The three of them had already walked to the back office while talking, and sat opposite each other in the flower hall, Heizi saw that the county master was back, and was busy serving tea, and as soon as Lu Fei saw Heizi, he remembered that Yun Niang came. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Kuroko, where's the eldest lady? Can I let you rent a house? Lu Fei hurriedly stopped Kuroko, who was about to leave after putting down the teacup.

Heizi was a little disappointed and said, "The eldest lady left the county government two days ago, and the little one rented a small courtyard in Qingshi Xiang behind the county office, and I wanted to wait for the lord to go back and see ......, but I don't know that this eldest lady is ."

"What's wrong with her?" Lu Fei saw that his expression was wrong, and asked.

Zhao Bantou waved his hand at Heizi and motioned for him to retreat first, but Heizi turned around and left, covering the door casually.

"Zhao Bantou, what's wrong with Yun Niang, what's wrong?" Lu Fei felt a trace of uneasy atmosphere from Li Shun and Zhao Bantou's faces, and he was a little anxious at the moment, he had been thinking about Yun Niang in the Jiang family a few days, her face was full of sorrow, and cold as cold, and a little Chu Chu and moving face, all the time lingering in his mind, when he had nothing to do, he wanted to turn this face out and make a comparison with the lord of Yunxiao County.

Yunxiao's beauty is noble and graceful, mixed with a bit of grievance, and it also looks like a pitiful state, the two are between the two in Lu Fei's heart, the only difference is that Yunxiao is already the mistress of the Zhao Mansion, and Yun Niang has no fixed residence.

Zhao Bantou slowly took out an envelope from his arms, handed it to Lu Fei, and sighed, "The eldest lady understands the righteousness, in order not to damage the reputation of the adult, she left the county office the day before yesterday, and only left this letter when she left."

Lu Fei screamed bitterly, although he had asked Heizi to rent a house for Yun Niang before, it was just for the sake of Yun Niang's reputation, but in his heart he wished that she would stay by his side, and she never got tired of looking at her face.

On the envelope, there was a column of neat and neat 'Lord Lu personally opened', Lu Fei took a deep breath and opened the envelope, there were two pieces of paper inside, a column of fly-headed small letters, and there was no trace of modification and smearing in the whole article, it could be seen that she was doing it in one go, and the idea of leaving had already been brewing in her heart.

Lu Fei didn't let Li Shunlai read the words written by the Tang Dynasty this time, word by word, although the letter was full of traditional Chinese characters and words and sentences, Lu Fei still understood,

Lord Lu: Yun Niang has returned, please forgive the sin, Qian Niang since the day of falling into the wind \ dust will be extinguished, if not still thinking about being able to see his father again, has long been separated from the adult Huangquan, the world is vast, the vast world, Yun Niang is fortunate to have the mercy of adults, redeem this empty skin body out of the fire pit, the grace of rebirth Yun Niang knot grass ring, no has been repaid, I wanted to send flowers and water to adults in this life in this life, in order to repay the kindness, but the young talents of adults, not only a county of talents, the day will be able to be the green clouds, for the pillars of the country, to solve the suffering of the people, Yun Niang is finally after the offender, The name of uncleanness, how can it drag down the adult in case, there was a white lady in the past who still remembers the thousand-year-old kindness, if Yun Niang has the next life, he is willing to ask for a clean name, repay it to the adult, but this past is a good grace, when Yun Niang left, the adult is running for the people outside, dare not disturb, only a piece of paper, now should stay away, Yun Niang only asks for the health of the adult, good people have their own good reward, Yun Niang respects.

Lu Fei read these few words several times, and had mixed feelings in his heart, and said secretly: Yun Niang compares her to a white lady, so isn't I Xu Xian? From this point of view, this girl is eighty percent of herself, but she is suffering from being a criminal now, and she is from a family background, and she will grow day by day, and she can't extricate herself and is afraid of coexisting with the county government.

Turning over the second piece of paper, it was an IOU, Yun Niang always remembered the money that Lu Fei helped her redeem a few days ago, but she couldn't repay it now, so she made a note, and she would definitely return the money to Lu Fei in the future.

