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"This king really underestimated the crown prince. In order to raise money and food, there are so many moths."

King Jin sat in the study, closed his eyes and put his hands on his forehead, unable to calm down for a long time.Especially when I heard the report from the servants, those aristocrats donated a large sum of money to the East Palace again, including the wealthy merchants in Beijing who also began to raise money, just to get a plaque from the crown prince, and the temples were bruised. jump straight.

Chu Jiaoping and other staff members gathered in the study, and when they heard about this, they were all frowning.

Xiao Da flicked his sleeves heavily, half out of resentment and half out of helplessness: "Nowadays Zhuque Street is full of people, all of whom are giving money to the prince. The four families of Pei, Wei, Xiao, and Zheng are fighting for the name of the stele of meritorious deeds. It's really hateful to change your attitude and send people to deliver food frequently!"

King Jin closed his eyes and said nothing, but his face was gloomy. After a long while, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at Chu Jiaoping: "Jiao Ping, you have always been resourceful and resourceful. In your opinion, what should we do?"

Chu Jiaoping frowned and said: "The prince has already taken the opportunity. If we don't get rid of anything, we will really lose our reputation. For the current plan, we don't ask for merit, but we don't want to make mistakes. Your Highness will give more money, and we must occupy it on the merit tablet." first name."

King Jin's expression turned ugly: "You mean that this king not only has to spend less money, but also has to give money to the East Palace without losing his fortune. Is it possible to earn the reputation of the prince?!"

King Jin didn't like to do this kind of thing that harmed himself and benefited others, especially the prince who benefited.He is not the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, and the daily salary used to manage officials is already a considerable expense.

Xiao Da was the first to object: "No! The more money and food you raise, the more embarrassing the prince will be in front of His Majesty. Chu Jiaoping, how can you let King Jin use his own money to subsidize the prince!"

Although they are both under the King Jin's family, the aides and staff are not necessarily very friendly, and fighting openly and secretly is common.They come and go to fight secretly, just like the prince and the king of Jin framed each other.

Chu Jiaoping's face also turned cold: "Then what does Master Xiao mean? Others donate money and food, and they are at the top of the list. Jin Wang's body is ten thousand gold, and the king's honor. Is it possible to donate five hundred silver like you?"

500 taels, 500 taels, every time Xiao Da hears these two words now, he feels like someone is scolding him.With burning pain on his face, he pointed at Chu Jiaoping and said, "This old man is utterly loyal to the King of Jin. I don't care about this reputation. I would rather bear the infamy of being worthless than fulfill the people in the Eastern Palace!"

Seeing them arguing endlessly, King Jin slapped the table heavily, and said in a deep voice, "Stop arguing!"

He seldom got angry, but now he spoke coldly to each other, it was unavoidable to make people tremble, Xiao Da also fell silent for a moment.

King Jin let out a breath slowly: "There is still some time before the end of the crown prince's food collection, let me think about it again, and it will not be too late to make up money and send food by then."

When Chu Jiaoping saw this, the wordless worry in his heart suddenly became more and more serious, and he warned: "Your Highness, if it is too late, things will change. The East Palace will definitely not allow us to make up the money so smoothly. The longer it is delayed, the worse it will be." unfavorable."

King Jin still hesitated. After all, the money in his private treasury was not blown by strong winds. Sending out tens of thousands of taels suddenly would definitely hurt his vitality. How could he compete with those centuries-old families for their roots.

What's more, the money is going to be sent to the prince, so it's really thankless.

King Jin suddenly felt a headache, and waved to his attendants: "You send someone into the palace to deliver a letter to the concubine mother, and ask her how much money she still has in her hand. Although she may not be able to use it, she always asks for safety."

The attendants obeyed immediately after receiving the order, and went straight to the palace.

Seeing that King Jin had no intention of listening to his words, Chu Jiaoping's heart sank for a moment.He began to think about what had happened in the past few days, one after another, it seemed that there was an invisible hand behind to fuel the flames, but he couldn't find any trace.

He hesitated to speak: "Your Highness..."

King Jin raised his hand to stop him: "I know what you want to say, so there is still some time before the end of the fundraising. Let me think carefully about it."

After finishing his sentence, he got up and left the study, looking for a quiet place to stay by himself.

When people are hesitant about something, most of the time they like to seek help from the outside world to gain direction.When King Jin walked to the backyard alone, he saw Xuan Yeping was meditating on a rock, he paused, and walked over: "Master Xuan."

