Chapter 33 The Yin Soldier Borrowed Silver
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Mizhi Zhixian fiddled with it several times, but the candlelight still couldn't be brightened. The county magistrate simply gave up, and finally wrote an article that he was quite satisfied with.
Just when the county magistrate didn't have time to take a closer look at his "masterpiece", a gust of wind suddenly blew outside, and the window paper crackled. The county magistrate heard the rumors, shrunk his neck involuntarily, and moved the charcoal basin in the house a little closer.
"The lower officials have been working hard all night, lest they fail to live up to the grace of the saint and the teachings of the saints, and His Majesty trusts them. Shepherd one side for the court, make every effort to govern and appease the dawn. Fortunately, His Majesty is blessed and Shangguan is wise, so the four fields are safe, and Li Min praises. Although it cannot show the rule of three generations, it does not leave any stone unturned, and does not close the door at night. In the countryside, the people of Li Shu live and work in peace and contentment, and the virtue of this court is also. There are bandits, who are famous for their fierceness and are extremely fierce. It made the people of Li uneasy. When the magistrate heard about it, he visited it day and night..."After the county magistrate read his masterpiece again, he still felt that something was missing, and when he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a noise outside, and the county magistrate rushed out of the door in a rage. Before he could open his mouth to scold, he saw that the maids, the family, and the servants in his yamen were already in a mess.
"Yin soldiers borrow silver?"
"Five ghost carrying?"
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The following people's notices were chaotic, and the lord of Mizhi County suddenly felt that he was not in a good position for the passing year, and when his wife came to cry with a few housekeepers, he was even more cold. A fur and cotton coat can't stop your mood, like falling into an ice cave!
"Enough!" The magistrate shouted angrily, interrupted his wife's crying, kicked like a raging bull, and spun around in the study.
The silver is lost, and it is really distressing! After all, it was scraped by the hard work of the county over the years. The county magistrate has been cold for ten years, isn't it just to be an official? Isn't it just for money to be an official for thousands of miles? But what I'm afraid of now is that the loss of silver is small, and the turmoil in the shadows is big!
To put it bluntly, as long as the official position is still there, the silver will always come back. But if this matter spreads, how to explain it to the imperial court?
"If the silver is lost, it will be lost, everyone must not make a noise, if you dare to say half a nonsense, you will be killed immediately!" After so many years of knowing the county, the county lord is still a little official. is also more thoughtful than a woman who only has white flowers and silver in her eyes. The silver is not clean, and even if it is lost, it cannot be made public. Although in the officialdom, Qing officials are rarer than white crows, but there is something to do, and no one knows it! Otherwise, you can't become a pawn that has been abandoned?
Just when the county magistrate decided to conceal the matter, as if God still thought that the county magistrate had not been hit enough, soon the county treasury ambassador came to cry like a mourner: "My lord, it's not good! The silver in the vault suddenly flew. ”
When the magistrate heard this, his face suddenly turned white, and he collapsed on the ground and fainted.
On this night, Mizhi County is not the only one who wants to faint, or has fainted. The officials of all sizes in the county, who have quality and have no quality, as long as they get the five hundred taels of silver, they all lose all their wealth overnight.
The officials were dizzy, and no one in the mountain temple cared. But in the mountain temple, the gold and silver treasures piled up like a hill made everyone outside the dust and Xiaoxi almost faint.
A gust of wind struck, and the gold and silver treasures appeared out of thin air like snowflakes and smashed down in an instant. In the blink of an eye, they are piled up like hills, glittering in the light of the campfire!
Konishi has no concept of money, but such a pile of white and yellow is still very beautiful. No more than the greed, fear, and shock in the eyes of those beggars. Konishi is a pure lover of shiny things.
"Master! These are gold, silver? "Poor Konishi has only seen a few copper coins when he is so old, and he has never seen gold or silver with his own eyes. Seeing the yellow and white flashes like a hill in front of him, he turned his head and asked.
"yes!" Without looking back, he replied, "It's gold and silver." It is not only food and clothing, but also the root and seedling of trouble! ”
Lichen saw the beggars in the mountain temple who gradually forgot the painful memories that Chen gave them, and also forgot that there was a terrifying existence in the mountain temple. Gold and silver are charming, and money is clogged. The beggars' eyes gradually only had the financial report in front of them, and they looked eager to try, how could they not see it?
People die for money, and birds die for food. It's hard that they can endure it for so long!
"That's it! Ten taels of silver per person, take it yourself, and count your hard work for this trip. Take it at your own risk! Lichen finally spoke. A group of beggars was pardoned. I have been in conflict for so long in my head, on one side there is fear, and on the other hand I am greedy. If you want to rob but don't dare to rob, it's uncomfortable for anyone.
A large crowd of people rushed to the pile of gold and silver, and could only comfort themselves with a small ingot. It requires a great deal of restraint. Lichen seemed to be deliberately conniving, just chatting with Xiaoxi, and didn't even look at the situation in the gold and silver pile.
But the actions of those beggars, Lichen knew it clearly. There are not many who can control themselves, and many who can't control themselves. Most of the beggars took more than ten taels of silver. There were even those who secretly hid hundreds of taels of gold in their torn clothes. Drum and think how blind others are, can't see this?
Lichen shook his head, this batch of gold and silver is stolen money, so easy to take?
Honest people who can behave in a proper manner and only take ten taels will stay after the dust, and they will be kept safe, and they will have no worries about food and clothing. If you take more, you will let them leave, and life and death will be peaceful. Those who can enjoy it in peace, only if they have boundless luck and are held by the government, they can blame their own lives!
"Well, now that you've got all the money, you're not penniless. If you find a good job in the future, you will be worry-free for a lifetime. Lichen clapped his hands and said.
"You, you, you, and you." Lichen casually nodded the heads of the four people and said, "The four of you stay, and the rest can leave with the silver!" ”
The four left behind by the dust really only took ten taels of silver. Whether it's out of fear or something else. At least they kept their hands on it.
As soon as Lichen's words fell, the beggars of the mountain temple were dumbfounded.
What do you mean?
Lichen chuckled: "This batch of silver is all stolen, and the government will not let it go easily." You have taken so much gold, and if you don't run away with the silver, you still can't wait for the government to catch it? “
A group of beggars who thought they had a plan turned pale in an instant, and some wanted to put the silver back, but they were glared at by the dust, and they immediately fell silent and did not dare to move.
"Let's go overnight! Don't talk about today's events in the future. It's gone. The government didn't react so quickly. If you leave Mizhi County overnight, you will be safe. Dusty drove the group away in fright. Of the four beggars left, one was lame. One is older, and the other two are thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys.
"The poor road has left you behind, and you see that you have not been deceived by money. In the future, you will live honestly, and you will naturally be safe and secure, and you will have no worries about food and clothing! Xu Xu said.
"Konishi, do you want to take two?" It's dusty and tasteless to tease children. If Xiaoxi is angry, the two cheeks will bulge one by one. It's very cute!
Xiaoxi rolled his eyes and ignored the shapeless master on the side.
It's boring to get into the dust, so I can only give up. He took out a piece of yellow paper, wrote a letter in front of the campfire, and put it in the pile of gold and silver. Then he began to circle the pile of gold and silver.
"Hurry!" With a shout in his mouth, his right hand pointed into a sword and pointed towards the pile of gold and silver. The gold and silver, which were still like a small mountain, disappeared without a trace in an instant.
After a while, in the leopard room thousands of miles away, Emperor Zhengde was dealing with official documents at night. Suddenly, I heard a fresh breeze blowing in the temple. Then gold and silver rained down on the main hall. (To be continued.) )