Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Lifeblood of Huangfu Canal

Wu Jin never expected that this booklet turned out to be Huangfu Qu's bribery record, which was written by him himself, in a certain year and month, how many taels of silver were received, and where was the silver placed? Wait, very detailed, Wu Jin didn't have time to think about it, and immediately pulled out a tarpaulin and wrapped the booklet.

But at this moment, the door of the study suddenly opened, and a young woman's scream was heard, "Who are you?" ”

Wu Jin trembled, his scalp as if it had exploded, but in an instant he calmed down, and almost without thinking about it, he smashed the ivory box backwards, he didn't look back, but the direction was extremely accurate, only to hear the woman scream, rolling downstairs, as if the box had hit her head, and then there was another frightened cry of a younger girl.

"Third aunt, is it really a ghost up there?"

At the moment when the box was shot, Wu Jin rushed out of the window, this is the second floor, the floor is very high, about three feet from the ground, looking down at the ground suddenly, Wu Jin only felt dizzy, and scolded secretly, 'His grandmother's, so high!' ’

He crashed in a plane, and the terrible experience gave him an inexplicable fear of heights, which came and went from time to time, only to strike inadvertently and suddenly, such as now.

But time was running out for him, but there was grass below, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he rolled forward and fell to the ground, and then leaped into the lake.

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In the lobby of the front yard, there are two slender young warriors, a man and a woman, the man is wearing a blue brocade robe, the woman is wearing a white embroidered long skirt, the dress is very gorgeous, wearing a long sword at the waist, and the man is carrying a rare horizontal knife, the two are like two wax statues, standing there motionless, their eyes are gloomy and cold, they are the people sent by the imperial uncle of the capital to send a letter to Huangfu Qu, the male is called Feng Chayun, and the female is called Hua Ningyue.

Huang Fu Qu sat on the chair, with a headache, Huang Fu Yi's letter was very simple, recently he was very tight, and asked Huang Fu Qu to raise 300,000 taels of silver for him within half a year.

300,000 taels of silver! Doesn't this want his Huangfuqu's life?

Every time Huangfu Yibiao sent someone to deliver a letter, he came to ask for money, and his old bottom was hollowed out by this imperial uncle, Huangfu Qu looked at the letter again, and at the end of the letter also wrote a sentence, you can consider starting from the Huangfu family in the East China Sea.

This is the sequelae of the 80,000 taels of silver three years ago, it is too easy to eat, too sweet, so this Huangfu Yiwatch has never forgotten.

The Donghai Huangfu family was originally the source of wealth that he wanted from Huangfu Qu, but this Huangfu Yibiao was eyeing it, Huangfu Qu sighed, fortunately, Huangfu Yibiao gave him half a year.

He put the letter away and asked them, "When will you both go back?" ”

Feng Chayun bowed and bowed, "The master ordered us to return in ten days, and there are still five days, so we must set off tonight overnight." ”

"Hmm!"

Huangfu Qu nodded, "Bring me a message to your master, and I will do my best." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a commotion outside, only to hear someone shouting: "Catch the thief!" A thief has entered the house. ”

Huangfu Qu'Teng! 'Stand up, is there a thief in his house?'

I saw a family member running over and shouting: "Master, a thief sneaked into the study and was found by the third aunt, and the third aunt was knocked unconscious." ”

"Study?"

Huangfuqu was taken aback, he suddenly ran out like crazy.

The two warriors glanced at each other, and the male warrior Feng Chaiyun smiled and said, "Ning Yue, let's go and have a look!" Nothing is wrong. ”

Hua Ningyue shook her head, "Senior brother, go and see!" ”

"What about you?"

Hua Ningyue didn't answer, she found out when she entered the mansion just now that there seemed to be a defensive hole in this county mansion.

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Wu Jin swam out for more than fifty zhang in one breath, and at this time, the county mansion had turned the sky upside down, and there were gongs and shouts everywhere: "Catch the thief!" ”

A procession of men with torches ran over his head, but they never dreamed that the thief they were about to catch was in the river beneath their feet.

