Chapter 36 Protecting the South Man Commander (3)
"In this way, it should be enough to obtain the official position of Qianshi." Zheng Hun was familiar with all the things in Luoyang, and wanted to show his talents in front of the new lord and spoke first.
Lei Heng was overjoyed and quickly approached and asked, "Please teach me if Duke Wen (Zheng Hun's name is written as a prostitute)!"
Zheng Hun smiled but did not answer, and asked back, "Lord, can you tell me that Henan Yin He Jin?"
He Jin? He Butcher? Of course Lei Heng knew, and nodded subconsciously.
He Jin was originally a butcher, but because his sister married into the palace, she was named a nobleman, and gave birth to a prince Liu Bian for Emperor Ling, and was appointed as the queen. He Jin was also highly valued and appointed as a general, holding military power. After Emperor Ling passed away, Jian Shuo planned to kill Jin and established Prince Liu Xie, but failed, he was executed. He Jin followed Yuan Shao's words and recruited wise and conspiring people for his own use, and since then he monopolized the power. However, He Jin did not accept Chen Lin's advice, and often formed warlords in the capital, and confronted Yuan Shao and others to kill the officials. Finally, the matter was leaked. Feng Zi and others took the lead and were killed.
Zheng Hun continued to explain: "Hun had a few encounters with He Jin. Since Wang Meiren died, He was favored by the emperor only. His brother He Jin was appointed as the chief minister and was the chief craftsman and the magistrate of Henan. He was quite powerful. However, Hun knew that he was 'restrained and brave, and was willing to make plans without decisions; he cherished his life when doing big things, and forgot his life when seeing small profits'. If the lord was willing to offer rich treasures, Jin would definitely reward him."
Lei Heng gritted his teeth, stood up and politely to Zheng Hun and said, "All nine treasures are given to Duke Wen, and Duke Wen can handle them with full authority!"
"I will never let down my lord's high hopes!" Zheng Hun quickly stood up and returned the salute, and bowed again solemnly, "However, I hope the lord will have a proper relationship, either move it with family affection or lure it with money. Be sure to make him talk to Emperor Ling and replace the Danyang."
Lei Heng naturally had no objection to this arrangement. He thought about the long-planned Monkey Soldiers' congratulations and couldn't help asking: "Heng wanted to use Monkey Soldiers to enter the court to win the favor of Emperor Ling. I wonder what Duke Wen thought?"
Zheng Hun frowned slightly, but did not refuse openly, but just responded lightly: "I don't know what's the truth, I just hope the lord will handle it with caution."
"good!"
"Sui Sheng, Lin Sheng, you and the other two follow the instructions of Duke Wen (Zheng Hun's name)!"
Several people quickly got up and sang a promise.
"Zhicai (Xi Zhongbiao's name), Dian Wei met with me... Feng Zi!"
"Zhao Hu, Sanhouzi and others protected Hu's family, and Dian Man and his supplies."
"Abide by the order!" Everyone agreed in unison and looked for a place to rest.
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The next day, everyone went to act according to their plans.
Lei Heng remembered how he first arrived and how he got into the mansion of Feng Xi of the Central Changshi. He said he came to the door and said that he was looking for his uncle, so he would be beaten out by sticks! He couldn't help but feel sad.
Xi Zhong Xiao asked about the situation and couldn't help but smile: "Has the lord forgotten about the matter of Pingcheng Gate?"
Lei Heng woke up and quickly called Xi Zhong. Dian Wei took his wealth and rushed to Pingcheng Gate.
It had been nearly half an hour since the three of them arrived at Pingcheng Gate. Hou Ercai took a leisurely walk. From a distance, he greeted him very happily: "Brother Tian, are you going to leave the city so early?"
Lei Heng first gave the second gold, and then slowly said, "I have something to do, brother."
I like this person when I meet. Hou Er was in a good mood and answered hurriedly: "Brother Tian, but it's okay."
Lei Heng whispered in a low voice: "Is there a way for my brother to meet me and the Central General Feng Zi?"
"Hiss... Brothers are so grand, they actually ask to see Mr. Feng!" Hou Er was so shocked.
