Eight hundred and eighty-fourth chapter muddle through
Tian Yue had to explain: "When your fleet came out of Youzhou, there were rumors outside that you were transporting gold and silver. Thieves from all walks of life took action after hearing the news. It should have been Li Bao, the ruthless bandit from Taihang Mountain just now. Only he can gather thousands of people in this area."
If people are looting, I will send troops to destroy them as soon as possible."
Zhang Lianliang said calmly: "Your Highness, please tell those thieves that the real gold and silver have been transported away long ago, and they don't need to worry about it anymore."
Tian Yue was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and ordered: "Several people go up and confirm the other party's body!"
Dozens of people immediately rushed up to carefully check the body of the slain robber. Tian Yue was really annoyed. His people had already withdrawn, so who wanted to fish in troubled waters here?
At this time, the severed boats had been reconnected, and Jin soldiers boarded the boats one after another. Zhang Lianliang handed over to Tian Yuegong and said, "If there is nothing else, we will leave."
Tian Yue sighed and said to Zhang Lianliang: "Please tell His Highness the King of Jin that the Wei State has absolutely no intention of intercepting the official ship. The person who committed the crime tonight was either a bandit in the Taihang Mountains or Zhu Si's men in Liyang, who framed it for us.
, or maybe my subordinates did it without authorization, I will definitely find out and give an explanation to His Highness Prince Jin."
"Then thank you, Your Highness!"
Zhang Lianliang turned around and got on the boat. The trackers regrouped and continued to pull the boat south.
Tian Yue looked at the sand ships passing by one after another. At this time, a ship caught his attention. This was a ship that had been robbed. The oilcloth was chopped into pieces, and more than a dozen sacks were also smashed.
Split it open, and under the bright moonlight, you can see the snow-white salt falling from the sack. Several soldiers are thinking of ways to plug the leaking salt bag.
Tian Yue secretly felt lucky that he had sent someone in time to stop this operation, otherwise he would have been really embarrassed this time.
At this time, several soldiers rushed over and whispered a few words in Tian Yue's ear, and Tian Yue's face suddenly became very ugly.
After a busy night, Tian Yue dragged her exhausted body back to the palace. Immediately, someone came to report that General Tian Xu had arrived.
"Let him in!"
Although Tian Yue was very tired, the anger in his heart cheered him up.
Not long after, Tian Xu hurriedly came to the courtyard and knelt down in front of the steps of the lobby. He already knew that Wang You was back and everything had been exposed. Xu Shize advised him to strike first and come over to confess his guilt and win Tian Yue's forgiveness.
, and taught him a set of rhetoric.
"Look at the good stuff you've done!"
Tian Yue threw a stack of indictments in front of Tian Xu and cursed fiercely: "You have completely destroyed Dizhou, devastated my people, and seriously damaged my credibility!"
"Brother Wang, please don't be angry. Listen to me and explain the matter. Then Brother Wang will understand."
"What else can you explain?"
"Yes, I killed many people in Dizhou, but why did I kill them just to get their wealth? That's not the case. Li Na has been operating in Dizhou for many years, and there are many people who support him, basically
Rich families in Dizhou all have weapons hidden in their homes. Once Li Na's army comes back, they will respond immediately.
In order to eradicate Li Na's foundation, I killed the rich people in Dizhou. Maybe there were some accidental killings, but I would rather kill them by mistake than let them go. The method was a bit cruel, but this is an extraordinary period.
Extraordinary measures, only by doing this can Li Na's power be uprooted from Dizhou."
After Tian Xu finished speaking, Tian Yue's originally gloomy expression softened slightly, and he asked again: "How do you explain Wang Chong's granddaughter?"
Tian Xu pulled off his clothes, revealing a scar on his right shoulder, and said bitterly: "Although I, Tian Xu, am lustful, I won't go to a woman when I see her. If she doesn't stab me with this sword, will I not let her go?"
"
The scar on his shoulder was actually caused by a stray arrow, but Tian Xu took advantage of it. Tian Yue stepped forward to take a closer look and found that it was indeed a new scar not long ago, but after all, after a few months, it was no longer obvious that it was an arrow wound.
Or a sword wound?
"what's going on?"
"Her brother may have been killed by Li Na, whom I regarded as a spy. She has been holding a grudge and waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. I went to Baoen Guo Temple to burn incense. She got the news and hid under the altar table beforehand, and stabbed me with a sword while I was bowing.
