He held an official document in his hand and said in panic: "Something big has happened, something big has happened, it's over... it's over..."
Liu Guan stepped forward and took out the official document. When he took a closer look, his face turned as pale as paper.
"How many warehouses are sealed?"
"They're all sealed." Xu Qi said, "No one is left."
Liu Guan took a breath of cold air.
"How could it be so fast? How could it be so fast...Didn't Duke Cheng Guo just leave?"
"Yeah, how could it be so fast?"
"Is there a possibility?" Liu Guandao said: "This is a plank road built openly to secretly build Chencang?"
Xu Qi: "..."
Xu Qi pondered for a moment, but lost his mind and said: "What should I do now? What should I do?"
Liu Guandao: "The only possibility for such a big event is...do you know what it is?"
Xu Qi hurriedly said: "I would like to hear the details."
Liu Guandao: "The person who can mobilize so many people and make such determination, in my opinion...maybe...is Zhang Anshi's arrangement and planning. Or..."
Liu Guan originally wanted to say someone, but when the words came to his lips, he did not continue because he could not imagine it.
Xu Qidao: "What do you mean..."
"This means that Zhang Anshi has arrived in Jiangxi, and... he must be controlling it somewhere. You... everyone is already right under your nose, how come you are so confused and don't even realize it?"
"This... this..." Xu Qi said: "If this is the case, what should I do, what should I do, and... Now that the treasury has been sealed, isn't it obvious that we want to rob the money? I'm afraid there will be some money.
If there is no return, will those people let us go?"
Liu Guan paced back and forth, lowered his head and said: "If I were this old man, I would choose to conduct a thorough investigation to find out where this Anshiren is waiting. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you have a chance of survival."
"Then according to Liu Gong..."
"You don't have to look at me." Liu Guan said calmly: "What I said is that if I encounter such a thing, I will do this."
Xu Qi said blankly: "What does Liu Gong mean?"
Liu Guan stared at Xu Qi, feeling a little angry, and said angrily: "At this point, what do you mean by asking me? I am the Minister of Rites, and I was ordered to come to Jiangxi. I am not a thief who is collaborating with you!
You come and ask me what I mean, I also want to ask you what you mean."
Xu Qi: "..."
Liu Guan flicked his sleeves and said, "Humph, now that things have happened, there is nothing to hide from. Do you still want to hang out with those people?"
Xu Qidao: "Aren't you afraid of Liu Gong... being like this...?"
Liu Guan Dayi said solemnly: "What am I afraid of? If you want to kill people and silence me today, I am still a loyal minister and will not be tolerated by you thieves. At least I will receive a pension from the court. At this point, this is not a bad idea.
result."
Xu Qi was in a state of confusion, his face was changing, and he said: "There are many things that Mr. Liu has no connection with."
Liu Guan burst out laughing, and then said: "Let's get rid of the relationship? Who said that I have anything to do with you? Do you really think that I am colluding with you? To tell you the truth, I have sent your evidence back to the capital overnight.
Before taking action today, I have prepared everything to report you. How could I, Liu Guan, collude with the rebellious ministers and traitors?"
Xu Qi was confused: "What... what evidence..."
"All your relationships, everyone involved in this matter, besides..." Liu Guan gritted his teeth and said: "There are also all the money flows, including those in Poyang Lake... Do you think I don't know
?”
Liu Guan laughed a few more times as he spoke, but his laughter became even colder. He looked at Liu Guan rudely and said, "After I arrived in Jiangxi, I did hide some things from you, and I was indeed coerced by you to do some things."
Something you shouldn't do. But... in the future, the imperial court will find out clearly. From beginning to end, the imperial court will know that I did not collect any bribes in Jiangxi!"
"I am here to endure the humiliation and make false sacrifices with you and other thieves, in order to search out all the evidence of your crimes. I have already secretly compiled and compiled a list of all your illegal things, so that one day, the court can know your secrets.
