The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

The little scholar stared at him blankly: "I...I...don't mean that." Xue Yinsong walked up and down a few steps, a little anxious: "He is an upright and upright prince of the heaven, how could he help Gao Que? If it’s for Zhajin, it’s too much, isn’t it? Besides, Zhajin is not from Gaoque.”

"That's not what I meant." The more Xiao Xiucai thought about it, the more he felt that there was something wrong with his words, "Or maybe the little prince...had seen the situation clearly and knew that the Gaoque people were bound to go south? It makes sense to say that, a Gaoque person I haven’t gone south for several years, presumably there is a severe shortage of salt, iron, cloth and silk, and the northern barbarians usually go south during the grain harvest season, so they don’t have to bring supplies when they invade south.”

Xue Yinsong felt that it was reasonable, and he was relieved: "The little prince has been guarding the north all year round, so he must understand the development of the situation. He was transferred back a year ago, and there were no generals in the north, so Gao Que took the opportunity to go south... It makes sense."

After discussing for a while, the two of them felt that this was the most reasonable and acceptable guess, so they turned on the lights and went to sleep, preparing to return to the city early the next morning.

Zha Jin bid farewell the first night, and left before dawn the next day.The two of Xue Yinsong were one step behind, and they set off after dawn, and returned to the rice shop after two hours of driving. Yes, when will I ask again?"

After hearing this, Xue Yinsong immediately went out to Liangdao Datai. Que Hongze was dealing with official business in the study. When he heard that he came, he greeted him with a smile: "Brother Xue, how are you recently?"

Xue Yinsong waited for the servant who served tea to go out before asking: "Did the imperial court come to ask for grain?" Que Hongze was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "The news is so fast, I just received it last night, and you came to the door today Come."

"How much food will the imperial court confiscate?"

Que Hongze shook his head: "The food in the southeast grain road has always been mainly for civilian use, and the military use is generally to requisition rice from the northwest and northeast. The order is just to make me tighten up for emergency use. As long as this battle is not fought for more than three years, basically The rice from the southeast grain road will not be used."

Xue Yinsong breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I'm afraid that Deyang will break the rice!"

Que Hongze smiled and said: "The southeast grain road is still thousands of miles away from the capital, and the capital is still thousands of miles away from the northern border. After transporting it so far, three liters of rice only changed to two liters. Therefore, the rice on the southeast grain road has been used as a military grain reserve since ancient times. Rarely called."

"Then can you still supply a large amount of rice to Deyang?"

"It's definitely impossible to let go." Que Hongze took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "But I can guarantee three thousand tons per month."

Xue Yinsong made a decision: "That will work! Just three thousand dan is enough to make a fuss!"

Que Hongze looked at the sundial, stood up and said with a smile, "Brother Xue, are you alright? Come, I'll take you somewhere." Then he led him to the backyard, and went out of the small gate to get on two small woolen sedan chairs.

The road was not so close, and we went all the way to Yuntai Temple, twenty miles west of the city. Xue Yinsong got off the sedan chair and was a little surprised: "Today is neither the first day nor the fifteenth day of the lunar new year. Which one did Lord Que sing?"

Que Hongze smiled slightly: "I hope Brother Xue will blame him later." He said and led him to the temple, passing through the open space behind, the dining room, and the monk's house until he walked to the innermost mountain wall.

There was a natural stone crevice on the mountain wall that was just enough for people to pass through. Que Hongze led him to squeeze into the crevice and walked for about ten steps, and suddenly realized that there was a huge stalactite cave inside, and the left and right sides were so dark that the edge could not be seen.

There are some wooden cages standing in the middle of the cave, some people are lying or sitting inside, Xue Yinsong is a little surprised: "Lord Que, this is..."

"Master Que is here."

A person approaching him looked quite familiar, Xue Yinsong stared intently for a few seconds before he recognized him: "Master Fu Binglin!"

Fu Binglin was dressed in military uniform, clasped his fists slightly and said with a smile: "Young Master Xue is here."

"Okay, people are here, hurry up and scoop out the presents." Que Hongze said with a smile: "You don't need to watch tea, every time I come to your bloody place, I have to sweat the sweat from walking."

Fu Binglin said with a cheerful smile: "Come on! My sons and daughters! Give me a big gift!" Someone next to me agreed loudly, opened the prison door bang bang bang bang bang, dragged a man in tattered clothes from inside and threw it on the ground. Xue Yinsong took a closer look and was even more surprised Yi: "Who is this person?"

Xiaobing grabbed the person on the ground, Xue Yinsong carefully identified it, it turned out to be Gong Er: "This is..."

Although Fu Binglin was born in the imperial examination, he has always been doing military duties. Now that he took off his long gown, he has long since lost the gentleness he had when he first met, with a half-smile on his face: "Master Gong, now your rightful lord is here, and I have to explain everything to you." Can you tell me?"

Gong Er managed to get up, and kowtowed like pounding garlic. He just kowtowed a few times but had no strength. I am ten taels of silver, I betray my master and beg for glory, I am not a good thing! I deserve to die! I deserve to die! Lord, please spare me!"

Xue Yinsong jumped up and was furious: "Gong Er! I have treated you well, right? The wages that should have been paid in the past two months are not less than one penny, and I have given you as much rice and grain as possible! You damned slave, how could you Dare to collude with outsiders..."

Fu Binglin said with a smile: "He used to be a buddy of the Du family. He was kicked out because his hands and feet were not clean. Now, in order to betray you, he got involved with the Du family again."

"Yes, yes, I'm damned, I'm damned..."

Although Xue Yinsong knew that there were some cruel tortures in ancient times, he couldn't bear it: "Forget it, it's not a big deal, at most there is some estrangement from the He family."

