The Gobi Desert at sunset seems to be splashed with golden ink, and the rocky mountains isolated in the wind and sand are blown by the wind and make a booshing sound.

Xiao Hua and Yuan Zai rode in front, their hooves clattering on the hard ground, and behind them were two ox carts full of account books and a procession of escorts.

When he decided to bring these account books back to Chang'an, he had already calculated what to do next. First of all, the account book must not be handed over to Yang Guozhong, otherwise it will lose the meaning of bringing it back. Secondly, he wanted to confuse the date of returning to Chang'an, and choose a person who was able to enter the court directly to help him achieve his wish. But where did this person come from? Even if there is such a person, when he sees the part of the account book that involves the concubine and the saint, he will choose not to touch this mold.

In fact, there is such a person, this person is outside the party of Yang Guozhong in the northwest domain and Chang'an, that is, Wang An Lushan of Dongping County, who sits in Youyan. If you can bring these account books to Fan Yang Jinjuanyuan, An Lushan will protect him into the palace. If His Majesty can come to his senses, he will ban the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce, abolish the pepper trade route, and completely eliminate the money-collecting machinery in this northwest feudal town.

Xiao Langzhong's thoughts are too beautiful and naïve, but he forgot that he still has such a partner as Yuan Zai by his side, how shrewd and exquisite a person Yuan Si Zhi is, how could he be willing to be taken by him on the road of self-destruction?

In the first half month of the journey, Xiao Hua was still vigilant, getting up three or four times a night, always guarding against the people around him, and protecting the account books on the car from being damaged.

But how can a person's energy support two months to be comprehensive, Yuan Zai took advantage of his inattention in the middle of the night, secretly wrote a long letter to the right minister Yang Guozhong in his room in the inn inn, and wrote down the process and results of the investigation in detail, so that Yang Xiang could be mentally prepared, and let him know that he had lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.

He wrote the letter, put it in an envelope, sealed it with beeswax, and then crept downstairs to wake up the postman who had spoken a few words during the day in his room.

The post man opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a vague black shadow standing in front of the shop, just about to scream but someone covered his mouth, Yuan Zai leaned into his ear and whispered: "Don't scream, it's me, Yuan Sizhi." ”

The post man hurriedly wanted to go down to the ground to salute, but was stopped by Yuan Zai.

"Yuan Sizhi came down to me late at night, but there is something important to explain?"

"That's right. I want to ask you to send a letter to Chang'an for me and send it to the mansion of Yang Guozhong, the right minister of Kaihuafang. He took out the envelope from his bosom and handed the post man ten taels of pig waist silver, and the post man hurriedly pushed back: "It is an unshirkable duty to deliver letters to the secretary, how dare you ask for a reward." ”

Yuan Zai forced the silver collar into his hand: "Keep it, it's not easy to sleep in the open on the way back and forth." Besides, you have never been to Chang'an in your life, and after arriving in Chang'an to deliver the letter to the Prime Minister's Mansion, you should eat and play, give your wife two thick clothes, and buy some rare food and things for your children. ”

When the post guard heard this, his tears were about to fall, and he knelt on one knee with his hands crossed and said movingly: "Si Zhi, please rest assured, the villain will definitely send the letter to the right minister's mansion of Chang'an Kaihuafang." ”

"Okay, you just have to go with confidence, I've already opened the joint for you here, and I'm still on an errand when I come back."

"Xie Sizhi!"

The postman took advantage of the starry night to pack up the package, took his mount out of the stable and turned over on his horse. He turned from his horse, saluted to Yuan Zai's forked hand standing at the foot of the steps of the grass hall, and then shook the reins of his horse and quietly slipped into the starry night.

In the early morning, Xiao Hua and Yuan Zai packed up and prepared to embark on the trip, but he didn't notice that there was no one missing from the post station, and the soldiers in charge of escorting the vehicles were also sent by the Hexi Doulu Army, and they didn't care about what happened last night.

Yuan Zai still maintains a respectful distance from him, if Yuan Zai still had a little bit of a knot with him before the audit, but now Yuan Zai has treated him as a waste, offended Li Siye, offended Yang Guozhong, and offended the concubine and the saint, this situation cannot be saved by the gods.

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"Smack!"

Yang Guozhong slapped the letter in his hand on the desk angrily, and scolded angrily: "Xiao Hua, this bastard, let him check Li Siye, and after checking it, he found out that my Yang family's head was found!" I even want to hide that I entered Chang'an with an account book! Lao Tzu cut off his dog's head first! ”

Dou Hua, a member of the Zhongshu House, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and asked, "Right Minister, what's wrong?" ”

"See for yourself! That's who you refer! Yang Guozhong waved his sleeves and picked up the letter on the case, and shook the paper in the air. Dou Hua hurriedly caught it with both hands, stretched out his hands and browsed carefully, and his eyes widened and he was secretly frightened.

