(Thanks to Xu Saidong. I asked Liang Guoxing. The harmony of yin and yang. The winter city. Daogunimo.C. The past has become a trend. Tick and ticking. Boring mango. Kindness borrowed me a monthly ticket to support me. Thank you!)

The army set off as scheduled, with 450,000 troops moving forward, majestic and endless. The flags covered the sun, and dust covered the sky. Although Qingzhang was less than a thousand miles away from Mingzhou, the army was far less than the light cavalry to advance quickly, especially the people in the baggage camp were moving at a slow pace.

The people who stretched for dozens of miles could not go far from dawn to dark.

It is the time for spring to warm up and the weather is suitable for travel. Therefore, this journey is much more comfortable than coming from Jingxiang. Li Xian didn't have to do anything to rush thousands of miles away. He simply didn't ride a horse and handled official duties in a carriage. The comments from the court were sent by someone every once in a while, but these comments on the surface were basically nothing big.

As Xu Shiji expected, although Mingzhou had not been conquered, the court officials in Chang'an City, which were far apart, seemed to have a very sensitive nose. Some people have begun to submit memorials to ask His Highness the King of Yan to be promoted to the emperor.

The carriage is covered with comfortable cotton pads, which makes it very comfortable to sit on. The official road built during the Sui Dynasty was flat and wide, and there was almost no bumps in the carriage walking. Especially in spring, the scenery was just right. When I was tired of handling official business, I lifted the curtain and looked at the scenery outside the window, which was quite comfortable.

Li Xian looked at a faint mountain color not far outside the window, slowly retracted his gaze and couldn't help but smiled with a little contempt.

"From Chang'an to here, it is the fastest way for the Military Audit Office to deliver messages, and it will take at least one month to go back and forth. Even if the court officials are well informed, even if someone in the military general writes a letter to the matter here, is it faster than flying?"

Li Xian threw the memorial in his hand aside, looking a little disgusted.

Ye Huaixue, who was sitting beside him, picked up the fold and put it aside to mark it: "Or they saw something from the good news they had reported back to the court a while ago, so someone figured out something from it."

"It's so simple."

Li Xian sneered coldly: "I'm afraid someone can't sit still."

"Sir... the student doesn't understand what makes you hate."

Asina's association rate looked at Li Xian and asked seriously.

"Someone in the court submitted a memorial to persuade me to be promoted to the emperor. From your perspective, what does it mean?"

Li Xian asked.

Ashina's association ruled for a while and said, "The students thought it was nothing more than three points... First, because they knew that Hebei had won consecutive victories and now they were approaching Mingzhou. After the matter in Hebei was settled, the matter would still be raised. Since it was finally necessary to mention it, it would be better to take it as soon as possible."

"The second is that these ministers are afraid that the gentleman will forget them, so they are showing their loyalty, and so that they can see their names from time to time. To put it bluntly, they are still worried, and they may have been lucky enough to submit this memorial if it is right for you, you will be prosperous."

"Third... test the gentleman's intention."

Asina's association said softly: "If it is for the first two reasons, there is no need to worry about anything. The second is just a flattery and cater to you. Under the guise of considering your husband, it is actually a plan for your own future. If it is the third... I'm afraid I'll have to spend some brains to figure it out."

Seeing that she was speaking seriously and carefully, Li Xian couldn't help but smile and asked, "Then you say, why is it complicated to test my feelings?"

"It depends on what the person who tests your heart is based on. There are two types of temptations. The first is to flatter and cater. If the temptation is determined by the temptation, then they will prepare quickly, for fear of falling behind others and becoming emperor. This is a great contribution. The second is that someone is guilty and does this just to prove it and then prepare."

"From Chang'an to Jingxiang and then to Hebei..."

Li Xian smiled and said, "You have grown a lot. With just one word or one memorial, I can think of so many things, which is very difficult."

"It's what my sister teaches well on weekdays."

Asina's societies glanced at Ye Huaixue, lowered his head and blushed slightly.

"Then you say, if it is to test my thoughts, and because of guilt... then why do they feel guilty?"

"If you are loyal, why be guilty?"

Asina's association rate answered seriously.

"It's OK."

Li Xian nodded and repeated: "If you are loyal, why be guilty? Some people always act clever and think that they can use this obscure method to infer my thoughts. If I am really anxious to be emperor, I am afraid that they are even more anxious than me. Once the news is confirmed, they will immediately jump out and will never sit still. Those who should be ugly are ugly, and those who should be evil are evil."

Seeing that Ashin's association was a little proud look, Ye Huaixue couldn't help but shake his head: "This matter is simple. Even the few who submitted the memorials first cannot escape the relationship."

Li Xian picked up a memorial and threw it on the ground: "The Sixth-rank Chief of the Ministry of Justice"

Pick up the second portion and throw it on the ground: "From the Sixth-rank War Officer"

The third part: "The biggest one is a fourth-rank official of the Ministry of Personnel... These people are not even considered minions, and it is not distressing to turn them in. I don't know how many big fish they ran away when they touched these small shrimps."

"Then I won't do it?"

Asina's association rate said with some regret.

"It is of course necessary to do it... Song Huai, the head of the Ministry of Justice, Du Chun, the outer lieutenant of the Ministry of War, and Min Jing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was dismissed from office and was imprisoned first."

"What crime?"

Ye Huaixue asked.

"I remember you said that nine out of ten officials are corrupt... Then just do it. If you don't find greedy, then do it. Let's tell Xie Yingdeng that the people in the Military Archives Office are the best at doing this. Even if they are really honest officials, they will be stupid and stupid. They will keep them for a few months and let them have a memory!"

"If these people are locked up, the people behind them are afraid they will be confused."

Ye Huaixue smiled, his eyes full of admiration.

