Chapter 527: A Little Money Bag
All this hints at a possibility-Liu Bei also fell in love with Qin Yi's wife! Liu Xin couldn't help but be a little excited, if her guess was right, she would have fun now, Liu Bei and Guan Yu, the two brothers in distress, actually fell in love with the same woman, and she was also a married woman. Whether it was his younger brother who gave him up, or whether his brother endured the pain and cut his love, Liu Xin secretly gossiped, looking forward to knowing the result as soon as possible.
Seeing a smile on the corner of Liu Xin's mouth, he seemed to have thought of a good way, but he was worried about disrupting Liu Xin's train of thought, so he had to hold back his curiosity and wait quietly for Liu Xin's instructions, and the study was quiet for a while.
Liu Xin's "gossip" line of thought continues. Liu Bei, a hypocrite who has always regarded himself as Mr. Morality, would actually take a fancy to someone else's wife like Guan Yu. I don't know what kind of charm Qin Yilu's wife has, which can make Guan Yu never forget, make Cao Cao lose his trust, and now make Liu Bei tear off his disguise. Liu Xin secretly thought that when he took Xuzhou, he must arrest this woman and take a good look at what kind of disaster the country and the people were.
Seeing that the smile on Liu Xin's face was getting more and more strange, and even a little **, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Did the lord think of a good way to get close to Qin Yi?" ”
Liu Xin was stunned, hurriedly gathered his mind, and couldn't help sweating, he was now in the investigation period, if this idea was known by Ma Yun, he was afraid that he would be sentenced to life.
"I'm sorry, I was a little distracted. I have already guessed the secret here, but I am not sure, if I want to find out clearly, the safest way is of course to approach Qin Yi. If you want to get close to Qin Yi...... "It's just a stunned effort, Liu Xin's face has returned to normal, and he suddenly patted his thigh, and said excitedly, "There is!" ”
Frustrated, he said, "The lord really came up with a good solution? ”
Liu Xin nodded and said, "Are there any of us in Xuzhou who are engaged in grain trading?" If not, immediately arrange someone to open a grain store, and be sure to select capable people to go to the grain store to serve as shopkeepers and men. ”
Frustrated for a moment, he immediately laughed and said: "The lord is really smart, Qin Yi is in charge of the transportation of money and grain, so he naturally has to deal with the grain store, and the shopkeeper of the grain store has a reason to approach him." ”
Liu Xin also laughed and said, "It's easy to deal with a smart person like Mr. However, although it was possible to get close to Qin Yi under the cover of the grain store, it was impossible to find out more information. In this way, you allocate more money, let the person in charge of the grain store give Qin Yi some gifts, gold, silver, jewelry, and even women, be sure to mingle with Qin Yi, become friends, spend as much as you want, don't be stingy, try to inquire about the situation in Qin Yi's family clearly. ”
If Qin Yi's wife is really a peerless beauty, it is worth spending no amount of money, Shi Chong of the Jin Dynasty spent a pearl in order to exchange for a beauty, and he Liu Xin is about to have the four seas, isn't it as good as a Shi Chong?
Of course, he didn't know the dirty thoughts in Liu Xin's heart, his brows furrowed, and he hesitated: "Lord, if you give Qin Yi a gift, I'm afraid it will arouse the suspicion of others, so it's better not to be in a hurry." ”
Guan Yu fell in love with Qin Yi's woman, which Liu Xin can be sure. He was also anxious to know what else was going on. Are Qin Yi's women really beautiful? Is there already a leg between Liu Bei and Qin Yi's woman? Understanding these situations clearly is the key to the next step in designing the separation between the two Liu Bei brothers, how can Liu Xin plan slowly step by step?
Faced with the worry of frustration, Liu Xin smiled and said, "Gonghe, you are too worried. The reason why the transportation of money and grain has become a shortage of fat is because someone will give gifts to the principal, and now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, it is normal for our grain store to give gifts to Qin Yi, if you don't give gifts, it seems abnormal. Without further ado, don't hesitate any longer, just do what I say. ”
frustrated that he was an honest official, so he was idle at home that year. However, following Liu Xin for so many years, he also knows that Liu Xin acts between good and evil, but Liu Xin himself is not an arrogant person, in the past, Liu Xin had his own deep meaning every time he gave gifts to others, and he could often receive immediate results. Although Liu Xin no longer needs to give gifts to people, with those experiences, he has little resistance to gift-giving, so he happily accepted the order.
Liu Xin is not worried that giving a gift to Qin Yi will arouse the suspicion of others, and there is another reason. If Liu Bei really fell in love with Qin Yi's woman, then he gave Qin Yi the fat shortage of money and grain, and there was a little bit of compensation for Qin Yi in it, so naturally he wouldn't care whether Qin Yi received gifts or not. Of course, Liu Xin had already told Fu Zhu that he had not heard of Qin Yi, so it was not easy to tell him that Qin Yi had a beautiful daughter-in-law who could seduce people.
In fact, Liu Xin also thought wrong, Du Xiuniang never seduced anyone, whether it was Guan Yu or Liu Bei, including Cao Cao, she did not deliberately show herself in front of these people. She's just a submissive and weak woman, who doesn't dare to resist these powerful people.
