"But there's something wrong with this Golang token. ”

"Oh, what's wrong?" asked Li Er.

Qin Zu said: "Your Majesty can think about it, if these envoys are pretending to be from Tibet, then Lu Dongzan will not be able to deliberately lead me to them, so this shows that ...... These vassals should have nothing to do with Tibet. ”

"Then since it doesn't matter, why is there a token of General Goulang?

Li Er is the emperor after all, and the one who plays with intrigue is a slippery.

He suddenly said: "Is this someone trying to blame General Goulang, just like Lu Dongzan pointed to the cobweb?"

Lu Dongzan bowed his head silently, I didn't even admit it, why do you keep mentioning me.

But no one paid attention to him.

Qin Zulai nodded and said, "Yes, someone wants to blame General Goulang, so who will blame General Goulang?" I think...... That is, the people of Tuyuhun. ”

And why did the people of Tuyuhun kill these vassals? And not a single one of them? No...... One escaped, but it was clear that the one who escaped was an accident. ”

"Who would be so worried that if the envoy escapes, combined with the fact that the whereabouts of the real envoy are unknown...... That's when I knew, ...... doing this."

Qin Zulai's gaze swept over Li Er and the others one by one, and said, "It should be Tuyuhun's true envoy, that is, the real Skynet." ”

Han Min is going to be around.

What Tubo blames Tuguhun, Tuyuhun blames Tubo.

Then the hypothetical envoy pretended to be a real envoy, and the real envoy slaughtered the hypothetical envoy.

What kind of matryoshka show this is!

Qin Zu said: "And why did the real envoys slaughter these false envoys? I think the appearance of these false envoys should be an accident. ”

"The real envoys didn't really want to envoy to the Tang Dynasty, but they had their own purposes, so they took advantage of the fact that my Tang Erlang was not paying attention, and attacked our Erlang and killed the Erlang who escorted them to Chang'an. ”

"But they were afraid that we would know about them, so they cut off Erlang's head and hid it in some places, so that even if we found Erlang's body, we would not suspect them in a short time. ”

After that, they went about their business in secret, but they didn't expect it...... These things about them were discovered by the mountain bandits such as the false ministers, and then the false ministers actually used their identities to come to Chang'an to deceive. ”

When Qin Zu said this, even he was smiling.

He said: "I think that when the true envoy who is secretly hidden knows that there is a Tuyuhun envoy in Chang'an City, and he is still swaggering, he is absolutely extremely confused, right?"

After all, it took so much effort on their side to disappear.

The result is good, here in Chang'an, not only did they not disappear, but they also dangled under Li Er's nose every day.

Those true envoys were absolutely terrified to death.

The others also obviously thought of this, and the expressions on their faces were all indescribably strange.

This is something that no one really expected.

Not to mention His Majesty Li Er of the Tang Dynasty, they were deceived, and the real envoys were dumbfounded.

Qin Zulai continued: "So the real envoys are afraid that if the envoys leak their secrets, they also came to Chang'an secretly, but if the ministers are too embarrassed, and they are in Chang'an, they don't dare to do it...... Therefore, he could only wait until the ministers left Chang'an, and then he couldn't wait to kill them. ”

Because only in this way can the secrets of the true envoys be completely concealed, and their overall situation can be truly foolproof. ”

Li Er frowned and asked, "What is the overall situation? What do they want to do? And the real envoys...... Where exactly?"

Li Er's question is a common doubt for everyone.

They also want to know what the purpose of the real Tuyuhun envoy is.

Why did they disappear?

What exactly do they want to do.

And where exactly are they, now?

One question after another lay in front of their eyes like this, making their hearts tickle like cats.

Tuoba Chici also looked at Qin Zulai, as if he also wanted to see what Qin Zulai still knew.

Lu Qing saw that everyone looked at him, and he didn't sell it.

He said: "Where did the real envoy go, in fact, I didn't know at the beginning, because the real envoy planned too deeply in order to do this well, and there was no clue at all. ”

"If it weren't for the presence of the ministers who disrupted their plans, I think ...... Maybe their tricks will really succeed silently. ”

After all, they have succeeded in history.