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Mingzhou

Fifteen miles outside the city

The village is not big, with only a hundred families, and it takes less than ten minutes to walk from the entrance of the village to the end of the village. Especially a while ago, it was said that Yan Yun's army was about to attack Mingzhou, and anyone with distant relatives in the village took their families with their families. There were all those who went to Hexi, Henan, and even those who went north to Zhuo County. There were really no relatives to join, and the wealthier ones moved into Mingzhou City to live.

This place is only fifteen miles away from Mingzhou City, and it will be a place for fighting once a war begins in the future. Even though the people know that the current army is no longer as rude and violent as the last year of Daye, no one wants to be on the battlefield. Therefore, there are only twenty or thirty poorest households left in the village.

They either had no money to hide in Mingzhou City, or were reluctant to leave the wheat that could be harvested in another two months, or they might still be stubborn and reluctant to leave the few adobe houses at home.

So much so that people who want to rest here don’t have to knock on the door, can they stay overnight?

The village is not big, but there are many empty courtyards now.

When Wu Bushan and the thin man Wang Qinian walked into a small courtyard, Guan Xiaoshu and Zhang Zhongjian and Zhang Wancheng were already standing in the yard waiting. Guan Xiaoshu had been staying outside the city. Zhang Zhongjian came out the second day after Zhang Wancheng left Mingzhou. Another day later, Wu Bushan and Wang Qinian left the city.

"This yard is the richest family in the village. I originally had two servants guarding me and didn't let me enter the door. I wasted twenty taels of silver to complete it... Even in the Half Monthly Building in Chang'an, twenty taels of silver would be enough to live in the first half of a month without prostitution or gambling. This broken place and hot water are not available for twelve hours."

Guan Xiaoshu sighed, as if he was still feeling sorry for the twenty taels of silver.

"This silver is considered public, can't it be fine to report it back and make up for you?"

Wu Bushan gave him a blank look and said, "After all, he is the small-scale member of the fifth department of the Military Audit Office. A month's salary is enough for you to spend a while. You should not be ashamed of greed for money, but you should be ashamed of greed for small money!"

"What I feel sorry for is my own money, why is it shameful?"

Wu Bushan said: "If you are willing to offer these twenty taels of silver and prepare a place for us to settle down, and don't mention this matter, how noble will you be?"

"It's Lao Wang's business."

Guan Xiaoshu smiled and said, "I am definitely not on the same level as Lao Wang in terms of enlightenment."

Wang Qinian nodded and said, "Although I want to be humble, what you are talking about is the fact. If I am humbler, I will seem artificial. So... If you want to make progress in the future, talk to me more. Within three days, you will ensure that your whole person will be sublimated from body to mind."

Wu Bushan gave them a blank look, looked at the situation in the village and asked, "All have been arranged? After all, this place is only fifteen miles away from Mingzhou City, and it is still too dangerous if it is discovered."

"I will leave early tomorrow morning, and the horses are hidden in the forest three miles away, and there are guards. I planned to leave today, but who knew you were leaving the city today!"

Guan Xiaoshu said with some dissatisfaction.

"Before leaving, the secret spy suddenly found something, and I left another day to confirm the news."

Wu Bushan said: "The news that Lao Wang founded in was a trap a while ago. Because the city was in urgent need of searching, we had been at Shunpeng Inn. I only found out yesterday that the hundreds of thousands of Zhou troops stationed in the city had already set off. At first, I thought I was really going to attack Boling County, but I sent someone to investigate the direction of their march and found that there was something wrong with this matter... It was not going toward Boling at all, but the west..."

"Oops!"

Guan Xiaoshu frowned and said, "Can Wang Yao plan to ambush the troops and horses in Boling County from the beginning?"

"We have to leave quickly!"

Guan Xiaoshu said: "Walk along the official road and stop us when we meet our soldiers."

"You guys go."

Wu Bushan shook his head and said, "I can't leave."

"Why?"

Guan Xiaoshu said urgently: "I finally came out, are you planning to go back?"

"go back!"

Wu Bushan nodded: "How can the people from our Military Affairs Office not leave a single person before the battle? Even when the army attacked the city, I just set a fire in the city, and that is why the people from our Military Affairs Office did not admit defeat. We must do what we should do, and the Military Affairs Office cannot afford to lose face!"

Guan Xiaoshu and Wang Qinian looked at each other, and both of them were shocked. Neither of them expected that in Wu Bushan's heart, the glory of the Military Audit Office was really heavier than his own life.

"You can't let Fatty Wan know that I'm afraid of death when I'm greedy."

Wu Bushan smiled: "It's better to die than to be ridiculed by that fat man."

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...

"What is this?"

Wu Bushan took a jade pendant handed to him by Guan Xiaoshu, looked carefully, and found that the carved pattern on the jade pendant was a bit special, it was a fish with wings. Although the workmanship was not very fine, it looked like the flying fish was lifelike.

"I gave you this jade pendant and even lent you my whole life. If the big boss knew about this in the future, I was afraid that if I didn't kill him, I would be beaten to a disabled person."

He took a deep breath, then looked at Wu Bushan and said solemnly and seriously: "What I want to tell you next is the biggest secret of the Military Audit Office. This matter involves the security of the lord, so I hope you don't hear a word wrong and don't forget. This brand belongs to me, but I'll leave it to you now. If there are not enough secret spies in the city, or when you encounter a life-and-death crisis, you will use it."

"This is a flying fish brand"

He said.

"Flying Fish Brand? What is the purpose of it?"

Wu Bushi asked.

"We should have carved flying dragons, but we have to avoid taboos, so we carved flying fish..."

Guan Xiaoshu glanced at the jade pendant, smiled and said, "From now on, you are also a member of the Feilong Secret Spy."
Chapter completed!