Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 318 Twenty Thousand Silver
At noon the next day, Xu Zhiqiong was lying on the couch, instructing the "musician" to "play the pipa".

"The pipa is the most important skill. When you press the strings with your left hand, you have to be precise every minute and every inch. When you pluck it with your right hand, you have to hold it tightly. Your fire is a bit too high. Don't hold it so tightly, and don't play it so fast..."

Xu Zhiqiong's guidance was very serious. After playing a piece of "Run Silent", suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Wei Shuixuan, the shopkeeper of Soft Mist Spring, opened the door and came in, and said with a smile, "Master Yushi, the carriages and horses are ready for you. Liu Tongzhi is busy today, so he won't come to see you off."

Liu Jiangpu prepared all the money and asked Wei Shuixuan to hand it over to Xu Zhiqiong.

How much is twenty thousand taels of silver?

a lot of!

It has to be pulled by a horse-drawn cart.

Xu Zhiqiong came to the backyard of the inn, but saw that a two-horse carriage had been prepared, and there were four wooden boxes in the carriage. Wei Shuixuan opened the wooden boxes one by one, and showed Xu Zhiqiong to check that there were five boxes in the box. There are twelve taels of silver ingots, and each box contains one hundred ingots.

Beside the carriage, there was a coachman who was waiting for Xu Zhiqiong to greet him.

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the coachman, then at Wei Shuixuan: "What? Are you reluctant to part with this carriage, or are you worried that I won't be able to drive it?"

Shopkeeper Wei waved his hands again and again. He has been operating in Soft Smoke Spring for decades. Can you understand this rule?
The driver can't provide it casually, which is tantamount to exposing the other party's whereabouts.

"Guest officer, you have misunderstood. The carriage will send you off. You can leave at any time," Wei Shuixuan stopped addressing Yushi when someone came in and out of the yard, but Xu Zhiqiong called the guest officer, "If you want to use this coachman, Just ask him to help you drive a certain distance, if you find it inconvenient, you can just find a place for him to get off."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Why bother? I have to let this brother run for a while! I will drive this car myself!"

"Guest officer, please be careful all the way!"

Xu Zhiqiong drove the carriage out of Soft Smoke Spring. To be honest, he was not very good at driving. When he went to Tunu Camp, he took Liang Jixiong under the carriage.

Fortunately, the road was fairly straight, and Wei Shuixuan chose a high-quality horse, so the road was easy.

While driving the carriage, Xu Zhiqiong thought about Liu Jiangpu's movements.

Did this guy go back to the prefect?Or is it guarded by Taotie's outer body?

Xu Zhiqiong guessed wrong this time, Liu Jiangpu was in Soft Smoke Spring, when Xu Zhiqiong left, he watched quietly from the attic beside him.

"Keep an eye on him all the way to see if this guy has gone to the camp of the Suppression Army," Liu Jiangpu told the guards around him, "Tell me his whereabouts every day."

Liu Jiangpu did go to the residence of Taotie's outer body last night, and when he saw that the barren hill was safe and sound, Liu Jiangpu calmed down, but suddenly felt that something was a little strange.

Xu Zhiqiong has no grievances with me, and he wants to harm me, which means that he must be targeting the true god.

But the first to remind me, why is Zhang Zhuyang, who has never met before?
Perhaps Zhang Zhuyang was sent by a certain important person, but this important person was too entrusted with him, and even asked Zhang Zhuyang to come to see me alone.

I'm so suspicious, isn't he afraid that I'll kill Zhang Zhuyang directly?

The more Liu Jiangpu thought about it, the more strange he became, and the next day he went to Ruanyan Spring to observe Zhang Zhuyang's movements.

Seeing "Zhang Zhuyang" get up early in the morning, he "plays the pipa" with the girl, which seems to be no different from normal men.

He did not alarm "Zhang Zhuyang". Although Liu Jiangpu has a unique means of communication, it still takes time to accurately grasp the news of the capital.

Before he got the exact news, he would not take the risk of offending a censor known for being vicious, especially because there might be an unpredictable existence behind this censor.

Twenty thousand silver is nothing to Liu Jiangpu.

The important thing is to send away the Nie Suppressing Army safely, send Xu Zhiqiong away safely, and send away this censor of unknown origin safely.

It is Liu Jiangpu's only mission to let the outer body of the true god stay in Huazhou safely.

……

Xu Zhiqiong drove the carriage for more than ten miles on the official road, and there was a carriage behind him all the way. Although the distance was far, Xu Zhiqiong knew their intentions very well.

