In early summer, the climate in the desert is so hot that people want to take off their clothes and soak in the water for a whole day without moving.

Gu Qing really did this and asked the craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervision to help build a large wooden basin that was one foot square and about four feet deep. It was equivalent to a small swimming pool. It was filled with water. Gu Qing soaked in the wooden basin and felt so comfortable to his soul.

Out of body, fluttering across the world.

After running for a full hour, the skin on his body was soaked and turned white, just like organ specimens soaked in formalin. Gu Qing reluctantly got up.

Han Jie handed over the clothes, and Gu Qing slowly put them on.

While dressing thoughtfully, Gu Qing suddenly asked: "Where is the thousand-man cavalry team brought by Yushi Pei stationed?"

Han Jie said: "Five miles south of Qiuci City."

Gu Qing asked curiously: "Why don't they just station themselves in our camp?"

Han Jie explained: "When Pei Yushi came, the civil servants in our army had already arranged the barracks for this thousand-man cavalry team, but Pei Yushi insisted that they camp in the south and be stationed separately from our main camp.

, the civil servants couldn't force them, so they had to let them go."

Gu Qing's face suddenly turned cold: "Why didn't you report this matter to me earlier?"

Han Jie was stunned: "Master Hou, it's just a camp for a thousand-man cavalry..."

Halfway through his words, Han Jie didn't dare to say any more when he saw that Gu Qing's face was getting uglier.

The thousand-man cavalry team that followed Pei Zhounan to Anxi, Pei Zhounan explained at the time, was to help transport silver cakes.

Later, Gu Qing found out that the general of the Thousand-man Cavalry did not meet him as the military governor according to the ritual, and he felt slightly strange. This was not in line with official rules.

Until now, when he knew that this thousand-man cavalry camp was camping alone, he felt even more weird in his heart.

Han Jie hesitated for a moment and said: "There is another thing. The daily food and fodder for the horses of this cavalry have not passed through the Jiedushi Mansion. Everything is purchased by them in Kucha City by themselves. In other words,

They provide food, accommodation and transportation independently, and it seems... they don't want to have anything to do with our Anxi Army."

Gu Qing exhaled softly and sighed: "The person who came here is not a good person. I thought I only had to deal with one Pei Zhounan, but I didn't expect that there would be this thousand-man cavalry."

Han Jie was surprised and said: "Master Hou means..."

"They... are probably Pei Zhounan's backers? To put it in simpler terms, they are Pei Zhounan's law enforcement team."

Han Jie became more and more shocked: "Pei Zhounan... is he going to overturn the world? This is in Anxi, on the territory of the Marquis? We have tens of thousands of troops? What can a thousand-man cavalry do to us?"

Gu Qing sneered: "What if Pei Zhounan has a secret decree? Once the secret decree is made public? The thousand-man cavalry raises their swords against our tens of thousands of troops. Whoever dares to resist is a rebel. Do you think he will turn the world upside down?"

Han Jie took a breath of cold air and looked extremely ugly: "What on earth does he... want to do?"

Gu Qing said leisurely: "What does Pei Zhounan want to do? It depends on what I do. As long as I show the slightest bit of self-respect, he will do something to me..."

Han Jie was silent for a long time and couldn't help but said: "Does your Majesty treat you, Lord Marquis..."

Gu Qing sighed: "It's not necessarily because he is jealous of me? But he is jealous of my power. No matter who becomes the governor, he will be jealous of your majesty. Speaking of which, I may have been implicated by An Lushan? That damn fat pig supports the army.

One hundred and fifty thousand? Your Majesty is already wary of him, but he doesn't dare to reduce his power lightly, so he has to focus on other military towns to prevent the second Anlu Mountain from appearing..."

"Master Marquis, what should we do next? The general always feels that after Pei Zhounan came to Anxi, it's like there is a knife hanging above his head at all times, and he feels very uneasy."

"We haven't done anything treacherous and unethical? Are the tens of thousands of Anxi troops still loyal to the Tang Dynasty and loyal to His Majesty? What are you afraid of? If Pei Zhounan dares to frame me and dig a hole for me, that's another matter?

If I get rid of him at that time, even if the lawsuit comes before His Majesty, I will feel confident."

Han Jie thought for a moment and said: "Master Marquis, the last general suggested that we also send a large army to move to the defense and camp next to the camp of the thousand-man cavalry. The camp was in an offensive posture and it was clamped in the middle so that they could not stop it.

Dare to act rashly."

Gu Qing sneered: "Your approach is too childish. Only young children can scare their peers like this, and it can easily cause conflicts. At that time, it just gave Pei Zhounan an excuse to participate in the impeachment memorial and send it to Chang'an. Unfortunately,

I."

Looking into the distance, Gu Qing said softly: "Don't act rashly yet. Let's see what Pei Zhounan will do next. And I also need to know whether everything Pei Zhounan does is his personal intention or His Majesty's instruction."

Han Jie looked at him in shock, as if there was a strange aura surging around him.

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Pei Zhounan is not an ordinary censor, in fact he has a great background.

He was born in the Hedong Pei family, which is a very large family. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Hedong Pei family has had a constant relationship with the Li and Tang dynasties. Emperors of all dynasties have married their princesses to the Shang Pei family. It can be said that the Pei family has

They have been married to the emperor's family for hundreds of years. Until now, when Li Longji became the emperor, there were also princesses marrying into the Shang Pei family.

