Vol 2 Chapter 961: Kill all

"Uncle, Mr. Dou, Niang Niang, please come to the garden for tea!"
Pei Meng asked with a stern face: "The weather is so hot, why go to the garden to drink tea? Is the empress deliberately embarrassed?"
A Qing was neither overbearing nor overbearing, and said softly, "Uncle misunderstood. There is running water in the garden, which is very cool. Taking into account the hot weather, I invite you to drink tea in the garden."
Mr. Dou hurriedly stood up, "Why should uncle embarrass a court lady. Niang Niang would like to ask, it is better to be respectful than fate. Lead the way."
"You two, please."
A Qing led the way and led the two to the back garden.
Small bridge and flowing water, Jiangnan characteristics.
The stream was gurgling, and it was really cool.
In the pavilion, tea and snacks have been prepared, just waiting for the guests to take their seats.
"When will the empress come?" Mr. Dou asked politely.
A Qing said softly: "Wait a moment, the empress will come over soon, please use tea for both of you."
The palace people retreated, leaving the two waiting.
Pei Meng was very dissatisfied with the tea cup, "What tricks is Queen Gu playing?"
Mr. Dou shook his head and said, "Don't worry, uncle, this tea is delicious. The tea house that the empress set up in the south must be a first-class tea house to produce such good tea."
Pei Meng had no intention of drinking tea, he secretly counted the time.
The two waited for half an hour before Gu Jiu arrived late.
Pei Meng's heart was furious, but he couldn't attack, he could only have a gloomy face.
Gu Jiu apologized: "Let uncle, Mr. Dou wait for a long time. There is something in the palace temporarily, and the matter is urgent, so I am late. Come here, give Uncle and Mr. Dou a pot of tea. How do these palace people learn the rules? Yes, I don’t know about being close."
"Just forget about the tea. Drinking a stomach of tea, this will really be too much to drink." Mr. Dou smiled bitterly, clutching his stomach, as if he had drunk too much.
"Does it matter to your husband? The palace ordered someone to take your husband down to rest and ask the doctor to treat him."
"Thank you Niang Niang for your love. Weichen can hold it."
"Aren't you forced?" Gu Jiu asked worriedly.
Mr. Dou nodded his head, "Don't force it."
Gu Jiu said, "If you feel unwell, you must say it. The two are guests. If you let them have an accident at the villa, this palace will not be blamed."
Pei Meng raised his eyebrows secretly, what does this mean?
The palace man exchanged a pot of tea, and then exchanged snacks.
Gu Jiu picked up the tea cup and blew it gently.
She raised her head and asked with a smile, "I wonder how the two of you are thinking about it?"
"Sure enough, the court is willing to pay for food and weapons to help the Northwest Army fight in Xiliang?" Pei Meng asked bluntly.
Gu Jiu nodded, "My palace has faith in words."
"After the king is entrusted, what should I do? Yiying supplies, does the court..."
"After the king is appointed, the Northwest Army will have to spend money to purchase supplies from the court, even if it is a grain of rice, an inch of iron, and a piece of clothing. Zhou's courtier, the Northwest Army is the Northwest Army of the Great Zhou. In fact, you are separatist and autonomous, the vassal state of the Great Zhou. The Great Zhou will only support you verbally, and everything else depends on you."
Gu Jiu emphasized the relationship between the two parties, and then looked at Pei Meng with a smile.
Pei Meng frowned, implying dissatisfaction.
Mr. Dou hurriedly asked: "If you need to spend money to buy the corresponding materials, I don't know what the price is?"
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows.
Xu Yousi hurried forward, took out a quotation and put it on the table, "Uncle, please, Mr. Dou, please look over."
Mr. Dou secretly exchanged a glance with Pei Meng, and even the quotation was prepared. This was a premeditated plan.
"How can the price be so high?"
Not to mention the price ratio in Beijing, compared with the price in the northwest, it is three times higher.
"To transport materials from Dazhou to Xiliang, Mr. Dou should know more about the hardships and the cost of freight. Is this price really high? Compared to the caravan's price in Xiliang, it is simply a conscience price. Let’s not lie to you, this palace is only for the Northwest Army to open up territory for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Pei Meng sneered inwardly and asked, "If one day the Northwest Army no longer opens up territory for the Great Zhou Dynasty, what will the mother do?"
Gu Jiu put away the quotation, "In business, everything is profitable."
The implication is that at what price it was originally sold to Xiliang, it will be sold to the Northwest Army in the future.
Profiteers!
Proper profiteer.
Pei Meng said solemnly: "The mother is not sincere!"
Gu Jiu laughed, as if he had heard the most ridiculous thing in the world.
She played with the jade bracelet on her wrist and said meaningfully: "According to the court's intention, your father and son obey the court's arrangements, hand over the military power, and kill it. Do not listen to the court's order, kill it. Pei family, do your best! This is also the fate of the powerful officials of the past dynasties. The Pei clan is only one step away from the extinction of the clan.
This palace is in the middle of mediation and has been in the middle of the layout for many years, and finally found a way out for your Pei family, only to make a little profit, why, uncle is not happy? How about doing things in accordance with the old tradition, using the cup as the name, Jinwuwei won the two, the Ming canon punishment, punish the Pei clan, forced Luhou to raise the flag in the northwest to rebel, how? "
"The anger!" Mr. Dou was so anxious that he spit wildly, with a cold sweat, "Everything is easy to discuss!"