Que Hongze shook his head: "Where is the problem of estrangement? Now even I have been exposed. The He family not only knows that I am offering rice behind my back, but also knows that you belong to the little prince, and recognizes that your little son is the former He family." Second Young Master Biao... The He family may want to get Master Biao back soon, and they are also planning to take the rice from our southeast Liangdao to the mountains in Deyang!"

Xue Yinsong is the most precious little scholar, and when he heard the purpose of the He family, he immediately revealed a fierce look: "The He family, the He family! Sooner or later, this account will be settled."

"It's better to go out less recently." Que Hongze probably felt that he had said too much just now, so Que Hongze didn't speak again.

Xue Yinsong thought of the tens of thousands of bandits in the mountains again, and frowned: "I know there are tens of thousands of people in the mountains, but it doesn't matter even if the rice is sold?"

Fu Binglin shook his head: "That's very bad, the group of people in the mountain are the subordinates of Lord Deyou."

Xue Yinsong said: "I know, it doesn't matter, since it can be sold to the common people, it can naturally be sold to Prince Deyou."

Que Hongze was amazed by the accuracy of his information, and at the same time patiently explained: "When Gao Que went south, Prince Deyou rebelled at the same time. If the imperial court put down the rebellion on both sides, our first thing to do when we settle the score is the gangsters."

It was only then that Xue Yinsong knew that Lord Deyou had pulled up the flag to raise troops, and immediately asked: "Where do you start the troops?"

"Naturally, Jiaoji and Jizhou were the two prefectures that suffered the worst floods last year. The imperial court's consolation money was not in place, and people responded the most to rebellion."

Xue Yinsong was taken aback: "It's so close! Where are the rebels in Deyang Mountain? Didn't move?"

"Why didn't you make any move?" Fu Binglin said with a smile, "They are already ready. As long as Prince Deyou attacks the capital, they will go south and directly attack the southeast courtyard."

Xue Yinsong didn't know how to fight, so he couldn't think of a clue, so he could only ask: "Is Deyang dangerous? If not, I have to ask the people in the shop over there to withdraw quickly."

Que Hongze shook his head: "Deyang is currently under control, you can only enter but not exit, but there is no danger for the time being, and Prince Deyou's thoughts are not in Deyang, he chose to raise troops this time, nothing more than going to the capital, as long as it is controlled In the capital, there is no serious problem in the world."

Xue Yinsong frowned and said: "Even if I don't know anything about military affairs, I still know that Chang'an has been a fortified city in history, and the most feared of attacking the city is the most afraid of attacking the city. Since Prince Deyou has led soldiers to fight, he should know this truth. "

Fu Binglin smiled and said: "I can't see that Brother Xue still has two brushes, but don't worry, I guess Prince Deyou must have internal support in the capital, so let's take another look."

Xue Yinsong wondered: "It seems like it's none of your business, aren't you the imperial order?"

Fu Binglin laughed: "This can be regarded as a dog bites a dog. No matter whether the court wins or the prince of Deyou wins, we still have to be used as officials. This is the benefit, so it is the same for us!"

"How to deal with this guy?" Que Hongze asked with a kick.

Fu Binglin smirked and said: "A gift, of course I have to give it. Now Gong Er has voluntarily sold himself to Brother Xue as a servant. Here is the contract. Come and take it."

Xue Yinsong took the paper and looked at it, and it was indeed Gong Er's deed of selling himself with a bright red handprint on it, and said in surprise: "What is a domestic slave?"

Que Hongze said: "That is, he has been your family's slaves for generations, and his son and daughter will be your Xue family's slaves in the future."

Xue Yinsong put away the deed, a little worried: "This bastard has already betrayed his master once, I'm afraid he won't be able to get over his shit, and it will be difficult to betray his master in the future."

Fu Binglin had a grim expression on his face, and said: "The slave who gave birth to a family bought out his life and death. It is not easy for the master to kill him? If he dares to betray the master again, he will be cut alive with [-] knives, and the government will punish him." No interference."

Of course Xue Yinsong had nothing to say, Gong Er quickly kowtowed and said: "No, no! I, Gong Er, swear to God, I will never betray the Lord again! I will never betray the Lord!"

Que Hongze said with a smile: "Brother Xue, let's keep it as hard as he can. This guy can't do anything else, but he can do some errands."

Xue Yinsong had no choice but to answer: "That's fine, but it's too inappropriate to take it back like this."

Fu Binglin smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll leave it to you, a good person, after one month."

Xue Yinsong heaved a sigh of relief, then turned around and asked, "I always thought that brother Fu was at home with idle money, but I never thought that he also lived on imperial food."

Fu Binglin smiled but did not answer, and sent the two of them out of the temple.

Xue Yinsong took the sedan chair home, and when he entered the door, he ordered in a deep voice

Xiucai: "It's not safe for the past few days, so don't go out." Little Xiucai pouted: "I say this every time, what is it that is not safe?"

"I just got the news that the He family has recognized you and is going to take you back to Qinchuan City."

The little scholar said angrily: "The He family is the king and the court! The court's surname is not He, so let him do whatever he wants!"

"Okay, anyway, you should go out less," Xue Yinsong persuaded in a soft voice, "One thing more is worse than one thing less. By the way, do you know that Lord Deyou rebelled, and I just heard what Master Que said today."

After listening to him with a serious expression, the little scholar said after a while, "It's a coincidence that Lord Deyou raised his troops. I'm afraid he is the one who colluded with Gao Que, right? No, Chang'an has always been a strong city, and it is a famous living city." , there are grains that can feed the whole city for ten years, and there are two rivers. There are grains and water, even if they are surrounded for three to five years, they will not be able to scoop it down... I am afraid that the siege battle is not in the city... "