Qizhou

The two of them entered the store one after another. If He Qizhou hadn't stopped him, Qin Ge would have wanted to enter through the roof window.Fortunately, this person's mind is not sick at critical moments, otherwise it would be like walking on thin ice to be friends with him.

As soon as he was seated, Qin Ge took out the letter from his bosom. The two letters came from central Sichuan and northwest respectively. Without thinking about it, He Qizhou opened the letter after touching the central Sichuan: "I told you not to intercept my letter." .”

Qin Ge said: "I didn't intercept your letter, the pigeon flew back to my house by itself! Hey, didn't you say that business matters, I..."

"Shut up, let me do all the business first." He Qizhou opened the letter with several ink spots on it, and the crooked words of "Resignation Year" came into view again——

"He Daoist, it's been a long time. Why did you send me a letter in half a month? If you don't send me a letter, I don't know what to do. The Zhuqing in the back mountain has calmed down a lot, and the evil spirit has also faded." Yes, the people in Zhuxi Village heard that I was writing to you, and they all asked you how I was. They burned incense to me every day and said that I would bless them to get rich. You see, I am so poor, how can I bless others to get rich? If you can eat less chicken legs, let them take the chicken down the mountain and sell it."

"Ms. Bamboo was afraid that I would be bullied, so she stayed in the village. She said that when I returned to Chang'an, she would follow me. She would come here occasionally to teach me how to write. Do you think my handwriting looks better? Although I don't The way is to compare with you scholars, but I am much better than myself before, I can’t say I don’t have it, and I don’t think it will work!”

"That stupid son of the village chief, he runs to the bamboo house every day to wait for Miss Zhu. Even if Miss Zhu sees him, she pretends not to see him. If he says a few more words, Miss Zhu will scold him. If you are here, I will I can laugh at him with you."

"Winter is coming soon. Is it cold in Chang'an? Is it snowing? If it snows, next time you write to me, you must tell me. It is best to paint me the snow scene. Daoist painting is the best Look, I can’t learn it, but I like to watch it. If it’s too cold, let’s warm it up in the house. Bamboo girl said that it’s also delicious to wrap chicken in lotus leaves and cook it over fire. When I learn it, I’ll Make it for the Taoist master to taste..."

A big hand stretched out in front of his eyes, and He Qizhou hurriedly put away the heart in his hand, lest he be taken away by Qin Ge's brain again.Qin Ge looked at him and said helplessly, "Master He..."

He Qizhou put the letter into his pocket: "Okay, let's get down to business."

Qin Ge squeezed a piece of snack and stuffed it into his mouth: "It's a shame I didn't wear armor today, it's not shiny enough, if it can be used as a mirror, I'll definitely take a picture of you and let you see your expression just now..."

"What expression do I have?" He Qizhou glanced at him, and suddenly showed a kind smile, "Let's talk about it in detail, let's talk about it."

"Don't talk, don't talk, I didn't see anything, let's talk about serious business..." Qin Ge quickly swallowed the pastry in his mouth, and opened the letter from the northwest, "Here, my spies are here According to the report, the nomads in the northwest border are relatively peaceful, with fat and strong horses. The soldiers guarding there are also good. Recently, a lot of food and grass have been brought in, and the granary is almost full. I am afraid that life is better than mine... ..."

"Food and grass?" He Qizhou raised his hand, stopped Qin Ge's words, thought for a moment, then lowered his voice, "Is someone hoarding grain and grass?"

Qin Ge also lowered his voice and said, "Yes. Although I don't know much about other things, I understand this, so I went to check recently. The officials stationed on the northwest border did not apply to the court for food allocation. "

He Qizhou frowned: "What do you mean, their food and grass are looted?"

Qin Ge took a sip of tea and shook his head viciously. The sip was so loud that He Qizhou was so disgusted that he almost threw a plate on his head: "You..."

"Don't, don't, a man doesn't care about trifles!" Qin Ge hurriedly grabbed the plate and put it down, and continued, "I specially sent someone to look around. Vision, I asked my people to lurk and inquire carefully, and only when they were drinking around the stove at night, I heard them say that this batch of grain and grass all came from Jinyang!"

Jinyang... He Qizhou clicked on the table and thought about it for a while. No matter what he wants to do, he must have the following characteristics to mobilize food and grass from Jinyang:

First, this person must have so much food and grass, and if he wants food and grass, he must have money.

Second, this person must let others obey his orders, and the pretext must be loud enough, otherwise the official in Jinyang cooperates with him to adjust food and grass privately because he doesn't want to live anymore.

He shared his thoughts with Qin Ge, and Qin Ge nodded again and again: "Then we have to think about it now, what's the use of him mobilizing food and grass. You said it's just to cook a few pots of rice to make the brothers in the barracks happy? Let's It's not a bad harvest this year, so they won't be able to starve them anyway. You said you want to please the border soldiers, so with this little food, who can you please..."

"Did they foresee that there would be war on the border?" He Qizhou picked up his teacup, thought about it for a while, and suddenly smiled, "Could it be that there are people from the Qin Tianjian in the barracks?"

Qin Ge was startled when he heard the words, and he really wrinkled his face and waved his hands quickly: "Just talk nonsense, the people in the Qin Tian Prison, who can predict more than you? Tell me, are there any stars in the sky?" Vision? What kind of comet, I haven’t seen it for several years.”

There is plenty of grain and grass to live and work in peace and contentment, so what is the purpose of hoarding grain and grass?He Qizhou thought about it, but suddenly he said softly: "Accumulate food widely, become king slowly?"

