He had met the Rui princess once, she was a wooden beauty at that time, with empty eyes and cowering demeanor, without the bearing of a princess of the feudal town. However, when I looked at it under the candlelight tonight, I saw that Princess Rui was like a fairy in the clouds, with a noble and gorgeous temperament, a beautiful appearance, and an indescribable noble and intelligent aura between her eyebrows.

It's like a different person!

Zeng County's heart sank, and he suddenly felt dizzy.

"As the county magistrate of the former county, you can't manage the former county well, causing the gangsters to break into the palace and harm the princess, which is extremely dereliction of duty. This is a murder of the royal family, a heinous crime, Lao Zeng. Pei Qing's nails tapped lightly on the tabletop, and the sound reached Zeng Xianling's ears, causing his whole body to shake suddenly.

Zeng Xian Ling was relaxed like a prostration, just now, he thought that Princess Rui had caught the evidence that he instructed people to commit murder, and his heart was still shocked, but it turned out that she was just using the excuse to make trouble and use the topic to play.

The murder of the princess is very important, he can come secretly, but he must not do it openly, let alone let Princess Rui find out about his involvement, otherwise she will really let her report the news to the capital, and it is not for him, a small county magistrate, to hold it.

"Yes, the lower officials know their mistakes." Zeng County's begging for mercy became very simple, "Please punish the princess." ”

Pei Qing withdrew his nails and glanced lightly at the Li guard, who had subdued Zeng County's order with one hand, and his gaze swept over his strong arms and long legs.

The latter gave her a cold, questioning look.

Pei Qing's eyelashes twitched, and he looked away as if nothing had happened.

Zeng Xianling noticed the silence in the room, and couldn't help but hold his breath, and his newly calmed heart rose again.

I only heard Princess Rui say lightly: "Of course, you will be punished, half of your family property will be confiscated, and half of the production of stone sulfur ore will be given to this princess, and this princess will be assassinated." Officials performance appraisal that...... It will not cause chaos to the Zeng County Order. ”

Zeng County Ling blinked, only hesitated for a moment and responded: "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

The other party is here to ask for money for a long time, what does this prove? Prove that what he did was not exposed! It's good to ask for money, it's best to ask for money.

Immediately after, Zeng Xianling felt that the mountain on his shoulders had moved, and he had been thrown aside like a sack.

Pei Qing cleared his throat, didn't look at Zeng Xianling, and instead shouted to the door in a crisp voice: "Ah Chai, Ah Chai? You take someone on a trip with the people of Zeng County, and be sure not to share half of his family property. ”

A young man responded excitedly from outside the door: "Yes, princess Niangniang, the villain will definitely do it!" ”

When Zeng Xianling heard this, the skin and flesh on his face twitched, and he subconsciously wanted to move his steps, but he looked at the Li guards who were pressuring him just now, and his eyes were as cold as blades.

After a trance, Zeng County Commander dispelled the idea of escaping, and honestly called his subordinates to take Achai and the others to the treasury to carry gold and silver.

After each of the people in the palace hugged a large bag of gold and silver and stepped out with heavy steps, Pei Qing stood up elegantly, and said to Zeng County Ling with a slight bow: "Old Zeng, govern the former county well, and if there is another incident of gangsters trespassing into the palace, it will not be solved by half of the family's production capacity." ”

Zeng County Ling lost a large sum of money that he had worked hard to accumulate for many years, and his heart was dripping blood, but there was a master like Li Guard, who was watching from the side, and he dared not speak angrily, he bowed his head and said: "Yes, Xiaguan...... Remembered. ”

Looking at Pei Qing again, he held his back with one hand, and made a slight gesture to Guard Li with the other, and stepped out.

Guard Li walked over, quietly handed out his forearm, let her grasp it in her hand as a crutch, and led the people of the palace with their heads held high.

Everywhere they went, they were like wolves entering a flock of sheep, and the Zeng family who was beaten down by everyone in the palace were all trembling, and they didn't understand why they were the same people, why were the people of the palace so imposing, and when they rushed over, they were like wolves and tigers?

*

With excitement and admiration, Ah Chai carried the gold and silver home with the rest of the royal family.

Yes, since he was assigned a house, he felt that he was also a family man.

With a home, other things will slowly have in the future, this is the hope of life, Achai has never been as eager to live as he is at this moment, and to manage his life.

Tonight, all this gold and silver were obtained by the princess from Zeng County Ling, who is Zeng County Ling? That's a big official from the capital who was born in the two rankings of Jinshi! The first thing he did after coming was to raise taxes, and there were so many tax items that Ah Chai's uncle's family couldn't pay the taxes, so they had to sell his cousin to Ren Yazi, and if he hadn't been sold into the palace by his father, I'm afraid he would have to leave his hometown like his cousin and never return.

