"Ahh Look, isn't that the invincible little general of the tiger-faced silver armor? It's majestic! Hey...... Who is that young man, oh my God, there are such good-looking people in the world! Huangfu Yongning and Qi Jinghuan rode together and trotted towards the household, but they were looked at by the pedestrians on the road, and there were voices of admiration for a while.

Compared with the identity of the county lord of Pingrong, the people of the capital are more willing to call Huangfu Yongning an invincible little general with tiger face and silver armor, and the simple people know how to be grateful more than those high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and the people love Huangfu Yongning and the Dingbei Army who avenged their blood and revenge.

In the midst of the admiration, a very discordant voice suddenly sounded: "Hmph, as a boudoir woman, it is really shameless to ride with a man!" ”

As soon as that voice came out, the four sides immediately fell silent, but everyone who heard it turned their heads and glared at the one who spoke, and they would not allow anyone to insult their great benefactor!

"You scholar is not a thing, you dare to pour dirty water on the little general of the tiger-faced silver armor, old and young masters, who of us has no relatives who were killed by the Kula people, it was the invincible little general of the tiger-faced silver armor who avenged our blood and revenge, we can't just watch the little general be humiliated and kill this dog thing!"

A middle-aged man who was closest to the person who spoke angrily rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the young man dressed as a scholar with a look of jealousy and disdain on his face, raised his fist and smashed it at him.

When the onlookers heard this, they immediately gathered around, and you punched me and I kicked the scholar, and kept scolding, "Straight lady thief!" The words of the grace of the ungrateful dog thing .......

The scholar never thought that his words would arouse the anger of the people, and this group of rough people would fight without saying a word, and the fist smashed on his body, which really hurt him to death. He is a powerless scholar, who can resist the many angry people. I had the heart to hold on, but the pain in my body made him die. I saw the scholar turtle shrink into a ball, raised his hands over his head to protect his face, and screamed repeatedly: "Don't fight, Xiaosheng knows that ...... is wrong."

The sudden fight on the side of the street Huangfu Yongning didn't know that she had already walked over, but some of the pro-soldiers who followed behind heard it clearly, and an older pro-soldier immediately accelerated his pace to catch up with Huangfu Yongning, and deliberately shouted loudly: "Lord Qile, young general, there are people fighting behind, please show the young general?" ”

Huangfu Yongning was slightly surprised, turned his head to look at the soldiers, Qi Jinghuan was thoughtful, and immediately understood what was going on, he didn't wait for Huangfu Yongning to speak, and said loudly: "A-Ning, although the Dingbei Army is not responsible for the security of the capital, but since it has happened, let someone deal with it." ”

Huangfu Yongning nodded and said, "Okay, Lin Hu and Ma Wu, the two of you will deal with it, Zhao Bin, you go to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to patrol the city, let them come and take over, and arrange to come to the household department immediately." ”

The three named queens quickly ran forward and bowed and claimed yes, and all of them responded loudly: "Yes, mark and obey the orders of the young general and uncle." With that, they ran away.

Seeing this scene, everyone immediately remembered that the invincible little general with tiger face and silver armor had already promised Prince Le to be his wife, and the young husband and wife rode together, which was really not a bad moral.

To say that good looks are advantages, at this time, everyone's attention has shifted from Huangfu Yongning to Qi Jinghuan. Everyone in the capital knows that Qi Jinghuan, the Prince of Le, is an extremely good-looking young man, but not many people have seen his true face, where can Qi Jinghuan, who has been weak since childhood, have the opportunity to contact the common people.

"Oh my God, that's Prince Le, it's so beautiful!" The simple people don't know how to praise too much, and a heartfelt "it's so good-looking" is their most intuitive feeling.

Not far from the main street, next to the mouth of an alley, the sedan chair with four green tweeds stopped, and the person in the sedan chair stretched out his hand to lift the sedan curtain, and looked at Qi Jinghuan who was riding with Huangfu Yongning, his eyes were full of eager desire and possession and jealousy, and he muttered to himself: "I am the heroine, Qi Jinghuan is destined to be mine!" It wasn't until Huangfu Yongning and Qi Jinghuan passed by in front of the sedan chair that the people in the sedan chair put down the sedan curtain and said in a very excited tone: "Go home!" ”

Huangfu Yong would rather not know that someone was coveting her Qi Jinghuan, so he only talked to Qi Jinghuan and walked towards the household with a smile, and the two of them always had endless words.

