Reincarnated vassal system

Gu Huai set off from Huajing, carrying the silver that he had donated through Huabao and finally received in his own hands, as well as many silver taels that he had donated sincerely under his influence, and bought a lot of food and clothing when passing through the Huguang area.It was approaching New Year's Eve at this time, but the price of grain in Huguang did not increase due to the approach of the New Year, all because the grain in Huguang area has always been abundant.If Gu Huai bought grain directly in Huajing or other northern regions, his money might not be as useful as it is now.

After carrying several carts of food, their journey was much slower.There were not many people who followed Gu Huaiyuan to the southwest this time, except for the porters in his shop who traveled from north to south all the year round, there were dozens of secret guards who acted as coolies to transport food.

An Xiang stayed in the capital to take care of the flower newspapers, and this time Chang Min followed Gu Huai to the southwest.

Chang Min hadn't been out of Huajing yet, so he was quite happy when he started on the road, but he couldn't scream when he got there.In order to speed up, Gu Huai rode forward all the time. He was so tired that he didn't say anything. Chang Min almost collapsed on the horse. It was after You Wu sold Gu Huai two bottles of medicine to relieve fatigue at a friendly price of ten achievement points. The situation is much better.

It took about half a month before the group finally arrived at Lishan City. It was already approaching New Year's Eve, but there was no sign of New Year's Eve in Lishan City.

After entering Lishan City, Gu Huai found that the whole Lishan City was much better than he imagined, but when he saw Shang Zhi, he was completely dumbfounded.

The person who appeared in front of him still had a coffin-like expression on his face, but the slight baby fat on his cheeks had disappeared. It was obvious that the person had lost weight, but what was more obvious was——

Shang Zhi directly hugged Gu Huai off the horse, and then the two stood together, the height of each other had changed from a few months ago.

"Little Gu Huai, I'm taller than you." Shang Zhi said, tipping his toes slightly.

Gu Huai: "..."

He thought that no one else noticed him and pressed down on Shang Zhi, who was on tiptoe, and the height of the two appeared to be even.He took a few steps back, looked at the exhaustion and joy that could not be concealed between Shang Zhi's brows, and unconsciously curled the corners of his lips, "It's not taller than me, Shang Zhi"

Shang Zhi put on a straight face, "The same height."

Gu Huai patted the other person's head, "Are you happy to be as tall as me? I remember that I am much shorter than the third prince."

The third prince, Shang Xuanchu, is six feet five in height.Shang Zhi looked at Gu Huai silently, without speaking.However, Gu Huai seemed to see the grievance in his eyes, and couldn't help laughing, "Okay, my lord, let's talk business?"

Shangzhi paused for a moment, withdrew all other expressions, and took Gu Huai to the refugee camp that he had finally resettled after several days. It was in an academy, and because of the high location, the phenomenon of being soaked was slightly lighter. Some, it is also easier to clean up.

Gu Huai also immediately unloaded the food, clothes and bedding he brought.Seeing what Gu Huai brought, Shang Zhi relaxed his brows slightly.

Everything in front of them seemed to be very orderly. It was a great fortune that the most worried post-disaster plague did not occur, but many people still fell ill. The ten military doctors dug from Tai'an Marquis played a great role.

"Now there is no shortage of manpower, but there is a shortage of silver." Shang Zhi said.

Gu Huai, a second-rank feudal official, has been in the territory he is in charge of for more than a long time, and there is no one to hand it over.He sighed in his heart, "What happened to the Governor's Mansion?"

"The governor's mansion has run out of money." Shang Zhi thought of this at the beginning, "I will lock that man in the yamen and send him to the capital at any time."

"Where are the King of Southwest and Marquis of Tai'an?"

"There is no way to attack the Southwest King for the time being. I have already borrowed a thousand soldiers in Tai'an."

Gu Huai lowered his voice when he heard the words, "Where's the gold?"

When it comes to silver, it is natural to mention the gold that Gu Yu embezzled from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and flowed to the southwest, a large amount of more than two thousand taels, Shang Zhi's purpose of going to the southwest was for this gold.

Shang Zhi seemed to react suddenly, "Gold!"

