After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

"But you still agreed to investigate Dugu Chen for them." Li Xiujing asked, "Qingjia, what is your plan?"

"The governor is too curious, but it can get people killed. Don't worry, at least my plan will not harm you." Pei Jiaoran smiled and pushed the letter account book in front of Li Xiujing, motioning for him to take a look for himself.

There are not many letters, only ten. However, the content recorded in the letter is from the time when Jia Gonglu was appointed as Fangzhen until he entered the central government, which lasted for several decades. Each letter contains his arrangements for Hexi and Anxi. The account book is a record of the property and treasures donated by Jia Gonglu every year.

Turning over the account book in his hand, Li Xiujing said coldly, "I am afraid that Dugu Chen kept the records in this account book without telling Jia Gonglu. This is a good knife that can be used."

After saying this, Pei Jiaoran chuckled. She coincides with Li Xiujing on this point. To put it bluntly, Dugu Chen and Jia Gonglu got together for profit. In order to prevent the other party from suddenly turning against each other, they would naturally leave evidence to suppress the other party. This account book records the amount of money he paid to Jia Gonglu over the years.

"Jia Gonglu was also a Jinshi, and he was appointed as the governor of Wuwei by the county magistrate. At that time, Wang Pei, the governor of Hexi Province, died of illness. All the soldiers in Hexi Province asked him to be their commander, and Chang'an's Zhongshu Xu Chuhou and Chamberlain Zhang Rang both asked him to be their commander. He was the governor of Hexi Province." Pei Jiaoran tapped the case with his fingers, his eyes showing sarcasm, "A year later he was promoted to Minister Youcheng, and at the same time, the imperial court appointed Yulin General Dugu Chen as Fangzhen. It is said that Dugu Chen gave 20,000 yuan to him. Lieutenant Shence was appointed as Fangzhen on the recommendation of Jia Gonglu."

Of course Dugu Chen has military merits, but these military merits are not enough for him to serve as Fang Zhen. General Shence's monthly salary is only thirty-eight guan, and his annual income is only more than 400 guan. If he fulfills his duties and is not greedy, it will take at least fifty years to collect 20,000 guan. Even if he could be promoted from an ordinary officer to General Shence before the age of thirty-five, he would have to be at least eighty-five before he could collect the money to bribe Lieutenant Shence.

Putting aside his own family background, Dugu Chen's salary was only thirty dollars at that time, and he could not find the money to take up the post of Fang Zhen. Therefore, Dugu Chen could only adopt the method of "eating Yin and eating grain" and borrowed money from Lieutenant Shence to take up the post of Fang Zhen. After the responsible Dugu Chen took office, in order to repay loans and collect property to please the central government, he redoubled his efforts to plunder the people and withhold military supplies, food, pay, rewards and other items.

"If this account book were to be seen by Jia Gonglu, the trust between the two of them would probably be gone." Li Xiujing said with a smile.

"Not necessarily. As long as Dugu Chen can continue to provide benefits, Jia Gonglu and Zhang Rang may not get rid of him. After all, Dugu Chen is no longer the Yulin general he used to be. He is the military governor who controls Fang Town. If he and Zhang Rang are offended, They are dead and gone, and no one can take advantage of it." As he spoke, Pei Jiaoran frowned, touched his neck, hissed, and frowned slightly, "I thought about how to deal with this account book for a long time last night."

Pei Jiaoran was still frowning and rubbing his neck.

Seeing her like this, Li Xiujing walked over and leaned over to take a look.

There was a scratch on the back of the neck. Although the wound was not deep, it was as big as a thumb.

"You didn't know you were injured?" Seeing Pei Jiaoran about to get up, Li Xiujing reached out and held her down. He took out the ointment from his arms and applied it on the back of her neck with his fingertips. The movements are delicate and gentle.