Wu Jin's diving speed is very fast, he has to return from the original way, in fact, there is a wall on the edge of the back garden, Wu Jin can climb the wall, but he doesn't know the situation outside the wall, if there is a team of family members waiting for him outside the high wall, then he will be in trouble, and from the original way back, he can dive directly into the Chu River.

In less than half a pillar of incense, Wu Jin dived to the exit of the Neifu River, the exit is actually a crescent-shaped water hole, there was a water gate, but it was killed by the Huangfu Canal with bluestone, leaving only the underwater exit, the underwater exit was blocked by an iron fence, the railing was arm thick, and it has been against the bottom of the river, if you want to get out, you can only climb over the iron fence and drill out from a three-foot-wide gap.

Close to the outlet, two big trees were planted on the left and one on the right, and the small river passed between the two big trees, and the river became very narrow when it reached here, only about six or seven feet wide, but fortunately, the fence was not high, and it was only two feet above the water surface, and he could jump over, and there was no one at the outlet, and no one could have imagined that the thief they were going to catch would turn out from here.

Wu Jin dived extremely deep, he had already grabbed the railing, and his body quickly went up into the water, 'Wow! With a bang, his body sprang out of the water like a fish, and he only needed a slight leap to leave the county mansion.

But at the moment when he came out of the water, a sword stabbed out like lightning from behind the big tree on the right. With a bang, he felt a sharp pain in his right ribs......

Wu Jin was taken aback, he never expected that there would be an ambush here, and the sword stabbed so fast, he knew that he had been hit by the sword, his body climbed over the fence, fell into the water, and faintly saw a wisp of blood floating in the water, and his person was already gone.

At this time, Hua Ningyue, who was wearing an embroidered long skirt, walked out from behind the tree, she looked at the tip of the sword with a cold gaze, and the blood stains on it were only half an inch, which was not enough to be fatal, and she couldn't help frowning.

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The moat of the county mansion leads to the Chu River, and on a private pier five miles away from the county mansion, a carriage is parked, and Huang Fuxu stands on the pier, looking anxiously into the water from time to time, he is very worried about whether Wu Jin can succeed.

At this time, the water by the dock was surging, and a black shadow crawled out of the water. ”

Wu Jin's face was a little pale, and he waved his hand, "Let's talk about it in the carriage." ”

Huang Fuxu also found that there was something wrong with Wu Jin, and hurriedly helped him into the carriage, the carriage started quickly, lying on the soft cushion of the carriage, Wu Jin groaned in pain, and pulled the wound when he got on the carriage just now.

He saw that Huang Fuxu's face was full of anxiety, and he wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, so he slowly took off the water back, and with his upper body naked, he took out the account book from the water side of his right waist, and the shell of the account book was a thick layer of cowhide, which was very strong, but there was a hole pierced on it.

'His grandmother's, fortunately, Lao Tzu has leather armor, otherwise he would have become a skewer chicken. ’

Fortunately, this account book was blocked, and his little life was not lost in the county mansion, he handed the account book to Huang Fuxu, and took out a plaster, which was his homemade wound medicine, and carefully pasted it on the wound, the medicine soaked into the wound, and he grinned in pain.

Huang Fu Xu flipped through it, although it had been soaked in water, but he could still see the handwriting on it, it was his secret book, Huang Fu Xu was immediately ecstatic, this account was taken back, and their Huang Fu family was saved.

He was full of gratitude to Wu Jin in his heart, and when he looked up, he froze, only to see Wu Jin carefully treating his wounds.

"Ahh You're hurt. ”

Wu Jin waved his hand, "I was rubbed by a stone under the water, and it doesn't get in the way." ”

Huang Fuxu hurriedly ordered the coachman: "Go to Dr. Zhao's house, hurry!" ”

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About an hour later, Wu Jin finally recovered a little, his injury was not very serious, he did not stab the internal organs, just a little blood loss, this Doctor Zhao is a famous doctor in Weiyang County, he quickly disinfected and cleaned the wound for Wu Jin, and gave him a blood tonic medicine, plus a period of rest, Wu Jin slowly felt that his body was getting better.

