On the third pole of the day, Wu Zhi opened his hazy sleepy eyes, gently helped Jin Lian cover the red brocade quilt, and tiptoed out of the bedroom. There was a little maid who brought breakfast, and Wu Zhi enjoyed this kind of life of bell ringing and dining, which was very comfortable.

Comfortably wandering to the samurai pawnshop, the shopkeeper Lin, who had been hired for a lot of money, hurriedly ran out to greet him. While looking through the accounts in the inner hall, he instructed his men to go to the samurai gambling house and call Long Wu. Now the Wuzhi family has thousands of wealth, there are two pillar industries of the martial arts pawnshop and the martial arts gambling house, as well as the secretly controlled Ma Wancheng medical shop, and the financial resources are rolling, and it is estimated that it will become a veritable family wealth by next year. And Long Wu and Lu Cheng recruited some scoundrels from nearby states and counties and the countryside, and now there are also 100 subordinates, who are fighting in the gambling hall every day. Most of the money given to them every month goes to the gambling house. This can only be blamed on the various gambling methods that have been improved by Wu Zhi, which really makes people involuntarily fall into it and can't extricate themselves.

After a while, Long Wu gasped and ran in. Wu Zhi was amused when he looked at him pretending, so he gave him a scoop and said, "Don't pretend to be loyal to Young Master Ben here." ”

Long Wu smiled and said, "What do you have to tell Long Wu to come?" Are there any new deals to open? Big brother, don't worry, this time you will leave it to me Long Wu, Long Wu will never be like Lu Cheng's stupid big man, looking for the shop of the gambling house to find the opposite side of the yamen. ”

Wu Zhi couldn't help but smile when he heard him mention Lu Cheng's troubles again, and waved his hand to ask Shopkeeper Lin and his subordinates to step down. sorted out his thoughts and instructed Long Wu to do this, that, that, that. Long Wu nodded repeatedly. After ordering confidential matters, Wu Zhi finally said: "You go and lead someone to redeem a girl named Jin'er from Hu Dahu's family." Then just send it directly to your sister-in-law. Long Wu obeyed the order.

Walking out of the samurai pawnshop, watching the people coming and going on the street, different from the busy crowd of his time, everyone has a leisurely look on their faces. Wu Zhi walked along the street to the gambling house, greeting acquaintances from time to time. Just a few steps, a young boy in Tsing Yi from Jiang Zhixian's family ran over, panting and running to Wu Zhi's side, bending over and panting for a long time, before he raised his head, saw Wu Zhi looking at him with a smile, couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and said: "My lord invited the big official to drink tea, and the little one went to the big official's house, only to know that the big official came to the pawnshop, and I was afraid of delaying the master's affairs, so I ran all the way......"

Wu Zhi saw that he was only eleven or twelve years old, and his speech and demeanor were also childlike, so he had to be a subordinate to others, so he couldn't help sighing and motioned for the child to lead the way.

The study room of Zhixian is very simple and full of bookish atmosphere. The incense burner next to the brown wooden desk is lit with sandalwood, and wisps of green smoke rise, adding a bit of silence.

Wu Zhi leaned lazily on the wide chair, looked at Jiang Zhixian with a smile, and said, "What does the adult mean is that the small one pays for the strange stones and flowers, but in the end, it is for the adult to make that gift of entering the knighthood?" ”

Jiang Zhixian heard what he said so bluntly, his old face couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly explained: "The big officials can't say that, this time there is a message in the capital, if the official can collect some rare flowers and stones, plus the county's governance achievements in recent years, there is a chance that this fat shortage in Dongping Mansion will be awarded to the official." "There's a lot of color in that. Looking at Wu Zhi's expression again, he said, "And if the big officials can help me this time, I will recommend the big officials to the bosses in Tokyo, and I think the ambitions of the big officials are not limited to Yanggu." As he spoke, he picked up the turquoise teacup on the desk and took a slow sip.

Wu Zhi secretly scolded the old fox in his heart, no, it was a middle-aged fox. However, Jiang Zhixian's words also made him secretly moved, he knew that Jiang Zhixian's backer in the capital was a certain henchman of the famous Cai Jing, and Cai Jing had just squeezed out the prime ministers Han Zhongyan and Zeng Bu. His henchmen were at a time when they were arrogant. I heard that the current Dongping Mansion Yin is Zeng Bu's doorman, and listening to Jiang Zhixian's meaning, it is estimated that he is also in dire straits. Helping him this time, in addition to the benefits that he can bring by his direct promotion, he can also be recommended by his henchmen in Cai Jing. is equivalent to registering a number there, and in the future, it will be considered Cai Jing's party, of course, Cai Jing will never know that there is such a person. But what are the benefits of joining Cai Jing's party? Is this flower stone so easy to find? I used to know what strange flowers and stones Song Huizong liked, and this was probably the prototype of what "Flower Stone Gang" was.