Fortunately, I escaped quickly and was stabbed in the shoulder. I took her back to my house in anger and punished her severely, but I still didn't kill her, but let her go. She hanged herself, and I
What's the matter?"
Tian Xu's words are true. Wang Chong's granddaughter was indeed taken away from Baoenguo Temple by him, but he did not assassinate him. She was attracted by him because of her beauty.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Everything I said is true. Brother Wang can send someone to investigate."
"Okay! I will send someone to verify later, and I will ask you again, why did you attack Jin's official ship last night?" Tian Yue glared at him again.
Tian Xu sighed and said: "We in Wei are in financial difficulty and the military salary is very tight. I don't think my brother will take action, so I will be a villain and intercept two or three hundred ships of gold and silver, which will solve the military salary problem. I didn't expect the other party to do it."
I was so disappointed that my luck turned out to be salt."
This was a very clever explanation, just like stealing money to honor one's mother. Although stealing was a dishonorable act, his intention was good, leaving Tian Yue speechless and the anger in his heart gradually disappeared.
In the end, Tian Yue had no choice but to sigh helplessly and said: "Don't do this kind of thing without permission in the future, let alone intercept Jin official ships, otherwise a war will break out."
"My dear brother, I know my mistake!"
After all, they were brothers, and Tian Yue didn't want to embarrass him too much, so he waved his hand to let him go down. Tian Xu had passed this level.
As soon as Tian Xu left, Wang You hurried over.
"Has Your Highness met Tian Xu just now?" Wang You asked.
"I've seen it. He admitted that he was out of his wits because of his power. He couldn't resist the temptation of gold and silver. Last night he led people to attack the Jin official ship, but he didn't succeed. I gave him a good scolding."
"Your Majesty didn't punish him?"
"His intentions are good. He wants to raise some military expenses, not for personal gain."
"Your Majesty, do you believe what he says?"
"He is my brother after all, how can I not believe what he says?"
Wang You was speechless. Since ancient times, have there not been many cases of brothers killing brothers to seize the throne? He probably also got through the matter in Dizhou.
Wang You knew Tian Yue very well. If he wanted to punish Tian Xu, he had just given the order. Now that he had let Tian Xu go, it was useless to say anything. If he said too much, Tian Yue thought that he was instigating a fight between their brothers.
Relationship.
Wang You was really frustrated and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Tian Yue didn't want to mention Tian Xu's matter anymore, so he changed the subject and said, "It's strange. Yesterday the fleet came from Youzhou. How could it be that it was transporting salt?"
Wang You had already heard about this. He shook his head and said: "Guo Song is very cunning. If I guessed correctly, this fleet had previously gone to the salt field full of gold and silver, and changed ships at the salt field. The last salt
The ship has already transported silver and gold, so this time it is salt."
Tian Yue slapped his forehead and said, "Let me tell you! Only 200,000 pieces of rock salt were transported more than ten days ago. Why are hundreds of thousands of rock salt shipped? The rate of salt production may not be too fast."
"Your Majesty, that's not the case. Zhu Tao should have a lot of salt left. It's not a big problem to transport the salt a few more times. This time he should have deliberately lured us into being fooled, so that he would have an excuse to send troops to suppress the bandits."
Tian Yue was really ashamed, he bowed long and saluted, "Thank you sir for coming back in time, otherwise I would have made a big mistake."
Wang You nodded, "Xu Shize has evil intentions and everything he does is based on petty thoughts and cannot be brought to the forefront. Your Majesty, you should listen less to his advice in the future and don't let him mislead you!"
Tian Yue smiled awkwardly and said: "He wants to solve the financial problem, but I am too impatient. It is my responsibility. We will discuss anything in the future."
"Your Majesty, it's difficult to steal the formula of Iron Fire Thunder. It's better to negotiate directly with Zhu Si, and the two families will develop it together, and we'll send him a few iron shells."
"Will Zhu Si agree?"
"I don't know, but we can give it a try. If we succeed, we can also give him the formula."
Tian Yue thought for a while and said: "It's better to let Xu Shize negotiate this matter. He is a good talker and being a lobbyist is his strength."
Wang You didn't want Xu Shize to stay with Tian Yue, so he readily agreed.