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Chu Huan leaped over the crossbar, everyone thought he was going to meet the old man beside the carriage, but they saw that Chu Huan didn't even look at the carriage, went straight to the back, got to the side of a carriage, pointed to the box and said : "What's in it?"

The guard had also followed beside him, and hurriedly said, "This is something Master Yu asked us to send into the customs... Well, it's not something important."

"Open it!"

The guard was stunned, frowned and said: "My lord, these are all Lord Yu's personal belongings. They were brought into the customs by the old man. They cannot be opened without the old man's order!"

Chu Huan repeated with his hands behind his back, expressionless, "Open!"

The guard insisted: "My lord, if you want to open the box, please go and invite the old man first, if the old man...!" Before he finished speaking, he saw Chu Huan suddenly kicked out a leg very fast, and actually put the carriage on the ground. He kicked a box out of the carriage, and after the box fell, the guards beside him all changed color suddenly, holding the handle of the knife one after another, but Da Xizhang had already left the checkpoint, and when he approached, Chu Huan had already asked him: "General Daxi, do these goods need to be inspected when they enter the customs?"

Da Xizhang hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Without further ado, Chu Huan pulled out the blood-drinking knife. The knife flashed and cut off the copper lock. He kicked it, and the box was opened immediately, only to find that it was full of antique calligraphy and paintings. All the antiques have been broken.

The guard said with a cold face: "My lord is so unreasonable. These are all private goods. My lord has ruined things like this. I wonder if there should be an explanation?"

Chu Huan ignored him, swept a few carriages, and said, "Four carriages, more than ten large boxes, it seems that Master Yu is really rich."

At this moment, an old voice said: "What is this for? What is this for? Oh, who broke the old man's things." I saw that the carriage in front had come down and thought that the sixty-year-old man, dressed in brocade, With those poorly dressed refugees as a foil, it looks even more luxurious and glamorous. The old guy's legs and feet are still sharp, leaning on a cane, coming this way, seeing the box falling on the ground and being opened, he said angrily: "Who did this?" ?”

Chu Huan put away the knife and said to Old Master Yu, "It's my official!"

"You... who are you?"

Chu Huan ignored him, but asked the guard: "I will ask you again, what is the entry letter?" Glancing at Da Xizhang, he said, "Does General Daxi know?"

Da Xizhang said: "Three months ago, General Yu Buqu issued an order to seal the customs, ordering us to guard Xigu Pass and not allow refugees to enter. Only one or two months ago, there was another order from General Yu to hold the entry Those who pass the customs can put it in the customs." Pointing to the entry letter in Chu Huan's hand, "This is the thing, if there are others, I will not know."

"Say it!" Chu Huan looked at the guard.

Old Master Yu had already snatched it over, and said angrily, "What are you talking about? You can enter the customs if you have the entry letter in your hand. These are all my personal belongings. Why do you open them here?"

Da Xizhang said coldly: "Bold, this is my Daqin Viscount, the head of the household department, the deputy envoy Chu Huanchu who is going to Xiliang this time, how dare you be presumptuous?"

Old Master Yu was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of panic, threw away the crutch in his hand, bowed his hands and said: "Little old man is rude, little old man is rude, my lord atones, my lord atones!"

Chu Huan didn't say much, and asked: "I'm interested, and I just want to know what the entry letter is all about. Why do you have an entry letter, but these people don't have it? Why can you enter the customs, the common people But you can’t? You can pull a cart full of belongings to enter the customs in a dignified way, why can’t the people even enter?”

The people next to him were not stupid when they heard the words. They felt that Chu Huan's words seemed to be biased towards him, and they were all a little surprised.

Mrs. Yu was a little embarrassed. The guard saw that although Chu Huan looked calm, but his eyes were fixed on his face like knives, he was afraid, so he could only say: "Returning to the adults, the entry letter will cost money, 300 taels An entry letter for silver...!"

Chu Huan frowned, and Da Xizhang also felt that something was wrong, so he frowned.

Only then did Chu Huan say to Da Xizhang: "General Daxi, are you sure that General Yu issued this entry letter order?"

Da Xizhang frowned and said, "The letter to seal the customs was sent by a general under General Yu's command, with the seal of General Yu stamped on it. Less than a month later, that general came again and delivered I got General Yu's letter and a sample of the entry letter."

"There is also a general's seal?"

"No." Da Xizhang shook his head and said, "The general said that the old general was busy with his affairs, so he only wrote a letter and let him handle it."

Chu Huan seemed to understand something, and asked again: "General Daxi, the contents of the two letters are written in the same handwriting?"

"It's not the same." Da Xizhang said: "But the old general has a book office by his side, so there is no need for the old general to do it himself."

Chu Huan was thoughtful, but the old man Yu had already signaled his subordinates to put the wooden box into the car, and said to Chu Huan and Da Xizhang with a smile: "Master Chu, and this general, we are hurrying to enter the customs, please be lenient." .”

Da Xizhang looked at Chu Huan, but Chu Huan had already said, "General Daxi, they cannot enter the customs!"

Da Xizhang was a little confused: "Master Chu, General Yu ordered them to hold the entry letter... If they are not allowed to enter the customs, it will be a bit embarrassing!"

At this moment, Xue Huai'an had already come over. Seeing this scene, he understood the situation before saying, "Lord Chu, this matter should be handed over to General Daxi. It's important for us to hurry, otherwise we won't be able to reach the residence after dark."

Chu Huan thought for a while, and scanned the refugees on both sides, only to see hundreds of poorly dressed civilians looking at him helplessly, before pondering for a moment, he bowed his hands to Da Xizhang and Xue Huai'an, and said, "Master Xue, General Daxi, Please take a step to speak!"

