When Mo Li returned to the general's mansion, the updater had just knocked on the second update.

The encirclement of the Imperial Guards was not tight. They just guarded near the front door and side door, and did not patrol the wall. This made Mo Li feel a little strange. After entering the house and before he put down the medicine bag, the gerbil hurriedly came out of Mo Li's clothes and ran towards the bedroom.

“…”

What's wrong with this? Running so fast?

Mo Li reached into her arms in confusion and found that the fat mouse had even thrown away the amber bracelet.

This string of amber was deliberately polished into a round bead shape, large and very full. Because the color tends to be bright yellow, it became an object that can only be used by the emperor and the prince.

It looks like a candy-fried chestnut from a distance, but it looks even more like it when you look close.

Mo Li put the string of amber on the table, hesitated for a while and did not enter the bedroom, but sat on the low couch by the window and waited.

Soon, Meng Qi, who was well-dressed, walked out of the inner room. If he didn't know the truth, the round gerbil would never have been connected with the person in front of him.

"Liu Dan is in trouble."

"Um?"

Mo Li was stunned when she heard this, and I don’t know where Meng Qi said this.

"The surveillance outside the mansion is just like that. But heavy troops were laid near Yiguangmen, and all bows and crossbows were all set up. If you want to say that this is a search of the rebels to protect the official residence here, it can barely be said, but yesterday was not like that."

“…It’s not for catching the thief?”

After all, many officials lost their official robes at home. Although the city was in chaos, they could not immediately report to the Taijing Prefecture Office to catch the thieves. However, judging from the official robes brought back by Meng Qi, they were all civil officials of high rank, including second-rank officials. At this moment, Wenyuan Pavilion controlled the situation in the palace and the army. Although the faction of civil officials was complicated, this outrageous theft would definitely make the court officials tremble and investigate it to the end.

Think deeper, why did someone steal court patrol?

Not only did he steal the official robe, but he also stole rice and grain. Could it be a rebellious person? He tried to disguise himself as an official and wandered out of the city?

"It's not a thief." Meng Qi coughed lightly.

Mo Li looked over suspiciously, not because he didn't believe it, but because the gerbil was nestled in his arms just now, what could he see?

"Those people were ambushed very hidden... not only on high places, but also on the corners I like." Meng Qi implicitly hinted.

The doctor has good light skills and runs fast, but he is not familiar with the path of Taijing, and there are always times when he pauses to distinguish the direction. Because there are imperial guards everywhere in the capital, Mo Li didn't pay attention to where these people were, but it was different in the eyes of the gerbil.

When Meng Qi became a gerbil, he liked to wander around, and he knew exactly where he could hide and where he could see all the movements of nearby roads and mansions.

More importantly, Meng Qi understood the art of war and led troops to fight wars.

Although the gates of some cities have been broken, there are still remaining soldiers who stay in the alleys in the city to resist stubbornly.

Sometimes spies who stayed in their own city instigated rebellions and tried to burn food or seize the city. During Li Yuanze's conquest, Meng Qi was guarding the rear for a long time. He was very familiar with the formation of troops on this terrain.

Just take a few glances and you will find the clues.

"When we went, it was not so tight. When we came back from the palace, there were already heavy troops in several places where we could ambush, just like a large net was opened, waiting for the fish to appear."

Meng Qi seemed to approach Mo Li inadvertently, then lowered his head slightly,

As the face got closer and closer to him, Mo Li's breathing became chaotic and then he returned to his original state.

This is very abnormal for martial arts masters with profound internal skills. It is just because the internal masters have a stable breath and are circulating their internal strength all the time, and they will not be affected by eating and sleeping. This breath regulation rule is difficult to break.

Meng Qi seemed to have found nothing. He picked up the string of amber and looked up to continue talking about the unusual actions of the Imperial Guards in the market.

Mo Li calmed down, and the thought that had passed away was so fast that he didn't catch it, but the inner breathing pause was real. He knew that this could not be hidden from Meng Qi, so he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

The embarrassment is because I can't explain my accident just now.

"Sorry, doctor, I should say...wait for the prey to appear."

Fish or something is just a description.

Meng Qi fiddled with the string of amber beads, thinking that it could not be done too obviously.

If the doctor notices it, he will not turn against him, but he will take the bitter medicine!

Meng Qi looked out the window as if nothing had happened and continued: "Liu Dan had only a dozen personal guards around him. Even if he was skilled in the bow and horse, he was a soldier from the bitter and cold land of the northern border, and it would be difficult for him to break through the siege. This is a kind of force, which forced Liu Dan to leave the capital, which made him feel that the crisis was coming, and his official position could even lose his life. Once Liu Dan resisted the order and tried to escape from the city, the charge of rebellion would be deducted. Even if he was shot and killed on the spot, others would not say anything."

Mo Li was divided by Meng Qi's words and couldn't help but frown: "Liu Dan's troops are all in Pingzhou. Even if Lu Zhang recovers from his health, he needs military officers to suppress the situation inside and outside Taijing, he will not look for Liu Dan. What threat does he have? It is worth dealing with by those court officials?"

Even Mo Li didn't believe that he was afraid of Liu Dan's ability to lead troops.

Liu Dan was just a fourth-rank miscellaneous general, and his power was still far away in Pingzhou. It was already a trend for the Qi Dynasty to emphasize culture and neglect military affairs. Mo Li had already felt this after entering Beijing.

