When Gu Baiyi saw Qin Xiao coming, he put down his book and raised his hand to point to the house not far away. Qin Xiao understood.
The two of them entered the room. Qin Xiao smiled and said, "It's been a hard work these days, brother."
"It's not hard for me." Gu Baiyi poured a glass of water for Qin Xiao, "People can still handle this."
"Brother, since you want to train, why don't you just train all the executioners in Dali Temple?" Qin Xiao took the water cup and asked after the two sat down: "There are only more than 20 people here, even if they have really practiced it,
, most of the punishments in Dali Temple are still very mediocre.”
Gu Baiyi smiled faintly and asked: "Do you really think I am just training soldiers for Dali Temple?"
"ah?"
"Just a small practice." Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "I love military books. Over the past ten years, I have learned a lot about military training methods and marching formations. But even if I know all the military books in the world, it is still just
Talking about war on paper. The biggest taboo among military strategists is talking about war on paper."
Qin Xiao knew that Gu Baiyi was very smart. He had spent many years practicing and immersed himself in the art of war. At least in terms of theory, he was indeed a top talent.
But as Gu Baiyi said, reading alone is worse than having no books at all, especially when it comes to military affairs, and you cannot dominate the world with just a few books.
"The first person to create the method of military formation was the ancestor Huangdi." Gu Baiyi said eloquently: "The Yellow Emperor was the first to create the method of the well field, and based on the method of the well field, he studied the method of dispatching military formations. The wells were crisscrossed and divided the army into eight directions.
For the formation, the four corners of the southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast are free areas. In addition, the population in ancient times was not large, so five formations are more than enough to deal with the enemy. The predecessor of the eight formations is Huangdi's five formations."
Gu Baiyi was very familiar with the methods of military formations, and he talked endlessly about them, which was completely different from his usual low-key and calm demeanor.
"The Five Formations of the Yellow Emperor evolved through Jiang Shang's Taigong Formation, Guan Zhong's arrangement, and Sun Wu's Five Elements and Bagua Formations, and then were transformed into the Eight Formations by Zhuge Wuhou. It can be said that it has developed to the pinnacle of large-scale military operations."
Gu Baiyi was eloquent: "But no matter how the military formation changes and the teachings are strict, in the final analysis, the generals still need to be able to adapt to changes. Fighters on the battlefield are everywhere and are changing rapidly. The generals need to have insight into the battlefield situation and find the best way to attack the enemy, and then
Only in this way can soldiers be mobilized to execute orders, and the most important point among them is that the soldiers who execute orders must carry out orders and prohibitions, just like the general's arms. Otherwise, if the soldiers hesitate and cannot act according to the general's command, they will be defeated without fighting.
"
Qin Xiao naturally had no knowledge of these matters. When he heard this, he vaguely understood what Gu Baiyi meant: "Brother is saying that on the battlefield, generals must adapt to changes, and soldiers must also be quick and courageous?"
"That's what I mean." Gu Baiyi nodded slightly: "So the key points of military training are to first train the body, then practice the movement, and finally train the mind. Only in this way can you be invincible when you actually use the army."
Qin Xiao nodded slightly, thinking to himself that Gu Baiyi had benefited a lot from his words.
At this time, I finally understood why those executioners were holding iron lumps. This was naturally the first step in training soldiers to temper their bodies.
"By the way, just listening to my rambling almost delayed the business." Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "My lord is here today, but what are your orders?"
Qin Xiao hurriedly said: "Brother, please don't call me that." Looking around, Gu Baiyi saw that Qin Xiao had a serious look on his face. It was obvious that he didn't want a third person to hear the rest of the conversation, so he said softly: "Don't worry.
No one has anything to say, but it’s okay to say it.”
In fact, with Qin Xiao's cultivation level, he would be able to quickly detect if someone was really approaching. However, today's matter was unusual, so he was cautious, so he whispered: "Brother, does he know about Jiangnan's inner treasury?"
"Jiangnan inner treasury?" Gu Baiyi didn't understand why Qin Xiao suddenly mentioned the inner treasury and shook his head: "The inner treasury is a secret of the royal family. Although no one dares to say it publicly, not many people discuss it in private. The reason is simple.
The inner treasury is too secretive. Even the important ministers in the court know very little about the inner treasury." After a pause, he said: "But it is not unusual for there to be an inner treasury in Jiangnan. I guess the inner treasury is in Jiangnan.
There are also secret shops, and without affecting the trade in Jiangnan, there will be imperial merchants from the inner treasury doing business in Jiangnan."
Qin Xiao thought that Gu Baiyi was really astute, and nodded: "Exactly. The Neiku has a warehouse in Jiangnan, and the Neiku does have imperial merchants doing business secretly in Jiangnan, and the Jiangnan Neiku is the Jiangnan imperial merchant.
operation warehouse.”
Gu Baiyi was thoughtful and asked: "Why did you suddenly mention the inner treasury?"
