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Chapter 125

At night, Zeng Qing sneaked into Liu Mu's room and threw a piece of paper to Liu Mu, "Everything you need to know is on this paper."

Liu Mu looked at the distribution of troops on the paper, and then asked, "How is Prince Tuge?"

Zeng Qing said, "Prince Tuge just sent someone to send a letter today. He has pretended to form an alliance with the Feng family and his son. The Feng family and his son promised to lend him a hundred thousand troops to unify the grassland departments after the matter is completed."

Liu Mu nodded and said, "Feng Liang's most troops are distributed in Xuzhou in the south of the capital, and the frontier areas and some important towns near the pass are not guarded by Feng Liang. If I guess correctly, Feng Liang will use the power of Prince Tuge Breaking through and disturbing the frontier area, thinking that the northern army has no time to transfer to the capital for rescue. At that time, we will ask Hengwang to give Tuge a token and go directly to Xuzhou to encircle Feng Liang’s troops. Hengwang will send troops to protect the capital from Feng Liang’s Soldiers and horses rushed in. This way, the troops outside the pass will not approach the capital, and the emperor will have less grudges."

Zeng Qing smiled and said, "I can't see that you are still very thoughtful in thinking about things."

Liu Mu smiled and said, "Do you think your big brother Liu is really a gangster who only knows how to drink and gamble. There are still many things you haven't discovered."

Seeing Liu Mu's confident look and the rogue-like smirk at the corner of his mouth, Zeng Qing was in a daze for a moment, as if he was studying in Huguo Temple again, and couldn't help hugging Liu Mu, "Brother Liu..." Zeng Qing hasn't seen him for a long time. Called her that.

"What's the matter." Liu Mu patted the person in his arms, and his voice became much gentler.

"You must be fine. Apart from my father, you are the closest to me in this world. If you have any troubles, then I will lose another relative."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Didn't you say that I would save my life to go back and repay the debt I owe Zi Yan?"

Zeng Qing smiled wryly, "Yeah, you still have to go back to see Zi Yan and Senior Sister Yu. How can something happen to you."

Liu Mu smiled and said, "Brother Liu, you are very lucky. You drank the medicine that burned your throat, broke your leg, pierced your body with a knife, and fell off the cliff. All of this killed me, except for the black and white impermanence in the palace of the king of hell. Who can take me away. When this matter is resolved, I will definitely drink and gamble with you for three days and three nights, and I will fulfill all the promises I made at Huguo Temple. You How do you feel?"

Zeng Qing smiled and said, "When you were in Huguo Temple, you still said that you would marry your younger sister to me. Do you have to honor it?"

"I'm afraid this is going to be difficult..." Liu Mu smiled and said, "A few days ago, Xing Chi brought me news that Liu Ye and her lover have now started a small business in the north. When the matter here is over , Brother Liu will take you to the north to see them."

"I saved your life in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and half of your life is mine. Not only do you have to live for Ziyan and Senior Sister Yu, you also have to live for me. Brother Liu, promise me, never leave me behind. me."

Zao Chaoshang, "Your Majesty, the drought in Linhe County is becoming more and more serious, and there is no harvest. I heard..."

"What did you hear? Don't hesitate, speak quickly."

"I heard that the local people have started cannibalism."

"What! How unreasonable is this? Didn't I already allocate money to the Ministry of Industry to build a river channel to divert water to Linhe County for disaster relief? Also, what about the money and food I distributed in the past for disaster relief? Why is it that people cannibalize people!"

Feng Liang gave the Minister of the Ministry of Industry a color, and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry stood up and said, "Back to the emperor, the drought in Linhe County is severe, and a large area of ​​land is cracked. It has dried up in Linhe County."

The Minister of the Household Department said, "Your Majesty, I received an urgent report from my subordinates last night, saying that... the money and food for disaster relief were encountered by robbers during the transportation, and all the officers and soldiers who transported the money and food were killed. The whereabouts of the food and silver are now unknown. The local government is already investigating."

"Is my army not as good as a group of mountain bandits!" The emperor slapped the dragon chair, and the little eunuch next to him hurried forward and said, "The emperor calms down, the dragon's body is important."

Zeng Pu gave Cao Min a compliment, and Cao Min stood up and said, "Report to the Emperor, I have something to say."

"Cao Qing's family said it's okay."

Cao Min said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the river channel for disaster relief did not fail to divert water as the Minister of Industry said."

"Oh? Cao Qing's family means..."

Cao Min said, "Because the river course has not been repaired at all!"

"Cao Min, don't spit blood!" said the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, "All the ministers in the court know that the Ministry of Industry has already sent the best craftsmen to Linhe County to survey the area, and the sketch of the river course was also shown to the emperor. A month ago, the river course It’s already working.”

"Master Shangshu is right. The Ministry of Industry has indeed surveyed the terrain in Linhe County, drawn a sketch of the river course, and started construction a month ago. However, the construction of the river course stopped after less than ten miles. And the disaster relief The army sent by the emperor to escort the money and grain is naturally an elite army, but how can it be no match for a group of mountain bandits! Presumably only a few adults know the tricks."

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry scolded loudly, "Cao Min, don't spout blood."

Hubu Shangshu said, "Now that the country is in crisis, I think you must have been instructed by someone to disturb the court."

Feng Liang said, "Your Majesty, there are so many ministers in the court, why do other people know nothing about this matter, but only Cao Min speaks like this. I think there may be some misunderstanding about this matter. Why don't you find out and ask the Emperor to make a decision. Now the top priority How to solve the disaster in Linhe County."

One of the ministers said, "I have never had such a severe drought since the founding of the country. This drought is really strange. Several nearby rivers have stopped flowing at the same time, as if Linhe County has been cut off into an isolated island. As Minister of the Ministry of Industry It is said that the river has dried up before reaching Linhe County, this is by no means an ordinary drought.”