Liu Dan was idle and was taken into slaughter. This is a common thing in officialdom. However, it is very strange to deliberately call out the Imperial Guards and make it clear that they want to take the blame and directly take Liu Dan's life.

"Is it targeting the sixth prince? Someone saw the sixth prince entering the general's mansion?" Mo Li felt a headache. He clearly rejected the prince's request to take care of his younger brother. In a blink of an eye, the problem affected Liu Dan.

Living in someone else's house, you can't stand by and watch.

Besides, after these few encounters, they can’t be friends with Liu Dan, but they are also acquaintances.

"Does Liu Dan know about this?"

"Go and tell him, and he will know."

Meng Qi stuffed amber into the hidden bag in his sleeve, let Mo Li rest, and went to the front yard by himself.

Liu Dan did not sleep, but instead took his personal soldiers to think about the terrain near Taijing, and obviously he really planned to find an opportunity to escape from the city.

The candlelight was so extinguished that only two were left. A group of people gathered around the table and whispered from time to time.

Liu Dan leaned on the chair, frowned, and was worried when he suddenly heard a voice sounding next to him:

"When are you going to leave?"

“…”

Everyone was shocked and jumped up, almost overturning the table.

Liu Dan looked at Meng Qi with a dumbfounded look, not understanding how the other party entered the flower hall silently with the doors and windows closed.

At this time, the movement inside attracted the attention of the personal soldiers stationed outside the door. They quickly opened the door and came in to check it, but they found a person who should not have been here and looked at each other.

——Did they doze off while standing guard just now? It seems that there is no one!

"God forgive me."

The personal soldiers guarding the gate bowed helplessly, and they did not fulfill their responsibilities no matter what.

Liu Dan waved his hand and did not ask.

Because he knew it was useless to ask, just by looking at the expressions of the personal soldiers, they knew that they were as unaware of it as themselves.

Liu Dan subconsciously looked at the table, and then felt relieved to find that his personal soldiers had quickly put away the rough map, and then he touched his waist.

No wallet.

When he looked up again, he found that Meng Qi looked at him with a playful look. Liu Dan shook his whole body and said quickly: "The national master comes here late at night, but what place do I have to treat you well?"

Liu Dan began to sweat behind his back because on the surface, he just put the people in the farthest backyard and took people to discuss plans for escape overnight, as if he couldn't wait to get rid of the trouble of the national teacher.

What else can be said about this? It must be explained!

"To be honest, Your Majesty is unable to manage the affairs of the government now. There are many variables to stay in Taijing, so he planned to leave first."

Liu Dan had no intention of bringing the second prince and the sixth prince with him. He couldn't protect himself and didn't want to be an emperor. What's the use of these two troubles? And they came to him by himself.

Meng Qi nodded, and he was not surprised by Liu Dan's choice.

He casually found a chair at the table and sat down. Meng Qi said leisurely: "Actually, you are leaving, leaving such a big house for me and the doctor to live in. This is a good thing!"

Liu Dan heard something wrong from Meng Qi's tone.

"There is something in the words of the national teacher, but I don't know--"

"But the owner of the house is alive and dies, which is very different."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Meng Qi said everything he had just seen without waiting for Liu Dan to ask.

There is absolutely nothing to turn into a gerbil and a doctor into the palace to treat the prince. The truth is that Master Meng was idle and wandered around the mansion and accidentally found the ambush.

Liu Dan's face turned blue and white, and his personal soldiers also showed indignation.

Killing people is just a lie. Why does such a conspiracy come from?

"You have enemies in the court?" Meng Qi asked directly.

This way of asking you to get into the trap without leaving any survivor is not an ordinary hatred.

Liu Dan slapped the table fiercely and said angrily: "What's my grudge with them? It's not about money and food! Those people from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War deducted the three thousand soldiers and horses were only willing to give 2,000 people to chew, saying that the generals were vain pay, but why did we falsely report the number of soldiers? It's not because they deducted it. What could we do if we were to support our subordinates? In this matter, except for the foolish emperors in all dynasties, they didn't know about this. They kept reporting this matter repeatedly, as if all the military officers were borers that corrupted the country, and they were full of righteousness for the country and the people!"

Meng Qi listened calmly without speaking.

As Liu Dan said, eating empty salary is something that has happened in all dynasties, and it is a vicious cycle.

Officials in the court felt that the number of soldiers reported was fake, so they were willing to give only a portion. The more ruthless the superiors deducted, the more empty salary they made. Over time, it would be good if there were 150,000 people on the border guarded by a 200,000 army.

This is because civil officials fulfill their responsibilities and military generals use their lives, and there is no excessive corruption.

If there is another person who is unscrupulous in the middle to make money, it will be even more shocking.

"If it's just a vacant salary, they'll use this crime to jail you without such trouble." Meng Qi felt that things were not that simple.

Liu Dan whispered with a blue face and said in a low voice: "Because now you need to get a share of the money and grain for the Ministry of War! That piece of money and grain will not be left in the capital at all, and it was divided up by those guys. We don't know anything about how it comes and goes, and finally falls into the hands of whom. In recent years, their appetite has attracted the attention of His Majesty. The Jinyiwei is investigating this matter."

"Do you have evidence?" Meng Qi asked directly.
To be continued...