Zhang Guangtao, the deputy general of the Hedong Jiedu Envoy, stood in front of the well in the courtyard, raised the bucket that had just been filled with water with both hands, raised it above his head and aimed at his ** sturdy upper body and rushed down, and then shivered with cold all over his body, and the hair on his body shook out, like a black dog that shook off the water.

The servant of the family came to the courtyard, bowed down and crossed his hands and said, "Ah Lang, there are two merchants outside the door who have come to visit, saying that they are distant relatives over there in Guanzhong. ”

Zhang Guangtao muttered strangely: "I don't have any relatives over there in Guanzhong, forget it, you can call them in." ”

Yan Zhuang's cronies changed into two outfits that looked more expensive today, and the people of the city looked at the clothes and horses and saddles, these outfits made Zhang Guangtao not dare to underestimate the two, but just arched his hand and asked: "Where are the two distinguished guests from?" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled and said, "We came from Chang'an, and we have long heard that there is such a distant relative as General Zhang, so we came to visit." ”

Zhang Guangtao said humbly: "Where is there anything to offer, but a small deputy general is just looking up to others." ”

One of the cronies looked around at the courtyard of the Zhang family, nodded in surprise and said: "I also know a little bit about feng shui, looking at the weather of your mansion, the master should not only be a deputy general, at least above the third grade." ”

This untraceable compliment made Zhang Guangtao feel very comfortable, and hurriedly invited the guests into the house to sit, while asking: "The family used to be relatively depressed, and there is no family tree left, I don't know which branch of the Zhang family you are?" ”

The cronies pretended to be frenzied and waved their hands and said: "There is no need to be so clear, no matter how many generations have been separated from our family affection, when I came to Taiyuan today, I gave you some native products from Chang'an as a meeting gift." ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to the cronies behind him, and the other party ran to the carriage outside and brought a heavy box.

He moved this thing to the desk in Zhang's mansion, Zhang Guangtao couldn't figure out what it was, kept glancing at it from the corner of his eye, and then asked nervously: "How can I bear it when you two give me such a heavy gift, and please explain your true intention." ”

The two of them directly crossed their hands and said with a smile: "Some things are better than not to say them, I want to say that we, poor relatives, will definitely touch your light in the future, you will definitely not believe it, in this case, you have a good rest, we will come back to visit another day." ”

"Huh? The two of them stayed for dinner, and then left. ”

"No, no." The two of them quickly walked out of Zhang's mansion and left in a hurry, as if they had just stolen something here.

Zhang Guangtao's wife and concubine had already secretly seen the box wrapped in yellow silk in the inner room, and while her husband was sending the guests out, they hurriedly slipped into the main hall to untie the silk cloth and see what treasure they had sent.

When General Zhang came back after sending off the guests, he saw two women pounding around the gifts, and stopped him angrily: "What are you doing here?" Don't just dismantle things sent by outsiders. ”

Although his tone was serious, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and approached, and the two women naturally didn't listen to their husbands' nagging, and untied the silk cloth and saw the true face of Lushan in the box.

"Wow, even the box is made of mahogany inlaid with copper, and you said that the contents are so precious."

"Open it and see it, won't you?"

The two of them opened the lid of the box, and the soft golden light reflected it, leaving all three of them stunned. The lady and the concubine were even more confused, and the first thing they fantasized about was a comfortable life. There are gold and silver shops in the north market of Taiyuan City, and they know what the exchange ratio of gold and silver is to Tongbao, and having so much gold is equivalent to getting rich. You can exchange as many fields as you want, you can change as many mansions as you want, you can put a lot of pepper in boiled mutton, and you can buy any sachet and pillow with confidence.

Zhang Guangtao quickly woke up from his confusion, he knew that this gold was not so good, and the people who gave it would definitely ask him for higher returns in the future, and they kept saying that they were from Chang'an, and the subtext had already shown that they were lobbyists under Li Siye.

While the two women were groping for gold, he quickly snatched the gold from their hands and threw it back into the box, closed the lid and said, "This gold is not coming from the right way, seal it up first, and return the original to others when the time comes." ”

The two ladies hurriedly stepped forward to protect the gold, and said as if they were sprinkled: "We don't care, how can we return the things sent to the door?" ”

Zhang Guang said angrily: "What do you mothers-in-law know, these things can kill me!" ”

"Hey, you can scare yourself, you also collected a lot of money for others during your time as a deputy general, and you didn't see that thing kill you, you can be scared of the gold in your hand, you will never get rich without guts."

He was almost angry with these two women and vomited blood, he almost died because of greed, but fortunately, his younger brother ran around and sacrificed his good horse to Deng Jingshan, so he got his life. It was only a few days after this incident, and they forgot the frightened husband and saw only the golden gold, which was the opening of the eyes of money.

"Go back to the room for Lao Tzu, sooner or later Lao Tzu will be planted in the hands of your two mothers-in-law."

"Hmph, let's go!" The two ladies twisted their plump bodies and walked back, they had already made up their minds to close the door tonight and not allow Zhang Guangtao to come in, which would be regarded as a punishment for them.

After the distant relatives who gave the gift left, Zhang Guangtao began to scratch his ears and cheeks, anxiously trying to find them, as soon as possible to make this matter clear, if the other party's request he can't bear, or can't do it, he will quickly return it to someone, and put it here in his heart is very hot.

In fact, he has exposed his weakness, that is, he takes money and other things outside his body too seriously, so that if he takes risks, he will also be exploited by people with ulterior motives. He actually didn't want to admit it, he just wanted the gold, but he was afraid of losing his life, and he could sell everything for the gold in his consciousness except for life.

Zhang Guangtao waited in this heart for more than half a month, waiting for him to mistakenly think that the other party was going to forget the gold, and Yan Zhuang's two cronies were finally late.

"General Zhang, I am busy with business these days, and I really can't spare time to come to see you, and I finally came to Taiyuan for business today. So I came to visit by the way. “

Zhang Guangtao reluctantly hugged the gold in front of them, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Please take back these golds, Zhang Guangtao has no merit, and it is really not appropriate to take these golds." ”

The two looked at each other and said with a smile on their faces: "General Zhang, why is this, we just want to make friends and recognize your distant relative, but it is just an exchange of courtesies between friends." ”

"Even if it is a gift exchange, these gifts are too heavy, Zhang Guangtao knows that people are soft-spoken, and he can't repay the generous gifts of the two."

"Where do we need anything to repay, even if we have our own purpose, we just want to take the opportunity to get to know you and get to know a few more heroes of the Hedong Army."

"It's as simple as that?" Zhang Guangtao's eyes widened in surprise.

Their eyes narrowed into a slit, and they said with a smile: "Please also ask General Zhang to help us introduce us, especially those in power in the army who are dissatisfied with Dr. Deng and have no hostility to the imperial court in Chang'an." ”