The next day, a doorman dressed as a county official came to visit, claiming that the magistrate of Shangalu had invited Liu Gongzi to the county office to discuss important matters. Seeing off the doorman, Liu Ze took the invitation card and sneered: "It seems that this Zhang Rang is really determined to eat us, ** it doesn't work to change to the white road, and he wants to scare us when he moves out of the county master, it's really wishful thinking!" ”

Zhang Fei said with relief: "Okay, let's not go, what's the matter." ”

"No, I have to go, I'm going to see what tricks they can play." So Liu Ze prepared a gift, and went straight to Shangai County with Guan and Zhang.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the county office, there was a person dressed as a master who greeted him early, and when he saw Liu Ze and others, he hurriedly greeted him and said: "Liu Gongzi, County Magistrate Lu has been waiting for a long time, please!" Liu Ze handed the gift list to the master and walked to the back hall.

When County Magistrate Lu saw Liu Ze coming in, he got up to greet him: "Liu Gongzi Shenlong is gone, and I can be regarded as inviting you here today." ”

Liu Ze arched his hand and said, "I don't know what happened to County Magistrate Lu?" ”

County Magistrate Lu smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry, sit down and talk slowly, and first introduce you to the guests from the capital." ”

Liu Ze had long noticed that there was a person who looked like a eunuch sitting in the position of the first guest, and thought to himself that it would be difficult for Zhang Rang to come to Shangai in person, and then he turned to think about it, what kind of identity Zhang Rang was, how could he run to Shangai County in this poor countryside because of a trivial matter, and he must be a subordinate eunuch in the palace. Sure enough, I heard the introduction of the county magistrate Lu: "This is the father-in-law of Zuo Fengzuo, the squire of the Yellow Gate from the palace, and this is the disciple of Liu Ze and Liu Gongzi of Zhuojun Lu Taishou after King Jing of Zhongshan, and the two are very close." ”

Zuo Feng? Dare to love this eunuch is the Zuo Feng who openly asked for bribes in front of the army when Lu Zhi pacified the Yellow Turban, and then framed Lu Zhi in prison. On the surface, Liu Ze didn't move any expression, and bowed his hand and said: "It turned out to be Father-in-law Zuo, who has been looking up for a long time." ”

Zuo Feng just raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Liu Ze, and nodded, which was considered a return gift.

Zhang Fei was furious, and was about to step forward to theorize, Guan Yu grabbed him, and Liu Ze watched the two retreat. Liu Ze knew in his heart that although this Zuo Feng was a little eunuch, in this era of eunuchs and erections, an ordinary little eunuch might not even look at the Assassin Shi County Guard, not to mention that he was still a grass people, just because he hung the signboard of the imperial family after King Jing of Zhongshan could make him nod in return, which was enough to give face. County Magistrate Lu repeatedly gave way, Liu Zenai sat in the position of the second guest on the left, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood behind him.

Without waiting for them to speak, Liu Ze took the lead and said: "I came to visit County Magistrate Lu today, and there is another matter to report, please ask County Magistrate Lu to uphold justice." ”

"Liu Gongzi has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, and the county should handle it impartially."

"Recently, Yangquan Mountain, which belongs under his name, has been frequently harassed and disturbed by gangsters, beating and injuring workers, so that the construction site has not been able to start construction so far."

"There is such a thing, Liu Gongzi can rest assured, the county will immediately send someone to investigate this matter and arrest the murderer."

