Ling Dang has the best memory and never forgets anything. When she returned to the Su Mansion, she took it upon herself to write down the booklet given by Li Tao. Chen Ruijin saw at a glance that her purse was missing, and Jia Cong quickly raised his hands: "I deliberately pretended not to notice."
Chen Ruijin said calmly: "That's all, you just didn't pay attention, you weren't just pretending."
Liu Xiaoqi complained from the side: "Third Grandma, he not only flirted with that fan, he also wrote poems for others!"
"Hey, there's no such thing as taking it out of context!" Jia Cong hurriedly read out the poem he "wrote". The original was copied by Mr. Yu Dafu, and he changed a few words. "It's obviously a rejection, isn't it?"
Liu Xiaoqi stirred up trouble: "You're still staring at me! Third Grandma, that oiran..." He suddenly shut up.
Jia Cong glanced at him: "It's as if you didn't notice." From the corner of his eye, he saw that Chen Ruijin's eyes had narrowed, and he raised his hands again, "Daughter-in-law, can you be lenient if you confess?"
"You confess first and deal with it as appropriate."
"To be honest, I think there are very few people who can handle it better than me." Jia Cong said seriously, "I have a very high emotional intelligence." He didn't hide anything and confessed from the beginning. When it came to Li Tao calling him out for not sleeping,
When passing Yatou Yaojie, she said, "This girl either surrendered quietly, or she just became a spy for a few days."
Chen Ruijin had a poker face: "Oh, how come you can see that."
Jia Cong said: "The reason why such a big flaw was accidentally leaked is due to lack of experience."
"Yeah." Chen Ruijin was noncommittal.
Jia Cong couldn't help but shrink his neck and continued. Speaking of the two albums, he said: "The second big flaw is that she did not write the poems herself." Nai explained, "Some of them are very clear.
He has a straight man's thoughts, looking forward to being surrounded by beautiful people like flowers, rather than having a beloved person forever. In addition, there are many quotations from scriptures and vicissitudes of artistic conception. The woman is only twenty-three or four years old, and she can't imagine what she is thinking.
Come out. She copied those poems."
Chen Ruijin nodded slightly and asked: "Where is the other booklet?"
Jia Cong took a deep breath: "Green Forest Book."
Chen Ruijin was slightly shocked. After a while, he said: "Is it true?"
"I don't know, let's take a look after finishing Bells. And I think she is hinting at something else." She started talking about Pipa again.
Chen Ruijin thought: "Is this going to be a war?"
Jia Cong said: "It's a bit similar." He said it to the end in one breath.
Chen Ruijin thought for a long time and asked Liu Xiaoqi: "What do you think?"
Liu Xiaoqi said briefly: "Someone wants to assassinate Mr. Su."
Chen Ruijin nodded: "We see the same thing. But now there are three internal guards and a Zhenming Taoist living in the Su Mansion. Who has this ability?"
Jia Cong raised his hand: "Aren't you two the only guards in the palace? Where did the three of them come from?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "My eldest brother Liu Hu is following Taoist Master Zhenming."
"Oh, yes." Jia Cong pinched his chin, "For this kind of thing, you have to guess the enemy plane first. The current clues are not enough to guess."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "I will follow Mr. Su first."
Chen Ruijin shook his head: "Let your elder brother follow him. You have shown up many times, and occasionally you have to go to the shop to do something. Don't let Cheng'er know about it yet."
Liu Xiaoqi immediately said: "Miss Su has a clear mind, and it is related to her father, so it would be better for her to know. Besides, if the opponent's plan is specifically aimed at Mr. Su's personality and habits, how do we know?"
"You have to die naturally and not arouse suspicion." Jia Cong said, "otherwise, when we didn't come earlier, with General Yang Guotai's martial arts, we would have killed more than ten of his old men."
Then the two men looked at Chen Ruijin. Chen Ruijin thought for a long time and finally nodded: "Call Cheng'er quietly."
