King Ji exchanged a few casual greetings before letting Xiao Shouye leave. Looking at the back of Xiao Shouye, the governor of Weizhou, King Ji could only helplessly shake his head and smile bitterly. There was only so much he could do to help them.
If the son of Song Guogong Xiao Rui, who inherited the title of Xiao Yu, still doesn't take his warning to heart, then he will really be helpless.
Xiao Rui once served as an official in Yizhou, but now the chief official is Lu Lisu. It is said that the two have a close relationship. It was from their unusual relationship that the governor of Yizhou, Li Shangjin, discovered that Lu Lisu was secretly transporting grain to Weizhou.
It is said that the grain collected from various places will be stored in the nearest granary. Unless the grain comes from the south by water, it needs to pass through Liyang and Hanjia granaries before it can enter the people.
In the study room of the East Palace of Luoyang Palace, none of the four handy maids are around anymore. There is only one Bai Chun who can be dispatched, but she is still borrowed by Li Lingyue. Therefore, except for Yang Wu and Lian Tie, His Highness the Crown Prince has not done much with the others. Keep it around and use it.
But just as he was thinking, Bai Chun walked in lightly from the outside. Looking at His Highness the Crown Prince who was sitting in a chair and staring at the papers on the desk in a daze, he silently walked behind him and gently kneaded Li Hong. Holding shoulders.
"After checking, Xiao Shouye has indeed not left Luoyang. As for Prince Ji's attitude, it seems ambiguous now. It doesn't seem like he is favoring the Xiao family, but more like he is being a good guy in the middle." Bai Chun allowed someone to let someone go. He put his head on her towering breasts and said lightly.
"It's normal not to leave. Is Uncle Ji holding the emperor's imperial edict in his hand? Why are you still acting as a peacemaker at this time? Alas..." Li Hong raised his head from Bai Chun's towering head and said with He tapped the paper on the table with his hand and murmured: "Did you see it? How can these relationships be clarified? They are simply layered and complicated."
Bai Chun leaned forward from behind Li Hong, and now she took the initiative to press her soft body on Li Hong's head, and looked at the paper with her feet up.
I saw several lives and official positions clearly written on the paper: Former Yizhou official: Xiao Rui. The current official of Yizhou is Lu Lisu. Weizhou governor: Xiao Shouye (son of Xiao Rui). Shaoyin of Henan Prefecture: Lu Shuang (son of Lu Lisu). Ji Wang Li Shen, Xu Wang Li Sujie.
"Master, what do you mean? Why is King Xu also on the list? Why is King Ze not on the list?" Bai Chun felt Li Hong's head rubbing against her chest again, and she felt strange feelings. Heartbeat.
She didn't want to be like the last time, being made weak by the Crown Prince, and being caught naked by other palace maids in this study, so she hurriedly diverted His Highness the Crown Prince's attention and asked.
"There is nothing about Li Sujie or the third child. They were added indiscriminately. Xiao Rui is related to the royal family by marriage, right? Lu Lisu is also related to the royal family by marriage. Lu Lisu's daughter is Princess Ji, and Xiao Rui is married to Princess Ji. Princess Xiangcheng, tell me, what is going on? If there is something wrong with the granary, who of these people is easy to mess with? Will Pei Wanying cause trouble for me? Will he write to me in Tubo? Will Uncle Ji cause trouble for me? Will my father cause trouble for me and then also cause trouble for me? "The marriage in the Tang Dynasty is really deep!" The man's ape arms moved back and suddenly hugged Bai Chun from the waist. He gently held Bai Chun on his knees and said depressedly to the family members in his arms.
"Ah..." Bai Chun was startled by Li Hong's sudden movement. He felt that the world was spinning just now, and then he was held in someone's arms and hugged tightly. A cold hand had reached out from his chest at some point. Got in.
"Uh... Master... um... When you... punished Xiao Shoudao and Xiao Shougui, didn't you... also get along well?... Ah... why are you so hesitant now?" Bai Chun's beautiful cheeks were full of red frost, and her lips were so beautiful Opening slightly, he hummed coquettishly in someone's arms.
When Li Hong heard Bai Chun's words, he couldn't help but think of the time when he punished Xiao Shoudao, Xiao Shougui and He Lanminzhi for trespassing into Cuiwei Palace. However, when he didn't want to separate, his hand was pulled out from her chest by Bai Chun.
Li Hong, who didn't care, put his arms around Bai Chun's slender waist and said thoughtfully: "This is the same moment, not to mention that at that time both the two of them and Helan Minzhi had committed serious crimes, and even Mr. Xiao couldn't come forward to intercede. , but I always feel that there is something fishy about what happened today, and the implications are much wider than back then. "
"Why don't you write and ask Concubine Xiao?" Bai Chun blinked her bright eyes and said, enjoying Li Hong's hug.
"No, I'm afraid that the Xiao family has already excluded the mother and concubine. Now Li Sujie's position is unclear to them. They will not let a commoner know too many details easily." Li Hong shook his head and refused.
