Su Changyu said: "Sir, do you think there is something fishy in this?"
"General Zhonglang, who ambushed Mr. Yuwen?" Shopkeeper Bai asked.
"Zhenjun Wolf Rider!"
"The person who assassinated Chang Renhou today was a member of the Fanjun family." Shopkeeper Bai chuckled and said, "Both marquis were assassinated by people from Xiling. There is a real murderer behind Langqi, and there must be someone behind Liu Tianhe.
"
Su Changyu quickly understood: "Sir, what you are saying is that the person who instigated Langqi and Liu Tianhe is probably the same person?" He reined in his horse and said, "I will bring Liu Tianhe back now and ask him questions.
The real murderer is behind the scenes."
"General Zhonglang is here to organize the army. It is not within General Zhonglang's responsibility to arrest the murderer." Shopkeeper Bai said: "And Liu Tianhe is a descendant of the Fanjun family. They will not hand Liu Tianhe over to you easily. You force him to
Asking for it is also breaking the rules."
Su Changyu said: "If the real culprit who instigated Liu Tianhe is the same person who instigated the Wolf Cavalry to ambush Chang Yihou, then we can find out who the real culprit is from Liu Tianhe's mouth, and in this way we can also find out who murdered Chang Yi."
The murderer of the time."
Shopkeeper Bai said: "Chang Renhou will naturally conduct a detailed interrogation, but I guess there is a high probability that the result will not come out."
"Oh?" Su Changyu asked doubtfully, "Why?"
"The reason is very simple. If the real culprit behind the scenes could be found out so easily, then the real culprit would not send Liu Tianhe to assassinate him." Qin Xiao's voice suddenly came from the side: "The real culprit must have grasped something about Liu Tianhe.
, and asked Liu Tianhe to assassinate Chang Renhou even at the risk of his own life. But Liu Tianhe most likely did not know who the person who ordered him to assassinate was, so the real murderer was not worried about what Liu Tianhe could confess."
Su Changyu glanced at Qin Xiao, but also admitted that what Qin Xiao said was true.
"Actually, it's not difficult to guess the real culprit." Shopkeeper Bai said: "The ambush of Mr. Yuwen and the assassination of Chang Renhou have only one purpose, which is to put the Xiling family into panic and lead to Xiling's death.
The situation is unstable." He raised his hand to stroke his beard and said calmly: "The real murderer's purpose is to make the Xiling family suspicious of the imperial court, so that they can't even be of the same mind as the general."
Su Changyu sneered and said: "It's probably not that easy to cause chaos in Xiling. Mr. Bai, you said it's not difficult to guess the real murderer. Could it be that you already know who is behind it?"
The carriage continued to move forward, and Su Changyu rode slowly, following beside the carriage window.
The streets were extremely deserted at night. Except for the team heading to the post house, it was difficult to see anyone else on the road.
"General Zhonglang will think about it. The chaos in Xiling and the estrangement between the aristocratic family and the imperial court will benefit who the most?" Shopkeeper Bai asked.
Su Changyu said: "Of course they are the Wutuo people. Could it be that...there are shadows of the Wutuo people behind the two incidents?"
"This is naturally possible, but General Zhonglang must not forget that there is another person who hopes for chaos in Xiling more than the Wutuo people." Shopkeeper Bai said calmly: "Has General Zhonglang forgotten Murong Murong in southern Xinjiang?"
Su Changyu said: "Yes, the Murong family naturally hopes for chaos in Xiling."
"When the general returned to Xiling, the people who were most afraid of him were not the Wutuo people." Shopkeeper Bai sighed: "The Wutuo people withdrew from Kunlun Pass because of the general's surprise attack. King Wutuo Khan was captured, and the Wutuo people were helpless.
, had to evacuate. In their minds, the withdrawal from Xiling was not a fault of war. They did not feel that they were defeated at the hands of the Tang army. To this day, they may not really be afraid of the generals and the Tang army."
Su Changyu and Qin Xiao both knew that what Shopkeeper Bai said was true.
The Wutuo people gathered 100,000 cavalry and marched eastward with great momentum. After breaking through the Kunlun Pass, they wreaked havoc in Xiling. In fact, they did not lose a single battle with the Tang army. They even killed the governor of Xiling with a saber.
At that time, the remnants of the Protective Army were besieged in Heiyang City, and the imperial court was unable to send reinforcements to support it. It had even blocked Jiayuguan and was ready for the Wutuo people to annex Xiling.
If it hadn't been for General Heiyu's miracle, Xiling would have already become the territory of the Wutuo people.
"On the contrary, Murong in southern Xinjiang may have received the news of the general's return to Xiling." Shopkeeper Bai said: "The imperial court has been preparing to go south to conquer the Murong clan in recent years. If Xiling is returned to the hands of the empire, then the empire will collapse.
Murong was of course panicked as he went all out to conquer Southern Xinjiang. Only by causing chaos in Xiling and distracting the court's attention could Southern Xinjiang survive."
Su Changyu was thoughtful and noncommittal.
Return to the post house and rest separately.
Early the next morning, Su Changyu sent someone to wake Qin Xiao up. When they arrived in the front yard, Su Changyu and the cavalry who had been brought into the city were waiting. In addition, there were two people Qin Xiao was not familiar with, one was short and the other was short.
The fat middle-aged man bowed his hand to Qin Xiao. Su Changyu said to the middle-aged man without saying anything: "Guanshi Lu, please lead the way!"
Qin Xiao remembered that he had to go to the granary today, which was a big deal. No wonder Su Changyu woke up early in the morning.