Such a powerful Zeng County Order, when the princess arrived, responded to her requests, and she was worse than them as civilians, and she spit out half of the scavenged people's fat and ointment.

In the future, following the princess, will the old folks in the former county be able to pay less taxes?

Ah Chai was still immersed in the mood of worship, and the gold and silver in his hand were firmly hugged, for fear of missing the property belonging to Pei Qing.

However, when she returned to the palace, the first thing the princess did was not to collect the treasures that belonged to her, but to take out a part of it and send it to everyone who bravely entered the Zeng County Ling's house with her this time.

Ah Chai not only received all the monthly money that was owed before, but also got one or two silver from the princess in the form of a "start-up bonus".

The moment he received the money, Ah Chai was so excited that he cried, he never expected that today was just running errands, but he got the monthly money that he could only earn by working for a year before, his gratitude was indescribable, and he could only secretly swear in his heart that he would serve the princess well in the future.

Ah Chai didn't think about what to do to serve Pei Qing, Pei Qing had already taken them into the main courtyard of the palace.

"Pile all this gold and silver on the ground," Pei Qing signaled to everyone, "Don't be stunned, it's weird." ”

All the subordinates who were holding the property belonging to the princess were puzzled and slowly put down the things in their hands, acting carefully for fear that these gold bricks and silver ingots would grow legs and run away.

A total of 1,200 taels, just now Pei Qing used dozens of taels to write off the arrears of monthly money, and gave an additional dozens of taels of entrepreneurial bonuses, and now there are still a large piece of precious metals on the ground.

Someone looked at the dazzling gold and silver on the ground, and asked Pei Qing cautiously: "Niangniang, do you want the villain to find a few boxes to pack these things?" ”

The exposure of wealth and silk does not conform to the hearts of the people and is too eye-catching.

Pei Qing was already seated in the main seat at this time, and there was a Li guard standing beside her with a straight back like a green pine, and she smiled slightly: "That's the way it is." ”

Is that what it means?

The famous sentence "wealth is not exposed" passed down from the ancestors, has the princess never heard it?

The subordinates looked at each other, and some people had already begun to mumble in their hearts, why did the princess look like a fairy in the sky, and she actually had the heart of a mortal to show off......

Pei Qing took the different colors on everyone's faces into her eyes, and found that no one understood her intentions, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Guard Li, but only saw a cold side face with a knife and axe.

Probably noticing her gaze, Guard Li turned his head sideways, his deep eyes were like an ancient pool hiding infinite wind and clouds, and he asked lightly: "Princess, what is this?" ”

Pei Qing narrowed his eyes, his red lips curved into a soft curve, and his eyes flashed with a cunning light: "Catch mice." ”

*

When, when, when.

More drums, three more.

The imposing Ruiwang Mansion stood in the dark night, like a giant beast with closed eyes, and it was dark and dreary everywhere.

At this moment, on the wall of the palace, three figures appeared.

A fat figure said: "Boss, this palace is too big, how much oil do you have to bring to burn it all?" ”

A thin figure said: "The buckle and rope surnamed Zeng gave us three barrels of oil, do we have to pay for the extra oil?" ”

When a medium-sized person in the middle heard this, he groaned a little and said: "Good steel is used on the blade, Zeng County Decree just wants Princess Rui to die, and she can't withdraw the domain if she doesn't die, so let's burn the place where Princess Rui lives, and burn her to death." ”

The fat man sighed and said, "The palace is so big, how many times do we have to touch the way to find out where Princess Rui lives?" Annoying, annoying. ”

The medium-sized man patted his brother on the shoulder and said confidently, "It's not easy? Follow me. ”

After that, he took the lead in sneaking into the Rui Wang's Mansion, and touched all the way into the main courtyard of the palace like an old horse.

As soon as they entered the main courtyard, the three of them were stunned.

I saw that the whole Ruiwang Mansion was pitch black, only the main courtyard was brightly lit, the door panel was open, and there was a stunning beauty sitting indoors, and there was a large pile of gold and silver treasures on the floor.

The beautiful woman guarding the treasure is only eighteen or nineteen years old, her complexion is as white as cream, her lips are red as petals, her eyes are as big as peach blossom eyes, her figure is slender, and her temperament is clear.

Her smile, like the immobilization technique released by the gods, instantly fixed the three people outside the door in place.

After a while, after three knocks, three barrels of fire oil fell to the ground, and the three people who came to set the fire suddenly woke up.

"Boss, a lot of money......"

