The county lord hummed and helped Lao Liu's shoulders and got out of the carriage.

The two walked briskly into the room, and two attendants stood guard outside the door. The county respected that he couldn't walk fast, so he was almost lying on Lao Liu's body and was carried into the house by Lao Liu.

Fortunately, Lao Liu is strong and strong, otherwise ordinary people can't carry the county zun who is not skinny.

Lao Liu's home is very small, there is only one room, no bedroom and no kitchen, a bed is placed on the east wall of the house, and there is a pot stove under the west wall. There was a shabby table in the middle, and there were two stools around the table, but other than that, there was not much left.

It's not the first time that the county has come, but he still can't help but say, "I give you a lot of silver every year, why don't you repair the house?"

Lao Liu brought a cup of tea to the county honor. The teacup was specially reserved for the county lord at home for the county lord to use when he came, and the tea was specially bought by him yesterday. He scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "The little ones don't dare to renovate the house, for fear of the ground... The ground was discovered. Besides, the small one doesn't need to be renovated, and the small one doesn't marry a daughter-in-law. ”

"Who said you don't marry a daughter-in-law? Are you really ready to live alone for the rest of your life?" The county took a sip of tea, thinking to himself, this old Liu is also a heart, and he doesn't know where to buy this tea, although it is not delicious, but it is expensive. Obviously, only people who don't know about tea will buy this tea.

Lao Liu is a person who was accidentally discovered by the county lord, and speaking of which, he can be regarded as Lao Liu's life-saving benefactor. Although the county was only a gesture at that time, it was not even a gesture, it could only be said to be a coincidence.

But Lao Liu has regarded the county lord as a great benefactor since then, and every New Year's Day, he always spends half a year's savings to buy something to give to the county zun, and he doesn't accept it, and he kneels outside the county zun's house for a long time without leaving, and he has knelt for three days and three nights at a time. I almost fell to my knees outside.

Later, in order to solve this trouble, the county zun accepted the gift, and later, the county zun saw that he was so loyal, so he thought that he could use him. So Lao Liu became the eyeliner of the county.

Lao Liu is honest, but he is not lacking in cleverness, plus he is a carriage driver, often driving the carriage around the city and outside the city, Chengdu has to run back and forth several times a year, so the county respecter asked him to help him pass on or find out the news.

Over time, he became the confidant of the county.

The biggest henchman around the county is Zhao Biao, and Lao Liu is second only to Zhao Biao's henchman.

Speaking of his daughter-in-law, Lao Liu's face was a little swollen and said: "The little one can't find the daughter-in-law, and no woman can look down on the small one." ”

"What about the money in your hand? I heard that you don't gamble, you don't drink, and you don't go to the kiln, what about the money?"

"The silver is here...", Lao Liu ran to the stove and pulled the firewood and grass on the ground.

"Stop, come here, who let you take it out? I asked you how many?"

Lao Liu folded his fingers and counted for a long time, and then replied solemnly: "A total of three hundred and eighty-two taels and three coins have been saved." ”

"So much?" The county was taken aback, but he didn't expect Lao Liu to save so much silver: "Why are you worried that you can't marry a daughter-in-law with so much silver?" You just need to take out fifty taels and shake it in front of the village chiefs, and I guarantee that someone will come to your door to tell you about your marriage within three days, and the date will be set within fifteen days. What the hell are you thinking?" The county respected that Lao Liu was not really stupid, he was just pretending to be stupid in front of the villagers.

Lao Liu lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Say, what do you think. The county respected the accent.

Lao Liu scratched his head again before he said, "The little one... The little one who does things for the adults is to repay the kindness, not to ask the adults to give the silver, but if the adults have to give it, the villain will save the silver and return it to the adults before he dies in the future. "Together

The county magistrate was stunned for a moment, and scolded your uncle: "Are you all solid in your head? You do things for me, I will give you money, it is righteous, why should you give me back before you die? Can this official ask for your silver? What a fool! I order you to marry my daughter-in-law before the end of this year, otherwise you will not come to give me gifts in the future." I won't take it if I kneel to death!"

Lao Liu was stupid, he stayed for a long time, and he didn't know what to say, so he scratched his ears and cheeks.

Seeing him like this, the county respected smiled helplessly: "Don't waste time, let's get down to business." ”

Not to mention marrying a daughter-in-law, Lao Liu returned to normal, walked to the end of the bed, groped for a moment, grabbed a small pull ring, pulled hard, and a hole appeared, revealing the stairs. There was a man standing at the bottom of the stairs, and when he looked up and saw Lao Liu, he walked up.

"Your Excellency. "When the man came up, he bowed his hand to the county.

The county said, "How are you doing?"

"Lord Qiyu, everything is normal. The man replied.

The county respectfully said: "How is the group of medicinal herb merchants?"

The man said: "Now digging in the west of the village, I asked, they don't force it, they dig it, they dig it, and if they don't dig it, they don't dig it." I didn't find anything abnormal for the time being, and it was a wealthy businessman from Shandong. The shot is generous. ”

The county lord asked the man to go back and closed the entrance of the secret passage again: "Lao Liu, get in the carriage and take me to see them." ”

"Your Excellency, you can't show your face..."Old Liu said urgently.

The county said: "I don't show up, just sit in the car, you drive the carriage and pretend to pass by, and then ask about the situation, I'll just listen in the car." ”

So Lao Liu drove the car and continued on the road. I drove to the west of the village, and sure enough, I saw a group of people gathered there.

"Dog leftover, wasn't your house the first to dig, what are you doing here?" Lao Liu's carriage walked to the pile of people first, sat on the carriage and asked to stretch his neck to look at the shovel he was digging.

Gou Yu turned around and said, "I'll take a look, they showed it today." By the way, they made up our money. What a nice guy. ”

Old Liu Qi said: "Have you made up your family's money? Is there such a good thing?"

Lao Liu heard yesterday that the first house was the dog leftover, and the dog leftover's father and mother were not at home at that time, and the dog leftovers made their own decisions, and the two copper plates were let them dig up. Later, everyone was three dollars of silver, and Lao Liu felt a pity for the dog leftovers, but he didn't expect the rich businessmen to make up for the dogs' leftover money. Lao Liu used to believe that there was no business and no treachery, but this time he really couldn't imagine it.

Gou Yu pouted: "What's a good thing, some people seem to have a lot of medicinal herbs in their fields, and they will give more, and the third uncle's family got four coins of silver." ”

Lao Liu asked the villagers about other situations.

A few days ago, they kept hiding and not showing what kind of herbs they were digging up, but today they showed it. But even after showing it, the villagers still couldn't understand what they were digging.

Sometimes, when digging three or five shovels, they would squat down and pick through the dirt and put them in a black cloth bag. Sometimes they dig dozens of shovels before squatting down to pick. And the things that were picked out looked very similar to the dirt, and the villagers couldn't see any difference at all.