The household department had already received the will of Emperor Zhaoming, and they allocated 600,000 taels of military salaries to the Dingbei army. The newly appointed Hubu Shangshu is none other than the uncle of the three princes, Liu Chengye, the Marquis of Pingen. After receiving the holy decree, he immediately called the officials who were in charge of managing the release of military salaries and inquired about it carefully. When he learned that the military salary had to be discounted over the years, and the maximum discount could be as high as 30%, Ping Enhou showed a happy smile in his eyes.

"Lord Hou, the Dingbei Army has come to lead the army's salary, and it has already arrived outside the gate. The leader was Major General Huangfu. A captain rushed in to report to Ping Enhou.

"Oh, it came so fast, it was her. Go, tell Major General Huangfu that this official is handling government affairs, please wait for Major General Huangfu. Ping Enhou said through gritted teeth.

Chang Sui responded and ran out, of course he understood what his marquis meant, so he naturally had to arrange it properly, and make sure that the emperor Yongning was "comfortable".

After the long follower was ready, he ran to the gate of the household, and he didn't want to run to the front yard, but he saw the majestic Huangfu Yongning standing in the courtyard with his right hand pressed by the sword, and on her body, there was a handsome young man who was not like a mortal standing beside Huangfu Yongning, and behind these two people, there were two rows of soldiers who also pressed the sword.

Na Chang couldn't help but gasp, and secretly thought to himself: "Oh no, why did Lord Le come here with that tigress?" What can I do? I have to hurry up and report to the Hou Ye. ”

Chang Suizheng turned around to leave, but was seen by a sharp-eyed official, and he immediately shouted: "Liu An, Major General Huangfu came to relieve the army's salary, what did the adults say?" ”

Liu An really gritted his teeth with hatred, this little official really has no eyesight, and when this matter is over, seeing that he doesn't sue him in front of the Hou Ye, he has to make this little official lose his job.

"I just had a stomach upset, I haven't come to report to the adults yet, you are too, how can you let the prince and the young general stand in the courtyard, and I don't want to invite the prince and the young general to the second hall for tea, I will go and invite the adults." Liu An's eyes rolled, and he opened his mouth to talk nonsense.

Huangfu Yongning said lightly: "There is no need to alarm Lord Shangshu, this general will come to receive military salaries by order, and the two directors of the two divisions of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance will hand over the matter with this general." She was familiar with the process of receiving military salaries, and knew that there was no need for the head of the household to come forward in person.

How dare Liu An answer this, he hurriedly bowed deeply and said: "The prince and the young general are coming, our Hou Ye really doesn't know, if he had known, he would have gone out of the gate a long time ago, please stay with the prince and the young general, and the little one will go to invite the Hou Ye." With that, Liu An ran away like a gust of wind.

"Master Hou......" Liu An hurriedly rushed into the room, and provoked Ping Enhou, who was playing with a jasper pixiu, frowned and reprimanded unhappily: "Unruly dog slave, do a lot of yelling!" ”

Liu An shouted in a panic: "Go back to the Hou Ye, Prince Le...... Prince Le came with Major General Nahuangfu. ”

"What? He's here too, what a hassle! Hurry up and greet you! Ping Enhou's face changed and he stood up awkwardly. He is not afraid of the Dingbei Marquis Mansion, which has no foundation in the capital, but he is very jealous of Qi Jinghuan, the Prince of Le, who is deeply favored by Emperor Zhaoming.

"The lower officials don't know that the prince has not come far away, please forgive the prince." Before the Pingenhou people approached, the voice came first. Qi Jinghuan couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

When Ping Enhou came closer, he knelt down with his robe in a posing position, Qi Jinghuan was unhappy, so he put his hands behind his back and kept a calm face and did not speak, so that Ping Enhou, who was just about to kneel and did not plan to kneel down, had to really kneel to the ground, and said: "Xiaguan greets the prince." ”

Qi Jinghuan waited for Ping Enhou to kneel, and then said slowly: "Lord Liu doesn't have to be polite, please get up." ”

This hatred in Ping Enhou's heart, he has already knelt down, Prince Le said such cool words, it is really not good to come, it seems that it is not easy to do things about the distribution of military salaries today.