"And a stunning beauty!"

"Wait a minute before setting it on fire?"

The three of you look at me, I look at you, dropped the bucket full of fire oil and rushed into the house.

"Whoever grabs it first!"

The three of them scrambled for the first time, only slightly hesitating as they passed the gold and silver on the floor, and then resolutely pounced in the direction of the beauty.

"Don't rob her, she's mine!"

The three of them stretched out six hands, and they were about to touch the corners of the beauty's clothes when they saw it.

Who knew that the stunning beauty hooked her red lips shallowly, and drank coquettishly: "Take it!" ”

In an instant, before the three of them could react, a large net fell from the sky and enveloped them.

The boss reacted the fastest, and immediately drew his knife and slashed at the big net: "There is an ambush!" Evacuate! ”

The fat and thin man came to his senses at this time, and was about to touch the weapon, but he saw a figure in front of him, followed by three people, all of whom were struck by lightning, and each of them was punched three times.

Tom tom, after three punches, the three of them rolled their eyes and fell softly, and the swords they had just taken out also fell to the ground.

Guard Li lightly knocked over the three thieves with three punches, and only after trampling the three people under his feet did he raise his eyelashes and asked Pei Qing seriously: "Catch mice?" ”

Pei Qing sat in the main seat, raised his slender jade finger to cover his lips with a smile, and replied innocently: "Whoever roars and runs over to harm me is a mouse." ”

At this time, the people who were lying in ambush on the side hurriedly ran over and tied up the three of them.

Looking at the three unconscious thieves, Pei Qing ordered: "Pour cold water." ”

A few buckets of water went down, and the three thieves woke up.

As soon as the boss opened his eyes, he realized that something was wrong, and shouted to the fat and thin man first: "Don't say anything!" Don't say it even if you die! ”

The fat and thin man obeyed his orders, and immediately shut up tightly.

However, at this time, Pei Qing had not yet started interrogation.

The boss stiffened his neck, ready to scold as soon as he was interrogated, he would never confess, let alone confess to Zeng County's order, now he already knew that the three brothers had been planted, and it was planted in the hands of Princess Rui, who was their key point, so he must not let himself lose more.

However, to his surprise, the beautiful woman sitting in the seat had no intention of interrogating them.

"Throw them in the cellar and starve them for three days," Pei Qing lightly covered a yawn with his fingers, "Let's disperse." ”

So saying, she stood up, asked the gold and silver on the ground to be put away, and then left the main courtyard with the box and the servants.

In the small garden building, the boxes were placed on the first floor at random, and Pei Qing went upstairs in the dark, walking slowly.

"Why doesn't the princess stay in the main courtyard?" Guard Li's voice came, and it was a little cold with the flickering candle flame.

Pei Qing stopped on the stairs and turned to look at him condescendingly, she thought he was going to ask herself about the purpose of arranging it tonight, but he asked such an irrelevant question.

His back to the candle flame, his eyebrows looked a little blurred, and his face was covered by a face towel, and his tall figure seemed to be ready to sheath his sword, and the whole person gave her a feeling of being a little erratic.

A person who seems to be particularly difficult to control......

There was a moment of silence in the small building.

After a while, Pei Qing, who was on the stairs, said lightly: "The prince died in the main courtyard, and this princess sees things and thinks about people, and she can't get rid of her love in her heart, so she can't live in the main courtyard." ”

She was responded with a snort.

"It turns out that the princess is very affectionate to the prince?" Guard Li raised his eyebrows slightly, under his long eyelashes, a dim light flashed in his eyes, and his voice was even more like a microwave in the sea, which was heartwarming.

Pei Qing was stunned, and then said casually: "Isn't that how it should be?" ”

She turned around and planned to go upstairs, as if she hadn't heard the mockery implied in Guard Li's words.

However, Guard Li still has a problem.

"Princess, just go and rest, aren't you afraid that there will be thieves in the middle of the night?" He said it lightly, but there was no concern for her in his words.

Pei Qing half-sideways, blinked her eyes, tilted her head with a toothless smile and said: "If you play against others, you are about to lose, do you use all your means to give it a go, or do you dare not win with half of it?" ”

Guard Li didn't speak.

Pei Qing retracted his gaze, chuckled and walked upstairs and said, "Don't worry, there will be no more enemy attacks in the second half of the night, I don't believe we will see it tomorrow morning." ”

Her figure vanished into the shadows until it was completely invisible.

Guard Li waved his sleeves to extinguish the candle flames, and the entire small building fell into darkness.

In this inky darkness, a wisp of man whispered as if there was nothing, like a soft sigh.

"What the hell are you ...... Who is it? ”