"That's not necessary, but a few ruffians can deal with it when they fall down. It's just that those ** kept saying that they were sent by Zhang Rang Zhang Zhongchang, and they were thinking about who Zhang Zhongchang was, and even today's son had to respect three points, how could they be in the company of these scoundrels, it was obvious that these ** were swaggering and deceiving under the pretense of Zhang Zhongchang's fame. Originally, it was a trivial matter, but these ** stained Zhang Zhongchang's reputation, and they couldn't tolerate their misdeeds, so they punished them. ”

Zuo Feng coughed dryly twice, and said in a voice like a male duck: "These rabbit cubs are too bold, they even dare to fake Zhang Zhongchang's name, County Magistrate Lu, how good is the security of Shangai County?" ”

County Magistrate Lu was shocked into a cold sweat and hurriedly said: "The lower officials immediately sent someone to arrest the important criminals, severely punish them, and severely punish them." ”

Liu Ze waved his hand and said: "According to the following opinion, there is no need to delve into this matter, Zhang Zhongchang is famous all over the world, and a few Xiaoxiao borrowed Zhang Zhongchang's fame to see that it is looking up to Zhang Zhongchang. ”

Zuo Feng squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said: "Zhang Zhongchang's fame is admirable both in the government and the opposition, and it is really necessary to punish some people who use their names to swagger I am afraid that there are countless people, in the end, it is not for some of the councillors to participate in a book, let's look at it according to Liu Gongzi's words, the tree is a big move, it is really helpless." ”

"No! Promise! Promise! County Magistrate Lu responded repeatedly, almost like a head worm.

Zuo Feng said with a smile: "Liu Gongzi is worthy of being the emperor of the imperial family, he is in his prime, elegant and generous, and has the style of a high ancestor." ”

Liu Ze said lightly: "Father-in-law Zuo, you have won awards." ”

County Magistrate Lu coughed lightly twice and said, "Gongzi Liu, Gonggong Zuo came here this time on the order of Zhang Zhongchang to discuss business with Gongzi. ”

Liu Ze said quietly: "What kind of business is it?" ”

Zuo Feng said: "Originally, this was Zhang Zhongchang's family affair, and it was not enough for outsiders, but since Liu Gongzi is the queen of the imperial family, he is not an outsider, so it doesn't hurt to say it." A few days ago in the capital came a Nanhua Taoist person, proficient in the art of feng shui yin and yang, Zhang Zhong often invited to the house to see feng shui, this Nanhua Taoist said that the head is the way, everything should be said, in turn, the location of the ancestral tomb of the Zhang family is not good, only afraid of the disaster of blood and light. Zhang Zhong was often shocked, and asked the people of Nanhua Dao, who said that if the ancestral tomb was moved to a place with a spring in Shanyang, it would be safe. Nanhua Dao people see all over Kyushu, the site is located in the north of Shangai Yangquan Mountain is the best, I heard that Liu Gongzi is the lord of this place, so I take the liberty to ask for it, Zhang Zhongchang to the ancestral grave is big, at the expense of a lot of money to buy it, Wen Gongzi last year to buy this place with a thousand taels of gold, Zhang Zhongchang is willing to pay ten times the price, but also hope that Liu Gongzi can cut love. ”

Zhang Fei snorted and said, "Don't say 10,000 taels, even 100,000 taels, my eldest brother won't sell it." ”

Zuo Feng squinted at Zhang Fei and said unhappily: "Who is this?" ”

"This is my brother Zhang Fei, who has a reckless temperament, and I ask Father-in-law Zuo to bear with me if I offend. Second brother and third brother, you should step back first. Liu Ze secretly gave them a look, Zhang Fei wanted to say more, but Guan Yu pulled him and retreated outside the hall.

Zuo Feng also ignored Zhang Fei's rudeness, and said, "But I don't know what Liu Gongzi wants?" ”

Liu Zexin said, he wanted to occupy Lao Tzu's real estate, and he actually used such a subordinate method, even the eight generations of his ancestors Zhang Rang were brought out, it seems that Zuo Feng, the dead eunuch, is determined to win, how can he deal with it? He pondered for a while and said: "Originally, if it was just an ordinary land, it would be okay to send it to Zhang Zhongchang, but Yangquan Mountain produces coal, and a large amount of coal and stone is needed to build a few new kiln factories in Xia, and it will be difficult to find coal and stone from elsewhere for a while. ”

