingtian has long known that the second letter is the matter of Kuo Tianchen bribing his subordinates in the General's Mansion and placing eyeliner.
"In recent years, my general's mansion has leaked a lot of secrets, I'm afraid it can't be separated from the little prince!" Xia Qian pinched the teacup in her hand and said calmly.
The King touched his beard and chuckled, once again making it clear that there would be no mistakes with the grain and grass this time.
Ten days later, before Kuo Tianchen and his soldiers who went south entered Wancheng, the grain and grass were burned to ashes in a fire.
King Optimus wrote overnight, begging the emperor to spare his son from death.
The emperor was furious, and ordered the Qingtian Palace's mansion to be fed with grain and grass within five days, otherwise he would come to see him with Kuo Tianchen's head.
The inventory of the Qingtian King's Mansion had been exhausted when it was to fill the military salary embezzled by Kuo Tianchen, and he couldn't get any grain and grass in five days, so he ran to the teahouse to find Xia Qian in a hurry.
Xia Qian learned from Qingyue that Fan Mang and the others had secretly prepared grain and grass, but in order to extract useful information from the mouth of the King of Heaven, he did not agree to borrow money.
On the fifth day, King Qingtian finally told her that Huo Zun had made a military order in front of the emperor, and that he would not recover the two cities of Jinkuo and Xunmeng, and capture the fortress of Nankang, Weng City, and never return to Beijing.
After hearing this, Xia Qian was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and a buzz exploded in her head.
"If it weren't for that, do you think the emperor would easily give him a chance to turn over, and would turn the treasury upside down to give him grain and grass? The emperor is blocking, if he can capture these places, the captured gold, silver and jewelry are worth more than grain and grass! The King of Heaven pinched the teacup and smiled grimly.
"How do you know that?"
The other party took a sip of tea, pointed to the stove and said: "The General's Mansion, the Qingtian King's Mansion, and the Prime Minister's Mansion have been fighting secretly for many years, and on the surface they seem to be as warm and united as this fire, but in fact, the bread under the fire is full of black charcoal. Everyone worked very hard to keep their sights farther, farther and farther away, and more detailed and detailed. Unfortunately, the king's eyes happened to see the emperor. β
"Who else knows about this?" Xia Qian asked angrily.
"The whole world, except for the emperor and Huo Zun, is me and your Lord Le Yi of Nankang!"
Her face rolled with anger, and she clenched her fists tightly: "So, King Kang also knows!" β
"This king and Lord Leyi have been friends for many years, and his trust in me is no worse than yours, so I naturally told him about such a thing as soon as possible. As for King Kang, I don't think Lord Bi Leyi will hide it! β
"You are really faithful, you don't have to worry about the food and grass, someone will send it!" She threw a hard blow and turned to look out the window.
After King Qingtian left, she ran back to the general's mansion in a hurry, wanting to ask someone to bring a message to Huo Zun and tell him about the leakage of the military plane, but Fan Python said that the soldiers who escorted the grain and grass had already left the city at noon.
"It's only the fifth day, what are you doing in such a hurry? Why don't you discuss such a big matter with me? She asked angrily.
"What are you doing in a hurry? It's the young master who is waiting for the grain and grass to save his life at the border pass, you are sitting in the teahouse with food, drink and maids waiting, do you know that the young master is hungry and cold at the border pass? Consult with you? The general didn't say anything about the affairs of the mansion for you to decide!" Fan Python was already a quick temper, and she choked on a few words so much that she didn't know what to say.
Back at the teahouse, she hurriedly wrote a letter to Huo Zun and sent it out overnight.
At night, she stayed up all night, thinking about the recent events over and over again, and finally all her thoughts were focused on the batch of grain and grass sent out by Fan Python.
"The first time it was the plague in Los Angeles, and the second time it was a fire on the road. If Hua Qianli didn't want to betray, he shouldn't have the courage, and Kuo Tianchen's hard-won meritorious service opportunity should not dig his own grave. Who will be the one who will attack the grain and grass? β
She muttered to herself, and when she said this, she suddenly sat up and ran to the second floor to wake up Yu Nuan overnight.
"Yu Nuan, is there still a lot of fine work in Nankang in the south of Yi Kingdom?"
"What's this? To the south is the border between the two sides, and there are some informants, assassins, and the like, all of which are normal! β
Her back stiffened, and she looked at the sparse stars outside the window, feeling confused.