Chapter Eighty-Eight: Li Gang, the City Lord, Is Not Short of Money (1)
In a short period of time, the Drunken Spirit Building became an empty building, and the courtyard behind it became an empty and gloomy cold house. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Even interesting spiders crawled out of the opportunity, releasing their thousands of silks, scrambling to weave beautiful silk webs.
As the sun sets, the cold wind hits, the silk web floats up and down, and the little spiders hang down a filament, swinging happily and leisurely, and rendering this large courtyard like a much deserted mansion.
Wu Yan, who was dumbfounded, came back to his senses and hurriedly went to the pharmacy in the west of the city, just took a step, suddenly stood up again, and lamented dejectedly: "You don't have to go to the west of the city, you must move cleaner than here!"
Wu Yan's pitiful appearance made Hua Yuqing giggle.
Wu Yan admired the flowers and branches for a while, and was in a better mood, so he pulled Hua Yuqing to the Drunken Immortal Tower.
Hua Yuqing shook her head and said, "Don't you want to watch a good show?" Then let's wait a little longer, listen to the sound of horses' hooves, the first one to report will be there soon!"
As she spoke, Hua Yuqing took out two bottles of wine, threw one to Wu Yan, held one in her hand, and said with a smile: "You better fill your stomach well, there will be a time when you are hungry!"
"Where did you get this wine from, do you also have a storage ring?" Wu Yan looked Hua Yuqing up and down a few times, and saw that she didn't have a bag in her hand, and she didn't look like she could hide things, so he couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Hee-hee, I'm not as rich as you, I'm called a storage bag, and I don't have enough stuff. At noon, you took out so much wine, and I didn't even take a few sips before I quietly put it in a storage bag. Hua Yuqing patted a small sachet pinned to her waist and replied with a smile.
Storage bags?
This is also made with the spell of Sumeru mustard seeds, which can store things that are several times larger than their own size in their pockets.
Even if it's not as precious as a storage ring, it's not something that the average person can have!
What is the identity of this Hua Yuqing?
Wu Yan was even more curious in his heart.
Just as he was about to knock on the side, he suddenly pricked up his ears, and there was really a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, getting closer and closer to the Drunken Spirit Tower, listening to the sound, it was the first probe horse sent by President Bai.
This Hua Yuqing, why are your ears so good?
I have a spiritual sense, and my hearing is several times stronger than that of ordinary people.
But compared to Hua Yuqing, he is simply deaf!
Wu Yan couldn't help but ask, "Why are your ears so powerful!"
Hua Yuqing smiled playfully: "I'm a little fairy, naturally amazing!"
"That little fairy, can you tell me, where are you living in the immortals, and what are you doing in Taiyang City?" Wu Yan said nonsense, wanting to find out something while Hua Yuqing was not paying attention.
Hua Yuqing didn't answer, and said with a sneer: "You better drink more bars, this wine is so low, it's like tea, just enough to pad your stomach." ”
Wu Yanqi said: "The report is coming soon, don't we go up and take a look?" Besides, the city lord has already set up a banquet in the Drunken Immortal Tower, just waiting for us to go up." Wouldn't it be too much of a loss for us to eat here first?"
Hua Yuqing replied with a smile: "Loss, you think too much! Let me tell you a little story, you will understand after listening." ”
Hearing that Hua Yuqing had a story to tell, Wu Yan was secretly happy, so he pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
Unexpectedly, the story told by Hua Yuqing was not about herself at all, but about the city lord Li Gang.
"You must also know that Li Gang's family is very rich, and they are all ranked first in Jinyang Kingdom. Then guess what, why did Li Gang, who is so rich, come to a poor and remote place like Taiyang City to be a small city lord?" Hua Yuqing tilted her head and asked mysteriously.
"I know this, it is said that Li Gang took the initiative to apply and wanted to go to a third-tier town to experience life!" Wu Yan was not to be outdone, so he told what he knew.
"Look at Li Gang's appearance, does he look like a person who takes the initiative to find hardship?" Hua Yuqing pouted.
Wu Yan thought about it, and also felt that something was wrong.
After all, Wu Yan and Li Gang's baby son Li Cai are studying in the same school, and they know Li Cai well.
How do you look at it, this Li Cai and Li Gang, father and son, are like Brother Cong on the earth, they were born with endless money, except for walking birds and fighting cocks and idleness all day long, they have no ambition to make contributions at all!
Wu Yan's good curiosity also came up, so he urged Hua Yuqing to speak quickly.
Hua Yuqing no longer sold Guanzi, so she told Li Gang's story.
It turned out that Li Gang's family was too rich, and it was really boring to be idle all day long, so he wanted to spend money to donate a fame and become an official.
Thinking that his father was an old friend of Prime Minister Sima of Jinyang Kingdom during his lifetime, he pulled dozens of cars of gold and silver treasures and went to visit Prime Minister Sima, hoping to use the money to buy an official and a half-job.
Li Gang offered such a blatant bribe, of course Prime Minister Sima didn't dare to accept it, so he pretended to be honest and refused with words.
But Li Gang was left behind, saying that he wanted to entertain the son of the deceased.
Just a few days later, on the birthday of the queen mother of the king of Jinyang, Prime Minister Sima gave advice to the king, suggesting an amnesty to the world, and at the same time arranging an inconsequential position for the richer businessmen in the country.
This can not only reflect the love and care of the king and the queen mother for the people of the world, but also better envelop these local tyrants and let them donate more money and materials.
So, Prime Minister Sima, with a pair of three-inch tongues, so skillfully asked the king to give Li Gang the title of a third-level nobleman.
But he didn't think about it, when Li Gang heard the news, he thought that he was lucky, and felt that he didn't need to send any more money to Prime Minister Sima, so he said goodbye and returned to his hometown, and by the way, dozens of gold and silver treasures were also pulled back.
At this time, Prime Minister Sima was angry, so he admonished the king again, saying that he had heard a lot of rumors among the people, and they were scolding that this amnesty was set up to cover the feudal position of a big local tyrant like Li Gang, and it was not a sympathetic move at all.
When the king heard this, Long Yan was furious.
But the king's Chrysostom has been opened, and it is not easy to change it casually.
Prime Minister Sima offered another plan and arranged Li Gang to go to the remote city of Taiyang and take up the post of city lord.
It turned out that the status of Taiyang City was important, and the position of the city lord happened to be a third-level nobleman, even one level higher than the second-level nobleman of the county lord of Taiyang County.
Sending Li Gang to Taiyang City did not damage the majesty of the king, but also made Li Gang suffer a secret loss, and it was just enough to calm down the people's feelings of ape dung.
Li Gang was dumbfounded, but it was too late, so he had to obediently go to Taiyang City to take office.
Hearing Hua Yuqing's funny words, Wu Yan couldn't help laughing, thinking, this Li Cai and Li Gang are all ordinary stingy and arrogant, and they are worthy of being a bunch of fathers and sons!
The two were chatting happily, Hua Yuqing suddenly stopped, listened intently, and said, "The second batch of fast horses is about to arrive, let's hurry up and watch a good show!"