When Qin Ge heard this, he almost rushed over and blocked his mouth: "Hush your voice! How can you say that casually! Calling... the king? We haven't even arrived yet, he...he just wants to be called the king. The king has no chance! Unless..."

Having said that, he himself couldn't stop thinking.Qin Ge picked up the teacup and took a sip tremblingly: "Someone wants to plot...to plot..."

"You're a great general, what does it look like to be so trembling? If someone really plans to do so, you still have to be loyal to the country!" He Qizhou gave him a sideways look.However, now that we have come to this line of thinking, we might as well be bold and continue to go down.If someone wants to rebel and covets the throne in his heart, who is he most likely to be?

He Qizhou thought for a long time, and slowly said: "He has to make a pretense, let the whole Jinyang listen to him, allocate food and grass, and enrich the northwest..."

Qin Ge thought for a while, and said, "Old He, do you think this person...does he not need to put on a cover at all?"

He Qizhou frowned: "You don't need to put up a pretense? If you don't make a pretense, who will allocate food and troops for him? Not only this person, but the general stationed in the northwest is also very suspicious. Why did you collect Jinyang’s grain and grass without saying a word, and you had to investigate secretly to find out? You don’t need to pretend, who the hell..."

Speaking of this, he paused, the name suddenly flashed into his mind, it was already in his throat, ready to be pronounced.

He Qizhou only felt that the heart in his chest was disturbed by this name. He drooled and said, "Who is the general stationed in the northwest?"

Qin Ge answered fluently: "Gu Pingchuan. But he's not from Jinyang, he's from Yangzhou! Why are Yangzhou and Jinyang far away..."

"Yangzhou..." He Qizhou stood up abruptly, which startled Qin Ge. Qin Ge was always startled everywhere except on the battlefield, and He Qizhou was used to it.He stared out the window, looked at the people coming and going on the brick road downstairs, and chewed the word "Yangzhou" over and over again.

How many civil and military officials in this court have such courage, how many are from Yangzhou, or are inextricably related to Yangzhou?To hoard food and grass behind the court's back, a general, who can drive him?

Seeing that he didn't say a word, Qin Ge followed suit. The two of them were separated by a table, wishing they could put their heads through. Suddenly, there was a sound of thin footsteps from the corridor separated by a wall. Two young voices came, it seemed that a father and son passed by.

The later voice was inaudible, the two of them just passed by in a flash, and the footsteps became smaller and smaller as the father and son went away.

"Father..." He Qizhou knocked on the table suddenly, "This general has relatives..."

But before he finished speaking, he himself felt that this didn't make sense. Although loyalty and filial piety were a dilemma, it wasn't such a dilemma. Could it be that a father used filial piety to force him to drag his son into rebellion?Is this because he is afraid that he will not be able to get the knife that cuts the whole family?As soon as he stopped thinking, He Qizhou fell into meditation again.

Qin Ge was overwhelmed by his uproar, waved his hand, and said, "I don't think it's that complicated! Just think, who in this court can move him, can hide the truth, and make him say nothing. Hey, it must be someone who is both powerful and convinced him!"

"That's the reason, but now I don't know who this person is. Who is there in this court? He is a high-ranking person, and he is from Yangzhou? He has no relatives at all, how can he be manipulated?"

Qin Ge let out a "hey" and said suddenly, "He's from Yangzhou and has a high position and authority, so the only one left is the prime minister..."

"Prime Minister!"

At this moment, the two of them actually spoke in unison, calling out the same person.Fortunately, they all still remembered that walls have ears, so they had to lower their voices.He Qizhou pressed Qin Ge to sit down and returned to his seat.

After taking a few deep breaths, he poured tea for both of them: "Okay, let's think about it, it's okay to be bold, even if Prime Minister Zhang wants to hoard food and grass, dispatch troops, what is he doing for it? , the country is prosperous and the people are safe, the border is stable, and the people are living a good life, which proves that our diligent and good emperor has indeed given the world a prosperous world. At this time, is he plotting rebellion? For whom, for himself?"

Qin Ge wished he could pour a basin of water on his forehead. The twists and turns almost burned his head: "He...he wants to be the emperor himself? Our Majesty treats him well!"

He Qizhou said: "No matter how thin you are, there is also a Taifu in the court who restrains him. If he can get all of it, why should he get half of it?"

"What you said... makes sense, but we don't have evidence now. How can you prove that Prime Minister Zhang is related to Gu Pingchuan? Moreover, even if he really wants to be the emperor himself, we can't do anything if we just rely on food and grass to mobilize Prove that he wants to rebel."

He Qizhou nodded slowly: "You are right. But you can try to verify this idea."

Qin Ge said: "How to test? Shall I send someone to investigate?"

"That's the end of the inquiry, it's easy to get suspicious a few times." He Qizhou said, "So... you send more people to intercept letters, there are carriages and horses, and pigeons are the best at intercepting pigeons. ? Go, do your part, and serve your country."

Qin Ge said: "Cut... Whose pigeons are you cutting? I can't cut all pigeons, right? Then my people won't be exhausted!"

"According to the letters between Jinyang and Chang'an, the good pigeons in Chang'an City are all bred from you. If someone asks you for pigeons recently, you have to remember who it is." He Qizhou smiled, " If you have news, tell me that I have to enter the palace again some other day, so remember not to let the wind out."

"Jinyang? Chang'an?" Qin Ge was completely taken aback, "Didn't Jinyang already transfer the food and grass, and still have letters?"

He Qizhou said: "Do you know whose jurisdiction is Jinyang?"

Qin Ge shook his head: "Who?"

He Qizhou stood up, taking advantage of the sunlight shining on the table through the wooden window frame, dipped his fingertips in water, and slowly wrote a few large characters on the table - "Three Princes".