Hidden in the depths of the winding path, the study under the shadow of the green bamboo, which was the most peaceful place in the whole house, suddenly came out of it with the sound of porcelain breaking, probably because it was still not enough to relieve the anger, after a short blank, there was a muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and a series of angry scolding sounded like a raging storm. The voice was full of anger, but it seemed very irritable, at first it was still roaring and counting something, and then it was just a few meaningless curses.

The two guards outside the study were as straight as swords, but their faces were getting whiter and whiter. They tried to keep themselves from listening to the curses that burst out of the tiny cracks, from imagining the terrible scene that was happening in the study, and even forgetting about the fact that they were standing in the doorway.

The study room against the wall is a row of extremely high bookshelves, the style is simple and simple, the material is the precious Beidi sunken smokewood, on which all kinds of books are neatly stacked, and the spare places in the corners are dotted with all kinds of exquisite ornamental ornaments. A vase, or teapot, that once stood here as well, has been shattered into porcelain tiles of all sizes on the floor. The mahogany desk in front of the bookshelf was extremely large, and there were files of different lengths on it, and several scrolls of vermilion lacquer and mud were particularly eye-catching, which were actually urgent reports from the border army that had just been opened. The chair behind the desk is also extremely large, not as simple and elegant as the general reader's study, whether it is carved wood or gilded lines, it looks extremely luxurious and graceful.

At this moment, a young man was sitting cross-legged on the seat of the chair, but the other foot did not even take off his boots, and stepped on the cushion that fell to the ground very casually. He leaned forward, pointed forward with one finger, and everyone in front of the bookcase, whether they were pointed at by a finger or not, all lowered their heads with pale faces, trembling and trembling, and even dared to breathe heavily, and their buttocks only dared to be next to the edge of the chair, for fear that if they sat a little more, they would become a mountain of knives and a sea of fire.

The young man's voice was loud and powerful, and every time he scolded him, he would suddenly raise his voice a few times, and thunder roared in all corners of the study, breaking through the cobwebs hidden in the corners, startling the dust that had not been wiped off the bookshelves for a long time, and shocking the blood on everyone's faces.

"Tell me, is this guy a stupid pig? No, I don't think it's even a pig! I just used a pig as the governor of the Northern Army, and 50,000 pigs also arched Anlin City. ”

On the seat was the most powerful prince of the Southern Tang Empire, the second prince Wei Mingxuan. There were two waiters sitting in the room, one was in command of the servants, and the other was a young secretary, although it was not him who was scolding, everyone present lowered their heads a little more in silence, and did not dare to say a few good words to a colleague who was sitting thousands of miles away at the moment, and even did not dare to attach the second prince who was angry.

Wei Mingxuan sneered, he withdrew the finger that had been raised to the point of soreness, clenched it into a fist and hammered it on the table, and scolded angrily in the loud sound that was so heavy that it was muffled, "And you, it's okay to be greedy for some silver, but you dare to stretch out your hand for the military salary in the north." One by one, I was impressed, what a courage. ”

Hearing that no one dared to squeak, the voice of the second prince became more and more angry, and it became more and more acerbic because of the thick mockery, "Cao Liangji, don't you have two outer mansions in your hometown of Liangzhou." Oh no, I've recently added a bastard who has not seen the light of day. A person like you also has a son, and God is really blind. But you have enough money to support ten women and ten sons. ”

The named official Zuo Shilang buried his head deeply, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed or shocked that his private affairs that he thought he had hidden well were all in the hands of the second prince. A plain face suddenly turned red like a piece of pork liver at this moment, but he didn't dare to answer, until he heard the next words of the second prince, he suddenly sweated like pulp, slipped directly from the seat, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic.

"Since I don't want people to know, then I'll be a good person, take a hand, and let everyone know."

Wei Mingxuan's voice was suddenly steady and gentle, as if he was talking about the most ordinary parents in the neighborhood. However, who in the audience didn't understand the ruthlessness revealed between the lines, let alone take any luck with the thunderous methods of the second prince.

Wei Mingxuan looked down at Cao Liangji, the left attendant who was lying on the ground, and looked at the bright red blood that gradually faded from the satin of his robe pressed under his knees, and his face was slightly pale. Just when everyone thought that this turmoil, or this episode in the turmoil, was about to be revealed, and they summed up with emotion whether Cao Liangji's luck or eyesight were good, how could he find a piece of broken porcelain and kneel down in so many open spaces, Wei Mingxuan's voice suddenly roared like thunder and lightning, compared to the short calm before, the sudden outbreak at this time was even more terrifying.

"Cheap bones! There is no useless bone!! ”

Wei Mingxuan cursed viciously as he picked up a scroll on the desk and smashed it into Zuo Shilang's face.

Yuanfeng's ten years of "Annotations to the Poetry Dictionary" weighed six or seven pounds of thousands of pages, and the thick spine smashed under his eyes, and suddenly a deep blood mark appeared on the position of his cheekbones, Cao Liangji only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he straightened up and didn't dare to move slightly, but he heard Wei Mingxuan's roar smashing his head and face like throwing a book before.

"What a. The standing general, the sitting prime minister, when did I have a cheap bone in the Tang Dynasty that you like to kneel so much. One day, when the Northern Qi troops arrived, it is estimated that the first person to kneel in front of the labor army is a guy like you who has no two or two heavy bones. ”

The words were so heart-wrenching that the adults, who had thought that sitting was better than kneeling, suddenly quietly moved their butts behind the chairs. However, Cao Liangji's face was embarrassed, and he only felt that his usually clever brain was buzzing at the moment, and he didn't know whether to kneel or sit for a while.

