Aggrieved Fish Sprite

When Mo Li returned to the General's Mansion, the watchman had just knocked on the second watch.

The encirclement of the imperial guards was not tight, they just guarded near the front door and the side door, and did not patrol around the wall, which made Mo Li feel a little strange.After entering the house, before putting down the medicine bag, the gerbil got out of the ink carp's clothes in a hurry and rushed to the bedroom.

"..."

What's the matter, running so fast?

Mo Li reached into his arms suspiciously, only to find that Fat Mouse had left behind the amber bracelet.

This string of amber was deliberately polished into a bead shape, large and full, because the color tends to be bright yellow, so it became an object that only emperors and princes can use.

It looks like sugar-fried chestnuts from a distance, but it looks more like it when you look up close.

Mo Li put the string of amber on the table, hesitated for a while and did not enter the bedroom, but sat on the low couch by the window and waited.

Not long after, the well-dressed Meng Qi came out of the back room calmly.If you don't know the truth, you will never connect that chubby gerbil with the person in front of you.

"Liu Dan is in trouble."

"Ok?"

Mo Li was taken aback when he heard the words, not knowing where Meng Qi came from.

"The surveillance outside the mansion is just a show, but there are heavy troops around Yiguangmen, with all the bows and crossbows. If you say that this is a search for the rebels to protect the mansion here, you can barely say it in the past, but it was not like that yesterday."

"...Isn't it for catching thieves?"

After all, many officials lost their official robes at home. Although the city was in a mess, they could not immediately report to the Taijing government to catch the thief, but the official robes brought back by Meng Qi were all high-ranking civil servants. Many of them are second-rank senior members.Now Wenyuan Pavilion is in control of the situation in the palace and the army again. Although the factions of civil servants are intricate, this heinous act of theft will definitely make the courtiers tremble with anger, and they will investigate to the end.

Thinking deeper, why would someone want to steal court clothes?

Not only stole the official robe, but also stole the rice, could it be a rebel?Trying to get out of town under the guise of an official?

"It's not about catching thieves." Meng Qi coughed lightly.

Mo Li looked over suspiciously, not because he didn't believe it, but because the gerbil was nestled in his arms just now, what could he see?

"Those people are hiding very well... not only in high places, but also in my favorite corner." Meng Qi implicitly hinted.

The doctor's lightness kung fu is good, and he runs fast, but he is not familiar with Taijing's path, and he always pauses to identify the direction.Because the imperial guards were everywhere in the capital, Mo Li didn't pay attention to where these people were staying, but it was different in the eyes of the gerbils.

When Meng Qi became a gerbil, he liked to wander around. He knew exactly where to hide, and where to see all the movements of the nearby roads and mansions.

More importantly, Meng Qi knew the art of war and had led troops in battle.

Although the gates of some cities have been breached, there are still remnants of soldiers remaining in the alleys in the city to resist stubbornly.

Sometimes it was the spies who stayed in one's own city, instigating a rebellion, trying to burn food and grass or seize the city. Meng Qi spent a long time guarding the rear when Li Yuanze was fighting the world. He was very familiar with the formation of troops on this terrain.

As long as you take a few cursory glances, you can find the clues.

"When we went, it was not so tight. When we came back from the palace, heavy soldiers had already been deployed in a few places where we could ambush, like a big net, waiting for fish to appear."

Meng Qi approached the ink carp casually, then lowered his head slightly,

Seeing that face getting closer and closer to him, Mo Li's breathing became chaotic, and then returned to normal.

For martial arts masters with profound internal skills, this is very abnormal.Just because the breathing of an internal master is stable, and the internal force is circulating all the time, eating and sleeping will not be affected, this kind of breathing regulation is difficult to break.

But Meng Qi didn't seem to notice anything, he picked up the bunch of amber, raised his head and continued to talk about the abnormal behavior of the imperial guards in the market.

Mo Li collected himself, the thought that had just passed away was so fast that he didn't catch it, but the pause in his inner breath was real.He knew that he couldn't hide this from Meng Qi, so he felt a little embarrassed.

