But Li Xianzhi said that when he saw that everyone had gone out, he said to He Tai'an: "If it weren't for Mr. Zhou's spending money this time, I'm afraid I would inevitably suffer from disaster, although he didn't say it, I couldn't help but pay it back." originally planned to let Han Chuan do it, but after thinking about it repeatedly, he was just a kid who did things, and he couldn't get on the stage. Therefore, I want to go to Jingshi on my behalf, and thank Mr. Zhou for his kindness, which is also more grand. ”

He Tai'an thought for a while and agreed: "Envy Weng's life, I am willing to do it, and I just take this opportunity to go to Jingshi and his party, and I can also open my eyes." "Say goodbye and pack your bags. After a short time, they cleaned up and stopped, and it happened that the meal in the room was ready, and everyone ate it.

Li Xianzhi sealed the gold for four hundred taels and returned it to Zhou Langzhong. Four hundred taels of gold is converted into silver, which is four thousand taels, and the more than one thousand taels should be Xie Yi.

In addition, he sealed another fifty taels and asked He Tai'an to carry the expenses with him. and let Han Chuan be a follower. Everything stopped, He Tai'an and Xiao Shiqian went out of the city and rented a clipper boat to go quickly.

Fortunately, the boat was light and smooth, and soon arrived at Jiaxing Fucheng and entered the canal from here. A few days later, I passed through Yangzhou and arrived in Shanyang, where I caught up with the salt ship that had been waiting for two days. Xiao Shiqian and Congren turned to the big boat, went west into Huaishui, and turned to the Bianhe River into Henan. After sending off the big ship carrying salt, He Tai'an and Han Chuan still headed north to Jingshi.

There was nothing to do along the way, so the story was short. More than ten days later, the ship arrived at the Tongzhou wharf outside Beijing. It's nothing more than getting off the boat, hiring a car, and going into the city to live. The next day, I went to Zhou Langzhong's mansion and handed over the name of the late student. Zhou Langzhong saw it and couldn't remember who it was, but he happened to be fine at the moment, so he called in.

He Tai'an came in, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I am reckless, please forgive me." ”

The two had a relationship with Governor Jin's mansion, but Zhou Langzhong didn't take it to heart, and he couldn't remember it at the moment, he just felt familiar. I was stunned for a moment, got up and returned the salute, and let me sit down. Then he asked, "Do you know me?" ”

He Tai'an said: "Late Shengyuan used to be a curtain under Governor Jin, and before the book, the Lord was a student in Shaanxi, and I met in Lord Jin's mansion. ”

Zhou Lang thought about this when he was neutral, and hurriedly said: "Rude, rude." At this time, the servant made tea and brought it up. Zhou Langzhong let him drink tea again. After finishing the tea, he asked again: "Mr. He is here, what are you doing?" ”

He Tai'an said: "Don't hide it from your lordship, I was born late and now I am working under Li Xianzhi, and this time I came to do something envy." Envy was framed by a traitor, and only by being surrounded by adults can he avoid disaster. He should have personally come to the door to thank him, but he was on official business and did not dare to leave the flood land without permission, so he sent his later life to thank him. ”

Zhou Langzhong said: "But you don't have to worry about it." ”

He Tai'an said again: "I heard that the adults spent a lot of silver for peace at this time, and Xianzhi also asked me to bring it with me." As he spoke, he glanced out the door. Han Chuan was waiting by the door, got a look, hurriedly came in with his burden and put it down, and the two willow boxes were opened one by one, and there were four hundred taels of gold inside.