Dr. Zhao was about fifty years old, a stern-looking little old man, he glared at Wu Jin fiercely, and said angrily: "In that case, you should go ashore immediately to bandage and stop the bleeding, you actually swam for five miles, don't you want to live?" ”

Wu Jin smiled, but he was secretly thinking in his heart, that sword was extremely fast, no less than himself, and the thick account book was actually pierced by the other party's sword, indicating that it was an extremely sharp sword.

The county government has a master! actually judged that he would escape from the water, and at that moment, he glanced at it, the other party seemed to be a woman, damn it, the first time he was injured was actually planted in the hands of a woman.

Although the women in his previous life were savage and ferocious, they used body language at most, but the women of this era were not gentle at all when they used knives to kill people at every turn.

He gently touched the oilcloth bag hidden on the inside of the leg, the small bag is still there, after dawn, Huangfuqu will inevitably come to the door to ask for it, he must immediately copy a copy, so he bowed his hand to Dr. Zhao and accepted the criticism modestly, "The doctor is right, the kid knows that he is wrong, and he will not dare to be careless next time, and ..... Can you lend me some pen and paper, I need it urgently. ”

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Huangfu Bailing tore off the last page of the account book, threw it into the fire, looked at the flames to roll up the account page, turned yellow and black, and gradually devoured, his heart was finally put down, without the account book, the Huangfu family's smuggling of pig iron could not be investigated.

Huangfu Xu squatted beside his father and said timidly: "Wujin said that Huangfu Qu did not copy it. ”

"Hmmm! There is the original ledger, and there is no need to copy it, the point is that what you registered in the port is not pig iron, but timber, which has already gone to sea, and without the evidence of the ledger, it is difficult for them to convict. ”

A hint of uneasiness flashed in Huang Fuxu's eyes, in fact, there was still some evidence outside, what he registered in the port of Goryeo was pig iron, but he didn't dare to say it at this time.

Huangfu Bailing sighed again, "If it weren't for the genius of our Huangfu family this time, the family would really be finished." ”

He glanced at his son again, and said seriously: "Xu'er, you have to reflect carefully, although you are not the head of the family in the future, you are still a core member of the family, you must remember this lesson." ”

Huangfu Xu lowered his head in shame, "The child knows that he is wrong. ”

Huangfu Bailing held his son's shoulders to stand up, Huangfu Xu hurriedly helped his father up, Huangfu Bailing smiled: "I'll go and see Wujin, and I will reward him well this time." ”

"Father, it's time for a shift, take a break!"

Huangfu Bailing smiled and waved his hand, "I'm happy in my heart, I don't feel sleepy, you go to sleep." ”

Huang Fuxu also felt that he was exhausted, so he nodded and helped his father out of the door.

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Wu Jin had just returned to the mansion, and although he was stabbed in the waist, this injury was nothing to him, as long as he was rested and well nourished, and the blood was replenished, there would be no problem.

Wu Jin put down the pen, he finally completed the transcription of Huang Fu Qu's bribery records, Huang Fu Qu is copied with a Western goose feather pen, the handwriting is very small, a small book with a big palm, he actually copied thirty pages, mainly sporadically bribed too much, thirty taels, twenty taels, he even saw the five taels of silver bribed by the tofu shop, which made Wu Jin full of contempt for Huang Fuqu, what kind of person is this! There is no official character at all.

"Ahem! Cough! Huangfu Bailing's cough sounded outside the door, "Wujin, have you slept?" ”

Wu Jin hurriedly put away the copy and opened the door, outside the door was his eldest brother Huangfu Weiming supporting his grandfather.

"Grandfather, haven't you slept yet?"

