Chapter Eighty-Eight: Passing By

Greeting the squire of the Criminal Department at the gate of the city, Huangfuqu barely spoke, not because he had any prejudices against Gao Heng, but because his mind was not on Gao Heng at all.

Huang Fuqu has been worried about these two days, Huang Shilang came to him the night before, presented him with eight thousand taels of silver, and begged him to get his son Huang Feng out of prison, this money is very easy to earn, Huang Fuqu has gotten the news, immediately Chuzhou amnesty, Huang Feng will naturally be released from prison, he agreed, put the silver into his pocket.

If every day is such a refreshing thing, then his Huangfu Qu will be sweeter than honey, but unfortunately the blessing is unparalleled, troubles always come with happiness, he received the second urging letter from Huangfu Yibiao yesterday, asking him to escort 100,000 taels of silver into Beijing within ten days, there is an emergency.

Last time, he also said that he would raise 300,000 taels of silver within half a year, but he thought that he couldn't do it, so he decided to start another thing and impeach Su Hanzhen, but Su Hanzhen did not impeach him, and the urging letter of 100,000 taels of silver came again.

One hundred thousand taels of silver, does he think he is a silver mine? Can you take it out if you want to? Huangfu Qu's heart was full of resentment, he had tried his best to take bribes over the years, and got hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but in the end he only had 50,000 taels of silver in his private collection, and the rest was all exploited by Huangfu Yibiao, who actually regarded him as a tool to collect money.

Now he is forced to take out 100,000 silver, where can he get it, if Huangfu Yibiao is really capable, why don't he let himself be the assassin of Donghai County, but let himself be a powerless and powerless driver, no power in his hands, who cares about him?

But resentment is resentment, and he doesn't dare to disobey, if he doesn't comply, not only will he be dismissed, but even his life may not be saved, the question is where to get money now?

In the past, it was because many people didn't know his true face and were bluffed by his title of county magistrate, so they would desperately stuff money into him, but now his powerless and powerless old bottom is gradually exposed, and it is becoming more and more difficult to make money, Huangfu Qu racked his brains, and he couldn't help but think of the Donghai Huangfu clan again, and it seems that he is only a little reliable to get 100,000 taels of silver from their family.

Huangfu Qu sighed, and at this time, the third aunt Xiao Ji came in with a cup of tea and smiled at him, "Master, drink tea!" ”

Looking at Xiao Jibai's amazing skin, a thought flashed through Huang Fuqu's mind, when Zhao Jiehao complained to him at the gate of the city, Gao Shilang is a good woman, is this an investment opportunity?

With the loss of power of Huangfu Yibiao and his continuous increase in asking for money, Huangfu Qu also came up with the idea of looking for another backstage, Uncle Shen Guo is undoubtedly the best backstage, if he takes refuge in him, there is no problem to be a state assassin, but he is not familiar with Uncle Shen Guo and needs someone to recommend him.

And isn't this squire of the Criminal Department Gao Heng the best recommender? I heard that Gao Heng's father and the Shen family are not ordinary friends, and I can't miss this opportunity.

For Huangfuqu, backstage is the first important, a woman is really nothing, and she is a woman he is tired of playing.

Thinking of this, he grabbed Xiao Ji's hand and said with a smile in an extremely relaxed tone: "Let's do something for the master again!" ”

Xiao Ji was slightly shocked in her heart, she knew Huangfuqu too well, and his smile couldn't help but remind her of the situation when she married Huangfuxu, and Huangfuqu laughed like this.

"Sir, what do you want me to do?" Xiao Ji's voice trembled.

"It's not a big deal, it's just for you to accompany Gao Shilang for a few days!" Huangfu Qu said lightly.

This sentence was like five thunderbolts, Xiao Ji suddenly knelt down, tears streaming down her face, "Master, am I a thing?" If you want to give it away, give it away, please spare me for the sake of me serving the master for ten years! ”

"Hey! What are you talking about, I just asked you to accompany him for a few days, and I didn't send you away, what are you worried about, besides, haven't you also accompanied Huang Fuxu for so many years? ”

"Sir! I'm just Huang Fuxu's nominal wife, but I've never let him touch my body, I'm chaste for the lord, you let me accompany the high-ranking officials of the court, how can I do it? ”

Xiao Ji burst into tears, she kowtowed desperately and begged, Huangfuqu looked at a scar on her forehead, and couldn't help but feel bored in his heart, he said coldly: "If you don't go this time, you have to go, if you don't go, be careful of your parents!" ”

Xiao Ji was stunned for a moment, her parents were blind and sent food to Huangfuqu's house, so she was favored by Huangfuqu at the age of sixteen and forcibly accepted as a concubine, she felt a sadness in her heart, so she had to bow her head with tears.

