Hearing what the old accountant said, Hong Qi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll report it to the president right away."
Hong Qi immediately rode to the courtyard south of the city.
Zhou Zheng watched Hong Qi leave and said with a smile: "The president must know. When I was a bodyguard, I kept an eye on Long Chengen."
"Such a big movement, Yan Xing has already reported it."
The old accountant chuckled and said, "It's always right to be cautious. If the president doesn't know, someone will remind you."
Zhou Zheng smiled and said: "If the president doesn't know such a big news, it means Yan Xing is not suitable to be a bodyguard."
The old accountant smiled and said: "After reading the account book, you can go and see the entry and exit of the goods."
Zhou Zheng got up and went to the warehouse.
Hong Qi hurriedly arrived at the courtyard in the south of the city.
When we got inside, we happened to see Yan Xing.
"Master Hong, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
Hong Qi was very anxious and asked: "Is the president in there?"
Yan Xing nodded and said, "Here you are, taking a rest. What's wrong with you, sir?"
Hong Qi felt a little unhappy. Yan Xing used to work at the branch downstairs of Sifang Building, but now he was on an equal footing with him, and he was a bit rude.
"Important matters."
Hong Qi ignored Yan Xing and walked inside by himself.
Pushing the door open, Ji Ba was playing with a new girl, Mei Ji.
"Hong Qi, why are you becoming more and more unruly!"
Mei Ji saw Hong Qi coming in and hurriedly put on her clothes.
Ji Ba was halfway through playing when he was interrupted by Hong Qi and was very unhappy.
Hong Qi immediately bowed his head and said: "President, Long Chengen has mobilized the troops of the Beida Camp."
Ji Ba waved his hand and said, "I know, Yan Xing said so."
"Long Chengen was reprimanded in court, and the empress also wanted to save face and deliberately mobilized the troops from the Peking Camp to demonstrate."
"They have no other choice but to demonstrate and ignore him."
"Is there anything else?"
Hong Qi bowed: "No more."
Ji Ba said displeasedly: "Yan Xing has already reported this kind of thing, what are you doing here?"
Hong Qi immediately bowed and said, "My subordinates, please retire."
When Hong Qi left the room, his face was filled with shame.
It turned out just as Zhou Zheng said, he went all the way in vain and even got scolded.
"The poster won't talk about Long Chengen's troop deployment, right? I've already told you, and the president also knows about it."
Yan Xing said with a smile.
Hong Qi could tell that Yan Xing was mocking him.
Hong Qi ignored it and left on horseback.
Seeing Hong Qi walk away in despair, Yan Xing sneered: "What a show of authority!"
Entering the room, Yan Xing reported: "President, there is a letter from Foyuan Tower."
Yan Xing submitted a secret letter.
Ji Ba took it, opened it, looked at it, sneered twice, and handed it to Niu Yang.
"What do the two elders think?"
Gao Nian got up and came over to watch it together.
After the two of them finished reading, their faces showed complicated expressions.
Niu Yang said slowly: "Xixia...their finances are not in good shape. After the war, money is needed everywhere, so they are quite nervous."
This letter was sent by Situ Jing. It talked about the Xixia minister borrowing money, and also talked about Kongji going to Foyuan Tower to complain.
He also said that Shi Le had great opinions on Tianxiahui.
"Hmph, you're so nervous. We gave him 500,000 gold coins, and Shi Le took it to the practice palace himself."
"If you use it to pay for finances and save a little, you can cope with it for two years."
Senior year was very unhappy.
Ji Ba sneered and said: "The second elder is right. Shi Le doesn't know how to save money, but he blames us."
"I think what Situ Jing said is right. Since he said so, let's just bribe the minister."
Gao Nian nodded and said: "I support it. Anyway, the household department of Xixia is in our hands."
"Not to mention the ministers of Xixia, Shi Le expects us to eat and bribe them."
Niu Yang advised: "Young Master, our goal is to control Xixia, not replace it."
"We control the ministers, I'm afraid Shi Le will resist."
Ji Ba laughed and said: "Shi Le resisted? Isn't Long Cheng'en stronger than Shi Le?"
"Long Cheng'en wants to give in, but Shi Le dares to resist?"
"Tell Situ Jing that if the ministers ask for money, they will give it to them. If Shi Le can't pay his salary, I will give it to them!"
Yan Xing saw that Niu Yang stopped talking and immediately bowed: "I obey."
Yan Xing felt so good that Tianxiahui could control the court at will.
....
Jinling.
Wolong Valley.
This is where Li Chengdao's summer palace is located.
Wolong Valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides. There is a road in and out on the west, and a waterfall flows down from the mountains on the east. There are rare trees and birds on the mountains, and the environment is quiet.
At this time, the sun was blazing in the sky and it was still hot weather.