But this time, because of their own existence, their plan was doomed to fail.

"What tricks?" Li Er asked with a frown.

Qin Zulai didn't answer, but said, "Zhang Shiba, does Your Majesty remember this person?"

Li Er nodded and said, "Of course, this person is my shadow guard, and it can be said that he is absolutely loyal to me, and I will never forget it." ”

Qin Zu said: "Does Your Majesty remember that Zhang Eighteen's mission?"

"Spy on the Tuyuhun envoys. Li Erdao.

"That's right. ”

Qin Zu said: "Zhang Shibai is a shadow guard, and the task he is responsible for this time is to start from the border, and monitor every move of the Tuyuhun envoys with the border soldiers to prevent them from making trouble in the Tang Dynasty. ”

"But what is the result? The border soldiers were killed, the whereabouts of the real envoy are unknown, and Zhang Shibai was not dead at that time, but he did not show up in time to report to His Majesty, doesn't Your Majesty think that there is something wrong with this?"

Li Er nodded: "At that time, if the minister had already arrived in Chang'an, the shadow guard could usually rest for a few days after performing a mission, so I didn't summon him, so I didn't think much about it." ”

"But as you say now, there is something wrong with him not coming to report to me. ”

"Then does Your Majesty think that Zhang Eighteen will betray Your Majesty?" Qin Zulai asked.

Li Er shook his head without hesitation: "No! There will be no betrayal!!"

To put it bluntly, extremely confident!

Qin Zulai nodded and said, "Yes, I also believe that Zhang Shibai will not betray Your Majesty, but he did not report the matter of the true envoy to His Majesty in time, so there is only one reason......

"What reason?"

Li Er and Lu Thirteen both hurriedly asked.

That is, he followed the true envoy and left, he wanted to know what the true envoy was planning, and wanted to investigate it clearly, and then report it to His Majesty. ”

"Followed the true envoy and left?" Li Er thought for a while, and then nodded directly: "I'm afraid...... I'm afraid there is only one possibility. ”

"Unfortunately, he didn't have time to tell me what he had discovered. Li Er sighed.

Qin Zulai shook his head: "No, he has already told us." ”

"What!?? Lord Qin, do you mean this?"

Li Ermeng looked at Qin Zulai.

Qin Zulai nodded and said: "Zhang Shibai returned to Chang'an, but he was killed that night, which shows that he must have known the purpose of the true envoy, but he was accidentally discovered by the true envoy. ”

And though he was killed, he had already told us the secret he knew in another way. ”

As Qin Zulai spoke, he took out a cloth bag from his arms, opened the cloth bag, and poured it into the palm of his hand.

And he saw some rice in the palm of his hand.

He said to Li Er: "This! This is the clue that Zhang Shibai brought back to us with his life. ”

"Rice?" Li Er was puzzled: "What's wrong with this rice? ”

Qin Zu said: "At first, I didn't know what a handful of rice could prove, but until ...... I heard about the loss of food on the night he was killed, and at that moment, I understood. ”

Li Ermeng raised his head.

Everyone else was staring at each other.

They are all bigwigs at the top of Datang, and no one is stupid.

At this time, hearing so many hints from Qin Zulai, if he couldn't think of anything, it would be really stupid.

Li Er suddenly set his eyes on Tuoba Chici and said, "That rice, is it just to tell us about the salary?

Qin Zulai nodded and said, "It's not wrong to think so rudely. ”

But there is a more important message he has to tell us. ”

"What's the message?"

"Food!"

Qin Zulai said in a deep voice: "Changes in grain!"

"Changes in grain?" Li Er looked puzzled: "What do you mean." ”

Qin Zu came to look at Gao Shilian, the head of the household department, and said, "Lord Gao, the price of grain in Datang has risen to varying degrees during this time, right?"

Gao Shilian nodded: "Yes, today it was Lord Han who went to ask, and we only found out, because the price increase did not increase all at once, but slowly increased, and the improvement was different in different places, and Chang'an was the last to increase the price, so the household department didn't notice it." ”

"Is the rise in grain prices still related to the Tuyuhun envoy?" Li Er asked.