"I'll go, I'll go!" Before she finished speaking, Liu Xiaoqi jumped out of the window.
Not long after, they both came back, and Jia Cong recounted the story from the beginning. Halfway through, the bells were finished. Then Liu Xiaoqi continued, while Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin read the booklet first.
This book is a list of provinces. Jia Cong repeatedly clucked his tongue: "This thing must be a government action. What a terrible execution. The imperial court has been disbanded for so long." Looking at it from the beginning, it contains Ge, the bandit leader of Panlong Mountain in Hebei Province.
The name of the woodcutter also includes Wang Wu, the bandit leader of Taihu Lake in Yingtian Prefecture, and Fang Yifei, the female bandit leader of Buffalo Mountain in Jiannan. Fang Yifei's entry states: In a certain year and month, he moved from Maoli Ridge to Mopan Mountain. In a certain year and month, he was defeated by the Shu army.
, now fled to Buffalo Mountain.
The one with the most entries is naturally Jiangxi. Jiangxi was originally mountainous and dangerous, and there were bandits on almost every mountain. The largest number was originally Jinggangshan. The earliest bandit leader Xu Kang was the youngest son of Xu Hong, the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi. After this man died of illness, the troops were left to his staff.
Wan Zhang took over, and now they have all surrendered to the new Jiangxi commander-in-chief Li Guopei. Next are Xu Kang's eldest brother Xu Qi's people, who are hiding in Dayuling in the south. They are basically officers and soldiers. After years of development, the number has reached 20,000.
There are seven or eight other groups of bandits led by General Xu Hong. What is strange is that Xu Qi’s entry is circled, and the entries for thirteen groups of bandits are also circled. All of Xu Hong’s men are among them.
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Jia Cong felt strange, called Ling Dang over and asked, "This circle?"
Lingdang said: "Her booklet had circles drawn on it, but the ones I drew were rounder than hers."
Jia Cong nodded: "Good boy." He looked at Chen Ruijin.
After a while, Su Cheng listened to Liu Xiaoqi's story. Chen Ruijin handed her the booklet without saying a word. Su Cheng's face had lost all color. He took two deep breaths, took the booklet and started reading from the beginning. Everyone was silent.
Waiting. When she finished reading, Liu Xiaoqi handed her a cup of tea. Su Cheng raised her neck and drank it all.
Jia Congnai said: "Everyone should express his opinion. First of all, those circles, and Li Tao's "cavalry protruding with swords and guns blaring" hint, in my opinion, there are bandits who are going to attack Nanchang Mansion in the near future." Chen Ruijin and Liu Xiaoqi all nodded. Jia Congnai said.
Cong looked at Su Cheng and said, "Our original plan was to let Xiao Qi's eldest brother guard your father, but now it seems that it can't be done. To trouble Taoist Zhenming to guard against assassins, Xiao Qi and Brother Liu have to go out to investigate. They are very skilled.
Strong concealment ability. If the bandits in the circle join forces, the number will be almost 40,000. Nanchang Mansion has less than 500 soldiers and they are still not listening to Brother Su's orders. The 3,000 people sent by Li Guopei to guard the grain and grass will leave tomorrow.
Oops!" He slapped the table and said, "Those people can't let them go!" He hurriedly stretched his head outside to call someone.
A guard came over, and Jia Cong ordered: "Go to the magistrate's office and find the military officer. Accompany him and go immediately to see General Qi who is guarding the grain and fodder of the Yan army. Tell him that I have urgent matters and ask him to come to Su Mansion immediately.
See me."
The guard agreed and was about to leave when Chen Ruijin said, "Excuse me, Brother Liu Hu, please go outside the city to explore right now." Jia Cong hurriedly called another guard to look for Liu Hu. After thinking about it, he sent someone to ask for Yang Erbo.
Yang Qianli.
