"What a thief! How dare you threaten me!"
Gao Qiu was very angry after reading this. He waved his sleeves and knocked over the hot soup and tea on the coffee table. A piece of fine porcelain from Jianyao Kiln with a pattern like rabbit hairs and a blue-black color fell into pieces. The servants in the hall were as silent as a cicada and held their breath. Hold your breath, for fear of harming the fish in the pond.
Only the old Du Guan was not frightened. His surname was Gao and he was from his own tribe. Seeing his master's appearance, Yue Mo guessed the content of the letter, so he mustered up the courage to come up and say:
"Master, don't blame me for talking too much. Just give it to the thief as much as he wants. Don't let anything happen in the office. The Gao family is still pointing out..."
After hearing this, Gao Qiu wanted to explain, but there were too many people in the hall at the moment, so he dismissed everyone, leaving only the old capital manager to discuss the details together.
This old governor is not an ordinary person. He is usually regarded as half of Gao Qi's staff. He took the letter and read it carefully several times. He subconsciously stroked his beard and analyzed it for his master.
"This thief is good at scheming. How can a thief in the world ask for horses and weapons instead of gold, silver and jewelry after kidnapping? In my opinion, there must be something fishy about this matter."
Hearing this, Gao Qiu still didn't take it seriously, "Oh? Third uncle, what do you mean, this is not a simple blackmail? I saw that the signature of the letter was not well-known. A few days ago, I heard a report from a Yuhou in the mansion, saying There are rumors that Lin rushed into Liangshan and became a bandit. I think this letter must have been written by this bandit."
"No! How could this be the work of bandits? In my opinion, this should be the work of a political enemy in my court! In fact, it is harboring evil intentions!"
After walking around in the hall for a few times, the old governor's eyes lit up and he suddenly said something shocking.
"Oh? How can you see it?" Gao Qiu was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly.
"Hmph, Sir, don't be impatient. Let me listen to the old man's analysis. Sir, just think about it. Ignore other things, if you really redeem your Yameni with all kinds of horses and weapons, what will be the result?" The old Du Guan looked like he had seen through the mystery. The appearance raises a question from the perspective of one's own imagination.
How could Gao Qiu answer this? He racked his brains for a long time and couldn't think of a reason. He could only say hesitantly: "Uh... the result... uh... the result is to rescue Peng'er. Huh? What else can be done?"
When Gao Qiu said this, he looked very similar to the way Gao Peng answered him when he was taking Gao Peng's homework test. Not to mention, judging from this point alone, the two brothers still looked like father and son.
"No! The master's political opponent is very thorough and takes the lead in every situation. First of all, he must save the enemy when he attacks him. He is sure that you will do whatever it takes to save Yanei. Then he puts forward a request that is neither too light nor too heavy to lure you. You were fooled." At this point, the old governor quietly came to Gao Qiu's ear and continued to whisper, "Everyone knows that the Tokyo Armory is under your jurisdiction. It is difficult for others to deploy these horses and weapons. Climbing to heaven is just a matter of waving your little finger for you..."
"That's what that guy wants! War horses, powerful bows, armor, etc. are all registered important national weapons. If they are issued without proper procedures, it is tantamount to stealing and should be executed according to law! His trap is set in Here! It seems like a simple task, but actually it hides a murderous intention!"
"Now that I think about Ya Nei being kidnapped, it was actually just a lure. The real purpose was that Xiang Zhuang danced with the sword and was meant for Pei Gong! Once the master really uses these things to redeem Ya Nei, there is no doubt that someone in the court will use this matter to criticize and frame you. !”
The old governor explained the whole conspiracy in depth with a firm look on his face. After hearing this, Gao Qiu broke out in a cold sweat and his whole back was soaked through in the winter.
"What a vicious plan! I have served the country well and have been favored by the Holy One. These treacherous ministers and gangsters dare to harm me like this! They are really... really unworthy of a human being... That's all. I won't save Gao Peng. He will die." Just die, I am the commander of the palace, how can I bow to the thieves? National weapons must not be used as ransom!"
When it came to his own power, wealth and life, Gao Qiu decisively chose to protect himself. All his sons and descendants had to stand aside. He immediately said that this son, ah no, this distant brother could die however he wanted. I don’t care anymore.
This person made a decision without any hesitation, but the old governor looked at him for a moment, and luckily he also had a surname of Gao. For ordinary people, who would care about Gao Peng's life and death at this stage, but the old governor still thinks about it in the end. A bit of kinship, after thinking about it, I still didn’t finish my words.
"Ahem... It's not necessary. For the sake of the master's death, and for the sake of the Gao family... if we can find a legitimate excuse to erase these weapons from the account books, and then secretly transport them out... This way, even if something happens, we can easily avoid it."
Well? Gao Qiu really didn't expect this.
After all, he was an outstanding person who could climb from a shabby gangster to the position of Taiwei of the current dynasty. When the old governor gave the solution, Gao Qiu immediately followed this idea and started thinking about a solution.
He thought about it for a moment, and suddenly thought of something that Commander Jia Zhanku was reporting today... A dark and sinister thought suddenly arose. Gao Qiu subconsciously licked his lower lip, and his eyes flashed as he realized this. capable!
He immediately called the old man over and said something like this... Hearing this, the old man was dumbfounded and kept exclaiming.
Damn it, can this be done? He has seen many shady officials in the officialdom who can turn bad things into good things, but there are not many officials in history who can insist on turning good things into bad things and white things into black like his own master. Zhao Gao, the sage of the Qin Dynasty, once called a deer a horse, which is comparable to this.
As expected of the man who tricked Wang Jin, Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and others in a row, this is a very powerful method! Lao Duguan was filled with endless admiration.
Ah cut! Ah cut! Ah cut!
Ling Zhen, who was in charge of the night watch duty that day in Tokyo City's Kashou Library, was writing furiously when he suddenly sneezed three times in succession, one after another. A few drops of ink dripped from the tip of the brush, quickly saturating the paper. A new gunpowder recipe that was about to be written on a page became unrecognizable and unrecognizable.
"It seems that you have endured too much these days. You must have felt a bit cold. That's all. Forget it tonight. Let's go to bed early. Tomorrow, we have to present the new gunpowder samples and formula to the Si Yamen in front of the palace..."
Ling Zhen rubbed his nose subconsciously, and after simply tidying up the desk, he undressed and lay down on the bed in the secret room. After staying up for seven or eight days in a row, Ling Zhen was already exhausted and soon fell asleep. go.
Before falling asleep, he was still mumbling to himself, "Brother Zhou is indeed a great talent. He is such a great master of one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal. He is responsible for good fortune. I will definitely write a good letter for Brother Zhou in the official document tomorrow." Asking for credit from the imperial court, huh? What’s his name Zhou? It seems he forgot to ask..."
It was late at night, and a dark figure sneakily crawled in from a dog hole under the high wall of the Jiazhan warehouse. This man skillfully avoided the patrol sergeant, sneaked out of a warehouse and took out a dog from his arms. The skin bag is filled with oil and poured on the wooden window lattice and door.
Then he carefully took out a fist-sized porcelain bottle with a lead about ten meters long at the mouth of the bottle. He leaned the bottle against the wooden door, lit the lead with a fire stick, turned around and ran away, as if he was afraid that his parents would have a baby. a leg.
