It was already completely dark outside.

There were dark clouds over Jinling City, and it looked like it was about to rain.

Counting the days, it is almost time to reach the mangzhong solar term, and it is time to reach the rainy rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River.

At this moment, in the office, Xia looked at Jian Yi with a shocked face, and blurted out, "What? You mean the emperor?"

Jian Yi's old face was full of cunning expressions at the moment, and he said with a smile: "Of course it's the emperor, otherwise, how do you think these three secret pieces will come into my hands?"

Xia suddenly realized, of course, the secret music in Jian Yi's hand was given to him by the emperor, otherwise, could it be that he ran to the palace to steal it? That is the crime of the Nine Clans!

Since the emperor can hand over such an important secret music to Jian Yi, there must have been some analysis and discussion between their monarchs and ministers around these three secret music before.

So he asked, "What does the emperor think of these three secret recitals?"

Jian Yi thought for a while and said: "It's roughly the same as your previous analysis, the emperor also saw the flaws from the time clues of these three secret performances, and the emperor never believed that His Royal Highness King Su would have the intention of rebellion." ”

Xia Qi said: "Why?"

Jian Yi looked at Xia and blinked, and asked, "Don't you know why? Do you know that your father never believed that King Su would rebel?"

Xia shook his head, indicating that he had no idea.

Jian Yi sighed and said, "It seems that you are indeed far from your father's ability! Do you know that your father has a nickname called Iron Abacus?"

Xia nodded, he knew this, and he heard that this nickname was the first to be called by the emperor.

Xia's father, Xia Yuanji, was in charge of the household department, coordinating the world's tax revenue and expenditure, and had always been cautious, diligent and thrifty, and he couldn't wait to break a copper coin into two halves to spend. It's just that he was born arrogant again, the emperor wants to use money, but whenever there is something unnecessary, he must fight on the basis of reason, and even do not hesitate to contradict the emperor many times, which makes Zhu Di often very annoyed.

It is said that once after the argument between the monarch and the ministers, when Xia Yuanji left, Zhu Di couldn't help but angrily reprimand him for all kinds of wrongs to the servants around him, saying that his mind was full of money, and even when he saw a puddle of cow dung on the street, he would immediately calculate how much it was worth in his heart.

Later, this word came out somehow, and the government and the opposition all knew that Xia Yuanji was an iron abacus, so he had such a nickname.

However, the emperor was annoyed and annoyed, and he still trusted Xia Yuanji very much, because he understood that no matter how Xia Yuanji slammed the door, it was for the sake of the national court and never had selfish intentions.

What Xia doesn't understand is what is the relationship between his father's nickname and whether His Royal Highness King Su may rebel?

Jian Yi saw that he didn't understand, so he explained: "Your father once told me that Lanzhou is far away in the northwest border, the land is vast and sparsely populated, although after the vigorous development of His Royal Highness King Su over the years, the population has increased a little, and it seems to have become the most prosperous place in the northwest, but after all, it is in the northwest, and compared with many places in the Central Plains, it is still far behind. ”

"In recent years, Lanzhou City has been vigorously developing and stepping up construction, and it needs to spend money everywhere. In order to attract foreign populations to settle in Lanzhou, His Royal Highness King Su has reduced or exempted many taxes for the people of Lanzhou

It is beyond its means, and every year it needs the imperial court to allocate funds to fill the huge deficit. The emperor has always secretly agreed to allocate grain to Lanzhou because it is the northwest frontier, for the sake of border stability. ”

"If His Royal Highness King Su really has the intention to rebel and rebel, the first thing he needs most must be money and food. Will His Royal Highness King Su be so stupid as to give up the court's annual subsidy, cut off his own financial resources, and use the strength of a poor state to fight against a rich and powerful court?

Jian Yi sighed when he said this: "What's more, on the Ganliang border on the side of Lanzhou, there are tens of thousands of frontier iron horsemen under the command of the Marquis of Xining, if His Royal Highness King Su wants to rebel, wouldn't he hit the stone with an egg?"

Xia listened to Jian Yi's words, and couldn't help but ask with some surprise, "This is what my father said?"

Jian Yi nodded: "Of course!"

Xia Zai smiled bitterly in his heart, he really didn't expect that his father, who usually looked pedantic and stereotyped, and only had taxes and income and expenditure accounts in his head, would have such an incisive analysis of the political situation.

Maybe he really doesn't know enough about this father who has raised him for decades!

Jian Yi continued: "I guess your father should have told the emperor all these things, so the emperor didn't believe that His Royal Highness King Su would rebel from the beginning. But the secret recital of the three of them accusing each other in front of them does exist, and their contradictions seem to have reached the point of incompatibility. That's why the emperor summoned me and wanted to ask me how to deal with this matter?"

Xia asked, "How did my uncle respond?"