There is another point, Liu Xin also guessed wrong. Qin Yi was able to get this beautiful errand to transport money and grain, not because Liu Bei took the initiative to compensate, but because Du Xiuniang begged for it.
Indeed, as he said, Qin Yi did not have any real talents. And Liu Bei has a pair of discerning eyes, how could he hand over the responsibility of transporting money and grain to a person he is not at ease with? Although Liu Bei's subordinates are not many, there are many officials who can do things, such as Sun Gan, Chen Deng and his son, Jian Yong, any one of them can take on this important task. The reason why Liu Bei appointed Qin Yi to be responsible for transporting money and grain was entirely out of Du Xiuniang's request.
Du Xiuniang felt very sorry for her husband, who slept next door, but she was under another man's crotch. She even felt sorry for her son, every time the man came, his son would not be able to eat, but the man was not allowed to wean his son himself. So, Du Xiuniang begged Liu Bei bitterly to let Qin Yi have a better messenger.
Liu Bei didn't want to agree, but looking at the cute person begging for himself, his heart couldn't help but soften. And he himself felt a little unreasonable, after all, Du Xiuniang was a married woman, and his face was not glorious when this matter came out, as long as Qin Yi was willing to keep it secret, he would be willing to be a favor. Besides, Qin Yi is responsible for transporting money and food, so it is inevitable that he has to go out a lot, isn't it more convenient to act by himself? It not only pleases the beauties, but also facilitates himself, such a beautiful thing that kills two birds with one stone, Liu Bei thought about it, and he should go down.
Of course Qin Yi was reluctant to do this kind of thing. But how can a man not bow his head under a low eaves? What's more, it's not the first time he's worn a green hat, and it's over after putting up with it. Besides, Liu Bei is the pastor of a state, and he has a lot of things to deal with, and he won't often run to his house. As long as Liu Bei doesn't come, Du Xiuniang will still be his, which is better than being taken into the house by Lu Bu back then, and it will be ten days and half a month to go.
Qin Yi walked on the streets of Xuzhou with extremely complicated feelings. Since Guangling's money and grain were out of hope, Xuzhou's military rations could only be purchased through grain stores in the market, and since Liu Bei had entrusted him with this errand, he still had to complete it well.
In Qin Yi's mind, Liu Bei probably didn't have any good intentions in appointing him for this errand. Last time, Liu Bei beat him with a board, if Guan Yu hadn't stopped him, he would have died a long time ago. He didn't want to have any tricks in Liu Bei's hands, so that he would have a chance to rectify himself again. Qin Yi didn't think about escaping, but the family was all Liu Bei's cronies, even if he could get out by himself, Du Xiuniang's mother and son would definitely not be able to leave. If he left alone, wouldn't it be cheaper Liu Bei? Although Qin Yi is not smart, he will not do such a stupid thing.
I visited several grain stores one after another, and the price given by the other party made Qin Yi not very satisfied, the grain in Xuzhou City has risen to one hundred yuan a stone, ten times the price of grain in recent years, if it is purchased at this price, Qin Yi is sure that Liu Bei will definitely not let him go. However, if he does not hurry up to purchase a batch of grain and cause the army to run out of food, then he will only have a dead end. Where is this a beauty difference, it is clearly a drudgery!
Qin Yi was lamenting, and as soon as he looked up, he had already reached the end of the street, and was about to turn around to go around other places, but a personal soldier who accompanied him pointed ahead and said, "General, please look, there seems to be a newly opened grain store there." ”
Cao Cao in the north wantonly requisitioned military rations, and Guangling in the south was in a mess by the scourge of Zhenrong, and the surrounding Yuan Shu and Liu Xuan, including Liu Xin, who has always preached people-oriented, no one allowed grain to leave the country, Xuzhou City has been faintly in danger of falling into a food shortage, how could anyone open a grain store at this time?
Qin Yi couldn't help but be a little suspicious, and looked in the direction of his soldier's finger, and sure enough, he saw the words "Song Ji Grain and Oil" written on the small pennant hanging in front of the store. As he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a large cart coming, full of food. Hearing the sound of the store, a few guys walked out of the store and carried the grain to the store.
Outside the store, a middle-aged fat man was crossing his waist, directing the guys to unload the goods, turned his head and saw Qin Yi and them, hurriedly walked over, nodded and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the small shop has just opened, and there are not many goods, so it will be moved immediately, blocking your way, please bear with me, a little meaning, not a respect." ”
As he spoke, the fat man quietly handed Qin Yi a small money bag.
Qin Yi was stunned. To tell the truth, he was also very arrogant when he was in the Xiliang army, and it was common to bully the people, and after he arrived in Xuzhou, he picked up his tail and behaved. However, like this, it is the first time that someone has taken the initiative to give him a gift. Qin Yi also knew that his family was poor, otherwise he would not have left no one in the family, which made it convenient for Liu Bei to install his cronies. Qin Yi couldn't help but take the money bag.
The money bag was not big, but it was quite heavy to start with. Qin Yi opened it and couldn't help but be taken aback.