November 7, 15th year of Tai'an.

Wenchang Province, Maolin County.

The prefect held a banquet and drank in the palace, and a thunderbolt fell from the sky, and he died on the spot.

More than 60 people attended the meeting, and they saw it with their own eyes.

On the same day, there were tragic cases of violent deaths in various places!

Among them, there are many officials who have already made a decision, or they are a big family.

For a time, Wenchang Mansion fell into turmoil.

There are even bandits all the way, breaking the county seat of Ping'an, proclaiming themselves rebellious generals, and openly erecting anti-flags.

On the shore of Daming Lake, there are 14 water park villages, which launch the alliance leader, play the banner of the descendants of the royal family of the previous dynasty, call themselves "Tang Wang", and divide one side.

Jiangnan was in turmoil.

At the same time, when the general Wang drove through the palace gate, he encountered assassins and was poisoned and unconscious.

……

Since ancient times, it has been an irrefutable truth that the greater the power, the more money you need.

In order to raise funds, Ding Dang did not hesitate to make a cameo appearance as a masked thief, looting hundreds of large families in January.

This leaves behind the legend of a masked thief.

After that, with the money, he went to run for office.

That's right, literally, such a thing as selling official beards is common at the end of every dynasty.

One hundred thousand taels of silver, even at this time, is not a small amount.

At this time, Maolin rice had risen to one tael or two dollars of silver, and 100,000 taels was almost half of a grain merchant's net worth.

If you go to buy cattle, you can buy hundreds of buffaloes.

That's a huge amount of money.

At least the average large family will continue to be this number for the rest of their lives.

However, only one seven-pin prefectural order can be bought here.

"My father-in-law said, more than seven grades, 10,000 taels of idle jobs, if you want to be really short, you have to increase the price by another 30,000 taels, if you are the lord of a county, it is 50,000 taels. If it is a county, or there are other requirements, the price will be increased. ”

"This guest, if you don't have enough silver tickets, you can send someone back to get them, you must hurry. It's late, and the good spots have all been picked—"

A shrill voice shouted, a half-sized boy, shouting in the courtyard of a secluded house.

In the courtyard, there are tea and fruit snacks, as well as tables and chairs for guests to rest.

Dozens of guests, most of them dressed as wealthy businessmen, waited here.

From time to time, a person came out of the inner room, and then replaced the outside with a person inside.

Every time, or a moment, or half a moment, a deal is settled.

Ding Dang was among those who were waiting.

He was the youngest of them all.

This is not the first time he has come to a similar buying office.

In fact, this is already the sixth place.

The first five times, either the liar or the undesirable position, this dragged on until this point.

At this time, in fact, the people who sold officials were all big people in the capital standing behind them, seeing the chaos of the dynasty, and planning to take advantage of the chaos to make a profit.

As the saying goes, "the right not to be used, expired and invalid", now the power in hand does not know how many days it can last, so it is only right to simply take the opportunity to make some money.

This is the residence of a eunuch who was released, he was originally a person from the palace of King Cheng, but when Ding Ding used the method to find out the news, this guy actually secretly colluded with several outsiders in the ministry, and was frantically reselling his official position.

The price is clearly marked, and there is no bullying for children.

As long as the money is in place, the official seal, the official documents, the official documents, the past resume, the official hat and robe, the official boots, the sword, and the accompanying honor guard...... and so on a full set of one-stop service.

Ensure that there are no flaws and no traces of counterfeiting.

Because what is true in the first place can no longer be true......

I think it's not so dark here compared to other places, at least you can get through it by giving money.

After a while, a little guy came out and cried out in a pinched voice:

"Sixth guest C, please come in."

Ding Dang stood up, shook his clothes, and smoothed out the wrinkles on his body.

He sat on this cheap table and chair for an hour or two, but in fact he had been meditating all the time.

Following the little guy into the inner room, Ding Dang saw more than a dozen maps hanging on the wall.

