Qizhou

Fortunately, when the boy who delivered the food came in, Ci Nian put on his bamboo hat in time, so he didn't scare anyone.

Although the bamboo hat is light and light, it will inevitably attract attention if it is worn on the head all the time on sunny days.Ci Nian took off the small bamboo hat and put it on the seat beside him. Qin Ge glanced at it and said, "It looks like it was made by Qi Zhou."

Ci Nian wondered: "How do you know!"

Qin Ge said: "He is very good at craftsmanship. In the past, if I lacked a pigeon cage, I had to ask him to make it for me!"

He Qizhou gave Ci Nian a chicken leg: "Don't just talk, eat quickly, this person will eat your chicken leg if it's too late."

Qin Ge gave a "tsk" sound: "In your eyes, this is the kind of person I am?"

He Qizhou didn't raise his head: "Yes."

"I..." Knowing that the quarrel with He Qizhou was fruitless, Qin Ge always refused to admit defeat. The meaningless fight between the two ended here. Qin Ge took a sip of tea and wiped his face, "By the way, I stayed overnight I came back just to get you out of the palace, who would have thought that when I just entered the palace, I ran into Xiao Fuzi, and he told me that you had come out!"

Ci Nian raised his head and patted himself on the chest: "Me!"

Qin Ge was puzzled, He Qizhou added with a smile: "Yes, he rescued me. Didn't you search the prime minister's mansion? You must have heard about the ins and outs."

Qin Ge suddenly realized: "That's how it is! I said that this matter cannot be done by ordinary people, it really is you!" After speaking, he quickly lowered his voice and said: "But let's just know about it, and don't go out Make a statement."

He Qizhou said: "As long as you control your mouth, no one will say anything."

"Oh, you..." Qin Ge was inexplicably choked again, and said angrily, "Do you want to hear it again!"

"Think about it, and ask General Qin to explain in detail." He Qizhou responded blankly, and added a chicken leg to Ci Nian, "Eat quickly."

"As soon as I entered the palace this morning, I bumped into the little Fuzi. He said that the emperor was furious and stayed up half the night. He told me not to disturb the emperor if there was nothing serious. I said that this matter should not be wasted. I need to see the emperor!" Qin Ge smiled slightly, "As you expected, the third prince, Meng Zuoxiang, received the letter and rushed to the northwest border without stopping to meet Gu Pingchuan. The better, I don’t know what the third prince is thinking, but he must ask Gu Pingchuan to send troops quickly, and it is best to take Chang’an before the end of the year.”

He Qizhou chuckled, "Stupid."

"It's not just stupid, it's so stupid! Captain Bai and I went together. Do you know how many people they gathered when we rushed to the northwest border?" Qin Ge shook his right hand and showed five fingers.

Ci Nian glanced at it and said, "Fifty thousand?"

Qin Ge let out a "puchi": "Five thousand!"

He Qizhou was startled and said, "How dare you enter Chang'an with only five thousand soldiers?"

When Qin Ge heard this, he became excited. He sat up straight, shook his head, and said in a high voice, "How many people can fight in Chang'an City! There is only General Gu Pingchuan in the northwest border, and that is our third prince." Just relying on the few wine bags and rice bags in Chang'an City, let alone five thousand! I dare to lead troops to fight for five hundred!"

"There's nothing wrong with drinking rice bags." He Qizhou smiled, took a sip from his teacup, and hurried in front of Qin Ge's eyes, and immediately added, "Wrong, wrong, our general Qin Ge is not a wine bag and rice bag, but a man of great wisdom and stupidity. He doesn't seem to have much ability , In fact, foresight and foresight, brave and good at fighting, are really the pillars of the country!"

"Okay, okay!" Qin Ge quickly waved his hand, dispelling the false flattery, "Don't say it, you made Captain Bai amused, this kid has been with me for so many years, and I have never seen such a stupid opponent , the two of us led troops into the gorge, and were caught off guard! Not to mention, Gu Pingchuan is a promising man, and he immediately assembled his troops to fight. Who would have thought that the third prince had never seen such a battle, and he was so frightened that he cried and howled? , Rolling and crawling, even the horse he was driving was strangled by the reins so that he couldn't find the north, and knocked down a group of cavalry! The cavalry was afraid of hurting the third prince, so they hurriedly retreated, and bumped into the people behind..."

Speaking of this, Qin Ge was already out of breath from laughing: "Tell me, talk about it, who is not good to help, a real wine bag and rice bag, just because he is a descendant? What is the prime minister thinking! How can this be? A way out?"

He Qizhou said: "Of course he has a way out. An incompetent monarch must rely on virtuous ministers. If he doesn't go through this situation, with his power in the past, who dares to say that the prime minister is not a virtuous minister? Do you dare? Prime Minister The letter that was originally sent told the Third Prince that the time had not come, so what if the time came? The soldiers and horses are ready, the food and grass are plentiful, and there will be some natural disasters, and the people's lives will be difficult. The road of the Third Prince, Will it be as difficult as today?"

Qin Ge said: "What you said...is the same thing."

Ci Nian couldn't understand what they said, but seeing He Qizhou's earnest plan, he thought he was amazing.No wonder the group of unreasonable people in Zhuxi Village would be so respectful to him, the Taoist priest is really a formidable character.

Ci Nian gnawed off the second chicken leg, took out the handkerchief and wiped his hands, and heard Qin Ge say: "Now he has been arrested and detained by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Lieutenant Bai kept shaking his hand, saying thank you for sending him work during Chinese New Year."

