Chapter 44: The Plague of Innocence

When I woke up, it was noon the next day.

Deng Zang found himself lying on the bed in the guest room of the winery, and the night of drinking made him fall asleep in a daze.

When he woke up, he felt a splitting headache and chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Finally, when he had finished his efforts, Deng Zang called the shopkeeper of the winery and asked him about the situation last night. The shopkeeper said that they drank late at night last night, and finally Deng Zang got drunk, and Wang Gongzi arranged for him to rest in the winery room, so he left with his attendants.

When Deng Zang heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly returned to the grain depot to ask his subordinates about the reason. Only then did they learn that Wang Gongzi and the others returned to the grain depot late at night, saying that Master Deng was drunk and resting, and asked them to leave first with food, cloth and other materials. When the subordinates saw that they were holding the pass pass that Deng Zang had prepared for them, they didn't dare to say anything more, and let them lead the carriage away.

"What about the silver?" When Deng Zang heard this, he immediately thought of the silver taels for selling grain and cloth.

His men took him to a dark room, where there were five large wooden boxes, all of which were still sealed with the words "Wangjiazhuang".

The men said that after the prince laid down the silver, they left. He also said that it was not safe to have so much silver here, and that it needed to be guarded, so his men did not go back to sleep, but stayed in the granary, and kept watch until dawn.

Deng Zang saw that the silver was there, and his heart was beating wildly, and then he calmed down. He had opened the box last night and checked the authenticity of the silver taels, and at this time he did not notice anything else, so he ordered his men to find a carriage and prepare to carry it home.

It is also in line with Deng Zang, who is greedy for money, who is unlucky to go home. He carried five large chests of silver in a large carriage, and in order to hide people's eyes, he also covered them tightly with rags, and walked carefully and vigilantly all the way home.

Unfortunately, on the way, he was seen by a few small minions of the Axe Palace, and the minions immediately followed, and did not forget to let one of the minions go back to report the news first.

After a while, more than a dozen gangers rushed over, and the person at the head was Zhang Sanwan.

Zhang Sanwan was not ambiguous, and when he came up, there was a random beating, beating Deng Zang's subordinates to run rampantly, and they all ran away, leaving Deng Zang alone, guarding the carriage to the death.

He was already a pampered official, and it didn't take long for him to be carried and thrown aside by them in the snowy water.

Deng Zang was thrown into a mess, and when he finally got up, Zhang Sanwan had already led the minions and drove the carriage away.

He watched them go away, and at this time he wanted to cry without tears, his teeth were clenched, and he trembled with hatred.

And the 30,000 led the minions back to the rudder of the Axe Hall in the east of the city, a large mansion with considerable scale. Needless to say, this house was also robbed, and the surname of a family that originally lived was Liu, and this Liu family is also a well-known big family, with a big family and a large population.

But now the cadres of the Liu family have long been driven away by them, and the ladies of the Liu family, maids and maids and other women have also been occupied by them, and their freedom has been restricted, and they all stay in the house to serve them.

Just now, Zhang Sanwan hugged the little daughter of the Liu family, lived happily all night, and as soon as he woke up, he listened to the report of his minions, saying that Deng Zang, the grain official, was transporting things from the grain depot to his home. As soon as he guessed, he was afraid that the dog officer would carry silver to his house again, so he immediately led his men and rushed over. He really guessed it, so he snatched it back.

When he came back, he sat down in the upper seat of the hall, and a maid had already scalded the wine for him and prepared delicious appetizers. After taking a sip of hot wine and warming his body, Zhang Sanwan ordered someone to carry the five large wooden boxes over, wanting to see the silver.

As a result, after opening the five boxes one by one, he almost squirted out all the wine he had just drunk.

It turned out that there was no silver in the five big wooden boxes, and they were all small stones, mixed with many other things, all of which were frozen hard, dog shit, cow shit, and even dead rats...... And so on, filthy things.

At this time, the lobby was so hot that the frozen had begun to thaw and was emitting a foul smell.

"Ah..." Zhang Sanwan suddenly flipped the table and smashed the bowl, looked up to the sky and roared, which shocked others and couldn't help but hurt in their eardrums.

A monstrous anger erupted from his eyes, and it was even worse than the angry tiger.

On the other side, when Deng Zang, who was completely unaware, dragged his fat body back to the grain depot, the escaped grain depot handymen also returned. He vented his anger on them, blaming them for their poor protection.

Just when he was holding the whip and whipping the miscellaneous servants and mourning all over the field, the guards of the City Lord's Mansion suddenly arrived.

The leading guard, riding a high-headed horse, did not come down, and directly asked Deng Zang to hurry to the City Lord's Mansion. When Deng Zang heard this, he was startled, could it be that the city lord knew about his private sale of grain and grass in the grain depot so quickly? But he thought about it again, he had given a lot of filial piety before, and he should be fine. But why did the city lord order the guards to come and call him, instead of sending someone to inform him as usual?

"Ahh It's not good..."After thinking about it, Deng Zang secretly screamed that it was not good, and he suddenly realized the reason for the matter.

Today's regular morning meeting of the City Lord's Mansion, he hasn't gone to report yet, this is a big deal, yesterday the city lord said that there is a big event announced today. As a food official, he was absent, which is something that he can't afford to bear. Now that noon has passed, it must be the city lord Li Tengfei who saw that he hadn't arrived, and he might be scolding himself at this time.