It is very unwise to follow the judge. The judge can easily see through the stalking, and it is also easy to get rid of the stalking.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't care about the stalker at all, what he really cared about was the money of the carriage.

Twenty thousand taels of silver, one tael of silver and one thousand wen, this is twenty million wen!
These are the ill-gotten gains that Liu Tongzhi scooped up.

Can this money be my own?

Of course not!

The judge's sense of responsibility and the lantern man's sense of mission prevented Xu Zhiqiong from keeping the money for himself, and had to give the ill-gotten wealth to the poor.

To which poor can it be given?
Am I poor?
Xu Zhiqiong is actually quite poor, with a lot of monthly salary, but his expenses are also high. He has to spend money on food and clothing. He has two servants, and sandalwood paper horses also need money. Why not go to restaurants and teahouses for entertainment? money?Isn't it worth the money to go to the Goulan to devote oneself to practice?
The Department of Yin and Yang is gone, and Brother Tong and Brother Han's expenses in the capital also come from Xu Zhiqiong. That girl Shi Shuangliu doesn't even have a legal identity, so she has to rely on Xu Zhiqiong to live... She has been a lantern bearer for a year , Xu Zhiqiong hardly left any savings.

But although Xu Zhiqiong is poor, he will never give this money to himself. He will not do such a tricky thing, he must give the money to those who really need it!
I heard that there is a judge in the capital who is fair and humble. He has served as an official for many years, conscientiously and conscientiously, with almost no mistakes.

But the life of this judge is really poor, selling eggs, selling umbrellas, selling silk handkerchiefs, selling flowers, selling medicine, selling singing... In order to make a living, he has suffered all kinds of hardships.

Xu Zhiqiong felt heartache when he thought of this incident, and the tears couldn't help rolling in his eyes.

What a fellow, such a conscientious person, how could he bear to watch her suffer all the time?
She has just been promoted to the sixth rank recently, and her body is weak. It is time to use the money. If you give this money to her, isn't it a gift to the poor?

Xu Zhiqiong took the reins, and the carriage stopped suddenly.

The carriage following behind also stopped in the distance, and a guard said to the driver: "He found it?"

The coachman shook his head and said, "No, I've done a lot of this work, and we are so far away, he will never notice."

Another guard said: "Don't think about it, maybe I want to stop and pee!"

Everyone was watching carefully from a distance, while Xu Zhiqiong was in the carriage, pouring out all his life's knowledge in moving money.

It is impossible to bring all [-] taels of silver to Zhonglangyuan at once.

You can bring at most one box at a time.

But a box is five thousand taels, and it's not so easy to take it away.

Xu Zhiqiong clenched Yilang's seal tightly, his eyes were bloodshot, and with great effort, he finally brought a box of silver to Zhonglangyuan.

But when he heard a loud noise in the yard, Yang Wu was so frightened that he quickly sat up straight and said, "Come on, sit down!"

Let's see Xu Zhiqiong put down the box, turned around and went back to the world, and brought up another box after a while.

"Zhiqiong, what the hell is this?"

Xu Zhiqiong was so tired that he couldn't breathe, he grabbed Yang Wu and said, "Go down and do me a favor!"

The two brothers carried up a box together, Yang Wu leaned on the box and said, "It's going to kill you, why do you have to move such a heavy thing to the yard?"

"There is one more box, you come with me!"

"I really can't move, you can find Lao Chang."

"Move quickly, I'll buy you twenty paper dolls after the move is over! From Wang's shop!"

The two of them carried another box, but the box was not stable, and the silver spilled all over the floor, Yang Wu exclaimed, "Where did you get so much money?"

The movement was so loud that Xia Hu, who was resting in the room, was also startled, put on her clothes and came out.

Xia Hu had just been promoted to the sixth rank, and she had rested for a few days, but she still didn't recover, and there was no blood on her face.

Seeing the silver scattered all over the ground, Xia Hu swayed and almost passed out.

"Where did the money come from?"

Xu Zhiqiong wiped off his sweat and said with a smile, "The officials will earn it for you!"

Xia Hu trembled, stood up with difficulty holding the door frame, and suddenly sobbed.

Zhuo Ling'er came out of the house, complaining all the way: "Judge Ma, I told you that Xia Ni has just been promoted to the sixth rank, and she can't bear to be wronged. Why are you bullying her again? Tell my sister, that heartless person What's wrong with you?"

Xia Hu burst into tears and said, "Sister, he's scaring me again!"

"How did he scare, how, how..." Zhuo Ling'er couldn't open his eyes because of the white silver.

