Wang Jun left Chang'an secretly without alerting anyone.

Every day, there is still an endless stream of officials coming to the official residence to visit and give gifts, and the stewards of the mansion receive them as usual.

The imitation agarwood pavilion by Xingqing Lake still has endless singing and dancing in the morning and evening. Everything in the whole mansion is as usual, and nothing is out of the ordinary.

A few days later, Tonghuafang, Taishi Mansion.

Fu Jinzhan got up early as always and danced his sword in the garden.

After practicing for a while, I felt that my mind was restless and it was difficult to get into the state. I handed the sword to the maid and took the towel to wipe the sweat on my forehead.

"General Jinwu, have you gotten up?" Fu Jinzhan asked casually.

The maid whispered: "The general just returned home last night because he was ugly, and he is not awake yet."

Fu Jinzhan nodded coldly: "If you wake up, come to the study and sue me."

"My maid obeys your command!"

Fu Jinzhan sent the maid to leave and returned to the study.

The official title awarded to Li Chongxun by the imperial court was General Jinwu. Most of the time, Fu Jinzhan would call him this in the inner house and in front of his servants.

Li Chongxun left Chang'an two days ago on the pretext that he was in charge of food and grass. In fact, he took his maid to go to Lishan to soak in the hot springs.

Fu Jinzhan had always been in charge of supervising the food and grass management. Li Chongxun basically paid no attention to the matter and just found an excuse to go out of the city for sightseeing. Fu Jinzhan sent someone to find out what was going on.

Fu Jinzhan didn't care that his husband took his servants who were not even concubines and left his wife to go out to the city for fun.

The two of them are just in the name of husband and wife, but they are strangers to each other under the same roof. They feel awkward for each other. It is best not to see each other and not to disturb each other.

Only recently, Fu Jinzhan has noticed that the atmosphere in Chang'an City and even around Jingzhao has become more serious. She is responsible for supervising the management of food and grass, and has come into contact with many officials and generals of the Yongxing Army and the Hezhong Army. From her interactions with these people, she also smells

A hint of unusualness.

The Yongxing Army stationed in Chang'an City in batches, with no less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the past few days.

Wugong, Fengtian and other entrances to Jingzhao West Road were also stationed by the Yongxing Army on the grounds that they wanted to arrest Hou Yi for rebelling against the party.

But Hou Yi is already living comfortably in Kaifeng, so how can he rebel against the party?

The base camp of the Yongxing Army is in Huazhou, and they entered Chang'an on a large scale without any warning. What on earth did Zhao Siwan want to do?

As the daughter of a general, Fu Jinzhan was keenly aware that something was wrong.

Judging from the mobilization of grain and grass and the mobilization of troops and horses, it is clear that intense preparations are being carried out at the highest level of combat readiness!

But at present, there is no intrusion from the Shu army outside and no rebellion from the feudal towns inside. Why is Chang'an City, the core of Guanzhong, mobilizing troops on a large scale?

What surprised Fu Jinzhan the most was that he received a secret report yesterday that the Yongxing Army was recruiting troops in Wannian, Lantian, Weinan and other places. From the direction of Tongzhou, there was also news that the Hezhong Army was recruiting strong soldiers on a large scale!

As the two most powerful vassal towns in Guanzhong, they actually started recruiting troops at the same time. Recalling that not long ago, Li Shouzhen secretly sneaked into Chang'an and met Zhao Siwan the next day, Fu Jinzhan felt that there must be something weird in this.

An hour later, the bedroom door on the main floor of the back house opened, and Li Chongxun yawned loudly as he walked out, followed by a beautiful maid in a pink soft satin dress, and the two hugged each other again.

Just when Li Chongxun was about to tease the beauty, he suddenly caught sight of Fu Jinzhan sitting in the courtyard out of the corner of his eye. He was startled and subconsciously pushed the beauty away.

