Chapter 51 Sometimes Accepting Bribes Helps Others

When the banner composed of two rice seedlings appeared in the eyes of some farmers, all these farmers ran in the direction of the small bridge.

"Stop the boat." With Zhang Xiaobao's order, the boat stopped a little below the small bridge, and went a little further into the bridge hole.

As soon as the boat stopped, the people who didn't know the situation upstream and downstream sweated for the boat, they knew the rules, the whole river, from the capital to Dingping County, as long as you feel that the boat can be stopped, it can be parked anywhere, but only the place of this small bridge can not be stopped.

One is that the bridge hole is smaller than the bridge hole in other places, which can only allow two boats to pass through each other, and stopping a boat will delay the boat behind, and the other reason is that it is not allowed to stop, the reason is that it is not allowed.

As soon as the speed of a ship slows down a little, there will be a servant on the shore rushing over, bending his bow and arrows, aiming at all suspicious places around, especially in the water, and even patrolling the shore with spears in hand.

There have been a few times to stop the boat to see the scenery, but the result was fined, and people were escorted to the Yamen of Sanshui County to ask, and finally knew that it was to see the scenery, and still warned it, next time don't look at the scenery in the place of the small bridge.

The people on the Zhuangzi understood that that position happened to be the dead zone of the dark sentinel in the Zhuangzi, and they could not see it, so no boat was allowed to stop, not even a little slower than the normal speed.

But today the boat stopped, and the two little babies on the boat were still waving their hands there, as if they didn't understand the rules at all.

One ship was parked, and the other boats had to give way to each other on the other side, and they probably walked slowly, wanting to see what would happen to the two unlucky children on board.

Sure enough, the official guarding this side took his bow from behind his back and rode his horse and rushed over, and the farmer on the Zhuangzi also rushed to this side.

On a boat following behind, there was a kind man, who shouted to the boat where Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were: "Hurry up, go to the front and wait for the officials, don't move, otherwise the officials will really dare to shoot arrows, and you won't be able to provoke them." ”

After shouting this, he muttered again: "Whose child is this, causing trouble for adults, okay, let's go to the yamen to talk about things." ”

The other boats thought the same thing, and saw that the people on both sides were gathered together, but a surprised scene appeared before their eyes, first the officials gathered their bows, then turned over and dismounted, and at the same time, the bankers who ran over, without any weapons in their hands, stood there respectfully.

"The little boy is good, the little lady is good." The sound of neatness, which was not too great, sounded next to the ears of the people who were traveling in front of and behind them.

Zhang Xiaobao still waved his arms and shouted to the villagers: "Okay, my family is fine, when we change places, I will take you with me." ”

A cheer came from among the farmers again.

The official who got off the horse also stood on the shore, and a person who took the lead stepped forward and clasped his fists with both hands, "Song Yangdai brothers say hello to the little boy and the little lady, little boy, is everything okay master?" ”

"Okay, my father was talking about the brothers in Sanshui County last night, saying that they are from Huayuan County, if they have the ability to serve in Sanshui County, they will save a lot of heart and use it more intimately."

Zhang Xiaobao turned around and shouted to the officials again, these officials did not cheer like the villagers, they stood straight, and held their chests vigorously, so that the little boy and the little lady could see the demeanor of themselves and others.

Zhang Xiaobao has already looked at that Zhang Xiangru many times, but unfortunately, Zhang Xiangru is not as experienced as Erniu, and he doesn't know what the little boy means.

In desperation, Zhang Xiaobao had no choice but to speak by himself, "Juan Juan and I are going to Xiaoluoshui, I can't talk to you more, and I will stay here for two days when I come back." ”

"Congratulations to the little boy, congratulations to the little lady." A clever farmer shouted first, and the others, including the officials, also learned to shout.

As Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's boat passed through the bridge hole, a servant was arranged to come out, ride a horse, divide the two sides of the strait, and move with the boat.

Those people who were either anxious about the two babies just now, or waiting to see the excitement, are stupid at this time, who is so crazy? Not to mention stopping the boat at the small bridge, the farmers and officials who came over were so respectful.

"I know who they are, they are the little sons and little ladies of the Zhang and Wang families, ancestors, no wonder." There was a man on the boat who knew a lot more about it, and when he thought of what had just happened, he could guess at once who could be treated like this.

The other people on the boat suddenly realized that they had arrived at their own home, so they could naturally stop, and no one dared to say anything after the bridge was demolished, and the reaction of the officials was not surprising, the entire Sanshui County was the place of Zhang Wang's two families, and the officials were all supported by others.

Those who were worried about the two children were relieved at this time, but the gloating people who were ready to see the excitement did not dare to say anything, lest they be heard by the dealer and the officials, and they were the ones who were arrested at that time.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan continued to move forward on the boat, and invariably looked at Zhang Xiangru, feeling that this newcomer was really not easy to use, and could not understand the meaning, and I didn't know how long it would take to cultivate and contact to reach the point of Erniu.