Da Xizhang and Xue Huai'an looked at each other, but did not refuse. They followed Chu Huan to a secluded place nearby, and then Chu Huan said softly: "Both of you, this matter should not have been done by Mr. Chu. It seems that Mr. Chu intervened. It's a nostalgia."

Da Xizhang hurriedly said: "Master Chu is serious!"

Xue Huai'an didn't speak, but he really felt that Chu Huan was meddling in his own business. Isn't it just a letter of entry, why make such a fuss, but seeing Chu Huan's serious expression, he couldn't say much.

Chu Huan said solemnly: "Two, Chu feels that there is something wrong with this entry letter!"

"Is there a problem?" Xue Huai'an frowned and said, "Master Chu, this is an order from General Yu. The Holy Admiral has entrusted General Yu with the full power of the Northwest War, and General Yu will handle all affairs in the Northwest. Since the old general ordered Daxi Naturally, the general has his reasons for blocking the West Valley Pass, and if this entry letter comes, the old general will have his own sense of discretion, we must not mess with the old general's affairs."

Da Xizhang shook his head slightly and said: "Master Xue, I didn't realize it before, but today when Master Chu said this, I feel that something is a little strange!"

"Oh?" Xue Huai'an was taken aback.

Da Xizhang said: "I'm a rough person, so it doesn't make sense, but I always feel that something is wrong."

Chu Huan nodded and said: "General Daxi is right, but something is wrong. General Yu is a veteran of the empire. Although Chu is dull, he also knows that the most important thing in the Northwest today is to stabilize people's hearts. To stabilize the hearts of millions of people in the Northwest, the people of Xiliang have not yet withdrawn their troops, so anything can happen, if there is a slight negligence, the situation will change rapidly, and the consequences will be disastrous."

Xue Huai comforted Xu and asked, "Lord Chu, if you have any doubts, just speak up."

Chu Huan hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Chu takes the liberty of thinking that the letter of entry may not be General Yu's intention."

"Ah?" Xue Huai'an was taken aback, and Da Xizhang was also a little surprised.

Chu Huan said: "Think about it, you two, you can only get one point for this entry letter for 300 taels of silver. How can ordinary people afford such a sum to buy a customs entry letter? Even a wealthy family may not get 300 taels of silver." It can be concluded that unless the gentry and aristocrats, like these ordinary people, it is absolutely impossible to get the entry letter."

Xue Huai'an nodded slightly.

"In other words, the entry letter exists to allow the rich to enter the customs smoothly." Chu Huan said seriously: "The great catastrophe in the Northwest is just the time when all people are needed to unite as one, and what is needed is cohesion. Regardless of military or civilian, No matter rich or poor, everyone can work together to tide over difficulties, this truth must be very clear to Old General Yu."

Xue Huai'an nodded and said: "The old general is a veteran of the empire. He has strategized and is extremely wise. This is a simple truth that ordinary people can understand, and the old general naturally knows it even more."

Da Xizhang said: "That's right, Old General Yu certainly understands the importance of popular support."

He was originally a person who didn't talk much, but he seemed to feel that things were weird at the moment, so he was very concerned about this matter.

"But this entry letter is a big bad thing." Chu Huan said solemnly: "The existence of the entry letter divides people into rich and poor. Rich people can buy the entry letter with a lot of money. Entering the customs, but the poor will never be treated like this. If this story spreads, what will you make ordinary people think?"

Xue Huai'an finally understood the seriousness of the matter, and said softly: "In this way, instead of uniting the whole northwest, it will create even greater grievances... If the matter spreads, the people will naturally be dissatisfied, not only will they not If we fight against the enemy with one heart, I'm afraid there will be great troubles."

Chu Huan nodded and said: "That's it. That's why I feel that something is wrong. The old general will never make such a mistake." Xiang Daxi said: "General Daxi, if you are in front of these people today , Put the old man Yu and the others into the pass, but keep hundreds of refugees out, after these people leave, they will definitely spread the matter around, and you will naturally know the consequences."

Da Xizhang sighed: "Actually, I'm afraid this matter has already been spread."

Chu Huan frowned and said, "It's still hard to be sure. Either this order was really made by the old general with other intentions, or the old general is busy with military affairs, and he doesn't know about it until now...!" He paused, looked at Da Xi Zhang, and asked, "General Da Xi, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Da Xizhang showed embarrassment and said: "This matter is very embarrassing. If it is indeed the old general's order, if you don't carry it out, you will not only disobey the order, but also... and if the old general has other intentions, I'm afraid it will ruin the old general's life." event."

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "General Daxi, you just said that the entry letter does not have the general's seal!"

"Yes!" Da Xizhang said immediately, "But it was indeed the old general who was with him."

"That's the problem." Chu Huan said: "Without a general's seal, it's not a military order." After hesitating for a while, he said softly: "General Daxi, Chu has no right to intervene in this matter, but it concerns the overall situation of the Northwest. You and I They are all ministers of Daqin, so they have to be careful, so Chu will meddle in his own business for a while, see if it is possible to temporarily block the West Valley Pass, only allowed to go out, not allowed to enter, the mission is about to go to Xiliang, We must pass by the place where the old general is stationed, we will rush to the old general as soon as possible, and report the matter to the old general, and if the matter is indeed ordered by the old general, we will send someone over to notify, what do you think?"

Da Xizhang was silent for a while, then finally nodded and said: "Lord Chu, I will do as you said. I will immediately order the West Valley Pass to be sealed off, only allowed to exit, not allowed to enter!" : "Turn back, from today onwards, you are only allowed to leave the customs, and you are not allowed to enter!"