Show your true colors and eradicate you rebellious officials and traitors."
Xu Qi shuddered suddenly and looked at Liu Guan in disbelief: "Liu Guan, it turns out you actually have something hidden?"
Liu Guan looked at him with contempt and said: "Do you think I don't know that you and your people want to use me as your scapegoat? From the very beginning, you people... have been planning carefully, but this is just
The crime is very serious. If something happens in the future, one person must be responsible for this. You can predict that I will take the initiative to ask for help, just hoping that you will benefit, and I will die."
Xu Qi's expression suddenly changed.
Liu Guan laughed with disdain and said: "But don't think about it. Although I, Liu, am greedy, love beauty, love wine, and have stinking problems all over my body, I, Liu Guan, could live from Hongwu to Yongle, and
Do you really think that you can still achieve success just by luck?"
Xu Qi opened his eyes wide, looked at him and said, "What do you know?"
Xu Qi's face began to turn cold. He stared at Liu Guan, his eyes no longer as panicked as before, but rather sharp.
"I know too much." Liu Guandao said: "When I came to Nanchang Mansion, I noticed something was wrong, so I had already made preparations. If you succeed in this matter, I will naturally remain silent and pretend that I have nothing to do.
If it doesn’t happen, I can still take this opportunity to share a piece of the pie with you.”
"And once the matter is revealed, do you really think that I will take the blame for you? You are wrong. I have already made many arrangements these days. By the time the court thoroughly investigates and the factory guards start to settle the accounts with you, I will already be innocent.
At that time, the court will at most consider me a fool, but it will never say that I am your accomplice."
"Mr. Liu... these words... you seem to have prepared for the worst?" Xu Qi said slowly.
Xu Qi had changed from the panic he had just now, and instead became extraordinarily calm.
Only his heavy breathing betrayed him. It was obvious that Xu Qi was in a state of confusion.
"This is not the worst plan, but the best outcome for me at this moment." Liu Guan was also very calm, neither happy nor angry.
A person at his level may be ordinary, but at critical moments, his thinking is exceptionally clear and his demeanor is unusually calm.
A person who can get as far as Liu Guan may not be able to test his quality on a normal day, but at such a moment of disaster, Liu Guan's performance must be far beyond ordinary people.
He just smiled slightly and said: "No, this is the best plan. Now that the incident has come to light and a disaster is imminent, it can no longer be a good thing. The best result for me now is that you will become angry and kill me immediately. In this way,
Even if I really endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden, I will be killed by the rebels!"
"I am the Minister of Rites. As long as I die like this, even if I cannot get the treatment worthy of the Ancestral Temple, it will be enough to benefit my children and grandchildren. Of course, you can also imprison me, but imprison me... until the factory guards arrive.
, although I have failed to rescue me, there are some things that I can explain clearly to the court and His Majesty, at least I will not die without a burial place like you."
"In short... all your things have been submitted to the Secretary. I have reported merits, so naturally I don't want to be with people like you."
Xu Qi fell silent, then lowered his head slightly, as if thinking about something.
After a while, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Liu Guandao: "Farewell."
"Why, don't you kill me?" Liu Guan smiled and said, "Even if you don't kill me, don't you dare to imprison me?"
Xu Qi said nothing.
Liu Guandao: "If you don't imprison me, then I will return to Beijing..."
Having said that, he looked like he was about to leave.
Xu Qi's Adam's apple rolled, and his face became more and more serious. With a trembling face, he finally said with difficulty: "Why did Mr. Liu force him to this point?"
Liu Guandao: "Han thieves are not at odds with each other. Today, you monsters and monsters have nowhere to hide. What can I do?"
Xu Qi gritted his teeth and shouted: "Liu Guan, don't even think about walking out of here..."
After that, he hurried away. There was already a team of people waiting outside.
Xu Qidao said: "Capture Liu Guan and don't let him go. This old thief is extremely cunning and must be carefully controlled."
