Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

As soon as Cui Yigui left, Chen Jitao's stern face suddenly relaxed, and he laughed at Guo Ye and said, "My lord, this is over. Not only did I get back the salt tax that was robbed before, but I also made a lot of money for nothing. One million taels. Oh my god, the governor is really good at making money, I'm convinced. I'm convinced by the officials!"

Guo Ye waved his hand and said with a smile: "Ming Ren, you will inform Liu Zhenxuan at dawn tomorrow and ask him to personally lead a team to escort the money into Chang'an. We must return the money borrowed from Changlefang Big Bank as soon as possible, with interest. It’s not like that to be in arrears.”

Naturally, Chen Jitao agreed endlessly, borrowing such a huge sum of money, if there is an extra day of delay, there will be an extra day of interest, and no one can afford it.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Ye specially warned: "You ask Zhenxuan to bring more troops from Zhechong Duwei's Mansion, and borrow some from Chen Lang's Salt Gang. You must safely escort the money into Chang'an City. You can't Someone picked the peach halfway like last time."

Chen Jitao nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, how dare you forget the lessons learned from the past? The next official will definitely explain to Liu Duwei."

Guo Ye hummed, and did not forget to add: "Also, let Zhenxuan bring me that unlucky Guan Jiujiu when he comes back. He is the salt transport envoy of the Salt Transport Yamen, who will be responsible if he leaves him?" About the Yangzhou salt tax?"

Although Chen Jitao despised Guan Jiujiu's incompetence, he was also very envious of the governor's favor and trust in Guan Jiujiu. He made such a big mistake, and he didn't even have a word of scolding. The direct line is the direct line, only the envious portion.

After dismissing Cui Yigui and explaining to Chen Jitao, Guo Ye stretched his arms wearily and sighed: "Oh, I have been busy with this matter these days and have been neglecting my wife. Mingren, from tomorrow From now on, I will hand over all the affairs of the Yangzhou government office to you, and I will take my wife to visit the mountains and rivers in the suburbs of Yangzhou for a while."

Chen Jitao heard that this is the second time that Guo Ye has entrusted himself with the affairs of the Yangzhou government office, especially after envying the treatment of Guan Jiujiu's direct descendants, he couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion in his heart, giving birth to a sense of morality The thought of dying for the confidant comes.

It was late at night, the two said goodbye after a small discussion, and Guo Ye went back to the backyard to go to bed and rest.

After breakfast the next day, he took Wu Xiuxiu, as well as Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin, two living treasures, and drove out in a carriage to enjoy themselves.

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Seven days later, Cui Yigui traveled day and night, both by water and by land, and finally returned from Yangzhou to Qinghe County, Hebei Province.

At this time, he was busy all the way, rushing day and night, and when he returned to Qinghe County, he was extremely embarrassed, unkempt, ragged, no different from a beggar along the street.

He was familiar with the way in Qingshui County, and soon came to the gate of Cui Heling's mansion, which is the main branch of the Cui family.

As usual, the gates are closed, and there is not even a servant to watch the gate.

Cui Yigui staggered to the gate, lay down on the gate very tiredly, grabbed the copper ring on the gate with one hand, and knocked hastily.

Crack, clap, clap...

"Quick, open the door quickly, I want to see the Patriarch, Cui Yigui from the Yangzhou Bank is asking to see the Patriarch!"

Chapter 836

After a while, the gate of Cui's mansion opened slowly from the inside, Cui Yigui staggered into the mansion, and met the head of the house, Cui Heling, as he wished.

As soon as he saw Cui Heling, he immediately wailed and wailed. While crying, he choked up and told the story of Yangzhou intermittently.

When Cui Heling heard it for the first time, he stood up immediately, and stood silent for a long time as if struck by lightning, his face full of shock.

After being silent for a while, Cui Heling, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. The first sentence was in an unbelievable tone, and he asked Cui Yigui: "Eight...800 million taels of silver, all for you...you... gone?"

Cui Yigui had expected the Patriarch's reaction a long time ago, so he naturally pretended to be an innocent victim, wiped away his tears and wailed, "Patriarch, it's all because I was deceived by the lard, and I believed in Guo Ye's traitorous stories." Nonsense. As the governor of Yangzhou and an official appointed by the court, he did all these nasty things. On that day, he disguised himself as a businessman from the middle of Shu, and spoke the dialect of the middle of Shu..."

Slowly, Cui Yigui explained how Guo Ye pretended to be Wu Maocai, a businessman from central Sichuan, and how he cheated himself of his trust with a few small deals.

The more Cui Heling listened, the more gloomy his face became, and his brows became a big pimple. He thought bitterly in his heart, it seems that the surname Guo really came for our Cui family.

At the end of Cui Yigui's speech, he did not forget to call out the words that Guo Ye asked him to bring back, and said: "Patriarch, let me greet you with the surname Guo, and let me tell you that his Guo Ye's things are not that good. As much food as you swallow, you have to spit it out with interest. Uh...Patriarch, I am really wronged, wronged, woo woo woo..."

After Cui Heling listened to what Guo Ye asked Cui Yigui to bring back, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he murmured: "So the surname Guo has already guessed that our Cui family robbed the salt tax? He spent so much time digging holes to set up a trap." , intertwined, just to get back the salt tax that was robbed from the Yangzhou Bank. Haha, amazing, really young. Changsun Wuji was right at all. After a few years, this fellow will definitely become The whole Guanlong clan's confidant's serious troubles must be eliminated first and then quickly."

As he said that, his face became cloudy and uncertain. Looking at Cui Yigui who was kneeling on the ground like a dead dog, he sighed secretly: "Why does our Cui family produce all these useless wastes? Why can't we produce someone who is similar to Guo Ye?" What about the rising stars in general? Alas, one generation is not as good as the next generation. Now it seems that the Yizhen nephew of my brother He Nian's family also died at the hands of Guo Ye."

After sighing inwardly, Cui Heling waved to Cui Yigui, and motioned: "Get up, I can't blame you for this!"

When Cui Yigui heard the words, it was as if he had been pardoned. He had made such a big mistake and the Patriarch didn't blame him for punishing him. Obviously, he escaped a catastrophe.He almost cried with joy, hurriedly got up from the ground, came to Cui Heling, and coquettishly said: "Patriarch, I will never make such a mistake again, and I will definitely not fall into the tricks of Guo Ye's dog thief again next time."

"Do you want another time?"

Hearing Cui Yigui's words, Cui Heling was angry for no reason, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and he shouted outside the door: "Come here!"

As soon as the words fell, a few guards of Cui's mansion barged in from outside the living room. Just as Cui Yigui was in a daze, Cui Heling suddenly pointed at those nurses and shouted: "Give me Cui Yigui, the unworthy descendant of the Cui family. Take it!"

Boom~

Several guards rushed forward, and the tiger rushed forward, and Cui Yigui was firmly subdued in a flash.

Cui Yigui was unable to move, but his mouth was not blocked, and he shouted in horror and panic: "Patriarch, Patriarch, you...you...what are you going to do?"

Cui Heling glanced at Cui Yigui with disdain, and said coldly: "What are you doing? You bastard, you caused the Qinghe Cui family to lose 800 million taels of silver for nothing, and directly caused the family to be injured and unable to recover within a few years. Hmph, why don't you You have the face to ask me what I do? You are such a waste, what is the use of keeping it? So many people are going to die, how are you still alive? Trash, trash!!"

Cui Heling became more and more angry with his curses, his voice became more and more high-pitched, he flicked his sleeves violently, and ordered several nursing homes: "Drag this useless waste, enforce the family law, and beat him to death with sticks. Use it as an example!!!”

"Here!"

"No, no, Patriarch spare my life, spare my life!"

Cui Yigui was forcibly dragged down like a dead dog, struggling and wrestling, begging Cui Heling for mercy.

"and many more!"

Just when Cui Yigui was dragged to the door of the living room, Cui Heling suddenly called out again, blocking him: "Tomorrow is the day when Cui's family worships ancestors. It is not appropriate to use a knife. It is unknown if you will be killed. Hmph, it's your luck, stay here for now." You are a dog."

Cui Yigui walked before the ghost gate, his face was pale with fright, and his legs were shaking. Fortunately, someone dragged him, otherwise he would definitely be lying on the ground and unable to get up.

Cui Heling walked up to him, and said coldly: "You don't want to participate in the ancestor worship tomorrow, and set off for Liaodong today. Our Cui family has business dealings with the Goguryeo people in Liaodong, and I will let you stay there You have committed crimes and meritorious deeds. If you messed up your errands over there, don’t go back to Cui’s house, just buy a good knife and settle yourself.”

As soon as Cui Yigui heard about Liaodong, he immediately thought of the freezing weather and the thousands of miles of ice. It is better to enforce the family law by beating to death.

Immediately, he kept crying with gratitude and gratitude: "Thank you, Patriarch, thank you, Patriarch, I will take the crime and make meritorious deeds, and I will not let the Patriarch down!"

Cui Heling waved at the nursing homes, signaling them to release Cui Yigui.

Then he glanced at Cui Yigui again, just waved his hand in disgust, then turned and returned to the living room, unwilling to say another word to him.

Cui Yigui naturally accepted as soon as he saw something good, and he didn't dare to stay longer. If the family owner suddenly changed his mind and wanted to injure himself, there would be no place to cry.

Immediately, he staggered to his feet, endured the slight trembling of his legs, and scrambled towards the direction outside the gate.

Cui Heling sat back on the grand teacher's chair at the head of the hall, looking at Cui Yigui's embarrassed figure, he couldn't help feeling sad for a while, and sighed: "What's the use of killing this kind of trash? Could it be possible to recover the loss of 800 million taels of silver? Alas, a generation Not as good as a generation, who can keep my Cui family prosperous and prosperous after a hundred years?"

After sighing, suddenly a middle-aged scribe came hurriedly outside the living room, who looked somewhat similar to Cui Heling.

As soon as this person entered the living room, he yelled at Cui Heling angrily: "Brother, I heard that Guo Ye cheated our Cui family of 800 million taels of silver in Yangzhou? Good, good, good, the hatred of killing a son is unshakable, cheating The hatred of wealth cannot be eliminated, and it happens that the old hatred and the new hatred are settled together. Brother, please let me take someone to Yangzhou!"

The person who came was Cui Henian, the father of Cui Yizhen who died in Yangzhou, and the second master of the Qinghe Cui family.

Cui Heling saw his younger brother coming in angrily, and couldn't help but let out a wry smile, and said, "Second brother, so you've been eavesdropping outside all this time?"

Cui Henian bowed his hands and said, "Don't be surprised, brother, Henian has no other intentions. Please let me take someone to Yangzhou."