"The location of Jiangnan's inner treasury is secretive and heavily guarded." Qin Xiao looked solemn and said solemnly: "A month ago, Jiangnan's inner treasury still had more than one million taels of silver in stock. But just a few days ago, Feige
After passing the letter, the more than one million taels of cash disappeared overnight." Gu Baiyi had always been calm, but when he heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
"The inner treasury is an important place for the royal family, and Princess Sheyue is also a cautious person." Gu Baiyi was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "The soldiers and horses guarding the inner treasury are naturally carefully selected by the princess. These people are not only brave, but also treat the princess well.
He must be very loyal, and it should be impossible for him to be a thief."
Qin Xiao nodded: "There will definitely be no shortage of soldiers and horses guarding the inner treasury. With more than one million taels of silver, even if it is blatantly transported out of the inner treasury, it is impossible to do it overnight, let alone doing so to guard the inner treasury."
All the soldiers will know it clearly, and it is impossible to hide something that everyone knows. Guarding the inner treasury while guarding theft, none of these guards will be able to survive when the time comes."
"So this matter can never be caused by the inner treasury guards guarding theft." Gu Baiyi was silent, his eyebrows furrowed. Qin Xiao rarely saw his expression so serious.
"But who can steal more than one million taels of silver overnight without alerting the inner treasury guards?" Qin Xiao smiled bitterly: "If this hadn't been said by the princess herself, I wouldn't have believed it would have happened.
Such a weird thing."
"You know about this, did the princess tell you?" Gu Baiyi said unexpectedly.
Qin Xiao nodded and said: "The princess summoned me last night, informed me of the matter, and asked me to go to Jiangnan to investigate the case."
Gu Baiyi was not too surprised this time. As soon as Qin Xiao said that the princess informed him of this matter, Gu Baiyi immediately guessed that the princess might want Qin Xiao to be involved in the case.
"Originally I wanted to persuade the princess to let people from the Ministry of Justice go, but the princess rejected my suggestion on the grounds that Lu Junzhong would cause trouble in Jiangnan." Qin Xiao sighed: "So this case fell on me, and the woman even threatened me.
Me, if I can't find out the truth and find the money, then I will be dead."
Gu Baiyi smiled faintly and said: "Of course she also threatened you. Not only will you be killed, but my sister and I will also be killed."
"Nothing can be hidden from my brother." Qin Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "I am the one who has caused trouble for you."
Gu Baiyi asked: "When are you planning to leave?"
"I have never handled a case seriously." Qin Xiao said with a bitter face: "Now a shocking case has come up, and this case is so weird. Even if I ran over, I wouldn't know where to start."
Looking at Gu Baiyi expectantly: "So...!"
"So you want me to go to Jiangnan with you?" Gu Baiyi asked.
Qin Xiao was stunned. Originally, he just came here to ask Gu Baiyi where to start the case, but he had never thought of asking Gu Baiyi to go with him.
"If the case is not handled well, not only will you be killed, my sister and I will also be killed." Gu Baiyi sighed softly: "In order to save this head, I can only go with you, but as you said, this
This case is very bizarre, and even if I go with you, I may not be able to solve the case."
Qin Xiao went to Jiangnan. He had no confidence at all and was just taking one step at a time. But now Gu Baiyi took the initiative to follow him. Qin Xiao felt excited. In his heart, Gu Baiyi was a wise man. With him by his side, he could solve the case.
Just a little more sure.
"Brother is accompanying me, that's great." Qin Xiao couldn't hide his joy: "Brother, let's prepare first. We'll set off the day after tomorrow. This case happened not long ago. If we get there earlier, we might be able to find some clues."
Qin Xiao was also comforting himself.
If the inner treasury was really stolen, this group of people could make millions of taels of silver disappear overnight. With such ability, how could they possibly leave any useful clues?
After leaving the prison, Qin Xiao just entered the yamen. The temple leader Fei Xin came towards him and said with cupped hands: "Sir, Qingyi Building has been ransacked."
"Copied?" Qin Xiao frowned and said, "How much money was copied? Has it been reported?"
Although most of the profits from Tsing Yi Tower are secretly sent to the internal treasury, after all, there are still hundreds of people who need to eat, and some of them will be left behind. If Tsing Yi Tower is robbed, this part of the money will naturally fall into the hands of Dali Temple.
No one knows how much money Qingyi Tower copied, so naturally part of the money can be withheld.
Although he has worked hard to bring down the Tsing Yi Building, although he is not short of money, it is natural for him to put some of this money into his own pocket, but no one can get away with money.
"We can't lose the money." Fei Xin naturally understood the officer's thoughts, and whispered with a grimace: "I originally thought that I would go to Qingyi Building today, and I would leave a copy of the things I copied, and send the rest to my household.
I wanted to go, but two people came looking for me early in the morning. They are the princess's people."
"Princess asked you to copy it?"
"Yes, but there is no explicit order." Feixin said: "The matter of confiscating houses is not under the jurisdiction of the public. If the saint does not have an explicit order, this matter is usually done by the Ministry of Punishment."