There were five or six people inside, and there were things in front of each of them, most of them official robes and other things.

The little servant led Ding Dang to one of the tables.

An old eunuch with a white face and beard, dressed in simple clothes, was greeting him with a smile.

"Guest, I wonder what official position you want to buy?"

He laughed, not smiling, looking seeping.

"I want to buy the seat of the prefectural order near Maolin."

Ding Dang naturally said the target that he had been eyeing for a long time.

"The guests are really lucky·····

The old eunuch looked at him deeply, and said with a whimsical smile:

"Half a month ago, the prefectural commander of this Maolin Province was punished by heaven on the same day, and was killed by a thunderbolt in the clear sky········ Both seats are still empty! ”

Why is it empty?

Naturally, I was afraid!

said that he was punished by heaven, but in fact, there were rumors that it seemed to provoke the powerful people in the alien race, the immortals who had attained the Tao, and this caused trouble.

There are also rumors that the ghost king was born in the Maolin area, and the innocent death of this official is an omen.

It is even more outrageous to say that this is a sign of the death of the country.

There are all kinds of arguments.

In short, for a while, no one dared to touch these two seats.

It's not that there is no other choice left and right, so why take the risk.

At least it remains empty to this day.

"Guest, here's the map, take a look at it first."

The old eunuch took out a very rudimentary map and showed it to Ding Dang.

The map is so rudimentary that you can only see the approximate territory, with circles on it, like fish scales.

Ding Dang, who has learned similar knowledge, knows this, this fish-scale diagram of collecting taxes.

Each of these circles is a field on which to rely for the collection of taxes.

However, this one doesn't show roads, rivers, wells, etc., and it's not a march map, so it's not an important thing.

"I choose Beichen County."

Ding Dang didn't hesitate to choose one of them.

"For politics and morality, such as Beichen, live in its place and the stars arch ··········"

"Childe is really ambitious, and the future is limitless········"

The old eunuch joked with a smile.

"I borrow your auspicious words, this is 100,000 taels, I want a copy of the holy decree issued by the officials, and I also want a guard of honor."

"By the way, is there a blank holy decree, I need two copies, and I need to use a seal and a red pen."

The guard of honor and the holy decree are all extra money.

The price of a blank decree is particularly high, after all, the decree actually has anti-counterfeiting technology, and it is not easy for insiders to forge it.

"If it weren't enough, only 80,000 taels would be enough."

The old eunuch also found 20,000 taels of silver bills, all of which were bills from the big money bank, at least they could be redeemed for now.

Ding Dang pushed the money back with a smile, looked into the eyes of the old eunuch, and said softly:

"I'd like to buy you a message for the rest of the money."

"Oh?"

The old eunuch became interested, put the silver ticket in his sleeve, and his smile became much more real.

"Since our family left Ouchi, no one has asked our family to buy news······· Ask, 20,000 taels is enough to ask for any news! ”

"But let's say it first, we can only answer what we can, and this money will not be refunded."

"Don't regret it!"

This old eunuch is a generous person, just like an old man in an ordinary family, and he has no anger of other eunuchs at all.

"What I want to ask is that the red jade case that shocked the imperial city back then, the Ding family, Ding Shuhang, and the word Jinghua who were involved."

Ding Dang looked at the old eunuch's eyes and said slowly:

"Who is the one who falsely accused the Ding family of rebellion?"

"Who is behind it?"

"Who are the principals of the raids?"

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Ding Dang's voice was so soft that no one else could hear it.

Except for this old eunuch, the others are all half-sized, and it can be seen that they are also from the palace and understand the rules.

When they were talking here, they didn't glance over there, they just went about their own business.

"The Ding family········ You're talking about the grandson of the late Nanping Junhou, our family has heard about this. ”

The old eunuch obviously thought of something from Ding Dang's surname, and looked at it with some sympathy.