When Ping Enhou stood up, Huangfu Yongning hugged his fists and said, "I have seen Lord Liu, and the last general has been ordered to come to receive military salaries, please arrange it for Lord Liu." ”

As soon as Ping Enhou saw Huangfu Yongning, his outpouring of hatred immediately came to his heart, although he preferred his concubine, but Liu Shengrong, the son of his previous life, was also his own flesh and blood, and it was impossible not to feel distressed at all. Liu Shengrong was blind in one eye in the palace, and after he left the palace, he told his father everything that happened. In this way, how could Ping Enhou not hate Huangfu Yongning. It's just that no matter how much he hates, he can't help it, after all, he doesn't have the witness of Huangfu Yongning to blind Liu Shengrong's eyes, and Liu Shengrong peeped first, this matter must not be said.

"Major General Huangfu is in the limelight, how dare Ben Hou accept the courtesy of the young general." Ping Enhou said coldly, and the hatred in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

Huangfu Yongning actually didn't even bow down, because she was on the same level as Ping Enhou in terms of grade, but she spoke first because she was young. For Ping Enhou, who ascended to the throne by nepotism, Huangfu Yongning had no good impression of him at all.

Putting down his hands, Huangfu Yongning motioned to his soldiers to send the documents, and said lightly: "This is the payment document, Lord Liu, please take a look." ”

Ping Enhou naturally refused to surrender his identity, and took the document in person, and Liu An hurriedly stepped forward to take the document and sent it to Ping Enhou, Ping Enhou did not open it, but said with a smile: "The major general Huangfu came so fast, the emperor only issued a decree yesterday, and the major general came to solve the silver today, but it is almost the end of the year, and the household affairs are really busy, is this a matter of military salary...... I also asked Major General Huangfu to wait a little longer, and Rong Benhou arranged it. ”

Huangfu Yongning knew that it would take a lot of effort to lead the army's salary every time, so he didn't get angry, but only said lightly: "I know, please hurry up, Lord Liu, you also said that the year is approaching, and our soldiers of the Dingbei Army are still pointing to these military salaries to survive the harsh winter." ”

Ping Enhou nodded and replied, "Ben Hou knows." Then he bowed to Qi Jinghuan and said, "Lord Wang, if you have something to do, just send someone over to say it, why did you come in person." The weather has been cold recently, if the prince suffers from the wind cold, won't it make the emperor worried? ”

Qi Jinghuan smiled faintly and said slowly: "This king heard that Major General Huangfu came to the household department today to lead the army, and specially came over to see the excitement, Lord Liu should not welcome this king, right?" Lord Liu, don't worry, this king won't get in the way. ”

Ping Enhou hurriedly shook his head and said: "The prince said that he laughed, you stepped on the ground, and the lower officials welcomed it, and welcomed it." ”

Qi Jinghuan glanced at Ping Enhou and said lightly: "The household department is in charge of the world's money, grain, national economy and people's livelihood, and Lord Liu is too modest. ”

Cold sweat permeated from Ping Enhou's back, this Prince Le is yin and yang, but it's really a big trouble!

Qi Jinghuan clearly said that he came to see Huangfu Yongning to lead the army's salary, and Ping Enhou's original plan to dry Huangfu Yongning first fell through, so he had to personally accompany Qi Jinghuan and Huangfu Yongning to the guest hall for tea, and then ordered someone to call the director of Duzhi and the director of the Jin Department to arrange the distribution of military salaries.

After a while, the director of the Duzhi and the director of the gold department came. The two of them looked at Ping Enhou with their eyes, and the meaning was clearly to ask for instructions: Prince Le is here, do you still act according to the prior arrangement?

Ping Enhou frowned slightly, he had only been in office for less than a month, and there had been no tacit understanding between him and the officials of the Ministry of Households, if this was in the Ministry of Industry, he would casually make a small hidden move, and the people below would know what to do.

