"Why haven't I reported it, my grandfather has to write a chapter for the court when he almost catches anything, but the will of the court is to hope that grandpa will fight well every time, and the affairs of local officials have their own official history, so my grandfather should not be distracted. Later, my grandfather never reported it again. He once drank too much and sighed and said that he had fought all his life and knew the art of war and strategy. But he couldn't understand the court's strategy of employing people.

On the one hand, the northwest is at war, and if the feudal officials in the northwest are pushed from beginning to end, I am afraid that before they are dispersed by the enemy, their side will be lifted by the victims first. If they withdraw one by one, they are afraid that those who will evacuate will be fed dogs, and those who will come will be wolves who have not eaten. This common people are having a hard time. In addition, the feudal officials in the northwest are all important ministers who hold military power, and the emperor is afraid that he will force them into a hurry, and when the time comes, he will turn around. The hundreds of thousands of troops of this imperial court will be crushed by the enemy. When the time comes, let alone rectify the northwest, I am afraid that the entire imperial court will not be able to protect the country.

Therefore, the emperor is enduring it, and the prime minister is also enduring it, hoping that Marshal Du will also endure it, as long as the war in the northwest is gone, the imperial court will naturally slowly clean up the yamen in the northwest. At that time, when my grandfather told me, I didn't understand it at all, I just thought that this adult was really roundabout and complicated. But later, I seemed to understand that what the royal family values most is just its own country, and the people of Li are just working long hours in the royal family. Du Jie replied

Chu Mu frowned when he heard this, and he looked at Kong Miaozhi. Seeing that Kong Miaozhi was only drinking by himself, he didn't listen to what Du Jie was talking about at all, but Wu Qi next to him seemed to be very enjoyable, and when he saw Du Jie finish speaking, his eyes were rolling and thinking about something.

Chu Mu had never thought about this problem before, and since he knew about it, he had been complaining about the inaction of the local yamen. Today, when I suddenly heard Du Jie finish talking about this call, I couldn't help but touch my nose and think about it. Kong Miaozhi next to him drank a glass of wine and said to himself: "Senior brother, it's better not to find trouble to think about these things, the imperial court has its own officials in charge, what we have to do is to find a cult." ”

Chu Mu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head and said with a wry smile: "What the sixth said is right, I still don't want to worry about the sky." Seventh, Li Wenyuan has been in the past few years, have you ever heard of him offending any great enemies. You also said just now that his house is heavily guarded, and I am afraid that people who are not good at martial arts will not be able to get close to him at all, and he was robbed in his own house, which is even more unusual. ”

"Amazing enemy? This really asked me, I haven't had much contact with Li Gong, he is also an ordinary friend of my grandfather, I have seen dozens of such people with my grandfather, but to talk about the Li family, I really remember one thing. A few years ago, the Li family seemed to have discovered a gold mine in the west of Yongzhou, and the Li family kept the news very strictly, and then when the gold mine was about to be dug up, the news was leaked, and the court was afraid that the minister would come to question Li Gong, senior brother, you know, this gold mine can only be mined by the imperial court, if the Li family really mines gold mines privately. That's going to be cut down all over the house. But in the end, I don't know why it didn't work. The Li family has a great business, and many people say that it is that Li Gong sent half of the gold mine to the minister, and he escaped this catastrophe. However, this gold mine has never been found, and I don't know if it is really fabricated. Du Jie thought about it, and suddenly said with an idea

"Gold mines? That's a clue. Chu Mu nodded, and then fell into thought again.

No one bothered him, and after a while, Chu Mu raised his head and asked Kong Miaozhi: "Sixth, what do you think?" ”

Kong Miaozhi raised his little head, revealing an expression of why did you only ask me now, seeing that Du Jie wanted to laugh, Chu Mu pretended to give him a gesture and said: "If you have anything, you can say it, this time Senior Brother is counting on you." ”

"Since Senior Brother asked me, then I must definitely talk about it, but Master said that I am young and can drink at most three glasses of wine a day, but I have drunk three glasses now. I can't think of anything when I get addicted to alcohol. Kong Miaozhi knocked on the wine glass in front of him and said

"Yikes! You stinky boy still dare to threaten Senior Brother, it's against you! Chu Mu didn't speak yet, but Wu Qi got angry, walked up to Kong Lao Liu and gave him a violent shudder: "You don't say it, you still want to grab wine and drink with us, you want to be beautiful." ”

Kong Miaozhi hid behind Chu Mu again, and said with an aggrieved little face: "Senior brother, look at him, how can he ask someone to do things like this." If you don't beat him up this time, I'm not going to help you with anything. ”

Chu Mu hurriedly stopped Wu Qiyi and said, "Don't make trouble, it's not enough to make trouble every day, let's talk about business." The third child went to the side and stayed. Wu Qi saw that Kong Miaozhi had told him about his situation, and the senior brother reprimanded him, gave him a fierce look, and then retreated.