Embarrassment is due to the inability to explain the accident just now.

"Sorry, doctor, I should say... wait for the prey to appear."

Fish or something is just a description.

Meng Qi fiddled with the string of amber beads, thinking that it should not be too obvious.

If the doctor finds out, he won't turn his face, but he will take bitter medicine!

Meng Qi looked out of the window as if nothing had happened, and continued: "There are only a dozen personal guards around Liu Dan. Even if he is skilled in bows and horses, he is a fierce soldier killed in the bitter cold of northern Xinjiang, and it is difficult to break through the encirclement. This is a kind of Liu Dan was forced to leave the capital, which made him feel that the crisis was imminent, and his official position might be lost, and he might even lose his life. Once Liu Dan resisted the order and tried to escape from the city, he would be charged with treason. Can't say anything."

Mo Li was distracted by Meng Qi's words, and couldn't help frowning: "Liu Dan's soldiers and horses are all in Pingzhou. Even if Lu Zhang recovers and needs military officers to suppress the situation inside and outside Taijing, he will not look for Liu Dan. He Is there any threat that is worthy of those courtiers' deliberate efforts to deal with it?"

Even Mo Li would not believe it if he was afraid of Liu Dan's ability to lead the army.

Liu Dan was just a fourth-rank miscellaneous general, and his influence was still far away in Pingzhou area. It was already a custom in the Qi Dynasty to emphasize civility over military affairs, and Mo Li had already felt this after entering Beijing.

Liu Dan was left idle and was thrown into trouble, these are common things that happen in the officialdom.However, it is very strange to call out the imperial guards deliberately, and make it clear that Liu Dan's life will be taken directly as a scapegoat.

"Could it be aimed at the sixth prince? Someone saw the sixth prince enter the general's mansion?" Mo Li felt a headache, and clearly rejected the prince's request to take care of his younger brother, and the problem spread to Liu Dan in a blink of an eye.

Living in someone else's house, you can't stand by and watch.

Furthermore, after meeting so many times, they and Liu Dan could not be called friends, but they could be considered acquaintances.

"Does Liu Dan know about this?"

"Tell him, he will know."

Meng Qi stuffed the amber into the pocket in his sleeve, let the ink carp rest, and went to the front yard by himself.

Sure enough, Liu Dan didn't sleep, but took his soldiers to ponder the terrain near Taijing, apparently really planning to find a chance to escape from the city.

The candles were extinguished until there were only two left, and a group of people gathered around the table, gesticulating and arguing in low voices from time to time.

Liu Dan leaned back on the chair with his brows tightly furrowed. When he was worrying, he suddenly heard a voice beside him:

"When are you going to leave?"

"..."

Everyone was shocked and jumped up, almost overturning the table.

Liu Dan stared at Meng Qi dumbfounded, wondering how he could enter the flower hall without a sound when the door and windows were closed.

At this time, the movement inside attracted the attention of the soldiers stationed outside the door. They quickly opened the door and came in to check, only to find a person who should not be here, and they looked at each other in blank dismay.

—Did they doze off when they were standing guard?It seems not!

"Forgive me, General."

The guards guarding the gate bowed their heads helplessly, because they did not fulfill their duties no matter what.

Liu Dan waved his hand, but did not ask further questions.

Because he knew it was useless to ask, and he knew from the expressions of the guards that they were as unaware as he was.

Liu Dan looked at the table subconsciously, and was relieved to find that the soldiers had quickly put away the poorly drawn map, and then he touched his waist.

No purse.

Looking up again, he found that Meng Qi was looking at him with amusement in his eyes. Liu Dan shuddered and said hastily, "The national teacher came here late at night, but what can I do wrong?"

Liu Dan's back began to sweat, because on the surface, he just put people in the farthest backyard and led them to discuss the escape plan overnight, as if he couldn't wait to get rid of the trouble of the national teacher.

What else is there to say, it must be explained!

