As the saying goes, a country cannot be left without an owner for a day, and a job cannot be left without a job, especially in a country like Dakang, which is developing positively, it is impossible to lack talents. So after Li Daozheng was dismissed from his position, someone soon stood up to take his place.

Yang An was originally just a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, a fourth-grade official residence, and he had no skills, but this time he was completely lucky, stepped on shit, and he didn't know what was going on, so he became a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and he was still a third-grade official.

So Yang An was very happy, and set up a feast for three days in a row, and his hand in receiving the gift money was soft, so as to celebrate.

But today, he actually took a piece of jade pendant and said that Lord Shangshu was arrested by gangsters and came to ask for ransom.

Staring at the two ragged mountain bandits in front of him, the housekeeper who came out to talk frowned, looked at the letter, but did not open it, and sneered directly: "Who are you, my lord is resting at home this time, when was he arrested by the gangsters." Don't talk nonsense, or I'll ask you to eat the whip. ”

After saying that, he was ready to close the door and expel the two mountain bandits.

"Huh? It's impossible, then Li Daozheng and that Hao Dianyuan are in the hands of my boss, how did they escape so quickly? Big brother, what should I do? ”

Hearing this, the mountain bandits were a little stunned and began to discuss.

"Don't worry, since this is the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites, then I'll ask." The other mountain bandit was also in a trance, but his mind turned quickly, and he shouted inward while the housekeeper closed the door: "Your master is Li Daozheng?" ”

"No, you don't want to talk nonsense, if you really annoy me, you really have to eat the whip."

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Daozheng's name, as Yang Anxin's belly, he knew who this Li Daozheng was, it was the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and now he was punished as a scholar next to Hao Jian, and he went to a remote county town to take up his post together.

"If it's not Li Daozheng, then your master is Hao Jian Hao Dianyuan?"

The mountain bandit still asked.

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, as if he had heard a terrible name again. The name of Hao Jian and Hao Dianyuan has appeared in Yang An's mouth a lot during this time, especially in the first few days of taking office, almost every day Yang An will say: Thank you to the sky, thank you to the earth, thank you Hao Jian for coming to the earth.

The story of Hao Jian Hao Dianyuan is even more spread in Bianliang City, what is hungry and fainting Jinluan Palace, fainting Longxing Street, Shangyuan making trouble with official ships, making trouble with the court, and overthrowing Shangshu These things have completely become hot topics in Bianliang City now.

Linked to Li Daozheng's name in front of him, the housekeeper thought about it, couldn't it be that this group of fools arrested Hao Jian and Li Daozheng together?

Thinking of this, the housekeeper realized that this matter was not simple, so he said to the group of bandits: "You wait here, I will go and go back." ”

Then he commanded the servants and the servants to pay attention to the two of them, but they didn't want them to escape.

Flying into the inner mansion, the housekeeper quickly ran towards the study where Yang An was.

At this time, Yang An was reading a book in the study, and when he saw the housekeeper running over in a hurry, he put down the book: "What happened, you are in such a hurry?" ”

"Master, I'm afraid it's not good, then Hao Jian and Li Daozheng are afraid that they will be captured by mountain bandits, you can see ......"

While panting, the housekeeper said anxiously, and after finishing speaking, he handed over the token and the letter of the mountain bandit to Yang An.

The token handed over by Li Daozheng is a jade pendant, looking at the material, you can see that this jade pendant is not a mortal thing, it is something that ordinary people cannot use, and Yang An has been working under Li Daozheng all the year round, so when he saw this jade pendant, he knew that this should be Li Daozheng's.

Putting the jade pendant aside, Yang An opened the letter, the letter was very short, and the word was also written crookedly, so he could read it at a glance: "What is it?" ”

Saying that, Li Daozheng slapped the letter on the table, only to see that it was only written on the letterhead: "Lao Tzu also wants a white jade bed!" ”

"Whoever preaches the messengers, bring them to me."

Yang An frowned, it seemed that Li Daozheng and Hao Jian were afraid that they had really recruited a poisonous hand.

"I've got someone to take them under control."

The butler replied from the side.

"Forget it, it's still gone, so as not to be gossiped about, just detain them, hand them over to Dali Temple, and give them a headache."

