Chapter 51: Bribery
Following the sound of looking over, the gate of the courtyard was kicked in half and flew up, and Ah Hu, who was anxious, rushed in.
"Miss Xue, why did you come here? It's easy for me to find. Ah Hu complained anxiously, and hurriedly dragged Xue Rou to take her away.
Xue Rou only had time to say to Lu Yi, who was still standing in the courtyard, with a dazed expression and had not come back to his senses, "You go home first and wait for me." Then he was dragged away by the anxious Ah Hu.
Sitting on the bumpy ox cart, Xue Rou knew for the first time that the ox cart could run so fast, looking at Ah Hu who was whipping the cow's ass as if she was not going to die, Xue Rou silently moved away from her, and asked tentatively: "What's going on, Sister Ah Hu, why are you in such a hurry?" ”
Ah Hu's eyes were staring at the front, and he said without looking back: "There is someone from the capital, waiting for you to announce the decree." ”
Kyori, isn't that ...... No wonder Ah Hu is in such a hurry.
Under Ah Hu's desperate way of driving cattle, he soon arrived at the Yamen. In front of the originally deserted yamen there was a golden carriage parked, and in front of the carriage stood two people who looked imposing, one of them was wearing a vermilion official uniform, looking extraordinary, and holding a bright yellow scroll in his hand.
A large group of people on the opposite side knelt there, led by Zhu Xianling, who had a dark face and could only see a mouthful of white teeth when he laughed
As soon as Xue Rou got out of the car, before she could react, she was grabbed by Zhu Xianling's hand and knelt beside her, "Lord Envoy, Xue Rou has arrived." ”
Xue Rou touched the kneeling knee, and quietly raised her eyes to peek, but happened to meet the envoy on the opposite side who lowered his head and lowered his gaze, his eyes were up, Xue Rou brushed his head and lowered his head, and his heart was in a mess.
It's over, it's over, peeking at it and actually getting caught.
The envoy who looked unsmiling and dressed in a vermilion official uniform lifted his eyelids and glanced at Xue Rou lightly, brushed and unfolded the scroll in his hand, and his clear voice spread, "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said that the county of Linli County ordered Zhu Tongfu to make a meritorious offer...... Two thousand taels of silver...... Poor Xue Rou has meritorious offerings...... A thousand taels of silver ......"
"The minister takes the order." Zhu Xianling's sonorous and powerful words rang in everyone's ears, she raised her hands upwards and raised them high, but her eyes were lowered, and she didn't dare to look directly at the holy decree.
The envoy in the vermilion official uniform carefully placed the holy decree in the hands of the Zhu County Order.
After receiving the holy decree, Zhu Xianling stood up, carefully held the holy decree in his hand, and the old face smiled.
The envoy's face also showed a little smile, she was not smiling, but this smile made her look a lot softer, from a high-ranking envoy to an amiable colleague: "Congratulations, Zhu County Order." ”
The words are also very simple, just six words, no sycophancy, no flattery, but it feels different when it comes out of her mouth, it just makes people feel good.
Zhu Xianling's expression was natural, and his movements were more natural and he stuffed a bulging purse into the woman's hand, with a smile on his face: "Joy and joy, all the way here, the minister is tired, this official has booked a room in the best local inn, why don't you go and rest for a while?" ”
The woman did not shirk, and accepted the purse with a faint expression, but did not go to the inn according to the meaning of Zhu Xian's order, but looked at Xue Rou, who was still a little confused.
"This is Xue Rou?" The timbre is meadow, and the emotions are not audible.
Xue Rou hurriedly bowed, "Yes, Lord Envoy, under Xue Rou." ”
The envoy sighed, looked Xue Rou up and down, stayed on Xue Rou's face for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's a good look." ”
Xue Rou was used to being called by the little white face and the little white face before, but this time she was said to be a good look, but she didn't know if it was a real boast or a fake boast, and she was a little dazed for a while.
Fortunately, the envoy didn't seem to need Xue Rou to answer anything, and after saying this, he took the servant away.
Zhu Xian Ling naturally followed, leaving only Ah Hu and a group of full catchers.
Ah Hu helped Xue Rou up and quipped: "Everyone has gone away, and they are still watching!" Do you think that the envoy is powerful? ”
Xue Rou patted her chest and said perfunctorily: "Yes, yes, mighty!" But in his heart, he said: I am also very moody. I don't know why, she always feels that this envoy seems to have some faint hostility towards herself?
But they have only met for the first time, where is the hostility?
Ah Hu didn't pay attention to Xue Rou's perfunctory, patted Xue Rou's shoulder, and was elated, "Let's go, let's get the reward, you are really lucky, you can buy a lot of things with a thousand taels of silver." ”
Xue Rou reacted at this time, she still had a reward, when she announced the decree before, she was in a daze, and she was in a state of confusion and didn't pay attention to it.
Now I feel that something is wrong, although the silver thousand taels are already a lot, but in terms of their own merits, it seems that it may not be too much!
It costs three hundred taels to buy a house, and it costs almost one thousand taels to buy three houses, and Zhu Xianling's reward doesn't seem to be very much.
What kind of gold taels does the emperor in the TV series have, no matter how bad it is, it is also a hundred taels of gold, why has he shrunk so much?
Could it be that the emperor's treasury is tight today and he has no money in his hands?
Ah Hu took Xue Rou into the yamen, and several large boxes that had been sealed suddenly entered Xue Rou's eyes, and when he opened it, he saw that the silver ingots with white flowers were lying in the boxes one after another, making the dusty yamen also shine.
1,000 taels of silver, 100 catties when converted! It's so heavy, it's really not easy for these people to pick it up from the capital all the way here, I'm afraid they even have their shoulders broken, right?
Because there were too many things, Ah Hu also sent a few helpers to Xue Rou to carry the silver for her.
On the way back, Xue Rou walked all the way and was looked at like a monkey.
When they arrived at the grocery store, the two catchers quickly put down their things and were about to leave, but Xue Rou stopped them and asked them to wait.
turned around and went to his room, took out two handfuls of sugar wrapped in oiled paper, came out and handed them to the two, "The two eldest sisters have worked hard, this is a little bit of heart, please don't shirk." ”
Xue Rou felt that she hadn't learned anything else in this feudal society, but she had learned a lot, and she had never imagined that she would bribe others so naturally.
The two of them didn't care much about taking the oil paper bag, just thinking that it was some worthless things, "Then thank you Miss Xue, let's leave first." ”
When the two of them left the grocery store and opened the oiled paper bag, their eyes suddenly widened.
What's, what is this? Why haven't I seen it before?
In order to prevent the filling from being exposed, Xue Rou bought the kind of sugar gummy candy without packaging, which came in various colors of red, red, green and green.
But in the eyes of the two, these candies look good, they just don't look like they are eaten.
The two looked at each other, one of them was a little bolder, got closer and smelled it, and suddenly a sweet and sour taste poured into his nasal cavity, and he dared to pinch a small yellow one and put it in his mouth, chewing it, and suddenly the sweet fragrance filled his mouth.
His eyes widened, his voice full of surprise, and he patted his companion on the shoulder, "Sugar, sugar!" It's sugar! "It's just that it tastes a little weird, maybe it's mixed with water, right?
The companion's pupils contracted suddenly, and he lowered his head with a brush, originally holding the oil-paper bag casually with one hand, but now it was suddenly changed to holding the oil-paper bag in both hands, as if holding a treasure.