Gu Huai: "..."

"I actually forgot about gold." Shang Zhi still had a straight face, but his tone revealed great annoyance.He looked at the orderly but not comfortable academy in front of him full of people, "...we need a large sum of money to clean up all the damaged houses and let them return to their original residence as soon as possible. "

"I checked this gold before..." Shang Zhi said cautiously, "If there is no mistake, part of this gold is in the Southwest Palace, and part is in Tai'anhou's camp."

"Is there a relationship between these two?" Gu Huai was slightly surprised, it was not mentioned in Shang Zhi's letter before.

"They seem to be restraining each other." Shang Zhi said, holding Gu Huai's hand and walking towards the Governor's Mansion. Thanks to the thousand soldiers, the streets are much cleaner now, and many houses have been cleared out slowly.

Everything seemed to be slowly returning to order. Gu Huai took out the account book of the imperial court's payment, and Shang Zhi looked at the few lines on it - 1 taels of silver, and his face instantly turned dark.

He slowly put down the account book, feeling very tired all of a sudden.

Feeling the other party's frustration, Gu Huai stroked Shun Shangzhi's hair again, "I have already raised 50 taels of silver, and I still have 40 taels of silver after I go out to buy food. It should be able to relieve the urgent need."

He paused, "We can restore those people who are still in good health to their daily life, and we alone cannot return them a complete Lishan City."

Shang Zhi held on to that account book tightly. In more than ten years in Huajing, he had never felt so disappointed for a moment that his uncle who loved and spoiled him was such a disappointing king.

He looked back, feeling a little confused for a moment, how long can this dynasty last?

It was probably because of the sad atmosphere in Lishan City that Shang Zhi couldn't help feeling a little sad about the past and the present, but Gu Huai, who was more emotional in the past, directly nodded his forehead, "Stop acting like this. We've got to figure out how to get the silver."

Shang Zhi withdrew his mind, suddenly thought of something, and mysteriously leaned over to Gu Huai's ear and said something, Gu Huai was slightly taken aback for a moment, and then immediately agreed with the other party's opinion.

On New Year's Eve, Gu Huai, as the new governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, directly opened the granary of the governor's mansion, sorted out some of the leftovers from Shangzhi's previous search, and let the cooks among the thousand soldiers cook directly together with the grain he brought. He ordered a big pot of vegetables and sent them to the refugees living in various refugee resettlement centers.

The population of Lishan City is not large, less than 30, which is nothing compared to the [-] troops in Tai'an Hou Daying.

When Lishan City finally ignited some of the atmosphere of the end of the year, Shang Zhi and Gu Huai brought a group of hidden guards and galloped to Tai'an Hou Daying several miles away.

Compared with the shabby tens of thousands of people in Lishan City, Tai'an Hou Daying is a rare celebration today. There are vegetables and meat on the banquet. Compared with the refugees who are miles away, they seem to be in heaven.

Shang Zhi looked at the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in the middle of the camp, it was very magnificent, but this scene was only hurriedly passed by the eyes of Gu Huai and his party. Soon, dozens of them were surrounded by thousands of soldiers drinking and making noise Under cover, sneaked directly to the rear of the camp.

Shang Zhi sneaked into the camp not once or twice, so he knew the way very well, and with Gu Huai in his arms, he acted very quickly, leading a group of hidden guards directly to the rear.

He gestured towards the hidden guards, and everyone dispersed immediately, each performing their duties in different directions.On the other hand, Shang Zhi hugged Gu Huai, went directly to a place where no one was around, and sneaked into a room.

This house is not very eye-catching in Tai'anhou's camp, there are many similar houses around, it is purely accidental that Shang Zhi noticed it.

Tai'an Hou Daying is a long-term camp, so there are many fixed houses, not all of which are tents.These fixed houses are generally used to place food and grass, but only this room, after observing, found that there was no food and grass in it. After many days of squatting, he discovered the secret.

Shang Zhi quietly opened one of the windows, his technique is very neat, one can tell he is a veteran at a glance.Gu Huai couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he thought about how many times Shangzhi had sneaked into his residence, study and other places.