The beautiful maid also panicked and bowed from a distance, bowed her head and left quickly.

"Good morning, madam..." Li Chongxun sat down with a smile, as if he didn't know that the sun above his head was almost at its center.

Although Li Chongxun disliked Fu Jinzhan from the bottom of his heart, he actually had no objection to her personally. On the contrary, he respected her very much, and it was quite natural for everyone in front of him to call her "Mrs."

Fu Jinzhan got straight to the point, stared at him and said, "Let me ask you, why did the grand master ask me to stay in Chang'an to raise food and grass?"

"Ah?" Li Chongxun was caught off guard by the question and said vaguely: "Of course it is to complete the salt and grain trade with the Changyi Army..."

Fu Jinzhanqing scolded: "The 20,000 shi of grain promised to Changyi's army have been prepared for a long time. Why do we need to continue to collect grain? A few days ago, the government's treasury stocked up to more than 100,000 shi of grain. With so much grain, the Grand Master actually wrote a letter asking for it.

Should I hand it over to Yongxing Army Zhao Siwan? Tell me, what does this mean?"

"This...this..."

Li Chongxun hesitated, his eyes flickering, while Fu Jinzhan's eyes were sharp. He did not dare to look at them, and there was some sweat on his temples.

"Father has his own intentions. Madam, you don't need to ask any questions, just do as you are told..." Li Chongxun had no choice but to find excuses.

Fu Jinzhan looked at him coldly. She knew Li Chongxun relatively well after living together for many years.

Behind the gentleness and humility, there is actually cowardice and incompetence, and he only obeys his father's orders.

Looking at his appearance, Fu Jinzhan could conclude that the father and son must be hiding something big from him.

Still wanting to press for a few more questions, Li Chongxun sweatdropped, stood up in a hurry, found an excuse and ran away.

Fu Jinzhan could only smile bitterly and shake his head.

A servant from her mother's family quickly approached, saluted and whispered: "Madam Qi, Pan Mei is back and has arrived at Xianyang Post outside the city."

Fu Jinzhan said hurriedly: "Take a team of guards and follow me to the inn immediately."

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More than two hours later, Fu Jinzhan met Pan Mei at Xianyang Post who was leading his army to rest here.

Not caring about the hard work along the way, after the ceremony, Fu Jinzhan hurriedly asked: "You sent someone to deliver a message before, asking me to go out of the city to meet you when you returned to Chang'an. What was the reason? Also, the 20,000 stones for Zhang Yijun

The grain has been prepared and placed in the Yonghefang warehouse near Yanping Gate. You can put it out after completing the procedures."

Pan Mei's tired face showed an anxious look, and she clasped her fists and said, "I'm sorry, Madam, but the matter is urgent and no news should be leaked, so I can only trouble Madam to go out of the city to meet me."

Fu Jinzhan asked curiously: "Why can't we wait until we return to the city to talk about it?"

Pan Mei looked around, swallowed her saliva, and her red eyes showed a bit of horror: "Master Li, you may want to rebel!"

Fu Jinzhan was stunned for a moment, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Pan Mei quickly waved her hands and said: "I am not talking nonsense, it was Zhu Xiu who told me! He also said that Mrs. Fu should leave Chang'an immediately and go to Jingzhou to avoid being implicated by Li Shouzhen and his son! Oh, yes, and that

Twenty thousand stones of grain must be sent to Zhu Xiaozi..."

"What happened to Zhu Xiu..." Fu Jinzhan was surprised and wanted to say something, but suddenly he remembered all the strange events in Chang'an City and surrounding areas in recent days.

If rebellion is the premise, the series of arrangements of the Yongxing Army and the Hezhong Army appear to be very reasonable.

Fu Jinzhan had doubts, but did not dare to think about rebellion. At this moment, Pan Mei, who had rushed back from Jingzhou, suddenly revealed the truth, making her suddenly understand that the series of strange actions of Li Shouzhen and Zhao Siwan did have the possibility of rebellion!

