Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 139 Wei Zhongxian's Promise
Fang Haichuan glanced left and right before saying, "Brother Su, I came this time on the orders of Eunuch Wei, and there is something I want you to do."

Hearing Fang Haichuan's words, Su Hao couldn't help but look terrified. Although he was called Wei Zhongxian's number one vicious dog by those civil servants, his family knows his own affairs, and it's not certain whether Wei Zhongxian can remember him. Now he will suddenly hand in the task For him, things must be a big deal.

"Brother Fang, what the hell happened that you were asked to come here in person?"

After thinking about it, Su Hao still asked.

"Huguang's tax bank has been robbed this year."

Fang Haichuan said in a low voice: "A total of 60 taels, Eunuch Wei hopes you can get it back."

"Brother Fang, the robbery of tax money shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Hearing this, Su Hao frowned and said, "Why do you bother me?"

What he said was not to say that the tax bank was robbed is a trivial matter, but because the tax bank was robbed, the first unlucky person was the governor of Huguang, and the second was the officials of the Huguang Chief Envoy. Even if these people were Wei Zhongxian's people, The big deal is that a strong man cuts his wrists. With Wei Zhongxian's status, it is easy to push some more people to power. After all, the status of local officials is far inferior to that of Beijing officials, and they don't attract much attention.

"It really wasn't a big deal."

Fang Haichuan shook his head and smiled wryly: "However, Xue Zhen, the governor of Huguang, committed a stupid act. The tax bank was supposed to be escorted to Beijing half a month ago. In order not to be held accountable by the court, he actually bribed the officials in the capital, trying to delay the time, and reunite. Collect tax money."

"In the past month, Huguang has been forced to have four or five civil disturbances, but they still can't collect much tax money. Only now that they can't bear it anymore, Xue Zhen confessed to Eunuch Wei. The most serious thing is that Xue Zhen bought it. Those officials were all newly promoted by Eunuch Wei in the past two or three months."

Hearing Fang Haichuan's words, Su Hao immediately understood that Wei Zhongxian swept out so many key members of the Donglin Party from the court in the past few months, and the Donglin Party is suffocating. If this incident is exposed Well, not only Wei Zhongxian would be deflated, but those officials would all be blown away with one blow. No wonder Fang Haichuan would come here in person.

Of course, Wei Zhongxian could also fill this gap with his own money, but with Wei Zhongxian's money-greedy personality, it would be easier to kill him if he paid for it himself.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao still shook his head: "Brother Fang, it's not that I don't want to take action on this case, it's because I'm really not sure, if I try to be brave and miss Eunuch Wei's important matter, my brother will die forever. "

This is not because he is shirking, but because he is really unsure. Escorting the tax bank is not a trivial matter. Every time at least several first-class warriors must accompany him, and the other party can rob the tax bank. In terms of strength, but if you want to underestimate the heroes of the world, he is far from qualified.

Besides, what he needs now is low-key development. When Wei Zhongxian is finished, he will seize the three prefectures of Jinan, Yanzhou, and Dongchang, and completely control the Grand Canal. If he was cut off and ran out of food, he had to hold his nose and endure him.

And even if you can't bear it, as long as you control the grain in Linqingzhou, Dezhou, and Xuzhou, there are at least more than 100 million stones of grain in the three places, and you can naturally recruit people if you have grain. When the imperial court mobilizes the army, he has already controlled the entire Shandong.

Hearing this, Fang Haichuan sighed and said, "Brother Su, I know this is a bit embarrassing for you, but this matter really depends on you."

"Brother Fang, there are countless masters in the capital. Although my younger brother has some strength, the capital can easily call out a few martial arts masters."

Su Hao frowned. Although there are countless masters in the world, most of them are still in the imperial court and wealthy families. Not to mention learning literary and martial arts, goods and the concept of the imperial family, in terms of resources and talents alone, the imperial court and wealthy families accounted for it. For the most part, non-government folk and Jianghu sects simply cannot compare with the imperial court and wealthy families.

Just like him, not to mention the big expense of paper piercing, he spent at least 7 taels of silver just from practicing martial arts. Although his situation is very special, it is also necessary to train a first-class warrior in the capital It costs almost so much money, but among the people and the world, who can casually spend such a large amount of wealth to practice martial arts.

There are talents, skills, and resources. No one knows how many masters are hidden in the capital.

"Brother Su, the news from Huguang is still being suppressed by Xue Zhen. Eunuch Wei doesn't want to disturb the people of the Donglin Party, so the Jinyiwei General Office and the masters of Dongchang in the capital cannot be mobilized."

Fang Haichuan shook his head and said, "That's why Eunuch Wei thought of you."

I wish he didn't think of me.

Hearing Fang Haichuan's words, Su Hao couldn't help complaining in his heart, he just wanted to take advantage of Wei Zhongxian's influence, but he didn't want to really work for Wei Zhongxian.

Seeing that Su Hao remained silent, Fang Haichuan also knew that this kind of thing was too difficult, so he continued: "Brother Su, Eunuch Wei said that as long as you can get back the tax money, Brother Su, he can make an exception and ask His Majesty to reward you with two door spell."

Two spells?

Hearing this, Su Hao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Is it the one passed down in the family?"