With this in mind, Deng Zang did not dare to delay any longer, and after scolding the poor handymen viciously, he threw down a sentence: Come back and clean you up!

When he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, Deng Zang was nervous all the way and came to Li Tengfei's study. When he stood at the door of the study, he was a little surprised in his heart, could it be that the city lord had already regarded himself as a confidant?

"Come in..."Li Tengfei's voice came from the study, and there was no blame in his tone.

Deng Zang was relieved, tidied up the somewhat wrinkled official uniform, flicked the non-existent dust on his shoulder, took a deep breath, pushed open the door of the study and entered.

When I entered the study, I saw Li Tengfei standing in front of the treasure shelf, watching all kinds of rare treasures he had collected for many years. Deng Zang reflexively closed the door of the study, walked up to him obediently, made an official salute, and said cautiously: "My lord, the humble post is here." ”

"Well, what does Master Deng think of the city recently?" Li Tengfei didn't look back, looking at his treasure to himself.

"This..."Deng Zang listened, a little hesitant. has been an official for many years, and he knows that there are some things to say and some things not to say, and everything is fine if he is right, and he will pay the price if he is wrong.

"You don't have to worry too much about the Axe Palace, it won't be long before everything will be fine. ”

Deng Zang couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence, could it be that Li Tengfei was planning to attack His Highness the Axe? But everyone knew that Zhang Kai's backer was Li Tengfei! Could it be that everything before was arranged by Li Tengfei single-handedly, just to collect the people's fat and ointment? But the price paid by the people of the whole city is really not small!

Although he didn't understand what he meant, Deng Zang had no choice but to nod yes.

Seeing that he was silent, Li Tengfei said in a commanding tone, "Lord Deng, you immediately prepare eighty truckloads of grain and grass for emergencies, and in a few days, you can use it..."

"Yes, my lord..."Deng Zang heard some displeasure in Li Tengfei's tone, and quickly nodded.

"Well, go for it! the sooner the better. Li Tengfei didn't turn his head to look at him from beginning to end, and continued to immerse himself in his treasure shelf.

As soon as he got out of the city lord's mansion, Deng Zang kept rubbing the cold sweat on his forehead, making the groom who drove the carriage for him look confused, how could the old man still sweat in this cold and freezing ghost weather.

Deng Zang didn't pay attention to the strange eyes of his groom, and wanted to get into the carriage directly, but he was too fat and anxious, but he couldn't get up for a while, so he asked the groom to help him get into the carriage. As soon as he sat down on the soft cushion in the carriage, Deng Zang found that the carriage was not moving, so he scolded angrily: "Dog minion, why don't you leave?"

The groom said with a sad face: "Master, you haven't said where to go, it's almost afternoon now, go home or go to the grain depot?"

When Deng Zang heard this, he knew that he was in a hurry and forgot to say where to go, but as a master, he couldn't lose face at this time. But he himself didn't know where to go for a while?

The city lord asked him to prepare eighty carts of grain and grass, but he was a little difficult. He knew better than anyone how much stock was left in the grain depot. Because he excessively resold the grain and grass in the grain depot, there is not much stock left in the grain depot, and the eighty carts must not be ready.

Without grain and grass, the city lord's order cannot be completed, and the matter of reselling grain and grass by himself will definitely be announced to the world, which is a big crime, maybe he will be sent to the dungeon, and it is not an exaggeration to ask for beheading after the autumn of the next year!

This is really a sin made by heaven, and it is especially resentful, and it is a self-inflicted sin, and you cannot live!

The more Deng Zang thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he knew that why did he bother in the first place today!

After thinking about it, Deng Zang decided to go home first to prepare silver taels, and go to a few wealthy landlords in the city to see if he could raise enough for the eighty carts of grain and grass.

"Back home..."

When the groom heard this, he immediately shook his whip and drove the carriage to the Deng Mansion in the east of the city.

The City Lord's Mansion was in the north of the city, a little far from the Deng Mansion, and when Deng Zang returned to the front door of his mansion in a carriage, it was not yet dark. He got out of the carriage, and the groom drove around to park the carriage in the backyard.

Bumpy all the way, so that Deng Zang was a little unbearable, he called the door for a long time, and no one in the house came to open the door for him, and he was angry.

In the past, as long as his carriage had just arrived, the servants in the house should have heard the movement and ran to open the door for themselves, but what happened today?

Seeing that no one opened the door for him, Deng Zang was very annoyed, and raised his foot and kicked towards the door.

Unexpectedly, the gate was not tethered, he used too much force, and he was not careful, and his fat body fell into the front yard like a ball of meat.

When he got up from the ground, still scolding in his mouth, when he saw the scene in the courtyard, he immediately stuck half of the words in his mouth.

I saw that in Deng Zang's mansion, there were already wolf traces, and the doors and windows of each wing room were smashed to pieces. In each house, it was also turned into a mess, and all kinds of objects lost their original shapes. The floor in the house and in the courtyard was full of filth and the stench was terrible......

It seems that the whole Deng Mansion has suddenly suffered a serious sack, and from all indications, it is clear that some robber and bandit, with a group of his brothers, took advantage of his absence from home, and took advantage of the opportunity, and was disgustingly destroyed.