"Team leader, where did Yun Niang go?" Lu Fei put the letter in Zhao Ban's eyes and trembled.

Zhao Bantou said helplessly, "I went back to my hometown, saying that I went to a distant cousin of hers, and I also stopped her, so that it would not be too late to wait for you to come back, but she had already made up her mind, so I didn't, and I didn't insist anymore."

"Cousin?" Lu Fei's heart was entangled all of a sudden, his expression was twisted, the most ambiguous relationship in these years was this cousin, he became a pair with his face and his appearance, he flung his arms and walked back and forth in the hall anxiously, muttering to himself, "Cousin, cousin, it's broken, it's broken, cousin, cousin, it's over."

Zhao Bantou and Li Shun were both dumbfounded.

Lu Fei turned around a few times and stopped, pointed at Zhao Bantou and said, "You, you, how can you be the head of the team, can you rest assured that she is such a flower-like girl running around?" , what if something happens, why didn't you inform me earlier, you really can't do anything"

Zhao Bantou drooped his head and muttered in a low voice, "In those two days, the county yali was busy fundraising and raising volunteers, didn't I get out of it?"

Lu Fei shook his head angrily, turned around and clapped his hands in front of Li Shun and said, "What about you, my master, can't you arrange for someone to send me a message?" ”

Li Shun said, "My lord, Miss Song has already made up her mind, even if the adult is present, it will not help, besides, I ......."

Lu Fei stretched out his hand and motioned him to stop, "Okay, okay, it's all talents, I don't care, you two will send someone out to get Yun Niang back for me now, if you can't find it, I, I'll punish one of you to wash the toilet for a month."

Lu Fei sat on the chair angrily, Zhao Bantou and Li Shun didn't dare to come out, Lu Fei just sat down and immediately stood up again, as if remembering something, he slapped the table, "Zhao Bantou, how much did you raise a few days ago?" ”

Zhao Bantou breathed a sigh of relief, took out a bunch of silver tickets from his arms, and sent them to the table in front of Lu Fei, "Here, here, a total of 19,700 taels, please check it."

Lu Fei didn't say a word, picked up the silver ticket and stuffed it into his arms, "It's okay to do this."

Li Shundao, "My lord, Yun Niang's matter can be discussed later, this counselor will arrive soon, and you should take countermeasures as soon as possible."

Where can Lu Fei wait for the future, after collecting the silver tickets and letters, he will go out, "A fart in the future, where can I find her when it's late, let's go, the soldiers are divided into three ways, I will go to Zhao Mansion, you Master Li don't be idle to help me chase Yun Niang back, if you can't find it, you don't need to come back, where to play, Zhao Bantou, you gather the newly recruited hundreds of people, where is the county so lively to find a piece of land for me to practice, and you can't just say that you don't practice after making 20,000 taels of silver."

Li Shun and Zhao Sitou glanced at each other, and couldn't help exclaiming, "Got 20,000 taels?" ”

Lu Fei waved his hand, "No, no, it's a slip of the tongue, it's to raise 20,000 taels for the bandits, and this will be useful in the future."

The two nodded knowingly, and with a sigh, Li Shun said, "Master, what are you doing in the Zhao Mansion?" ”

Lu Fei motioned to Li Shun to bring the official report, and said while wearing it, "I'm damn and didn't invite this bullshit Zhang Shen, I'm sure it was Zhao Junma's idea, last time he was at his house he advocated letting the government army come to suppress the bandits, as for why he invited him to come I don't know yet, but to stop Zhang Shenjun, it's too late for other ways, only to let the county horse come forward, and I also have to explain to him about the fishing rent, and I haven't collected a penny from anyone, why do you have to say no, by the way, Last time you came back with Steward Hu, did he have any irregularities? ”

Li Shun agrees with Lu Fei's point of view, why did Zhao Fu suggest that Zhang Shen be allowed to suppress bandits in the future? The capital of the local administration of the Tang Dynasty is not allowed to privately communicate with military generals, let alone the people of the clan, it is impossible for a local garrison general to have anything to do with the county horse, which is a very taboo thing in the past dynasties, especially in the Tang Dynasty, after experiencing the change of Jingjing, the vassal kings have become the emperor's key surveillance objects, Jinyiwei's means of inquiring about the news is not fake, although the Zhao family is the clan in-laws, but also within the emperor's surveillance, but fortunately, the foundation of its establishment is not only the honor of the county horse, but all kinds of business across the north and south, If these two people can be connected together, it may be some kind of money exchange that is not humane to outsiders.