Huangfuqu smiled proudly, he knew that this was Xiao Ji's weakness, and he couldn't help it, so he nodded, "You go back and clean it up!" You'll be there tonight. ”

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In the afternoon, a small boat was moving fast in the Wusong River, this is the boat that Cheng Chen Zhi took in the imperial history, the imperial history Zhongcheng is the deputy official of the imperial history platform, equivalent to the deputy minister of supervision, the chief official of the imperial history platform is a false position, just a title, generally rewarded to important ministers who have nothing to do with the supervision work, so the imperial history Zhongcheng is actually the person in charge of the imperial history platform.

The Daning Dynasty had a total of three imperial historians, one was responsible for supervising the officials of the imperial court in the two capitals, one was responsible for the supervision of local officials, and one was responsible for the supervision of the army.

In other words, Goshidai is the crown prince's territory.

Chen Zhi went to the Huaibei disaster area to investigate a major case of embezzlement of disaster relief funds, and he didn't have to pass through Donghai County to investigate the case in Huaibei, he got the prince's secret decree and transferred to Donghai County to fight against Gao Heng, the squire of the Criminal Department.

Gao Heng, the squire of the Criminal Department, is one of Shen Guo's uncle's henchmen, he is nominally here to inspect the Chuzhou prison, but in fact he is still here for Donghai County, and the prince also knows this, in order to support Su Hanzhen, Chen Zhi in the imperial history has a plan to pass through Donghai County.

Chen Zhi is in his early forties, tall, thin, dark-skinned, stern, cold, and vicious, and it is difficult to see a smile on his face.

There is hardly a single official in the imperial court who likes him, and no one is not afraid of him, if he is targeted, it is likely to mean the destruction of his career, the destruction of his family, this person pulled Qiu Danian, the secretary of the military department, off the horse two years ago, Qiu Danian wrote in blood on the wall of the prison in Dali Temple, 'Kill me, Chen Zhiye! The case caused a sensation in the capital, which was the highest-ranking official to commit suicide in Dali Temple since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and Chen Zhi also won the nickname of Chen Blackface.

More than a month ago, Chen Zhi seized the evidence that the emperor's uncle Huangfu Yibiao sat on the stolen 8,000 taels of silver, and within one day, three times on the impeachment, Huangfu Yibiao was forced to resign from the post of Zongzheng Temple Secretary, and stepped down, this case once again made Chen Zhi famous, but also put him in a kind of danger, Huangfu Yibiao relied on the emperor's favor, and publicly stated in the court: 'Chen Zhi will not die, and the court will be in trouble!' ’

This made it clear that he was going to kill Chen Zhi, and the emperor also pretended to be deaf and dumb, and he didn't hear anything, so this time Chen Zhidong came to investigate the case, and the prince specially sent two shadow warriors to protect his safety all the way.

Chen Zhi came all the way east from Luojing, in Jiangning he changed to take a boat, along the canal south, yesterday to Pingjiang County, the boat entered the Wusong River, Wusong River is the upper reaches of the Zitong River, take this river can directly reach Weiyang County.

At noon, there was a light rain in the sky, the rain was not heavy, thin, like the tip of a needle on the face of the person, bringing a trace of coolness, Chen Zhi wore a hat on his head, stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, enjoying the hazy smoke and rain of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and his original heavy mood became indifferent.

"Tianxing, that's Songling Town."

Chen Zhi pointed to a small town with white walls and black tiles in the distance, and a rare smile appeared on his face, "That is the legendary hermitage of Fan Li and Xi Shi. ”

Tianxing is one of the two shadow warriors sent by the crown prince, and he has been protecting Chen Zhi closely, he has a slender figure, does not smile, and Chen Zhi is quite close to each other, and the two have been very familiar with each other for more than a month.

"Hmmm! The legendary first beauty. ”

"Do you only know Xi Shi, don't you know Fan Li?"

Tianxing shook his head, he had hardly read a book, he only knew Xi Shi, and he had never heard of who Fan Li was?

"Excuse me, my lord, who is he?"

Chen Zhi didn't answer, and asked the young man sitting on the side of the boat fishing, "Does Wu Jin know?" ”

It was Wujin who was sitting by the boat and fishing, he came out of Weiyang yesterday afternoon, picked up Chen Zhi in Pingjiang County that night, and returned to Weiyang County by boat with him.

