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Chapter 340
A peaceful day in Zhuojun.

At three o'clock in the morning, the morning sun in the east has already shone on the tiles of the roof.

Just as the drums sounded on time, Situ Qiu scooped up a ladle of water from the water tank at home to rinse his mouth, then took his longbow, took his waist knife from behind the door, and went out on time.

In front of the Lumen in the workshop, it is full of people who are going out to go to the market or go to work.The gatekeepers held the guns and stood up, while the square officials sat inside the gate of the school and yawned.

It was another ordinary day, Situ Qiu strode towards Lumen after seeing it.

The common people crowded in front of the gate, after seeing Situ Qiu, they all nodded and said: "Situ Archers, good morning, how about going to the yamen to meet Mao?"

"Situ Archer, good morning."

Situ Qiu smiled and nodded.

"Situ Archer, let me inquire about something with you. Governor Wei said that this year's tax will be exempted, but is it true?"

It was an old woman in her 40s who asked the question. Situ Qiu thought for a while and said, "Yes, but it's just a tax exemption for this year, but your cake shop still has to charge money."

The other party was overjoyed and said: "It seems to be true. My big cow is [-] years old this year, and Er Niu is just [-]. If the small tax is exempted, it will save two shares of money."

Seeing this aunt's happy look, Situ Qiu also smiled. He was born in Ji County, his family was poor, he grew up wearing a variety of clothes and eating a variety of meals, and he has a lot of affection for the villagers in the workshop .

Soon the gate of the workshop was opened, and the people stopped talking, each carried his own tools and went out.

Situ Qiu was walking on the street, and he could be seen everywhere on the street. Village soldiers in kudzu clothes and sackcloth on their heads patrolled the city with spears on their shoulders.Situ Qiu had an archer's badge hanging around his waist, so he could hold a weapon and walk unimpeded.

After passing through the land of two squares, Situ Qiu arrived at the county government office. Any county government office in any city is a place of confidantes, but the county government office in Jixian County is only in the west of the city because it is in the same city as the governor's mansion of Zhuojun and the governor's mansion of Youzhou. Occupying a corner, it is inconspicuous.

Situ Qiu accepted Mao, and heard that his superior, Chen Bu, said quickly that the county magistrate took the county magistrate today, and the master waited for a scoop of county government officials to go to the south of the city to inspect the autumn harvest, so he was not in the county government.Situ Qiu nodded, persuading farmers to pay attention to the county magistrate's achievements must be taken seriously.

As soon as Detective Chen said that, he had already looked lazy, and the county magistrate was not there, so naturally the brothers in the county yamen could be more casual and received another day's salary.

Situ Qiu thought in his heart that Zhuo County was still as peaceful as before, so that's fine.

At that moment, Situ Qiu found an excuse, bid farewell to Police Officer Chen, and came to the street tavern familiarly.When Situ Qiu came to the tavern, he suddenly saw the front of the tavern, and suddenly turned it upside down, his eyes froze, and he quickly walked into the tavern.

This tavern has not yet opened, the child is wiping the table, and the shopkeeper is casually looking at the accounts.

"Hey, sir."

Situ Qiu entered the door and said to the shopkeeper, "I want three bowls of sorghum wine and bring them upstairs."

"Okay, three bowls of sorghum wine."

Situ Qiu went upstairs and sat down on a seat along the street. The left and right screens covered the seat, and the seat was very concealed.

Immediately, a waiter with a mole on his face brought three bowls of sorghum wine to the table on a plate, and said loudly: "Guest officer, your three bowls of sorghum wine."

The two exchanged glances, and the waiter said: "Three days ago, in the barracks in the south of the city, there was no trace of the [-] troops from Ji County."

Situ Qiu's face froze when he heard the words, and he said, "How is this possible? Why did we only find out after three days? Didn't we all keep watching?"

"Who knows, the people of Youzhou are so cunning, they use the township army to replace the flag of the government army, they practice every day, and the chant is not stopped. After we realize it, we know that the government army in the camp has already died three days ago. let's go."

Situ Qiuning said divinely, "I think they must have gone to attack Taiyuan."

"That's right," said the waiter with his fist, "If the Youzhou army sent troops to attack Khitan, Goguryeo, and the Xi clan, why would they use such a trick to deceive the world? This is obviously what they use to deceive us in Youzhou." of,"

Situ Qiu sighed, and said: "It's too unexpected. The news from the Governor's Mansion and the Sheriff's Mansion earlier said that Youzhou sent troops this year, and that the governor of Zhuojun Wei, the doctor Ji Chuan, was dismissed. We all thought it was impossible for Youzhou to make any moves this year. Unexpectedly, we were all deceived."

"Yeah, the above is right. Li Chongjiu has the ambition to conquer the world, and we are all careless." The waiter took a deep breath and said, "But right now we must report this matter to King Tang, so that Taiyuan made preparations early."

Seeing the waiter in the shop looking at him, Situ Qiu said: "It's on someone."

Situ Qiu knew in his heart that since he took refuge in the king of Tang and became his secret agent, he had to take up this responsibility.When he became the king of the Tang Dynasty, he was paid well and could save a sum of money for him since his family was not rich. Second, Situ Qiu thought that Li Chongjiu, who was born in the market, could not rule Youzhou.

However, since Li Chongjiu entered Youzhou for a year, the official voice has been very good, the people support it, and even the Youzhou gentry, who have always opposed it, have changed.Situ Qiu also accepted Li Chongjiu slowly, and even looked at him with admiration, but he had no choice but to enter this gate, and it was impossible to get off the boat, so he had to go all the way to the dark.