After saying that, he hurried away.
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Liu Guan felt relieved.
He was lying comfortably in his camp. His camp was surrounded. He was accompanied by a guard. Liu Guan asked this person to go out. As a result... he got into a dispute with people outside. The guard was cut off in the arm with a knife. Ouch.
He screamed and was carried in.
The accompanying officials were already in a panic.
But only Liu Guan felt relieved.
His memorial was sent too late. If it had been sent ten days and a half earlier, it would have been considered a meritorious expose.
But he just sent it out with the front foot, and the imperial court took action with the back foot. This will inevitably make people suspect that he just defected when the battle came, and then... he still can't escape the blame.
But it's different now. Just now he angered Xu Qi and even kept hinting that he had already reported to You Si. In essence... he wanted Xu Qi and the people behind Xu Qi to make the decision that Liu Guan might have provoked these Jin Yiwei.
Misjudgment.
Once there is this misjudgment, people like Xu Qi will naturally regard him as their enemy.
Measures must be taken against him.
In this way, he is considered innocent. After all, he is the Minister of Rites, and the other party should not kill him yet, so... As long as Liu Guan is here and imprisoned by them, he will be imprisoned by them until the people from the imperial court arrive.
rescued.
Of course... this is a risky move, and no one can guarantee it. Someone will jump over the wall in a desperate attempt to kill him to vent his anger.
Liu Guan was prepared, because in his opinion, even if he died at the hands of Xu Qi and others, he would still be considered loyal to the country.
It is better than being regarded as a traitor to the party and having your family confiscated and your family exterminated.
In any case, although Liu Guan made many small mistakes, he made big mistakes.
After figuring out all the key issues, Liu Guan felt relaxed and happy. This was also thanks to his angering Xu Qi and causing them to make a misjudgment. Otherwise, he would have been able to escape even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
He sat down quietly, took out his favorite book from the bookshelf, and read it carefully.
This book is "Spring and Autumn". Compared with other boring classics and meanings, what Liu Guan appreciates most about it is that it contains many wonderful little stories.
After spending a lifetime, anyone who likes to read those preachy articles can read them. Liu Guan has long passed the age of relying on saints and principles to teach him how to be a man. He just wants to read stories to entertain his body and mind.
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Xu Qi on the other side quickly arrived at a mansion.
His steps were unsteady, and his expression was filled with indescribable worry.
After walking into the mansion and entering the room, Xu Qi came to a hall.
With a pale face, he said to the person sitting in the main seat of the hall: "Teacher...have you heard...what happened outside?"
"I've heard of it." Sitting here was an old man with gray hair.
At this time, the old man put down the book in his hand, looked at Xu Qi and said, "I never expected that this would be the result."
Xu Qi looked gloomy and said: "What should we do now?"
The old man said: "No problem, Minister of Rites..."
"My mentor, Liu Guan...the thief Liu Guan...has already secretly colluded with the factory guard. If the student's guess is correct, he may have attracted this factory guard."
"Really?" The old man's face changed slightly. He stood up suddenly, paced back and forth, and said, "In this case, we made a miscalculation."
"Yes, I thought that when I was really at the end of my rope, I could use him as an excuse and blame everything on him, but the student just learned that Liu Guan..."
The old man closed his eyes and sighed: "Something big is going to happen."
"Teacher..."
At this time, the old man opened his eyes slightly, but he squinted them, as if thinking about something, and said, "There is something fishy about this matter."
Xu Qi just looked at the old man with bright eyes and said: "Please give me some instructions from my mentor."
The old man said: "With so many people and such a careful plan, the people behind it must not be simple."
Xu Qi said: "The student may have guessed that Zhang Anshi..."
"Such cruel officials..." the old man said disdainfully: "It is precisely the most terrifying thing to invite favors in the palace. Because these people will do anything in order to achieve meritorious service."
