Liu Xin had no direct conception of copper coins, and only had a small amount of money with him. He never thought about how much six million dollars would be. Liu Zhong was also deliberately embarrassed. All the money given to Liu Xin was cash, but most of the money given to Zhang Rang was gold, silver and cloth. Six million dollars is six million copper plates. How heavy is that? I'm afraid it will weigh more than ten or twenty tons. Seeing the money, Liu Xin was worried.
No matter what Liu Xin thought, Liu Zhongke dragged him to meet Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang asked people to count the money and things, and reported five counties to Liu Xin for selection. It turned out that selling officials at that time had developed to the point that even officials had to pay for their normal promotion. The official price was equivalent to the 25-year salary of officials, while the price of local officials was doubled. Some people who couldn't afford officials abandoned them. I didn't do it, so I emptied a lot of the position of the prefect. The five counties of Zhang Rangbao are: Wudu, Jiyin, Shanyang, Cangwu, and Kuaiji. Liu Xin has never heard of these five places.
"Master Zhang, can you see if you can change the place for the next official." Liu Xin looked at Zhang Rang blankly.
"Then where do you want to go?" Zhang Rang looked at Liu Xin and made a quiet gesture.
Liu Xin knew that this was asking for money. Anyway, Liu Zhong gave him so much money and it is not convenient to carry it on the road. Let's make it cheaper for the old eunuch, so he said, "The official wanted to go to Changshan County, Hebei."
"Changshan County is in Jizhou, but the post of prefect is not vacant, but Hejian does not seem to be prefect, and it is not far from Changshan. It's just..." Zhang Rang said halfway and started to ponder.
Liu Xin hurriedly said: "Return to Lord Hou, I still have some filial piety, I am always prepared for you, and please arrange a trusted person to pick it up with me."
"Well, then, go to Hejian, and work hard when you get to the place. Don’t spoil your clan’s name. You have time to go to Jingli to see Benhou. Gou’er, you and Master Liu will have a look. Be neat, Benhou is still waiting to return to Beijing." Zhang Rang closed his eyes after speaking. Liu Xin said to her heart, it seemed that she had to continue to respect her in the future. The one who called the dog was the little eunuch that I saw on the first day, and I think it must be someone Zhang Rang can trust.
In the West Gate courtyard of the Juchaohou Mansion, sixty large wooden boxes were neatly lined up, and Zhang Gou'er swallowed, "All these are for Master Zhang Hou?"
When Liu Xin heard it, he almost fell into a big fight and gave it all to him. I am not busy these days. Liu Xin was cruel: "Master Xiao Zhang, you and I still have Master Zhang Hou for the money. What do you think of it?"
"Then I would like to thank Master Liu, I will get closer to Master Liu in the future." Zhang Gou'er was not polite at all.
"Just how do you take the money away?" Liu Xin was still a little worried.
"Master Liu, don’t worry, this matter is covered by me. I will send someone to the post house and return to Beijing with Zhang Houye. I will tell the Houye again, from the forbidden army brought by Houye. Send a few people to join me and escort Mrs. Liu to take office. When I get to Hejian, I will bring another copy back to Beijing. Mrs. Liu, you think this arrangement is good."
"Then Liu Xin is here to thank you, my lord." Liu Xin looked at Zhang Gou'er with admiration, this is a clever trick, even Zhang Rang has not concealed it.
Back at the post house, Zhang Rang complimented himself, threw down a paper, and hurried back to Beijing with 30 million yuan in official money and 20 boxes of Liu Xin's tribute. Zhang Gou'er led a team of sergeants and loaded forty boxes on the cart. Liu Xin went to the inn to check out, and hired a carriage to let Ma Yun sit down. The group left Juchao and headed towards the river along the road.
Liu Xin looked at the excited Zhang Gou'er, and looked at the sergeant who was accompanying him. He felt a little unreal. He was so easy to become a prefect? Look at the forty boxes again. A few days ago, I had promised 10 million, and there were only 2 million left before I had passed it, and I was a little bit disappointed. Ma Yun was secretly happy while sitting in the car. Liu Xin would naturally not be a thief anymore when he became an official, so she was relieved. If he hadn't been a thief in the first place, it would be great that she would not come here inexplicably Eastern Han Dynasty.
Liu Xin now knows that the eunuch Zhang Gou'er is Zhang Rang's nephew. He might ask Zhang Rang for something, so he deliberately builds a good relationship with Zhang Gou'er. Although Zhang Gou'er and Liu Xin have known each other for a short time, with the two million dollars, they feel that they are very close to Liu Xin. They regard Liu Xin as a confidant, and follow the rules of the officialdom and the interesting things in Beijing. Tell Liu Xin. Zhang Gou'er even told Liu Xin about the secrets about Queen He's poisonous killing of Wang Meiren.
