Master Shi, who was still lying in Yan Ji's arms in Linshui Township, returned to Yuechi County with pride after receiving the emergency military information sent by Wen Cheng, surrounded by a group of powerful and small officials from the township.

There is a saying that "people are in good spirits when they are happy", how could this Shi Daren ever be so beautiful?

The ten thousand ravines on the cheeks stretch out, and the peach blossoms bloom all over the face...

"Hmm, Ji Xi, I heard that yesterday, the Chu Mansion of Chujiazhuang was you... Ransacked by barbarians? ”

Climbing to the tower of the city gate, Master Shi, who was still wearing rotten silver armor, wearing a scarlet cloak on his shoulders, and smelling of alcohol, asked.

Wen Cheng would never believe that the involvement of so many sergeants would not be leaked by some of them.

Therefore, it was only yesterday that Cheng San, Zhao Er and others were stopped from expressing their loyalty.

- If there is no hope, there will be no disappointment.

Cheng San and Zhao Er, maybe they won't leak their mouths; But in front of an old fox like Master Shi, Wen Cheng didn't think that those soldiers could resist, and Lord Shi's coercion and temptation and clichés were nonsense.

The status gap is too big!

Those sergeants will be ashamed of themselves when they see "city people", let alone face the terrifying county lieutenant?

"yes, those barbarians are really ruthless! Pick on the big families and the gentry. ”

Wen Cheng looked indifferent:

"Bandits loot, death and injury are inevitable. It's just that I don't know how Master Shi is going to reward those soldiers yesterday? ”

Master Shi snorted secretly in his heart: Young man! To do things is to lack the heat; The old man will write this down for you for the time being.

If the Assassin Mansion investigates it, see how the old man adds oil and vinegar to you!

- In these years, you can't compare who is cleaner, but you can compare who you can be dirtier than others.

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Master Shi sighed: "Alas, poor! This neighboring water town, there are only more than ten large households; And several households were raided by barbarians.

Those officials were ready to let the big families raise money, levy taxes on the people, and raise money to reward meritorious soldiers. ”

Master Shi looked up at the gray sky, with an awe-inspiring look of worrying about the country and the people: "The old man saw the neighboring water towns, and the lives were ruined and mourned;

How can you bear to increase taxes?!

Doesn't this add fuel to the fire and make things worse for all the peoples?

As officials of the imperial court, we have to relieve the worries of the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven and benefit the elders of the township, so that we can live and read the sage books for these years! ”

Wen Cheng secretly said in his heart: I believe you are a ghost! You're a bad old man, and you're a thief...

After a pause for a long time, Shi Dacai let out a long sigh: "The big families are frugal, gritted their teeth, and put together thousands of coffin books, which are entrusted to the old man to be used as military funds!"

The rewards of the soldiers, after I play the court, the court will naturally not treat the meritorious ministers.

That Chu Dahu's family, since it was looted by the barbarians, and he let Brother Jixi recover some of the goods, Jixi has full authority to preside over this reward! ”

patted Jixi's shoulder: "Brother Jixi, the reward should not be too generous!" These poor ghosts, that's well-fed? Three or five hundred copper coins are enough for you and other swordsmen to rush to sell their lives; This reward, brother, you have a bit of a big hand! ”

After speaking, he turned around and went straight back to the "big tent" to rest.

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In the words of Master Shi, there are a lot of dry goods:

first hinted at Wen Cheng: The old man has caught your handle, you'd better be honest with me!

then secretly stepped on Wen Cheng's foot: We, the court officials, Lord Shi are naturally the court officials;

Hinting at you: It's just a small official of "Wild Fox Zen and Wild Road", and you'd better know how to be humble and humble.

Then the big families scraped together a little money, nominally to support the Han An Army, but in fact to 'thank' my old history;

In the end, he disliked Wen Cheng for being too big, and squandered the money he would give to the soldiers in the future.

If there are any more military exploits in the future, I will not care about it! Wait for the court's reward.

If you don't have a reward, you deserve it—who told you to be so generous to these poor ghosts?

Stretching his waist, Wen Cheng didn't think about these things anymore.

Whatever, the current county lieutenant and himself are tired of looking at each other, and they wish the other party would get out!

The two can't help each other, like a couple who have different dreams in the same bed and look at each other and lose their appetites...

It's okay, what else can I do? It's really going to fall out, and no one is happy.

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Two hundred miles away in Liangping County, two "kings" emerged; In addition to giving Jia Long a fat beating, it didn't cause much turmoil.

As long as you are not the emperor, there are more goods that are crowned as kings!

I can't even count my fingers or toes.

In the slightly steeper ravines, what are the "Southern Heavenly King", "Northern Heavenly King", and "Diamond Heavenly King"...... That's more than the wolves in the mountains.

The imperial court only cares if you call yourself "the emperor" - if you dare to plan to be on an equal footing with the old Liu family, then you will have to be strangled at all costs!

Liang Shanbo's gang of murderers and over-the-top goods only dare to be the king, but they dare not challenge the bottom line of the old Zhao family...

For several days, Mr. Shi was immersed in the joy of "the great victory of the neighboring water town"; The several good news that had been presented had been polished countless times before he reluctantly let the messenger send him away.

made others think that it was Lord Shi's concubine who was given away...

Wen Cheng didn't bother to write "The great victory in the neighboring water town - or robbery?" That Lord Shi must have been seriously flooded.

I entrusted the matter of reporting it to Master Shi to handle it together, and it also saved the trouble of the two sides figuring out the numbers in the war report and the unified caliber...

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At this time, the sergeant came to report, and someone asked to see him.