"That is, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice is a member of the Taifu. If he has this opportunity to make meritorious service, he must seize it." He Qizhou said, "I just don't know if the third prince and Gu Pingchuan are in the sky prison. Master's treatment."

"However..." Qin Ge was puzzled, "I came back this time to arrest the Third Prince and Gu Pingchuan. If they kill them all at once, it has nothing to do with the Prime Minister. I'm afraid he won't be able to cure too much just because of his corruption and perverting the law." Heavy."

"Then you have to ask the little god." He Qizhou looked at Ci Nian, his smile became a little gentler, "There is something incredible mixed in among the many treasures that lined up to enter the palace."

Ci Nian thought for a while and said, "Is it a pillow?"

Qin Ge suddenly said: "Oh! Don't tell me that the other letter is in the prime minister's pillow? Could it be that letter..."

Ci Nian replied: "I don't know what kind of letter it is. It was the bird from Xiangfu who told me that there was a secret in that pillow. I thought that I had thrown away so many treasures anyway, so let's throw the secret in too, so I just put his pillow in it." Also robbed."

"Hahaha! This is a great achievement of yours. When the emperor finds out about this matter, let's reward the little fairy." Qin Ge took advantage of this opportunity and immediately expressed his affection, "What reward do you want? Don't Let Qizhou say it, let me say it, so as not to make people suspicious."

Ci Nian blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and gradually showed a joyful expression on his face.

Three days later, a piece of land was set aside in the backyard of the He Mansion, and the enclosure was repaired to raise chickens.

All the chickens delivered held their heads high, their feathers were smooth and plump, their crowns were red, and their bodies were strong. At first glance, they were the best chickens, and they were all first-class chickens.Stepping on the snow, these pure white chickens looked like they were all mixed together.

Ci Nian circled the newly erected bamboo fence several times, and almost slipped on the frozen snow, He Qizhou hurriedly stepped forward to support him, which happened to make him fall into his arms.Ci Nian was next to He Qizhou, smiling brightly: "There are more than a dozen of them!"

"Yes, more than a dozen of them are top-grade reed chickens. When you asked for chickens that day, Qin Ge immediately went to collect them for you."

Ci Nian was puzzled: "Didn't you say to ask for a reward in front of the emperor, is this a reward from the emperor?"

"Of course it is. Qin Ge went to tell the emperor that he was not the main contributor, and all the credit was due to Colonel Bai. But he had an unfeeling request. He felt that raising pigeons was too boring, so he wanted to raise some chickens, so he begged the emperor to give them some chickens." ..." Speaking of this, He Qizhou couldn't help laughing, "You know that the emperor couldn't hold back his expression after hearing this."

Meng Yincheng almost didn't hold back. Sometimes he had to think carefully about what kind of monsters and ghosts he was full of in civil and military affairs.But Qin Ge made a request, and it was such a simple request, how could he not be satisfied?Sure enough, the next day, Xiao Fuzi drove the carriage and sent a cart of high-grade white-feathered reed chickens to the General's Mansion.

Qin Ge took the chicken, only glanced at it, got on the horse himself, took the little Fu Zi, and delivered this gift directly to He Qizhou's mansion.

General Qin didn't forget to patrol this time. Captain Bai's meritorious service will receive a lot of rewards in the next year.The rare and dedicated General Qin sent a gift, and then took the little Fuzi back to the palace, honestly leading people to patrol.It was snowing heavily in the capital, and the common people looked at the deserted prime minister's mansion, and only said a few words about the legendary story on New Year's Eve, and there was nothing else.

It can be regarded as Meng Yincheng's utmost benevolence to give this veteran of the two dynasties a little bit of face.

But Xi Nian doesn't care so much, he doesn't care about these messy things, he only cares about He Qizhou, and the few chickens he earned through his own hard work.

After living with the villagers in Zhuxi Mountain for so long, Ci Nian finally has some awareness. He understands that raising chickens is a technical job and requires a long-term plan. If he eats it every day, it will soon be eaten up. Such a good chicken?Ci Nian broke his fingers and calculated carefully: "How long does it take to raise eggs... The chicks are born, and when they grow up, they can produce eggs..."

He Qizhou wrapped his hands that were slightly chilled by the cold wind with two big hands, and said with a smile: "Eat what you need, and buy when you don't have enough. A few chickens are not expensive. I can't make you suffer when you arrive in Chang'an, right?" ?”

Ci Nian blinked and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will make you poor?"

He Qizhou smiled and patted the back of his hand: "Let the horse come over and see how long it will take you to eat me poor."

The two of them laughed together, and when Ci Nian laughed, his fangs would slip out of his mouth, like a child who couldn't hide his head, but He Qizhou was relieved to see him smiling happily.After staying in Zhuxi Mountain for so many years and being wronged for so long, it turned out that he was not the most authentic him.This little fox should be happy, eat when he wants to eat, laugh when he wants to, and wear beautiful clothes if he wants to.

Fortunately, Chang'an is a treasure land that can give him everything he needs.

After seeing enough reed chicken in Ci Nian, he sprinkled another bowl of millet and turned around to run into the house. As he ran, he suddenly thought of Qin Ge's words that day, so he suddenly turned his head and looked at He Qizhou who was following behind.Seeing him stop, the latter also stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Hmm..." Ci Nian said, "I have a question, I want to ask you."