freenovelworld Chapter 142 Father-in-law helps to blackmail "wife's money"
Chapter 142 Father-in-law helps to blackmail "wife's money"
But soon, Yang Pan'er discovered that Xiao Erlang was still asleep and just talking in his sleep.
But when she thought about Han Zhuo talking about herself in his sleep, Yang Paner's face flushed again, and she looked so beautiful and hot.
The eyes looking at Han Zhuo, which were clear at the beginning, gradually became shimmering.
But in the end, she sighed deeply again, then slowly turned and left.
After Yang Pan'er left completely, Han Zhuo, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes.
Han Zhuo still lay there motionless, but the burning light in his eyes grew brighter.
……
The next morning, Han Zhuo stood idly in the court, in the center of the military camp.
His eyes were slightly closed, standing there like a pillar, looking as if he had gone out to steal in the middle of the night and was still asleep.
This is mainly because Han Zhuo is not interested in the so-called national affairs that the ministers are discussing now.
Because those who are speaking now are civil servants.
These civil servants never tell the truth. They are either blaming each other or lying.
Han Zhuo had already used Li Jiuniang and Narshida's existing intelligence network to establish a temporary intelligence gathering point in his old house.
Every day, a large amount of information comes to him from various directions.
Among these, the court officials are especially saying that "the drought is over, and many refugees have left the capital and returned to their original hometowns."
It's basically all lies!
In fact, the drought is still going on and getting worse!
Not to mention the inaction and collusion of local officials, there are also many aristocratic families who are unscrupulous and are taking advantage of the national crisis to make money!
Among them, the Li family is the most powerful!
Especially in recent times, after Han Zhuo looted their lair, they have intensified their efforts to plunder supplies from the people through various methods and means.
This also attracted Han Zhuo's attention.
Han Zhuo's intuition told him that the Li family had plundered supplies on such a large scale, especially food, horse fodder, and the corresponding war supplies.
This made Han Zhuo realize that the Li family might be up to something, or even rebelling!
Han Zhuo seemed dazed, but he was actually staring at Li Rongdun and his son.
Sure enough, at this time Li Chongze finally spoke.
He walked out from the crowd and reported to Yang Paner who was sitting on the high seat.
The first thing he mentioned was Li Aojun.
Li Aojun spoke frankly in the court and said that he came to Xuanyuan Kingdom to collect food and grass, and then transported them to Daqian Kingdom, Taibai Prefecture, Baoji County, and Fengcang City.
Han Zhuo was not surprised by this news.
Li Jiuniang specifically asked Narshida to sneak into his room and report last night.
According to the information obtained by Li Jiuniang, the Daqian Kingdom and the Quanrong tribe in the mountains west of the Qinling Mountains are at war.
The reason for their war was revealed to the outside world that the prince of a king of a different surname in the Daqian Kingdom was killed by the princess of the Quanrong tribe while hunting.
Their heads and testicles were cut off, thrown into a pot and cooked, and then sent to the palace of a king of a different surname.
Han Zhuo believed that things could not be that simple.
If it is just a personal reason, there is no need to start a war.
But Li Jiuniang and the others could only collect some relatively superficial intelligence. After all, Han Zhuo's intelligence network was not yet complete.
Except for Narshida, the other people who can be used by Li Jiuniang are of little use.
After all, the way they had obtained intelligence before was through some kind of movement.
And now, they have all become good people.
Therefore, Han Zhuo still needs to explore and search the inside story of the whole thing by himself.
Just as Li Chongze was reporting on his work, Han Zhuo slowly moved to the side of General Lin Wuji.
Then he chuckled at Lin Wuji and whispered, "General, is the fight between the Daqian Kingdom and the Quanrong Tribe really just because of a princess who killed a lustful prince?"
Lin Wuji pretended to be serious at this time and stretched out his hand to support his long beard, and said lightly: "The man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure."
Han Zhuo suddenly realized: "Oh - I see."
It is obvious that the reason why the Daqian Kingdom launched the war this time was probably because the Quanrong had control over certain resources.
But what resources?
Han Zhuo was very curious, but it was obvious that he couldn't get any information from Lin Wuji. This old general was very cunning. It seemed that he could only look for his daughter, hehe!
Han Zhuo was feeling very happy and wanted to go find the talented woman in the evening to have an in-depth exchange and communication.
Get a close look at the combat effectiveness, productivity, and resources of the Quanrong tribe.
However, at this time, Han Zhuo heard his name from Li Chongze's mouth.
Han Zhuo immediately raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Chongze.
But at the same time, Han Zhuo also found that everyone around him was staring at him.
"Hey, what just happened?"
At that moment, Han Zhuo was like a poor student who was distracted in class. He had no idea what Li Chongze said when he reported to the empress.
Why did he suddenly mention his name?
So, Han Zhuo and a group of ministers started staring at each other.
A weird scene where you don’t tell me and I won’t tell you either.
Fortunately, Lin Wuji kicked Han Zhuo's calf lightly and said, "Boy, that fox from the Li family asked you to transport food and fodder to Fengcang City."
Han Zhuo couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this!
"what!?"
Han Zhuo immediately spoke up, "I'm telling you, I'm the commander of the Imperial Guard now, after all. I've never heard of any country letting the commander of the Imperial Guard lead the Imperial Guard to deliver food and fodder to others, right?"
When Han Zhuo said this, Lin Wuji chuckled and said, "It's alright. I'll take charge of your Imperial Guard for the time being. You can go on your journey with peace of mind."
The corner of Han Zhuo's eye twitched involuntarily!
This old sly fellow, there's something else going on in his words!
Han Zhuo reacted and understood that someone was trying to kill someone with someone else's knife!
However, Han Zhuo did not refuse. He just looked straight at Li Chongze and said, "Minister Li, there are many generals who can transport grain. Why do you want me to go? Give me a reason."
"Well, if you can't give me a reason, you can give me some benefits."
Li Chongze snorted coldly and said, "General Han is an exceptional martial artist. He is the most suitable person to lead the grain transport team to Fengcang City..."
Han Zhuo immediately interrupted Li Chongze: "Hey! Don't talk nonsense to me! I just want to ask you, what benefits can you give me?"
Li Chongze didn't expect that Han Zhuo would bargain with him at this time!
Han Zhuo's style of doing things was completely out of Li Chongze's scope of thinking, so much so that none of the strategies that Li Chongze had carefully prepared for the entire night in order to let Han Zhuo be responsible for transporting grain and grass were of any use.
At this time, Lin Wuji, who always liked to watch the fun and not mind getting involved, suddenly said, "General Han is still living in the East Palace. This is not in accordance with etiquette."
"But General Han is the commander of the Imperial Guard, so he shouldn't live too far away. I remember that before the former Grand Tutor retired and returned home, he had a large house with five courtyards outside Chengde Gate, didn't he?"
"That mansion was a gift from the retired emperor. Now it should be in the hands of Minister Li."
"Your Li family has so many houses, and this big house is probably unoccupied. It would be a waste to keep it empty. Why not give it to General Han?"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar all around!
Even Han Zhuo himself was stunned for a moment.
I go!
Older gingers are more spicy!
This move by the old general is too mean!