"Sir, please..."

In front of Yufeng Tower, Chen Mogu, who was the first to get off the sedan chair, hurried forward and lifted the curtain for Liu Xi, his tone as humble as before.

In the officialdom, one more level is a world. Not to mention that Liu Xi has the sixth rank official position of the Ministry of War, even the title of imperial envoy, is enough to bow down to any prefecture and county government in Li Tang.

But in his heart, Liu Xi really doesn't like Chen Mogu's appearance of false enthusiasm, but if he acts proud and does not deal with these people, how can he finish the matter?

He thought secretly, and had to suppress the discomfort of discomfort and said with a smile, "Mr. Chen, don't want this, wouldn't he destroy me?"

"Sir, this is a joke. The Lord is an imperial envoy, so he is going out of the capital to do business. It is naturally insignificant to do this at the subordinate."

As he said that, Chen Mogu led Liu Xi to the restaurant.

But before he could walk a few steps, several figures walked out of the restaurant. Liu Xi looked up and looked at him. He looked pretty and looked familiar between his eyebrows. He seemed to have seen it somewhere. After turning his head and looking at Chen Mogu, he came to his senses. It turned out that he was somewhat similar to him.

"Sir, this is Xiaguan's younger brother, Chen Qi."

When Liu Xi was thinking about it secretly, Chen Mogu had already said it. Later, he pointed to the rest of the people and said, "These are all squires from Yangqu. When he heard that the imperial envoy arrived, he rushed all over. I hope you don't blame me."

After scanning these gorgeously dressed people who were completely different from those I saw before, Liu Xi suddenly felt disgusted, but he continued to smile, "Mr. Chen doesn't need such words, to support the countryside and provide disaster relief to the people. These husbands think they have put in a lot of effort. When my official returns to the court, he will inevitably explain this matter to the emperor."

After hearing these words, the merchants who were still worried were overjoyed and saluted Liu Xi, saying something they dared not to accept. For a moment, the atmosphere was also very happy.

"The imperial envoy is tired. Don't stand outside the house. Let the adults go upstairs and drink some tea to rest well."

When Chen Mogu opened his mouth, the merchants who were still talking immediately stopped and let them go aside and followed the crowd to walk upstairs.

In the second floor, Liu Xi and others had just sat down, and Zhu Fu arranged the servant to put the dishes on it. His movements were so fast that it was striking.

"The north is cold and the Lord has come from thousands of miles to bring the imperial court's will. The emperor is the emperor to pay a cup of honor to the Lord for my Yangqu people."

Chen Mogu stood up with a red plum white glaze cup and said, "With this sentence, Liu Xi was not inconvenient to refuse, so he picked up the wine cup and drank it clean with him."

"good!"

Seeing that Liu Xi finished the glass of wine very carefully, Chen Mogu smiled well and praised him for his good alcohol tolerance. The other officials and gentry in Yangqu City also raised their wine.

Cups weave shadows and cups and cups.

Before he knew it, he had been drinking for three rounds. After drinking the drink, everyone spoke more happily. Chen Mogu almost rolled up his sleeves and patted Liu Xi's shoulder with his fat hand to call him brother.

"Mr. Liu... Yangqu City is far from the middle of the earth, with wasteland and poor land, and the people are also arrogant and domineering. Here for eight years, the officials... The officials finally understood that it is not easy to become an official here!"

I don’t know if I had drunk too much or felt that I had a lot closer to Liu Xi, Chen Mogu actually came with bitter water overturned. As he said, he drank another glass of wine, and burped a few times and continued to say intermittently, "And... and the Huns come to rob each other from time to time, and they run over every few days. I feel so scared..."

"The north is not as good as the south of the Yangtze River. I have worked hard. When the disaster relief is over, I will return to Beijing to say a few good words to you."

Liu Xi said perfunctory words and signaled to Chen Qi who was full of wine for him. After a little silence, he turned his head and said to Chen Mogu, "Mr. Chen, the food of the imperial court has been transferred from the city lockdown, Maoming and other prefectures, but it will take some time after all, and the people are hungry is urgent. I wonder how much surplus food there is in Yangqu City?"

Chen Mogu, who was originally confused with his eyes, seemed to be drunk on the ground and muttering the next moment, heard this and then his smile froze. He said softly, "Sir, I'm not to hide it. Yangqu has been suffering for several years. The subordinates have also handed over the court a complaint. Although he has been exempted from taxes, there is not much surplus in the granary..."

As soon as he said this, the county magistrate Ma Pang quickly sighed and took over the words, "Mr. Chen is right, but Yangqu City is at its end. Otherwise, he would not have handed five memorials to the court within a month. Lord Chen, Xiaguan and others are afraid that something would happen later."

"oh?"

Liu Xi glanced at Ma Pang with a squint eyes, "As far as I know, this memorial was sent to the court first by Xia Pi and Yecheng. By the way, why didn't we see General Sima who was rushing to the brigade?"

