Sha Po Lang

Gu Yun hurriedly put on his clothes and got up, and when he came out of the back room, he was surprised to find that Chang Geng was outside, not asleep, he seemed to have just put on his coat, and there was a bean-sized pocket gas lamp on his hand, and there was a book on his lap to read. half of the book.

The outer room is usually the place where the servants who serve at night live. Gu Yun is used to being simple and doesn't leave anyone to watch the night. Only the old housekeeper occasionally comes over in the first half of the night to add some charcoal to the fire in the house.

"Chang Geng?" Gu Yun asked in astonishment, "Why are you here? I thought it was Uncle Wang..."

Chang Geng: "I'll wait until you fall asleep before leaving."

"You are the king of the county on the jade plate," Gu Yun frowned, pointing out, "How can it be decent to be wronged by servants?"

"It's just a false name, it's better to give my adoptive father a more comfortable life," Chang Geng said lightly, got up and took down the small pot that was baking on the stove, poured a bowl of herbal tea and handed it to Gu Yun, "Are you going to enter the palace? If you don't If you are willing to wear fur, at least drink something warm first."

Gu Yun: "..."

He was in a panic because marrying a wife probably wouldn't be more thoughtful than Chang Geng. As soon as the thought came to him, he slapped himself in his heart, thinking: "Bastard, have you lost your temper?"

Gu Yun took the cup of herbal tea and drank it down. When returning the cup, their fingers accidentally touched each other. Chang Geng shrank quickly as if he had been pricked by a needle, and then turned around as if nothing had happened and put the small pot away. put it back.

Gu Yun looked at his back, his eyes darkened slightly, and he thought: "This can't go on like this, when I come back from the palace, I have to talk to him no matter what."

The palace people outside were urging, Gu Yun couldn't delay any longer, so he had to hurry.

In the first month of frost and dew, Gu Yun's drowsy head was blown by the cold wind, and he woke up like a needle prick.

The servant who led the way didn't dare to lift his head, and walked under the palace wall. Qilin crossbows were lined up on both sides, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. Breathing white steam, the gears in the neck rotated slowly, making a roaring friction sound, which made the red walls and glazed tiles all the more imposing and impossible to stare at.

The huge palace lantern floated in mid-air, covered with a layer of misty air. I didn't see the fairy air, but it was gloomy and ghostly.

Emperor Long'an's personal servant, Zhu Xiaojiao, led a few people out of Xinuang Pavilion, and happened to meet Gu Yun. They were a few Westerners. The leader was a man with white hair, tall and tall, and his facial features resembled those of a falcon. , with piercing eyes, a tall and curved nose, almost invisible lips, only a narrow slit like a knife mark.

Zhu Xiaojiao hurriedly took a step forward, saluted Gu Yun and said, "Master Hou—these are envoys sent by the Pope from the west."

The white-haired man looked at Gu Yun carefully, and asked, "Could this be His Excellency Andinghou?"

A light layer of snow fell on Gu Yun's eyelashes, his whole body was covered with a layer of chill, and he cupped his hands indifferently.

The white-haired man put his hands on his chest very solemnly, bowed to him and said, "I didn't expect Marquis Anding to be such a young and handsome man, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Gu Yun: "Excessive reputation."

Two groups of people passed by, and when the foreigners were far away, Gu Yun took a look at Zhu Xiaojiao.

Zhu Xiaojiao winked at him: "A few foreigners didn't know what they talked to His Majesty just now, His Majesty will be very excited, and repeatedly said to ask them to invite Lord Hou. Don't worry, Lord Hou, it's not a bad thing."

This old eunuch is notorious all over the world, and he is a veritable jester sycophant, but he has a good relationship with Gu Yun, and he can be regarded as watching Gu Yun grow up. Once he offended the late emperor for some reason. He said a few good words, which saved his life.

Although Zhu Xiaojiao has a bad character, he unexpectedly repayed his kindness. He always remembered this kindness. It was thanks to him for helping to lead the thread in saving Zhang Fenghan in the first few days.

However, when he said this, Gu Yun didn't dare to rest assured.

If the emperor is not very happy, he probably has a little bottom in his heart - most likely he bought Ziliujin privately from the black market with ginseng.

Participation is enough, anyway, Gu Yun has already ordered someone to deal with it, there is no proof, at most it will be a verbal fight... But what happened to the emperor's "very high spirits"?

Gu Yun's eyelids twitched even more.