"This is what my teacher taught me."
The old man said: "If my guess is correct, Zhang Anshi is most likely in Jiangxi."
"ah……"
"Otherwise, it would be impossible to arrange it so carefully. This must be the result of a long-planned plan."
"Then...students think of a way...to have someone search them..."
The old man shook his head and said: "This person will definitely not be in Nanchang Mansion, here in Nanchang Mansion... There are too many ears and eyes, Zhang Anshi will definitely not choose to be here, it is too ostentatious. But he will not be in a place that is too remote, because he also wants to
Put out many eyes and ears, deploy manpower, and convey orders at any time. If you are in a too remote place, the news may not be well received."
At this point, the old man stopped, frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then continued: "After much thought, it may be in Jiujiang Fucheng. Jiujiang Fucheng is a thoroughfare where news can be conveyed quickly and the latest trends can be grasped at any time.
At the same time, he is far away from Nanchang, so as not to arouse suspicion."
"But... with so many people, if there are no officials to cooperate with them, this matter... I'm afraid it won't be possible... The prefect of Jiujiang is deeply involved, so it shouldn't be..."
The old man pondered for a long time and asked: "How is this person, the magistrate of Dehua County where the capital is located?"
"This person is just a pedantic scholar..."
A cold look flashed across the old man's eyes: "It is possible. If my guess is correct, people like Zhang Anshi are hiding in the Dehua County government office..."
Xu Qi was shocked: "What should we do?"
The old man sighed and said: "Aren't there always thieves recently? The water bandits in Poyang Lake have become more and more violent. The government has been suppressing them for so long, but in vain. If I remember correctly, these water bandits have gathered thousands of people.
People are extremely rampant, aren’t they?”
Xu Qi suddenly thought of something, looked at the old man with a slight panic, and said: "My teacher means..."
The old man said: "It doesn't make sense... There are our people inside the city, and there are thieves outside the city. If we cooperate inside and outside, and the thieves loot and kill, what will be the result?"
After Xu Qi heard this, he became trembling with fear.
The old man said: "Are you afraid?"
Xu Qidao: "Is my mentor...now...going to make his students a scapegoat?"
The old man looked at him calmly, but then stepped forward and said in a friendly manner: "No one wants to come to this point, but... things have reached this point, what can be done? If we continue to investigate, I don't know how many people will die.
. But if it is just a thief, you, the chief minister, will certainly be unpardonable. But you can rest assured that someone will take care of your family. When the time comes, someone will arrange for them to change their names, and they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives..."
"But my teacher should know that if people like Zhang Anshi died in Dehua County, the students... the students would be punished with a thousand cuts."
The old man said: "If he doesn't die, won't you be cut to pieces by a thousand cuts? You are the chief envoy, you can't escape. But I, and many, many others, have been involved in this matter from the beginning.
There is nothing to do with it. The railway is built by the court, you drafted the charter, and you spent the money, right? You... you can't just think about yourself at this time, you have to think about your children, think about it.
Missing your newborn grandson..."
Xu Qi's face looked miserable, as if he had been struck by lightning, and his body seemed to be crumbling.
The old man added: "Don't worry, I will negotiate well over there in the capital. If you know what happened here, I'm afraid you will be very anxious. In addition, I will order someone to pick up your family.
Let’s settle in temporarily.”
"As for the princes here in Jiangxi...I'm afraid some people will be panicked at this time. We have to let everyone know that things are not so bad, so that everyone can live with peace of mind..."
"Okay, you go."
Xu Qi raised his head and stared at the old man.
Finally, his eyes turned red, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Teacher... why is it me..."
The old man said: "Originally, this person is Liu Guan, but unfortunately this thief is too cunning, so in the end I have to suffer for you."
The old man sighed and said: "What can be done? You are an official and I am a citizen. How can I, a common man, replace you? Go ahead, go ahead and think more about your children and grandchildren."