Xuan Yeping slowly opened his eyes when he heard the words, and saw that it was the King of Jin, he bowed his head and saluted: "Pin Dao has seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

King Jin raised his hand: "The Taoist leader doesn't need to be polite. I don't know something recently. I wonder if the leader can explain it?"

Xuan Yeping has been left aside for a long time since he entered the Jin Palace, and it would be a lie if he said in his heart that he was not in a hurry.Seeing that King Jin finally took the initiative to talk to himself, he forced himself to suppress his joy, closed his eyes and said the channel number: "Your Highness, if you are confused about something, you might as well say it, the poor way may guide you astray."

The king of Jin said ambiguously: "This king wants to do one thing, maybe he can win a little fame, but this thing will not only hurt his vitality, but also help the enemy to climb higher. You say this king should do it." Or shouldn't it be done?"

His words and sentences have inadvertently revealed his attitude.Xuanye has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has a bit of kung fu to read people's eyes. When he saw this, he shook his whisk and said with a smile: "If your Highness says so, naturally you shouldn't do it. Fame is just a fleeting moment, why bother to damage your own vitality, go For nothingness."

His words were exactly what King Jin was thinking, and they sounded a bit more sweet than Chu Jiaoping's harsh words.

Although King Jin might not necessarily listen to Xuan Yeping, he felt a little better in his heart: "When the Taoist priest met me for the first time, he approved that I have the life of a real dragon. Can you explain in detail?"

Xuan Yeping received Chu Xinian's advice that day, and squatted at the foot of Tianfeng Mountain for a long time.Later, I saw a group of entourages going up the mountain with a four-horse carriage that can only be used by princes. It is expected that the people in the carriage are either rich or noble. The comment made a lot of nonsense, but I didn't expect to actually get mixed into the Prince Jin's mansion.

Seeing the King of Jin's questioning, Xuan Yeping pinched his fingers for a long while before saying: "The night before I met His Highness, I saw the Ziwei star moving in the direction of Tianfeng Mountain, and the hidden dragon was born, so I wanted to find out. I never wanted to meet Your Highness. It seems that everything is wrong." It's God's will."

After he finished speaking, he let out a long sigh: "Your Highness, don't ask any more questions. It may not be a good thing to calculate all the secrets. It's hard to get a glimpse of a poor Taoist because of his superficial cultivation."

Xuan Yeping's deceitful demeanor really made people stupefied.

King Jin's uneasy heart finally settled when he heard the words: "The Taoist priest is sure that this king has the life of a real dragon?"

Xuan Yeping pointed at Fuchen, facing the small pond in the courtyard, and saw the carp jumping out of the water all at once, causing countless ripples: "Is the golden scale a thing in the pond, it will transform into a dragon when it encounters a storm, Your Highness understands ?”

King Jin saw Xuan Yeping pointing at him casually, and the carp jumped out all at once. He couldn't help being startled, and then he reacted and exclaimed: "The Taoist priest really has great supernatural powers. This king almost listened to the words of others. You are a charlatan."

He didn't know that when it was going to be windy and rainy, the air pressure on the water surface was low, and the water lacked oxygen, so the carp would jump out of the water frequently.

Xuan Yeping paused when he heard the words, slowly stroked his beard, and asked without any trace: "The poor Taoist watched the sky at night, and saw the bright star of the evil spirit. .Pindao is afraid that there is a villain next to His Highness, I don't know who said it?"

The King of Jin still had some trust in Chu Jiaoping: "The Daoist is worrying too much. Brother Chu is a blood relative of the Queen Mother's family. He is loyal and will not be a treacherous villain."

Brother Chu?

Xuan Yeping has been here for so many days, but he has not been idle, and he has almost inquired about everything that needs to be inquired about.There are many staff members under King Jin, but there is only one surnamed Chu. Could it be that Chu Jiaoping?

Xuan Yeping was narrow-minded, heard that Chu Jiaoping had said bad things about him, and had already written down the account.But he said with a smile on his face: "Poverty is just afraid that His Highness will be kind and mistakenly believe the villain's slander, so I remind you."

King Jin is more thoughtful, so it is easy to think too much.Hearing this, he glanced at Xuanyeping, and said in surprise, "This king knows, and he will be more careful in the near future."

