"Why haven't you reported it? My grandfather would write a memorial to the court almost every time he caught something. However, the court's decree every time was to hope that my grandfather would fight well. Local officials have their own affairs, so my grandfather should not do anything about it.

I was distracted. Later, my grandfather never reported it again. He once drank too much and sighed and said that he had fought in wars all his life and knew the art of war and strategy. But he could not understand the strategy of employing people in the imperial court.

Prime Minister Zuo Ban wrote him a secret letter that time and said that it was not that the emperor and the officials in the northwest did not want to withdraw, but they could not withdraw at that time. On the one hand, there was a war in the northwest.

Before being dispersed by the enemy, the victims of the disaster will first attack our side. If we evacuate one by one, we are afraid that those who evacuate will be fed dogs, and those who come will be wolves who have not eaten. The lives of these ordinary people will be even worse.

It's better. In addition, the feudal officials in the northwest are all important ministers with military power. The emperor is afraid that if they are pushed into a hurry, they will rebel. The hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court will be attacked from both sides and will be defeated thousands of miles away. Let alone rectification by then.

In the northwest, I am afraid that the entire imperial court may not be able to preserve its power.

Therefore, the emperor is patient, the prime minister will be patient, and I hope Marshal Du will also be patient. As long as the war in the northwest is over, the court will naturally slowly clean up the yamen in the northwest. When my grandfather told me at the time, I simply

I didn’t understand. I just felt that this gentleman’s work was really roundabout and complicated. But later, I seemed to understand that the most important thing for this royal family is their own country. The common people are just changing.

It's just a long-term job for the royal family." Du Jie replied.

Chu Mu frowned after hearing this, and he looked at Kong Miaozhi. Seeing that Kong Miaozhi was just drinking, he didn't even listen to what Du Jie was talking about. On the other hand, Wu Qi beside him seemed to be enjoying what he was saying.

After Jie finished speaking, his eyes were still spinning as he thought about something.

Chu Mu had never thought about this problem before. He had been complaining about the local government's inaction ever since he knew about it. Today, he suddenly heard Du Jie finish the call and couldn't help but rub his nose and think about it. Kong Miao was next to him.

After drinking a glass of wine, he said to himself: "Elder brother, it's best not to cause trouble yourself and think about these things. The imperial court has its own officials to make the decision. What we have to do is to find evil cults."

Chu Mu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Lao Liu is right, I still don't want to worry about things in vain. Lao Qi, in all these years, have you ever heard that Li Wenyuan has offended any serious enemies? You also said just now

His home is heavily guarded, so people with weak martial arts skills would not be able to get close to him, and he was robbed in his own home, which is even more unusual."

"A terrible enemy? This is really a question for me. I haven't had much contact with Mr. Li. He is just an ordinary friend of my grandfather. My grandfather and I have met dozens of such people. But let's talk about it.

I really remember one thing about the Li family. A few years ago, the Li family seemed to have discovered a gold mine west of Yongzhou. The Li family kept the information secret very strictly. Later, when the gold mine was about to

When the digging was completed, the news was leaked. At that time, the imperial court was afraid that the imperial ministers would come to question Mr. Li. Senior brother, you know that this gold mine can only be mined by the imperial court. If the Li family really mined the gold mine privately, then they would have to

Everyone in the family was executed. But in the end, I don’t know why the matter was settled. The Li family had a great business. Many people said that it was Li Gong who gave half of the gold mine to the imperial envoy, and he escaped this disaster. But this gold mine

It has never been found. I don’t know if it is true or if it is fabricated." Du Jie thought for a while and suddenly had an idea.

"Gold mine? This is a clue." Chu Mu nodded, and then fell into thinking again.

No one disturbed him. After a while, Chu Mu raised his head and asked Kong Miaozhi: "Lao Liu, what do you think?"

Kong Miaozhi raised his little head and showed an expression like "Why are you asking me now?" Du Jie wanted to laugh. Chu Mu pretended to bow to him and said, "Just tell me if you have anything. This time, senior brother, I will

I'm counting on you."

"Since my senior brother asked me, I must tell you, but master said that I am young and can drink up to three glasses of wine a day, but I have already drank three glasses of wine. I can't think of anything when I am addicted to alcohol." Kong Miao

He knocked on the wine glass in front of him and said

"Ah! You brat dares to threaten senior brother, I've rebelled against you!" Before Chu Mu could say anything, Wu Qi got angry, walked up to Kong Laoliu and gave him a violent shudder: "You

Even if you don't say anything, you still want to grab a drink from us, which is a pretty idea."

Kong Miaozhi hid behind Chu Mu again, and said with an aggrieved face: "Senior Brother, look at him, how can he beg for help like this? If you don't beat him up this time, I won't do anything for you."

