The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 62 A New Challenge (End of this volume)
Hearing the noisy movement, Blacksmith Wang pinched the hammer and looked over, sighed, shook his head and came back to continue fiddling with the weapons that were about to be finished.

In the back hall, Geng Qing grinned in pain, jumped to sit on a low stool under the eaves with his arms around his feet, An Jingsi raised his foot quite innocently, and reached out to pat that calf, but there was nothing inside.

"I forgot to tell Brother Geng that I was born with strong bones. When I was young when I was fighting a tiger, the tiger's paw swept across my chest, and the pain disappeared after a few days. Naturally, you can't kick this kick."

"Okay, don't talk about it. Hiss, treat me as unlucky." Geng Qing rubbed his toes, kicked hard just now with his thumb and kicked it up, feeling that it was about to break. After a while, he continued: "...to Chang'an What a great opportunity, it’s more realistic than when you become a county lieutenant, if you insist on getting promoted step by step, I’m afraid you’ll be old by then.”

"When you're old, you can be Lian Po or Huang Zhong, and you can go to battle."

Seeing his smiling face, Geng Qing raised his face, and took a sip: "Young, you regret some things."

"Actually, Brother Geng, do you want to go?" An Jingsi was not stupid, so he brought a stool over, sat down side by side, stretched his legs, and imitated Geng Qing's movements and drooped over the eaves.

The two of them leaned against the wall, looking at the old locust tree in the courtyard, shaking the branches and leaves in their eyes.

"I didn't think about it before, but I thought about it when I came out of the brothel." Geng Qing said first, it seemed that the big toe was still hurting, which made him frown, "The old eunuch said that Yunzhou was a bit chaotic, so it reminded me of Qiao Niang The Shatuo people mentioned earlier caused chaos, the eunuchs were in power in the golden palace, and everyone outside was Jiedu envoys. This is too similar to the time at the end of the Han Dynasty. At that time, they would rob the city and rob people. Just come this way, there are iron mines in Feihu County, so this place becomes more important, if it is going to be sorted out, it will be very troublesome."

"Aren't you illiterate? You know everything about the end of the Han Dynasty?"

"Don't interrupt!"

Geng Qing lowered his eyes slowly, with the spoken words in his mind outlining what might happen soon, making rough inferences, and kept flipping his fingers.

"With a military incident, any conspiracies and tricks are useless. I don't know what the temperament of the Shatuo people is, but they will definitely not be easy to talk to. If they stay here, there is no guarantee that the soldiers will rush into the village to loot and cause death. Possibly. If you leave, there is the way of consultant blessing. When you get there, you must be able to get some errands. If you can get one step closer, you can be regarded as an official in the capital. Even if the emperor is gone in the future, you can also be demoted. Keep working and keep your parents safe. If you have more rights to exercise, it would be good to protect more people, haha."

Speaking of this, Geng Qing smiled, looked at the young man next to him who was still staring at the locust tree branch, "When the time comes, come with me."

Over there, An Jingsi looked at it for a while, blinked his eyes, and shook his head.

"If it's like Brother Geng said, I won't be able to leave. I'm a county lieutenant. I'm safe and sound. How can I abandon it, haha."

He then chuckled, turning his head to meet Geng Qing's gaze, "Brother Geng forgot, did I say what I said the day Niujiaji pulled the corpse? It is my duty to protect the environment and the people."

"You also said to expand the territory and become a majestic general of the Tang Dynasty."

The light in the backyard gradually slanted to the west, and when the red light came through the gaps in the trees, An Jingsi got up to say goodbye, not forgetting to urge Blacksmith Wang to give him his weapon, and then got on his horse and clasped his hands to Geng Qing who had been sent outside, riding the horse Go slowly to the bustling streets.

After sitting in the backyard for an hour, Geng Qing's alcohol dissipated a lot, watched An Jingsi leave, sighed and turned back to the blacksmith's shop, rummaged through boxes and chests to find some wood, his drawings, and fiddled with his body. object.

After a lot of ping-pong-pong, after the prototype was built, I just cleaned it up. Before it was dark, I called Dachun to take a carriage out of the city. Now that everything is over, on the way back, the tense nerves can finally be relaxed After sleeping for a while, unknowingly, she lay down on her stomach and fell asleep staggeringly.

After arriving in the village, Dachun called him outside, and then he woke up, and when he got home, the meal was ready, and he was waiting for him to come back. The whole family sat around the table talking and laughing
Early the next morning, before dawn, Geng Qing got up and went to the county government office. The city gate had just opened, and he returned to the blacksmith shop to continue working on the treadmill, waiting for gifts from Wang, Li, Cai, and Ma's family. The donkey carts were full, and looking at the list above, they were all cloth and silk, jade, calligraphy and painting, and precious medicinal materials. The total of only two or four silver houses was as much as a thousand taels.

"Tsk tsk, I really did it. I'm afraid that I will take the opportunity to cause trouble and trouble them."

The morning sun has already risen. He stands on it and looks at those who are famous and those who are not. The wrinkles on his face are squeezed out when he smiles. He accepts it and will hand it over to the chief steward.

Gifts were piled up in the store, and soon after receiving the news, the Golden Knife Gang came and took all these things away, and took them to the city to exchange them for silver taels.

As for the more than a thousand silver ingots, they still have to be given away.

Not long after, he went to the county government office in person and met Advisor Fu who was practicing in the backyard. Wearing an ordinary close-fitting robe, he moved his palms in the morning light, and slowly slammed his palms in the air, with the faint sound of wind. They were all swaying in the wind, and many leaves fell.

The palm that was cut out was clawed suddenly, and the falling leaves spun in mid-air before falling to the ground.

This eunuch's martial arts is so high?