Secondly, Pei Zhounan and Gu Qing also have a relationship.

Sword Master Pei Min was also born in the Pei family of Hedong, and Pei Min and Gu Qing's parents were close friends.

Li Bai also had a deep relationship with the Pei family. He once wrote a poem called "Send Pei Shiba Tunan back to Songshan". The "Pei Tunan" in the poem is Pei Zhounan's brother, and Pei Zhounan himself

In fact, he was also an elegant person when he was in Chang'an.

Du Fu came to Chang'an in the early days of Tianbao's fifth year, and after making friends with the literary giants and poets at that time, he wrote the famous "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking". Later, there was a Hanlin bachelor named Fan Chuanzheng, and later generations saw a different "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking" in his inscriptions.

"Drinking the Eight Immortals".

"Su Jin" among the original Eight Immortals was replaced by "Pei Zhounan".

Regardless of whether the characters in The Eight Immortals in Drinking are right or wrong, one thing can be confirmed, Pei Zhounan is indeed a figure in Chang'an. Regardless of his knowledge or background, he is a typical elegant and famous person.

But when Pei Zhounan came to Anxi according to the order, he was no longer an elegant and famous person in Chang'an City.

He was the censor in Anxi and an imperial envoy with the emperor's mission.

Therefore, he claimed in front of Gu Qing that he did not drink alcohol and was not lewd. Because he did not want Gu Qing to corrupt and assimilate him through wine and sex. He had to keep a clear head at all times and make correct judgments.

Anxi Jiedushi Mansion.

In front of Pei Zhounan was a bowl of rice, one meat and one vegetarian.

He was the only one in the room. Pei Zhounan was eating with a bowl, and his eating appearance was very similar to that of Gu Qing. He chewed each bite carefully many times before swallowing it. He cherished every bite of food, as if this meal was his life.

Last meal.

There was only food on the table, no wine, and the house was simple and dilapidated. It was just a remote wing in the inner courtyard of the Jiedushi Mansion. It was in disrepair and was leaking everywhere, but Pei Zhounan insisted on living here.

Regardless of food, accommodation, or transportation, Pei Zhounan was very cautious, and tried hard to put aside his relationship with the Anxi Protectorate. In the land of Anxi, Pei Zhounan was an outlier. He was more like an indifferent bystander, standing indifferently from God's perspective.

Observing everything about Anxi coldly.

After finishing the meal, Pei Zhounan took a sip of water, wiped his hands, and ordered his servants to put away the dishes. He sat in front of the desk, opened an account book, and read carefully line by line.

Bian Lingcheng was very efficient this time. He sent over the Anxi Army's general list and money and food account books very early. Pei Zhounan had been reading them for three days.

When he was about to see the end, Pei Zhounan suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and murmured: "The account books are actually clean and not a penny has been stolen. Not only that, he also subsidized a lot, and the tax revenue of Qiuci City this year was the largest."

The highest since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, all taxes were used to subsidize the officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army..."

"If this son is not a very kind and loyal person, he is a very evil person..." Pei Zhounan turned to the last page of the account book and frowned.

The last page is a few words personally added by Bian Lingcheng. It says very clearly that Gu Qing will be rewarded every day for training the soldiers of the Anxi Army. It is said that the first place in the training every day will be rewarded with a hundred coins, and the top ten will be rewarded.

For eating meat, these rewards and meat money were all obtained from selling shops after the city was expanded and built. The soldiers practiced every day, rain or shine, and the rewards and meat were also distributed every day, without any interruption.

Looking at these lines of words, Pei Zhounan's eyes gradually turned cold.

Drills are rewarded, and there are rewards every day. This is unheard of in all the armies of the Tang Dynasty. This is obviously using public funds to buy military morale. This is a handle.

Continuing to read on, Bian Lingcheng also wrote down another incident. In order to help Mo Dao general Li Siye vent his anger, Gu Qing summoned Shule Town Zhonglang Tian Zhen to Qiuci City and beheaded him in public. The crime was "constructing Pao Ze"

, threatening the coach”.

When Pei Zhounan saw this, his eyelids jumped suddenly.

What a ruthless method. This Lord Gu was decisive in killing and had a bad reputation as early as Chang'an. Now it seems that he has lived up to his reputation.

Then Pei Zhounan sneered again.

Very good, another handle.

Then looking down, Bian Lingcheng compiled complete black materials, including Gu Qing's use of power for personal gain, deliberately leaving four shops with the best locations for his fellow villagers in the newly built market in Kucha City, and the fact that the Tibetan army came

When the Anxi army was setting off, the commander-in-chief Gao Xianzhi was assassinated in his tent late at night. The generals below questioned Gu Qing, but Gu Qing blatantly ordered these generals to be dragged out and punished with twenty army sticks and so on.

There were a lot of handles, big and small, and some small details that even Gu Qing probably didn't remember were compiled into black materials by Bian Lingcheng and recorded on paper.

Pei Zhounan sneered while reading, then spread out a piece of paper and copied everything Bian Lingcheng wrote.

After all the charges were written, Pei Zhounan dried the ink, folded the paper, put it in an envelope, and sealed it with lacquer.
Chapter completed!