"Speaking of which, the Ding family is really a disaster, they just said a fair word in the court, but they were only known by the national teacher, so they were beaten into the chaotic party."

"The Taoist people are in turmoil, and from this point on, not only the Ding family suffers··········"

"If you want to talk about the main messenger behind the scenes, this is really difficult for our family."

"Our family was just a six-grade internal official in the palace back then, where did I know so deeply, but I heard that the national teacher didn't like it, and the Ding family boasted of being clear, most of them were rumors."

"Time has passed, and what happened back then, I am afraid it is difficult to know except for the parties involved."

"Young man, our family entered the palace at the age of ten and left the palace at the age of fifty-six, and I have been in the inner world for decades, and I have seen a lot of such things."

"This kind of thing is actually a confused account and can't be sorted out!"

"It's nothing more than the word party strife!"

"At present, in the twilight of the West Mountain, young people don't think about making a career, and they are always obsessed with old things, what's the point?"

"This world, it's already in chaos, let's think more about how to save your life!"

Ding Dang was silent for a moment.

After relieving his heart, he hugged his fists and thanked him, and said:

"Thank you for your forgiveness!"

The old eunuch smiled:

"No thanks, I thank you for taking care of my business."

But isn't it, if you say a few good words, you can earn 20,000 taels for nothing, this kind of good deal is not available every day.

Of course, it's worth a shout of thanks.

Ding Dang also knows this, but he still sincerely appreciates it.

"Then, if you fill in the holy decree for me, I will take it away now."

The old eunuch summoned a few servants, took out blank confession documents, and began to fill them out in front of him.

There are also norms for the exchange of official documents, and there are many cumbersome lines between the texts, and there are many anti-counterfeiting marks.

However, there is no need to worry here, after all, this is a fraud within the system, and it really can't be true.

Soon, his confessional documents, holy decrees, official seals, swords, and matching official robes were all in hand.

There is only the last guard of honor left, which is used to show off, after all, there are always some people who want to put on a show when they take office.

The old eunuch wrote a note to Ding Dang, and the handwriting on it was crooked and unreadable.

"The honor guard is temporarily short of people, but there are still a few sets of complete sets of items in the warehouse, you go and let people take them, even if the money and goods are cleared."

Ding Dang took this note and walked out of the small door next to it, and there was another street outside.

"Your Excellency!"

There are fifty people waiting here, all of whom are Taoist soldiers gifted by Jiang Bo.

This is Ding Dang's confidence.

"You, ten people, come with me to move things."

It's just some brands, costumes, and musical instruments, and it's only because the format is difficult to imitate that they can be sold at a price.

After taking the things, Ding Dang and the others got into the hired carriage, and the group left in a low-key manner.

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After Ding Dang left, the old eunuch suddenly sighed and said to the two little guys on the left and right:

"It's messy, it's all messy!"

"This Da Liao, I'm afraid it's not a few days, let's pack up our things tonight and don't live here!"

The half-grown man who led Ding Dang asked strangely:

"Godfather, what's wrong?"

The old eunuch shook his head, his face sank.

"You don't know, the national teacher back then····· That demon once said that the Ding family has a royal spirit. ”

"So, at that time, the Ding family was randomly found a name and exterminated!"

"Even the ancestral graves have been dug up and moved elsewhere!"

"I thought that after so many years, this matter would have passed a long time ago···········"

"But our family saw the Ding family again today!"

The old eunuch had a frightened look on his face, thinking back to what had happened at the beginning.

"That demon still has real skills, and in the first few years, when his ambitions were not revealed, he also did a few practical things."

"Since he said that the Ding family has a royal spirit, everyone originally thought it was a lie, but when I saw it today, our family believed it a little."

"Those ten people, you have also seen them during the day, all of them are rare generals in the world, they can be called ten thousand enemies in the army, but they are willing to act as a subordinate."

"If this man doesn't rebel, who can rebel?"