Fang Jinshi was thinking about whether to follow this Xie Dutou, Deng An only came with Lin Jiaotou at this time, Fang Jinshi said to Lin Jiaotou: "This Xie Dutou wants me to live in Taipingzhou City, what do you think?" ”

Lin Jiaotou said: "Everything is decided by the son." ”

Seeing that he didn't object, Fang Jinshi made up his mind and said to Xie Dutou: "Just according to Xie Dutou's words, I will say to the shopkeeper, and leave immediately after settling the house money." ”

Xie Dutou arched his hand and said: "It's good to say, if the officials go and clean up, the house money will be made by Xiao Ke as a landlord." He then took out half a hanging money and handed it to one of his officials, this person went quickly, this Xie surname has been in the official face for a long time, and he knows that Fang Jinshi is not small, otherwise he would not have alarmed so many government officials, and he is very good at paying these small money for him.

Fang Jinshi didn't say much, just said politely, he turned around and wanted to walk back, and immediately two or three people behind him crowded in the aisle to block the way, but they didn't dare to stretch out their hands anymore, and the crowd was all clamoring, and someone shouted: "Can't let him go." ”

"Who are you looking for after these five thousand yuan?"

"I found it first, and I can't let him go."

Fang Jinshi looked back at Xie Dutou, and Xie Dutou smiled and said: "Fang Daguan may not know yet, since yesterday afternoon, I heard that the eighteen prefectures and counties on the east and west roads of Huainan, whether it is the post station of the government, or the passenger ship of the people and merchants, the wharf of the rivers and lakes, the cart shop where they rest, and even the Taoist temple and monk's temple, all of them have people or legends to promote, or posted a reward to find people, or identified at the gate of the checkpoint, all of them have launched to find Fang Daguan. The restaurant tile shop, all talk about the matter of the son, and the idle man rests, all of which are to discuss the trace of the son. ”

Fang Jinshi not only touched his forehead, this kind of search is too big, Xie Dutou looked at him, smiled knowingly and said: "This is not over, many street idlers gather to gamble and make trouble on weekdays, yesterday and today all went out to find people, the beggars under the door of the house are not begging, they are all running around, hoping to find a big official and become rich one day, the portrait of the big official in my hand is last night Taiping City Governor Taiping Zhou Li Zhizhou summoned people in the city who can paint overnight to copy, I heard that some booksellers are still discussing the engraving and printing. ”

Fang Jinshi became more and more sweaty, mobilizing so many people to find it, not to mention, he was actually preparing to carve his portrait into a plate and then print it, he had just arrived in this place of Jiangnan and Huai, and his name had spread throughout the Huainan and Huainan roads, Fang Jinshi had no choice but to say: "I didn't expect to use so many people in order to find it." ”

This Xie Dutou smiled again: "This is not a big official, your status is noble, too valuable, since yesterday afternoon, Nanfu Gongcao set up a place to identify the son, I heard that I don't know how many Fang Gongzi has been sent, all those surnamed Fang, or Bianliang, even as long as they are from the north with a young face, all sent to identify, there are many impostors, only the five towns and thirty guarantees in the vicinity, it is said that there are more than 20 people. The bounty for finding the great official has risen from 1,000 guan yesterday to 5,000 guan at this time......"

As soon as he finished saying this, a quick catcher behind him whispered: "Didn't it have risen to eight thousand when you came...... cough cough cough ...... "It turned out that Xie Du lowered his head and elbowed his elbow, hitting him in the ribs, preventing him from talking more.

Fang Jinshi naturally knew what it meant, there were many people here looking for it together, it was not easy to deal with it at this time, if these people knew that the price of searching for people had reached as much as eight thousand, I was afraid that it would be even more difficult to leave, if the money was really paid in the future, it would be another three thousand yuan.

No wonder so many people come to search, just looking for someone can get at least 5,000 yuan, maybe everyone wants to spend some time trying it, and this is not to catch thieves and thieves, you need to take risks, naturally the whole city may go crazy.

More people may not have much hope, just join in the fun, this search for people, the momentum is huge, try to let more people know that the cost of this has far exceeded the eight thousand yuan.

Fang Jinshi looked at the people in this and said to Xie Dutou: "How is this good?" ”

Xie Dutou said: "Don't worry. He jumped on a table beside him, waved to the people in the audience to signal quiet, and then said: "Fellow villagers, Xie will never encroach on everyone's reward, but he can't prevent Fang Gongzi from leaving, right, okay, please write down your names in the shopkeeper, and then discuss how to divide the reward when Huang Tong is sentenced?" ”

Xie Dutou said politely, jumped off the table and immediately ordered the two officials behind him: "Go and guard the door, don't let anyone in." ”

The two of them were ordered to go, and he asked them to guard the passage and stairs in the back, and summoned the shopkeeper of the inn to come and register the names.

Only then did he say to Fang Jinshi: "Please also ask the senior officials to clean up as soon as possible, and someone will come to pick it up soon." Fang Jinshi saw that he was very experienced in handling affairs, and he deserved to have been in the government for a long time, so he nodded secretly, and he was able to get out completely and walk to the backyard with Deng Anlin.

The man who grabbed Fang Jinshi's right arm before couldn't help but shout: "I found it first, I want to share more." Xie Dutou's face sank, and he said to the innkeeper who registered his name: "Erase his name." Then he said to the two officials, "Throw him out of the store." The two stepped forward to fight this person, and when they got to the outside of the store, this person wanted to get more, but now he can't get any of them, and if he wants to quarrel with the official, he doesn't have the courage to do it again.

