In early summer, the climate in the desert is so hot that it makes people want to take off their bodies and soak in the water all day without moving.

Gu Qing really did this and asked the craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervision Commission to help build a large wooden basin that was ten feet square and about four feet deep, which was equivalent to a small swimming pool filled with water. Gu Qing soaked in the wooden basin, so comfortable that his soul left his body and was passing by the whole world.

After running for a full hour, the skin on his body turned white, like an organ specimen soaked in formalin. Gu Qing stood up reluctantly.

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

While wearing it, Gu Qing suddenly asked, "Where is the thousand-person cavalry team brought by Yushi Pei?"

Han Jie said: "It's five miles south of Kucha City."

Gu Qing said curiously: "Why don't they just stay in our camp?"

Han Jie explained: "When Censor Pei came, the civil servants in our army had already arranged the barracks of this thousand-person cavalry team, but Censor Pei insisted that they camp in the south and stationed separately from our camp. The civil servants were inconvenient to force themselves, so they had to go with them."

Gu Qing's face suddenly felt a little cold: "Why didn't you report this to me earlier?"

Han Jie was stunned: "Marty, it's just a camp of a team of thousands of people..."

Halfway through his words, seeing Gu Qing's face becoming more and more ugly, Han Jie didn't dare to continue talking.

The thousand-person cavalry team that followed Pei Zhounan to Anxi. Pei Zhounan explained at the time that this cavalry team was helping to transport silver cakes.

Later, Gu Qing discovered that the general of the Thousand-Man Cavalry Team did not meet him as the governor on weekdays, and felt a little strange in his heart that this did not comply with the rules of the officialdom.

Until now, when he knew that this thousand-person cavalry team was camping alone, he felt more and more strange in his heart.

Han Jie hesitated for a moment and said, "There is another thing. The food and the forage used by this cavalry team on weekdays have not passed through the Jiedu Mansion. Everything is purchased by them in Kucha City by themselves. In other words, their food, accommodation and transportation are all done separately, and it seems... they don't want to have anything to do with our Anxi Army."

Gu Qing let out a sigh, "The person who came was not kind. I thought I could only deal with one Pei Zhounan, but I didn't expect there would be this thousand-person cavalry team."

Han Jie said in surprise: "The Marquis means..."

"They... are mostly Pei Zhounan's backers. To put it in a more popular way? They are Pei Zhounan's law enforcement team."

Han Jie became more and more shocked: "Pei Zhounan... wants to make a fuss? Is this in Anxi? On the Marquis' territory, we have tens of thousands of troops? How can a team of thousands of cavalrymen control us?"

Gu Qing sneered: "What if Pei Zhounan had a secret decree? Once the secret decree was made public? The thousand-man cavalry team raised their swords against our tens of thousands of troops. Whoever dared to resist would rebel? Will he be in a rebellion? "

Han Jie took a deep breath, his face looking very ugly: "What exactly does he... want to do?"

Gu Qing said leisurely: "What Pei Zhounan wants to do? It depends on what I did. As long as I show a little bit of self-respecting attitude? He will do something to me..."

Han Jie was silent for a while and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, you, Marquis..."

Gu Qing sighed, "It's not necessarily that I'm suspicious of me, but that I'm suspicious of my power. No matter who comes to be this military governor, you'll be suspicious of Your Majesty? Speaking of which, I might be implicated by An Lushan. The fat pig has 150,000 soldiers. Your Majesty has become afraid of him, but he dares not slander power, so he has to look at other military towns? Prevent the second An Lushan..."

"Mr. Marquis, what should we do next? The last general always feels that after Pei Zhounan comes to Anxi? It's like a knife hanging over his head all the time, and he feels very uneasy."

"We have never done anything traitorous? Tens of thousands of Anxi Army are still border troops loyal to the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty. What are you afraid of? If Pei Zhounan dares to frame me? Dig a hole for me? That would be another matter? Then he was the only one who took action at that time. Even if the lawsuit was taken to the front of His Majesty, I would be justified."

Han Jie thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Marquis, the last general suggested that we also send a large army to move the defense and camp next to the camp of the Thousand-Man Cavalry Team. The camp will be in an offensive posture and pinch it in the middle, so that they dare not act rashly."

Gu Qing sneered: "Your approach is too naive. Only young children will scare their peers so much. And doing so can easily cause conflicts. At that time, Pei Zhounan was given an excuse to hand it over to Chang'an a memorial of impeachment. I was unlucky."

Looking into the distance, Gu Qing whispered: "Don't act rashly for now, see what Pei Zhounan will do next. And I also need to know that everything Pei Zhounan does is his personal intention or his majesty's instructions."

Han Jie looked at him in shock, and there seemed to be a strange aura surging around him.

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Pei Zhounan is not an ordinary censor, but in fact he has a very big background.

