Chapter Fifty-Nine: Zhengzi
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Sun Changgong pinched a white chess piece and knocked it on the chessboard, thought for a long time, and finally threw the chess piece into the wooden box containing the chess piece, and said: "The prince's chess strength is far greater than mine, Changgong surrenders." ”
Su Musha picked up the chess pieces one by one into the wooden box, and said: "I often can't sleep at night, and I have no other habits for recreation, so I can only chat with the endgame of ancient and modern times for comfort. ”
After picking up the chess pieces, the subordinates removed the chessboard, and Su Musha wiped his hands clean and personally made a cup of tea for Sun Changgong.
"Tuk tuk tuk ......" Sun Changgong pinched his fingers and tapped three times on the table, and said, "How dare you bother the prince to do it himself." ”
"You, worthy of being Mr. Duanmu's high-ranking apprentice, rich and courteous, and humble, but sometimes too much to see. If it is the second son of Wei, he will drink it all and wait for you to add tea. Su Musha also made a cup for himself, put his hands up, and said: "The matter of rescuing refugees is thanks to the help of Brother Changgong, so I can delay it until now, I will replace the wine with tea, and I will toast you." ”
Sun Changgong raised his glass in return and said: "The teacher often taught me that I need to be 'benevolent as my own responsibility', and I dare not forget; However, the minister's ability is low, and the next game of chess is robbery, orphan treatment or ghost hands, all of which need to be decided by the prince. ”
"Zhengzi. ”
Su Musha replied simply as soon as Sun Changgong's words fell, so that Sun Changgong couldn't close his mouth and was stunned for a while.
"The easiest trick in a chess game. Su Musha smiled and explained.
Sun Changgong naturally understood.
But the master has made a move, and the introduction around the sign is the most intriguing, once the chess is missing, it is a loss of the whole game.
"Speaking of Zhengzi, there is something that needs Brother Changgong's help. Su Musha said that when he saw Sun Changgong's bitter face, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't borrow money." ”
He dipped his index finger in the tea, drew a frame on the table, and said: "Jiankang has no outer Guocheng, only relying on the stone city to guard the Yangtze River, and the people and officials in Xizhou City and Dongfu City live in it, and it has long become a prosperous center in the city, and it is difficult to defend the royal city." ”
"However, there are only fences in the capital, and the soldiers and horses can break through as soon as they attack, and it is difficult to play a real role in arching and guarding. ”
"The northern diaspora has crossed to the south, and now the influx of refugees has overcrowded the capital. The king's idea and I was to build a new city outside the east, south, and west gates of the capital, one to defend Jiankang, and the other to resettle these refugees and expatriates from the north. Su Musha wiped his hands dry and said, "If you are on the side, such a large construction project will naturally cost the people and money, but now too many refugees are idle, and it is a pity to waste food in vain and not requisition." ”
"There are too many co-ordination plans for the construction of the city, and I don't have such talents under my command, and I don't want the wealthy families of the Southern Dynasty to interfere, so I can only entrust it to Brother Changgong. Su Mu said.
"Don't forget, Lord Wang, I am also a child of a family. Sun Changgong reminded him.
"Yes, but you are also Mr. Duanmu's apprentice, and I can trust him as an old man. Su Mu said.
Sun Changgong raised his eyes to look at him: "The prince seems to know his teacher very well?"
"I can't talk to him. Su Musha sat down and said, "But Senior Sister is familiar with him and is full of praise for Mr. Duanmu's conduct." ”
Sun Changgong arched his hand: "Since the prince can trust it, the matter of building the city will be wrapped up in me, but it is only a matter of money and food......"
"I'll do it. Su Musha stretched his injured arm, "The requisition of refugees is just an inconsequential move, and the real recruitment is the son of others." ”
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Jiankang's land and water routes were blocked for five or six consecutive days, and only allowed to enter but not to exit, and the swords and guns of the Beifu army and the murderous eyes really frightened many people. It is rumored that the king of Shuobei was assassinated at the birthday banquet and is now unconscious. If there is an accident, the Beifu army will turn the capital upside down, and it is better to kill the assassin by mistake than to break the assassin's body into ten thousand pieces.