He had just returned to the room and sat down when Su Cheng suddenly said, "Why did Li Tao make an appointment with Master Cong today?" Jia Cong's eyes moved. She continued, "General Qi will be leaving tomorrow. If we meet with Master Cong again tomorrow,
Uncle, will it be too late?" Su Cheng's eyes were now clear and even shining, "Since she is willing to surrender, she must not want us to lose."
Jia Cong nodded repeatedly: "Maybe they are just waiting for General Qi to leave."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "I'm grabbing food by the way."
Su Cheng said: "Food doesn't matter. There are many granaries outside the city. Since they are bandits, they can just rob them. What matters is the soldiers." She thought for a moment and said, "Uncle and aunt, I think we underestimated our opponent before."
Jia Cong, Chen Ruijin said in unison: "Come and listen."
Su Cheng pointed to the booklet and said: "These bandits have been fighting for their own affairs for many years. If they join forces, how can they be convinced in three to five months? Even if Uncle Cong has a tongue, he has to get the bandit leader. Unless someone has been working with them for many years.
In addition, in the past ten years, roads have been built in all directions. Several official roads in Jiangxi were actually built by Mr. Wang Ziteng, who sent troops to guard them, in order to make it easier for merchants in Guangdong and Guangxi to sell goods. The remaining officers and soldiers in Jiangxi also received
With the allowance from Wang Ziteng, I concentrate on guarding those official roads and don't care about anything else. The mountain roads are so rugged. If I want to go to the territory of the bandits, I don't know how long it will take just to deliver the message. If I run alone, I will start running from the time my father takes office.
, may not be able to finish the race.”
Jia Cong said: "If your opponent has several lobbyists and has been dealing with these bandits for many years, you can contact them early."
Su Cheng added: "The Emperor left Jinggangshan the year before last. Anyone who knew the details would have guessed that the Jiangxi governor needed to be replaced."
"No." Chen Ruijin said, "King Yan didn't prepare to replace Xie Jing before he knew that he had hidden the seventh prince. For no other reason than he didn't care. How can the tiny land of Jiangxi compare to the gold mines of North America?
important."
Su Cheng nodded: "Yes, what Auntie said makes sense. Xie Jing and these Green Foresters have been in cahoots with each other for a long time. It's because of my father."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "If the opponent was Jin Yiwei earlier..."
Jia Cong said: "There is no need to assume." He looked at the booklet and said, "The manpower is arranged so carefully. Except for the imperial court, no one else has this ability."
Liu Xiaoqi continued: "Jin Yiwei should know best that no one can stop what the imperial court wants to do. Even if Master Su is killed, will the bandits be able to ascend to heaven? Not to mention that Li Guopei is not a vegetarian, neither King Yan nor Nan Bian
Prince Tengdu will not allow Jiangxi to still be full of bandits."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "Last year, King Yan wanted to replace Xie Jing, so he had to put a lot of thought into choosing a successor. Senior Brother Su still poached him from the Chu State. King Yan also lacked talents, especially now that North America has won consecutive battles.
, small-scale immigration has begun. Officials are also needed there - otherwise, everyone will rush to dig up such a big gold mine, and there will be no chaos."
Su Cheng said: "The opponent has secretly found a suitable candidate for the governor of Jiangxi, and has placed lobbyists around King Yan. If my father is gone, other people's lobbyists can come forward to persuade King Yan to choose that person as his successor. As for these bandits -
-" She slightly raised the corner of her mouth, "This is almost the hardest bone to chew. General Li Guopei has been suppressing the bandits for more than a year. He first cut off the other branches and leaves and kept these for final chewing."
Jia Cong snapped his fingers: "The bandits are difficult to suppress because they are hiding in the mountains. Now all the tigers have been mobilized away from the mountains and gathered to attack Nanchang Prefecture. Li Guopei is far away and cannot save the nearby fire. The city of Nanchang is broken and the prefect Su Tao is killed in the battle. Li Guopei is starry night
They rushed to recapture Nanchang and wiped out the bandits - Jiangxi Province is mountainous in the southeast, southeast and west, with only the north being flat; and Nanchang is in the north. Once they leave the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack area, they are no match for Li Guopei." He paused.
