Chapter Twenty-Six: The Battle of Wits and Courage (I)
Wu Jin originally didn't want to ask about the internal affairs of the Huangfu family, although he was integrated with the Huangfu Wujin of this world, he didn't like this family, and he didn't want to find trouble for himself, and his concept of the family has always been very light.
In this family, in addition to the eldest brother who is related by blood and the fifth uncle who is fated, the other person he cares about is his grandfather.
At the moment when his grandfather fainted, he felt a little sorry in his heart, after all, Huangfuqu's revenge was caused by himself, otherwise his grandfather would not have called him to the inner hall.
With apology comes responsibility, these are a pair of twins, with responsibility, he knows that he can't stay out of the matter, and more importantly, he doesn't want his eldest brother's family to be implicated in the second uncle's smuggling......
Back in the study, Huang Fuxu sat on the chair, his eyes staring straight out of the window, motionless, like a lifeless wax figure.
"Second uncle, don't you have any Huangfu Qu handle in your hands?"
Wu Jin's tone was as soft as possible, but the slightest expression on Huang Fu Xu's face could not escape his eyes, and he induced Huang Fu Xu's thoughts.
"For example, receipts, letters that prove that he took bribes, and so on."
Huang Fuxu hesitated, but still shook his head, "No, he is very cautious and never writes any receipts." ”
Huang Fuxu's hesitation was still captured by Wu Jin, "No! The second uncle's expression clearly told me that there should be something in your hand. ”
If in the past, a junior like Huangfu Wujin questioned him like this, Huangfu Xu would have jumped up and scolded, but now, he no longer has any qualifications to put on a show, he is like a soulless player, what Wujin asks, what he answers.
"The receipt is there, but it's not Huangfu Qu, but it's ....."
"But what?"
"But it has something to do with Huangfu Canal, it is the backstage backer of Huangfu Canal, and what the emperor's uncle Huang Fu Yi wrote to me today is the 80,000 taels of silver, which was the thread drawn by Huangfu Canal at that time, so he got the post of county lieutenant."
"Eighty thousand taels of silver, isn't it a little too much?"
Wu Jin felt a little embarrassed, a small county lieutenant would cost 80,000 taels of silver, so wouldn't it cost 800,000 taels of silver to buy a thorn history?
Huangfu Xu sighed, "Buy a county lieutenant, up to 8,000 taels of silver, but the imperial uncle coaxed me and said that he could get a thorn history for the Zhuo Weapon, and he needed 80,000 taels of silver to make a relationship, and I heard that 80,000 taels of silver can buy the Xiao County Thorn History, so I was dizzy for a while, so I gave him all the money, but in the end he told me that the Thorn Shi was vetoed by the emperor because the Cutting Weapon had no merit, and he could only give it to a county lieutenant, and he said that he would return the rest of the silver to me in the future, but three years have passed, and the rest of the silver shadow has not been seen, He won't give us back at all. ”
Huang Fu Xu took out a book from the bookcase, took out a slightly yellowed note from it, and handed it to Wu Jin, which used to be his secret, but now this secret has become insignificant. He subconsciously had a glimmer of hope for Wujin in his heart.
Wu Jin took it and looked at it, the handwriting on it was difficult to read, "I hereby receive eight thousand taels of silver from the Emperor Fu Xu of the East China Sea, and first grant his son the post of county lieutenant, and use this as a basis.......
The payment is Huangfu Yi table, this is a typical official receipt, it turns out that Huangfu Xu's eldest son Huangfu Zhuo Haiyan County Lieutenant came from this.
"Second uncle, why didn't he go back, this receipt."
Huang Fuxu sighed and said, "I also knew at the time that this matter was very important, 80,000 taels of silver!" If he didn't pay the bill, I wouldn't be able to eat and walk away, so I asked someone to copy a fake receipt to return it to him, and he didn't look at it carefully, so he tore it off on the spot, and I kept the real receipt by my side. ”
It seems that there is no handle of Huangfu Qu, the road to be coerced is blocked, Wu Jin pondered for a moment, the evidence of the account book is not like silver, it can be deposited in the money bank or sent to the field, it is generally placed by his side, and he can use it to threaten the other party at any time, if Huangfu Qu wants to squeeze the East China Sea Huangfu family dry, this account is his biggest magic weapon, and the magic weapon is naturally carried with him, and the account book must be by his side.
Thinking of this, Wu Jin said slowly: "Although it's a pity that 80,000 taels of silver is a bit of a pity, but if you don't have it, forget it, but that account is related to the survival of the Donghai Emperor's family, and I will definitely get it back." ”
Huang Fu Xu straightened his waist all of a sudden, grabbed Wu Jin's hand, and widened his eyes, "Virtuous nephew, do you have a way?" ”
"I can only say give it a try, but I need the cooperation of my second uncle."
"What do you want me to do?"
Now Mo said to cooperate, even if he sold him to pay off his debts, Huang Fuxu was willing, and Wu Jin's statement made him feel high.
"Two things!"
Wu Jin stretched out a finger, "First, the second uncle will help me get a map of the Huangfu Qu Mansion, which should be more detailed." ”
"That's fine, I can get it, it's easy."
"Good! Then let's talk about the second thing, the second uncle must go to Huangfu Qu's mansion in the evening, and he must be found. ”
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Wu Jin's method is to steal the account book back, frankly speaking, this is the next policy, if there is a good policy or a middle policy, Wu Jin will never use this policy, there is no wisdom content, but time is not waiting for him, the account is like a woman who has been taken away, and there is a possibility of being abused at any time.