When Zhou Langzhong saw the gold, he immediately became colorful, and said: "I knew him and helped him, so that he could be an upright official so that he could establish a life for the people." Now the officials are hard, and it is not impossible to make some money to live, but it has only been a few months since your family Li Zhixian got off the car, and he has looted so many yellow things, what is the reason? ”

When He Tai'an heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly said: "My lord misunderstood, since he got off the car, he not only didn't take the line himself, but also put an end to the way of cunning officials and people, and the official reputation is very good." Presumably it was because of this that he was framed by a traitor and provoked this incident. ”

Zhou Langzhong hesitated, pointed to the gold and asked, "Then what is?" ”

He Tai'an said: "My lord has been to Yulin, but I don't know how this is all the private stuff of the envy family. ”

Only then did Zhou Langzhong remember the huge wealth in Li Xian's family, so he didn't say anything. He also said: "I don't have to pay back the money, I just hope that he will not dishonor Mr. Jin's expectations before his death, and contribute some strength to the family and the country." Mr. He and his colleagues in the morning and evening often admonished him. ”

He Tai'an hurriedly responded: "Follow the teachings of Lord Zhou. It's just that I hope that Lord Zhou will accept this gold, and Xianzhi said, 'You can't ask the adults to contribute and pay', if the adults don't accept it, and go back later, it's not easy to explain to Xianzhi. ”

Seeing that He Tai'an insisted repeatedly, Zhou Langzhong ordered him to go back. Ruga Taian ate and wanted to stay. He Tai'an said: "Wansheng has already found a place to live in the city, and besides, Wansheng still has some private matters to move around, and it is inconvenient to disturb in the house, so it is better to go out." ”

Seeing this, Zhou Langzhong had no choice but to send off the guests. In fact, He Tai'an didn't have much to do, but he hadn't been to Beijing for many years, and he just wanted to play around.

He quit the Zhou Mansion and returned to his apartment, and went to bed early with Han Chuan.

When they got up the next day, the two of them went out, Han Chuan was young, and he was very interested in playing, especially in high spirits, shuttling back and forth in the crowded flow of people. Swimming straight until the evening, He Tai'an urged him to return to his apartment, but he was still unwilling. He Tai'an had to let him go, and before he knew it, he came to the front of the Gongyuan. At this time, it was not the year of Dabi, and the Gongyuan was naturally deserted. Only one of the old guards was about to lock the door after his rounds.

He Tai'an remembered that he had failed in his career and failed the township test, so he had never entered the Jingshi Gongyuan for miles, and he couldn't help but feel a little unwilling in his heart. So he walked a few steps quickly, rushed to the door before the old official locked it, and said, "Ask the old man, can you go in and have a look?" ”

The old official glanced at He Tai'an and said, "It's getting late, and the door is going to be locked." ”

He Tai'an took out five coins of silver from his sleeve, handed it to the old official, and said, "It won't be long in delay, please make it convenient for the old man." ”

The old official put the silver on his sleeve and said, "Before sunset, you must come out." ”

He Tai'an said: "Certainly, definitely." There is Lao Lao. ”

The old man opened the door and waited outside. He Tai'an raised his feet and entered, Han Chuan was also fine, happy to see the world, so he followed in.

Although this tribute courtyard is the place where the materials are selected for the heavenly family, due to the difficulty of national affairs, it has fallen into disrepair for a long time, and the inside is very old. Most of the tiles on the shed are broken, the green bricks on the wall are broken, the paint on the pillars is peeling, and the foot of the wall is overgrown with weeds.

He Tai'an couldn't help but sigh: "Such a desolate and dilapidated place has provoked talents from all over the world!" Then he thought that he had not been able to enter this place in a grand manner for half his life, but he had to bribe an old official, so he felt a trace of unwillingness in his heart, and he was suddenly interested, turned around and walked out.

When the old official saw him come out early, he was naturally happy in his heart, and said "go slowly", so he locked the door and left. Han Chuan saw that He Tai'an's face suddenly became displeased, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he followed him back to the apartment.

Early the next morning, He Tai'an was about to set off for the south. But Han Chuan is still in the mood for fun, and he doesn't leave. He Tai'an couldn't eat him, so he had to stay for a few more days, and he didn't go out, but buried his head in the house.