Pan Mei lowered her voice anxiously: "Although Mr. Zhu has never been very reliable and is a little slippery, he would never dare to make random jokes on such a big matter! Madam, don't forget, Zhu Xiu knows how to watch the stars.

He said that there was an evil star appearing in Guanzhong, threatening Central Ziwei. Wasn't he talking about Li Shouzhen?

Zhu Xiaozi can even calculate that Yelu Deguang died of illness in Zhenzhou, can he still calculate Li Shouzhen accurately? Without further ado, the eldest lady will find a way to get those 20,000 stone grains, and we will take the opportunity to send grains to Jingzhou.

Run away!"

Fu Jinzhan frowned and listened quietly, then thought for a moment and shook his head and said: "As soon as I leave, Li Chongxun will be alarmed. If troops are sent to pursue me, and the food cannot be delivered, you and I will also become prisoners."

Pan Mei gritted her teeth and said: "Then don't ask for food, I will take the eldest lady and escape."

Fu Jinzhan still shook his head and said: "The Yongxing Army has blocked all water and land routes in all directions. It is impossible to escape. What's more..."

Fu Jinzhan paused and said in a deep voice: "If the Hezhong Army really wants to rebel, as the daughter-in-law of the Li family, I will definitely be held accountable by the court. Instead of doing this, it is better to stay and find a way to prove my innocence. If it is just a fight in the end

Misunderstanding, I fled to Jingzhou privately, which is not in line with sentiment, reason, and etiquette, and will also bring shame to the Fu family!"

Pan Mei asked anxiously: "What should we do? If the rebellion comes true, the eldest lady will be implicated, and she may not even be able to save her life."

Fu Jinzhan smiled and said: "The imperial court has its own rules to determine my innocence. I am the eldest daughter of the Fu family. Even if Li Shouzhen rebels, they may not dare to do anything to me."

"But...."

Pan Mei wanted to persuade, but Fu Jinzhan waved his hand and said, "Don't mention this matter to anyone else. You can lead your army to rest here for the night, and return to the city tomorrow. I will find a way to give you 20,000 stone grain, and you can carry on your business as usual."

On the pretext of sending grain to Jingzhou, we crossed Fengtian and entered Pizhou. I will personally escort you out of the customs and ensure that the Yongxing Army's people are released."

Pan Mei sighed and said: "Okay, let's do it, Madam. But if Madam stays, she must ensure her own safety. If she has no choice, she would rather beg for mercy from Li Shouzhen and his son. I will send the food to Jingzhou, and then find a way to get back as soon as possible."

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Fu Jinzhan said again: "By the way, how much salt will Zhu Xiu give you to transport back?"

Pan Mei smiled bitterly and stretched out a finger: "Ten thousand jins! Zhu Xiaozi asked me to use 10,000 jins of salt in exchange for 20,000 shi of grain for the army in the river."

Fu Jinzhan was stunned for a moment and then laughed.

She immediately understood what Zhu Xiu meant.

Anyway, she was the one supervising the grain and grass management in Chang'an. Zhu Xiu wanted her to open the door of convenience and steal the Hezhong Army.

She, Fu Jinzhan, has become Zhu Xiu's internal correspondent.

“Is Jingzhou very short of food?”

Pan Mei smiled bitterly and said: "We are lacking, but the most lacking thing is people. The population of Jingzhou is too small, so Zhu Xiu tried every means to gather the population. He must have enough food in his hands to ensure that everyone has food to eat. The brat is now very powerful.

, to act as the Jiedushi envoy and take charge of all important military and political affairs of the Changyi Army."

Fu Jinzhan pursed his lips and chuckled, his beautiful eyes bright: "If I have the chance, I would like to see what he can turn Jingzhou into! Now that he is in charge of the Changyi Army, he is doing something serious, and I will definitely support him fully!

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