He was born in the Pei family in Hedong, which was a very large family. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Pei family in Hedong has been inseparable from the Li Tang Dynasty. Emperors of all dynasties have married the princess to the Shang Pei family. It can be said that the Pei family and the imperial family have been in-laws for a hundred years. Until now, Li Longji is the emperor, and there are also princesses who marry the Shang Pei family.

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

The sword saint Pei Min also came from the Pei family in Hedong, and Pei Min and Gu Qing's parents were once close friends.

Li Bai also had a deep relationship with the Pei family. He once wrote a poem called "Sending Pei Shibatu Nan to Songshan". The "Pei Tunan" in the poem is Pei Zhounan's brother, and Pei Zhounan himself was actually a elegant person when he was in Chang'an.

Du Fu first arrived in Chang'an in the fifth year of Tianbao. After making friends with the literary and poets of the time, he wrote the famous "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking". Later, there was a Hanlin scholar named Fan Chuanzheng. Later generations saw a different "Eight Immortals in Drinking" in his inscription.

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

No matter who is right or wrong among the Eight Immortals in the Drink, one thing can be confirmed that Pei Zhounan is indeed a character in Chang'an. He is a typical elegant and elegant scholar in both knowledge and background.

But when Pei Zhounan came to Anxi under the order, he was no longer a elegant and elegant scholar in Chang'an City.

He was the censor in Anxi and the imperial envoy who was responsible for the emperor's mission.

So he claimed to not drink alcohol in front of Gu Qing and was not lustful. Because he did not want Gu Qing to corrode and assimilate him through wine and lust. He had to keep a clear mind and make correct judgments at all times.

Anxi Jiedu Mansion.

There was a bowl of rice in front of Pei Zhounan, one meat and one vegetable dish.

He was the only one in the room. Pei Zhounan brought the bowl to eat, and his eating habits were very similar to Gu Qing. He had to chew carefully many times before swallowing each bite. He cherished every bite of food, as if this meal was the last meal in his life.

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

Whether it is food, accommodation and transportation, Pei Zhounan is very cautious, and tries to put aside his relationship with the Anxi Protectorate. In the land of Anxi, Pei Zhounan is an out of place. He is more like an onlooker who is out of the way, standing in the perspective of God, he coldly observes everything about Anxi.

After dinner, Pei Zhounan took a sip of water, wiped his hands, and ordered his servant to take away the dishes. He sat in front of the table, opened a account book, and looked carefully one by one.

Bian Lingcheng was very efficient in doing things this time. He sent the Anxi Army's general list and money account books very early. Pei Zhounan had been looking at it for three days.

When he was about to see the tail, Pei Zhounan suddenly curled his mouth and murmured: "The account books are clean and I don't ingest a penny. Not only that, he also paid a lot of money. Moreover, the taxes in Kucha City this year were the highest since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. All taxes were used to subsidize the soldiers of the Anxi Army..."

"If this son is not a person with great kindness and loyalty, he is a traitor and evil person..." Pei Zhounan turned to the last page of the account book and frowned.

The last page is a few words added by Bian Lingcheng, which is clearly stated above. Gu Qing trained the soldiers of the Anxi Army every day and received rewards. It is reported that the first person in the daily training will be rewarded with 100 quotas, and the top ten people eat meat. These rewards and meat money are all obtained from selling shops after the expansion of the city. The soldiers trained with storms every day, and the rewards and meat are also distributed daily, and there has never been a daytime interruption.

Looking at these lines, Pei Zhounan's eyes gradually became colder.

All training requires rewards, and there are rewards every day. It is unheard of in all the army of the Tang Dynasty. This is clearly a matter of using public funds to buy the morale of the army. This handle is considered to be a handle.

Continue reading down, Bian Lingcheng also wrote something. In order to help Modao vent his anger, Gu Qing summoned Tian Zhen, the chief general of Shule Town, to Kucha City and beheaded him for public purposes. The charge was for "framing the robes and threatening the head coach."

Pei Zhounan saw this and his eyelids hopped suddenly.

What a cruel method, this Marquis Gu was decisive in his killing and had a bad reputation in Chang'an. Now it seems that he is indeed well-known.

Then Pei Zhounan sneered again.

Very good, another handle.

Then looking down, Bian Lingcheng sorted out a complete set of black materials, including Gu Qing using his power for personal gain, leaving four best shops for his fellow villagers in the newly built market in Kucha City. When the Tubo army invaded and the Anxi army set off, the commander Gao Xianzhi was assassinated late at night. The generals below questioned Gu Qing a few words, but Gu Qing blatantly ordered the generals to be dragged out to punish twenty military sticks, etc.

There were handles of all sizes, and there were a lot of small details that Gu Qing probably didn't remember. Bian Lingcheng sorted into black materials and recorded them on paper in their original form.

Pei Zhounan sneered while looking, then spread out a piece of paper and copied all the things Bian Lingcheng wrote.

Until all the crimes were written, Pei Zhounan blew the ink marks dry, folded the paper, put it in the envelope, and sealed it with a hot paint.
Chapter completed!