When he entered, Li Feng was looking down at a memorial. The Emperor Long'an under the lamp was indeed not very imposing. He was a bit more haggard than Gu Yun who had just had a headache. : "There is no one else here, so you don't need to be polite to me."

Li Feng turned to Zhu Xiaojiao again and said: "Go and ask if there is any ginseng soup in the afternoon, and bring a bowl to warm your hands for Uncle Huang."

"There's nothing to be courteous about," Gu Yun sighed inwardly, "It's either rape or robbery."

Li Feng didn't know how he arranged himself in his mind, and asked with a brisk expression: "I remember that the emperor said last time that part of the purple gold obtained by the traitor Fu Zhicheng came from Nanyang?"

Gu Yun: "Yes, Shuchen is incompetent and failed to find out the source of this batch of purple gold."

Li Feng didn't think he was disobedient at all: "It's okay, those traitors are very cunning, the emperor's uncle is not familiar with the place, it is already a great achievement to break through the secrets of the thieves in a hurry, and capture him in one fell swoop, if you even claim to be incompetent , can’t I throw out all the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty?”

Gu Yun couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd, so he hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

"The black market of Ziliujin in Daliang is really rampant," Li Feng changed his voice, and quickly got to the point, "I have been sending people to conduct a private investigation for a while, and found that a large part of the supply comes from outside the country."

As soon as Gu Yun heard it, he understood that the people in the country who leaked goods from the official oil had probably gotten the news through various channels, and they kept watching the wind one after another. What Jiang Chong and the others found were small fish and shrimps digging privately. He didn't answer the call.

Li Feng: "Uncle Huang often walks around the frontier, and has more experience than those of us who sit and watch the sky all day long in the capital. Do you know where these private miners usually hang out?"

Gu Yun: "Back to the emperor, usually on the grasslands of the northern barbarians."

"That's right," Li Feng laughed, "It's just that I didn't say the whole thing——Uncle Huang, come and take a look at this."

Gu Yun hesitantly took the melody that Li Feng threw at him, scanned it at a glance, and there was a "buzz" in his mind.

I saw that the memorandum listed in detail several routes for digging private mines and reselling Ziliujin, most of Gu Yun knew it by heart, except for the last one - it suddenly said "Loulan Kingdom".

How could there be Loulan?

Gu Yun’s Xuantie Camp at the entrance of the ancient Silk Road was stationed next to Loulan Kingdom. He had never heard of that group, but he knew that there was Ziliujin in the house of the two hundred and five who drank and sang...

Where did this melody come from?

What is the purpose of the emissary above?

Li Feng: "What?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Gu Yun's mind, and he was about to break out in a cold sweat: "Your Majesty, Xuantieying has lived next to Loulan Kingdom for many years. I never knew there was a Ziliu Gold Mine in Loulan Kingdom. Sorry for your impoliteness. How dare you ask this book?" Who played it? What is the basis for it?"

"Hey, why is Uncle Huang so distracted?" Li Feng laughed, "I didn't say that you have a connection with Xiaoxiao who digs private mines, but it's not surprising that you don't know about it."

Gu Yun took a deep breath, barely held back, and made a gesture of listening attentively.

Li Feng: "It's a long story at this time. In September last year, the emperor took people to the southern border. When you were away, the Loulan Kingdom asked for help from the soldiers of the Xuantie Battalion who stayed behind. They wanted to encircle and suppress a group of sand bandits. Qiu Wenshan sent troops there, and later won a complete victory. He hunted and killed more than a hundred Sand Bandits, and rescued a group of Tianzhu merchants who were detained by the Sand Bandits. The system escorted them to the Xikou station—unexpectedly, the station discovered that the documents of this group of businessmen were fake."

Li Feng was in a very good mood. When he said this, he paused on purpose, as if he wanted to whet people's appetite. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw Gu Yun listening with an inexplicably serious expression, without any intention of asking, the emperor Can't help but feel a little stuffy.

He had no choice but to continue to say boringly: "According to the law, those who forge customs clearance documents should be transferred to the Metropolitan Police Office for investigation and disposal. The Northwest Metropolitan Police only found out after an investigation. It turns out that these Tianzhu people are not caravans, but a group of Ziliujin. The 'gold bucket' on the black market!"

"Golden Douzi" is a desperado who smuggled Ziliujin.

"It just so happened that my secret envoy had just arrived in the Western Regions, and before he had settled down, he was hit by this group of 'golden buckets'. According to the confession of this group of thieves, they were originally operating in a private mine outside the North Gate. I just got a "treasure map" recently, which marked a large number of Ziliu gold mines underground in Loulan Kingdom, and I just came to try my luck. You said this is so strange, I actually figured it out before the Loulan people themselves What are they underground."