"Sister, sister, my sister knows that you are weak and can't bear this scare. From now on, my sister will carry it with you. What do you think?"

Xia Hu wiped away her tears, looked at Zhuo Ling'er and said, "How do you think we can carry it together?"

"Don't we all want to get married, our sisters will marry together. If you are big, can't I be small?"

……

Xu Zhiqiong jumped to the east courtyard and found Chang Decai in the back room of the east courtyard. According to Xu Zhiqiong's instructions, Chang Decai kept hiding from Zhuo Linger.

"Have all the meritorious deeds been taken care of?"

Chang Decai nodded and said, "Master, don't worry, they are all carefully guarded, and there are not many grains."

"Count out three thousand grains for me, and while Zhuo Ling'er is still there, ask her to help me rise to the sixth rank."

The war is approaching, Xu Zhiqiong will use all resources to the limit.

Taking advantage of this moment of free time, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to increase his combat power to the highest level.

Zhuo Ling'er carefully checked Xu Zhiqiong's physique, and said with admiration: "Sister, if you have such a good body, you don't have to suffer so much to be promoted to the sixth rank. If you want to be promoted, you can go up. No problem!"

Xia Hu pouted at the side and said, "Could it be that you want to practice double cultivation?"

Zhuo Ling'er shrugged her eyebrows and said, "What's the matter with double cultivation? But it's not for your man?"

Xia Hu was dizzy with anger, Zhuo Ling'er smiled and said: "You girl, you are so majestic, you are going up, you are reborn, you are going up, the icing on the cake, you don't need double cultivation, I'm teasing you, let's take care of it it is good."

Xu Zhiqiong took a jar of rice wine and swallowed the golden beans one by one.

……

On the official road, several guards waited from noon to dusk, but saw that the carriage never moved.

They didn't dare to go forward to check. Liu Jiangpu's subordinates had very strict rules, and if they were asked to follow, they could only follow. If "Zhang Zhuyang" was alarmed, they might lose their lives.

Seeing that it was getting dark, there was no way to wait like this. In desperation, they sent a person to report to Liu Jiangpu.

After an hour, Liu Jiangpu rushed over and found that the carriage was still parked by the side of the road.

Liu Jiangpu asked, "This car only travels a dozen miles a day?"

The guards replied: "My lord, this car hasn't been on the road for a day, and it stopped after going out at noon for more than ten miles."

Liu Jiangpu was furious, and slapped the guard twice: "Why did you come to report me?"

The guards looked aggrieved and said, "My lord, we don't know why this man stopped here, and we dare not disturb you easily."

Liu Jiangpu went forward and opened the door curtain of the carriage, the inside was empty, money and people were gone.

The guards were stunned: "My lord, we haven't even blinked our eyes, we have been staring at him all the time, this person just disappeared out of thin air!"

Liu Jiangpu punched the carriage hard, and led the people back to the mansion in a hurry.

Who is this "Zhang Zhuyang"?

Is he Zhang Zhuyang?
The more Liu Jiangpu thought about it, the more frightened he became. He came to the secret room, prepared his pen and ink, and wanted to write a letter to the emperor, but hesitated for a while, and didn't know what to write.

He couldn't explain this matter clearly.

In the past few days, a person who called himself Zhang Zhuyang came to help me deal with Xu Zhiqiong. I gave him [-] taels of silver and sent him away. Now I feel something is wrong, and I want to discuss it with you...

Who are you as emperor?Are you willing to listen to your nonsense?

If one sentence is incomplete, it will lose your head.

Liu Jiangpu carefully recalled every word "Zhang Zhuyang" said, and found that this person's words were wonderful.

When he told me the whole thing, it was very clear and complete, but it was difficult for me to convey this matter clearly to others.

How to do?
Do you want to report to the emperor?

Liu Jiangpu put down his pen and ink, thought twice, and decided not to report for now.

He was about to leave the secret room when he suddenly saw a flame rising from the incense burner in the secret room.

In the light of the fire, thick smoke billowed, reflecting a line of writing:
Introduce and suppress the evil army and kill the evil stars.

This is the order given to him by the emperor.

This is consistent with Zhang Zhuyang's advice to him.

If Zhang Zhuyang was sent by the emperor, he had already delivered the report, why did the emperor repeat it?
If Zhang Zhuyang was not sent by the emperor, why is his statement consistent with the emperor's?
Can't figure it out.

Liu Jiangpu was completely lost.

What you can't think clearly will never be clear.

If you can't explain things clearly, you should never let the emperor know.

Just pretend this person never came.

(End of this chapter)