Han Chuan went out early and returned late every day, wandering around in this world of flowers, and after a few days, the few pennies and silver he brought with him were spent, and he felt tired, so he wanted to go back to Pinghu again. So the two hired a car to go out of the city, still to the Tongzhou wharf, hired a boat to return to the south, nothing more than a boat with the wind, and the headwind stationed, and there was nothing important on the road, so I didn't mention it for the time being.

Besides, since Qian County Cheng and Miao Zhushu sent silver to the prefect's yamen, they sat at home every day and waited to see what happened to Li Xianzhi. In their minds, Hao Zhifu is a person who is nine thousand years old in Wei, and some of the people in the court are turning over the clouds and raining in the background, and it is not easy to participate in a mere Qipin Zhi County?

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, an envoy from the court brought an edict down. Qian and Miao were overjoyed when they saw that the big thing was about to happen, and they rushed to the Yamen of Futai to wait for the letter. Unexpectedly, once the edict was announced, Futai was only dismissed, and the following officials who were close to him were also punished lightly. Li Xianzhi didn't mention it at all, and he didn't have anything to do.

Qian Xiancheng and Miao Zhukong rejoiced, as if they had been poured a basin of cold water on their heads, and as if they had fallen into an ice well. After being stunned for a long time, Master Miao shouted: "Lord Futai patted his chest and beat the ticket, but now it is such a result, his roots are more stable than the governor!" ”

Qian Xiancheng said angrily: "Lord Futai has collected the money, so I should ask him for an explanation!" After that, the two of them looked at the prefect's yamen together.

After entering the door to pay homage, without waiting for the two to speak, Governor Hao was embarrassed first, and said: "The two of you know the imperial edict?" It was also unexpected that something like this happened. As he spoke, he picked up a letter and handed it to Qian Xiancheng. Qian Xiancheng took it out and looked at it, but it was a copy of Fang Yushi's bullet seal.

Hao Zhifu continued: "My old man received the money in the same year, and he really did something. It was about to be, and Zhu's approval was to be handed over to the ministry, but unexpectedly, Liu Shaositu of the household department found Cui Shaofu and erased all the words of Li. After speaking, he seemed to be talking to himself, shaking his head and muttering: "I don't know what the origin of Li is to be able to speak for him with such a big person." ”

Qian Xiancheng and Miao were naturally unwilling, and asked: "Then the old man has accepted our silver, and the matter has not been completed, there is always an explanation." ”

Hao Zhifu said: "Master Du has the rules of Lord Du, how much money is charged, how many words are spoken, and how many things are done, and there is no fairness." Now that the bullet has been released, and the wicked have done it, there is such a fork, and it is not something he can control. ”

Qian County Cheng and Miao Zhushu folded three thousand taels of silver in Hao Zhifu and Fang Yushi, as if they had been lost. Listening to the words of Governor Hao, he knew that he couldn't come back with a penny, so he gritted his teeth with hatred. But Governor Hao was a Shangguan after all, and the two of them didn't dare to explain the theory, so they had to press back the anger in their stomachs, and their faces turned red and purple.

Fortunately, Governor Hao knew that he was short-sighted, and he was embarrassed to look at these two people squarely, and he didn't notice anything unusual. After a few perfunctory words to each other, they dispersed.

The two came out of the mansion, and Master Miao was still distressed about the silver, and said: "Three thousand silver, I didn't even get a sound, so I should ask him for it back in person and see what else he has to say." ”

Qian Xiancheng said: "Asking for money in Haofutai is begging for his life, not only can you not get the silver, but you will inevitably ask for your future and my life." ”

Master Miao said: "The three thousand silver was swallowed by them so for nothing?" This is all the blood and sweat of the people, ask us to ask for it, how do we explain it? ”

Qian Xiancheng said: "That's it for this time, it is inevitable that you will still have to ask him in the future, and it is not good to have a bad relationship with him." The two of them said as they got into a sedan chair and returned to Pinghu County.