"Son, fill me a gourd with wine if you can't finish drinking."

At that moment, Situ Qiu drank a bowl of sorghum wine, wiped his mouth, and the shop boy gave a wine gourd to hold the wine, and went down the stairs.

Immediately, with a knife on his waist and a gourd of wine hanging on the handle, he came to the market in the west of the city, where horses were traded between Fanhan and Han.All the horse dealers from the Central Plains meet here.

Situ Qiu seemed to be a little absent-minded, but suddenly he stopped in front of a horse dealer selling mules, carefully looked at the blue and white mule, and asked, "How much is your mule?"

"I don't want meat, but six bolts of silk or ten stones of rice!" the horse dealer said.

"Where's the mule?"

"It's from Hengshan County."

"Cheaper, okay?" Situ Qiu nodded, leaning closer to the other party and said, "The army of Zhuo County has been away from Ji County for three days, and their movements are likely to go towards Taiyuan County."

There was a look of surprise in the horse dealer's eyes, and Situ Qiu's expression turned grim, and he said, "It's too expensive, so I won't buy it."

The horse dealer quickly said: "My lord, my lord, no matter how cheap it is."

Situ Qiu left without stopping, and then the horse dealer put his feet on his chest, and after another moment, he immediately closed the stall, and led the mule out of the gate of Ji County.

Jinyang City, Taiyuan County.

In Jinyang Palace, an eunuch dressed in green clothes was holding a yellow book and silk, standing in front of the incense table, and on the left and right were a mighty soldier in golden armor waiting to stand.

In front of the eunuch, Duke Qi, Li Yuanji, Li Zhiwan, and Yin Kaishan all knelt on the ground.

The eunuch said slowly: "In August of the first year of Wude, I, the emperor, was located in the Taiji Hall. I ordered Xiao Zao and Taiwei to report to the southern suburbs, amnesty the world, change Yuan Wude, and the country name is Tang. Bestow all officials and ordinary people as nobles. Level, the righteous teacher will be given three years, and the rest will be given one year. Change the county to the state, and the prefect to the governor."

"Posthumous Emperor Gaozu is called Xuanjian Gong; the emperor's great-grandfather is called Yiwang; the emperor's ancestor is called Emperor Jing, the temple name is Taizu, the ancestral concubine Liang's family is called Empress Jinglie; the emperor's examination is called Emperor Yuan, the temple name is Shizu, and the concubine Dugu's name is Queen Yuanzhen; Concubine Dou's name is Empress Mu."

"The crown prince Jian Jian, the Duke of Qin and the people of Qin are the King of Qin, Gong Ji of the Jin and Qi Dynasties are the King of Qi, and Princess Zhiwan of Pingyang County is the Princess of Pingyang County. This is my honor."

Speaking of this, the eunuch smiled on his serious face, and said: "King Qi, the princess is cold on the ground, get up quickly."

Li Yuanji stood up and said excitedly, "Mother, have you seen it? Gu is crowned king today, and you have to pursue posthumous title, mother. It's really great."

"King Qi, you should be called Empress Mu."

"It's so lonely that I forgot it for a while, by the way, you are also flattened!" Li Yuanji laughed, and the officials of Taiyuan County and Yin Kaishan stood up.

Li Zhiwan accepted the imperial decree.The eunuch said: "Princess, please borrow a step."

Li Zhiwan nodded, and the two came to a corridor next to the hall. Inside the hall, there was a flood of praises, all congratulating Li Yuanji on Li Yuan's ascension to the throne in Guanzhong and the throne of God.

Listening to the generous words of the civil servants and generals around, as well as Li Yuanji's hearty laughter, one can only feel that the new Tang Dynasty is prosperous and prosperous, just like a prosperous brocade, cooking oil with fire.

The eunuch smiled at Li Zhiwan, and said: "Congratulations princess, congratulations princess, Your Majesty has so many daughters, and you are the only one to bestow on the county princess. This is a great favor from heaven."

Li Zhiwan smiled faintly.

When the eunuch saw Li Zhiwan's indifferent expression, he couldn't help praising him and secretly thought, "The king of Qin and Princess Pingyang are the only ones who can proclaim the decree without surprise. They really are a pair of son and daughter."
"Princess, do you want the old slave to bring it to His Majesty?"

Li Zhiwan hummed, hesitated for a while, and said: "Let Father feel at ease, here in Taiyuan, with me helping King Qi, he doesn't need to be diligent in government affairs, it's too much work."

"No." The eunuch said happily, and after thinking for a while, he said, "There is a saying that the old servant said, don't be offended by the princess."

Li Zhiwan knew that this eunuch was someone close to Li Yuan, and he was considered half of his family, so she said: "Eunuch, it doesn't matter if you speak directly."

"Actually, Your Majesty has always been thinking about the princess. The last time he revised the memorial in the Taiji Hall, he said that Princess Gaomi is old enough, and my third mother is not married yet. If the queen is here, I can persuade her. Now the queen is gone. , there is no one in the family who can communicate with me and Sanniang."

Hearing this, Li Zhiwan couldn't help but her eyes turned red, and she couldn't help turning her body halfway away, so as not to let him see her crying.

The eunuch also let out a long sigh, and said: "The princess is His Majesty's darling. There are no parents in the world who are not good for their children. The princess should stop being angry with the emperor."

Li Zhiwan quietly wiped away her tears, and said: "I see, thank you Eunuch."

At the same time, in Yanmen County, amidst the yellow sand all over the sky, the army that could not see the front and back all the way was rolling towards Taiyuan County on the dust.

(End of this chapter)