"When do I owe you money for my manuscript?"

He pointed to the pile of paper scrolls on the table, and said: "These, the general price is five cents and five hundred words, in view of the noble status of the adult, then one hundred words is ten taels of silver, there are more than fifty thousand words in total, remove the change, please pay the adult five thousand taels of silver." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

He stretched out his hand directly in front of Lu Yuancheng, and such a philistine really made Lu Yuancheng stunned. He slapped Gu Qinghuan's hand depressedly: "Five thousand taels? Gu Qinghuan, you're too dark, aren't you?"

Gu Qinghuan glanced at him: "I'm black, don't think I don't know, I sold you for 5,000, and you can sell for 50,000." This is a famous official position, I lost a lot of money. ”

"But who will go out with 5,000 taels of silver? I'm not afraid of being robbed? I don't have it now, you take the 500 taels first, and give you the rest later." ”

"No, I can't. Gu Qinghuan picked up the paper roll and wanted to snatch the door again: "I don't believe you lie to me!"

Lu Yuancheng grabbed him: "Then what do you say?"

Gu Qinghuan took out another piece of paper from his cuff and held it up in front of him: "Write a note, but this one is not five thousand taels, but eight thousand taels." ”

"Eight thousand taels?" Lu Yuancheng stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, and then held his forehead, and said, "Gu Qinghuan, you won't be really sick, right?

Gu Qinghuan nodded frankly, pointed to the content on the paper and said: "You can see clearly, it is written on it 'After the matter is completed, the ghostwriter will be paid 8,000 taels of silver', and I will only accept you 8,000 taels after the matter is completed. This is called an order for the arrears, don't say that you don't worry that my article is not up to par, I am worried myself, this method also gives us leeway, how about it? You don't suffer a loss, right?"

When Lu Yuancheng heard it, there was some truth, so he took the arrears over and looked at them carefully, there were only two or three lines of words on the paper, which were clearly a simple arrears, and it only said that he paid Gu Qinghuan to ask him to write the manuscript to help him succeed, and he should pay 8,000 taels afterwards, and did not specify what this "matter" was, which was no different from ordinary arrears.

Lu Yuancheng smiled: "Qinghuan, Qinghuan, are you really only as high as you are for these eight thousand taels, so you don't want to go to the examination room to try it out and gain an official name for yourself?"

He was a tentative remark, but Gu Qinghuan looked calm and disagreed, and said: "I have studied hard for many years, and I have also fantasized about being an official, but when I really want to go to the examination room, that kind of change happened...... Hmph, I've seen it through...... My father has been in the court for 20 years and has not come out of the way, not to mention me? They all say that thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and since they are all for money, why should I only focus on official positions? Why do I need to go to the examination room to try my talent, and I have to make a name for others with a pen and an article, and I have to save money and worry and effort, which is enough!"

Lu Yuancheng looked at him playfully and said, "Very good, Qinghuan, you are right, in this Chang'an City, there are people who seek power, some people seek wealth, and each has his own ambitions. Since you are so open-minded, then I will fulfill you. ”

He found a pen and signed his name on the note.

Gu Qinghuan put away the IOU, handed him the pile of articles, and then discussed with him how to persuade those sons and brothers, and how to find someone to sponsor the people they had wooed......

After talking for a long time, at sunset, Gu Qinghuan left first, collected the stall and returned home, returned home, and heard his sister chatting with his father about the fight between the deacon of the construction of the Ministry of Industry and the first-class general supervisor, he was also very happy, and asked what happened later, Gu Qingning said: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, these two people are in their early fifties, and they are both bull tempers, so they can't do it, and they really kept that posture on the ground for most of the day according to Lu Yuanze's words, and they didn't separate until Lu Yuanze remembered them in the evening, and when the word came." On the second day, sure enough, neither of the two could walk well, the old arms and legs were twisted, and even so, they both went to get the court staff, and it had been a few days, and the two of them were still lying at home to recuperate......"

"It's just that the Ministry of Engineering is so cute, Liang Zhengqing, Wang Shuo, they are all wonderful people!" Gu Qingxuan stroked his beard and quipped.

Gu Qinghuan chatted with them for a while, then got down to business, and showed them the IOU: "Lu Yuancheng really doubted me, but I flatly denied it, dispelled his doubts, and he bought the article, this is the IOU signed by him, sister, do you think it can be used?"

Gu Qingning spread out the paper, looked carefully at the ink on the side against the light, and replied, "Okay, it can be used." ”

What they want to do with this is all a matter of time.

At this time, it had been three days since Gu Qingning and Lu Yuanze entered the palace, and she knew that Lu Yuanze would not be able to wait soon.

The Gu family heard the news that night, three black-clothed people sneaked into Guanghe Palace to do misdeeds, but they alarmed the big dog that was guarded outside the palace gate at night, and the sound of the big dog barking made them expose their whereabouts, and they were arrested by the Royal Forest Army.

This news spread far and wide, and spread to Chang'an City in the form of rumors overnight, most of the people are concerned about what happened to the two corpses, all kinds of sinister arguments are just idle talk, and those who care most about it are naturally what happened to Lu Yuanze and the Lu family.

That night, Chen Jingxing was so angry that he jumped off the dragon bed again, he was furious, and immediately summoned Lu Yuanze to the palace for trial.

An imperial metaphor woke up the sleeping Xiangguo Mansion, Lu Yuanze knew that the matter was exposed, and in a panic, he had to tell Lu Yuanzhi everything, but he didn't mention Gu Qingning.

Although Lu Yuanzhi was angry, he could also understand Lu Yuanze's actions, so when the father and son were driving to the palace, they had been discussing how to deal with how to appease the angry emperor of Long Yan.

When he arrived at the palace gate in the palace, Lu Yuanzhi got the idea and told Lu Yuanze to take advantage of this time to mention to the emperor the matter of rebuilding the altar of the Heavenly Gods, so as to invite merit to make up for it.

Chen Jingxing was wearing a silver dragon-patterned cloak, waiting for the Lu family father and son in the imperial study, and below him knelt the second lieutenant of the Royal Forest Army and the waiter of the criminal department who were as sleepy-eyed as him.

The three people who were arrested have been tried and sent to prison, and the confessions of the three of them are placed on the dragon case.

In the imperial study, they were indeed waiting for the father and son, and Chen Jingxing's anger could be imagined. Hearing the rumors outside, Lu Yuanze and Lu Yuanzhi had arrived, and Wei Chen, the servant of the Criminal Department, was kneeling there and was about to fall asleep with his eyes closed, Chen Jingxing was angry and smashed several white porcelain jade cups in a row, with loud noises, which could be described as thunder and anger.

Lu Yuanzhi and Lu Yuanze heard this movement from a distance, and as soon as they entered, the two of them directly bowed down and kowtowed: "The minister is guilty! Willing to be punished! Your Majesty is angry! Loyal to our emperor, God bless Daqi!"