The waterfall on the east mountain is much smaller, with only a trickle falling down. The surrounding trees are lush and green, and cicadas are chirping desperately on the trees.
The eunuch in the palace was sitting on the railing, holding a cattail leaf fan and fanning it.
"It hasn't rained for a long time, and Wolong Valley is so hot."
"Isn't that right? You're talking about a summer palace, the heat is unbearable."
An old eunuch came over and said, "If you don't go on patrol yet, it would be very serious if there was a fire on this hot day."
The little eunuch said: "Lao Hai, you have said it several times, how can there be a fire here?"
The old eunuch scolded: "Little bastards, if something happens, be careful with your heads."
After saying that, the old eunuch went around patrolling.
Seeing the old eunuch leaving, the young eunuch said:
"It's better to go and take a look. If something happens, our lives will be in danger."
"Ignore his nagging, how could he get angry?"
"Let's take a look. It's hot even if you sit there."
Having no choice but to do so, several young eunuchs walked slowly.
Li Chengdao was practicing in seclusion, and the maids and eunuchs in the palace were very lazy, since the emperor was not here anyway.
"I heard that the emperor will be in seclusion for half a year, so we can have a rest for half a year."
"If you have half a year off, we will only be busy for a while in the summer."
"That's a year of leisure."
Several people laughed in low voices, walked through the corridor, and then arrived at the main hall, where Li Chengdao lived.
"Huh? Is there a fire in there?"
Suddenly, a eunuch pointed at the side door of the main hall and shouted.
Sure enough, smoke was coming from the main hall.
Several eunuchs shouted hurriedly: "It's gone! It's gone!"
A eunuch rushed into the main hall with quick steps and saw the old eunuch standing here.
"Lao Hai, why didn't you shout when you saw the water running?"
The young eunuch felt very strange why the old eunuch didn't say anything when he discovered the fire.
The old eunuch was a little surprised when he saw the young eunuch coming in.
"Little boy, why are you here?"
The old eunuch smiled coldly, turned around and stabbed the young eunuch in the heart.
"old..."
boom!
The little eunuch fell to the ground and died.
The whole palace was in commotion, and soldiers, eunuchs, and maids rushed over to put out the fire.
The old eunuch blended into the crowd and left through another door.
....
Jinling, Imperial Palace.
There is a Taoist temple in the palace. It is not large in area, but it is very exquisite. On the door is written: Xuanji Temple.
There is a couplet written on both sides: Use two eyes to see the sky; one mind to calculate mysteries.
This is Xuanjizi's dojo, which was specially built by Li Chengdao for him.
A eunuch hurriedly entered Xuanji Temple.
Xuanjizi was discussing the government affairs of the DPRK and China with the second prince Li Jiye.
After Li Chengdao went into seclusion, the government affairs of the DPRK and China were discussed between the two.
The eunuch entered the door and said anxiously: "Your Highness, Taoist Priest, the Wolong Valley Palace is in trouble."
Li Jiye heard that there was a fire in the palace and hurriedly asked: "Has the fire been put out?"
The eunuch shook his head and said, "I heard that it was all burned and many people were burned to death."
Li Jiye looked at Xuan Jizi and lamented: "It's over. The palace in Wolong Valley was my father's beloved palace. Now it's burned down. I will be punished."
Xuanjizi felt strange and asked: "Why did it suddenly catch fire?"
The eunuch shook his head and said, "I don't know. I just said it was burned."
Xuanjizi couldn't think of anything for a while, so he said: "Your Highness, please ask the people from the Imperial City Department to conduct a thorough investigation. As long as the murderer is caught, this matter will not be regarded as Your Highness's crime."
Xuanjizi didn't know whether it was arson or a fire.
What he meant was to let Li Jiye find a scapegoat to take the blame.
Of course Li Jiye understood it and immediately said: "Yes, call Yu Fuguo into the palace."
The eunuch went to the Imperial City Department immediately.
Not long after, Yu Fuguo entered the mysterious world.
"Your Highness, Taoist Priest."
Yu Fuguo said respectfully.
Li Jiye said sternly: "Someone set fire to the Wolong Valley Palace. I order you to investigate the case thoroughly. You must catch the real culprit and give an explanation to your father."
Yu Fuguo already knew about the fire in the palace, and also knew that Li Jiye wanted to find a scapegoat.
"Slave, I'm going to investigate."
Yufu State immediately sent people to conduct a thorough investigation.
After the people left, Li Jiye was still very worried and asked: "Taoist Priest, do you think you should tell your father?"
Xuanjizi said: "Your Highness, if you report this at this time, the Emperor will ask, what will you say?"
Li Jiye thought it was right to at least catch a scapegoat.
"Okay, let's wait and see."
Li Jiye really hoped that someone behind the scenes would deliberately set the fire.