Qin Xiao thought to himself that in the past ten years or so, the Ministry of Punishments had confiscated countless people, and Lu Junzhong and his gang must be very fat.
"The princess couldn't send people to search openly, so she asked our people to go over and everything that was not copied will be sent to the inner treasury." Feixin sighed: "The people sent by the princess are watching us and looking for opportunities to detain some things.
It won’t work.”
Qin Xiao has understood that for the princess, although Tsing Yi Tang is gone, the assets of Tsing Yi Tang still belong to the internal treasury. Since Tsing Yi Tang is judged to be an illegal organization, of course the Ministry of Punishment is also qualified to seal up Tsing Yi Tang, and once the Ministry of Punishment takes action
, in addition to filling part of the personal pockets, the rest will be sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is controlled by the Prime Minister's faction. Of course, the princess cannot watch the property of Tsing Yitang being taken away by the Ministry of Household Affairs after losing the tool of Qingyi Hall.
It seems that the gorgeous princess has been in charge of the inner treasury for a long time and has developed the habit of not letting go of any money.
What a money-grubbing woman.
"Jiangnan lost millions of taels of silver, and she wants to make up for it." Qin Xiao thought to himself, and said to Feixin: "In the future, we have to move faster. We are not familiar with the business, so this time should be a lesson.
Is Tangguan Su here?"
Ever since Qin Xiao took over the order to clean up Dali Temple, Su Yu seemed to have disappeared. Except for his last appearance when he was fighting with the Ministry of Punishment, no matter how hard Qin Xiao tried in Dali Temple, Mr. Su turned a deaf ear and did not interfere in any way.
Qin Xiao suddenly realized that he seemed to have neglected the official recently.
When he learned that Su Yu was in the Yamen, Qin Xiao immediately went to see him.
In the past, Dali Temple was very peaceful, and Su Yu was leisurely and at ease. Now, although Dali Temple has been used by saints because of Qin Xiao, Mr. Su is still leisurely and at ease.
When Qin Xiao came in, Su Yu was making tea. She asked Qin Xiao to sit down and said with a smile: "Qin Shaoqing has been working hard recently. Young people are full of energy when doing things. Come here today, but what do you need my help with?"
"In my humble position, I want to go to Jiangnan to inspect the criminal cases in Jiangnan." Qin Xiao cupped his hands and said, "What do you think, sir?"
Su Yu was a little surprised: "Going to Jiangnan? Aren't we going to clean up Dali Temple? Has everything been cleaned up?"
"It's almost done." Qin Xiao said: "Now everyone is full of energy, and with the boss in charge, I can't do much even in my humble position."
Qin Xiao suddenly proposed to go to Jiangnan. Of course, Su Yu knew that something was fishy. He stared at Qin Xiao with his eyes, as if to see through Qin Xiao's mind. After a moment of silence, he said: "Feixin is one of the more capable people in Dali Temple in handling cases.
He is very experienced in cases. If you can use him, take him with you."
Qin Xiao thought to himself that Su Yu was really not that simple. He obviously realized that going to Jiangnan was not as simple as patrolling criminal cases.
Dali Temple has the responsibility of reviewing criminal cases, and has always had the habit of sending officials to local areas to examine criminal cases, mainly to prevent major unjust, false and wrong cases from occurring in the local area.
"Thank you, sir!" Qin Xiao thanked him sincerely this time.
"You are still capable of doing things." Su Yu picked up the tea cup and said calmly: "At my age, I will be able to become an official in a few years. The position of Minister of Dali Temple still needs a capable person. Here.
I hope you will succeed immediately when traveling to the south of the Yangtze River. If you really do something great, your future journey will be easier."
From beginning to end, he didn't ask much about Qin Xiao's real purpose in going to Jiangnan.
Qin Xiao thought that it was hard to say how capable Su Yu was, but there was indeed something worth learning about his ability to serve as an official.
Back at Zuo Qing's office, Yu Wen Huaiqian came over before his buttocks were still hot.
Yuwen Huaiqian was rescued from prison by Qin Xiao and was immediately transferred to Dali Temple to fill the vacancy of the temple leader. It can be said that he went from hell to heaven. After entering Dali Temple, he was responsible for the case files. These days, the yamen is almost the leader.
At home, he took some officials and immersed himself in the case files.
Qin Xiao was worried that the Queen Mother Society had secretly developed power, and Yuwen Huaiqian's suggestion was to look up cases related to cults that had occurred in various places in recent years to make inferences and judgments about the situation of the Queen Mother Society.
Yuwen Huaiqian had been in prison for several months, and his health was already damaged. He had been checking it day and night for the past few days, and his complexion looked very bad. Qin Xiao knew that the second master of Yuwen's family was grateful to him for saving him from prison, so he had the intention to do so.
He wanted to do something for himself, and he was moved and said: "Second Master, you should pay more attention to your health and don't get exhausted."
Yuwen Huaiqian just smiled, spread out a scroll he was holding on the table, and said to Qin Xiao: "Sir, take a look, this is a map of cult cases in recent years, and the ones painted in red are the worst!"