After thinking about it, Yang An still decided to avoid suspicion and handed over all the things in his hand to the housekeeper.

In response, the housekeeper hurriedly retreated, and instructed the mansion Ding to take the two mountain bandits directly, and then send them directly to Dali Temple.

……

The next day, it was the court meeting.

"Shaoqing of Dali Temple, I heard that Hao Jian Hao Dianyuan was taken by the mountain bandits again?"

Zhao Kuangyin asked the hall with a smile.

"Qiqi Sheng, there is indeed this matter, yesterday the housekeeper of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion came to report the case, but after yesterday's review, it has been verified."

Listening to the emperor calling his official name, Shaoqing of Dali Temple did not dare to be sloppy, and walked out and responded to Zhao Kuangyin.

"So, I've also heard that the villain wants a white jade bed in Li Daozheng's house, do you know what the white jade bed is?"

Zhao Kuangyin asked with a smile.

"I don't know."

As soon as you hear about the white jade bed, you know that it is a high-end product, and in this year, this thing is only suitable for the royal family, so even if you know it, you have to say that you don't know.

"Your Majesty, this thing was made up by Hao Jian Hao Dianyuan, and when I examined the prisoner yesterday, I learned that the original villain intended to kill Li Daozheng, but Hao Dianyuan made up a 'Jia is not fake, and the white jade is the gold of the hall; Abang Palace, 300 miles can not live in Bianliang for a history; There was a lack of white jade beds in the East China Sea, and the Dragon King came to invite Li Shangshu to ...... "Playing limericks, deceived the leader of the mountain bandits not to get mud, and made him greedy, so he sent someone to the Jingshi ......"

At this time, Shaoqing of Dali Temple stood up and continued to explain.

"Jia is not fake, white jade is a horse for Tang Jin; Abang Palace, 300 miles can not live in Bianliang for a history; There is a lack of white jade beds in the East China Sea, and the Dragon King came to invite Li Shangshu, this Hao Dianyuan, who is smart but smart, is too unlucky, and he has caught up with all the bad things. Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said: "The Praetorian Guard has not moved for many years, and this time it can be regarded as an experience to dispatch a thousand people to suppress the bandits." ”

Dakang has been relatively healthy these years, so the Praetorian Guard, as the strongest combat force, has not been operating much, and this time it is just going out to experience it, and it can't be let lose its combat power. In this way, the ministers also felt that there was no hindrance, and there was no objection.

……

At this time, in the mountain bandit village, the atmosphere is becoming more and more wrong.

Because at this time, the mountain bandits suddenly noticed a question, where did the money on their bodies go?

The original idea was to give the downline, except for the upline, the rest is all their own. The first two days were okay, there was a surplus every day, enough for them to squander a lot, but recently they found that the money on their bodies was getting less and less, although they would receive the silver on the line every day, but that little money was not completely enough to pay the silver on the line.

It was a fine day, but after two or three days in a row, everyone found out that they were in debt.

"Brother Wang, what's the matter, it's been three days, and I haven't returned a penny of this silver to me, what's wrong?"

The first to react is the bottom, they are not offline, all the income comes from the return of the upline, once the income is cut off, they are the fastest to react.

"I don't know why, there's no money for me!"

As an upline, Brother Wang was also very depressed, and he didn't receive a penny.

"Isn't it possible that you can't find us downline and swallow the money we are waiting for?"

Someone said to the upper line suspiciously.

"Why, I haven't been affected for three days!"

This conversation soon filled the entire mountain bandit village, and even the two guards guarding Hao Jian outside the cell began to complain.

Listening to the chatting of the mountain bandits outside, Mao Zi pricked up his ears and listened, and then ran to Hao Jian with a smile and said, "Brother Jian'er, what you said is not bad, they are really going to mess up." ”

"Rest assured, it's only a matter of time before they mess up, we'll just wait."

Hao Jian smiled slightly, the number of people in this place is limited, although the ambition of human beings is enough, but if the pyramid scheme is not done big, and it is a dead end if it does not continue to collect funds.

Obviously, now that the bandits are no longer able to find a downline, and there is no income, how can they stabilize the development of the organization?

Once there is a problem in the capital chain, this group of money-hungry mountain bandits will know like this, and most of them will end up by force.