Zhao Chen didn't dare to delay, took the small bamboo tube, brought it to Shangguan Xiu, and handed it over. Shangguan Xiu took it, opened the seal of the small bamboo tube, poured it out, and a roll of paper fell out.

There are two elements in this information.

First, it was said that the first battle of our side was a complete victory, but the battle report was only carried by one sentence, and second, it was detailed that Guan Xi was assassinated in the army, and the assassin was Ning Nan Xiaozuo who had mixed into the army, and now Guan Xi was seriously injured and was escorted back to Beijing by the first corps of the 11th Army.

After reading this battle report, Shangguan Xiu's brows immediately furrowed, Guan Xi would be assassinated in the army? He threw the battle report back to Zhao Chen and asked him to dispose of it, and at the same time said, "Let You Ling come to see me, now, immediately." ”

"Yes! Brother Xiu!" Zhao Chen agreed and walked out quickly.

Tang Mingzhu also secretly saw the battle report just now, and she comforted: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, even though Ningnan is rampant, our army still won the battle." ”

Shangguan Xiu laughed. It's normal for your side to win a battle, but if you lose, it's too weird.

You must know that what you have sent is a million army, weapons and equipment, all available, the officers and soldiers in the army are all battle-hardened elite generals, and the eldest grandson Huai'an has something, the strength is less than 200,000, or improvised patchwork, weapons and ammunition are in short supply, it is strange that it can be the opponent of your own army.

The abnormal thing is that Xizuo can blend into his own army, and Guan Xi is still injured in the hands of Xiaozuo.

Zhao Chen came back not long after he went out, and it was You Ling who came in with him.

To be precise, Zhao Chen had just left the mansion and had a positive encounter with You Ling.

After You Ling walked into the lobby, he walked quickly to Shangguan Xiu, bowed respectfully, and said, "Weichen see His Highness!"

Shangguan Xiu didn't speak immediately, his bright gaze fell on You Ling without blinking, and after a long time, he asked word by word, "You did it, right?"

You Ling looked dazed, and said cautiously: "Wei Chen doesn't know what His Highness is talking about?"

"Are you still pretending to be confused with me?" Shangguan Xiu got up, walked up to You Ling, stood still, and said, "Guan Xi was assassinated in the army, you dare to say that this matter has nothing to do with you?"

The million-strong army of this rebellion is all the Feng Clan army, which is not mixed with the Ningnan army, Ningnan wants to mix in it, it is not easy, how can it be close to the side of the corps commander, and can also seize the opportunity to make a move and hurt the corps commander, this is too incredible.

"This ...... This ......" You Ling hesitated, and his eyes drifted towards Tang Mingzhu from time to time.

Tang Mingzhu deliberately pretended to be confused, as if he couldn't understand his eyes, Shangguan Xiu was even more angry when he saw this, and said in a deep voice: "You don't need to look at others, and no one here needs to avoid the ugly things you have done in Duwei Mansion." ”

You Ling understood that he couldn't be fooled anyway, so he simply opened the skylight and said brightly, "Your Highness, it is Your Majesty's will to execute Guan Xi, and Weichen is only acting according to the will. ”

"What a good one to act according to the order! Assassinate the commander of an army in battle, disregarding the lives of all the soldiers of the army, you are really good at defending the mansion, what else can't you do in the palace?"

Fortunately, Guan Xi's assassination did not occur when the two armies were fighting, if that were the case, the whole army would be in chaos on the battlefield, and I don't know how many soldiers would die. The Duwei Mansion is simply taking the war as a child's play!

You Ling knelt on his knees, bowed forward, and said, "Everything is done by Wei Chen, please forgive your highness!"

Shangguan Xiu stared at You Ling coldly and asked, "Did Your Majesty ask you to execute Guan Xi in the army?"

"It's not. ”

"Did you make the decision yourself?"

"Yes...... Yes. ”

"You are so bold, you said that the official is bold, why aren't you like this?"

You Ling didn't dare to continue to speak, and knelt on the ground, maintaining a posture of prostrating his head forward.

"Now there are still spies in the Duwei Mansion mixed with Guan Xi?"

“......”

"I'm asking you!"

"Yes, yes, Your Highness. ”

"Inform your people immediately, stop all actions, if the official Xi has another three long and two short, I will ask you!"