"The king of Shuobei is also too weak, thinking about the current, the former king of Shuobei, oh, that is, the father of the current king of Shuobei, one person fights the eight masters of the Legalist family, and when he meets him, he is a detour, don't say that he has stabbed ......" The old man who spoke was the storyteller in the tea shop, and he couldn't help but tell the skillful joke again.
"The prince studied under the Medicine King Valley, that is a famous sect, how can martial arts be weak? I heard that it was the assassin who poisoned the wine, it is too despicable. A man sitting in a tea shop drinking tea interrupted him.
King Shuobei has always been the focus of discussion on the streets and alleys of Jiankang. The rumors are running fast, and the speculation of all parties is inevitably diverse.
"There is no poison in the wine, there are many people at the banquet, my lord also went to the banquet, and he drank a few more glasses, how could the prince be poisoned?" ”
The little thief glanced around, and he didn't know what he was guarding against, and said in a low voice: "After my lord returned home from the banquet that day, he tossed in the little lady's room all night, and the little lady screamed, and the whole inner house heard it, and almost didn't faint the eldest lady. When I woke up at noon, my lord held his waist and said that this wine was strong enough. ”
"Hey, your master is over half a hundred years old, and he is not afraid of bending his waist. The man quipped, leaned in and asked, "What kind of wine is that?" ”
The old storyteller stared at the two of them with his mouth half-open, and somehow the topic turned to things like not being able to mention. Xu is old man is not old-hearted, and the old man couldn't help but interject after listening to a few words.
"Phew. ”
A mother-in-law carried a cloth bag into the tea shop, pointed to the grain shop across the street and scolded angrily: "It's really a profiteer, brown rice dares to sell expensive, conscience let the dog eat it, it's all the goods of the straight mother thief." ”
The grandmother, who was scolding the street, put the rice bag on the table, picked up a cup casually, poured a cup of tea, and said, "This rice money is more than enough to have a drink in Qingfeng Lou in the past." ”
"If it weren't for the king of Shuobei to save the refugees, how could the price of food rise sharply. "There is humanity.
"I heard that the grain merchants sold the prince at this high price, are you really afraid that the prince will turn around and clean them up?" asked the middle-aged man.
"Wow. The old storyteller showed surprise, "King Shuobei has made a move." ”
In front of the tea shop, a group of Beifu troops dressed in silver light armor and wearing red cloaks happened to pass, and they stood in front of the grain shop with knives.
After the sergeant dispersed the people who were waiting outside the grain shop to buy grain, Su Yanbai showed a list of documents to the goatee shopkeeper who came out, and then put it away, and said: "The king's edict, the owner of the Wanli grain store colluded with the assassins of the Shadow Hall to assassinate the king of Shuobei, the crime is unforgivable, and all his properties are now sealed. ”
Su said that with a wave of his hand, the Beifu army immediately rushed up, drove everyone out of the grain shop, guarded the granary, and the shop, and no one was allowed to approach.
The shopkeeper of the grain shop who was pushed aside almost tore off his goatee, and seeing that the Beifu army ignored him completely, he turned his head and ran towards the east.
Passing by the tea shop, one leg just tripped his foot, and the goatee didn't care about pursuing it, only glared at her, patted the dust on his body and ran away.
The mother-in-law who succeeded supported her waist with both hands and said proudly: "Hmph, you have been retributed." ”
After Su Soap sealed this place, he hurried to other places, and for a while, there were no less than ten grain shops in the entire Jiankang City. But some people found that behind the sealed grain shops were some insignificant families, and the grain merchants who really relied on the family gate valve in Wuyi Lane did not move a bit.