It can only be said that stealing is an attitude, just like having to resort to the means of war after the failure of diplomatic negotiations, stealing is actually a kind of war, and what is needed is not a weapon, but a kind of bold, careful and high-strength martial arts.
Wu Jin is possessed by a fool, this is beyond doubt, this fool has a congenital surname retardation, this kind of person is incomparable with normal people in many aspects, but he has a talent that is difficult for normal people to hope for in a certain aspect, just like Forrest Gump in the movie.
This fool's talent is to practice martial arts, and he surpassed all his brothers in less than a year of martial arts, which made his master stunned, so he took him around to find a teacher, and even Wu Jin didn't know how high this fool's martial arts were.
Wu Jin's possession gave this fool a new lease of life, even beyond the intelligence of normal people, but Wu Jin was also lucky to inherit the fool's ability.
Huangfu Canal's mansion Weiyang people are called the county mansion, located in the east of the city on the north bank of the Chu River, is a huge mansion covering an area of about 40 acres, but also the most famous mansion in Donghai County, here was originally the richest man in Donghai County Yang Tingjiang's mansion, 30 years ago, Yang Tingjiang fornicated with the Ryukyu pirate Phoenix Society to attack the Caoyun sea ship, so that the imperial court suffered heavy losses, after the case, Yang Tingjiang's whole family was beheaded, this mansion was confiscated as an official property.
Three years ago, Huangfuqu was appointed as the commander of Donghai County, and because of his highest title, this most famous mansion naturally belonged to him to live in.
Like the Huangfu family, the county mansion is also a castle-like structure, surrounded by a two-zhang wide moat river, which communicates with the Chu River, and then leads to the sea, in the event of a war, the owner of the mansion can directly get on the boat and escape into the sea.
There is only one bridge over the moat leading to the gate of the house, and dozens of family members patrol back and forth, heavily guarded.
As night fell, the number of pedestrians on the street began to gradually decrease, and several squires who visited the county government also took their leave, and the gate was slammed shut, and the two big red lanterns emitted a dim red light, making the county mansion seem a little mysterious and weird.
At about nine o'clock in the evening, a carriage appeared outside the moat and stopped in front of the bridge, where there were two family members, one on the left and one on the right, like two door gods.
Huang Fuxu got down from the carriage, he was an old acquaintance, the guards by the bridge did not embarrass him, and let him in directly, the carriage could not enter the house, so it stopped outside, Huang Fuxu walked to the gate worriedly, and saluted a porter: "Please report to the county magistrate, Huangfu Xu asks to see!" ”
"It turned out to be the head of the Huangfu family, wait!"
The concierge had a cold attitude, and went to the mansion to report, according to the usual practice, he had to wait outside for at least half an hour, especially when there were interests in the game, Huangfuqu would not be anxious, he was like a cat that caught a mouse, played with the mouse enough, and then slowly ate it.
Huang Fuxu stood at the door, anxiously looking at the dark night sky, tonight, is it possible for Wujin to succeed?
.......
'Wow! ’
The water splashed, and a black shadow rushed out of the water, which was a small river in the east courtyard of the county mansion, connecting to the moat river outside.
The black shadow in the water is naturally Wujin, and if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, he studied the map for a whole afternoon, which is the homework that the night thief must do, otherwise look at the map after climbing over the wall, black rumbling, what can you see? There are also shark skin water supports, high-strength ropes and so on.
In order to protect the property that he collected, the security measures are very strict, the courtyard wall is three feet high, there is no tree in the front and back, there are three teams of mastiffs and dogs to patrol back and forth day and night, not only patrolling, there are also hidden sentries in the house.
The place where Wu Jin was going was Huangfu Qu's study, and the ledger should be hidden within a ten-step radius with the study as the center, including Huangfu Qu's bedroom, his living room, and his personal storage room.
The situation in the house is complicated, the courtyard is heavy, the study is located in the back garden of the Qi Silk Building, through a triple courtyard and a corridor, from the land in the past to be found by people may be very large.
The only way to do this was the waterway, and the moat had a small tributary that connected to the water system inside the house, and despite the iron fence in the waterway leading into the house, it became a loophole in the security of the county government.
Another talent of Wu Jin is that the water surname is excellent, he can dive a stick of incense underwater, and can withstand the water pressure that ordinary people can't bear, when he was a child, there was a cook named Aunt Zhang in his house, she had a daughter named Yanzi, a pearl diver, Wu Jin was often deceived by this big sister called Yanzi to play a game of treasure hunting under the sea.
The east courtyard is a guest room, with the stinginess of Huangfu Qu, he never leaves guests in the mansion overnight, so several rows of guest rooms are deserted, only the most marginal room has light through, that should be the guest room to take care of the guest room.
Seeing that there was no situation around, Wu Jin took another deep breath, dived into the water violently, and dived along the river towards the back garden of the inner house.
There is an artificial lake covering an area of about three acres in the back garden, the lake is full of lotus leaves and water chestnuts, Qi Ya Pavilion is close to the lake, halfway he changed his breath again, along the edge of the lake to the vicinity of Qi Ya Lou, at this time, he suddenly felt that the lake became warm, then he remembered that there is a hot spring eye in the lake behind Qi Ya Pavilion.
He was just about to float on his back in the water, and the shadow of the Qi Ayakaku could already be seen in front of him, when suddenly, a young woman's voice sounded in his ears.
"Third aunt, your skin is so good, no wonder the old man always praises you for being a hot spring plumbing cream!"
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(Generally speaking, high-level figures such as Uncle Huang will not come forward in person, let alone leave any receipts and other handles in the hands of others, here Lao Gao has to let the other party be mentally retarded in order to promote the plot, just as he was stunned by 80,000 taels of silver)