The spells exchanged in Jinyiwei cannot be passed down from family to family. When exchanging, someone from the palace will specially set up restrictions on you and prohibit you from passing them on. For someone like him who joined Jinyiwei halfway, the court didn't trust him very much, and they didn't trust the court too much, so it was unlikely that he would accept being restricted.

However, for the Jinyiwei of the general office, this kind of prohibition is not unacceptable. Most of them are Jinyiwei passed down from generation to generation, and they have already gotten used to it for 200 years. Basically no one has an opinion.

However, there are exceptions, that is, those bestowed by the emperor. Most of the unique knowledge passed down from the families of the great generals are mostly rewarded by the emperor. This kind of knowledge can be passed on to the family, but it needs to be reported to the court when it is passed on.

Now that he is ready to rebel, naturally he will not accept being banned. Although the imperial court may not play tricks in the ban, there is no guarantee that it will not.

"A family heirloom."

Fang Haichuan also knows what Su Hao thinks. Being banned is taboo for most of the masters who joined Jinyiwei halfway. Su Hao and others are used to being free before, and they are basically not restricted by the rules.

Forget about martial arts, the imperial court is not too afraid, no matter how talented you are, you are just a master of martial arts. It is rare to see a congenital master in a hundred years, but the imperial court has stricter supervision on spells, because once spells are flooded, they are easy to appear everywhere The situation of the White Lotus Sect.

"Since Eunuch Wei has said so, I will naturally do my best, but I can't guarantee that I can get the tax money back."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao still nodded his head and agreed. Wei Zhongxian has already mentioned this point, and if he refuses again, he will be ignorant.

"Brother Su, do your best."

Hearing that, Fang Haichuan didn't force him, and Xue Zhen didn't find anything after a month of investigation. Even if Su Hao issued a military order, he might not be able to get the tax money back.

After being courteous again, Su Hao sent Fang Haichuan out of Jinyiwei Yamen.

...

After returning to the attic, Su Hao came to the room where the second natal paper figurine was placed.

Before coming to the skeleton, Su Hao internally urges him to help, and four drops of heart blood are forced out. The heart blood falls on the skeleton. The next moment, the skeleton emits a red light, and then absorbs all the heart blood.

After losing four drops of blood, Su Hao's face turned pale in an instant. However, Su Hao didn't stop. Instead, Su held up mysterious and unusual seals with both hands, and one after another the mana melted into the skeleton along with the seals.

The next moment, Su Hao let out a low cry, and the surrounding paper skins seemed to come alive, and then flew towards the skeleton, entangled on the skeleton, a moment later, a complete paper figurine appeared in the room, and at the same time, Su Hao Waving his hand, he summoned the original natal paper figurine.

"From now on, you will be called No. [-] and No. [-]."

Su Hao waved his hand to put away the two natal paper figurines. Although number two is stronger, he still has no plans to give up number one. He has practiced the Nine-tailed White Fox Conception for a year, and now he has separated the fourth divine sense. , able to control four natal paper figurines at the same time, but now his mana is insufficient, and it is too difficult to control four natal paper figurines at the same time, so he only refined the second natal paper figurine.

Half a day later, eight horses rode out from the yamen. As a thousand households of Jin Yiwei, Su Hao's every move was already extremely eye-catching, let alone such a big move that mobilizes the crowd.

.........

Puding Prefecture, the state city.

At this time, the state city has become a huge barracks, but the atmosphere in the city is low, morale is low, and the faces of the soldiers are full of fear and helplessness.

In the prefectural office, Cai Fuyi, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and governor of Guizhou, gathered together with many generals, guards in brocade clothes, and Taoist masters.

"Tianshi, I wonder if the injury is okay?"

Looking at Zhang Ruiyan, whose face was still slightly pale, Cai Fu showed worry. Last year, the previous governor of Guizhou, Wang Sanshan, won consecutive battles. Later, he was dazzled by the victory and underestimated the enemy. He directly led the lone army to Dafang City , approaching Zhijin, An Bangyan's lair.

As a result, in the first month of this year, due to the lack of support and the shortage of food and grass, they were defeated. Not only did they lose 12 soldiers and horses, but they also killed three thousand households of Jinyiwei in Guizhou. He was seriously injured by Fei Zong, and he recovered from his injuries until recently.

"Thank you Governor Cai for your concern. Pindao's injuries are no longer a problem."

Zhang Ruiyan nodded.

"Tianshi, according to the information from Zhijin, An Bangyan sacrificed tens of thousands of captured soldiers with blood, and it seems that the flying zombies have been tempered into indestructible bones. What should we do next?"

Cai Fu showed a sad face, but he could still restrain himself from flying stiff. This inability to melt bones could already affect the situation of one side of the battle. If he couldn't restrain himself, he might not be able to suppress the rebellion in the future.

"Governor Cai, don't worry. Before coming here, Pindao did a divination. The hexagram shows that although An Bangyan's flying zombie is much stronger, there is still a long way to go before he can melt his bones."

Seeing Cai Fuyi's expression, Zhang Ruiyan expressed relief.

"That's good."

Hearing Zhang Ruiyan's words, Cai Fuyi breathed a sigh of relief, but then said with a gloomy expression, "Now An Bangyan's troops are approaching the Sancha River, and the morale of the soldiers in the city is low. I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

He is an orthodox civil servant, although he has worked hard in marching and fighting, but he has only tasted it, and it is okay for him to govern the country, but it is a bit difficult for him to lead the army to counter the rebellion.

(End of this chapter)