While thinking about it, the consultant Fu over there regained his strength and stood beside Jiuyu, putting the scarf and hat on for him. The former looked at Geng Qing over there with a smile.

"Knowing that our family is leaving today, why don't you come here to see us off?"

"Yes, but there is still a gift for the chief executive." Geng Qing arched his hands, and seeing that his top hat was put on, he invited him and Jiuyu out of the yamen, returned to the blacksmith shop, and saw the inner room The thousand taels of silver ingots piled up are all white, making people dizzy and dizzy.

Consultant Fu looked at Geng Qing with more and more satisfaction. When he came out, he saw the objects placed in the courtyard, and he was a little puzzled, "What is this, our family has never seen it before."

Under the locust tree, there is a wooden frame slanting upwards in all directions, with a dozen wooden sticks wrapped in copper skin inserted in the middle, and concave handrails on the top. The wooden stick started to run, and while it was spinning, the figure stayed in place as it ran.

The old eunuch over there suddenly stepped forward and drove him down, Geng Qing was about to explain: "This is done by a humble job." The other party interrupted the speech just halfway through.

Advisor Fu stroked the handrail, and stepped on the rollers in satisfaction.

"Good instrument of torture!"

"Huh?" Geng Qing was stunned, Dachun approached and whispered, "Didn't you suffer from physical pain?"

While the two were muttering, the old eunuch touched his bare chin and turned his face, "But you made it?"

Geng Qing came back to his senses, arched his hands: "Yes."

"That's right, put a pot of charcoal fire under the wheel axle, and lock the prisoner on it. Once the copper skin is heated, hehe, people can't stop. Once they stop, their feet can't be kept. What a torture tool, what a fantastic idea. It would be a pity not to go to the Ministry of Punishment, but how about sending it to our family?"

Uh.
Geng Qing really didn't expect that there was such a saying, so he squeezed out a smile, "Then give it to the chief manager."

Afterwards, he sent the other party back to the county government. The Fat County Magistrate also specially prepared an extra carriage, and put the silver and the 'instrument of torture' in it. This afternoon, the other party will also leave Feihu County for Yunzhou. Geng Qing He and the fat county magistrate were sent out of the city in a carriage, from the beginning to the end, and they always had to see him off.

Consultant Fu took the drink and took a sip, feeling more and more satisfied with Geng Qing.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs needs talents like you. Instead of wasting your time here, you might as well think about it."

"The chief executive has raised his head."

How can Geng Qing dare to promise this, if he really goes to Chang'an in the future, he will not be taken to purify himself?Bypassing this topic, let's talk casually for a while. Over there, there is also an important matter rushing to Yunzhou, so it is inconvenient to stay. Advisor Fu returned to the car, waved to the two people in the pavilion, lowered the curtain, and disappeared into the sunlight in front of him.

The mountain was stretching, and the team was gradually receding. The fat county magistrate saw off without an official robe, but an ordinary wide-sleeved robe, with the sleeves covered, turned around, and looked at Geng Qing with a smile.

"Let's go, let's go back to the city too, Manager Geng."

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Geng Qing followed silently with his arms up and got into the carriage, turned around and drove to the city. After processing the official documents, it was time to go home.

The sun set in the west, dyeing the sky red, and the streets and alleys in the city were covered with a layer of Xia Yi.

In the courtyard of the Golden Knife Gang, shirtless men were waving knives in the school grounds. Dou Wei stood on a high platform with a solemn face, wanting to regain his lost momentum.

In the atrium full of flowers and plants, a beautiful woman sits on the waterside pavilion, flipping through the books in her hands, imitating someone's wise eyes, and focusing on understanding the account books, it is a dull feeling.

The carriage out of the city drove past the noisy marketplace, and in front of the blacksmith shop with flags and flags flying, the blacksmith made a brand new long soldier and blew off the dust on it. Soon, An Jingsi rode over, and walked out of his hand with a red face. Take it and wave it away.

At a certain moment, the head of the lance broke, the shaft bent, and he was so angry that he threw it to the ground, shouting and chasing after the blacksmith to the long street, causing a commotion.

The distant carriage drove through the rugged mountain road. Amidst the swaying movement, the curtain was lifted. The young man took a bowl of herbal tea from the folks and said goodbye.

Back in the village, as the night fell, the burly Dachun sat at the entrance of the village, in the light of the bonfire, and talked about what he had seen and heard in the city with each villager and village woman in a miraculous manner. He raised his eyebrows.

In the courtyard, the stove lights flickered, and dishes were placed on the brand-new round table. Wang Jinqiu took Qiao Niang, who was too shy to serve, to sit down. The yellow and thin face is still lowered, but with a sweet smile.

There is one more person at the dinner table, and it no longer looks crowded.

The little fox chased a newly bought hen and ran around the yard, bumped into the water tank, squatted on the ground dizzy, and the way his tongue was lolling made Geng Qing laugh.

Soon, he took the light from the little hand and put it in the room. The young man polished the ink, took the brush and dropped the white paper, and wrote crooked handwriting, which is the way forward.

The girl stood by the water tank, looked at the focused side face in the window, forgot the water scoop in her hand, the sound of water splashing, Geng Qing raised her face, looked at Qiao Niang who was at a loss, smiled, and beckoned her in After reading a story, the swaying light illuminates the reading figure and casts it on the window lattice.

Occasionally, I would write down the name Su Qiaoniang by hand.

The girl held the paper with wet ink marks in her palm, and looked at her own name, as if she felt the truth. Big teardrops rolled down and fell on the paper, seeping wet marks.

The night was dark, and the courtyard became quiet.

And in the dimly lit window lattice, Geng Qing looked at the handwriting filled with handwriting, the wind blew in and stroked the paper, he looked outside at the dark night, the moonlight was covering the courtyard like water.

Until dawn, it will be a new challenge.

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