Chu Mu hurriedly stopped Wu Qiyi and said, "Don't cause trouble. It's not enough to make trouble every day. Let's talk about business. The third brother goes and stays aside." When Wu Qi saw Kong Miaozhi informed him of the situation, the senior brother took him

She scolded him, gave him a stern look, and then stepped back.

Kong Miaozhi's little face showed a little fox smile. Chu Mu also smiled when he saw it: "Are you satisfied? Tell me what you thought of."

Kong Miaozhi walked back to the wine table, happily poured himself a glass of wine, drank it all, and then said calmly, "I haven't thought of anything."

Seeing that Chu Mu was about to fall out, Kong Miaozhi hurriedly said: "I haven't thought about the cult thing, but I have thought about the Li family thing."

"Then tell me, if you want to fight with me again, Third Brother, please give him a good beating today."

"Okay, senior brother!" Wu Qi agreed happily.

Seeing that Chu Mu was really anxious, Kong Miaozhi said quickly: "No, no, no, I say. First of all, Mr. Li Wenyuan has disappeared. Whether he is missing or not is what the man himself said. After so long, the kidnapper has also

No conditions were proposed.”

After hearing this, Chu Mu nodded: "You mean, this is not just a kidnapping?"

Kong Miaozhi continued: "I'm not sure about this, and this brings me to the second point. The Li family's reaction is a bit strange. Logically speaking, no matter what, we have to organize people to find out the whereabouts of our master. I don't believe that such a successful person

The businessman’s family is full of ungrateful people. But according to his adopted son, the Li family never sent anyone to look for him, he just reported it to the official."

"And the strangest thing is that his adopted son actually sent the news to our Tianji Sect. Our Tianji Sect is located in the southeast, thousands of miles away from the northwest. I'm not sure that our teacher's sign can be so bright that his adopted son comes all the way

Come to us."

The others looked at each other after listening to Kong Miaozhi's words. Du Jie said uncertainly: "As far as I know, Mr. Li is an extremely stable old man. Lao Liu, you said he disappeared on purpose? This doesn't seem like what he did.

group."

"I am speaking according to common sense, but whether it is true or not, we still need to think more about it. Senior brother, if you listen to my opinion, you can send two groups of people to the northwest at the same time, and one group of people will follow Li Wenyuan's adopted son in the open.

Let's take a look around and collect the news that can be seen in his mansion. The other group of people can go a few days later and go to the vicinity of Li's mansion to collect the news about his adopted son. But it must be quick, I'm afraid it will be a little later, even if

It's useless to find Li Wenyuan. I don't think we have time to return to Tianjimen." Kong Miaozhi finally put the wine glass on the table and said

Zhuo Bufan interrupted at this time: "My thoughts have been a little confused just now. I have something to ask Lao Qi. Lao Qi, you said that you have been to Li Mansion with your grandfather, and more than once?"

"That's right, Uncle Thirteen, is there anything strange about this?"

"Why would your grandpa, the Marshal, condescend to take you to the Li Mansion as a guest?"

"Why? Aren't friends visiting each other?"

"It seems that your grandfather has been leading troops in the north, and Li Wenyuan has also been doing business in the northwest. It seems that the two of them did not have much interaction before your grandfather went to the northwest."

"That's right. How did my grandfather know Li Wenyuan? I didn't hear him mention it before. What was he going to do?"

"When your grandfather went to visit Li Wenyuan, didn't anything happen in your army? Think about it carefully."

"In the army? When my grandfather went to visit Li Wenyuan, it was after the army had been stationed for two years. The soldiers should be in no other condition except being a little tired of fighting. By the way, the imperial court's military pay could not be allocated here during that time.

"The soldiers are a little unstable. Uncle Master, are you saying that my grandfather went to Mr. Li's house to borrow military pay?" Du Jie replied nonchalantly at first, but after he thought about it carefully, his eyes lit up and he said with an uncertain expression.

said in tone

"That's right. Li Wenyuan is one of the four major merchants today and is located in the northwest. Your grandfather's military salary was tight at that time and the court could not allocate it. There was no way to collect it privately, so he had to borrow it from Li Wenyuan's house.

Although I also made a guess about the matter, it should be close to ten. As for whether I borrowed it or not, I don’t know." Zhuo Bufan smiled and nodded and said.

Du Jie thought for a while and replied: "I remember that my grandfather was very happy for a while every time he went back. I'm afraid he borrowed it, otherwise he would never let the soldiers spend two winters. Not only did the imperial court's military pay be deducted,

It only comes every spring. If we had waited for their military pay to arrive, we might have starved to death. Uncle Thirteen, why do you ask this?"

"I'll give you a clue, which may help you. The wealth in the world today is greater than that of these four merchants, but outsiders will never know how much gold and silver they have. Your grandfather has been there several times and supported ten

How much silver do tens of thousands of people need for one winter of food, grass and bedding? He, a businessman, was actually willing to take out such a large amount of silver, and even took it many times. As far as I know, this Li Wenyuan is quite stingy. Your grandfather must have used
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