There were a lot of strange things revealed in such an incident, which made Li Hong unable to figure out what went wrong, and he had always focused on returning to Luocang. As for Li Yangcang, just as he told Li Sujie, he I have always thought that no one would dare to attack Li Yangcang, an idea that was extremely important to both the military and the people.
In the evening, he diligently ran to Zhenguan Palace to ask Wu Mei for leave to leave the city tomorrow. What Li Hong didn't expect was that his mother, who had always regarded him as a disaster, agreed happily.
Even the chatterbox Li Lingyue wanted to follow him, but his mother helped him stop it. This made Li Hong almost blurt out that he would go out of the city for three or four days and then come back.
Fortunately, he also knew that trying to push the envelope would never work with his dragon mother, so he comforted himself that it would be good to have a day off.
But after he left the palace, he didn't know that Xiao Shouye, who was about to enter Henan Mansion to find Lu Shuang, the Young Master of Henan Mansion, discovered him.
The three of them and the three cavalry deliberately walked around the Nancheng District of Luoyang, and then quickly exited the gate of Luoyang City despite the slightly cold morning wind.
Back to Luocang, which is north of Luoyang City. After the three riders left the city, they began to ride their horses and whip their whips. There were not many pedestrians on the road, so they were not afraid of disturbing anyone. Besides, there were many people on the official road back to Luocang. It also seemed sparse early in the morning.
Hui Luocang said it was a granary, but it would be more appropriate to say it was a military town or an official office.
The Tang Dynasty has always attached great importance to the management of granaries. Both the Ministry of Revenue and the Sinong Temple have the right to supervise granaries. In addition, some granaries are directly controlled by the Henan Prefecture. It can be said that anyone who wants to sell some official Grain can be said to be extremely difficult, but it also makes its management very complicated.
Huiluocang is composed of warehouses of different sizes. The warehouses classified as main warehouses and free warehouses are managed by the Warehouse Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Changping warehouse is where the imperial court distributes grain and grass to the private sector for sale at low prices. Then it was exchanged for the storage of privately minted money, which was used to balance the fluctuation of prices to a certain extent. Today, it is still managed by Taifu Temple. Taicang, transfer warehouse, military warehouse, etc. are under the jurisdiction of Sinong Temple.
However, the Henan Prefecture is responsible for the specific work of all granaries, and the imperial guards and imperial guards are the government offices responsible for guarding them. Even under such seemingly strict supervision, stored grains can still be smuggled through many methods. go out.
The entire layout of Huiluocang looks more like a small city surrounded by city walls. On the thick city walls, patrolling soldiers can be vaguely seen passing by. The city gate is wide enough for three carriages to pass side by side.
At the city gate that had been opened at this time, carriages in twos and threes began to enter one after another. Each carriage naturally had a road guide from Henan Prefecture and other certificates, and could only enter after being inspected by the prison guard.
But there are not so many restrictions on riding alone. As long as the prison guards look at you as a good person, they will ignore you even if you wander back and forth ten times.
Therefore, when Li Hong and three handsome men entered behind the grain truck holding the reins of their horses, the prison guard just glanced at them casually and allowed them to enter.
Bai Chun dressed up as a man today, but in Li Hong's opinion, she looked like a shemale. Who would believe that she was a man dressed like this? But in this flash of lightning, Li Hong seemed to understand that this period was also an era when faces appeared in endlessly, and it was nothing new for some men to be enchanting.
By the way, that bastard Li Xian seemed to have raised a male pet. Later, it seemed that the domestic slave male pet he raised betrayed him. When he and Wu Mei were fighting for power, it was his male pet who accused him of killing Ming Chongyan. , but Ming Chongyan was useful to the royal family at that time, but now that Ming Chongyan is not in the palace, there will be no conflict of interest.
In other words, Li Xian will not be framed by his male favorite for the time being, but... What makes Li Hong wonder is, does this guy have that male favorite in his house now? !
"Hey, hey, hey... What are you thinking about? I've been so engrossed in my thoughts that I've been calling you for a long time." Li Sujie held the horse's rein and said, looking at the street that was gradually becoming lively.
"Ah? It's nothing. I suddenly thought of something and got distracted. By the way, do you know what Lao Liu has been doing recently?" Li Hong found that he knew very little about the current situation of Li Xian and Li Zhe.
"What's wrong? I haven't heard of anything bad done. The sixth and seventh laos have always followed the rules. It seems that doing bad things is all your fault, right? Besides, I was grounded in the mansion by my mother a few days ago and can't go anywhere. , but there is no chance of doing bad things." Li Sujie looked at the streets with endless traffic of cars and horses, and could vaguely see the shape of some granaries in the distance, which were very spectacular.
"That's right. Even if the father knows about the cockfighting, and then gets scolded, he probably won't do anything bad. Bai Chun, have you brought any money? Find a teahouse and sit for a while." Li Hong looked at some people on both sides. Shops, these simple and small teahouses, inns, and restaurants are all prepared for these horsemen to rest.
The three of them found a teahouse that looked pretty neat and went in. The waiter at the door looked at the tall horse in their hands, hurriedly and diligently took the reins, and helped the nobleman tie the horse to the stable next to it. The fodder had already been put into the manger without waiting for their instructions.
(End of chapter)