Kong Miaozhi's little face showed a little fox's smile, and Chu Mu smiled when he saw it: "Satisfied?" Say what you've come up with. ”

Kong Miaozhi walked back to the wine table, poured himself a full glass of wine, drank it all, and then said unhurriedly, "I didn't come up with anything." ”

Seeing that Chu Mu was about to turn his face, Kong Miaozhi hurriedly said again: "I didn't think about the cult, but I thought about the Li family's affairs. ”

"Then you say, you have to fight again, third child, you will beat him up for me today."

"Okay, senior brother!" Wu Qi agreed happily

Kong Miaoyi saw that Chu Mu was really anxious, and hurriedly said, "Don't don't, I said." The first point is that the old man Li Wenyuan has disappeared, and the disappearance is not missing is the person himself who said it, and after so long, the kidnappers did not put forward any conditions. ”

After hearing this, Chu Mu nodded: "You mean, this is not a simple kidnapping?" ”

Kong Miaozhi continued: "I'm not sure about this, this is the second point. The Li family's reaction was a little strange, it stands to reason that they have to organize people to inquire about the whereabouts of their master, I don't believe that such a successful businessman is raising people with wolf hearts and dogs at home. However, according to his adopted son, the Li Mansion never sent anyone to look for it, but only reported to the official. ”

"And the strangest thing is that his adopted son actually sent the news to our Tianjimen, which is located in the southeast, 108,000 miles away from the northwest. I'm not sure our teacher's sign will be bright enough for his adopted son to come all the way to us. ”

The others looked at each other after listening to Kong Miaozhi's words, and Du Jie said uncertainly: "As far as I know, Li Gong is an extremely stable old man, sixth brother, you said that he deliberately disappeared by himself?" It doesn't seem quite like his style. ”

"I'm also speaking according to common sense, but whether it's true or not, let's think about it. Senior brother, if you listen to my advice, you can send two groups of people to the northwest at the same time, and a group of people will follow Li Wenyuan's adopted son to take a look and collect the news that can be seen in his mansion. The other group of people could go a few days later and go to the vicinity of the Li Mansion to collect news about his adopted son. But it must be fast, I'm just afraid that it will be a little later, even if I find Li Wenyuan, it will be useless. I don't think we'll have time to go back to Tianjimen. Kong Miaozhi finally put the wine glass on the table and said

Zhuo Bufan interjected at this time: "My thinking has been a little messy just now, I have something to ask Lao Qi, Lao Qi, you said that you once went to the Li Mansion with your grandfather, and more than once?" ”

"That's right, Uncle Thirteen, what's so strange about this?"

"Why did your grandfather, the dignified marshal, take you to the Li Mansion as a guest."

"Why? Isn't it friends who visit each other? ”

"Your grandfather seems to have been leading troops in the north, so Li Wenyuan has also been doing business in the northwest, and the two of them don't seem to have much intersection before your grandfather goes to the northwest."

"That's right, how could my grandfather know Li Wenyuan. I haven't heard him talk about it before, so what is he going to do? ”

"When your grandfather went to visit Li Wenyuan, didn't anything happen in your army? Think about it. ”

"In the military? When my grandfather went to visit Li Wenyuan, it was two years after the army was stationed, and the soldiers should have no other situation except for some tired fighting, by the way, during that time, the military salary of the imperial court has not been allocated here, and the soldiers are a little unstable, uncle, do you mean that my grandfather went to Li's house to borrow military salary? Du Jie replied indifferently at first, but after thinking about it for a while, his eyes lit up, and he said in a tone of uncertainty

"That's right, Li Wenyuan is one of the four major businessmen today, and he is located in the northwest, your grandfather's military salary was tight at that time, and the imperial court couldn't allocate it. There was no way to collect it privately in the local area, so I had to go to Li Wenyuan's house to borrow it. Although I also guessed this matter, it should be eight or nine and ten. As for whether it was borrowed or not, it is not clear. Zhuo Bufan smiled and nodded and said

Du Jie thought for a while and replied: "I remember that my grandfather was happy for a while every time he went back, I am afraid that he borrowed it, otherwise he would never let the soldiers spend two winters, and the military salary of the imperial court is not only deducted back, but also arrives every spring, if we wait for their military salary, I am afraid that we will starve to death to death in the three armies." Uncle Thirteen, why are you asking this? ”

"I'll give you a clue, this may help you, today there is no greater wealth than these four great merchants, but how much gold and silver they have, outsiders will not know at all. Your grandfather has been there several times, how many taels of silver are needed to support more than 100,000 people for a winter, such a large amount of silver, he is a merchant who is willing to take it out, and he has taken it many times in a row. As far as I know, this Li Wenyuan is quite picky, what guarantee did your grandfather use to make him willingly take out such a huge amount of silver, you can ask your grandfather, maybe there will be an unexpected gain. Zhuo Bufan took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly