My Brother-in-law is the Prince - Chapter 383

Xu Qi’s face was miserable.

Holding an official document in his hand, he said in panic: “Something happened, something happened, it’s over…it’s over…”

Liu Guan strode forward, took the official document, and only took a closer look, his face was instantly pale as paper.

“How many warehouses are closed?”

“They are all sealed.” Xu Qi said, “There is not one left.”

Liu Guan took a breath.

“How could it be so fast, how could it be so fast…Didn’t Duke Cheng just leave?”

“Yeah, how could it be so fast.”

“Is there a possibility.” Liu Guandao: “Is this Mingxiu plank road secretly hiding Chencang?”

Xu Qi: “…”

Xu Qi pondered for a moment, but he said in a daze: “What should we do now, what should we do?”

Liu Guandao: “The only possibility for such a big event is… what is it, do you know?”

Xu Qi hurriedly said: “I would like to hear the details.”

Liu Guandao: “The person who can mobilize so many people and make such a decision, in my opinion…maybe…is Zhang Anshi’s arrangement and plan. Or…”

Liu Guanben wanted to talk about someone else, but he didn’t continue because he couldn’t imagine it.

Xu Qi said: “You mean…”

“This means that Zhang Anshi has arrived in Jiangxi, and…he must be manipulating it somewhere, you guys…you are already under your nose, why are you so confused and unaware?”

“This… this…” Xu Qi said: “If this is the case, what should I do, what should I do, and… Now that the treasury is closed, it is not obvious, are you going to grab the money? I am afraid that the money will never return , will those people let us go?”

Liu Guan paced back and forth, he lowered his head and said: “If I am an old man, I will choose to investigate thoroughly. Where is An Shiren waiting here? Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you have a chance.”

“Then according to Mr. Liu…”

“Don’t look at me.” Liu Guan said lightly: “What the old man said is that if the old man encounters such a thing, he will do this.”

Xu Qi asked in a daze, “Mr. Liu, what does this mean?”

Liu Guan stared at Xu Qi, feeling a little angry, and said angrily: “At this point, what do you mean by asking this old man? This old man is the Minister of Rites, and he was ordered to come to Jiangxi. He is not a thief who is in the same rank as you! What do you mean by asking the old man, and the old man still wants to ask what you mean.”

Xu Qi: “…”

Liu Guan flicked his sleeves and said, “Hmph, there is nothing to hide now, do you still want to hang out with those people?”

Xu Qi said: “Grand Liu…isn’t that afraid?”

Liu Guan Dayi said awe-inspiringly: “What am I afraid of? If you want to kill people today, I will still be a loyal minister. I will not be tolerated by you thieves. At least I will pay back a pension from the court. At this point, this is not a good one. result.”

Xu Qi was in a state of confusion, his expression was changing, and he said in his mouth: “Mr. Liu has lost the connection with many things.”

Liu Guan laughed loudly, and then said: “Leave the relationship clear? Who said that the old man has anything to do with you? Do you really think that the old man is in league with you? To tell you the truth, I have had your criminal evidence sent back to the capital overnight. Before today’s action, I have already prepared everything, tell you, how can I, Liu Guan, be in cahoots with rebellious officials and thieves?”

Xu Qi was stunned: “What… what criminal evidence…”

“All your relationships, everyone involved in this matter, besides that…” Liu Guan gritted his teeth and said: “There is also all the money flowing, even including those people in Poyang Lake… Do you think the old man doesn’t know?”

Liu Guan laughed a few more times as he spoke, but his laugh was even colder. He looked at Liu Guan bluntly and said, “After I arrived in Jiangxi, I did hide some things from you, and I was coerced by you and did some things. Things that should not be done. But…the court will see clearly in the future, from beginning to end, the court will know that the old man did not take any bribes in Jiangxi!”

“The old man is here to bear the humiliation, and you and other thieves made false claims in order to search for all the evidence of your crimes. I have already secretly compiled and cataloged your various crimes, so that one day, the court will be able to know about your crimes.” True face, eradicate you rebellious officials and thieves.”

Xu Qi shuddered suddenly, and looked at Liu Guan in disbelief: “Liu Guan, so you actually hid something?”

Liu Guan looked at him with contempt and said, “Do you think that if you and those of you want to use the old man as your scapegoat, the old man will not know? From the very beginning, you people… have planned everything carefully, but this crime It’s very serious, if something happens in the future, there must be someone to take on this responsibility. You have expected that the old man will take the initiative to invite you, and he is counting on you to benefit, and the old man will die.”

Xu Qi’s face changed suddenly.

Liu Guan laughed disdainfully and said: “But you don’t even think about it. Although I, Liu Guan, am greedy, love beauty, and love wine, and I am full of rotten problems, but I, Liu Guan, can live from Hongwu to Yongle years, and You can still rise to the top, do you really think it’s just luck?”

Xu Qi opened his eyes wide, looked straight at him and said, “What do you know?”

Xu Qi’s complexion began to turn gloomy and cold, he stared at Liu Guan firmly, his eyes no longer resembled the flustered look just now, but rather sharp.

“I know too much.” Liu Guandao: “When I came to this Nanchang Mansion, I realized that something was wrong, so I had already made double preparations. If you succeed in this matter, the old man will naturally keep silent and pretend that nothing is wrong. If it didn’t happen, I can still take this opportunity to share a share with you.”

“And once the incident is revealed, do you really think that the old man will take the blame for you? You are wrong. The old man has already made a lot of arrangements these days. When the court thoroughly investigates and the factory guards start to settle the accounts for you, the old man has long been innocent. At that time, the imperial court will at most consider me stupid, but they will never say that the old man is your accomplice.”

“Grand Liu… these words… you seem to have prepared for the worst?” Xu Qi said slowly.

Xu Qi changed from his panic just now, and instead became extraordinarily calm.

It was just the heavy breathing that betrayed him. Obviously, Xu Qi was in a mess.

“This is not the worst plan, but the best result for me at the moment.” Liu Guan is also very calm, neither happy nor angry.

A person who has reached his level may be ordinary at ordinary times, but when it comes to critical moments, his thinking is extraordinarily clear and his bearing is unusually calm.

A person who can be as good as Liu Guan may not be able to test his quality on weekdays, but at such a moment of disaster, Liu Guan’s performance must be far beyond ordinary people.

He only smiled slightly and said: “No, this is the best plan. Now that the incident has happened and a catastrophe is imminent, it is impossible for this matter to be kind. The best result for the old man now is that you will become angry and kill the old man immediately. In this way, Even if the old man really bears the burden of humiliation, he was killed by the rebellious party!”

“I am the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. As long as I die like this, even if I can’t get the treatment worthy of the Taimiao, it will still benefit my children and grandchildren endlessly. Of course, you can also imprison me, but you can imprison me… When the factory guards arrive, Although I have no merit in rescuing me, there are some things that can be made clear to the court and His Majesty, at least not like you, who will die without a place to die.”

“In short…all of your things have been submitted to Yousi. The old man has made meritorious prosecution, so naturally he is not in the company of people like you.”

Xu Qi was silent, then lowered his head slightly, as if thinking about something.

After a while, he suddenly looked up at Liu Guan and said, “Farewell.”

“Why, don’t you kill me?” Liu Guan smiled and said, “Even if you don’t kill him, don’t you dare to imprison him?”

Xu Qi didn’t say anything.

Liu Guandao: “If you don’t imprison me, then I will go back to Beijing…”

After that, he looked like he was about to leave.

Xu Qi’s Adam’s apple rolled, his face became more and more serious, he trembled, and finally said with difficulty: “Why did Liu Gong push you so far?”

Liu Guandao: “Han and thieves are not at odds with each other. Today, there is nowhere for you to hide, what can I do?”

Xu Qi gritted his teeth and shouted: “Liu Guan, don’t even think about getting out of here…”

After finishing speaking, he left in a hurry, and there was already a team of people waiting outside.