Wen Cheng went down to the city tower and saw that it was a man in a long robe, and he was also handsome.

When the man saw Wen Cheng, his expression was respectful, and he bowed: "Master Wen, I am the second son of the Chu family in Linshui, and Chu Ping is also." To come to me today is to ask for something; I wonder if Lord Wen can deign to talk to me? ”

Wen Cheng replied with a puzzled face: "Brother Chu and I have never known each other all our lives, I don't know what can I help each other?" ”

That Chu Ping saw seven or eight sergeants such as Wu Liang and Wang Ba surrounding Wen Cheng, obviously guarding against himself; A slight smile:

"Master Wen, Ping, is a scholar, and he has no power to restrain the chicken. Ping was afraid that Lord Wen would be unhappy, so he left the people and came to meet Lord Wen alone. There are many people here, I wonder if Lord Wen can deign to move? ”

Wen Cheng nodded, took Wu Liang, Wang Ba and two Wen family sergeants, and followed Zhang to a private room in a restaurant and sat down.

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After Chu Ping instructed the shopkeeper to avoid it, he got up and saluted Wen Cheng respectfully: "Lord Wen's military affairs are complicated, peaceful, so let's make a long story short!" ”

"Ping is the second son in the family; The elder brother held the position of county chief in Guangyuan County. Chufu was plundered by barbarians, and all the mansions were in trouble; Ping is deeply distressed..."

I don't see how sad you are! Could it be that the grief is to the extreme, but it seems numb?

Chu Ping paused and spoke again: "But the deceased is gone; No one can return to heaven.

Thanks to Lord Wen for leading the troops to the rescue! Ping's brother is in Guanghan County, and he is in charge of exterminating the Ban Yu barbarians, and the military situation is urgent; I can't go home to mourn, and I can't express my gratitude to Mrs. Wen...

I had to send Ping Ping to return home in the starry night and come to thank Master Wen;

Ping, thank you for your high righteousness! ”

After that, he got up and faced Wen Cheng, which was another big gift.

Wen Cheng couldn't figure out the true intentions of this Chu Ping, so he had to respond a few times and wait for the following...

Chu finished the salute, took out a few bills from his sleeve, and placed them in front of Wen Cheng: "A little small courtesy, please don't push it back; The right to be a master of Wen to buy some tea and soup fruits for his subordinate sergeants! ”

Wen Cheng nodded and didn't speak.

"Ping came today, thank Master Wen for his rescue. Second..."

The drama bones are coming!

"Ping... I would like to ask Lord Wen, after the banarians were dispersed that day... Master Wen, whether..."Chu Ping lowered his head and thought about the words:

"Did Lord Wen see some bills, such as land deeds, house deeds... The most important thing is my Chu family, the share certificate of the 'Liao Ji Gold Shop', and the title deed of the shop in Chengdu City..."

Wen Cheng nodded: "The barbarians are illiterate, and they only have money, brocade, grain, and iron tools in their eyes." I led the troops to disperse the barbarians, but I saw that there were many deeds scattered inside and outside the study..."

"Oh? Then, Lord Wen, these deeds can be with Lord Wen? Chu Ping's excited body shook away.

Wen Cheng beckoned, Wu Liang took out a stack of muddy and water-soaked deeds from his crotch pocket, and put them on the desk between the two: "Look at these things?" ”

Keep these deeds just in case.

ruined, harming others and not benefiting oneself; With this deed, Wen Cheng couldn't occupy the Chu family's land, real estate, and shares—other people's families were not so easy to eat if they were more than 2,000 stones.

These deeds are not as heavy as the usual copper coins, and after putting them for a while, I can't get tired.

did a full set of plays, and Wen Cheng also deliberately asked Wu Liang to stain the bills - otherwise, at first glance, it would be taken out of the cellar, how could there be a little bit of "barbarians throwing it on the ground at will"?

Not to mention what happened on a rainy day

Isn't that "there are no three hundred taels of silver here", and he admits that he is a robber!

The devil is in the details

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Even if the Chu brothers are suspicious of Wen Cheng, as long as there is no conclusive evidence, then everyone can continue to pretend unhappily - some things are just wrapped in a thin layer of paper on the outside; As long as you don't stab it, the two sides can still make do with the performance...

Chu Ping grabbed it, his hand trembled slightly and counted quickly, and nodded: "Yes, yes, that's all!" ”

The inventory is complete

Chu Ping got up and saluted Wen Cheng again: "Lord Wen has a heart, Ping, Lord Xie Wen!" ”

After that, he took out a stack of bills from his sleeve: "Lord Wen must not be too little... I, I don't have much money on weekdays, and my father is even more like a pixiu to me—only in and out; My brother's office, he took all the benefits, but I had to do it...

made me, even a three-room concubine, unable to afford decent jewelry; On weekdays, I am ridiculed a lot! ”

Chu Ping said, while carrying the deed in his arms, after thinking about it, he took out another and pushed it in front of Wen Cheng: "This is the proof of Liao Ji's investment of 500 yuan, can Master Wen say it to the outside world... Let's just say, on that day, except for the broken walls and corpses all over the ground, I didn't see anything, okay? ”

Looking at Chu Ping, who had an expectant look on his face, Wen Cheng smiled slightly, and pushed the bill back in front of Chu Ping: "You don't need to be polite."

Chu Ping saluted Wen Cheng: "Thank you, Lord Wen, Gao Yi!" Thank you, thank you..."Picked up the voucher, turned around and left; walked to the screen, turned around, and bowed to Wen Cheng again, before he hurried away...