Qin Xiang

Mrs. Qing returned to her room, drove out the maid who was accompanying her, and then took out a small bamboo painting from the cabinet.The painting was not as exquisite as the one hanging on the wall, and the lines of the characters were all distorted, making it look not like a person, but like a pheasant or something.But she didn't care, she still stroked the man in the painting tenderly.

"Sure enough, I'm still not good at drawing. Compared with what you draw, it's really ugly. It's been so long, I almost forgot what you look like. Fortunately, I saw a young boy today. I think you should be like that when you were young. Looks like this, very handsome." Mrs. Qing chattered to the person in the painting.The blurred image of my beloved in my memory gradually became clear again, and with the previously determined impression, that image was getting closer and closer to Gan Luo.There is a saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and Mrs. Qing naturally beautified her beloved a lot.

The house here is actually not Mrs. Qing's home, but a place where she temporarily lives in order to deal with the matter this time. Although it is not big, it is very close to the Liguan Mansion.Gan Luo casually chatted with the people nearby about the situation of the county magistrate Huang Wenchu.

After some research and investigation, Gan Luo realized that Huang Wenchu's ability to collect money was truly unrivaled in the world. To use the words of the county people to evaluate it, it would be that the wild goose plucks the feathers, and any place that can deduct money will be spared.With a population of more than [-] households, the money they can get is very rich.

In this regard, Mrs. Qing also has her opinion: "Actually, the problem that can be solved with money is the best solution." She just came here after hearing about Huang Wenchu, hoping to exchange money for status Improvement, she is a woman, if the chiefs of other places may despise her.But this Huang Wenchu ​​is different, as long as money is given, everything can be solved.

However, Huang Wenchu's appetite is not small, Mrs. Qing has stayed for so long, and the two of them are arguing with each other, and they can always negotiate a price.Gan Luo and Qiu Wuxue found a good time, taking advantage of Mrs. Qing's feast for the county magistrate Huang Wenchu, they sneaked into the county magistrate's mansion quietly under the moonlight.

The front half of the government office is where the county magistrate works, while the large courtyard behind is where he and his family live.Huang Wenchu's yard is not very luxurious, and the decoration inside is also ordinary, which makes people wonder where all the money he was greedy went to.

After several days of inquiring and observing, Gan Luo already knew that the other party had a study room, and he never let other people in, and specially arranged a team of guards to patrol alternately, day and night.Only during the interval between shifts after nightfall can there be an opportunity to take advantage of it.

If you only deal with Huang Wenchu, a corrupt official, you can just pull it out and chop it up based on Gan Luo's identity, but if you want to find the guy who is in collusion with Huang Wenchu, you need to follow the vine and find the letters or account books they talked with.

"Brother, you stay here on guard, I'll go inside and search the account books." Gan Luo, who was dressed in black night clothes, said softly.Although his martial arts are not as good as his senior brother's, he is smaller and more flexible in his movements. If there is any accident, he can forcefully write down the account book.

Qiu Wuxue grabbed a cat and threw it towards the corridor. In the middle of the night, cats meowed shrillly.The guards who had already reached the corridor were scratched by the manic cat, and the team became disorganized.Gan Luo tiptoed over and rushed into the study.Then he got up and opened the door ajar.The oil lamp in the house is always on, and if someone comes in, a bright shadow will be reflected on the screen window.

As soon as Gan Luo entered, he quickly groped for the items in the house. He found the usual ledger, which seemed to be fine, but many expenses were fictitious.Therefore, there should be a more secret ledger.But no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find it.

When Gan Luo heard the cry of the cuckoo, he went to blow out the oil lamp first, and the room became dark for a moment.

After a while, there were voices of people talking outside the house.

"Really, I don't know where the wild cat came from, it's crazy, and it's so fierce. If the county magistrate finds out, we'll all be in a hurry." A young guard complained dissatisfiedly, and the others responded one after another. .

Another older voice came over: "Okay, don't talk anymore, just patrol."

"promise!"

Then came the sound of their walking footsteps, and another guard muttered in a low voice: "Why did the light go out again? Maybe it was blown out by the wind, forget it, never mind, the county magistrate won't let us enter the study at all."

The footsteps gradually faded away, and Gan Luo's tense body relaxed. He took a long breath and looked for the account books more carefully.Time passed by every minute and every second, but there was still no result. If the banquet between Mrs. Qing and Huang Wenchu ​​ended, it would be terrible.

Gan Luo walked anxiously. Suddenly, he remembered that the secret rooms that Yu'er had told him were usually organized by agencies.He saw a beautiful porcelain bowl in the room, and was about to move forward to take a look, when he heard a little noise.

He took a few steps back, checked again, and finally found a moving brick.

"Found it!" Gan Luo exclaimed inwardly when he dug out the brick and saw a roll of bamboo slips.

Now that the evidence is found, how to leave is also a difficult task.Fortunately, Gan Luo and Qiu Wuxue made an agreement, and Qiu Wuxue, who was lying on the roof, heard the sound, lifted the tiles on the roof, threw the hemp rope down, and then caught a little Gan Luo.

Gan Luo made a few gestures, indicating that the things had been stolen, so let's leave here first.Qiu Wuxue nodded, and the two of them prepared to make some noise to distract the guards.

Putting Huang Wenchu's identity there, the guards he selected were all from ordinary people, so they would inevitably be a little lazy. One of the young guards felt like urinating for a while, so he couldn't help but found a secluded bush, opened his clothes, and started booing .

He shook his body with a refreshed face, and he was about to play a ditty when he happened to see two groups of black shadows with bulging bones on the roof.Just as he was about to speak, Qiu Wuxue flew over with a thumb-sized stone, hitting him, and immediately fainted, hitting the wet soil just in time.The stench made him wrinkle his nose when he passed out.

"Uh..." Gan Luo was stunned for a moment, his senior brother's martial arts were so high that it was hard to hold a candle to.His three-legged cat kung fu is still far behind.

Qiu Wuxue replied calmly: "Let's go!" A single word showed the demeanor of a master.

As he spoke, he popped a small stone again, and the guards heard the movement and went to check.

"Hold tight." Qiu Wuxue hugged Gan Luo's slender waist. As soon as he spoke, Gan Luo subconsciously hugged his waist tightly.The corner of the brother's raised mouth was fleeting, and he fled with Gan Luo.

Gan Luo and Qiu Wuxue returned to Mrs. Qing's other courtyard as if nothing had happened, and burned all the night clothes they had changed with the brazier in the house, leaving no trace.Gan Luo rubbed his hands and opened the bamboo slips with great interest.It clearly stated the process of Huang Wenchu's bribery of the sheriff and the city lord. Most of the money he got from corruption was spent on this.Moreover, he pretended to distribute the corn offered by merchants, but actually accumulated it to contribute to his title.

Such sloppy, I am afraid that many people will be pulled down. Although these positions seem inconspicuous now, they may play a huge role in the future. After arrangement, Yingzheng can also install some of his cronies, breaking the monopoly of Lu Buwei's family in the court. big situation.

Thinking of this, Gan Luo grinned.After reading the bamboo slips, he rolled them up again, and prepared to write a letter to Ying Zheng.

A few days later, Ying Zheng's reply letter arrived. He trusted Gan Luo, just like he trusted himself, and naturally handed over the matter to Gan Luo.At the same time, there are also a group of new officials who are about to take office to fill the vacant positions.

As more and more officials ransacked their homes, more and more millet treasures were accumulated.The corn was immediately distributed to the refugees as rations and spring seeds. Part of the treasure was sold for medicinal materials, and the other part was transported to Xianyang City and handed over to Ying Zheng.

In Xianyang Palace, the eunuch came here with the bamboo slips and silks in person, without sacrificing human hands.

"Take it away, take it away, the widow doesn't want to read it!" Ying Zheng yelled weakly with ice on his head, "This Gan Luo has been playing wild outside, and he hasn't come back for so long, so what kind of letter is he writing to the widow?" !"

Seeing this, the officials at the side felt that there was an opportunity. He had been working hard for so long, and he wanted to win the monarch's heart while Prime Minister Gan Xiao was away.He is the most loyal and good minister.

With this in mind, he stepped forward with a sad face, and said: "Although Prime Minister Gan is young, he is well-known for his intelligence and wit, and he is well-known in all vassal states. I am afraid that many monarchs have invited him to be prime minister at this time." Letter. He is not from Qin after all, and he is probably thinking the same thing as his father."

Gan Mao is from the state of Wei, and Guigu can be considered to be in the territory of the state of Wei. To be honest, the Gan family has the most sense of belonging to the state of Qin, and probably only Gan Fei——Gan Luo's father.This official from the Qin Kingdom can be said to have a heart to punish. If he is a suspicious king, he may already have doubts in his heart.What's more, now that Ying Zheng is having a fever, he just got angry with Gan Luo's letter.

Ying Zheng raised his eyelids to look at this person, and the other person immediately straightened his back. He is the best at trying to figure out the king's mind. I haven't seen him in the past few months. Does the king often summon him? !

"Nianen, drag him out, I don't want to see him in the palace again." Ying Zheng waved his hand, like chasing away flies.Hmph, he lost his temper with Gan Luo and made him petty, that was a matter between him and Gan Luo, how could it be his turn to get involved!This person is indeed a slanderous courtier, he has seen through it!

Ying Zheng has already issued such an order, even if he clings to Lu Buwei, this person's political career has ended early.