Chu Xinian has always been very accurate in judging people. He said that Xuan Yeping is a broom star, and Xuan Yeping has already started to make troubles in the Prince Jin's mansion quietly.

Seeing that there were a lot of people making up donations, the prince extended the deadline for raising food for three more days. He listened to Chu Xinian's words, and every other day he would make a new ranking on the merit tablet into a famous post, and then send someone to Sent to each house.

Those high-ranking officials and dignitaries will be complacent when they see themselves at the top of the list. If they see themselves lagging behind, those with a wealth of wealth will immediately send someone to the East Palace to deliver money and food, so that their own rankings must be topped.For a while, all the officials in Beijing and China were involved, and their enthusiasm exploded like never before.

The King of Jin didn't want to talk to him, but he saw that the crown prince sent the name cards every day, and his name was squeezed to the bottom, barely on par with some low-level officials, so he couldn't help but secretly annoyed.

Concubine Mei was also paying attention to this matter. Seeing that King Jin hadn't moved, she couldn't help sending people out of the palace to urge him frequently, wanting him to be the first among all the brothers, and even took out her own money for many years.

The nurse next to Concubine Mei personally came to the door and brought a box of bank notes.Her temple hair was combed meticulously, and her face looked a bit mean: "Your Majesty has something to tell your servants to tell His Highness. Your Majesty attaches great importance to this matter. All the princes have donated money. Your Highness must not be arrogant and lose the wind at this time."

"...The king knows, please trouble me to go this way."

King Jin almost gritted his teeth and said this, he asked the attendants beside him: "What time is it now?"

The attendant said: "Return to Your Highness, it's almost [-] o'clock, the household department is counting grain and silver, and it is estimated that it will be locked in half an hour."

King Jin only felt that his heart was bleeding: "Go, call a team and send all the silver in the warehouse."

Extending the head is also a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife.The silver in hand cannot be kept, sooner or later it will be handed over.Everyone understands this truth, but everyone may not be able to do it.

The attendants took the order and immediately led the men and horses to escort the large box of gold and silver to the household department. However, when they passed Zhuque Street, they saw a long line of soldiers slowly heading out of the city, occupying the street.

The attendant couldn't help feeling anxious secretly, and was about to send someone to ask what was going on, when he saw a man riding a horse from a distance at a leisurely pace.The other party was wearing a black brocade robe, with a white jade pendant around his waist, the air-conditioning was overwhelming, and the patterns on it could only be seen clearly when he was close.

That man is really dazzling.The eyebrows are slender and feminine, and the corners of the lips are slightly hooked, as if seeing something interesting, and the other half of the face is covered with a silver mask, which makes the smile a little more unreal.

He is probably so good at equestrianism that he doesn't even bother to pull the reins.Allowing the horse to move its hooves slowly and take a leisurely walk in the garden is better than a son of a family wandering the streets to watch flowers.

Xie Jingyuan? !

Seeing this, the attendant's heart skipped a beat, and he was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.Isn't Xie Jingyuan dying of illness and staying behind closed doors in the general's mansion, why did he come out today.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and immediately told the people behind him, "Hurry up, hurry up, let's take a detour and go to the household department from Lion Street."

The coachman in charge of escorting the silver said with a bitter face: "The convoy is too long. I'm afraid I won't be able to turn around for a while. Look, those soldiers have crowded the road so much that my horse has no place to hoof."

The attendant complained endlessly, he really didn't want to offend Xie Jingyuan, the Living Hades.But remembering King Jin's order, and looking at the dim sky above his head, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on his horse, and bowed his hands to Xie Jingyuan: "The villain has seen the general, but you want to go out of the city if you dare to ask the general?"

Xie Jingyuan lowered his eyes and glanced at him casually: "Who are you?"

The tone was neither urgent nor slow, which made the attendant very anxious: "The villain is a member of King Jin's sect, and he was ordered to escort the grain cart. How dare you ask the general what he is doing?"

Xie Jingyuan had a half-smile, "Oh, so it's not a big deal. There are many new recruits from the Wude Camp. This general just took them out of the city for drills."

When the attendant heard that it was just ordinary military training, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I wonder if the general can make it easier for King Jin's grain cart to pass by. It's late, and this household will be locked."

"Well……"

Xie Jingyuan seemed to be lost in thought when he heard the words, and he didn't speak for a long time.

The attendant was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, burning his ass, wishing he could just put on his wings and fly over, but he could only force himself to laugh: "Look, general, there has been a plague of locusts in the north recently, and King Jin also wants to do his best!" , you understand the righteousness, why don't you hold your hand high and let the villain's chariots and horses pass first."

Xie Jingyuan squinted at the long convoy: "So that's the case, why didn't you say it earlier, this general will let you pass."

Even though he said so, he still sat on the horse safely without any movement.

The attendant gritted his teeth in hatred and forced a smile: "Look, do you want your soldiers to give up their positions?"

"Give up the position, how?"

Xie Jingyuan flicked the horsewhip in his hand, pointed at the neatly lined up soldiers, and said with great interest, "Look, if they give up their positions, there will be chaos behind them."

The attendant couldn't hide his anxiety: "But the villain's grain cart..."

Xie Jingyuan's voice was lazy, and each word seemed to be protracted on purpose: "Don't worry, there are only so many people in the Wude Camp. If you wait for half a cup of tea, they will naturally be gone."

Hearing the words, the attendant had no choice but to step aside, suppressing his temper and waiting.However, one cup of tea time passed, two cups of tea time passed, half an hour passed, and the army of soldiers leaving the city was still unreasonably long.

The attendant finally couldn't help but stepped forward, gritted his teeth and asked, "General Xie, may I ask how many people are there in your Wude camp?"

Xie Jingyuan didn't care about his rudeness, and said in a light tone: "Oh, there are not many people, only three thousand. But I forgot to tell you, the general, I heard that the Wude Camp is going out of the city to train troops, and the Pingxiang Camp and the Xuanhu Camp will also go out to train. You have to go with them, the three battalions add up..."

Xie Jingyuan made the calculations in front of him: "Hiss...actually, there are not many people, but this general is a bit confused."

The attendant finally saw that he was blocking the way on purpose, and he was afraid that if he continued to delay, he would miss King Jin's affairs and he would not be able to walk around.Ignoring the fuss, I immediately turned around and told those people: "Hurry up, don't need the carriage, leave a few people to guard, and the rest will carry the silver to the household department with me."

The silver was locked in a wooden box, not to mention the ten carts of grain.I saw people from the Prince Jin's Mansion hurriedly carrying things out of the cart, brushing aside the slow-moving army, and rushing straight to the household department as if reincarnated.

Standing on the teahouse opposite, Chu Xinian saw everything in his eyes.He looked at the time and saw that it was almost the same time. Yaoyao made a gesture to Xie Jingyuan, indicating that the team could be withdrawn and returned to camp.

The sky was covered with sunset clouds, shining golden light on the ridge of the roof.The dark blue sky slowly engulfed the rays of the sun, and when it finally got dark, the people from the Prince Jin's Mansion rushed to the household department.

After the officials of the household department counted all the banks and drew up a list, they were ready to lock them up and release them to the government.However, as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a group of burly men rushing towards here carrying boxes. He was so aggressive that he couldn't help taking a step back in fright, pointing at them and saying, "You, you... who are you?!"

King Jin's attendant ran out of breath, took out a list of money from his arms, slapped it heavily in his hand, and said out of breath, "This is... this is donated by the Prince Jin's mansion... the silver taels donated... Hurry... Hurry up and register in the warehouse..."

Hearing this, the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs came to a sudden, and gave an inexplicable ooh, and pulled out their hands calmly: "It turned out to be from the Jin Palace, but it's already past time, and the money-raising has long since ended. "

The attendant was so angry that he grabbed his collar and said, "What did you say, tell me again!"

Can't he deal with Xie Jingyuan, can't he also deal with a small household clerk? !

The official of the household department was confident, pulled his hand off, and said arrogantly: "I also obeyed the order of His Royal Highness, and there is really nothing I can do. Once the time comes, I will not wait."

The attendant gritted his teeth: "Aren't you taking His Royal Highness Jin Wang seriously?"

The official of the household department snorted: "No matter how honorable His Royal Highness Jin Wang is, he must know that the elders and younger ones are in order, and come first and then come first. Why, what the King Jin said is words, but what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is bullshit?"

After saying this, he locked the door and closed it, pointing to the box outside and said: "You guys quickly carry it away, don't stand in front of the door, if you don't carry it away, I'll find someone to throw it away."

The attendant was shocked and angry when he heard the words, his eyes went dark, and he passed out directly.