Gu Yun suddenly thought of the gang of bandits he caught four years ago, and his hairs stood on end.

Those sand bandits had already been secretly silenced by him and Shen Yi. Afterwards, Gu Yun sent people to visit Loulan Kingdom more than once, and he neither found the so-called "Ziliu Gold Mine", nor encountered similar things again.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, when this matter was gradually left behind by him, it was revealed in this situation!

And...why was Qiu Wenshan the one who ordered the troops?

Qiu Wenshan is a general in charge of the defense of Xuantieying, and he doesn't have much contact with business routes. Otherwise, if someone with experience comes, he will definitely not transfer the person directly without verifying the authenticity of the documents. Northwest Protectorate—Northwest Protectorate is directly under the Central Committee. Once it is handed over, Xuantieying will have no right to intervene in follow-up matters.

Gu Yun took Shen Yi away, but the three major battalion supervisors were all there, where did everyone go?

Gu Yun: "I dare to ask Your Majesty, when did the sand bandits invade?"

Li Feng said: "What happened at the end of last year?"

Gu Yun forced a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that I'm a little strange, the bandits in the Western Regions have been wiped out for a long time, why did they suddenly show up again?"

His head hurt even more, as if the medicinal strength that was suppressed by Chang Geng's acupuncture had turned up again—yes, at the end of the year, there will be a large gathering of nations at the entrance of the ancient Silk Road, and the Xuantieying will send more guards to escort them to Northern Xinjiang The annual tribute is transferred from the northwest to the imperial capital, and usually a part of Xuanqi is also seconded... Everyone has been paid out.

Why did it happen at this time?

Why did Emperor Long'an's secret envoys arrive just after the "Golden Douzi" was found in the Northwest Protectorate, and there was no room for maneuver.

Besides, why didn't he receive any news before and after the event?

Gu Yun's mind was in a mess for a while, and he suddenly felt a little out of breath in the warm pavilion where the seasons are like spring.

Li Fengdao: "The sand bandits in the Western Regions usually patrol outside Daliang, and it is inconvenient for you to send troops unless you receive a request for help. It is really difficult to deal with them. Today I specially called the emperor here, not to ask how many sand bandits there are there, but I want to give the emperor an important matter."

Gu Yun looked up at him.

Li Feng's eyes were fiery: "My secret envoy has gone deep into the territory of Loulan in disguise. I'm afraid it's almost the same. There is indeed a rare Ziliu gold mine underground in Loulan...Does the emperor understand what I mean?"

Gu Yun's heart sank slowly, and he said word by word: "Forgive me for being dull, please ask the emperor to clarify."

Li Feng patted him on the shoulder, Gu Yun's body seemed to never be able to warm up, anytime, anywhere was like a stone frozen in ice for three days.

"I have a heart-to-heart with the emperor. The emperor is aware of the internal and external troubles in my Daliang." Li Feng sighed, and said, "I am very worried. I have nowhere to complain when I dream back at midnight. I have such a state of affairs on my body. not easy."

Gu Yun thought about his wording carefully, and said tactfully: "The emperor takes care of everything every day, which is the hope of all people, and you must take care of the dragon's body. I don't know much about government affairs, but in the past few years, I have seen the ancient silk road being built little by little. Be more active, the big merchants in the Northwest have all started to go out, the people in the Central Plains have always been diligent, I think it will only last three to five years, this little bit of prosperity will spread to the whole of Daliang, and by then..."

His words were tactful, but Li Feng was not stupid, of course he could hear the refusal in it.

Emperor Long'an was very interested in attracting Gu Yun, but he didn't even have a word of flattery and flattery.

"Gu Qing," Li Feng suddenly changed his address, and interrupted him rudely, "You really don't know anything about government affairs. You have indeed made money in the past few years through business exchanges, but can you guarantee that it will continue like this? Can you explain it clearly? I don’t know that, apart from being able to fight the enemy in battle, the Marquis of Anding also knows how to communicate in the market.”

Gu Yun knew that when he heard the word "Gu Qing", he should immediately shut up and give orders, and do what he should do.

He fell silent for a while, and the gas lamp behind the emperor suddenly jumped unsteadily for some reason, and there was a soft "呵啦".

Gu Yun thought, a while ago, he seemed to have sworn to Mr. Jiang that "I dare not despise myself"...

