"Yes, yes, Master Long Live needs peace most to recuperate. How dare you disturb Master Long Live?" Magistrate Deng hurriedly apologized, taking a brocade box from the boy behind him and offering it with both hands, smiling at the young man. An Zi said diligently, "There are two hundred-year-old ginseng here. I specially sent them to honor Lord Long Live."
Xiao Anzi frowned and was about to speak when he saw Ding Qilin walking out of the side hall. Xiao Anzi had been waiting in front of the emperor for a long time, so he naturally knew that although his official rank was low now, Ding Qilin was a popular person in front of Long Live Lord. , he was so busy that he turned around to greet Ding Qilin and said, "Master Ding."
Ding Qilin nodded to Xiao Anzi and walked over. He stared intently at the brocade box held by Magistrate Deng, and then his eyes went up all the way, finally settling on Lord Deng's greasy and flattering face. .
"Prefect Deng?" Ding Qilin asked.
"Yes, yes, I am the fourth-rank Anqing prefect." Mr. Deng hurriedly apologized and said with a smile. It stands to reason that his official rank is three ranks higher than Ding Qilin, but since ancient times, local officials have always been intimidated when they see Beijing officials. Besides, Ding Qilin He was also capable of accompanying the emperor and empress on the southern tour, so he was certainly not an ordinary person, so Master Deng was very polite to this young man in his early twenties.
Ding Qilin nodded, indicating that he understood, and then took the brocade box directly from Master Deng's hand. Then, under the surprised eyes of Master Deng and Xiao Anzi, Ding Qilin opened the brocade box that was supposed to be sent to the imperial palace.
"This ginseng looks good to me. This is the first time I have seen a ginseng of such a big size and good quality." Ding Qilin looked at Master Deng with a smile, "It is only through Master Deng's light that I can have such a ginseng." Blissful to the eyes.”
Lord Deng couldn't figure out Ding Qilin's temper. He just nodded and said with a smile: "Master Ding is too polite, too polite. I will naturally choose the best one to present to Lord Long Live."
"It's just such a rare century-old ginseng, I'm afraid it's not cheap, right?" Ding Qilin still looked at Mr. Deng with a smile, as if he was chatting with old friends for many years.
Master Deng looked at Ding Qilin's smile, and his heart beat a little: "This... this..."
"Master Ding, the price of such a century-old ginseng is probably no less than five hundred taels each." Master Deng hesitated, but Xiao Anzi spoke for him.
"Oh, really? Then I actually hold a thousand taels of silver in my hand," Ding Qilin sighed with surprise, while smiling at Xiao Anzi again, "I'm not afraid of father-in-law's jokes. This is the first time I've grown so big. See such valuables."
Xiao Anzi smiled and nodded. Ding Shaodian was known to the whole court to be incorruptible. Ding Qilin's words were not considered against his will.
"Deng Yulin, from the fourth rank of Anqing Prefecture, has an annual salary of eighty taels and 80 dendrobiums of rice. When folded together, the total is one hundred and twenty taels." After laughing enough, Ding Qilin looked down at Deng Yulin with raised eyebrows and sneered. He said, "So for these two ginsengs, Mr. Deng had to go without food or drink for at least seven or eight years, right? It's really difficult for Mr. Deng. He actually predicted that Long Live Lord Huilong would be ill seven or eight years ago. I feel that Mr. Deng is a man of talent. He should go to Qin Tian Prison to make full use of his talents."
Deng Yulin suddenly trembled, and the beard at the corner of his mouth trembled: "Master Ding... I'm joking, I didn't buy this with my own money, this is..."
"Oh, then who bribed Mr. Deng?" Ding Qilin smiled more and more kindly, and turned to the man standing in the corridor and said, "Brother Zheng is here, why can't he just stand there?"
Zheng Zuoyang walked out of the corridor with a smile, holding a yellowed book in his hand. He kept tapping the book while looking at the shivering Deng Yulin, and then said to Ding Qilin with a smile: "Long Live Lord has repeatedly told me You investigate secretly, it would be better for you to forget about the imperial edict before you even move, let’s see how Long Live the Lord punishes you.”