Although this was not the first time that Li Xiujing had applied medicine, her neck had always been sensitive. Now his fingers were on the skin, and you could feel the heat of his breath. She closed her eyes, hiding the strange color flashing in her eyes. However, the slight trembling in his body did not escape Li Xiujing's keen eyes.

Li Xiujing's hand rested on her neck, gently stroking back and forth on her shoulders and neck. Sure enough, Pei Jiaoran was shaking even more violently, and beads of sweat began to slowly form on his neck.

"Li Xiujing, have you had enough trouble?" Pei Jiaoran raised her eyes and said coldly.

"No." Li Xiujing said with a smile, his eyes falling on the scarlet necklace around Pei Jiaoran's neck. August Liuhuo quietly slipped in through the gap between the windows and got into the clothes. The moisture floating in the warm sunshine covered their faces and naturally turned into beads of sweat.

"Don't get angry when it's hot." Li Xiujing moved the string of necklaces around her neck in her hand, trying to untie it. But the Yingluo was tangled together and could not be untied for a long time, leaving a very faint crimson streak on the white neck. Like plum blossoms falling in the snow, it is particularly eye-catching.

Pei Jiaoran, who couldn't bear it anymore, reached out and grabbed the evil hand on his shoulder, twisted his body and forced Li Xiujing to the ground. He leaned over and looked down at him, his eyes filled with anger.

"Li Xiujing, are you sick?" Pei Jiaoran said angrily, pulling on the lapel of Li Xiujing's clothes.

"I'm repaying him in the same way." Li Xiujing put his hands on his head and looked at her with a leisurely expression, "The Ming Dynasty should understand that a gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years, right?"

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran squeaked coldly, raised his hand and slapped Li Xiujing on the face. Then he stood up and glanced at him condescendingly. Collect the letters on the case and stuff them in your bag.

Li Xiujing, who was lying on the ground, touched his face. He couldn't help but gasp, as expected he shouldn't have offended her. She is really merciless when she strikes when she is angry.

When Li Xiujing got up and went downstairs despite the slap, Pei Jiaoran was sitting in the corner eating the morning meal. Many people gathered around to chat with her.

"Gillian." Li Xiujing called with a smile.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran did not raise her head. Instead, the people surrounding her turned to look at him. When she saw the slap marks on his face, she couldn't help but sigh with sympathy in her eyes.

"Why are you sighing? He is heartless and doesn't allow me to hit him?" Pei Jiaoran stood up and threw her chopsticks, put her hands on her hips, pointed at the people surrounding her and said: "Get out of here, don't disturb me while I'm eating. .”

After saying this, everyone turned around and left, as if they were afraid of his fierceness.

Walking to sit across from Pei Jiaoran, Li Xiujing said in a deep voice, "It's time for us to go back. If you want to eat on the way, I will take you to buy it."

"Okay." Pei Jiaoran said softly.

Everyone in the post heard the sweet voice and looked over, as if they couldn't believe it was her who said this.

Realizing that someone was looking at Pei Jiaoran, Li Xiujing stood up and sat next to her. Blocking the prying eyes of all parties, he turned back and glared at those people.

After eating, Li Xiujing carried Pei Jiaoran upstairs. After cleaning up, the two of them took a ride together and left the post house.

"We're leaving Liangzhou." Li Xiujing held her waist and said.

"Yes." Pei Jiaoran responded vaguely and sighed: "I'm afraid there will be many misfortunes along the way. Are you sure the governor wants to go with me?"

"Anyway, Dugu Chen will suspect you and me sooner or later. Is this question still meaningful?"

"Yes. It's a pity that I'm about to leave office. The governor still has to be more careful in Hexi." Pei Jiaoran closed his eyes and let the night wind fall on his face, slightly curling his lips, "I will write to my mentor when I go back. As for what they will do Do it, I don’t know. But no matter what, please keep it in mind, as you never know what my intentions are."

Her words seemed to be scattered in the wind, and Li Xiujing did not respond for a long time.