"I'm too old to sleep!"

Wu Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help his grandfather in, but Ming looked at his brother approvingly, Wu Jin had made great contributions to the family, and he also had glory on his face.

Huangfu Bailing sat down with difficulty, "Good boy, grandfather is old, thank you." ”

He looked at Wu Jin again and asked with a smile, "How is your injury?" ”

"It's okay, it's just a little bit of skin, and Dr. Zhao also said it's okay."

Wei Ming next to him cared about his brother, and he said, "Wait a while, you go to my place to rest, and your sister-in-law stewed Ejiao tea for you." ”

"Thank you, big brother!"

"Hmmm! This is the reward that the family gives you. ”

Huangfu Bailing took out two jade plates and put them on the small table, with some regret on his face: "There are only five hundred taels of silver, this is the highest reward limit of the family, I want to give you a little more, but the family rules must be modified, and the family rules must be voted on by the whole clan, I don't want this matter to spread, I'm sorry!" ”

He pointed to another jade plaque and smiled: "This is what I gave you, 10,000 taels of silver." ”

Wu Jin shook his head and returned the two jade plates, "I don't want it!" ”

"What, do you think I'm an old man who gives less?" Huangfu Bailing joked.

"It is my duty to contribute to the family, and I don't need to be rewarded."

"There is a chance!"

Huangfu Bailing smiled, he took back the jade plate of 10,000 taels of silver, and pushed the small jade card to Wujin, "Since the money was given to you, it is yours, but you are still young, I will save it for you for the time being, and I will give it to you when you marry a wife and buy a house in the future, this five hundred taels of silver is the reward of the family, you have to accept it, otherwise the family will not be able to do it in the future." ”

Wu Jin didn't want the things of the Huangfu family, but as soon as he thought about it, the money was just enough to buy a house for the eldest brother outside, and he was no longer polite and accepted the jade plate.

Huangfu Bailing pondered for a while, and asked him again: "I heard your second uncle say that you seem to have taken another thing from the county mansion, what is it?" ”

Wu Jin secretly scolded that Doctor Zhao for talking too much, in fact, he couldn't hide this matter from his grandfather, and Huangfu Qu was about to come to the door soon.

He took the pamphlet from the table and handed it to his grandfather, "This is it!" ”

Huangfu Bailing flipped over, his face changed in an instant, and Wei Ming next to him also saw the clue, and asked in surprise: "Wu Jin, why did you bring this thing?" ”

"This is the lifeblood of Huangfu Canal! You actually got it. ”

Huangfu Bailing sighed, turned around and asked Weiming: "What do you say about this?" ”

He didn't ask Wu Jin, in his eyes, Wu Jin was only seventeen years old after all, and he had no experience in this kind of major affairs involving officialdom.

Wu Jin said with a smile: "This booklet is Huangfu Qu's testicles, pinch it, and when Huang Fuqu is disobedient, let's pull it." ”

Huangfu Bailing couldn't help but smile when he heard Wujin's metaphorical image, and he asked Weiming again, "What do you think?" ”

Wei Ming shook his head, "Things are not as simple as you think, unless we Donghai Huangfu Clan also have a large backstage power, we can do this, but we are just a civilian, and the other party's backstage is the imperial uncle, the power is very different, they can just find an excuse to exterminate us, I mean, this booklet has to be returned to him." ”

"Give it back to him?"

Huangfu Bailing frowned, "Will this make him feel that our Huangfu family is too easy to bully." ”

Wei Ming smiled slightly, "I thought that since Wu Jin could steal this booklet, it would be enough to deter him." ”

Wu Jin yawned, according to his thoughts, this booklet could at least extort tens of thousands of taels of silver from Huangfuqu, but since the eldest brother spoke, he would not sweep the eldest brother's face.

He smiled lazily: "I don't care about this matter, just deal with it with the eldest brother, but there are footsteps outside, it is estimated that Huangfuqu is coming." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard hurried footsteps outside.

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