Li Shun shook his head and said, "Steward Hu doesn't make any big moves, and he is not a person who can do bad things, and the person who can say that General Zhang will send troops is likely to be Zhao Junma."

Lu Fei said with a hint of disgust, "I didn't think this Hu steward was a character, but master, I just hate this kind of villain, obviously I don't have any ability, but I want to use the name of the master to make a fortune, sooner or later I have to kill him, okay, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the Zhao Mansion, go pick up Yun Niang"

Li Shunsheng pulled the door and left, but Zhao Bantou kept standing on the side and was silent, as if there was something unspeakable.

"Team leader, why don't you move yet, hurry up, practice" Lu Fei said and was about to go out.

Zhao Sihai is really a little incomprehensible to this new county now, when he first took office, he was full of righteousness, and pulled out Wang Zhongren, a big moth that has endangered Susong for many years, but why does the county magistrate's approach this time seem to be taking advantage of the bandits to make money, is it really the three fires that the new official took office, and the prototype will be exposed after burning? The common people will not be so unlucky.

But the county master is the boss in the end, Zhao Bantou didn't dare to speak out, so he arched his hand and said, "My lord, this drill is not difficult, but the subordinates don't understand what the purpose of this drill is?" Is it really just for show? ”

Lu Fei was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Team leader, Zhao team leader, have you come up with any good solutions?" Are bandits on a mountain easy to fight? Fighting, killing, and killing are the tricks used by rough people, these people are just used by the master and me to support the façade, to scare the bandits, so that they will know that the master and I are not easy to deal with, and take the initiative to go down the mountain to sue for peace."

Zhao Bantou exclaimed, "My lord, are you going to recruit them?" ”

Lu Fei snorted and whispered, "I heard that the female bandit on the mountain is very beautiful, in case of a fight, the sword has no eyes, and it will not be good if it is injured."

Lu Fei remembered the scene in the small cabin in the middle of Jiangjia Lake that night, the female bandit's head was attached to herself, that mellow fragrance, that kind of softness, thinking about it is endless, the only regret is that he covers his face, he can't see his face, and he will definitely take down the green silk scarf next time he has the opportunity.

"My lord, what is the reason for your recruitment?" Zhao Bantou looked surprised.

Lu Fei said with pity, "You really can't speak, no matter what the purpose is, Zhao'an is the main policy remains the same."

Zhao Bantou nodded in agreement, Zhao'an is indeed the most suitable approach at present, it is really not easy to fight down in that place of Baoqiling, at least with the strength of the county.

Zhao Bantou said, "Then can you squeeze out some money from this righteous silver and buy some weapons for these newly recruited people, at least make these people look more morale-boosting?"

Lu Fei pressed his chest and said nervously, "How much does it cost?" ”

Zhao Bantou had already calculated it, and he came as soon as he opened his mouth, "According to three hundred and sixty people, at least one person in the line will cost two taels of silver, and the food and drink of these people is also a lot of money."

Lu Fei was very reluctant to find a silver ticket of one thousand taels, and he didn't deliver it to Zhao Bantou several times back and forth, and said distressedly, "One thousand taels, save some flowers, and don't let them really go to war"

Zhao Bantou took the silver ticket, and said in his heart, how can a thousand taels be enough, but if you don't continue to see the adult's style, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to get this thousand taels, so let's deal with it, who called the county master and his uncle's surname Qian.

As soon as Zhao Bantou left, Lu Fei called Heizi, got on a small sedan chair and walked straight to Zhao's mansion.

The door of the back hall of the Zhao Mansion was closed, and there were bursts of muttering from inside.

