"Chief Administrator, look at your face, and you know that something good is coming. Feng Guo smiled, and when he saw Zhong Lei nodding, Feng Guang asked, "Is it that the sailor of Tianbo Mansion has obtained silver and expanded the soldiers and horses?"

Hu Yanli said: "I guess, the chief manager is going to marry the master bookkeeper, so he is so happy." ”

Zhong Lei shook his head and asked Yan Zheng with a smile.

"Tell me, why am I so happy?"

Yan Zheng said: "The chief manager, the last general guesses, it must be the parents and officials on the two rivers who have come to report the rampant bandits, and let me be the master of Tianbo Mansion, yes or no?"

Zhong Lei nodded and smiled, and said, "After I complained about my hardships, I drove them away." I thought, General Yan, why don't you take a few people and do a few more big cases, and you are anxious about these officials, then the next things will be much easier. ”

Feng Guo smiled and said, "This thing is easy to do. The chief manager, if the last general robs even Zhang Yan's family's silver, what will happen?"

Seeing that the chief manager showed a treacherous smile, Feng Guang smiled and said: "I heard that a few days ago, it is the seventieth birthday of Lord Wang and his father, and many people must go to celebrate the birthday to join in the fun, and the young general snatched their congratulatory gifts in the middle of the road." In this way, not only will Lord Wang not take the opportunity to collect money, but he will also be annoyed, then our Tianbo Mansion will be able to do things. ”

Chen Hong also said: "Chief Administrator, my Mulan Army eats idle meals, and I blush. Recently, I have recruited another 180 recruits, and I am short of horses. I heard that Liangjiang got more than 500 good horses from the north, and just after Xuzhou Mansion, I took the Mulan army to pretend to be a strongman and snatched it, how about it?"

Zhong Lei was happy, clapped his hands and said, "Okay." To be a general of Tianbo Mansion, you have to be able to rob other people's things, and I don't want to be too honest. Chen Hong, in addition to the horses, you can see what else you can grab back, and add more capital to the young master. ”

I don't want Chen Hong to really say: "Yes, the boss." I heard that Song Zifei, the guard of Huai'an Mansion, has eighty pairs of soft armor, which is invulnerable, like a treasure left by his ancestors, so I will steal it. ”

Thinking about it, the gold and silver treasures of the king's family should be stolen, and they are all ill-gotten gains.

When it comes to the prefect Wang, the people of Liangjiang and the official history of the big and small rivers all call this Wang Gao the king of skinning in the dark, just because he is a master of collecting money, and he wants to make money crookedly to squeeze people out if he has nothing to do.

Every small birthday, old birthday, black and white celebration, children's full moon, etc., he will send a lot of invitations to invite people to drink, even the little chief of the armor will not let go, not to mention the local wealthy, even the shopkeeper is listed in the gift list.

This time it was his old father's 72nd birthday, and after sending out more than 800 invitations, he set up a hundred tables of banquets in the house, and the whole family was waiting to receive the congratulatory gifts and count the silver.

As usual, the person who got the invitation card rode a horse and sat in a sedan chair, and came to the door early to congratulate the birthday and send a congratulatory gift.

But something strange happened today, this Wang Gao waited at the gate of the house with the housekeeper and a group of servants after breakfast, waiting for others to come and give gifts to celebrate his birthday.

But waited left and right, looked forward and waited, until the sun climbed overhead, and twenty or thirty birthday greetings came, and they were all neighbors on the street in front of his house, and no one from the alley came, let alone people outside Suzhou City, as if they were discussing, deliberately trying to embarrass him, the prefect.

"It's the other way around, I think they don't want to live on the border of the two rivers anymore. ”

The dignified prefect made people look like this, not to mention annoyed and angry, this mouth must be crooked.

He thought to himself how much silver would cost the 100 tables of banquets, and was scolding people, when he suddenly heard a sound of roaring in front of him, and his heart was suddenly shocked.

"Is the governor here? No, I didn't invite him, what is he doing?"

He was muttering in his heart, and he had seen twenty or thirty horses arrive in front of the mansion, and people could see that they had come to celebrate his birthday and drink.

The first big horse to sit was Zhang Yan, the chief soldier of Liangjiang.

Behind him is Zhong Lei, the chief manager of Tianbo Mansion, who looks like a fairy, with white hair and silver eyebrows, white hair and curly hair, a flying beard, and a set of light-colored satin shirts and pants.

Twenty golden helmets and gold-armored soldiers surrounded the little prince Zhu Tianxiao, who had a delicate face, bright teeth and red lips, a python robe, a blue and exquisite jade belt around his waist, and white soap boots with gold thread on his feet.

Finally, there were five carriages stacked with birthday gifts, and ten young people from Tianbo Mansion.

A "His Royal Highness the Prince has arrived"

Shocked, Wang Gao and a group of subordinates hurriedly knelt on the ground, and in fright, they forgot to say "welcome"

Finish.

Fortunately, the people of Tianbo Mansion did not come to celebrate his birthday and drink, but to play tricks.

"Get up. ”

Tianxiao waved his hand and said, jumped off the saddle, and Wang Gao saw that he hurriedly got up and led the way.

As soon as the servants and guests of the palace heard that the little prince was coming, they were busy kneeling down to greet each other, and Tianxiao didn't see it, and went all the way to the main hall.

"Your Royal Highness, this is the little father and mother. ”

Without waiting for Wang Gao's parents to speak, Tianxiao said, "Get up." ”

He stretched out his hand to help the old birthday star, and said: "You are today's old birthday star, you don't need to kneel." ”

The old birthday star was really flattered, and just got up and knelt down again.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Xie. Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. ”

Needless to say, naturally Tianxiao and Zhong Lei sat on the upper seat, Tianbo Mansion Shishao was in the right seat, Lord Wang, Zhang Yan, and Wang Gao's family all sat on the left seat, and the maid of the palace was busy sending tea, fresh fruits, and pastries to the distinguished guests.

Tianxiao raised his hand, and the military men outside the hall saw it seriously, and hurriedly took the birthday gift from the carriage and entered the hall to put it on the ground.

After the military man withdrew, Zhong Lei said: "Lord Wang, I didn't have time to raise gifts in a hurry, so I bought some along the road." Send another thousand taels of silver, and a hundred taels of gold to congratulate the old lady on her birthday. ”

As soon as he heard such a big congratulatory gift, Wang Gao couldn't speak, so he and his family knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Royal Highness the Emperor Xie." Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. ”

Immediately, the family received the congratulatory gifts from the little prince and carried them into the main room, and then invited the distinguished guests of Tianbo Mansion and Zhang Yan and several parents to the banquet.

But as soon as the wine jar was opened, and before he could pour the wine, he broke into a maid's ring from outside the hall, his face was pale, he was very panicked, and after opening his mouth for a long time, he pointed to the outside of the hall and said, "Master, there is a thief in the house." When the thief saw me, he vanished and disappeared. ”

The thieves entered in broad daylight, and besides, they entered the prefect's house in broad daylight, so the thieves were too rampant.

When Wang Gao heard this, he thought about the gold and silver treasures in the room, and hurriedly said to the little prince: "Your Royal Highness, go and see what is missing." ”

Seeing the little prince nodding, he got up and left the main hall with the girl.

Zhang Yan shook his head and sighed lightly, and said to the little prince: "Your Royal Highness, recently, there have been some fierce thieves from the Liangjiang realm, and there are even several female snitches. They barricade the road, they burglarize, and they make people panic. The minister and the king have also issued official documents to the government offices to arrest the robbers and solve the case within a time limit. ”

Tianxiao nodded and said, "That's a hard place." ”

Lord Wang hurriedly said obediently: "Your Royal Highness, this is the duty of a courtier, not to mention hard, it should be done." It should be done. ”

Tianxiao smiled and was just about to speak, but he saw a person stumbling in from outside the hall, and knelt down on one leg at Zhang Yan covered in blood and said: "My lord, the last general was intercepted and killed by thieves at the Feidu crossing, killed and injured more than 100 people, and robbed all the official silver, please send an army to clear it quickly." ”

As soon as these words fell, another old man ran into the hall with a shout, and when he saw Zhang Yan, he said: "Oh no, sir, there are seven or eight thieves in the house, they are very tough, and they rob and rob, and the gold and silver treasures in the room of the old man and the old lady are looted, and the old man asks the old man to go back to the house quickly." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yan almost fainted, his mouth was open but he couldn't speak, Zhong Lei was secretly happy, but Tianxiao said angrily: "Are you magistrates all decorations? ”

Zhang Yanwan didn't expect the little prince to be so majestic at such an age, so he immediately knelt on the ground in horror, but fortunately, Zhong Lei's words saved his life.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, although it is said that he is a food monarch and a servant, he is worried about the monarch. Kechen also heard that this is not an ordinary thief, everyone is strong in kung fu, all of them are ruthless, and the fierce defense of that person is abnormal, killing people without blinking, and he is very powerful. If there are no tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in hand, it will be difficult for the ministers to exterminate them. ”

Seeing that Zhong Lei was saying good things for himself, escaping the ineffective suppression of bandits, and alleviating local sins, Zhang Yan hurriedly echoed Zhong Lei's words and said: "Yes, yes." The minister also heard that there were more than 2,000 thieves in this gang, and they were very cruel. Don't hide it from His Royal Highness the Prince, almost all the homes of the officials in Liangjiang have been patronized by thieves. ”

At this moment, Wang Gao came in from outside the hall with a sad face, knelt down in front of the little prince, and wept: "Your Royal Highness, please be the master of the ministers, arrest the hateful thief, and recover the stolen goods." ”

Hearing this, Zhong Lei knew that the Feng family brothers had succeeded, and felt that it was time to leave, so without waiting for the young master to speak, he hurriedly said: "Several adults, if you let this gang of thieves continue to do evil, this is your fault." In my opinion, if we want to ensure the safety of one side, unless we recruit another source of soldiers to suppress the bandits, I wonder if this method is feasible? If it is feasible, for the sake of the safety of the people of Liangjiang and the peace of the place, Tianbo Mansion is willing to take out 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver, go to the north to recruit soldiers, build a few more barracks, behead all those strong men of the dog days, and recover your stolen things, how about it?"

There is such a big thing in the place, and there should be an army to exterminate these thieves, what does this have to do with Tianbo Mansion.

But everyone knows that the use of soldiers will cost two taels of silver, such as a strong man, who is unexpectedly dealing with you, and the treasury is all used up for the rest of the year, so what will they eat for these officials?

At this moment, seeing that Tianbo Mansion had done this idle matter by himself, what else was there to say, Zhang Yan hurriedly said: "Boss, this method is feasible." This is a very good method. Then I thank you on behalf of the people of Liangjiang. ”

Lord Wang also said hypocritically: "Chief, this was originally a local affair, but it made Tianbo Mansion spend money and work, which is really a blessing for the people of Liangjiang." ”

Since the goal has been achieved, Zhong Lei didn't want to stay in the palace longer, and after a few more greetings, he got up to say goodbye to his master and took people away.

After returning to Tianbo Mansion, auspicious, Ruyi picked up the young master and took the ten young men of Tianbo Mansion to the Yunxiao Palace.

Zhong Lei hurriedly asked ten military men to invite Lei Long, Jiao Yi, Geng Biao, Wang Jie, Lu Feng, Wei Yang, Zheng Ba, Gu Huo, Fang Shimin, Qu Jing, Yan Zheng, Hu Yanli, Feng Guo, Feng Guang, Murong Fei, as well as Yin Guanghai, Han Dezhong, Ye Xiaodong, these people came to the main hall of the Bibo Hall to discuss matters, and walked to the Bibo Hall by themselves.

"Archsteward. ”

Feng Guang flashed out of the barracks of the military after calling out, and smiled happily in front of Zhong Lei: "Boss, the prefect didn't hang himself." Hey, this Wang Gao must be a big corrupt official. ”

Hearing this, Zhong Lei knew that the Feng family brothers must have touched a lot, so he asked with a grin: "Tell me quickly, how many prefects did you take?"

Feng Guangle said: "There is not much silver, and it is less than a thousand taels." But there were 873,860 taels of silver tickets. There were also more than four hundred taels of gold, three big night pearls, and some other rare treasures. Also, I took the thousand taels of silver and the hundred taels of gold that we sent. ”

Zhong Leile smiled: "I didn't expect there to be so many." Hey, the soldiers and horses of the three barracks are here. Let's go and discuss things in the Bibo Temple. ”