Seeing that Lord Shangshu frowned, the head of the Du branch couldn't help but sink in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Xiaguan see Lord Le, Major General Huangfu, when he is in recent years, there are too many people who come to the household department to pay salaries, and he does not hide it from the prince and the young general, and the officials are busy working day and night, and they only deal with the accounts before the sixth day, and now there are more than 100 people waiting to receive the money, and the lower officials are really too busy here, I don't know if the young general can give a few days?" ”

"Huh?" Before Huangfu Yongning could speak, Qi Jinghuan first snorted in a deep voice, and the atmosphere in the guest hall instantly cooled, and Ping Enhou's heart couldn't help but rise.

"Only settle the accounts before six days? Su Ri heard the emperor's uncle say that Lord Liu is talented, and there is nothing you are not proficient in the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, it seems that there is really a specialization in the art industry, Lord Liu is proficient in all things of the Ministry of Industry, but he is ...... to the affairs of the Ministry of Households" Qi Jinghuan did not finish speaking, but just shook his head, and the meaning of the words was already obvious.

Ping Enhou's face was flushed, and anger was already in his eyes, he was always proud of his outstanding talents, how could he tolerate Qi Jinghuan slapping his face like this.

"Lord Wang, Xia Guan was the first secretary of the household department, and he has not completely taken over, please forgive me." Ping Enhou ** said.

Qi Jinghuan waved his hand and smiled lightly: "I know." ”

Ping Enhou was choked by these two simple words and almost didn't catch his breath, and he didn't dare to get angry directly at Qi Jinghuan and Huangfu Yongning, so he could only yell at Du Zhishangshu: "Don't put down all the account books under your subordinates, and hurry up to arrange the salary of the Dingbei Army." ”

The scalp of the head of the Du branch was numb when he was yelled, so he had to tremble again and again to claim that it was, and hurriedly retreated.

Ping Enhou was deflated again and again, he couldn't hold back, he didn't want to stay any longer, so he stood up and arched his hand and said: "Lord, the government affairs are heavy, I'm afraid I can't sit with the prince." ”

Qi Jinghuan waved his hand and said, "Lord Liu, let's get busy, and they will do the matter of paying the military salary." Ping Enhou replied and left with a calm face.

When Ping Enhou walked away, Huangfu Yongning looked at Qi Jinghuan and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Ah Huan, do you know that Lord Liu will embarrass us, so he specially accompanied me?" ”

Qi Jinghuan held Huangfu Yongning's hand, and in such a cold winter day, he became more and more greedy for the warmth of Huangfu Yongning's palm. "No, I just want to stay with you, and I want to accompany you in whatever you do." The beautiful love words came as soon as he opened his mouth, and the more Qi Jinghuan said it now, the smoother it became.

Huangfu Yongning held Qi Jinghuan's hand with his backhand, frowned and said: "Your hands are so cold, why don't you take the hand stove, Tianfu ......" Tianfu hurriedly stepped forward.

Qi Jinghuan's phoenix eyes narrowed, and his face showed the same expression as when Ah Hei was coquettish, "Ah Ning, I don't want a hand stove, I just want you to warm me up." Tim Fu stepped back. ”

"How coquettish you are, like a black one!" Seeing the familiar coquettish expression, Huangfu Yongning couldn't help but reach out and touch Qi Jinghuan's head, she really got used to Ah Hei Shun Mao Shun, and now Ah Hei is not by her side, Qi Jinghuan replaced Ah Hei on a great Cheng dù and was successfully promoted to Huangfu Yongning's new pet.

"A-Ning, I just like to stay by your side, I feel very down-to-earth by your side, and I am not afraid of the sky falling." Qi Jinghuan said with a smile again.

The two talked and laughed, not only did they feel that time was slow, but they felt that it was too fast. It wasn't until the soldiers guarding the door couldn't help but come in to report that the two realized that an hour had passed.

"Why is it so slow, Tianfu, you go and urge, don't delay our lunch." Qi Jinghuan commanded, and chatted with Huangfu Yongning about what to eat at noon.

It didn't take long for Tim Fu to come back, followed by the head of Du Zhi who was hanging his head.

"Lord Wang, young general, this guy didn't do accounts at all, but ate tea and chatted with people!" Tim Fu's angry retribution.