Perhaps it was because of New Year's Eve, the soldiers on guard here were much more lax than before, and a few of them were drinking wine and singing.Shang Zhi quickly got in, and then went all the way into the house without hindrance, leading Gu Huai to quietly open a secret passage hidden underground.

As soon as he moved the mechanism to open the entrance of the secret passage, Shang Zhi heard that someone seemed to be coming outside the door, and immediately pulled Gu Huai into the depths of the secret passage. After entering a space, the two hid behind a cover inside. .

There seemed to be more than one person outside, and the two immediately held their breath.

The sound is getting closer.

"My lord, you came here today, you must have a plan in mind, right?" Marquis Tai'an's voice suddenly remembered, and Shang Zhi couldn't help but startled.

Immediately another person's voice took over, "Master Hou, Ming people don't speak dark words, you know why this king is here today, don't you?"

"Oh? From this point of view, the prince and I have a good understanding."

"I don't want to talk too much with you, I just want to get back my share of gold."

gold!Gu Huai's ears moved slightly.

"My lord, you seem to be joking. What kind of gold? Where did you get your gold?"

"Hmph, he's good at playing tricks. If the boy in Duke Wei's mansion hadn't been for my precious daughter's advice, would he have been able to contribute to the great cause of Lord Hou? It's the daughter of this king who strives for success. With 2000 taels of gold, what Lord Hou asked for? Isn't it more than half done?"

"My lord's words are really funny. I'm also surprised. Princess Dong'an and my grandson want to get divorced. My grandson accidentally went to prison. It's not because of gold. Your daughter is fine. So instead of seeking to share weal and woe, I really don’t understand how my grandson’s unmoved gold was transported thousands of miles away to the Southwest Palace to supply to my grandson after I left.”

"That's my daughter's dowry, what's wrong with moving back to her mother's house after leaving?"

"Then if you want to take a share of the gold my grandson earned for me, it's a big mistake!"

"You! Marquis of Tai'an, this king didn't come to discuss with you today!"

"That's fine, the general didn't come to talk to you today."

Gu Huai and Shang Zhi heard that there seemed to be an argument outside, but after a few breaths, there was a painful wail, followed by the sound of falling to the ground.

The voice of the Marquis of Tai'an was extremely cold, "Since the prince likes gold so much, staying here to meet Jin Jin is the most suitable for you. Later, I will send another prince to meet you!"

His words fell, but Shangzhi and the two didn't hear any response, only the sound of one person's footsteps going away, and finally the sound disappeared completely in their ears.

Shang Zhi cautiously leaned out slightly, and sure enough Tai'an Marquis had left the secret room, and there was a person lying on the floor of the secret room, who was one of Shang Zhi's closely monitored objects some time ago, the King of Southwest.

Gu Huai was slowly digesting the information from the conversation between the two just now, and naturally guessed the identity of the person in front of him.Shang Zhi knelt down and sniffed the other person, then shook his head.

King of the Southwest.Gu Huai recalled how he used Princess Dong'an to disrupt the situation of the Second Household, which directly led to the reconciliation between Princess Dong'an and Gu Yu. Now that he thought about it, it turned out that he was in the middle of the game.

But what both of them are concerned about and even startled at this moment is that the great cause that the Marquis of Tai'an wants to accomplish, could it be... and the prince that the Marquis of Tai'an was talking about just now is probably Shang Zhi, the incomparably noble Prince Rui, who listened to the Marquis of Tai'an. The tone is absolutely not to do anything good to Shang Zhi.

Gu Huai went straight to the boxes around him, slowly opened them, and a dazzling golden light shone out.

He opened more than a dozen boxes in the secret room one by one, all of which were full of gold without exception.

It was also the first time for Shang Zhi to fully see these golds, and at this moment his heart was very dignified, "So much gold..."

"What exactly does Marquis Tai'an want to do?"

Just when the two were thinking about whether to steal the gold according to the original plan, it seemed that something suddenly broke out outside, and they could feel the noise outside through the thick ground.Gu Huai's heart skipped a beat, "Steal?"

"steal!"

