Chapter 141 Chapter 141: Northern Desert, Shiwu [Please vote]
"The clouds are rising in the stream, the sun is sinking in the pavilion, and the rain is coming... What is Mr. Gu trying to remind me?" Shen Tangsi said He looked at Gu Chi with a smile and opened a jar of wine. He handed it to him and said, "I will convey Mr. Gu's reminder to Yuan Liang for you."
"It's not a reminder, Qi Yuan knows it in his conscience."
Gu Chi took the round-bellied wine jar handed over by Shen Tang.
The size of a palm, enough for more than a dozen mouthfuls.
Even those who are not very good at drinking can drink a jar.
He said: "Based on my understanding of Qi Yuanliang, he never likes to do meaningless things. If there is no profit, why bother to come to Xiaocheng? The geographical location of Xiaocheng, This place is destined to be unsafe, so why would he take that risk?"
At the critical moment, he stopped moving.
This is very unreasonable!
Gu Chi’s words seemed like small talk.
Shen Tang was only a listener and did not participate in the discussion.
Someone offered free drinks, and Gu Chi was not polite. He drank three or four jars of wine in a row. He was so drunk that he became dizzy and made his pale cheeks look a little more red. Shen Tang chatted with him for a few words, and in the corner not far away there was a boy dressed as a servant looking around.
When his eyes locked on Gu Chi, his eyes suddenly lit up.
He ran forward quickly, without even having time to catch his breath: "Mr. Gu, why are you here? My master is looking for you everywhere. Please come with me."
Shen Tang felt that the boy's outfit looked familiar.
Take a moment and think about it, isn't this a servant of the county government?
Last time, a county servant bought a lot of wine from her.
Isn’t the head of the county servants the same county guard?
When did Gu Chi get in touch with the Sheriff of Sibao County?
Shen Tang had a calm expression on his face.
Gu Chi rubbed his brows, his eyes slightly drunk, smiled apologetically at his servant, and said in a good-natured manner: "I smelled the aroma of wine on the road, and the alcohol bug in my stomach was awakened. I ran out without telling the county guard. I'm here." I'm sorry. Please show me the way."
The servant was flattered and said, "Don't dare."
He even helped Gu Chi pay for the drink.
Shen Tang accepted the broken silver with a smile.
Oh ho, unexpected windfall.
Gu Chi was originally invited to drink for free, but since someone was willing to pay for him, the money would be free of charge. Shen Tang smiled like a money addict, weighing the broken silver, feeling very satisfied.
Gu Chi found an excuse to ask his servant to get out of the way.
He said: "Does Mr. Shen know about Lingzhou?"
Shen Tang raised his head in surprise: "Lingzhou?"
Gu Chi said: "The fake girl is so coquettish. Beichen was in chaos, and twenty groups of smoke and dust rushed into the Purple Palace... Not long after, there might really be twenty groups fighting endlessly... Tsk, Lingzhou is not close to here, but it is not too far away. This news should come anyway. Already..."
Shen Tang blinked in confusion.
"This, this...what do you mean?"
Gu Chi stood up and dusted off the non-existent dust on his clothes. There was still a trace of drunkenness on his face: "It's nothing, Mr. Shen, take care."
Shen Tangmu After sending Gu Chi away, until his figure disappeared around the corner and was completely out of sight, the habitual smile on his face gradually faded away, replaced by a frosty expression——
Lingzhou She naturally knows what happened.
The ancestral home of Lin Feng's family is in Lingzhou. Because of the war there, the Lin family had to go south to seek refuge with relatives. These things happened not long ago. Urgent letters due to changes in various places were accidentally intercepted by that group of bandits...
Such delays come and go. Given the speed of information transmission in this era... Logically speaking, it should not have been sent yet. Only in Xiaocheng, so how did Gu Chi know?
Or, he has a more secret and faster news channel.
Or, he is simply an insider of this matter. After thinking about his last words, I basically concluded that it was the latter.
Qi Bushan has analyzed before that there are foreign forces acting as troublemakers in the northwest, either Beimo or Shiwu. It just so happened that the Sheriff of Sibao County was just a wallflower with a crooked buttocks, and Gu Chi was involved with him - and behind Gu Chi were the forces of the Northern Desert.
So——
Beimo and Shiwu have joined forces?
Even if it is not a joint effort, there is definitely cooperation.
The servant invited Gu Chi back, and the county guard greeted him warmly. He could smell the faint smell of alcohol on his body and smiled even more: "Mr. Gu, is he good at drinking? I happen to have a few in my house. The old wine collected in the altar will be sent to the husband later.”
But he secretly rolled his eyes.
Gu Chi has a sickly look on his face. He doesn't take good care of his health and instead becomes addicted to alcohol. He doesn't know how many more years his body will be ruined. If Gu Chi couldn't really use it, he wouldn't want to deal with him. It was really because Gu Chi looked so much like someone he knew before.
Those eyes always made him feel uncomfortable.
Gu Chi didn't seem to hear the duplicity of the governor's thoughts. He cupped his hand seemingly casually and thanked him without any sincerity.
The county guard did not take his rudeness to heart.
He had something to discuss with Gu Chi this time.
About that batch of tax money.
He originally wanted to delay, but the court was pressing hard.
Although Zheng Qiao has lost the support of the people, he is still a long way from being overthrown. The county guard still relies on his breath, so naturally he does not dare to slow down his work too much, and even prepares extra rare treasures to take care of them.
Since it has to be delivered, it must be delivered safely.
What worries him is that he is now seriously short of people.
The reason is twofold.
For one thing, Sibao County is not safe either. In order to ensure the safety of tax dollars, several fake teams were formed to confuse the public. Although the things transported by the fake teams were fake, the escorting troops were real.
Secondly, in order to catch Gong Wen who had jumped to who knows where, the Sibao County garrison was ordered to arrest him. However, apart from Gong Wen appearing once in the mountains outside Xiaocheng a while ago, there has been no news since.
If Gong Wen cannot be captured, the troops sent out will not be recovered.
The Sheriff can't sleep well these days.
In order to solve this problem, he wanted to borrow their private club from the local aristocratic family in Sibao County, but the result was, haha - those old foxes with their own plans, their talk was better than anything else. , if you really put it into practice, one will retreat faster than the other.
The county guard's attitude is slightly stronger, but they are not afraid, and there are many ways to disgust him - either cry about being poor or crying about being weak, saying that these private soldiers are not that powerful and are at most better than the government officials on duty. Better, they want to look after the home and nursing home.
If there is no private club, I am worried that there will be unruly people and chaos.
In short, if you say a thousand words and ten thousand, you just don’t borrow.
The county guard had no choice but to find another way - for example, asking the brothers Zhai Huan to serve as foreign aid.
One civil and one military, the two cooperate tacitly.
The two brothers' ancestral home is in the southeast, and they travel to the northwest just for traveling. Their roots are not here, and they have no connection with all the forces in the northwest. The possibility of guarding and stealing is extremely small, so it is more secure to use.
Not long ago, the county magistrate paid a private visit incognito and secretly discussed with Zhai Huan. The result of the conversation was quite satisfactory.
Now, there is only one last step left.
The county guard said: "Shiwu and Beimo are allies. They should help each other and seek a win-win situation. Do you think so, sir?"
All he had to do was tell Gu Chi that Beimo should not stab him in the back.
There must be no accidents with this tax money!
(End of this chapter)