The emperor has many children, and the horses will naturally not be less, but the status is very different, the most favored can worship the ancestors on behalf of His Majesty, and the lowest status is just to receive an extra salary, not only that, but also to give up the former position of real power, and from then on to be a rich and noble idler.

Lou Yaoxian was originally a hundred households in the guard, with a good skin, one day was favored by Yingzong at a glance, so he was referred to as a colt, and since then he has forgotten him, and he has never remembered that after the current saint ascended the throne, he ignored this brother-in-law.

But this does not prevent Lou Yaoxian from swaggering around as a prince, always carrying a copy of the holy oracle in his purse, after a little familiarity, he will inevitably take it out to show the other party, and even read it out in person, the words are round, full of gratitude, and finally do not forget to add, "Since then, I have one more horse, but one less general who gallops on the battlefield." Now that the Quartet is peaceful, there is no need for people like me, this is my misfortune, but it is a great fortune in the world, and my generation should drink and sing wildly in order to live up to the grace of God. ”

No one expected that this colt in the prime of life would have a dark disease, and he would whine and mourn halfway through indulgence.

The shopkeeper found that the situation was serious, and immediately changed the throwing of the corpse to the delivery of the corpse, and returned the trouble to Erlang Temple.

Fan Dajian took the manuscript of the oracle and turned the trouble into Hu Guiyang's hands.

"Is this true? There are many liars in the capital, maybe this is one of them. Hu Guiyang took the paper and looked at it, but he couldn't tell whether it was true or not.

"What if it's true?" Fan Dajian felt that there were dark clouds above his head.

"When the corpse arrives at you, you can't push it away, you must immediately go to the official in charge and quietly report the matter, the royal family will take care of face, and maybe your vitality."

"What if Long Yan is angry and doesn't care about his face?"

"The king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, you are a small temple master, and you can't be happy to thank you before you die?"

Fan Dajian screamed, "What's going on?" Those two troublemakers...... I sent the body away. ”

"It's useless, Wuque Hutong is an insider, if you don't report it, they will report it."

"No, my heart is all messed up, Hu Guiyang, Grandpa Hu, you have to give me an idea, who should I go to? Zongrenfu? Ministry of Rites? West Factory? Jin Yiwei? ”

"Let's inquire first, whether the deceased is the horse Lou Yaoxian."

"Well, and then what?"

"No, just report to the Shuntian Mansion, yes, go to Xichang to ask to see Wang Zhi, ask him to show him, remember, kneel on the ground and don't get up, you have to obey him, if he is angry, you will be saved, if he is not angry, you better find a way to escape."

"Pity me, the temple master, for only a few days, and now it's about to celebrate the New Year......."

"Hey, it's pitiful for the princess at home." Hu Guiyang got up and picked people up, "Let Jiang Erpi and Zheng Sanhun guard the corpses, don't let them leave half a step." ”

"Understood, I really want to kill the two of them......" Fan Dajian raised his eyes to look at Hu Guiyang, really thinking that this was an idea.

"Unless you get rid of the people on the other side of Wuque Alley." Hu Guiyang used this sentence to save two lives.

Fan Dajian stomped his feet, "Okay, I'll go and inquire about the real and fake horses, and I'll come to you as soon as I have news." ”

"I'll be back tomorrow morning."

"You're going out?"

"Hmm."

"Where are you going?"

"Huh?"

"I won't ask, tomorrow morning...... As long as I'm free, I'll come to see you. Fan Dajian reluctantly said goodbye, with a hunch in his heart that this colt was true nine times out of ten.

It happened too suddenly, Hu Guiyang sat for a while, first let his mind settle down, and then went to the noodle restaurant to eat a bowl of noodles, chatted with the guests for a while, felt that it was almost over, and went out to Ren's house in the Hutong of the company.

The old bustard was still so enthusiastic, because she saw with her own eyes that there were two boxes of silver in the Hu house, one large and one small, but Ren Liu'er was much colder, and asked Yahuan to come out to thank the guests, claiming that she was tired and her face had not recovered, and it was difficult to see the gentleman.

The old bustard personally went to persuade him, and Hu Guiyang, who had been waiting for a long time, was finally allowed to enter the house.

Ren Liu'er was still wearing a veil, sitting on the edge of the bed, with her back to the visitor, the two maids wanted to retreat, but she opened her mouth to stay, so the old bustard had to take out her mother's style again, persuade a few words, and take the maid ring out of the room.

"Hey, it's worthy of being a captain in brocade, people who know say you want to see me, and those who don't know think you're going to arrest me."

Hu Guiyang smiled, picked up the teacup and drank water, and didn't speak for a long time.

Ren Liu'er couldn't help it, and turned around, "Found Zhu Jiutou?" ”

Hu Guiyang shook his head, "I didn't look for it." ”

Ren Liu'er chuckled, "The most poisonous woman's heart, a woman's heart is like the sea...... Say whatever you think. ”

"I'm thinking, it's me who did something wrong, I asked you for help, but I only gave an empty promise, no wonder you don't want to tell the truth."

Ren Liu'er sneered and didn't say anything.

"What is your ransom?"

"You can't afford it now."

"Not necessarily."

Ren Liu'er was silent for a while, "The old beggar spent three hundred taels when she bought me, and I have earned a hundred times more money for her family over the years, but she will not admit it, but will say that she spent more money on me." So, if someone had to redeem me, she would bid at least thirty thousand taels. ”

"Huh." Hu Guiyang was taken aback.

"I'm not worth the price?"

"It's worth it, but the bustard's heart is too dark."