"What?" Qi Jinghuan's face sank when he heard this, and his voice was much colder.

Huangfu Yongning didn't get angry immediately, but asked coldly: "Since the Lord in charge has time to eat tea and chat, I think the account has already been prepared?" ”

The head of Duzhi fell to his knees with a thud, and replied trembling slightly: "Return...... Return...... Major General, do ...... It's done. ”

"Okay, let's go, go to the gold department Guan Yin." Huangfu Yongning snorted coldly, stood up violently and walked out. Qi Jinghuan hurriedly followed, and did not forget to turn around and snort coldly to the head of the Duzhi branch, he had written down this difficult and sluggish account.

"A-Ning, I'll help you get angry when you go back." Catching up with Huangfu Yongning, Qi Jinghuan said quickly.

Huangfu Yongning shook his head lightly, and whispered in a helpless tone: "No need, the Dingbei Army will have to come to the household department to pay him in the future, withdraw him, and I am afraid that another one will be worse than him." ”

Huangfu Yongning has heard a lot of quartermasters talk about the difficulties of household officials over the years, and he has long known the Tao in his mind, so he is so helpless. Otherwise, according to her temper, she would not have to tear the head of the branch alive.

"A-Ning!" Qi Jinghuan, who had never heard Huangfu Yongning speak in such a helpless tone, shouted, and Huangfu Yongning turned around and said: "Ah Huan, I'll tell you again when I have time in the future, let's go to Guan Yinzi first, and it's better to go back early after the delivery." Qi Jinghuan nodded in response, and already had a plan in his heart.

In front of the Jin Department, the personal soldiers of the Dingbei Army handed over the list to the director of the Jin Ministry, and the director of the Jin Department responded with a smile: "Just now, as soon as the little official came back, he prepared the silver, which is ready, please accept it to the major general." ”

Huangfu Yongning nodded, and ordered to the group of pro-soldiers: "Check carefully." All the relatives and soldiers responded violently, and the neat and loud voice echoed in the courtyard of the household department, and the momentum was very intimidating.

600,000 taels of silver were divided into 12 large boxes, which were carried out by the officials of the Ministry of Gold one by one, opened in front of Huangfu Yongning, and inspected by the soldiers one by one.

Seeing that the Dingbei Army was inspecting very carefully, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. He immediately smiled and said: "Young General, this is treasury silver, it is all ten percent of the silver, if it is not too early today, if you continue to inspect it like this, I am afraid that it will not be able to finish it until it gets dark." ”

Huangfu Yongning said lightly: "The lord doesn't have to worry, he will not delay the adult's meal." ”

The director of the Jin Department hurriedly laughed and said: "The young general is joking, and the little official must put official affairs first." ”

As soon as the head of the gold department finished speaking, a personal soldier stepped forward with an ingot of silver and said angrily: "Major General Qiqi, the quality of the silver in the lower layers is all insufficient, please check it on the major general." ”

Huangfu Yongning stretched out her hand to take the silver ingot and gently swiped it, and then looked at it carefully, her eyes were almost bursting with anger, she looked at the head of the gold department angrily, smashed the ingot of silver at his feet, and said angrily: "This is what you said about ten percent of the full treasury silver!" ”

The head of the Jin Department immediately felt that the sky was about to fall, he fell to his knees with a thud, and cried out: "Young General, a while ago, the little official reported illness, and this batch of treasury silver was put into the treasury at that time, and the villain didn't know what was going on......

Qi Jinghuan heard that the silver in the box was not in good condition, and his face became solemn, and he asked his own soldiers, "How much silver in the box is not in good condition?" ”

The soldiers hurriedly replied: "Back to the prince, there are fifteen thousand taels." ”

Huangfu Yongning listened and said coldly: "Sancheng! The household department really gave us the face of the Northern Army, and even the emperor's decree had to be deducted by 30%. Our soldiers of the Dingbei Army did not hesitate to stain the battlefield with blood, but you even had to withhold the salary for our lives! What a conscience! We, the border guards, starved to death and froze to death, see who will defend the territory! ”

Where did the head of the Ministry of Gold dare to speak, only kowtow desperately and beg for mercy.