Steward Hu was turning over the account book in his hand while saying to Zhao Qingfeng, "Young Master, General Zhang's army has been pulled, it is estimated that you can go to Susong tonight or tomorrow morning, these small materials you confessed have all been sent to the riverside wharf, just waiting for General Zhang to come to collect it, a total of 10,000 stones of grain and stone, 5,000 catties of forage, and various ordnance are being prepared, or it will be completed in a few days."

Zhao Junma drank tea, smiled and nodded, "Well, how much profit can you make this time?"

Steward Hu closed the account book and smiled, "The silver record is 180,000 taels, but in fact, these things only cost more than 60,000 taels, according to the usual practice, the small one has given General Zhang's share to him first, 30,000 taels, we estimate that we can have more than 80,000 taels this time."

In fact, this kind of thing has always been a commonplace thing in the government camp army, saying that it is 10,000 stone of grain, in fact, there is no sixty percent, as for the others are a bunch of fake numbers, the government camp army is different from the border army, the border army fights a battle that is a robbery, and it is a blatant robbery, officers and soldiers can get benefits, and how many people die in a battle is not quickly able to be counted, some small establishments have been used up for many years, the court does not know, but the military salary has been paid on time, and it is common for the border army generals to eat empty salaries.

The government camp army is different, they are stationed in one place all the year round, sometimes ten or eight years can not get a war, and the number of people is set to die, it is impossible to eat empty salary, the only hope is the materials in the barracks, during the Tang Dynasty, the transportation is not developed, the military food can sometimes not be delivered immediately, and the replacement clothes of the sergeants, the ordnance must be replaced regularly, sometimes the military department will be allocated nearby, but sometimes there are disasters around, food shortage, then these things will eventually fall on the head of the local grain merchants, In the end, even the ordnance and other things fell on the heads of the civilian merchants, and the oil and water in them came out.

Zhao's book recorded 10,000 stone of grain, and the actual number of transported to Jiangli Wharf to be delivered is only 6,000 stone, and the number that Zhang Shen will report to the court in the future will definitely be 10,000 stone, the two figures match, the court will allocate this 10,000 stone of grain to Zhao Fu, Zhao Fu envoy will be 4,000 stone of imaginary number and Zhang Shen will add 21 to five, privately divided, over the years I don't know how many times it has been used, tried and tested.

Zhao Junma was very satisfied, "Well, yes, Wang Zhongren also died as he deserved, he finally didn't let him die in vain, he didn't die, how can we have this 80,000 taels of income"

Steward Hu added some tea to the young master, and said, "The young master is still smart, and he can immediately think of asking Zhang Shen to suppress the bandits in the future."

Zhao Junma was a little worried, "Do you think we will be ruthless in doing this, after all, this is the door of the house, and it will not be good if General Zhang makes too much trouble, I heard that he suppressed bandits in Qianshan last year, but he killed all the people of a village as bandits in one go."

Steward Hu pressed the table hard and said, "Young master, you are kind-hearted, isn't this just right, see how Lu Zhixian cleans up this situation"

Zhao Junma shook his head, "No, no, let Zhang Shen suppress bandits in the future for the purpose of business, I don't want to burden the villagers, let alone embarrass Lord Lu, not to mention that people are helping my Zhao family collect fishing rent outside, we can't fall into the well like this, in this way, you go and tell General Zhang tomorrow, this time you just need to suppress the bandits, behave in a proper manner, and you give them another 10,000 taels, even if it is the young master, I will compensate for his losses, you must know that messing up Su Song is not good for my Zhao family."

Of course, Steward Hu disagreed, so he talked about him left and right, diverting the young master's attention, "Young master, it's in vain that you look up to that Lu Zhixian so much, but he doesn't accept your affection at all."

Zhao Jun Ma Zhengse said, "What do you mean?" ”

Steward Hu said angrily, "This seven-grade sesame official, under the guise of collecting fishing rent for the county master, is doing something that puts gold on his face, just take this fishing rent as an example, young master, you don't know, that kid, after getting there, he will not collect rent, and second, he will not catch the first evil who takes the lead in resisting rent, and every day he flaunts the name of the county lord who loves the people like a son in that group of people, young master, he has become a good person, and young master, have you become a wicked person?" Also, what kind of collective business did he engage in privately, bluffing Jiang Wanhe like a grandson, now, young master, your name can't be called over there, everyone only knows that there is a county master who loves the people like a son, you say, you are still here for his sake, and the little ones can't stand it."

