It is said that Yang An knocked out Eunuch Guo, and all the petty leaders gathered around him and asked him what to do next. Now that the saint has left with the Yan army, the soldiers also fell out with the monk. Yang An thought for a moment and said: "Brother
We have several options at the moment. One is to go to Beijing and seek refuge with the saint. The saint obviously has no intention of raising an army, so we can only serve as his companions."
Hou Ming rubbed the back of his head: "The powder shop could use a few more guys."
"The powder shop is just the last step." Yang An said, "You still have to have people growing and picking flowers, grinding petals in stone bowls with pestles, and many other processes. If the powder shop were to be turned into a powder factory, it would cost two thousand
People are not a problem. The saint’s powder prescription is excellent and the price is expensive, so there is no shortage of buyers.”
A little leader asked: "General, what did the monk do? Is he chasing a saint?"
"Yes." Yang An smiled and said, "But he couldn't catch the saint. There are many masters in the Yan army who came back. Otherwise, how could the saint follow them?"
Hou Ming asked: "What's the other way?"
"The Empress Dowager gave so much money, they must have exchanged it for banknotes. I don't know who they put it on." Yang An searched Eunuch Guo's body and found only less than five thousand banknotes. "Reply
Go to the residence and look for it. If there is none, it is probably at the monk's place. If there is -" He glanced at everyone, and everyone held their breath. "If there is, leave half for the saint, and share the rest equally, and everyone can go home.
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"Boom——" Everyone suddenly became energetic. "General, are you serious about what you said?"
Yang Andao: "Of course it's true. We were all recruited by that monk and eunuch, not by the will of a saint. The money belongs to the Empress Dowager. Since the Empress Dowager's grandson is unwilling to raise an army, we can't be taken from home for nothing.
Why don’t you come out? Can’t you give me some severance pay? Does it make sense to everyone?”
Everyone beamed with joy and praised: "It makes sense! The general is the most reasonable."
Yang An continued: "The other option is to join the Yan army. Their military pay is high, and everyone will be able to marry a wife in three to five years. The worst is to come back to Nanyang with me. The soldiers in Nanyang have a high social status, although the military pay is not high.
Prices are a bit lower, too! And we have women from all over the world." He winked, and the little bosses laughed.
Someone said excitedly: "We'll talk about this later, go back and look for the banknotes first!"
Yang An smiled and said, "It's important to find some banknotes." He then ordered someone to carry Eunuch Guo back to the village.
Eunuch Guo, Jian Ru, Saint and Yang An lived in the same household. The head of the household saw this and stepped forward to ask what happened. Yang An said: "Mr. Guo fainted for some reason. I have medicine with me. Please help me get some warm water."
Come." The head of the household had a tea bucket at home, so he quickly took out the teapot and poured a bowl. Yang An took out a packet of medicine from his pocket, put it into the bowl, melted it, and gave it to Eunuch Guo. After waiting for a long time, Eunuch Guo was about to wake up.
There was no sign of anything happening. Yang An waved to the little bosses, "Come, try to undress Eunuch Guo and take off his belt."
So he personally stripped Eunuch Guo clean. Everyone had never seen the eunuch before, so they gathered around to look at him out of curiosity, and some even tampered with him. Yang An was not interested in the eunuch, so he counted the items found on his body.
The waist badges of Prince Wu’s Mansion, road guides with various names, etc., but there were really no other banknotes. I rummaged through the house again, then went to the next door to look through Jianru’s house, and finally even the little saint’s house.
They also looked through it, but no money was found. There were quite a few letters, none of which were valuable, as well as a few fake beards and a small jar of paste. Everyone was very depressed.
Yang An sighed softly: "Don't be sad, there is no perfect way. There are still nearly five thousand taels of silver notes. The prices in Yan country are cheap, which will be enough for a while. Come, let's discuss whether to go to the saint or seek refuge."
Yan State, let’s break up the alliance and follow me to Nanyang.”
Hou Mingdao: "General, must you return to Nanyang? If you stay in China, we will follow you wherever you go."
"That's right!" Everyone said one after another, "We are willing to follow General Yang."
Yang An said: "I can't bear to let go of my brothers. But I am originally from Nanyang, and there are still many things to do there. These two people hooked me up here mysteriously earlier, and I don't know what they were doing.
I came here out of curiosity. Since this is not what the saint meant at all, I naturally have to go back to Nanyang. Anyway, I will make arrangements for you before I leave."
Seeing that he was determined to leave, everyone was speechless. After a long while, Hou Ming said: "Actually... I don't really like being a soldier."
Yang An said: "I know that you came here mostly because your family is poor and you want to get a few soldiers' pay. Now that the Yan country is rich, there are job opportunities everywhere. It is easy to do work if you don't want to be a soldier. Everyone, the experience of being a soldier is good for men.
It's good, you will understand in the future. No matter where we are in the world, or what we do in the future, I hope brothers will remember each other."
Everyone's eyes turned red without realizing it: "General!" "We will never forget General!"
"Okay." Yang An raised the banknote in his hand, "I have an idea, let's listen to it." Everyone immediately became quiet. Yang An said, "Eunuch Guo also has the badge of Prince Wu's Palace, and he has dealings with several palaces.
These are the letters... Let’s go to Beijing and sell them to the special envoys of various countries. We can sell Prince Wu’s palace badges to the special envoys of Vietnam, and we can get a lot of money."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. "The general is so smart!"
"There must be many among the brothers who want to go home." Yang An said, "Right now we can only afford two taels of severance pay to each person. If we get more money, we can finally make up to five taels each. Otherwise, wouldn't it be so?
Have all these days of hard work been in vain?”
The next one named Liu Grasshopper shouted: "The general treats us well, he is capable and smart. Anyway, I am a bachelor with no family and no job, so I will follow you for the rest of my life! I will follow you when you return to Nanyang!"
Yang An said happily: "Okay! Brother Grasshopper, don't worry, anyone with my surname Yang will have a bright future."
Another shouted: "I only have one old lady in my family. At worst, she will be taken to Nanyang. I will also follow General Yang!"
Yang Andao: "The weather in Nanyang is warm and it is cheap to provide for retirement."
Another one said: "I still have two girls to raise, can I go to Nanyang?"
Yang An smiled and said: "Why not? There are many benefits to being a military dependent in Nanyang. Your sister can get a tuition exemption by studying with a military dependent certificate."
"Then I'll go with the general!" This man patted his chest, "I'll sell these 200 kilograms to the general!" In the blink of an eye, more than half of the people said they were willing to go with Yang An, and some even said they would bring their brothers from home.
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After lunch, everyone packed their luggage. Yang An was the only one left in the apartment, so he opened the window and whistled. Liu Xiaoqi crossed the window and entered. Yang An took something out of his arms and handed it to him. Liu Xiaoqi
When I saw it, it was the bankbook of the HSBC bank, and I laughed twice. When I and Yang An searched Eunuch Guo outside the village, I found the passbook. When I returned to my residence, I stripped off the eunuch naked in front of all the little bosses.
He took out the items on his body. Since others did not recognize the items and the eunuch was gone, Yang An quietly put them away in his sleeves. He also picked up letters and other items, wrapped them in a bag and threw them to Liu Xiaoqi, saying:
"Remember to get me some envelopes to recharge." Liu Xiaoqi agreed, throwing the baggage in the air and tossing it a few times.
At this time, Yang An went to say goodbye to the head of the household and gave him a tael of silver. The head of the household sent him out with a smile on his face. The brothers lined up and set off for the capital.
After walking for a long time, Hou Ming suddenly remembered something and ran forward and asked Yang An, "Where is the person named Guo?"
"Isn't he awake?" Yang An innocently said, "He is still lying on the kang. I gave him his fake beard, paste and a lot of road guides."
Hou Ming said angrily: "I should have known I would have beaten him more."
Of course, Eunuch Guo was not at the farmer's house. He had woken up at this moment. When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was lying on the kang, and it was obviously not the farmer's house where he stayed overnight. A young man was sitting in front of the window, dozing off, and turned around when he heard a noise.
: "Eunuch Guo, are you awake?" His face was kind.
Eunuch Guo was still a little dizzy and sat up, leaning on the bed: "Where is this? Who is your honor? Why is the Za family here?"
The young man was Liu Xiaoqi. He said leisurely: "This is an inn. I am a subordinate of the traitor Jia Cong. I stole you from the kang of the house where you stayed yesterday. