The vigorous "Liyuan Shooting Girl" activity, driving high and going low, how excited many central officials were before they participated, and how disappointed they were after participating.

It's just a mess of being messed up by a group of crazy women, and in the end, the "reward" is not fulfilled at all.

Because it was about the arson of the Liyuan Forbidden Garden, and the suspected assassination of the Tang Dynasty, the reward for this event was canceled, after all, no one dared to say whether the "assassin" had a merry arrow in his hand.

If the murderer who assassinated the Son of Heaven was sent to his own home, wouldn't it be bad luck if he was found out in the future?

After learning the news, both the palace maids who came back from their madness and the central officials who didn't know what to do with the "prizes" all breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the Jin Wuwei who violated the ban and secretly released the palace maids, each of them was symbolically punished with ten military sticks, and then there was no superfluous punishment.

At that time, the palace maids who tried to escape from the pear orchard were only demerited, and they were not subjected to any overt or covert abuse, and the results were more lenient than everyone expected.

And Pei Min, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei Zhonglang, was relieved of his position as the general of the Right Jin Wuwei Zhonglang and was sent to Youzhou to serve as the military envoy of the Longhua Army, and he did not suffer any earth-destroying punishment. Of course, the palace maids he wanted to protect were also not released, but returned to the palace where they were originally located.

In short, the follow-up waves of this event were pitifully small, as if this incident had never happened. Whether it is the circle of the powerful or the central courtiers, they only care about one question: who set the fire in the Forbidden Garden of Liyuan, and who is the mastermind behind it?

I have to say that all the magnates in Chang'an City, those brothers of Ji Ge, and his sons are all possible. Only the three princes who have already left Chang'an can be exempted from suspicion. From the perspective of the biggest beneficiary, the suspicion of the crown prince Li Xuan is particularly great.

But Li Jing is famous for having little power to rely on.

So in the end, this matter was investigated and investigated, and no one was implicated, as for what Brother Ji thought, why he was so lightly disposed of in the follow-up, no one could guess the reason.

Except for Fang Chongyong.

This day is the last day before the Chinese New Year, and all central officials have to go to the yamen to get the "salary slip", and then go to the corresponding treasury to receive the "year-end bonus". It usually contains Lu rice, which needs to be towed by car. At the same time, some strange things will be distributed, such as pepper, sunscreen, hand cream, charcoal, health medicine, fine wine, etc.

These things are not worth much individually, but they are more varied and numerous, and they are still quite attractive as official benefits.

At noon, Fang Chongyong also came to the Yamen of Yushitai to receive the "New Year's goods" for the New Year.

"Well, that's about it."

Zheng Shuqing personally handed a piece of paper full of words to Fang Chongyong, and it was written in detail what he was going to the treasury to receive. In fact, in the end, Fang Dafu took the strip and drove the ox cart to do it, and he didn't need Fang Chongyong to run it himself.

"Seems like a lot."

Fang Chongyong looked at it again and again, and found that the total number he received seemed to be twice as much as the one that the superintendent should have taken, only referring to Lu rice. He didn't look closely at the mess.

"The saint has decreed, yours take double."

Zheng Shuqing said in a low voice.

"Uh, the public office of the yamen ...... money"

Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously. These things are good, but the main thing has been erased, that is, the copper coin.

Generally, it is taken from the public money of the yamen.

"Isn't it already sent?"

Zheng Shuqing looked like a matter of course.

"Sent it...... Is it? ”

Fang Chongyong carefully read every word on the salary slip, and was stunned to see how much money was written.

"It's gone, I won't talk nonsense with you, and I don't need to be on duty today, you can go home and get something."

Zheng Shuqing waved his hand impatiently.

The secret of the public money is actually in a certain item in the salary slip, but Fang Chongyong didn't notice it.

At noon today, the canteen of the Yushitai Yamen was not open, Fang Chongyong bought a dry hu cake on the way home, and walked while gnawing it, and when he got home, it was actually Fang Laique's door.

As soon as they met, Fang Laique whispered: "Lang Jun, the two ladies in the family are going to kill someone." ”

"Kill whom?"

Hearing this, Fang Chongyong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked.

"Of course it's a killer."

Fang Laique smiled heartlessly.

Fang Chongyong remembered that when he was in bed last night, Wang Yunxiu was shouting happily, and at the same time he was still whispering in his ear to give him a monkey in Fang Ya, no matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

She has tasted the joy of being a woman, and she should feel more sorry for her men.

"Aren't you trying to get me?"

Fang Chongyong scolded angrily.

"Lang Jun, see for yourself, they are all here."

Fang Laique pointed to Wang Yunxiu and Anaye, who were standing in the courtyard corridor, with a black face and not letting Fang Chongyong go forward, covering his mouth and snickering.

Wang Yunxiu's face was gloomy as water, and when she broke Fang Chongyong's kiss with Anaye in Shazhou, she didn't seem to be so angry now.

As for Anaye, she also put away her skinless and faceless expression on weekdays, and gestured desperately to Fang Chongyong with one hand.

"What's going on, what's your expression?"

Fang Chongyong asked with a puzzled expression.

"You! You man! How can you do that! ”

Wang Yunxiu was so angry that she couldn't speak.

She couldn't have imagined that her husband, who was still in bed with her warmth last night, would do such a thing today. It's as if someone says they love you for the rest of their lives with their front foot, and they immediately stab you in the back with their back foot.

As soon as she remembered that she had behaved like a flirtatious slut last night, she was unusually disgusted, and felt that she was cheap and ignorant.

"What did I do?"

Fang Chongyong asked with a confused face, he is going to the yamen to get his salary slip today.

Seeing his expression, Wang Yunxiu suddenly became angry, she stomped her foot and said, "It's not you, who else can you be, you come with me!" ”

She grabbed Fang Chongyong's sleeve and walked to the backyard.

When passing by Anaye's side, the Hexi Tuniu, who is usually honest, lowered her voice and said, "Ah Lang, I won't help you this time, it's true that you are too much." ”

How did I step on the horse too much!

Fang Chongyong followed behind Wang Yunxiu with doubts, and then a scene appeared in front of him that shocked him.

Twenty young women with extraordinary appearances, dressed in uniform palace clothes, lined up in two lines in the backyard. As soon as they saw Fang Chongyong coming, they all bowed down and saluted together: "Welcome Ah Lang home!" ”

"What else do you have to say?

If it's one or two, I'll hold my nose and endure it.

Twenty! What the hell do you want to do! ”

Wang Yunxiu couldn't help but roar at Fang Chongyong.

"Ahh It turned out to be you! ”

Fang Chongyong immediately found that there was a familiar face inside! He rushed into the pile of women, grabbed Pei Xiu, who was standing at the end and covered his face, and asked her with a tiger face: "What's the matter with you!" ”

"We have come to your house only for the sake of our slaves and maids to serve you, my master."

Pei Xiu said with her head held high, with a sly smile on her face.

"Stop playing, you're going to die!"

Fang Chongyong lamented.

"Look at this!"

Pei Xiu took out a piece of paper, with a line on it, which was deliberately circled, and it was written: Twenty sets of palace sand.

"Let's see if there's anything written on yours!"

Fang Chongyong took out his salary slip from his cuffs, and found that it was indeed written "Twenty sets of Shougong Sand".

"We, the palace maids, are part of your year-end fortune. Where we came from, of course, it came from the palace. ”

Hearing Pei Xiu's explanation, Wang Yunxiu was also shocked. She pulled Fang Chongyong aside and asked, "The saint will be a palace maid at the end of the year?" ”

"Probably...... Right. ”

Fang Chongyong's eyes flickered, and he said weakly.

"If that's the case, then what are you doing in your heart?"

As a pillow person, Wang Yunxiu could see at a glance that Fang Chongyong's expression was wrong.

"Well, that's a long story."

Fang Chongyong sighed and said.

Regardless of the dissatisfied eyes of Pei Xiu and other palace maids, Fang Chongyong pulled Wang Yunxiu and Anaye into the study and poured a cup of winter drink for the second daughter.

"Here's the thing, I'll talk to you slowly."

Fang Chongyong sighed and told the cause and effect of this incident.

……

It turned out that on the day of the Liyuan shooting, Li Longji wanted to drive Fang Chongyong away, but the latter stayed behind and told Li Longji his opinion in front of Gao Lishi.

"Sage, the ladies of the palace are not wheat in the field, and if they cut off their heads, they will never grow again.

Killing people can't create more profits, and Wechen feels that there is a better way to deal with the matter. ”

Fang Chongyong knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Longji and pleaded.

"Lux, you go outside first, no one is allowed to enter, and violators will be punished for rebellion."

Brother Ji said to Gao Lishi with a tiger face.

"Then the slave will go."

Gao Lishi glanced at Fang Chongyong deeply, bowed with his hands and retired.

After he left, Brother Ji stood up from the chair, looked at Fang Chongyong who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "Say, what way?" ”

"Saints, this group of palace maids can be divided into several categories of people and disposed of in different ways."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted.

"Oh? So let's talk about it, what are the categories? ”

Li Longji asked with a smile.

"First of all, it is the women of the eunuch's house, and at the end of the year, they are distributed to the family where they live as a salary. In this way, these officials will definitely feel the immense grace of the emperor. ”

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted.

"What's in it for me?"

Li Longji asked rhetorically.

That's right, those families will indeed be happy, but he's no good as an emperor, even if these palace maids are returned, those officials will still not change their original intentions no matter how they want to, and they will not be soft when they should take refuge in a certain prince.

"The saints just have to withhold their money, and those who understand will understand what it means. And there is a first time and a second time, and in the future, the saint can also concoct the same method, and at the same time release some palace maids, it can also enrich the inner treasury. ”

Fang Chongyong said quietly.

Li Longji nodded slightly, he somewhat understood what Fang Chongyong wanted to say.

Instead of killing these palace maids, it is better to sell them for money! Of course, it is not sold directly, but to their original families, which is equivalent to a "ransom".

One palace maid can't get back much ransom, but what about a thousand? According to their different identity backgrounds, the ransom is also different, and in general, this money is unbelievable!

After opening this opening, Brother Ji will have a new way of wealth.

"There is also a type of palace maid, although their identity background is very simple, but when they are on duty in the palace, they also save a little money. They can be asked to pay the money, and then in the name of marriage, they will be rewarded to the soldiers of the forbidden army. At the same time, let the parties pay a bride price, which can be deducted from the Yulu and give the identity of a good family. ”

Fang Chongyong continued to suggest.

There is only one principle for him, that is, man himself is a scarce resource that cannot be copied and cannot be resurrected after death, and since it is a resource, it should be used well, and it cannot die in vain.

"Guozhong, I found you to be a very interesting person, and you don't leave money in every word."

Li Longji said with a smile.

"The means serve the end, and Weichen only wants to enrich the inner treasury of the sage, not do what he thinks."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted.

"What about the rest of the palace maids?"

"Find an intermediary merchant and contact the right buyer. Those who are willing to pay a high price will be released from the palace. The small landlords and wealthy businessmen of the people are actually proud of taking concubines and palace maids, adding glory to their faces, and they think it is a good deed. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a clear conscience.

The lesser of two evils, that's all he can say now.

"Then this group of five thousand."

Brother Ji's mood seemed to have improved, and he frowned slightly and asked, "Then what should I do with the palace maid who got the Merry Arrow this time?" ”

"Sage, with all due respect. This time, many bureaucrats were teased by the palace maids, and these palace maids were assigned to their homes, and they were bound to be abused and even tortured and killed.

It is better to avoid the distribution on the grounds that there may be assassins among them, and then sell them...... Send it out of the court through the various channels mentioned by the previous minister.

Isn't it beautiful to be able to not only become an adult, but also enrich the treasury of the saint? ”

I heard that Li Linfu ran away this time and even dropped his boots, and when the ten palace maids who grabbed the merry arrows arrived at the Li family's mansion in Pingkangfang, could Li Linfu swallow this breath?

It's impossible to think about it!

The court officials are all arrogant, and those palace ladies will definitely die miserably when they come to their homes.

Fang Chongyong's method is to "sell the palace maids for money" in various names, which can be regarded as a kind of "goods recycling". Five thousand palace maids can help Brother Ji make a lot of money. As for the future path of these palace maids, it can only depend on their luck and creation.

Fang Chongyong felt that he had reached the limit of his ability.

"Well, that makes sense."

After thinking about it, Brother Ji felt that Fang Chongyong's method was very reliable, and more importantly, he had opened up a new way to make money!

In addition to these 5,000 palace maids, other palaces, including the imperial palace in Luoyang, add up to at least 40,000 people who can be "sold". It's a big deal, and of course, there's no need to rush it.

"Go ahead, it's none of your business!"

Brother Ji waved his hand impatiently and said, suppressing the ecstasy in his heart. Although he accepted Fang Chongyong's suggestion, he would not show that he was particularly happy.

……

"Anyway, that's it. But the saint stuffed me with twenty palace maids, and I don't know what he thought. I had no idea about it. ”

Fang Chongyong grabbed Wang Yunxiu's shoulder, kissed her cheek and said. Wang Yunxiu is so good, he can listen to the reason.

"Li Longji, the old immortal, is deliberately embarrassing the old lady, right?"

Wang Yunxiu slammed his fist on the table and said angrily. Of course, what she resents now is not Fang Chongyong, but Ji Ge.

Rewarded Fang Chongyong with twenty beautiful palace maids in one go, which was purely to disgust Fang Yanei.

After all, he came up with this bad idea. So Brother Ji's meaning is also very clear: Didn't you say that it's good to give palace maids to courtiers, then I will give you a taste first!

Is twenty enough? Not enough, I still have it here!

"Pei Xiu is Pei Min's daughter, Pei Min is going to Youzhou as a military envoy now, she can't be contemptuous, and I don't know other palace maids."

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice.

Wang Yunxiu glanced at Anaye and sighed helplessly.

They decided to wait for Fang Youde to come back and then decide what to do with these twenty palace maids.

(End of chapter)