As soon as he heard Liu Ze's refusal, Zuo Feng's face drooped, and he said gloomily: "Liu Gongzi, Zhang Zhongchang is already very face-giving, if it is someone else, hum-"

County Magistrate Lu said on the side: "Although this matter is a little difficult for Liu Gongzi, Zhang Zhongchang has given Gongzi ten times the compensation, this time Zhang Zhongchang is also for the sake of Liu Gongzi is a clan of the Han family, and he is indeed bidding a lot, hoping that Liu Gongzi can take care of the overall situation and give in love." ”

Liu Ze secretly scolded in his heart, this group of bastards, who are not martial, who are not good at writing, who are clever and robbing, who bully and dominate the market, the annual output value of their own coal mines is never less than hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, and they want to annex it with 10,000 taels.

But these self-righteous guys only think about the dream of making a fortune in the daytime, and really think that the coal mine is so easy to open, it's just that if you don't let you suffer a little, you don't know what it is, don't hit the south wall, don't look back, don't see the coffin, don't shed tears. So he said: "In this case, thanks to the wrong love of Father-in-law Zuo and Zhang Zhongchang, let me clean up in three days, and deliver it in three days, how about it?" ”

Seeing that Liu Ze had already agreed, Zuo Feng's face was happy, as if the real money had been piled up in front of him, and said: "Liu Gongzi is really a person who knows the general situation, this time our family will report to Zhang Zhongchang, if Liu Gongzi is interested, it is still very easy to find an official and a half-position in the capital with Zhang Zhongchang's prestige." ”

Liu Ze said indifferently: "Thank you Father-in-law Zuo, I am used to being idle in the clouds and wild cranes, and I don't have much interest in being an official." ”

Zuo Feng was slightly stunned, there are still people in this world who don't want to be officials, so he smiled slightly, and said: "It turns out that Gongzi Zhi is like Tao Zhu, and he can be a rich man, at ease, very good, very good." ”

County Magistrate Lu sneered and said flatteringly to Zuo Feng: "Father-in-law Zuo returned to Beijing this time, hoping to say a few kind words in front of Zhang Zhongchang and mention his humble position." ”

Zuo Feng glanced at him and said, "This is natural, County Magistrate Lu can rest assured." ”

Liu Ze saw their dirty behavior, he was angry and laughed in his heart, but he was also inconvenient, so he got up and arched his hand and said: "In this way, I will retire under the next, and ask Father-in-law Zuo and County Magistrate Lu to go to Yangquan to settle the matter three days later." ”

This time, Zuo Feng got up to see him off, and walked outside the hall, Liu Ze suddenly said: "I thought of something in the next place, if Zhang Zhongchang's ancestral tomb moves here, it will be peaceful and peaceful, and the mining hole that was dug before under it is suspected of breaking feng shui, and after going back, all the mining holes will be filled in to return the original appearance of Yangquan Mountain." ”

Zuo Feng was shocked and said hurriedly: "No, this mine can't be filled." ”

Liu Ze deliberately said strangely: "The mine produces coal, and the sound is huge, if it disturbs the spirit of the ancestors of the Zhang family, it will be a great crime." ”

"Nanhua Taoist once said that Yangquan Mountain has a spring as a spirit, and a hole is strange, which is made in heaven, and Liu Gongzi does not need to bother to change it."

"It's so good, but although the mine can be retained, the risk of producing coal and stone is extremely high, and there is a risk of fire and water, so please be cautious."

"Liu Gongzi rest assured, Zhang Zhong often takes this place only to place the ancestral grave, the coal and stone are black and dirty, and it is useless to mine it, isn't it, County Magistrate Lu?"

County Magistrate Lu responded like a fart: "That's that!" ”

Immediately, Liu Ze said goodbye and left, and returned to Yangquan with Guan and Zhang. Zhang Fei hated again and again: "Big brother, just forget it, our coal mine that can produce hundreds of thousands of gold in a year is so cheap for nothing?" ”