Qin Zulai didn't answer, but continued to ask Gao Shilian: "Then Lord Gao, can you explain what the reason for the increase in grain prices is in general?"

Gao Shilian replied: "Under normal circumstances, there are only two reasons for the increase in food prices, one is the decline in grain reserves, such as natural disasters or wars, which will lead to higher food prices. ”

"On the other hand, it is in a short period of time that large quantities of food are purchased, which leads to a short-term supply crunch, which also leads to an increase in prices. ”

"Lord Gao is right. ”

Qin Zulai continued: "And this year, although Datang does not say that the wind and rain are smooth, compared with previous years, natural disasters are much less, and as for the war, it has not yet happened, so the first possibility can be ruled out." ”

"Well, that's only the second possibility. ”

Qin Zu looked at Tuoba Chici, who was kneeling on the ground: "That is, someone is secretly buying a large amount of grain in various places in large quantities!"

Tuoba Chici's face changed slightly.

Han Min was puzzled: "Qin County Order, I don't understand. Why...... Why would anyone secretly buy grain?"

Qin Zulai sighed and said, "Don't you understand, because someone has a different heart and wants to ......?"

He looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Rebellion!"

"What ??"

Han Min's shrill voice sounded again.

The others also widened their eyes and their faces changed drastically.

It was Li Er, whose eyes were also wide, and his face was gloomy and he looked at Lu Qing.

Qin Zu said: "Do you know why the grain brought by Tuoba Chici was robbed, and then so much grain disappeared strangely, without any clue?"

"Why?" Han Min scoffed.

Qin Zu glanced at Tuoba Chici, whose complexion had completely changed, and said coldly: "Because they didn't bring food at all, in other words, the grain they purchased themselves was not enough, how could they send food to Chang'an?"

"So the so-called food robbery was a !! they directed and acted themselves."

At this moment, everyone was shocked.

Even Li Er was shocked at this moment.

This is really something none of them expected.

They never thought that there would be no food robbery at all!

The reason why this case is so weird and impossible to investigate is because it didn't happen at all!

Li Er's eyes were full of coldness and he looked at Tuoba Chici, and said sharply, "You want to rebel?"

"Your Majesty is wrong, he doesn't want to rebel. Qin Zulai said suddenly.

"What?"

Everyone was stunned.

Qin Zulai walked up to Tuoba Chici, grabbed Tuoba Chici's face, and said lightly: "Because he is not my Tang Dynasty, what kind of rebellion do you say?"

"Didn't Your Majesty want to ask where the real envoy is?

Brush!

As soon as the words fell, a human skin mask was suddenly grabbed by Qin Zulai.

Then, a face that surprised everyone appeared in front of everyone......

He ...... He...... He ......"

Han Min pointed at the person who had changed his face, and he stammered in shock.

Even the old fox Tubo Prime Minister Lu Dongzan was wide-eyed at this time, and his face was shocked.

Obviously, it was him, and he didn't expect it...... The real envoy of Tuyuhun, whom all they had been looking for, turned out to be right under their noses.

Unexpectedly!!

It turned out to be a pretending to be a Tuoba Chici!

And Li Er, at this moment, also had a shrunken pupil in his eyes.

This night, the shock to Li Er was too much.

Unexpected, one after another, there was no chance for him to digest and accept it.

Tuoba Chi resigned...... Or the real envoy, his face was also full of shock, he turned his head to look at Lu Qing, and said, "How did you find me?"

Qin Zulai chuckled faintly.

"In a small corner of a small country, your brains are as small as your country. ”

"You think you are doing it perfectly, but you don't know that in the eyes of your officials, you are no different from that funny monkey. ”

Qin Zulai said lightly: "Zhang Eighteen is chasing you down, so the rice that he has to protect when he dies is really pointing to...... In addition to asking us to investigate the food, that is, the identity of the real envoy!"

"Therefore, the moment I heard that night that the grain was robbed, I knew that you were ...... He is a true envoy. ”

Hearing Qin Zulai's inference, at this moment, everyone didn't know what to say.

Qin Zu came, he already knew?