"Wechen...... Wechen obeyed. ”

"Go down!"

"Wechen...... Weichen still has something to report to His Highness. You Ling knelt on the ground and did not get up.

Say. Shangguan Xiu waved his hand impatiently, motioning for him to get up and speak.

You Ling sighed, slowly stood up, and said, "Yesterday, Lord Zhang invited Lord Cai to a banquet and stayed in Yuhua Tower for a night. ”

"And then?"

According to Weichen's investigation, Yuhualou is an industry under the name of the eldest grandson Huai'an. As You Ling spoke, he looked at Shangguan Xiu cautiously.

Shangguan Xiu said quietly: "The eldest grandson Huai'an has fled to the western part of Ningnan, and he has no connection with Tianjing, so there is no need to report to me in the future, go down." ”

You Ling frowned secretly, the country's first and auxiliary ministers, lived in the property under the name of the anti-thief leader Changsun Huai'an for a night, this can still be regarded as a trivial matter?

He continued: "When Lord Cai left Yuhua Tower, he also took a set of priceless luminous cups, which are said to have been given to him by Lord Zhang, but it is unknown whether it was given by Lord Zhang or Yuhua Tower. ”

Shangguan Xiu said: "Now, the duty of your Duwei Mansion is to thoroughly investigate the anti-thieves in Tianjing City, what are you going to do to find out Lord Cai? What can Lord Cai have to do with the anti-thieves, take away all your messy thoughts and use them in the right place!"

It seemed that he felt annoyed after looking at You Ling more, and Shangguan Xiu waved his hand outward.

You Ling had no choice but to get up and say goodbye to Shangguan Xiu.

It is not normal to live in the property under the name of the thief for a night, and then get a set of priceless luminous cups for no reason, which is even more abnormal.

After You Ling found out about this, he didn't dare to delay, and came to Shangguan Xiu to report it as soon as possible, thinking that Shangguan Xiu would attach great importance to this matter, but he didn't expect that Shangguan Xiu didn't even want to listen to it more, and warned him to put his mind on business.

Now that we know that there may be some kind of connection between Cai Xiao and the traitors and thieves, shouldn't we carefully investigate them?

In You Ling's opinion, Shangguan Xiu's thoughts were all used in the battle between the two armies, and they were not used in the court at all.

Leaving Shangguan Xiu's mansion and on the way back to the Duwei Division, another spy from the Duwei Mansion came to report to him: "My lord, the origin of that set of luminous cups has been found out by his subordinates, and it is a treasure that the Western Regions vassal kingdom paid tribute to the Ningnan court a few years ago. ”

"Tribute treasures......" You Ling muttered, how could the treasures of tribute be in Zhang Jiuwei's hands, the people around Cai Xiao said that this set of luminous cups was given by Zhang Jiuwei, it is simply nonsense, I can get the priceless treasures in the palace, I am afraid that only the eldest grandson Huai'an.

"My lord, there is still ......" "What else?" "Also, Yuhua Building is now in the hands of Lord Cai. "What?" You Ling couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, Yuhua Mansion has already changed hands?" "When Lord Cai left, he also took the title deed of Yuhua Building. ”

"I heard that Yuhua Building is made of heavy gold?"

"Exactly. Everything in the Yuhua Building is not made of pure gold, but is also wrapped in gold leaf. ”

How much silver is the Yuhua Building built with such a large amount of money worth?

"Go back!" You Ling shuddered and said categorically.

"Your Excellency is going to see Your Highness again?"

You Ling thought about it carefully, and slowly shook his head again, Shangguan Xiu's mind was not here at all, it was all on the battle in front of the two armies, even if he explained this matter to him, he was afraid that it might not attract his attention. After thinking about it, You Lingsi sighed lightly and said, "Forget it, let's go back to the house and discuss it again!"

Back in the Duwei Division, You Ling immediately drafted a secret report and reported Cai Xiao's acquisition of the Yuhua Tower and the Imperial Luminous Cup to Tang Ling as it was.

It can be said that You Ling's actions are all in Shangguan Xiu's calculations.

There are two masters on the top of the Duwei Mansion, one is Tang Ling, and the other is his Shangguan Xiu. If the work of the Duwei Mansion has achieved results, it will definitely be reported to the upwards, and if he does not receive corresponding attention here, he will inevitably report to another master.

This is human nature, no one wants to do what they do is useless, obviously do their best to do things, find extremely important clues, but they are not affirmed here, and they will inevitably turn to the other side to ask for credit.

The reason why Shangguan Xiu chose to withdraw and not participate in this matter was because his non-participation was more effective than his participation in it.

He and Cai Xiao are incompatible, everyone knows it, if he mixes in it, it will naturally make people think that he is designing to frame Cai Xiao.

The Duwei Mansion reported the matter to Tang Ling alone, and he didn't interfere from beginning to end, or even ask about it, and the effect was the best.

Shangguan Xiu really doesn't like the power struggle, but disliking it doesn't mean he won't.

At the end of April, the Sitong Silver Account under Shuratang entered Tianjing, and the first branch in Ningnan was established in Tianjing City.

Only three days apart, the Cai family's Baofeng Qianzhuang also opened a branch in Tianjing. The arrival of Sitong Silver and Baofeng Money Village also changed the original pattern of the money bank industry in Ningnan area.

Both Sitong Silver and Baofeng Qianzhuang brought their business philosophy to Ningnan when they were in the Wind Country.

People deposit their silver here, and instead of charging management fees, they have to return some dividends every month, which alone has caused a great impact on the original money and silver in Ningnan.

The financial war between Shuratang and the Cai family finally spread from the Wind Country to the Ningnan region.

At the same time, the wealthy families of the Wind Country also expanded their family business to the Ningnan area.

As the capital of Ningnan, Tianjing is naturally a place where major families compete to settle in and open a branch, and for a while, Tianjing's limelight is simply more prosperous than Shangjing, and the price of land in the city has risen, and it has reached the point where every inch of land is gold.

Ningnan destroyed the country, Tianjing lost the status of the capital of a country, and it was not even a companion (only Xijing could be called a companion capital in the wind country), but the prosperity of Tianjing was not weakened, but it was also greatly improved, and the economic center of gravity of the wind country moved further from the east to the west.

In mid-June, the Imperial Court of the Wind Kingdom, headed by Tang Ling, arrived in Tianjing. During this inspection of Tianjing, Tang Ling did not come alone, almost all the main ministers of the Feng Country came, including Qiu Yi, Minister of the Seal, Han Ye, Minister of Internal History, Du Xian, Minister of Military Affairs, Gan Ping, Minister of Finance, Zhuang Cheng, Minister of Agriculture, etc., the scale was huge and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

It was naturally Shangguan Xiu who rode into the city with Tang Ling in the same car.

The two of them rode in an open-top carriage, with curtains hanging around the carriage, and when viewed from the outside, they could only see the outlines of the two men vaguely, but from the inside they looked out very clearly.

When entering the city by car, looking at the towering city wall that had just been repaired not long ago, Tang Ling couldn't help but slowly clench Shangguan Xiu's hand, and muttered: "This is Tianjing, the former capital of Ningnan!"

Shangguan Xiu looked at her with a smile and patted Tang Ling's slightly white little hand. He could feel Tang Ling's nervousness and excitement, and he whispered: "Xiang'er's exploits are unprecedented and unprecedented, and he can be called the first emperor of the ages. ”

When Emperor Shengzu established the Wind Empire, the territory was nine counties, and now there are ten counties in the Wind Country, plus a Ningnan region that is comparable to the Wind Country, and the territory has more than doubled compared to when the Wind Empire was first established.

After a while, Tang Ling gradually calmed down her mood, she held Shangguan Xiu's hand instead, and said movingly: "Fengguo's achievements today are all due to Ah Xiu!"

Shangguan Xiu said with a smile: "It's all about Xiang'er." ”

"Ah Xiu ......"

"No matter how great my merits are, they are only personal merits, even if they are passed down through the ages, they are just one person who is praised for their merits, but Xiang'er's merits are different, which will benefit generations of royal descendants, and can allow the royal bloodline to continue. ”

In the future, when the wisdom of the people is opened, people will still be able to tolerate the existence of the royal family, relying on what they rely on, relying on the merits of the ancestors of the royal family, and relying on the outstanding contributions of the ancestors of the royal family to the whole country.