Gu Jiu leaned back in his chair, not smiling, "My palace invites my uncle to the capital for an interview. This is the sincerity of my palace, and at the same time it takes a huge risk. Because the courtiers will definitely oppose your father and son taking the Northwest Army away from the Great Zhou Dynasty. , Crack the earth to seal the king.
In order to persuade the courtiers to agree to provide money and food to support this plan, do you know how much compromise the palace has to make and how much benefit it gives up? Paying must be rewarded. If this palace earns a little profit from your Northwest Army, what can it be considered in the face of the overall situation? Uncle wants money and power, so he is so greedy, he is not afraid of turning his face? "
"Niangniang misunderstood, uncle has no intention of this! Niangniang needs to repay, this is a matter of course. The Northwest Army is indebted to the Niangniang!"
Mr. Dou is always the one who makes good talk.
Gu Jiu was unmoved, she stared at Pei Meng.
The two were hanging out for half an hour before.
Mr. Dou drinks tea frequently.
Pei Meng Da Ma Jindao sat motionless on the stone bench, seemingly angry, but in fact he was very patient.
Mr. Dou is just a standing in the front, and the person who really makes the decision has always been Pei Meng.
"What do you want from your uncle, do you want to continue talking?" Gu Jiu asked with a smile.
Pei Meng raised his eyebrows, "If the minister is unwilling to talk about it, is the empress going to throw the cup as a sign to let Jin Wuwei arrest the minister? The minister dare to guess, outside Luhou Mansion and Bo Mansion, Jin Wuwei has been in ambush for many days. The empress left us both in the villa to cut off our contact with the outside world.
The two hundred soldiers of the minister is the primary goal of Jin Wuwei. The minister was not in the Bofu, and my two hundred soldiers could only make propositions and risk their lives to rush. This confirmed the fact that the Northwest Army rebelled. The imperial court could take the lead in sending troops and hit the Northwest Army by surprise. "
Bang bang ......
Gu Jiu slapped his hands, "Uncle's analysis is justified and well-founded. I want to ask again, how does Uncle plan to make a choice?"
Pei Meng laughed, "How sure is Jin Wuwei to save the empress from the hands of the minister?"
Gu Jiu smiled lightly, "Uncle can give it a try, can you take the life of this palace?"
Pei Meng narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the tea snacks on the table, "Poisonous?"
Gu Jiu neither denied nor admitted.
Mr. Dou clutched his stomach with a look of horror, "Is your mother poisoned?"
"Does it hurt?" Gu Jiu asked gently, "It doesn't hurt, where is the poison?"
"Not poisoned?" Mr. Dou looked dumbfounded, and he and Pei Meng looked at each other.
"What the are you selling? It's better to tell the truth."
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My palace just wants to have a good conversation, not to sell it. Uncle needn't be nervous, my palace advises you not to take out the weapon in your arms, otherwise all your previous efforts will be turned into nothingness."
Pei Meng's hands tightened, and finally he loosened his fists, his expression calm, "The minister can accept Niang Niang's suggestion. But the Northwest Army will take time to prepare for the battle in Xiliang."
"This palace gives you one year to prepare for the Northwest Army."
"One year is too little, at least three years!"
Gu Jiu smiled and shook his head, "Then there is nothing to talk about! It's better to talk about who will lead the Northwest Army after killing your father and son."
Too much deception!
Pei Meng said with a sullen face, "The mother really thought she could kill me?"
Gu Jiu glanced at him, "If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."
"Joke, it's all a joke." Mr. Dou stopped Pei Meng, "Manny, one year is indeed too little, the Northwest Army needs too much preparation. It will take at least two years."
Gu Jiu tapped the tabletop lightly, "For one and a half years, this palace can only give the Northwest Army one and a half years at most."
"One and a half years, when the opening came, it was just in time for winter. Marching in the winter, there were countless casualties. Is the empress deliberately killing the Northwest Army?" Pei Meng asked harshly.
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows and sneered, "My palace believes that Luhou must have a way to solve this problem. You Northwest Army, you can also choose to open in advance."
"absurd!"
Gu Jiu turned the teacup, "Uncle's attitude is not the attitude of conversation."
"The minister only knows that marching in winter is a taboo."
"Then take out the deposit of your Northwest Army and build a few more fortresses in the desert as a transit point. Anyway, the two sides will also be used for business in the future."
It was this idea that dared to fight.
Pei Meng said bluntly: "When the Northwest Army arrives in Xiliang, these fortresses will fall into the hands of the court."
Gu Jiu asked with a smile, "Uncle reluctant?"
Pei Meng is going to die!
He suddenly discovered that Queen Gu was really negotiating with them with the attitude of a businessman.
That's too much!
"The minister needs a list of supplies!"
"can!"
Pei Meng and Mr. Dou continued to live in the villa and began a long negotiation.
Back at the guest house, Pei Meng punched the wall with a fist.
"Miscalculation! We urgently need a logistics officer to make a budget."
Pei Meng knew that he had fallen into the trap, but he had to jump out of this pit.
Now that the quantity of the material list is not clear, in the future, Queen Gu will have ways to do tricks.
The Northwest Army will be on top of the materials and fall into a passive situation led by the court.
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I deleted the rewrite and changed my thinking completely. I'm exhausted!