Yangqu City is located in the border area and is an indispensable fortress for Li Tang. Naturally, it is necessary to send troops to guard it. On the way to come, Liu Xi carefully inquired about the situation in the north and knew that Yangqu City was stationed here by five thousand soldiers from the brigade of the brigade, and the person who led the troops was Sima Chao, the cavalry general.

There were wine and meat on the table, wearing silk and satin, but he said that there was no surplus grain in Yangqu City. If there was no trick in it, how could Liu Xi believe it?

Walking all the way from the city gate, although he was easy-going to deal with it, he was also doing things to observe his words and expressions. Seeing that Chen Mogu changed his expression when he asked about the remaining grain, Liu Xi understood that this small Yangqu City was probably a pool of muddy water.

"The Huns often come to plunder these days. General Sima is busy with deployment. Perhaps because of the busy military affairs, I think I will come to see the Lord later."

Chen Mogu kept silent about the matter of Yuliang, saying that Sima Chao had no time to come here, and later persuaded Liu Xi to drink wine.

This time, Liu Xi did not drink it happily with the previous one, but said in a deep voice about food, "Mr. Chen, I have just arrived in Yangqu City. You know more about the suffering of the people here than me. At this moment, I am afraid that more people with unclothed clothes are coming from all over the place, but the city is in a hurry to see the rice and grain. Could it be that there is no surplus grain for a stone?"

Words are getting colder and colder.

"Sir, forgive me!"

Hearing this, Chen Mogu hurriedly put down the wine cup in his hand and stood up to salute Liu Xi. When he moved, the rest of the people also stood up to apologize.

Under Chen Qi's eyes, the Lord Bo Xiaoyuan stammered and said in a low voice, "Sir, there are only a hundred stones of grain in the city..."

"In the past three years, the court has exempted 50% of Yangqu's taxes, and there are only a hundred stones of surplus grain in the warehouse?"

Seeing Liu Xi frowning, Xiao Yuan was so panicked that he didn't know how to speak, but he felt that someone was pulling the corner of his clothes. Turning back, Chen Qi was making a wink with him.

Swallowing dryly, Xiao Yuan had discussed the words he had come out a few days ago, "I don't know that although General Sima was guarding Yangqu City, there were also troublemakers who were in trouble. In fact, there were surplus grain and tens of stones in the city. However, the thieves attacked the Huns a few months ago and were unable to rush to the brigade clones, so they could only watch them snatch the food."

Seeing Xiao Yuan's beard shaking constantly due to his anger, this artificial attitude made Liu Xi want to overturn the table in front of him and leave, but he didn't.

And he got angry and got rid of it all in one go.

Since Xiao Yuan pushed the blame to the bandits, Liu Xi gave them a step, and did not ask about Yu Liang. He just asked where the bandits were, and he was ready to take people up the mountain to kill the bandits tomorrow.

Amid the welcome words, Liu Xi burped and walked out drunk, saying crazy words to Chen Qi who was supporting him.

"Go and send the adults back to the inn."

Chen Qi said coldly to the two sedan chairmen, Yangqu City was just dozens of ways, so the inns where Wu Shuanger and others lived were still very easy to find.

Seeing the soft sedan chair leaving, Chen Qi waved his hand and beat the merchants who wanted to stay and send them to him after listening. He told Ma Pang and others a few jokes, sent the three of them away, and then returned to the restaurant.

When he opened the door, he saw that Chen Mogu, who was drunk, was sitting on a wooden chair, closed his eyes and drank tea. Chen Qi hurriedly walked forward, sat aside, poured a cup of sober tea to moisten his throat, which was soaked by the alcohol.

"All left?"

"Well, it's annoying to let them stay." Chen Qi lowered his voice when he took a few sips of warm sobering tea, "Brother, do you think he will really go to suppress the bandits?"

There were indeed bandits, so they were in Wuziling in the west, and the terrain of Wuziling was dangerous, so even the storm was unable to encircle them.

In advance, we agreed that if someone from the court asked about the food, he would shirk it to the bandits. But now the imperial envoy led people up the mountain to encircle and suppress it, wouldn’t that be exposed?

Thinking of this, Chen Qi couldn't help but feel a little panicked. He could disagree with those merchants, or even point fingers at them regardless of life or death. However, this imperial envoy was a person who could take his life. If he was caught doing what he did, how could he still have a way out?

"Do you think he will have soldiers following him to go up the mountain to suppress bandits?"

After hearing what Chen Mogu said, Chen Qi's eyes shone brightly, "Brother is right. Now that he obeys the orders of his storm, how can he do anything to the bandits of Wuziling with the guards he brought? Maybe he can even use a knife to kill people. My brother is indeed very clever."

"hehe……"

Chen Mogu's face was filled with red light again, and he closed his eyes and continued to sip tea.
Chapter completed!