Don't look at the outside of the boat, the structure inside is different from other boats, the space is a little bigger, the draft is a little deeper, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are ready to go in to rest, so as to cope with the next time, who knows that at this time, the people patrolling the water also came, and the two boats were one in front of the other.

The official on the ship was just carrying a knife on his waist, and he didn't see the bow and arrow, and people who didn't know the situation thought that these two ships had no combat effectiveness, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan knew that what was on the ship was definitely against the rules, and even if the status of Sanshui County was high, it was impossible to allow a strong crossbow to be put on.

It is a little smaller than the siege one, and it can only fire three four-foot-long arrows at a time, half-twisted strings, and when it is needed, it is pushed out, and it can be shot with two twists, and such a crossbow on this river is almost invincible, and the two ships also found a boat with a double rice seedling flag, and quickly approached.

When the officials above saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan standing at the bow of the boat, as before, they immediately saluted, and one of the people on the boat at the front asked, "Little boy, little lady, where are you going?" ”

"Let's take a look at Xiaoluoshui." Zhang Xiaobao looked at Zhang Xiangru uselessly, and then said to himself.

"The little boy and the little lady go slowly." The people on the boat answered, and the two ships passed by the small broken ship one after another, but as soon as they passed, they turned around and followed closely behind.

"Xiaobao, you've always enjoyed this kind of treatment at the beginning, right? Do you feel very calm? Wang Juan saw the boat following behind him and asked Zhang Xiaobao.

"Well, calm, calm when I rumble, don't you think it shouldn't be? I don't believe you didn't take any bribes. ”

Zhang Xiaobao also saw the two boats behind, which were supposed to be used for patrolling, but at this time he followed behind him to protect, and when he heard Wang Juan's question, he replied.

Wang Juan thought for a while, "I really confiscated the bribe, I received a cigarette at the beginning, and two fish, and I couldn't eat it, and then I threw it away, you can't guess what cigarettes they gave me, hardcover lux, buy three yuan and five thousand boxes, I don't smoke, bully me." ”

"One, huh? How much is that, one box is 2,000, one is 10,000 yuan, that is 100,000 yuan, a fish is two eyes, one eye is 100,000, two is 400,000, you threw them all? Terrible. ”

Zhang Xiaobao also arched and said, saying to Wang Juan.

Wang Juan was stunned, "What do you mean?" ”

"What else does it mean, if you open the cigarette, you will find that each box is twenty rolls of five hundred yuan, one box is 10,000 yuan, one is 100,000 yuan, starting from the gills under the eyes, there is a slip of money, if you are not mistaken, the fish should be two feet long, and two are to give you 400,000 yuan, what kind of case?"

Zhang Xiaobao knows a lot about this aspect, a hundred years ago, when he sent it, he sent 100 yuan, and when he sent it farther away, it was 100 yuan, and then it was 500 yuan, which was sent as a cigarette, a very old method, and it was usually very useful, such as putting the bottle of the second pot head into the state banquet Moutai.

It's a pity that when I met a special person, I threw them all away, and when I saw if the fish was bad, I didn't check the eyes and gills?

Wang Juan finally understood at this time, "I know what's going on, but they are fine, why did they send me something?" Still so valuable? ”

"It's not up to you to say if there's something to do? How do people know, fortunately you accept it, if you don't accept it, maybe someone will have a heart attack, just like the boat that follows, if you let them go back now, they may not recover for a few days or even longer, and they always think that the Zhang and Wang families are not satisfied with them. ”

Zhang Xiaobao told Wang Juan about this psychological need and comfort.

"I see, that's the case, it seems that sometimes receiving gifts is also helping others, isn't it? No wonder they took so much money from us, it turned out to help us. ”

Wang Juan said that they were naturally those people when Zhang Zhong was taking the imperial examination.

Zhang Xiaobao just smiled at this and didn't say anything.

The boat continued to move forward, and after a while it encountered two patrolling boats, and the two behind immediately turned around and headed in the direction of the water and clouds, these two seemed to have contacted the departing boat, and after passing by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's boats, they also turned and followed.

Wang Juan didn't say much at this time, since others wanted to get a kind of recognition, then give them this recognition.

Zhang Xiaobao yawned and entered the cabin first, Wang Juan looked left and right, and also walked in.

"Xiaobao, do you think they will really do what you say?" Wang Juan saw Zhang Xiaobao lying on the blanket, moved two pillows over, threw one to Zhang Xiaobao and asked.

"Then it depends on whether they are smart or stupid, and I really don't know what to do if it were me." Zhang Xiaobao hugged the pillow and said.