"To be honest, His Majesty can't manage affairs now, and there are many variables in staying in Taijing, so I plan to leave first."

Liu Dan didn't intend to take the second and sixth princes with him at all, he couldn't protect himself, and he didn't want to be an emperor, so what's the use of these two troubles?And it was these two troubles who came to the door by themselves.

Meng Qi nodded, he was not surprised by Liu Dan's choice.

He casually found a chair in front of the table and sat down, Meng Qi said leisurely: "Actually, you are gone, leaving such a big house for me and the doctor to live in, it's a good thing!"

Liu Dan heard something was wrong from Meng Qi's tone.

"There is something in the national teacher's words, I don't know--"

"But the master of the house is alive, and the master is dead. There is a big difference."

Everyone was startled when they heard the words, Meng Qi didn't wait for Liu Dan to ask more questions, and told all about what he saw just now.

There is absolutely no such thing as becoming a gerbil and going to the palace with a doctor to treat the prince. The truth is that Meng Guoshi was idle, wandering around the mansion, and accidentally discovered those ambushes.

Liu Dan's face turned blue and then white, and his soldiers also showed indignation.

Killing people is nothing more than a nod to the ground, such a conspiracy to frame, so why come?

"Do you have enemies in the court?" Meng Qi asked directly.

This way of inviting you into the urn without leaving anyone alive is not an ordinary enmity.

Liu Dan slapped the table fiercely, and said angrily, "What enmity do I have with them? It's not about money and food! Those people in the household department and military department repeatedly withheld money, and three thousand soldiers and horses were only willing to be chewed by 2000 people. Military generals are paid for nothing, but why do we falsely report and overreport the number of soldiers? Isn’t it because they deducted money, and what can they do to support the people under them? On this matter, the emperors of all dynasties did not know except the faint emperor. Things have been played out repeatedly, as if the military officers are all moths that corrupt the country, but they are righteous for the country and the people!"

Meng Qi listened calmly without opening his mouth.

As Liu Dan said, eating empty pay has happened in all dynasties, and it is a vicious circle.

Officials in the imperial court felt that the number of soldiers reported was false, so they were only willing to pay a part of it.Over time, it is not bad to have 20 people on the border guarded by an army of 15.

This is still civil servants fulfilling their responsibilities, military generals obeying their lives, and there is no excessive corruption.

It would be even more shocking if there was another black-hearted money-seeker among them.

"If it's just empty pay, they can use this charge to send you to jail without such a hassle." Meng Qi felt that the matter was not that simple.

With a livid face, Liu Tan said in a low voice: "Because I'm on empty pay now, I need to share a share with the people in the Ministry of War! That share of money and food won't go out of Beijing at all, and it will be divided up by those guys directly. In whose hands, we have no idea. In recent years, their appetite has been too large, which has attracted His Majesty's attention, and Jin Yiwei is investigating this matter."

"Do you have evidence?" Meng Qi asked directly.

Liu Dan hesitated, then nodded.

"What kind of evidence, account books, or letters?"

"It's a letter. Although there is no title and signature, the content can prove that someone in the court colluded with the local military officer and embezzled money and food. This is the evidence that I took pains to find. The people in Jinyiwei probably don't know it yet."

However, if the letter is lost, one of the sender and the receiver will always notice it, but it is not known in whose hands it fell.

"Does anyone know that you have this letter in your hand?"

"... Except for a few of my confidantes, no one knows about it."

Liu Dan suppressed the anxiety in his heart and put his fists on the table. He didn't want to doubt his subordinates, but when things got to this point, he couldn't do it if he didn't want to.

Meng Qi said lightly: "A letter is not enough. The third prince is not Lu Zhang. Now is the time to rely heavily on the courtiers. Even if you have evidence, you won't hurt them. There must be something else in it. In any case, General Liu should postpone leaving the city."

Liu Dan sat heavily on the chair.