It turned out that Queen He was called He Lian, the daughter of Nanyang Butcher He Zhen. According to the "female-picking system" and the selection customs of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the daughter of a low-ranking butcher was not eligible to enter the palace, but He Zhen bribed the pickers in Yeting, and the He family had a beautiful appearance. Was selected. He was born out of the ordinary, with a length of seven feet one inch, her skin radiant and tender, his height is equivalent to about 1.72 meters, and it is definitely a model's body in Liu Xin's original era. Liu Hong has always been lustful. Looking at this beauty, there is no reason to dislike it? After several spring breeze, budding and seeding, October was satisfied, and he gave birth to a boy named Liu Fen, who is seven years old this year. The year before last there was another beautiful woman from Zhao Guo, Wang Clan, who was the granddaughter of Wang Bao, a former five-featured philosopher. She also deserves to be elected to the palace. She looks similar to Ho, but she is talented, able to count, and good at coping Refusing to let it go, she was sent to the servant girl again. Several times she turned upside down and planted Huan Ye Ai Miao. Last year, she also gave birth to a son, named Liu Xie. Empress He was very jealous when she saw Wang Meiren's favor. Because Wang Meiren's body has not recovered after childbirth and needs to be treated with medicine, Queen He conspired to devise a conspiracy, secretly sent her confidant to serve her, and put the poison in the medicine. Although Wang Meiren is smart, she is ultimately unpredictable. After taking the poison, she will die! Liu Hong quickly identified the murderer, Long Yan was furious and decided to abolish Empress He. But after many eunuchs interceded, he did not dare to punish Queen He. Although the eunuch in the middle palace kept the queen's phoenix crown due to the eunuch's bitter pleading, He can see that Empress He has lost Liu Hong's heart forever through Liu Hong's continuous yearning for Wang Meiren. Liu Xin saw from this story that the power of the eunuch was almost everywhere, and he was secretly shocked.
As for the team of sergeants, Liu Xin did not allow everyone to drink along the way, but there was fish and meat at all meals, and he treated them with courtesy at ordinary times. There was no arrogance. Everyone felt that this adult was a county guard at a young age, and a clan of the Han clan, but he didn't regard the big guy as a presenter, and all respected him from the bottom of his heart.
In addition, Liu Xin also made a big discovery. It was that the captain turned out to be Xu Huang! It turned out that Xu Huang was from Hedong. He used to be a small official in his hometown, but was later transferred to the Beijing army as a captain. This time he accompanied the army to guard Zhang Rang to Juchao. Now he was sent out to protect Liu Xin from Hejian to take up his post. At this time, Xu Huang was only in his twenties. He hadn't used a big axe in his hand. He just carried a knives like other sergeants. Apart from being stronger than others, he couldn't see anything special. Not to mention Liu Xin, even Ma Yun knew Xu Huang, who was one of Cao Cao's five good generals. Liu Xin kept an eye on it. In the future, Hebei must be Cao Cao's world, so he walked closer to Xu Huang.
On the way from Juchao to Hejian, everyone was walking except Ma Yun sitting on the hired carriage. There were more than a dozen carts. Naturally, the speed was not fast. They could take Liu Xin and Ma Yun along the way. I am anxious, so I miss the time of the past so much, not to mention flying, it only takes a day to get there by train.
After more than ten days, the group of people came to a mountain forest, and Xu Huang pointed to the top of the mountain and said, "My lord, you will arrive at Chenliudi boundary after bypassing this mountain. There is a county seat not far ahead."
Liu Xin looked up at the sky. It was July. The early autumn sun was still venomous. After walking so far, everyone was sweating. So he said to everyone, "Look, there is a forest over there. It's noon. Since it’s not far from the county seat, it’s better to rest here, and it’s not too late for us to leave when the sun is west."
Zhang Gou'er has long been unable to walk, but he has been insisting on the two million shares. Now he has listened to Liu Xin's proposal and naturally raised his hands in approval, and quickly said: "Liu Master said it is extremely true, let's rest for a while. Nothing will be delayed if you leave."
The leaders agreed. Where would the sergeants object, they drove their carts and ran into the woods, each looking for a cool place, and lay down in random directions. Everyone brought dry food. There was a mountain stream not far away, and the water was crystal clear. On such a hot day, I would rather eat dry food than no one would rush to the city to have a big meal.
Ma Yun got out of the car and saw Liu Xin sweating profusely, and said distressedly: "My husband, take a break, I'll get some water to wash you."
Liu Xin looked around and found that the sergeants were so tired that they were lying on the ground. Although the mountain stream was not far away, no one was willing to go to fetch water, so he said, "My wife, I'll go with you. By the way, see if I can take care of it. Game, improve the food.” After speaking, look at Xu Huang and Zhang Gou'er, who are already lying on the ground, and quietly attached to Ma Yun’s ear and said: “This way, there is a rare opportunity. We have been together. world of two people."
Ma Yun blushed and said, "You, I don't feel tired after walking for so long. I still think about this." Even though she said so, her feet unconsciously followed Liu Xin to the mountain stream.
The two have been together for a month, and Liu Xin told Ma Yun all his past events. Only then did Ma Yun know that Liu Xin's cases were far more than those he had in his hands, and the parties to the other cases did not report them at all. And Liu Xin also provided a lot of materials to the anti-corruption department, which led to the dismissal of more than a dozen officials. Among them was the chief of the police station of her father, who took bribes aggressively and raised many mistresses outside. Not only that, the chief also has long-term improper relations between men and women with many women in the police station. For this reason, Liu Xin also laughed at Ma Yun. If you didn’t get him off the horse, you would look so beautiful and enter. The police station may not escape his clutches. As for the stolen money Liu Xin got, he did not squander it himself. Instead, he set up several foundations. Most of the money was used to support poor families and out-of-school children. With the in-depth understanding of Liu Xin, Ma Yun's love for him has become stronger. The feeling of hatred for iron and steel because of him as a thief has long since disappeared, and her heart has been firmly tied to Liu. Xin's body.
The two walked to the side of the mountain stream. Liu Xin took out a flying knife and quietly observed the surroundings to see if there was a chance to find one or two wild animals. Ma Yun wetted her handkerchief and warmly wiped his face. Everyone enjoys this moment. Suddenly, there was a neighing sound of horses from behind them. When Liu Xin looked back, it was the horse that was driving, screaming desperately, dancing with all four hoofs, as if to break free from the reins.