Fang Jinshi returned to his place where he lived, asked the entourage to pack up his things again, and prepared to go into the city to rest, he was thinking, who came to look for him with such fanfare, of course, the most likely is King Xiu, who wasted so much manpower and material resources, although he was appreciated by Zhao Ziyan, the king of Xiu, but was he really willing to spend this big money?

After a short time, there was a Huang Tong judge who led the Taiping Prefecture Mansion to come over, and after Fang Jinshi met with this Huang Tong judge, he was busy letting this Huang Tong judge release news to the states and counties, saying that the person had been found, and there was no need to waste time and money looking for it.

The group set off again, and when they arrived in the city of Taipingzhou, someone had already found a good place for him to live, it was a relatively quiet and large courtyard, Fang Jinshi quietly asked this Xie Dutou, who paid to find a place for them to live, Xie Dutou just said that the money village in the city gave money, and did not say who arranged it like this.

Xie Dutou arranged for people to guard the place where they lived, so that they could have a good rest, and at the end of the afternoon, Deng An came over to the other party and said, "There are many people outside, all of whom are specially here to see Gongzi." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "What kind of person is it?" ”

Deng An said: "It's all about watching the excitement, and some of them are asking for money." Fang Jinshi suddenly felt that his head was big, although the official messenger had registered his name, but he had to pay immediately if he didn't guarantee it, he looked back, Deng An was looking at him, Fang Jinshi felt exhausted, and he really had no intention of dealing with these things, but these things had to be done by him.

Fang Jinshi had no choice but to say to Deng An: "Go out and have a look." The two of them arrived at the door of this courtyard together, opened the gate, and saw that the outside was full of people in the city, and someone saw Fang Jinshi come out, shouted, and immediately the crowd surrounded him.

Several people in the crowd shouted, "Give money!" Give money! As if collecting debts, Fang Jinshi was very helpless, and he didn't know how to answer, Deng An walked into the crowd and said: "Fellow villagers, the so-called unjust debtor has the owner, and it's not our son who pays to find someone, why come here to ask for money?" Please also go to the person who posted the list to receive the money. ”

Someone in the crowd shouted, "The untrustworthy are all liars." In fact, some people in this crowd deliberately instigated trouble, lest the world be chaotic, not all the people who are looking for people during the day, at this time in the land south of the Yangtze River, the south of the Yangtze River is just flat, and it is difficult to ensure that some people are dissatisfied with the Zhao and Song courts, and they miss each other, and the social situation is complex and changeable.

Deng An's voice was already drowned in these noisy sounds, Fang Jinshi looked at it, and was about to flee to the backyard, a small group of wooden wheels came in the distance, each wooden wheel cart put three or four large boxes, each car also had two black-clothed guards, the wooden wheeled cart walked outside the human wall, and the big man guarding the cart shouted: "Get out of the way." ”

These guards were tall and stout men, and they pushed and pulled out of the middle of the human wall, and the people pushing the carts pushed the carts straight to the gate of the courtyard and stopped, and the crowd had to slowly retreat to make way for the small carts with wooden wheels.

There were about twenty carts in total, and they formed a big circle at the gate of this courtyard, and the big men of the guards stood in a circle, all of them were facing outward with their hands on their shoulders, and the leading one went to say something to the official, and the official kept nodding.

Fang Jinshi couldn't help but be surprised, and he didn't know what the small cart that was suddenly pushed was doing, and after a while, a thin man in his thirties walked into the circle of people accompanied by two strong men in black, he walked to the small cart, and boarded a small wooden cart with the support of a big man in black, and then said to the crowd: "Fellow villagers, don't be in a hurry." ”

The crowd slowly quieted down, listening to this person's words, Fang Jinshi saw that he was thin and capable, dressed as a Confucian in a long robe, and his face was white, and these more than 20 small carts were all headed by him, and he didn't know who it was.

The thin man waited for the crowd to be quieter a little quieter, and then continued: "Don't worry, neighbors, in Chang'an next season, it is the big shopkeeper of the Four Seas Money Village, and the Four Seas Merchant offers a reward to find people, and the natural credit is the best, and he will never deceive everyone not to give money." ”

Someone in the crowd shouted: "When will the money be given to the liar?" ”

Ji Chang'an, the big shopkeeper of the Four Seas Money Village, replied with a smile: "Pay immediately." He waved his hand, and the man who was pushing the cart was already ready, and the two carried a wooden box to the open space in the middle of the field, lifted the lid of the box and poured out the contents of the box, which was shining with copper, and it was full of copper coins.

These people kept their hands and feet, and opened the boxes on the cart one by one and poured them into the open space in the middle of the field, and the coins were piled higher and higher, and they were piled up into a small mountain, and these men carried the boxes and stepped on the piles of money, as if they were stepping on the yellow sand, and some people's shoes were filled with copper coins.

Most of these copper coins are not crossed by a rope, but a piece of loose money, there are new and old, the vast majority of them are the Great Song Dynasty Tongbao, but there is also a small amount of Da Liao money, Xixia money, Dali money.

Wearing the consistent copper coins, some of them are sealed by the end of the rope, and some of them are connected together with ropes, and they are piled up on the spot with the scattered money, like a sand dune. These men poured quickly and orderly, and it didn't take much effort to empty all the copper coins in the box.

Everyone's eyes flashed with greed at the sight of this large pile of money.