After leaving the post house, the group of people rode horses to the granary. Su Changyu didn't like liveliness and usually didn't talk much. Being with him was quite boring. They walked all the way to the southwest of the city and finally arrived at the granary.
Chang Renhou said last night that the grain stored in the granary is enough to support 10,000 soldiers and horses for a year.
Qin Xiao saw that the granary built here was really huge. Under the leadership of Manager Lu, he entered the granary. There were more than a dozen spacious warehouses built in this granary, which were filled with grain.
"General Zhonglang, most of the food stored here is grain." Guan Lu said: "The Lord Marquis buys a large amount of grain and stores it here every year. It was used to prepare for the famine years when the people would have no food to eat, so some food is stored here.
Food, if there is a disaster, we can save some. These days, the Marquis knows that the general is preparing for war in Xiling, and there is no shortage of food, so he spreads the word and asks all the powerful families to contribute. Everyone
I heard that the general was short of food, so I enthusiastically donated money. There are sixteen warehouses here, most of which are already filled with food, but there will be more food shipped in the next few days."
Although Su Changyu was stern, his brows were still relaxed at this time.
He knew General Heiyu's difficulties. For money and food, the general was worried these days. Outsiders didn't know it, but Su Changyu knew it all.
Now Fan Jun has donated 520,000 military supplies, and the most important thing is to prepare so much food. He knew that if the general knew about this, he would be extremely happy.
Of course, the reason why the Fan family is so dedicated is not to serve the imperial court. In the final analysis, it is to satisfy the imperial court. As long as the imperial court recognizes the contribution of the Fan family, the Fan family will naturally not have any big troubles.
"The Marquis said that today the granary will be handed over to General Zhonglang, and all the food here will be handled by you." Manager Lu waved his hand, and a scribe came over with the account book. Manager Lu said respectfully: "General Zhonglang
, here are the accounts of the granary. Every grain that is put into the warehouse is recorded in the account. In addition, the grain that is delivered later will belong to the general as long as it is registered in the warehouse. These account books will be handed over to Zhonglang General, Xiao
My errand has been completed." He raised his hand and said, "General Zhonglang, we can start the reconciliation from the first warehouse and check whether there is any shortage of food in the warehouse.
"
Su Changyu said: "No need, since Lord Marquis has made arrangements, there will be no problem with the accounts." So the entourage behind him took over the accounts.
"In that case, then this granary will be handed over to General Zhonglang." Manager Lu bowed his hands and saluted: "I have assigned you the errand, please leave first." He then ordered the people around him: "Let the people guarding the granary evacuate immediately. From now on
At first, the granary was guarded by Zhonglang General’s men.”
Su Changyu knew that this was a normal procedure. He waited until Manager Lu took the people away and then said: "This granary has front, rear and side doors. People must be sent to guard the three doors day and night. Qin Xiao, the granary is unusual. I will send someone to report it immediately.
General, please inform us of the situation here. From today on, this granary will be handed over to you for protection."
Qin Xiao was startled and said: "I guard the granary?"
"How about I stay and guard the granary, and you will be responsible for reorganizing the troops?" Su Changyu glanced at Qin Xiao,
Qin Xiao chuckled and said: "It is up to the commander-in-chief to organize the troops."
"I leave this job to you, so you have to be careful." Su Changyu said: "All the dozen or so people I brought here will stay with you to guard the granary. If anything happens to the granary, you will be the only one to ask questions."
"General Zhonglang, guard the granary. There are more than a dozen people. I'm afraid there are not enough manpower." Qin Xiao said: "At least a dozen more people will be sent here." He lowered his voice and said: "There must be Murong family and Wutuo people in this city.
Spies, I'm worried that if they know that the granary has been handed over to us, they will sneak in and cause trouble. If any spies find an opening and come in to set a fire, the consequences will be disastrous."
Su Changyu nodded and said: "You are right to worry. You stay with these brothers for now. After I return to the camp, I will send thirty more people over."
Qin Xiao thought that if there were forty or fifty people guarding the granary, there wouldn't be much of a problem.
But staying here every day is really boring, and I also think that this granary is indeed an important place. Su Changyu really values himself by handing the granary to him. If he has nothing to do, there is no harm in practicing.
He said: "General Zhonglang, why don't I write a list and you can transfer all the people I want to use, so that they can be used more easily."
"You think this is a banquet, pick what you like?" Su Changyu looked expressionless, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Forget it, who do you want to come over?"
"Geng Shao, Fat Fish, Dapeng, and Ning Zhifeng, if these four people are transferred here, I will ensure that the granary is safe." Qin Xiao thought that Geng Shao was conscientious in doing things, so having him follow him to guard the warehouse would be his right-hand man.
If a guy comes over, we can have a good chat and brag about it to pass the time.
Su Changyu nodded, put his hands behind his back, and said, "Come with me." He led Qin Xiao to a secluded place nearby. Qin Xiao felt a little strange and asked, "What's wrong?"
Su Changyu's lips moved slightly, but he hesitated to speak. It was strange to say that he usually always had a face as if someone owed him money, but at this time, this guy's face was actually a little red, even a little shy.
Qin Xiao felt even more strange. He felt that this second brother seemed to have something he was embarrassed to say, so he whispered: "Second brother, we are brothers. If you have anything to say, just say it."
"That...!" Su Changyu was shy like never before. He opened his mouth, but did not say anything after all, and said: "It's okay, it's nothing...!" When he turned to leave, Qin Xiao said curiously from behind:
"Second brother, why are you leaving without saying anything? You don't want to borrow money from me, do you?"
Su Changyu immediately turned around and said with some embarrassment: "I don't know... is it convenient?"