Jian Yi smiled slyly and said, "I have no opinion. ”

Xia was stunned: "No opinion?"

Jian Yi said with an innocent face: "Yes, that's what I said before the Holy Drive, I don't have an opinion. What opinion can I have? One of the emperor's brothers, the other is the emperor's son-in-law, and Ma Jing, the emperor's most trusted internal supervisor, who can afford to offend? This is all a matter that is entirely determined by the emperor's sacred heart, and we just have to obey orders, what opinions can we have?"

Xia was stunned for a moment and asked, "What did the emperor say?"

Jian Yi made an old face and said: "The emperor didn't say anything, just sneered for a while, and gave me these three secret notes, so that I can come back and figure it out, I don't know what you want me to figure out?"

After saying that, he sighed and let out a long sigh.

Xia couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, the emperor is really powerful, the more Jianyi, the old fox, wants to slip away, the more the emperor wants to hand over this matter to him to deal with, even if you are like a ghost, you can't escape the emperor's palm.

However, he still didn't understand a little, and asked: "Then I don't know why my uncle called my little nephew and told my little nephew all such a confidential thing?"

Jian Yi's face turned pale, and he said to Xia: "That's because after I came back and thought about these three secret recitals repeatedly, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was wrong. I analyze that our little marquis of Xining may soon make a move on His Royal Highness King Su. ”

Xia couldn't help but be stunned, and didn't understand the meaning of Jian Yi for a while: "Do it?

Jian Yi felt a little anxious about his comprehension ability, and said helplessly: "His Royal Highness King Su has been operating in Lanzhou City for many years

, there are guards around him, if Song Xiaohou wants to do something with him, unless he uses the soldiers and horses of the border town!"

Xia was suddenly taken aback, and said: "It is a serious crime to transfer troops and horses without a purpose, will Song Xiaohou really be so bold?"

Jian Yi snorted coldly: "He is a young man, and he is a court, and he has always been empty-eyed, but this time he thinks he has guessed the emperor's thoughts, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take risks." Only in these two or three days will there be a recital. ”

Xia still knows a little about the temperament of this Song Xiaohou Ye, and it is indeed possible for him to do such a thing.

Xia nodded and said softly, "Then we can only know the truth when the report comes." ”

Jian Yi's face tightened, and he said eagerly: "It's a long way from Lanzhou here, I'm afraid that by the time the recital arrives in the capital, it's already too late!"

Xia saw that he was so anxious, and he was a little puzzled: "Why is it late?"

Jian Yi asked Xia, "Haven't you figured out why I'm telling you this?"

Natsu shook his head a little dazedly.

Jian Yi sighed and said, "Have you forgotten that your three good brothers are also in Lanzhou City at this time?"

A word woke up the dreamer, Xia was taken aback in his heart, and his face suddenly changed color.

Jian Yi said that his three good brothers are naturally Xie Zhenliang, Zhang Idiot and Ye Feng.

Xia is knowing who they are looking for when they go to Lanzhou City, the specific details are not clear, counting the days, they should have arrived in Lanzhou at this time.

It's just that he and Jian Yi have been talking about the major affairs of the court just now, and they didn't think about it at all, and at this moment, when Jian Yi was reminded like this, he suddenly remembered it, and his face changed instantly.

He even trembled a little in his voice: "Uncle means that my three brothers are in Lanzhou City at the moment, and Lanzhou City is about to face a military disaster?"

In fact, he forgot that Ye Feng and the purpose of their trip to Lanzhou City were very secretive, and they were in a hurry, even he only knew a rough idea, why did Jian Yi know their whereabouts? And he was so sure that they were in Lanzhou City now?

Xia's heart was already in turmoil at the moment, not only worried about the safety of his three good brothers who had grown up together, but also blamed himself for not thinking of them just now, he would no longer notice these flaws left in Jian Yi's words.

Jian Yi nodded with a heavy face, and sighed: "The sword soldiers are ruthless, if Lanzhou City is really caught in the flames of war, I am afraid that they will inevitably suffer from the pond fish in Lanzhou City." I always know that the four of you have a deep friendship, which is why I summoned you to discuss countermeasures. ”

Xia said to Jian Yi in a state of confusion: "The little nephew has lost his square inch at the moment, I don't know what countermeasures my uncle can have? But if there is an order, the little nephew will definitely obey." ”

Jian Yi lowered his head and muttered for a moment, and said: "I can't think of any good way to come in a hurry, after all, Lanzhou City is far away from the mountains here, and the whip is beyond the reach of the whip." However, I do think of a person who maybe, who can help us. ”

Xia was like a drowning man seeing a life-saving straw, and asked eagerly, "Who is it?"

Jian Yi looked at Xia with an anxious face, and said word by word: "Marquis Longping, Zhang Xin!"

Xia couldn't help but be stunned by the expression on his face when he heard this, and was surprised: "Is it him?"