Zhao Junma stood up and slapped the table, "Yes, this kid dares to do this, it's against him"

Steward Hu had an angry expression on his face, "Isn't it, young master, the little one has already reminded you to get rid of this kid as soon as possible to avoid future troubles."

No, it is impossible for Zhao Junma to just listen to Steward Hu's words, and with his observation, Lord Lu will not be like this, "When will he return to the county office?" I'm going to see him when I get back, and if it's as you say, I'll tell him to get out of the county government right away."

Steward Hu was overjoyed, raised his hand and made a chopping action, "This is too cheap for him, it is better to take the opportunity of General Zhang to suppress the bandits, let General Zhang take advantage of the situation to kill him, and afterwards say that he died at the hands of the bandits, so that it will not arouse the suspicion of the court at all."

'Bang' As soon as Steward Hu's words fell, the door was suddenly knocked open.

Steward Hu was startled, and just wanted to get angry, but after seeing the person who came, he hurriedly got up and saluted, "I've seen the county lord"

Zhao Junma also gave a salute, "Madam"

The lord of Yunxiao was full of anger, "Don't call me madam, dog minion, who do you want to kill?" Who do you dare to kill? Tell you, this world is the world of my Li family, and the court officials are also killed if you want to? ”

The Zhao Mansion is nominally Zhao Qingfeng in charge, but the subordinates are like a mirror for who controls the power of the Zhao family, every inadvertent word of the Yunxiao County Lord is a holy decree in the Zhao Mansion, and no one, including Zhao Qingfeng himself, dares to disobey, not because of anything else, just because she is the daughter of King Ning and has a cousin of the emperor, but Yunxiao generally does not participate in any business in the Zhao Mansion, and she doesn't even care much about things like life in the mansion.

Yunxiao in front of the house slave has always been depressed, rarely spoken, and even more, newly married for more than a year, in addition to the wedding night of the young couple in the cave room, in the following days, Zhao Junma has always lived in the wing, Yunxiao is called a married woman, in fact, it is like a widow, although the people in the family know the inside story, but no one dares to say it, many of the old people in the house have grown up watching the young master from a young age, of course he knows what is wrong.

A woman has been emotionally suppressed for too long and has not been able to vent, it is easy to completely change a person's character, a long time ago it was rumored in the market, saying that there was a lovely and smart county lord in King Ning's mansion, and now this once innocent and happy woman in Zhao's mansion can no longer see a trace, you can imagine how terrifying the resentment of the county lord of Yunxiao buried in her heart and insignificant to outsiders is, she hates heaven and earth, hates everything, but she is here, she can't change all this, Because she is the daughter of King Ning.

Steward Hu was flustered in his heart, and made another gesture, "County Lord, you heard it wrong, the little one didn't say who he wanted to kill, the little one is giving the young master a return to the business, the county lord must have heard it."

Zhao Qingfeng also followed, "Yes, yes, madam, you heard it wrong"

Yunxiao didn't enter the door, just stood at the door, she didn't even mean to take care of the county horse, she just glared at Steward Hu fiercely, her cold face made the two men in the room shudder, she opened her mouth and said, "Don't do anything in the future, you can't hide it from others but you can't hide it from the county lord, in the past, I didn't say that it was to take care of the face of the Zhao family and my Ning Wangfu, I didn't want to shake out your affairs, and I didn't bother to care, and if you do more injustice, you will kill yourself, but I want to warn you, the officials of the Tang Dynasty are not your turn to kill."

After saying that, Yunxiao flicked his sleeves and turned around to leave, Zhao Junma looked at her back, swallowed his saliva, and walked to the door. Arching his hands and saying, "Madame, let's go"

At this time, Menzi was running from the front hall, bowed and saluted when he passed by Yunxiao, Yunxiao walked towards the front hall without raising his head, in this house she looked at everyone as if she were looking at the enemy, and even the grass and trees in the house, every brick and tile, she hated it.