"Such a person, can you still talk about benevolence and righteousness? But you can bargain, you should be able to talk about 20,000 taels, and if you take out the Jinyi Wei threat, you can talk about another 10,000 taels. Then there is not much room for the bustard's newly bought girl to hold on, and she really needs money to support the family. ”

"That's also 10,000 taels, and I can't spend it in a few lifetimes if I use it at home."

"You're still a person in officialdom, don't you understand the rules here? Although the old beggar is hateful, the life of the Lehu family is indeed difficult, and the yamen on top are layered on top of each other, from small local tolerances to large to the teaching department, the six yamen, and even the eunuchs in the palace, all of whom have to take a take. Our money comes and goes out quickly, and just like that, we are still despised, and when something happens, we don't even have anyone to take care of it. ”

Ren Liu'er was full of resentment, pulled off the veil on her head, her injuries were better, and her face was still swollen, "Don't say anything else, either redeem me, and then give me a reward equal to the ransom money, or take revenge on me, and I will tell you who Zhu Jiugongzi is." ”

"I can also go and ask the Seven Fairies in Wuque Hutong."

Ren Liu'er forgot that there was a wound on her face, and smiled slightly, "Those stupid women, they only know that Zhu Jiugongzi is rich, how can they know his true identity?" Of course, you can inquire and ask half the truth, count me as losing, and write off all the promises you made. ”

"I'd rather know the truth from you." Hu Guiyang got up, "I'll come back tomorrow." ”

"Okay, I'm waiting for your news. Don't expect someone to come to you, you have your thoughts, and others have other people's concerns, without me being in the middle, Zhu Jiugongzi will never buy your treasures, and no matter how much you say, it's useless. ”

This is probably just Ren Liu'er's bluff, Hu Guiyang had no intention of arguing, smiled and said goodbye, and went out to find the bustard.

"Redemption?" The old bustard's eyes widened and he immediately shook his head, "I am such a daughter, I hope to rely on her to support my old age, even if the mountains of gold and silver are piled up in front of me, I will not sell them." ”

There are still a few girls in Ren's family, and the one who can make a lot of money is Ren Liu'er, and the other daughters are either mediocre or have not yet grown up.

"Miss Durian is not your biological daughter, she has bought and sold, she has already given birth, why bother? It makes everyone unhappy, and you can't make any money. Hu Guiyang persuaded him.

The old bustard was actually moved, but he just pretended to hesitate, "Captain Hu seems to really like my daughter, if it is someone else, I will never agree." Well, since you are sincere, I will not come to pretend, 100,000 taels. ”

"Are you going to sell my whole family to me?"

"Hehe, if Captain Hu wants to buy it, it's okay, but these 100,000 taels are just the value of Ren Liu'er alone, one or two less is not enough, and this money may not be enough for me to support the elderly."

Hu Guiyang knew that it was another rumor, and the old bustard thought that he was hiding countless gold and silver treasures in the mountain, so he smiled and said, "What does Mother Ren think of me?" ”

"There is affection and righteousness, there is no choice, my daughter is with you, I can rest assured."

"Okay, I have affection and righteousness for Ren Liu'er, and I can only be ruthless and unrighteous to others, tomorrow I will give her 10,000 taels to redeem herself, you prepare the contract."

The old bustard's eyes widened, "Captain Hu, if you don't do this business, it's impossible to take my daughter away for 10,000 taels." ”

"Don't worry, think again." Hu Guiyang smiled, and then took his leave, and said no more, but the old bustard was still gushing against it in the back.

Hu Guiyang went home, saw nothing unusual, and went out to Jinyiwei.

Since returning to Beijing, this is the first time he has come to Nansi to show up, without seeing anyone, he went directly into the room to find Yuan Mao, and the guards still remembered him, so he didn't stop him, but quietly went to inform his boss.

The room is not big, there are a few tables and chairs, Yuan Mao occupies it alone, he was seconded to the West Factory, he went to report every morning, and usually handled affairs in the South Division.

"Fan Laodao is in trouble?" Yuan Mao asked as soon as he saw Hu Guiyang.

"Well, big trouble."

Yuan Mao looked surprised, "I thought it would ...... Unexpectedly, he was the first to cause trouble. ”

"What did you tell him?"

"There is indeed a colt named Lou Yaoxian, I haven't seen it, it is said that he is a prodigal child, how could Fan Laodao provoke him?"

"It's a long story, I'm looking for you for something else."

"Please."

"I will redeem one man from the alley of this division for ten thousand taels of silver."

Yuan Mao was stunned for a while, and said with a smile: "You are the only one in this world who can joke at such a time, right?" ”

"Not a joke." Hu Guiyang didn't have a smile on his face.

Yuan Mao was stunned for a while, "That Ren Liu'er?" ”

"Yes."

"But...... Captain Hu, this is not like yours. ”

"I have another purpose in redeeming her, and we have something to do again."

Yuan Mao was in a daze for the third time, "But I don't have 10,000 taels, and Nansi will not agree to give this money." ”

"I don't need 10,000 taels, I need you to take some people to Ren's house in the Hutong of the Division to find the demons."

"What kind of demon?"

"This person calls himself Zhu Jiugongzi, and he considers himself a relative of the emperor, but he is actually a thief, confusing the public with evil words, and intending to rebel."

"This ...... A bit excessive, right? ”

"It's both a thief and a demon, and it happens to be under the control of Nansi."

"There has to be some evidence, and you can't chase after the wind."

"In addition to Ren Liu'er, you interrogate the people of the Ren family one by one, I dare to guarantee that after the questioning, you will not feel that you are chasing after the wind, and I don't have to pay the 10,000 taels of silver."

Hu Guiyang's smile made Yuan Mao's heart furious.