Chapter 23: Gimmick
Hu family, Anlu County
A middle-aged and elderly man who is dressed in splendor, arrogant between his eyebrows, extravagant but a little thin, and an old monk beside him.
"The head of the family, recently Qin Qianhu sent someone to ask me for help, saying that they lack money in the guard, and hope that I will help them tide over the difficulties, I don't know if the head of the family agrees?" It was none other than the living Buddha who had recently become very popular in Anlu County.
Hu Shoucai looked at this so-called living Buddha, this person is his own family, a talent sent by the Kang family in Shanxi, this old monk has cheated a lot of money for himself, it is simply a cash cow.
"What? Qin Qianhu? Did he find something? Hu Shoucai touched his mustache and became suspicious.
"That's not true, he wants to build a Dharma field for me, let me open the altar for seven days and seven nights, and then the believers' sesame oil money will be divided fifty-fifty with me."
Hu Shoucai was relieved, he thought about it, and said: "Qin Qianhu's status in this Anlu County is still very important, although Deputy Ma Qianhu and Yang Yanshi are my people, but they can't be the master after all, their Xu family can only run rampant in this Anlu County for decades by relying on this Qin Lao Qianhu, and now the old Qianhu is gone, I heard that the Miss Xu family actually ruined the marriage contract with Qin Qianhu, hehe, after all, he is a young man, and he broke his arm, this is also our opportunity!" ”
"Then I'll say yes?" The old monk asked.
"Why don't you say yes? If even Qin Qianhu openly set up a Dharma field for you, then the entire De'an Mansion will not be respectful and respectful to you, and I will be convinced! Promise it, when the time is ripe, you can also be a matchmaker, let me and Qin Qianhu get together, and it will definitely benefit a lot in the future. Hu Shoucai's eyes were shrewd, and his eyebrows were happy.
"Well, I understand, then I'll go back to Qin Qianhu and let him prepare the law field!" After the old monk finished speaking, he went out.
Steward Hu walked in, approached and said: "Master, I have already notified Er Mazi on the mountain, and asked Er Mazi to tie up Miss Xu and ask for a high ransom according to the master's instructions. ”
Hu Shoucai stood up, paced back and forth, touched his mustache while pondering, "Well, this is the best time, the Xu family has two sisters and brothers left, Xu Zhen'er is still capable in the past two years, after Master Xu left, she was a little woman who forced the entire Xu family to stand up, but it is not the previous Xu family, at this time the Xu family's money must be taken out to book food, as long as we add more fire, hehe, but this matter must not be publicized, otherwise let people know that we colluded with bandits, and the crime is not small!" The more Hu Shoucai spoke, the more mysterious and whispered in the back.
"Don't worry, Er Mazi has long been the master's person, and he has always been loyal, and he will be fine! We can collect so much official land, and Er Mazi also has a lot of credit! Steward Hu said with a lot of faith.
Hu Shoucai nodded, he just used Ermazi to destroy the farmland of those military households from time to time, the military households did not have a good harvest, so they naturally came to him to borrow money to live, and they couldn't afford it, Hu Shoucai went to the county government again, and joined Lei County Cheng to annex the tuntian of the military households, of course, there are also great contributions to Ma Qianhu and Yang Yanshi.
"This year, those military households have planted crops again, and they are still growing very well, sir, should we use some means? I heard that the Xu family has returned all the tuntian in their hands, and those military tuntian will not come to us when their lives are better in the future. Steward Hu asked tentatively.
"Of course, we have to do some sabotage, this matter will let the Ermazi camera act, but this matter of kidnapping tickets must be implemented as soon as possible, I have coveted the Xu family's grain and rice shop for a long time!" Hu Shoucai thought of the Xu family's grain and rice shop, and his eyes lit up.
"By the way, Steward Hu, tell me to go down, then Miss Xu can't be offended, keep it for me as a concubine!" Hu Shoucai said in a daze, thinking of Xu Zhen'er's charming figure in his head.
"The master is clever, people also want to collect money!" Steward Hu flattered and gave a thumbs up.
It's almost time to harvest, many old farmers have nothing to do and run to their own fields, looking at the crops that grow taller day by day, they are all happy, not only the crops are growing well, but also the sweet potatoes are also dense vines, it seems that it is also the rhythm of the harvest.
When they saw that there were thieves coming to step on the point, they were worried, if this matter had been put in the past, it could be said that no one would care, they could only watch the rice that was about to ripen be set on fire by those thieves, but now they have Qin Yiming in charge, after the farmers reported this matter to Qin Yiming, Qin Yiming immediately arranged a special person to guard the farmland, not only that, but also left spies at the intersection of the road that must come down from the mountain, and reported it immediately as soon as there was a situation.
The thieves found that there was a guard in the farmland, and they didn't dare to act rashly, Er Mazi quickly put this matter aside, to care about another matter, he heard that the recent Anlu County will build a Dharma field, for the living Buddha to open an altar to preach Buddhism, when the time will definitely be full of people, maybe this is a good opportunity to kidnap Miss Xu.
Qin Yiming took the Living Buddha to visit the Dharma field he was building, which was quite large, and the Living Buddha was very satisfied.
"Living Buddha, do you think this Dharma field is still passable?" Qin Yiming asked respectfully.
"Lord Qin laughed, it is our duty to purify all sentient beings, and this altar is so big, why not be satisfied, Lord Qin bothered."
The Living Buddha nodded in satisfaction.
"Thank you for the help of the Living Buddha, I didn't know that our Pingli Fort was so poor before, the military households basically can't open the pot, the Living Buddha is merciful and willing to help us tide over the difficulties, this is a great thing for the country and the people, I must show the merits of the Living Buddha to the court in the future!" Qin Yiming bowed respectfully.
The Living Buddha was very satisfied with Qin Qianhu's sincere attitude, and said with a smile: "Lord Qianhu is too polite, and it is also our duty to contribute to the imperial court, so you don't have to care too much." ”
"Living Buddha, in order to be able to raise more donations, I would like to ask the Living Buddha to choose an auspicious day, and then I will inform the majority of believers, let them come and listen to the Living Buddha's preaching, and explain that the Living Buddha will preach for seven days and seven nights, and the body will be burned on the seventh day!" Qin Yiming talked about his plan.
"What? You want to burn me? The Living Buddha was so excited that his beard trembled, his hands and feet were cold, and his face turned pale.
Qin Yiming smiled, leaned closer and whispered, "How is it possible?" I'm also trying to let more people believe in the Living Buddha, if everyone sees it, the Living Buddha is burned by fire, and then on the eighth day, you can still appear in front of the world, do you think about what the scene will be then? ”
The living Buddha thought about it, and when the time came, those people would definitely make offerings to themselves as immortals, thinking that they were still secretly happy, but after thinking about it, they were not immortals, how could they not be burned to death.
"The Living Buddha misunderstood, how could I really burn the Living Buddha? This burning body is just a gimmick, so that more people can pay attention to this matter, so as to attract everyone's attention, and when the time comes, there will be more people to observe the living Buddha, and we can make more money! ”