But when he heard Wei Mingxuan's voice, he looked around and said, "This king can't stand you kneeling, even if he wants to kneel, he has to really sit on that seat and kneel again." ”

Everyone's faces were solemn, but their hearts were secretly happy, such rebellious words were often unspeakable, and they could hear the second prince say it, so naturally they had to be trusted cronies. Even Cao Liangji was extremely moved, and took advantage of this opportunity to struggle to stand up, but he didn't dare to sit down, so he could only stand aside with an extremely ugly face.

I don't know if it was the broken porcelain smeared with blood on the ground, or the mottled blood stains dripping on the ground, which finally made this third-grade master wake up from the stormy scolding, thinking that since it was useless to have some blood, there was only one possibility, that is, he didn't have enough blood. Thinking of this, Cao Liangji suddenly cried and shouted as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

"Your Highness, I am willing to pay 600,000 taels of silver to atone for my sins."

Everyone was startled, no matter how low their eyebrows were at this moment, they couldn't help but peek at this colleague standing next to them, only to feel that his figure stood out in front of their own sitting people. I thought that I knew early on that the position of the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials was a hot fat shortage, but I didn't expect that it would be so fat that it would flow to such a point, and it would only take three or five years to be transferred from the Qingshui Yamen Yushitai, which flies disdain, to be transferred to the Ministry of Officials, and it would only take three or five years to save such a family business. After envy, his face was difficult to look at, this guy who is not light or heavy, has a big family, and his mouth is 600,000 taels, so how can we deal with ourselves if the way to make money is not broad enough and the means are not vicious enough.

It's not a big deal to sell yourself.

"Six hundred thousand taels?"

Wei Mingxuan looked at his subordinates standing in front of the table playfully, only looked at Cao Liangji covered in cold sweat, and assured with a sad face, "Your Highness, this is really all my belongings since I added the previous years." ”

Wei Mingxuan sighed, very comfortable and lay on the huge backrest, his right knuckle gently scraped on the armrest, making a small and sharp sound, which made people very uncomfortable to listen to, but the second prince enjoyed it very much and sighed, "The ancients are honest and I don't deceive, they always say that life and death see the truth, and if you don't reach the moment of life and death, I really don't know that Zuo Shilang is so loyal to me." ”

Cao Liangji lowered his head, and his face was extremely ugly. Those who are officials in the same dynasty on the left and right, most of them are sad and related, and they look at their noses and noses, but they can't hear anything funny in the words of the second prince.

Probably because of Qu Gao and Widow, Wei Mingxuan felt a little bored, so he simply moved the other foot up, and sat cross-legged on the chair. Compared with the previous overwhelming waves crashing on the shore, the current words fall into the ears of the public, and they are simply silent with the wind and drizzle.

"I don't know what you've done, but there are always 100,000 taels deducted from the salaries of the border army. Therefore, it is always necessary to have 200,000 taels of interest with interest. Are you convinced? ”

Cao Liangji, who had tasted the ups and downs of life at this moment, resisted the urge to kneel down again to thank him, and his heart was relieved to cry tears, and at a glance, he really showed some true feelings, and said in a continuous voice, "Obey, Your Highness will decide, and the officials will be convinced, and they will never dare to do anything more in the future." ”

Wei Mingxuan sighed, stared at this subordinate who would probably be even more desperate in the future, probably felt that such a stupid person was not worth his scolding, and after thinking about it, he actually laughed and said, "When did I say that you are not allowed to be greedy, but there is still a way to steal, you are all pillars of the country, and you are also more elegant in this matter of greed, don't see silver like a fly smelling blood." Some silver can't be greedy, some silver shouldn't be greedy, it's good to be a particular person and do some things. is the silver that can be greedy, so greedy that the people's resentment boils and the army's heart mutinies, and I will slaughter you as well. If you are greedy enough for the people to send you umbrellas and set up workshops, and if you are so greedy that the soldiers will die for you, I only ask you to be as greedy as possible. ”

"It's a good thing to have greed, unlike those clear streams, where empty talk becomes a. It's this king, sitting here and greedy for a big chair, it may not be comfortable to sit on, but I just like it. Everyone knows that I'm still greedy for the biggest chair in the world, so what's wrong. ”

When everyone heard this, they all stood up solemnly, bowed their hands and said, "I am willing to die for His Highness." ”

Wei Mingxuan snorted, and draped his hair back very casually, looking at these loyal subordinates, listening to those extremely sincere and sincere words, he didn't necessarily feel much moved, but said coldly, "It's not time for you to die yet." But Cao Liangji, this king tells you, no matter what method you use, if the northwest frontier army does not see 200,000 silver in ten days, I will sink your two outer chambers and children into the well together. If twenty days have not arrived, I will send your family to death. ”

"And you, all those who are greedy for military salaries, have made up for me at this time."

"By the way, give me a message to Bai Zhengqing, the pig." Wei Mingxuan's body leaned forward, slapped a heavy slap on the Zhu Qi military newspaper on the desk, and with the other hand, he slapped everyone who was standing or sitting one by one, his cruel eyes were like poisonous snakes that chose people to devour, looking at everyone's heads and hating to lower their knees, then he gritted his teeth and said, "If you can't capture Anlin City this month, I will punish him for the nine clans!" ”