Cao Min said, "Your Majesty, I remember that there is a record in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" that 'the country is severely drought, and the injustice ends'."

The emperor said, "Are you saying that the drought is caused by someone in our country being wronged?"

Another minister said, "Your Majesty, why don't you ask the national teacher to do a divination to see what caused the disaster."

The emperor's headache was so bad that these adults talked about it, so he could only pass it on to the national teacher.The national teacher took the hexagram, and the emperor asked, "National teacher, how is the hexagram?"

"Back to the emperor, this drought..."

"National teacher, but it doesn't matter."

"The minister dared to say that this drought was caused by someone who was wronged, and God will send a drought to complain for the wronged person."

The emperor asked eagerly, "Does the national teacher know who has been wronged?"

The national teacher said, "This humble minister will not be able to find out."

The emperor said, "Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, I order you to thoroughly investigate the files of the past two years to see if there are any cases that are suspicious."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice said, "My Majesty, since the Emperor took office, the only major case that has not been resolved by the Ministry of Criminal Justice is the case of the Liu family in Jinling."

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry snorted, and said, "In the case of the Liu family in Jinling, it was not because of insufficient evidence that the members of the Liu family were acquitted."

"But the person who framed the Liu family behind the scenes has never been caught. Liu Sheng also died because of this case. Also, the son of the Liu family returned to Jinling and was involved in a murder case. The veteran heard that there was something else hidden in the case."

The minister said, "But later this person escaped from prison and came to the capital to assassinate the emperor. Didn't he already be executed on the spot? Just because he assassinated the emperor was enough to implicate him in the nine clans. The emperor did not pursue this matter. It can be seen that he is already a god for the Liu family." Great gift, what else is there to investigate about this matter."

The Secretary of the Criminal Ministry said, "Liu Mu originally wanted to appeal to the emperor, but was executed by the guards as an assassin on the spot. Later, when the Ministry of Criminal Justice collected the body, Liu Mu found the written complaint on Liu Mu, but the person in charge of the matter saw that Liu Mu had already passed away. Being rectified by the emperor's bodyguards, he thought the pleadings were useless, so he didn't report the matter in time. The minister also accidentally discovered this matter while cleaning up the files a few days ago."

Feng Liang said, "Liu Mu is dead, and now there is no proof of death. You can say whatever you say, not to mention who can tell whether the adverbial is true or false. Now the national crisis is at hand, the barbarians outside the pass invade our border, and the drought in the middle of the country has not been resolved. The law, internal and external troubles have disturbed the emperor so much that he can't sleep and eat, and you still dig up these meaningless old cases to disturb the emperor, is this how you share the worries and solve the problems for the emperor?"

Zeng Pu said, "The old minister heard that young master Ling and Liu Mu were classmates in Huguo Temple, but they were very at odds, so young master was humiliated by Liu Mu repeatedly, and it was Mr. Feng's young master who was in charge of the case. Mr. Feng tried to obstruct the retrial of this case time and again, could it be that Mr. Feng has something else to hide?"

Feng Liang laughed and said, "I have a clear conscience, so I'm naturally not afraid of some villains slandering me. If Mr. Zeng wants to investigate, just investigate."

"All right, all right," the emperor said impatiently, "This case will be thoroughly investigated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If the Liu family is really wronged, I will return their innocence."

Zeng Pu said again, "Your Majesty, the issue of disaster relief in Linhe County..."

Some adults said, "Why don't you solicit donations from merchants everywhere."

The emperor said, "No, I have already collected donations from merchants from all over the country to repair the river. If donations are so frequent, the merchants will have less money, and the prices will be too high. At that time, it will be the common people who will suffer. I will first transfer them from my private treasury. Give 5 taels for emergency."

Everyone knelt down, "The emperor is wise."

The emperor sighed and thought to himself, "When the emperor was alive, he mentioned more than once that the Liu family in Jinling wanted to donate silver to the court to solve their urgent needs many times. Now that the court is in trouble, there is no such rich merchant who can help me. Could it be that the Liu family is really There is no big grievance, so God let this drought remind me."

At Feng Liang's residence, Feng Langqu asked, "Father, could it be that this drought was really caused by the Liu family being wronged?"

"What can it do? It's time for the National Teacher's hexagram to be approved. Zeng Pu came up with such a trick, but he wanted to use it to find out something to bring down our father and son. Zeng Pu will naturally be distracted because of this case. We For the time being, there is one less trouble. Moreover, when Zeng Pu wanted to recruit Liu Mu as his son-in-law, Liu Mu regretted the marriage and ran away on the day of marriage. Everyone in the capital knew that the young lady of the Zeng family liked Liu Mu, so the emperor would naturally suspect that it would be wrong for Zeng Pu to re-investigate the case. There are other plans."

At this time, Feng Liang and his son seemed to have seen their appearance in yellow robes.Feng Langqu said again, "Father, the troops, horses, food and grass support outside the pass have been prepared. Our men and horses have prepared cavalry in barracks in various places, and the imperial guards in the capital are also on standby at any time. Prince Tuge will attack the border, so that if the border defenders return to Beijing to rescue him Prince Tuge of the Wuxia area, if he strictly guards his position, the emperor will lose another life-saving talisman. Everything is ready, and we are waiting for your order."

Feng Liang looked at the map on the table, "Okay, success or failure depends on one move. This matter is going so smoothly, Langqu, you are indeed destined!" He twitched his beard and laughed, "This Yin Tianchou is really as good as the national teacher said. Say, he is a noble man." After speaking, he handed a letter to Feng Langqu, "Send the letter to Xuzhou, it's time to send troops."