As one of Yang Guozhong's think tanks, he was still able to calm down quickly, stepped forward and crossed his hands slightly: "Right Prime Minister Mingjian, investigating the case still needs an upright minister like Xiao Hua, if he is a sleek and sophisticated person, he will not dare to offend Li Siye, how can he go deep into the hinterland of Hexi to investigate the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce?" ”

Yang Guozhong turned his back to him and said angrily: "Are you very satisfied with such a result!" ”

Dou Hua lowered his head and rolled his eyes, you can blame me for this? Isn't it a hole in your brain that you and your family are not clean, and you dare to check on others in a big way?

He bowed his head and crossed his hands to admit his mistake sincerely: "The lesson of the right minister is that his subordinates did not expect that Li Siye would use the money of the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce to deal with you and the three ladies. But why do you need to worry, even the crown prince and the prince are involved, and even the mother and the saint use the sandalwood transported by the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Humph!" Yang Guozhong just raised his head and snorted, as if his anger value had dropped slightly.

"Fortunately, his subordinates also arranged for the Dali Temple Si Zhi Yuanzai, Yuanzai is shrewd and sophisticated, how can he bring about his own destruction with him. With this letter from Wonzai, we can respond in advance. The first step is to send someone to Huaqing Palace to ask if it is really building a sandalwood bath soup for the concubine, if it is true, then the red sandalwood Dantang in the Jiaotai Hall of Xingqing Palace is also true. The second step is to send a team of men and horses from the right Xiaowei of the imperial city to Hexi to meet the two of them, control all the account books in their hands, and sink the two carts of account books into the river when passing through the Lanzhou Yellow River pontoon bridge, which not only eliminates the evidence, but also saves His Majesty and Niangniang the trouble. ”

"Besides, even if the account books are transported into Chang'an, he can still escape the palm of your hand, and all of them will be destroyed when the time comes. And ......"

Yang Guozhong's brows stretched slightly: "And what?" ”

"And Li Siye used the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce Post Station to transport sandalwood to worship His Majesty and Niangniang, this is a good thing to invite merit and favor, what does it mean for him to let the Chamber of Commerce record it in the account books? Do you want to make the saint and the mother owe him a favor? Therefore, this part of the account book can be kept by his subordinates, and he will give it to the saint and the mother to see how he will explain it at that time! ”

"Hmm." Yang Guozhong reluctantly held back his smugness, raised his hand and pulled his beard and said, "I can turn disadvantage into advantage, and you really have you." ”

Dou Hua felt a little pride in his heart, and this was what he was doing.

He walked behind Yang Guozhong in two steps, hunched his waist and crossed his hands: "Right quite at the beginning, do you remember who asked you to investigate Li Siye's Western Regions Chamber of Commerce?" ”

Yang Guozhong turned around suddenly, raised two fingers and said, "The secretary of the Pinglu marching army, Gao Shang, and Fan Yang Jinjuan Liu Luogu!" ”

"That's right, these two people are An Lushan's henchmen, so this matter is from An Lushan's instructions, and their intentions are so sinister. Assuming that An Lushan doesn't know that the contents of the account book involve His Majesty and the noble concubine, why don't you counteract against him? ”

Yang Guozhong's eyes were shining, and he lowered his head and approached him and asked, "How to counteract!" ”

The right minister wrote a letter to An Lushan, who was far away in Fanyang, saying that the evidence of Li Siye's corruption and monopolization of the trade route had been mastered, and invited him to write a note together to impeach Li Siye. We only hand over a portion of the account books involving the saint and the concubine. When the time comes, An Lushan's recital will be presented, and your own will not be released. As a result, An Lushan is in Youyan but alone impeached the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, is this a blow to dissidents? What would the saint think? At that time, An Lushan and Li Si will be in the same situation, you will be in the middle and balanced, and the fisherman will benefit. ”

In this way, everything returned to the original point, and Li Linfu's heartfelt words before his death allowed him to expand and take advantage of the contradictions between An Lushan and the northwest feudal towns, and the prime minister was in the middle to balance and ensure the stability of the overall situation. It's a pity that Yang Guozhong didn't listen, and targeted An Lushan for a while, and Li Siye for a while, causing a big circle in place to return to this road.

It's a pity that he still doesn't know his own ability, thinking that he can defeat the two major feudal forces on his own.

So far, he just nodded and said, "Well, it's feasible, just do it!" ”