Dozens of hidden guards were urgently called in, and the guards outside were directly knocked unconscious. Dozens of people very rudely packed away the gold in the box in big bags, and after removing all of them, they even treated them viciously. Fill the box with stones, and then lay a layer of gold bricks on top of the stones to cover up the stones below.

The whole process took a lot of time, but I don't know what happened outside, and no one noticed their actions. After the hidden guards transported away dozens of sacks of gold, Shangzhi just restored the original mechanism For decoration, put Gu Huai directly on it, and quietly headed towards the crowded place in front of him.

But as soon as they approached the front of the camp, they knew what the great cause of Marquis Tai'an was.

"In today's imperial court, the emperor is fatuous, treacherous ministers are in power, and villains are rampant! Is this still our great minister?" Tai'an Hou's voice penetrated the atmosphere of New Year's Eve, "Look at our compatriots, look at today's Lishan City! Natural disasters, starvation everywhere, and the people living in dire straits! But our Emperor Jianyuan is still enjoying himself in the palace, but he cares about the life and death of the poor and the common people!"

There was a passionate echo from below, "Overthrow the faint king! Down with the courtiers!"

"Everyone, it's time to raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a thousand days. Now is the time for everyone to contribute to this country!" Tai'an Hou said firmly, "On New Year's Eve, let's finish this glass of wine, and tomorrow we will formally reorganize the army and be ready to step on the road at any time!" Go on the journey, crusade against the ignorant and foolish king, on the side of the Qing king, give me back a great mountain and river!"

"Give me back the great mountains and rivers of Dashang! Give back the great mountains and rivers of Dashang!"

The cries of tens of thousands of soldiers shattered the night, and Shang Zhi and Gu Huai retreated together. Although they couldn't see each other's faces clearly in the darkness, they both felt each other's accelerated heartbeat.

The Marquis of Tai'an... actually wants to rebel!

All the previous images immediately came to mind, the gold was definitely more than 2000 taels, listening to the conversation between the Marquis of Tai'an and the King of Southwest, one can know that Marquis of Tai'an must have a lot of people helping to raise money in the court, and Gu Yu was just one of them That's all.

There are various indications that Marquis Tai'an's premeditation is definitely not a day or two, it must be the result of years of long-term conspiracy.However, Concubine Hui has been favored for many years, and the fifth prince is almost a sure candidate for the heir apparent. The Marquis of Tai'an is completely the beneficiary, so why go all out to rebel!

All these questions became a mystery lingering in the hearts of the two of them, Shang Zhi picked up Gu Huai and rushed to Lishan City without saying a word.

The matter is of great importance, and there is not much time for them to think at this time.When the two rushed to Lishan City, the hidden guards had just moved the gold to the Governor's Mansion.When they saw the bags of gold, they could foresee how furious Taianhou would be when he found out that all his savings over the years had been emptied.

Although this move will definitely bring some obstacles to the Marquis of Tai'an's rise of troops, the Marquis of Tai'an has planned for many years, and the plan must be very thorough, and he will not completely mess up his position just because a dozen boxes of unguarded gold are stolen.

"Tai'an Hou must take you to sacrifice the flag, or threaten the emperor. You should return to Beijing immediately and quickly convey this matter to the palace."

The most important thing is that no matter how good Shang Zhi's martial arts are, he is no match for thousands of troops. As the emperor's obvious weakness, Shang Zhi's safety cannot be more important at this time.

"Leave Lishan City to me. Since I am the governor of this place, I will take responsibility for this place." Gu Huai looked at Shang Zhi, gently stroked the other party's hair, and lightly tapped the other party's forehead with his head .

Shang Zhi let the other party stroke his hair, suddenly embraced the other party directly in his arms, then stood on tiptoe and gently kissed Gu Huai's forehead.

Originally the atmosphere was very good, but You Wu burst out laughing untimely at this moment, "Hahahahaha tiptoe!"

Gu Huai couldn't help but glance at Shang Zhi's slightly tiptoed toes, he didn't hold back his smile for a moment, and stepped on the other's feet.

Shang Zhi immediately realized what Gu Huai was laughing at, he immediately put on a coffin face, stood up very neatly, and then directly kissed Gu Huai's mouth, just on the same level.