Wu Jin was wearing a green cloth robe, a hat on his head, a leather belt around his waist, fishing in one hand, and a folding fan in the other, looking leisurely, quite like a scholar who came out to play in the mountains and rivers.

Listening to Chen Zhi ask him, he brushed the ground to open the folding fan, lightly fanned twice, and said with a smile: "Fan Li is a minister of the former Yue Kingdom, 'the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked' is what he said, after the Yue Kingdom destroyed Wu, he saw through the Yue King Goujian can only be with the tribulation, not with the rich surname, so he took Xi Shi to live in seclusion here, he later made a fortune in business, and scattered the family wealth, called himself Tao Zhu Gong, known as the originator of Confucian businessmen. ”

"That's a good point!" Chen Zhi applauded and praised, "It is worthy of being from Weiyang County, and you know the ancestors of the merchants well, without Jin, there must be a lot of temples for Tao Zhu Gong in the God of Wealth!" ”

"There are not many temples of the God of Wealth, but there is no temple of the Bodhisattva, but there is a temple of the God of Wealth to be built on the side of the Eight Immortals Bridge, if Lord Chen has time, he may wish to go and worship."

Wu Jin fanned the fan and smiled: "It is said to be quite effective, is Lord Chen interested?" ”

Chen Zhi was amused by Wu Jin's humor and laughed, "I haven't cultivated yet, do you know that it works?" ”

Shadow Warrior Tianxing saw that Wu Jin was still playing a fan on a rainy day, and couldn't help but laugh at him a little, "Wu Jin, your fan is quite good, it can actually shelter from the wind and rain!"

Wu Jin brushed the fan again, raised his eyebrows, squinted his eyes and smiled: "This is not called sheltering from the wind and rain, this is called attaching elegance, chanting poetry and dancing fans in the rain, um!" That one.... Fishing and dancing fans in the rain is the wind of Wu Yue, haven't you heard of Brother Tianxing? ”

"I'm sorry, I'm lonely and I've never heard of it!"

"Huh! You're lonely! Look! ”

Wu Jin pointed to a big boat coming from the other party and smiled: "Did you see it, isn't there someone on the boat playing a fan and chanting poetry?" ”

I saw a painting boat coming on the opposite side, the painting boat was quite large, it was a kind of two-story boat, and on the deck stood a group of young people in bright clothes, talking and laughing, pointing out the scenery, one of them was wearing a long robe, holding an umbrella with a folding fan, and a young woman.

Tianxing looked at it for a long time and smiled faintly, "It seems to be a folding fan, a Fan Li, and a Xi Shi." ”

Wu Jin also saw that a young woman in a white dress was standing by the boat looking at the scenery, and behind her stood a young man, with a long jade face and a dashing body, holding an umbrella for her in one hand, and pointing along the banks of the river with a folding fan in his hand, as if he was introducing her to the scenery.

But looking at it, the smile on Wu Jin's face disappeared, and he suddenly recognized that woman, it was none other than Sister Shu Jiutian, that's right, it's her! She had a smile on her face, and she was still so beautiful.

But..... She and the man next to her seemed to be very intimate, holding an umbrella together, and enjoying the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River in the hazy [***].

"Humph!"

Wu Jin snorted lowly, his face was gloomy as water, Chen Zhi and Tianxing on the side looked at him with some surprise, all the way, Wu Jin was smiling, why did he suddenly become so annoyed and angry?

Tianxing couldn't help but look back at the painting boat, which had already passed by their boat and was far away.

Wu Jin had realized his gaffe, he pulled the hat down, covered half of his face, turned around and sat down to fish, without saying a word, the Fengya folding fan in his hand had been thrown into the river by him, and after fishing for a while, he suddenly said to himself: "It's really fucking boring, you can't catch a fish, it's better not to fish!" ”

He's smack! With a bang, he broke the rod, threw it into the river, got up and went into the cabin.

"What's wrong with him?" Chen Zhi glanced at Wujin's back and asked Tianxing, "It seems to be very unhappy!" ”

Tianxing smiled, "I don't know, maybe there was someone he knew on that ship just now!" ”

Wu Jin walked to the cabin door, and his gaze couldn't help but look at the painting boat that had turned into a black dot again.

At this time, Jiutian also ran to the stern of the boat, and her eyes also looked at the boat that had just passed by, and her beautiful eyes were full of the same surprise.

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