Xu Qi said: “Take this Liu Guan, don’t let him go, this old thief is extremely cunning, you must be careful.”

After finishing speaking, he left in a hurry.

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Liu Guan felt relieved.

He was lying comfortably in his shaft, which was surrounded by a guard accompanying him. Liu Guan let him go out, but in the end… there was an argument with someone outside, and the guard had his arm chopped off with a knife, screaming was carried in.

The accompanying officials were in a panic.

But only Liu Guan felt a sigh of relief.

His memorial was delivered too late. If it was sent out ten and a half months earlier, it could be said that he had made meritorious service in exposing and prosecuting.

But when he sent it out with the front foot, the court moved with the back foot. This will inevitably make people suspect that he just turned his back on the battlefield, and when the time comes… still cannot escape the guilt.

But now it’s different, just now he angered Xu Qi, and even kept hinting that he had already secretly reported to Yousi, in essence…in fact, he wanted Xu Qi and the people behind Xu Qi to make these Jin Yiwei may be the mistakes caused by him, Liu Guan. sentenced.

Once there is this misjudgment, then Xu Qi and others will naturally regard him as an enemy.

Measures must also be taken against him.

In this way, he is considered innocent. After all, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the other party should not kill him now, so… as long as Liu Guan is here, he will be imprisoned by them, and he will be rescued when the imperial troops arrive. come out.

Of course… This is a dangerous move, and no one can guarantee it. Some people jump over the wall in a hurry and want to kill him to vent their anger.

Liu Guan was prepared, because in his opinion, even if he died at the hands of Xu Qi and others, he was still loyal to the country.

It is better than being regarded as rebellious against the party, ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

In any case, although he, Liu Guan, made minor mistakes, he did not lose the big ones.

After understanding all the key issues, Liu Guan was in a relaxed and happy mood. This was also thanks to the fact that he had angered Xu Qi and made them make a misjudgment. Otherwise, he would not be able to clean himself up even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

He sat down safely, took out his favorite book from the bookshelf, and read it carefully.

This book is “Spring and Autumn”. Compared with other boring classics and articles, what Liu Guan appreciates most about it is that there are many wonderful stories in it.

Having spent a lifetime, anyone who likes to read preaching articles will read them. Liu Guan has already passed the age of relying on the teachings of sages to be a man. He just wants to read stories to entertain his body and mind.

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Xu Qi at the other end quickly came to a mansion.

His footsteps were a little swaying, and his expression was indescribably worried.

Walking into the mansion, Xu Qi came to a hall after going through the hall.

He turned pale and said to the person sitting on the main seat in the hall: “Master…have you heard…what happened outside?”

“I heard.” Sitting here is an old man with gray hair.

At this time, the old man put down the scroll in his hand, looked at Xu Qi and said, “I really didn’t expect this to be the result.”

Xu Qi said with a gloomy expression, “What should we do now.”

The old man said: “It’s okay, Minister of Rites…”

“Men, Liu Guan… Liu Guan, this thief… has already secretly colluded with the factory guard. If the student’s guess is correct, he may have attracted the factory guard.”

“Really?” The old man’s face changed slightly, he stood up abruptly, paced back and forth, and said, “In this way, we have miscalculated.”

“That’s right, I thought it was the end of the road, and I could use him to make up for the crime and push everything on him, but the student just found out that Liu Guanhe…”

The old man closed his eyes and sighed: “Something is going to happen.”

“Teacher…”

The old man opened his eyes slightly at this time, but squinted his eyes, as if he was thinking about something, and said in his mouth: “There is something strange about this matter.”

Xu Qi only looked at the old man with piercing eyes, and said: “Please show me the master.”

The old man said: “There are so many people, such a careful plan, and the people behind it must not be simple.”

Xu Qi said: “The student’s guess may be that Zhang Anshi…”

“Such cruel officials…” The old man said disdainfully: “It is the most terrifying thing to invite favor in the palace. Because such people will do anything for meritorious service.”