"After the war, the provincial capital of Nanchang will be devastated, and no one will be willing to take over this mess. If there is a suitable candidate, 80% of the time, King Yan will agree." Nai tutted, "What a big appetite!"
"Wait a minute!" Liu Xiaoqi said, "With so many masters around Mr. Su, he won't die even if the city of Nanchang is destroyed."
"They must have a plan." Jia Cong said, "Now I just have to guess their plan."
Liu Xiaoqi muttered: "It's like I didn't say anything."
After a while, someone came outside to report that General Qi and the warden's warden were here. Jia Cong hurriedly invited him in. When Chen Ruijin saw the warden, he smiled: "It's you."
The warden's officer was overjoyed to see Chen Ruijin and bowed to the ground: "My lord! I never thought I would see you again! Your lord is majestic and heroic, and I will keep it in my mind."
Jia Cong glanced at the two of them for a few times, then stepped closer to Chen Ruijin and hugged her shoulders: "Daughter-in-law, do you recognize him?"
Chen Ruijin said: "On the day I first arrived in Nanchang Mansion, didn't Mr. Su ask me to go to Zhuzi Street to seal up the Xie family's shop? This gentleman happened to be shopping at Chulongzhai, so I asked him to find out about the shop."
"Oh!" Jia Cong suddenly realized, his arm still on his wife's shoulders, "My wife, you were so majestic that day~~" Chen Ruijin looked sideways at him, and then at the hand on his shoulder. Jia Cong didn't move at all.
I pressed my palms a little tighter.
Liu Xiaoqi coughed twice: "Well... let's get down to business."
Su Cheng Yingying stood up and saluted the two of them gracefully: "You two, please take a seat." The pian was a little embarrassed, but after hearing this, he hurriedly returned the salute with General Qi. Bell was clever and had moved two chairs. Everyone
He sat down. When he asked the official his name, he said his surname was Tu Yaozu. Jia Cong curled his lips and secretly complained that the name was so tacky.
Su Chengnai said seriously: "General Qi, we have a detailed report. Someone has gathered more than a dozen bandits to rob the general's food and grass. They have already laid an ambush and are just waiting for the general to leave the city."
General Qi was shocked: "Who is so arrogant!"
"There is no evidence yet, but 90% of them are Xie Jing's people." Su Cheng said, "After getting the food, they still want to attack Nanchang Mansion."
General Qi was anxious: "Nanchang Mansion has no soldiers at all!"
"Don't worry." Su Cheng said with a smile, "Nanchang Mansion has been without soldiers for a day or two. Didn't the bandits never bother us in the past?"
General Qi patted his thigh: "Isn't that right? Why is no one picking up such a big piece of fat lamb?"
"Earlier, Nanchang Guard still had soldiers, but they were not under the control of the prefect. Now these people have been transferred by you, General Li, to suppress bandits." Su Cheng gave him an angry look, "Only four to five hundred old, weak, sick and disabled people are left.
Look at the barracks. However, there is still no one to disturb them. Because -" she paused, "every large household in the city maintains many servants to protect them. If bandits attack, these people can protect the homes of the rich and the poor.
What can the bandits steal?"
General Qi thought for a while: "I will remember that the soldiers of Nanchang Guard went to Wugong Mountain. It is not far from Nanchang Mansion."
Su Cheng looked at Liu Xiaoqi: "If we go to mobilize the government troops from Wugong Mountain now, when will they arrive?" Liu Xiaoqi was about to answer, but she suddenly slapped the table, "I know!" Then she glanced at everyone,
"If bandits attack the city, my father will personally go to the city gate to direct the resistance! That's the cheapest place to assassinate."