"A-Ning, don't be like this, don't worry, with me, no one can let the Dingbei Army be wronged!" As soon as he saw Huangfu Yongning's sad and angry appearance, Qi Jinghuan's heart was like being grabbed by something, and he was in pain. He hurriedly held Huangfu Yongning's hand and comforted him softly.

What happened in the Jin Department was quickly reported to Ping Enhou, he was shocked, stood up Teng, and said hurriedly: "Quick, go to the back door to prepare a sedan chair, Ben Hou wants to enter the palace." Be careful, don't alarm Prince Le and the others. ”

Liu An suppressed in a low voice, and ran to arrange for someone to go to the back door to prepare a sedan chair.

In the courtyard of the Ministry of Jin, the appeasement of Emperor Fu Yongning Qi Jinghuan did not do anything irrational, Qi Jinghuan shouted to Emperor Fu Yongning's personal soldiers: "All the relatives and soldiers obeyed the order, continued to inspect the silver, and picked out the silver ingots with insufficient fineness for storage in another box. ”

The relatives and soldiers should claim that it is, and speed up the inquest of the silver according to Qi Jinghuan's instructions. However, in more than an hour, four boxes of silver totaling 180,000 taels were picked out.

"Back to the prince, there are only 420,000 taels of silver." A personal soldier stepped forward to report.

Qi Jinghuan nodded, and said to the director of the gold department: "This king is extremely unpleasant to look at these four boxes of silver, please change the four boxes of this king to look at them." ”

The head of the Jin Ministry has the heart to die at this time, and he has the heart not to agree, but the star-like Huangfu Yongning and a group of angry-eyed soldiers are not vegetarians, and if one moves his fingers, his little life will be over. But if you agree, you can't go back and explain to you. Between saving his life and not being able to explain, it didn't take too long for the head of the gold department to weigh the weight, and he chose to save his life without hesitation.

"Yes, yes, the little official will do it!" The head of the gold department responded, ran into the warehouse, and hurriedly arranged it.

However, in two quarters of an hour, eight Kuding successively carried out four boxes of silver, and the soldiers came forward to open the boxes and inspect them, and the four boxes of silver were full of ingots, and none of them were in poor condition.

"Back to the prince, young general, these four boxes have a total of 180,000 taels of silver, which is enough." After inspecting it, the pro-soldier stepped forward to reply, and his tone was full of poignant joy.

Huangfu Yongning nodded, and when he was about to speak, he heard Qi Jinghuan say first: "Since you have counted 600,000 taels of silver, A-Ning, you can sign the receipt and send the silver to the border quickly." ”

Huangfu Yongning looked at Qi Jinghuan with some surprise, she knew that Qi Jinghuan was not a person who liked to steal words, and what she said just now was a little abrupt.

Qi Jinghuan smiled at Huangfu Yongning, his eyes were full of warmth and thoughtfulness, and he also had a responsibility.

All the relatives looked at Huangfu Yongning, and when they saw Huangfu Yongning nodded, they suddenly claimed that it was, and the joy that could not be concealed had been revealed from this "yes".

The twelve boxes of treasury silver were quickly loaded into the carriage, and Qi Jinghuan smiled at Huangfu Yongning: "A-Ning, let's go." ”

Huangfu Yongning thought that the Dingbei Army could get full of money for the first time, and couldn't help but be very happy, and for a while, he smiled at Qi Jinghuan and said, "Ah Huan, don't we say goodbye to Lord Shangshu?" ”

Qi Jinghuan's smile was unfathomable, and he said with a light smile: "I think it shouldn't be necessary." The two looked at each other and smiled, and something called tacit understanding flowed between them.

Just when Qi Jinghuan and Huangfu Yongning escorted the silver to the Yiwu Dart Bureau for consignment, the Marquis of Ping Enhou had already entered the palace and cried to Emperor Zhaoming in the Nanxun Hall about the various "evil deeds" of Prince Le and the county lord of Pingrong.

Emperor Zhaoming suppressed his temperament and listened to Ping Enhou's crying, but the anger in his heart was soaring upward, and when Ping Enhou finished speaking, Emperor Zhaoming's face was already angry, but he couldn't say anything about it, he was also a dignified emperor, he really couldn't publicly issue an order to deal with Huangfu Yongning, he was really angry with him!

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