“What the mentor taught me is.”

The old man said: “If the old man’s guess is correct, Zhang Anshi is most likely in Jiangxi.”

“what…”

“Otherwise, it would be impossible to arrange so carefully, this must be the result of a long-planned plan.”

“Then…students find a way…let someone search…”

The old man shook his head and said: “This person will definitely not be in Nanchang Mansion, here in Nanchang Mansion…there are too many eyes and ears, he Zhang Anshi will definitely not choose to be here, it is too ostentatious. But he will not be in a place that is too remote, because he has to release There are many eyes and ears, manpower must be deployed, and orders must be delivered at any time, if it is in a too remote place, the news may not be well understood.”

Speaking of this, the old man stopped, frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then continued: “After thinking about it, it may be in Jiujiang Fucheng, Jiujiang Fucheng is a thoroughfare, can quickly convey news, and grasp the latest trends at any time. At the same time, it is far away from Nanchang, so as not to make people suspicious.”

“But… so many people, if there are no officials to cooperate with them, this matter… I’m afraid it can’t be done… The prefect of Jiujiang is deeply involved, so it shouldn’t be possible…”

The old man pondered, and said for a long time: “The county magistrate of Dehua County where the city is located, how is this person?”

“This person is just a pedantic scholar…”

There was a cold look in the eyes of the old man: “This is possible. If the old man’s guess is correct, people like Zhang Anshi are hiding in the county government of Dehua County…”

Xu Qi was shocked: “Then what should I do?”

The old man sighed, and said: “Isn’t there always been thieves recently? The water bandits in Poyang Lake have become more and more troublesome. The government has been suppressing them for so long, but it has been in vain. If the old man remembers correctly, the water bandits gathered tens of thousands Humans are rampant, aren’t they?”

Xu Qi suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes slightly to look at the old man in a little panic, and said: “The teacher means…”

The old man said: “It’s not interesting… There are our people in the city, and there are thieves outside the city. If the inside and the outside cooperate, and the thieves loot and kill, what will be the result?”

Xu Qi felt trembling after hearing this.

The old man said: “Are you afraid?”

Xu Qi said: “Master, is it…now…you are going to let the students be scapegoats.”

The old man looked at him calmly, but stepped forward, and said with a pleasant face: “No one wants to come to this point, but…the matter has reached this point, what can be done? If the investigation continues, I don’t know how many people will die. But if it was just a robbery, you, the chief envoy, of course have an unforgivable crime, but you can rest assured that someone will take care of your family. At that time, someone will arrange for them to change their names and surnames, and they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives…”

“But the mentor should know that if people like Zhang Anshi die in Dehua County, students… students will be sentenced to death by a thousand swords.”

The old man said: “Could it be that if he doesn’t die, you won’t be cut to pieces? You are the chief envoy and you can’t escape. But old man, there are many people who have been involved with this matter from the very beginning. There is nothing to do with it. The railway is to be built by the imperial court, you draw up the regulations, and you spend the money, right? You…at this time, you can’t just think about yourself, think about your children, think about it Your newborn grandson…”

Xu Qi’s face was miserable, as if struck by lightning, his body seemed to be on the verge of falling.

The old man said again: “Don’t worry, the old man will negotiate with you in the capital city. If you all know what happened here, you will be very anxious. Besides, I will order someone to pick up your family. Settle down for now.”

“As for the princes in Jiangxi… I’m afraid some people will panic at this time. You have to let everyone know that things are not so bad, so that everyone can live with peace of mind…”

“Okay, you go.”

Xu Qi looked up and stared at the old man.

Finally, his eyes turned red, and he said in a hoarse voice: “Master…why is it me…”

The old man said: “Originally this person is Liu Guan, but it’s a pity that this thief is too cunning, and in the end he has to suffer you.”

The old man sighed and said: “What can I do? You are an official, and I am a citizen. I am just a grassroots person. Can I replace you? Go, go, think about your children and grandchildren.”

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