Qin Fang stood still: "Doctor Li, what are you doing?"
Doctor Li had discussed this action with his daughter. So when Qin Fang asked, Doctor Li said directly: "General Qin, I want to ask General Qin to take her in. My daughter has such an incident. If she continues to stay in the county, it will inevitably attract rumors. What can she do then? So I want to take her away. But I am not familiar with other places, so... General Qin wants a doctor to accompany him, right? What do you think of my wife?" Of course, following Qin Fang is not the only way out. He can also take his daughter to other places to make a living.
But where is it not a fresh start? It is better to follow General Qin, whom he knows. At least through these few days of getting along, he could see that General Qin and his wife were good people. Following such people would be somewhat safer. Otherwise, if he went to another place, he would be old. If something happened to him, what would happen to his daughter? If he followed General Qin, he hoped that General Qin would protect his daughter a little bit because he had done his best during this period.
Qin Fang did not think too much. Doctor Li was willing to follow him, so he must be willing, even if it was only for this trip. What's more, those sick people still needed Doctor Li. So he said, "Of course, I'd love to have you."
Doctor Li and his daughter breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Qin Fang's straightforward agreement. Originally, they were still worried about Miss Li's situation. General Qin might feel ashamed and unwilling to keep them. It seems that they thought too much.
In fact, they did think too much. Qin Fang never thought about Miss Li. To put it bluntly, what does Miss Li have to do with him, Qin Fang? Why did he think about this?
"General." Captain Lu was looking for Qin Fang, but he didn't expect to see him as soon as he went out. "General, the testimony of the bandits is here. These beasts didn't expect to do so many evil things. And that county magistrate, he really deserves to be killed."
Qin Fang read the testimony of the bandits. The more he read, the tighter his brows wrinkled. These people really let them off easily by removing their hands and feet.
Captain Yang said, "General, the bandits are in collusion with the county magistrate. Now that we have caught the bandits, if the county magistrate sends someone here and finds something strange, he will probably be alarmed."
Qin Fang nodded and said, "Send someone to guard Wulipo immediately. If someone comes here, it's fine if they are ordinary people, but if they are the county magistrate's men, they will be arrested directly."
Captain Yang: "Yes."
Qin Fang said to Captain Lu, "Go find someone. I will write a letter right away. You ask someone to deliver it... to Lord Du Ke in the office of the Minister of War. Forget it, call Tao Shan and let him deliver the letter." Qin Fang thought that he didn't know anyone in the capital, and the only person who could be considered a "friendship" was probably Du Ke. After all, his transfer was brought by Du Ke, so he could be barely related to Du Ke.
In addition, during the conversation at the border, when he recommended Han Zhen and Du Ke proposed Wei Wu, Du Ke also listened to his opinion, which made him feel that Du Ke was not the kind of unreasonable person. So when there was no one else in the capital, Qin Fang decided to write a letter to Du Ke.
Captain Lu: "Yes, I will go to find Tao Shan immediately."
Speaking of which, this was the first time Qin Fang wrote a letter to his superior. He was a military general, and Du Ke was the Minister of War, and he was his top boss.
And writing this letter was naturally not as simple as just writing about the county lord's affairs. He had to explain the brigade's illness, military pay, and the situation of suppressing bandits one by one. However, Qin Fang also kept a watchful eye. He did not write about the money from the bandit suppression. He only wrote that 30% of the money from the bandit suppression was used as their military pay, and 70% was left for the people.
Three days later, Qin Fang's letter was sent to the capital at full speed. It was
Tao Shan's first time in the capital, and after much inquiry, he finally found the Du Mansion.
The Du Mansion was heavily guarded. As the Minister of War, Du Ke's study naturally had many military secrets, so the guards of the Du Mansion were very strict.
Tao Shan was still a little nervous when he arrived at the gate of the Du Mansion. He patted the letter hidden in his arms and then got off his horse. "My dear brother, I am the private guard of General Qin Fangqin of Wude. General Qin was ordered to take the surrendered barbarians to Yunxiang County for resettlement. When passing through Wulipo in Huanshui County, a big thing happened. I have a letter from General Qin to Lord Du. Please let Lord Du know. . "
The guards of the Du Mansion were obviously very well-behaved. When they heard what Tao Shan said, they said, "The person who went to the Ministry of War has not returned yet. Please wait a moment. I will report to the housekeeper."
Tao Shan: "Thank you, big brother."
Not long after the guards went in, a middle-aged man came out. He looked at Tao Shan and saw that Tao Shan was exhausted, so he invited Tao Shan in and asked the guards to go to the Ministry of War to invite Du Ke.
This year is the first year of the current emperor's accession to the throne. The country is named Changping, and Changping is the first year. Therefore, there are a lot of things in the court. Especially last year, the current emperor usurped the throne, and the purge of the court was not so fast. Therefore, Du Ke, the Minister of War, is really busy.