Lei Heng didn't have time to talk to him, so he directly offered his own price: "If my brother can let me see Feng Gong today, I would like to repay my brother with one hundred gold; if I see Feng Gong tomorrow, I will reward my brother with fifty gold; if I see Feng Gong the next day, I will reward my brother with twenty gold..."
"It's really one hundred gold?" Hou Er was a little moved, but asked again with concern: "Today, let Brother Tian see the Central General Feng Shi, I will reward me with one hundred gold?"
Lei Heng smiled and said, "Take it seriously!" After saying that, Dianwei put down the sack on his back, and when he opened it, it was full of gold.
Hou Er was full of greed and his eyes were fixed on the golden and unwilling to leave.
Lei Heng further tempted: "I just want to meet Feng Xiang. Just one side, these golds belong to my brother!"
Hou Er swallowed his saliva with difficulty and asked again: "What's the matter?"
Lei Heng replied calmly: "Give a gift."
Hou Er finally couldn't resist the temptation of gold, so he threw down a sentence: "Wait." and ran away, leaving Lei Heng and everyone waiting by the city gate.
It took a long time since I saw Hou Er come back, and Lei Heng was also a little worried and paced back and forth anxiously.
The soldier named "Ergouzi" by Hou Er came over timidly and said to Lei Heng: "Uncle Tian...we collects every day...80% of the gold we have received will be given to the 'Ten Constellations', 50% of which will be sent to Zhang Rang's mansion, 20% will be sent to Fengzhi's mansion, and the rest of the 'Constellations' are all filial..."
Lei Heng was overjoyed and threw a gold to Ergouzi: "Thank you for your advice!"
Seeing Ergouzi receive a bounty, the other three soldiers came over and talked about the secrets they knew.
"I know that not only our Pingcheng Gate, but the "peaceful money" collected by the other gates were sent to the residence of the "Ten Changshi" and were received by his confidant. It seemed that there was a housekeeper named Li in the Fengshi Mansion...
"I also know that Manager Li's nephew also sells road indices and passes certificates and other documents..."
"I know even more that Manager Li has a good reputation. Everyone says that as long as you collect money, everything will be done!"
Lei Heng threw a gold to each of them, and the four of them smiled happily and went to the city gate to guard the city gate.
Lei Heng began to think: It seems that Hou Er is a person on the line of "Ten Eunuchs". The manager Li, who is from the Dongcheng Yeshe, is Feng Shi's confidant, the son and nephew of the manager Li. When Hou Er ran away this time, he must have gone to find Manager Li, and when he had the opportunity to meet Feng Shi.
Lei Heng quickly thought about the words of meeting and recognizing his relatives, but he didn't even pay attention to Hou Er's return and greeting him.
"Hey, Brother Tian... Brother Tian..." Seeing that Lei Heng did not respond, Hou Er pushed hard.
"Who..." Lei Heng was about to curse, but when he saw that Hou Er was rushing back, he had to swallow the second half of the words back into his stomach, put on a kind expression, and asked, "Brother, how about it?"
Hou Er quickly talked about the hard work and looked at the sack on Dian Wei's back without discussing the result at all.
Lei Heng understood and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Dian Wei will give the sack to your brother..."
Hou Er hurriedly followed, looked left and counted right, as if Lei Heng would lose a few gold. After a long time, he turned around and answered Lei Heng: "Brother, I will give up this old face and finally asked the consent of the old manager Li. This afternoon, Mr. Feng will return to the mansion for half a day, and Brother Tian will have a stick of incense in the morning."
Lei Heng was overjoyed: "Thank you brother!"
Hou Er waved his hand indifferently and said, "Okay, okay, go and prepare quickly. By the way, remember to give Mr. Li 200 gold coins..." After saying that, he quickly called Ergouzi: "Go away, carry it home for me."
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Lei Heng had no choice but to order Dian Wei and others to pack up and rush to Fengzi Mansion.
When I arrived in front of Fengzi Mansion, I paid a series of gold items such as "transmission fee", "entry fee", and "transport fee". It was almost noon before I met Mr. Li.
After a few polite words, Mr. Li remained silent and stared at the sack on Dian Wei's back. Lei Heng understood and signaled Dian Wei to put it down, lifted one of the sacks on it, and then leaned over and said, "The villain asked to see Mr. Feng, please let Mr. Li make an arrangement."
"Yes. But." Mr. Li asked his servant to take the sack away, and then arranged for Lei Heng: "I heard from Qi'er, Hou Er talked about you, it's good. I'll accept the gold on behalf of the Fenggong. Let's go to the side room for a while, and someone will attract you..."
Lei Heng quickly thanked and said, "Thank you Mr.!"
Then, a maid came over and led Lei Heng to the side room to rest. Lei Heng closed his eyes and waited.
More than an hour later, the maid was still there. She came over to invite Lei Heng to the side hall. Lei Heng knew that the real test was coming.
After entering the side hall, Lei Heng saw a white-faced middle-aged man sitting in the middle. He knew that this was Feng Zi as soon as he guessed. He knelt down on the ground and cried: "My nephew greets uncle..."
The answer to Lei Heng was a sharp and slightly angry voice: "You are not Li De's distant nephew? Why, the master is here to pretend to be relatives? You're tired of living!"
Ah? Lei Heng was stunned, but there was no timidity at all. He choked up excitedly and said, "There was a sibling in Hongnong County that depended on each other. I didn't want my sister to marry to Ba County, and my brother sold his property and went to Luoyang alone. There was no news at this point, and the relatives were separated..."
"What...you...you are..." The person in the hall was shocked and slipped down the teacup in the cup when he heard this.
"Seventeen years ago, Feng married into the Lei family, and later he had a son named Heng..." Lei Heng took out half a piece of jade pendant and presented it to him, "In recent years, my mother has repeatedly used money to invite people to go to Sili to find out about my uncle's news. Even though she was disappointed, she never forgot her blood relationship. Now she ordered Heng to take the opportunity of attending the funeral to search. Uncle, mother misses you very much..."
Feng Xi subconsciously took the jade pendant and quickly pulled the jade pendant tied on his waist. The two were carefully compared for several times, and finally they were so moved that they beat their chests and cried: "Sister! Sister! My brother regretted not following your teachings. He was young and willful and reckless, and he was now in a desperate situation! I regret not being the first! I regret not being the first!"
It turned out that Feng Xi was inspired by a group of friends and sold his property with great enthusiasm and was preparing to go to Luoyang to make a fuss, but they did not want to deceive all their money and planned to be a murderer. According to the criminal law of the Han Dynasty, there were two ways to reduce the death penalty: one was to take 500,000 yuan to atone for his sins, and the other was to be "castrated". At this time, Feng Xi did not have money to atone for his sins, and had to be humiliated by the castration, and entered the palace from then on. However, fortunately, he was clever and smooth, and he also made a name in the palace and became one of the powerful "Ten Equisitions" with prominent power. It was a great humiliation for the ancients. Many people who were "castrated" were psychologically perverted and distorted, either taking over power in a crazy way, or trying to make money desperately, in order to seek balance...
"Uncle~~~" Lei Heng quickly stepped forward and patted Feng Xie's back and comforted him: "Now that relatives are reunited, how can my uncle be lonely and helpless?"
Feng Xi's mood was slightly relieved when he heard this, and sighed quietly: "I have countless money and many servants in my house. How can I be lonely and helpless? But... no one cared for the elderly and saw him off... Hey, you just said that you were going to attend the funeral, who died?"
"My father was a doctoral student, and his mentor sent a letter a few months ago that Mr. Han was critically ill. By the way, the master was his father's junior brother, Zhang Hong and Zhang Zigang from Guangling. My father ordered me to go to Luoyang to perform my filial piety on behalf of my father..." Lei Heng briefly introduced the whole story.
"What else can you do to filial piety? Han Zong died of illness the day before yesterday." Feng Feng gave Lei Heng a blank look, as if he was complaining.
Lei Heng quickly explained: "My nephew entered Luoyang yesterday and had not found his mansion. He didn't know about such a major event. Missing this last opportunity for filial piety is really a crime of unfiliality..."
"It's great, a poor doctor, you'll die if you die. What's the big deal?" Feng Feng interrupted Lei Heng's words indifferently, and after a while, he changed his words, "It's better to find some time to pay tribute to others, so as not to be criticized by those sour scholars..."
Chapter completed!