Li Feng raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, suppressed his anger, found a step for the two of them, and said a little bluntly: "Forget it, you can go back and rest first, I have told you about this, and you should think about it when you go back." , it’s not yet spring, and it’s cold in the northwest, so Ai Qing doesn’t need to rush back...""Your Majesty." Gu Yun closed his eyes slightly, and suddenly lifted his clothes and knelt down—he said that he should not fight for temper and loyalty. , but is this a matter of temper and loyalty?

"The emperor forgives the crime," Gu Yun said slowly, "Zi Liujin is certainly important, but the pardoner is stupid and failed to understand the deep meaning of the emperor's move. The peace and prosperity of the ancient Silk Road is hard to come by. Did Ziliujin abandon it?"

"Gu Qing contributed a lot to the ancient Silk Road's existence today. I also know that you have worked hard for many years. You are reluctant... Don't I feel bad?" Li Feng argued with him patiently. A broken house with air leaks, if there is a little bit of wind and rain, I will be exhausted to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall, how can it not be stretched?"

Gu Yun was sneering in his heart, he couldn't help but show indifference on his face.

"It's cold on the ground. I think Uncle Huang's complexion is not good. The medicine on his body has not dissipated. Don't keep kneeling." Li Feng's expression eased, trying to reason with Gu Yun, "I remember Taifu Lin said when I was young, the strength of a country It's nothing more than two arms 'gifted by God' and 'man-made', do you still remember?"

Gu Yun: "Remember, he said, 'God-given is mountains and rivers, plants, fish and animals grown in soil, and gold flowed from the earth; man-made is what a sage says, engineering and construction skills, fire machines and steel armor', these two are also like beams and pillars, you can lean on alone, It cannot be broken at all, and the king should keep it in his heart'."

"Uncle Huang really has a photographic memory." Li Feng lowered his eyes and looked at him, "Now that these two beams and pillars are all eaten away by moths, what should I do?"

Gu Yun actually wanted to say, "If you didn't implement that absurd command law, maybe there wouldn't be so many bugs", but it was useless to say that, Feng Hangong hugged his dog son and thought about it behind closed doors.

This question and answer reminded Li Feng of the time when the two of them were studying together when they were young. When Gu Yun was young, he was in poor health. But he has the self-consciousness of being an "uncle". Although he is a little younger than the king of Wei, he will keep everything delicious and fun for them, and he will never fight for it. Like him very much.

"Get up quickly," Li Feng's last bit of anger subsided, "Uncle Huang is the sharp blade of the country, and I still rely on you to stabilize the world."

Hearing this, Gu Yun slowly leaned over, slightly touching his forehead to his fingertips on the ground.

Li Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that this person made sense - Gu Yun has become more tactful over the years, and has enough sense of current affairs. I just overreacted to hearing the word "Loulan"...

Loulan, Gu Yun has been there for more than five years, so the feelings must be deep, and it's not incomprehensible.

Thinking of this, Li Feng's heart softened a lot, and he even planned to reach out to help Gu Yun himself.

Unexpectedly, before he stretched out his hand, Gu Yun straightened up and said calmly: "Your Majesty, although Loulan is small, she has always been friendly with me. When many countries in the Western Regions rebelled, our army was besieged in the deserted hills of yellow sand." After more than 20 days, the only people who tipped me off and smuggled food, grass and medicine were the Loulan people. Later, many countries in the West, the Western Regions, and Tianzhu established a new line of the ancient Silk Road with me, and Loulan was among them—"

Li Feng's hand that was stretched out in the air froze. He was stunned for a moment, and then he was furious, and shouted: "Enough!"

"It is inhumane to launch an army to invade because of coveting the property of another country; it is unrighteous to abandon the old favor, break the contract and break the promise!" Gu Yun didn't mean to be enough at all. On the ground of Dian Nuan Pavilion.

Li Feng trembled with anger: "Shut up!"

He turned his hand and brushed the Four Treasures of the Study on the desk case, picked up an inkstone, and smashed it out fiercely. Gu Yun did not hide, let the inkstone hit the light armor on his shoulder heavily, with a "clang" There was a crisp sound, and the ink that hadn't dried up dripped down the chest of Anding Hou's brocade court clothes.

Li Feng: "Gu Yun, what do you want to do?"

Gu Yun finished his sentence without changing his face: "The unkind and unrighteous teacher is ominous. Although the [-] soldiers of the Xuantie Camp are not afraid of death, they dare not accept this call. Your Majesty, please take back your orders."