At this moment, Du Ke was looking at the documents when he heard someone coming to the door to report: "Sir, your guard is at the door and said there is something important."
Du Ke still trusted the housekeeper of the Du Mansion very much. If it was not something that could not be solved, or it was really important, the housekeeper would not send someone to the Ministry of War to find him, so it must be an important matter. "Let him in."
"Yes."
The guard followed in, greeted Du Ke and said, "Sir, a guest just came to your house, claiming to be the private guard of General Qin Fang, the military commander. He brought a letter from Sir Qin and said he had something important to discuss with you. He also said that General Qin took the surrendered barbarians to Yunxiang County for resettlement, and a big thing happened when they were passing through Wulipo in Huanshui County."
Du Ke was stunned at first. For a moment, he did not have a deep enough impression of Qin Fang, the military commander. The guard's words filtered through his mind, and then he remembered Qin Fang.
What happened when Qin Fang passed through Yunxiang County must be related to Yunxiang County. Although Qin Fang is a fifth-rank military general, he has no right to interfere in the affairs of Yunxiang County. But if it is an ordinary matter, he is a fifth-rank general, and the county magistrate is only a seventh-rank general, so he will not give him face. Therefore, the fact that Qin Fang sent a private guard to deliver the letter shows that this matter is not simple.
Du Ke returned to the mansion immediately.
As soon as Du Ke returned to the mansion, he said, "Where is General Qin's private guard? Bring him to the study to see me."
Tao Shan was immediately taken to the study.
To be honest, Tao Shan was very nervous when he entered Du Ke's study. When he saw Du Ke, his legs were shaking. There was no way, it was really that Du Ke's official power was too great. This kind of spontaneous aura, the aura of a big celebrity in front of the emperor, was better than anyone Tao Shan had ever seen in his life. Even when he met the Marquis of Yonghe in the military camp, he was not so scared.
Tao Shan knelt down and said, "I am Tao Shan, the
humble servant, and I have come to see you, sir." Du Ke did not put on airs with Tao Shan. What could he do in front of a private guard? "Where is the letter from General Qin?"
Tao Shan immediately took out the letter from his arms.
Du Ke took the letter and first looked at the wax seal on it. It was intact and had Qin Fang's private seal on it. Then he opened the letter, and when he finished reading the contents, his face turned black.
Du Ke had seen many big things in his life, and no matter how big the thing was, it was no bigger than following the current emperor to seize the throne. However, when he saw Qin Fang's letter, he was really angry. The county magistrate colluded with bandits to oppress the people. No matter where this happened, it was chilling.
The county magistrate represented the court and the emperor's face. The county magistrate colluded with bandits. Isn't it a slap in the face of the emperor?
In addition to being angry, Du Ke couldn't help laughing. This Qin Fang is a bit interesting. The military pay was gone, so he would think of thieves, but he couldn't involve such a big thing.
Speaking of which, Qin Fang's behavior reminded him of someone. In the early years, Yonghe Hou suppressed all the bandits in Yongzhou, and all the stolen money was used as military pay. Some of them knew about this, but they didn't expect Qin Fang to appear now.
Speaking of which, using the stolen money of bandits as military pay is equivalent to giving the stolen money to the court. After all, the military pay is owed by the court.
However, Qin Fang is better than Yonghe Hou. Qin Fang only took 30%. If it was Yonghe Hou's treacherous old man, he would definitely take it all.
Du Ke was a little curious. Why did Qin Fang give him this letter? Logically, Qin Fang could have reported it directly?
Du Ke said to Tao Shan, "You can go and rest with the housekeeper. When I have arranged everything, you can take back the letter I sent to General Qin."
Tao Shan: "Yes, I will listen to you, sir."
Du Ke naturally could not hide such a big event in Yunxiang County, and he immediately went to the palace.
Yu's Study Room
It rained for several days in some parts of Qi State. It was not a big deal that the surrendered barbarians led by Qin Fang had influenza. Some places had floods that collapsed water walls, and some places had floods. This was a big deal.
The emperor was very upset these two days because of these things.
There were even some rumors in the capital that the emperor had seized the throne in an unjustifiable way, and the eyes of heaven could not stand it, so it rained to punish him.
Of course, these words were spread by someone with ulterior motives, but as the emperor, after hearing these words, even if he knew that someone with ulterior motives spread them, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, is it really that his throne was not legitimate?
"Report, Your Majesty, the Minister of War Du Kedu has an important matter to ask for."
The emperor stopped writing the memorial, patted the table lightly, and then said, "Let him in."
Du Ke entered the study: "Your humble servant pays homage to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, this time..."
The emperor interrupted Du Ke and said, "Listen, let me guess, your coming this time is definitely not a good thing, right or not?"
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