Wu Zhi thought left and right in his heart, and couldn't make up his mind for a while, but he knew that no matter what, he couldn't refuse in one go, so after thinking about it, he had a plan in his heart, and said: "Since the adult is wrong to love, if the villain doesn't agree, it will seem that he doesn't know how to raise it, so this matter will be wrapped up in Wu Da, and I promise to give the adult a good idea." "But I thought in my heart, I just send someone to find it, and don't blame me if I can't find it, then again, if there is really that good thing, and the price is cheap, I will naturally get it back for you."

How did Jiang Zhixian know his thoughts, and when he heard him agree, he immediately smiled and said with a smile: "I knew that the big officials would definitely agree, how could the big officials in the middle not know?" ”

Wu Zhi also laughed a few times with Hehe, and the two began to talk about trivial matters, and it was not until nearly noon that Jiang Zhixian served tea to the guests.

Wu Zhi walked out of the back door of the county office, but saw Long Wuzheng standing there in a daze with a sad face. Strange in his heart, he asked, "Long Wu, are you waiting for me here?" ”

When Long Wu heard his voice, he immediately raised his head, hesitated, and cringed: "The matter explained by the eldest brother is a bit troublesome. ”

Wu Zhiyi frowned and said, "Does that big Hu family still dare to disobey?" According to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, the contract of sale of the subordinate who voluntarily redeemed his body must be invalidated, does he dare to challenge the king's law? ”

Long Wudao: "That's not true, no matter how bold he is, he won't dare to come nonsense." Originally, today's brothers are almost the same as Hu Dahu said, although Hu Dahu's fat wife has been reluctant, but there is no way. Who knew that halfway through the killing of Cheng Biting Jin, a guest suddenly came to his house, a young father-in-law, called his fat wife cousin. As soon as Mrs. Hu saw him coming, Lima changed her mind, saying that his cousin had redeemed Jin'er one step ahead of us, but our brother was one step late. As soon as he looked up, he saw Wu Zhi's gloomy face, and said word by word: "That's how you ran back?" The frightened Long Wuyi trembled, and hurriedly shouted: "No, no, of course our brother won't do it, just want to reason with him, who knows that Mrs. Hu talked about the young Xianggong turned out to be the son of Qingzhou Zhizhou......"

Wu Zhi didn't have to listen to it, he already knew the whole story, presumably Long Wu and they didn't dare to go against the prince of Zhizhou, so they came to inform themselves, it happened that he and Jiang Zhixian discussed the secret matter, Jiang Zhixian ordered no one to see, and Long Wu would wait here until now.

Wu Zhi was so angry in his heart, looking at Long Wu, who was cowering, he kicked him a somersault, Long Wu got up, and came over again in a panic, he thought that the boss had to be angry with them because things didn't work out. The heart said that I will tell you to spread enough, who told us that the head snake can't suppress the dragon of the river? I heard Wu Zhi's cold voice in my ears, "You immediately take people to the Hu family, ask them to hand over Jin'er, and if someone stops me, call me, as long as you don't make trouble, I will take care of everything!" ”

Long Wu trembled in his heart, and said in his heart No, is the son of the Zhizhou family going to fight too? Raised his eyes to look at Wu Zhi, but saw that Wu Zhi's eyes were staring at him, and his spine was numb for a while, as if the scene had changed and came to the moment of cutting his fingers that he would never forget, and listened to Wu Zhi word by word: "And Long Wu, I tell you, what I will tell you in the future is that there is the king of heaven Lao Tzu in front of him, and you will also kill him for me, if you **** down, I won't say anything when I come back from lying down?" But if you dare to come back as gray as this time, Lao Tzu will you first! Then he shouted, "Don't go yet." "I was hit in the chest again, and I fell for a while, and I barely struggled to get up, and I ran away.

Wu Zhi was angry just now, and took out the tone that he had taught his younger brother before, and saw Long Wu running away in a panic, and he was also a little anxious, he had been making trouble for a long time, so it was better for Jin'er not to have anything happen. I wonder Mrs. Hu's shrew is so tough, but with such a room of relatives, it seems that things will not end well. If she dies today, she is honest, and she will definitely be in trouble in the future. Wu Zhi sneered a few times and walked towards Hu Dahu's house. As for the son of Zhizhou, he didn't feel at ease, he had been in the society for so many years, and he knew better than anyone the unspoken rule that county officials were not as good as the current ones. If you are the son of the Dongping family, will you still have some scruples, Qingzhou? But he can't control the ground of Yanggu. Besides, I just talked about cooperation with Jiang Zhixian today, and Xiao Caidang, who can be regarded as an accurate name, also happened to understand Jiang Zhixian's ability. While thinking about the stakes, Wu Zhi walked quickly to Hu Dahu's house.