Having been an official for many years, he knew a lot of secrets, but they were all unsubstantiated things. Not only he knew but also others knew, no matter how he thought about it, it was impossible to be unlucky because of these.

"If it wasn't for being greedy for military rations...what else..."

Liu Dan was talking to himself, he didn't wait for someone to speak for a long time, he looked up, but saw that only his own soldiers were left in the room.

"Where is the national teacher?"

"Let's go." The soldier said helplessly.

And he walked through the window, his figure was like a ghost, and he didn't make a sound from pushing the window to leaving.

The soldiers stared straight at them, they didn't think of an assassin, but they thought that if there were such people in the army, wouldn't it be like stealing information from the enemy's accounts?Then I sighed in my heart, no wonder Emperor Chu Yuan was able to conquer the country.

——I don't know this kind of benefit at all, in fact, Emperor Chu Yuan never took it.

This kind of misunderstanding is not only caused by Liu Dan and his soldiers, but most of them are no exception.

When I see a person, I think that he used to be like this, has always been so powerful, and will not be hurt by anything.

The sixth prince hid behind the flower garden, staring at the movements in the flower hall, thinking about something in his mind, when suddenly his ears moved, and he heard the sound of very light footsteps.

The sixth prince immediately stepped back.

When he found that the second prince was standing not far away, the sixth prince showed a sarcastic smile on his lips. With such ability, do you still want to sneak up and eavesdrop?

The sixth prince has always looked down on this second brother, thinking that he is reckless, brave and foolish, and can't accomplish anything.

"What are you doing? Grab me?" The sixth prince sarcastically said.

"This is what I want to ask you." Lu Min looked at the flower hall and said coldly, "Does the sixth brother still think that he is a rare commodity, and General Liu will definitely help? You can't enter the palace, and you can't see the big brother , and can’t leave the capital, how are you better than me in the current situation?”

The sixth prince's expression changed, and then he hummed: "At least I am not charged with treason."

Lu Min looked at him, seemed to want to laugh, but held back.

The sixth prince jumped up like a furry raccoon slave, and asked sharply, "What are you laughing at?"

Lu Min said slowly: "Sixth brother, it's a waste of your childhood intelligence, why can't you understand now? You ran away privately, and the news hasn't spread yet. They can say that the sixth prince came back from worshiping the imperial mausoleum. Maraudon can't afford to be sick... It's not so difficult to be sick for a year or two and die again! By then I will be a rebel at most, but you will be a dead man."

"you!"

The sixth prince almost died of anger, his chest heaved and he was speechless for a long time.

Lu Min had the upper hand and was very happy.

Since the sixth prince studied, the civil servants in charge of giving lectures praised him for his quick thinking and quick memorization of the Four Books and Five Classics, and even the martial arts bow instructor praised him for his natural physique and willingness to learn.The second and third princes above were vividly portrayed as reckless and idiots.

But what's the use of studying well, those civil servants would rather support the third prince's ascension to the throne?

Just like Lao Liu looked down on him, Lu Min also disliked Lao Liu and was full of opinions.

It didn't take long for Lu Min to be complacent, and the sixth prince saw through that he was just looking for something to make fun of, and it was useless to pester him, so he simply turned his back and continued to observe the situation inside and outside the flower hall.

The second prince walked to his side and continued to laugh: "What's the use of squatting here to see, can you see the way to kill the father and save the elder brother?"

"Hmph, what can you do to laugh at fifty steps?" The sixth prince looked at Lu Min, curled his lips and said, "I couldn't impress that Meng Guoshi, and he didn't want to admit his incompetence, so he came to me to find a balance. ?”

Lu Min was furious.

So the two princes fought again.

When the servants of the Liu family came with their soldiers, they couldn't laugh or cry when they saw the two princes rolling into a ball among the flowers.

Originally the second prince had the advantage because of his age, but unfortunately the sixth prince knew martial arts.

It stands to reason that the sixth prince can restrain Lu Min, who is brave but only knows fists and feet, with a few strokes, but this second prince is as if he is going to beat his master to death with his fists.

With a headache, Liu Dan ordered his soldiers to separate the two princes, and then heaved a sigh.

"General?" The soldier called out worriedly.

Their generals are decisive and majestic, how did they become what they are now.

Liu Dan was also thinking deeply, which stick of incense did he burn incorrectly?There are a group of people outside the mansion who want his life, there are two hot potatoes in the mansion, and there is a Meng Guoshi who may take his life if he is not happy at any time.

Skull pain!

"General, what should we do now?"

"...Go back to sleep!"

Liu Dan flicked his robe, he didn't care!

***

Mo Li took off his outer shirt, crossed his legs on the bed and adjusted his breath.

Suddenly a figure silently entered the window, Mo Li tilted his ears slightly, he didn't even need to open his eyes, just by the familiar breath, he knew that it was Meng Qi who had returned.

The man paced around outside a few times, seemed to put down something, and then walked into the bedroom.

There was only one bed in the room, and the reason given by the general's mansion was that there were not enough bedding and pillows.

In fact, it is possible for two people to live here. There is a couch in the outer room and a bed in the inner room, so there is no need to squeeze together.

Mo Li thought that Meng Qi had something to say when he came in, and he was about to withdraw his internal energy to stop his breath adjustment when he felt an itchy face, as if something lightly brushed his cheek.

Although they can't be disturbed when practicing internal skills, but with their martial arts level, it is still quite difficult to get mad.The operation of internal force in the meridians has become a habit, even in daily breathing.Unless the mood fluctuates violently, with great joy and great sorrow, it will have no effect.

Mo Li suddenly opened his eyes and found Meng Qi sitting beside him looking at him.

——The hand has not been withdrawn.

So he was touched on the face just now?

Mo Li was a little confused and didn't understand what Meng Qi was doing.

"Have you read the story book? The book I bought from Fengxing Pavilion, I only read the pictures, I haven't read the words yet!"

"..."

Stay up in the middle of the night, reading scripts with erotic pictures?

Mo Li felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find a reason to object.He has a close relationship with Qi Meng, and they all appreciate Mr. Jinshui's paintings.Now that I'm free, I can really look through the storybook.

"What were you doing just now? Just call out, why do you do it?"

"I'm afraid to startle the doctor."

Facing that smiling face, Mo Li suddenly felt itchy.

It was the itchy hand that wanted to rub the fat mouse into a mess.

"At the latest, the capital will definitely change in the day after tomorrow. It depends on how capable the prince Qi Chao is." Meng Qi removed his outer shirt very naturally.

It is still cold in spring, and they are all dressed in jackets, and there is another piece of clothing under the outer shirt.

When Mo Li saw that Meng Qi had not only taken off his coat, but also seemed to be planning to stop, he was a little puzzled.

"Huh?" Meng Qi suddenly looked down at the obscene clothes inside, pulled a few threads and said, "The quality of this clothes is also too bad, it was torn before washing."

Mo Carp reached out subconsciously and found a hole, then accidentally pulled out a few threads.

"..."

If the ink carp was born in a prosperous place, maybe it was really fooled by Meng Qi.

But ink carp has seen too many clothes with holes and frayed threads.

The broken place was obviously torn, and when I touched the position again, it was exactly where the gerbil was lying on its stomach just now. What else is there that I don't understand?

Seeing that someone was about to use his thick skin to force him to pass the test, Mo Li gathered up his clothes and said directly: "Brother Meng, do you need a file?"

A file is an object for manicure.

Meng Qi's expression froze. The doctor he knew was not like this. The doctor adhered to the way of a gentleman, and would never say such embarrassing words to each other. He would talk about him and change the subject very cooperatively.

Can a good gentleman be deceived?

Mo Li took the story book away from Meng Qi's hand and said solemnly: "If the nails grow long, they will not only scratch the clothes, but also the paper. Although we have spare money and can afford clothes, but if the paintings are damaged, Isn't it a pity? Forget it, I won't read it today."

Meng Qi: "..."