Xu Junfan, Zuo Yi and his party walked back, and the atmosphere was sluggish.

Zuo Yi was extremely irritable, he lost so much tax grain, how should he explain to the emperor and the court?

Xu Junfan also frowned and sighed for a long time.

Zuo Yi's eyes rolled, and he had an idea in his heart.

At that moment, he looked at Lu Wei and the others with a suspicious expression, "Why did you carry so much pine oil?" ”

This pine oil was also known to them when they came to Pingzhou, and according to Lu Wei, it was used to ignite fire.

Lu Wei looked inexplicable, "It's easy to use the fire, so I'll bring it." ”

Zuo Yi further forced him, "Then tell me why the Xianbei army appeared at that juncture?" ”

Lu Wei looked humiliated, "Lord Zuo, what do you mean?" Suspect me of colluding with Xianbei? Do I have great ability or great face to support the second prince of Xianbei and his army? ”

Xu Junfan didn't speak, and let Zuo Yi play.

Zuo Yi: "You don't have to be so excited, I'm just talking about things, after all, the Xianbei army appeared too coincidentally." ”

Lu Wei said emotionally, "Why did you encounter the Xianbei army, didn't Lord Zuo count it in his heart?" How many times have I mentioned that you should not carry the grain away, let you turn back, okay, now something has happened, and it has been pushed back on me? ”

Lu Wei's performance is like being wronged.

Xu Junfan hurriedly played a round, "Lord Zuo, you really can't blame Lu Wei for this, you should have misunderstood him." ”

Lu Wei smiled gratefully at him.

Zuo Yi simply changed the question, "Then why did you burn so much grain?!" ”

Lu Wei looked strange, "Don't burn it, keep it for the Xianbei army, let them eat and drink enough to slaughter our Dali people?" ”

Zuo Yi: "In short, you shouldn't burn those tax grains!" If we don't burn it, we can still get Lu Desheng to send troops to snatch back the tax grain. Now, you've burned it down, and we won't even have a chance to get it back! ”

"The tax grain is still in the old place, you can go back and grab it!" Lu Wei sincerely suggested.

Zuo Yi choked.

Lu Wei sneered in his heart, wanting to dump the pot on them? No way!

The people brought by Lu Wei were also talking to each other.

"This person is a white-eyed wolf, he shouldn't have been persuaded to leave just now, let him live and die with the tax grain, and by the way, let him understand the cruelty of the Xianbei army!"

"I really thought that I had nine lives, and the fierce and vicious bandits of the people saw the Xianbei army and fled for their lives."

The speaker's voice was not loud, Zuo Yi faintly heard some, and immediately glanced sideways, and after those people were silent, he looked at Lu Wei, "I don't care, this incident is considered your ineffective food protection, and the responsibility lies with you Pingzhou." ”

"So?"

"You Pingzhou need to pay the grain tax again!"

Lu Wei sneered in his heart, and his face was still honest and easy-going, "You have to talk to our Lord Lu about this!" "Let Lord Lu cut him!

Their passers-by were very stiff on the way back to Pingzhou's Thorn Mansion.

When they returned to the station, the two sides parted ways.

Xu Junfan grabbed Zuo Yi, "Let's send back the news of the robbery of the tax grain first, right?" ”

Xu Junfan also has his own little abacus when he says this. If this happens, he will definitely be charged with doing something unfavorable. Send the news back first, even if the emperor is dissatisfied with them in his heart, they are still in Pingzhou, and the punishment will not fall on them at once. When they return to Chang'an, the emperor will be more or less discouraged.

After Lu Wei returned, he quietly went to the Assassin's Mansion.

That night, several carrier pigeons flew out of Pingzhou Thorn Shifu. At the same time, Lu Songli also summoned Wang Dong.

south

After General Sun Mingsun received the emperor's order, he gathered a large army and waved his army to the north to respond to the transfer of the imperial court and support the battlefield.

At this time, he was sitting in the car, studying the information in his hand with a solemn face.

When he put down the information, he couldn't help pinching his eyebrows, this battle is not easy to fight.

In the north, the town of White Crane

Fu Jiangong stood in the afterglow of the setting sun and looked at Jinyang, which was occupied by Wuhuan and had been planted with the Wuhuan flag, his whole expression was very solemn.

One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted.

lost Jinyang, and the face of his life was also lost.

He now doesn't know what the imperial court will do with him next, and he doesn't know if he still has a chance to be ashamed, and he doesn't even know if the imperial court will rehabilitate the Qin family and then come to the north to take over military affairs.

At this time, his personal guard ran over, "General, the support of the imperial court is here!" ”

When Fu Jiangong heard this, his eyes lit up, he still had a chance!

Changan

After sending support to the northern border and the state one after another, the imperial court was still gathering materials and preparing to support Youzhou and Pingzhou. It's almost all gathered at the moment.

At this moment, the news of Xu Junfan and Zuo Yi reached - the tax grain from Pingzhou was robbed by the Xianbei army on the way back to Chang'an.

The two didn't mention anything about the bandits, because in their eyes, the little food that the thieves had stolen was nothing, at most a fraction.

This incident made Song Mo very dissatisfied, and felt that Lu Desheng had no intentions, if he sent more people to escort the tax grain, there would not be a robbery of the tax grain.

But at this time, Song Mo was still able to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart.

At this time, someone spread the news that there was a salt lake in Longcheng, Liaoxi County, Pingzhou, in the palace.

When Zuo Anmin heard it, he was stunned, what do you mean? He was still hesitating, he didn't have time......

After Li Jieying and Li Gonggong secretly let the rumors reach the emperor's ears, they erased the clues and hid their merits and fame.

Song Mo was furious, and found the salt lake but did not report it to the imperial court, and mined it privately!

"Rebels and thieves! What a thief! ”

Song Mo ignored the dissuasion of his ministers, and directly cut off the weapon support to Pingzhou, and then, he issued a holy decree to interrogate Lu Desheng and depose Lu Desheng from the position of assassin.

At this time, the offensive and defensive battles in Pingzhou, Xianbei and Pingzhou fell into a stalemate, and no one could help anyone.

In this tense and boiling atmosphere, a rumor slowly circulated in Pingzhou.

"I heard that the tax and grain we paid in Pingzhou this year were robbed in Feiru County."

"Shhhh So much grain has been robbed? ”

"No, no, I heard that Lu Wei, the captain of our Pingzhou grain transportation team at that time, was alert and set a fire and burned part of the grain."

"That's good, that's good. At least so much of the tax grain was not taken away by Xianbei. ”

"What's good? The tax grain was robbed, and the Qin Cha put the blame on us Pingzhou, saying that we were not effective in protecting the grain, and ordered us Pingzhou to pay the grain tax again. ”

The common people listened with indignation.

"Why? We have already paid the tax grain in Pingzhou once! ”

"Yes, I also heard that not long after the tax grain was transported away, it was when Xianbei invaded Youzhou Pingzhou, Lord Lu persuaded the Qin messengers to return, but they didn't listen!"

"This is the mistake of the Qincha, and it is also the mistake of the imperial court, they don't bear it themselves, but they want to let the people of Pingzhou make up for their mistakes?"

"What about Lord Lu? What did Master Lu say? ”

"Lord Lu must be very embarrassed."

"What then? Should we pay this tax and grain? ”

"Pay a hammer, to put it mildly, after we pay the tax and grain again, what if they encounter the Xianbei army again and are robbed again?"

"It won't be that unlucky, will it?"

"What if, I mean? Do you want us to do it again? This simply doesn't make sense! ”