Later, I heard the palace people chew the root of their tongues and say that Concubine Ning had caused a big disaster today.

Concubine Xi slapped her a hundred times in front of everyone, and she still scolded and scolded as if she had fallen into evil.

Later, the Queen Mother heard about this and went to Chengqian Palace to see her in the heart of caring for the concubine.

Unexpectedly, she even dared to scold the Queen Mother, and she was so angry that the Queen Mother rewarded her with a hundred slaps.

It is said that the face was smashed, and the good beauty billet was stunned and turned into a bright pig's head......

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At the beginning of summer, there was a drought in the north.

The imperial court allocated 100,000 taels of silver for the earthquake, and opened the treasury to transport a lot of dry food to the north.

The Qi Dynasty had an official position specifically responsible for transporting earthquake materials, called the Northern Transportation Division.

The main department of the Beiyun Division is Concubine Ning's father, Zhao Chuan.

Compared with Concubine Ning's irritable temperament, Zhao Chuan was honest and diligent, and he was a highly regarded minister during the period of the first emperor.

Therefore, Li Mobai still handed over the matter of escorting the earthquake materials to Zhao Chuan as usual.

Unexpectedly, three days later, news came that the escort team had left Jiangdu for 300 miles, and was looted by bandits at Duanhongpo, and the earthquake materials were looted.

Zhao Chuan's escort suffered heavy casualties, and he was also pierced through the chest and back by a secret arrow, only an inch away from hurting his heart, which can be described as nine deaths.

This is a strange thing.

The place where it happened was in the location of the Omi capital, and it was transported by the military horses of the imperial court, where did the thieves who came out eat the bear's heart and leopard's gall and dared to cause chaos at the feet of the Son of Heaven?

And the itinerary of the escort is strictly confidential. When to set off, what route to take, and where to replenish, these important military matters are only known to Zhao Chuan and Li Mobai.

Under the temptation of great profit, it is not uncommon for guards to steal by themselves.

So for the first time, Li Mobai locked his suspicion on Zhao Chuan.

But the returning guard was about to explain the details, but Li Mobai ordered him to wait for a while.

He took a sip of tea, frowned, and looked very dissatisfied, "Who cooked this tea today?" ”

Sanfu replied: "Back to the emperor, he is a minion." ”

"Your craft is no better than it used to be. Go and call me for Shen Ciwei. ”

Sanfu responded repeatedly, turned around and covered his mouth and snickered.

Where does this emperor dislike his craftsmanship? I'm afraid that people who have something in their hearts will feel that the fragrance of tea is tasteless.

During the day, Shen resigned his worries before he finished his post, and only an hour after he went back made the emperor think like this?

It seems that she is really 'favored' by the emperor~~

Shen Ci was called back to the study room before the quilt was warmed, and he was naturally scolding in his heart.

When she was cooking tea for Li Mobai, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she felt that he was deliberately embarrassing herself.

So he added a pinch of floating ash on the windowsill to the tea.

It was only when she served tea to Li Mobai that the guard who went back and forth opened his mouth.

"Lord Zhao's troops in charge of escorting the disaster silver and dry food went deep into the hinterland of the Broken Flood Slope, and there were bandits who copied out of the mountains and forests. Each of them was very skilled, and the escort was overwhelmed by this surprise attack, and was quickly defeated. General Zhao was seriously wounded but fortunately saved his life, and is now being urgently escorted back to Jiangdu for treatment. After the incident, Chu Dudu immediately ordered his Tiger Guards to sweep the cottages around Duanhongpo, but now there is no clue. ”

After listening to the guard's description, Shen Ciwei began to unconsciously retrieve this period of history in his mind.

[This is talking about the unsolved case of the hijacking of the Northern Disaster Bank? The history of this matter is inconclusive, and the silver was never recovered. However, this point is also mentioned in my paper, historical records record that later generations dug up a lot of silver taels with official seals under the mansion of the Admiral of Jiumen, and it is suspected that this is the batch of silver taels that were looted in the first place. 】

[Zhao Chuan, the Beiyun Division who was responsible for escorting the disaster silver, was also suspicious of the Dog Emperor at that time. But after several investigations, he was really innocent, and he tried his best to fight with the thieves in order to protect the disaster silver, and was seriously injured and died nine times, so the Dog Emperor no longer doubted him. 】

[But after the fall of the Qi Dynasty, this Zhao Chuan left Jiangdu and went to the Sichuan-Shaanxi generation, built a big mansion and married the wife of the fourth aunt, and became a local rich man. Judging from his income when he was an official, even if he didn't eat or drink when he was in office for so many years, he would definitely not be able to accumulate so much money. Moreover, the Beiyun Division is a position without oil and water, and it is impossible for anyone to bribe him on weekdays. 】

[Therefore, the only reasonable explanation should be that Zhao Chuan and the Admiral of the Nine Gates colluded and colluded to tell the Admiral of the Nine Gates the route of transporting the disaster silver, and then the Admiral of the Nine Gates arranged for the bandits to ambush along the road. In order to clear his suspicion, Zhao Chuan deliberately 'seriously injured' to win the sympathy of the Dog Emperor. Wait until the turmoil passes, and then share the spoils with the Admiral of the Nine Gates. 】

Shen Ciwei's analysis of historical facts is almost the same as that of Li Mobai.

The difference is that Li Mobai only knew that Zhao Chuan had a problem, but he definitely didn't expect that the Admiral of the Nine Gates was also unclean.

Shen Ciwu mentioned that later generations dug up silver taels with official seals under the mansion of the Admiral of Jiumen, and the silver taels with official seals in the Qi Dynasty were used for earthquakes or rewards. Since the Admiral of Jiumen has official money in his family, it means that even if this matter has nothing to do with him, then he will definitely be indispensable in colluding with Fanbang in the future.

After learning the ins and outs of the matter, Li Mobai had his own set of meticulous arrangements.

They can take away the money and silver for the people in the earthquake with a clear conscience, so don't blame him for being ruthless and punishing him heavily!

After the guards returned to the matter, they hurriedly retreated, and Shen Ci pretended to be worried: "If something like this happens, it will be troublesome to the emperor again." I heard Sanfu's father-in-law say that the emperor reads the skill of the slave maid cooking tea, and the tea will be cold if you put it again, so the emperor will take a sip to moisten his throat. ”

Li Mobai skillfully pushed the teacup in front of Shen Ciwei, "Reward you." ”

No way? Again!?

Before Shen Ci's words were spoken, he heard Li Mobai's voice ask in a low voice, "What?" Are you thinking about it again and wanting to pour this tea into my mouth? ”

"What did the emperor say...... How dare a slave or maid do such a transgression? ”

"If you don't dare." Li Mobai leaned back, sat loosely and looked at her with a smile in his eyes, "Then drink." ”

Seeing that Shen Ci was hesitant and didn't take the teacup for a long time, Li Mobai simply picked up the teacup by himself, went to Shen Ciwu's mouth, and poured it for her like she poured tea for herself last time.

"How? Is it delicious? ”

How good can that tea with ash taste like?

Shen Ci scolded Li Mobai's ancestors for eighteen generations, but he had to say respectfully: "Slave and maid, thank you for the emperor's reward!" ”

Li Mobai smiled beautifully, "You don't have to thank me, you just like it." ”

The two of them did not notice that at this moment the queen was standing at the door and witnessed their 'flirting'.

Her hand holding the silk clenched her fists hard, and the look on her face was not good-looking.

Sanfu was a little embarrassed and said: "Queen Mother, the slave is going to pass it on for you?" ”

"Since the emperor is busy, the palace will come back later." When she turned around and wanted to leave, the queen couldn't help but ask, "That palace maid, is the one who stayed in the emperor's room that night?" ”

Sanfu didn't dare to raise his head, and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the queen's mother, it's ......"

The queen nodded a little sadly, and without saying anything more, she was helped into the sedan chair by the palace people.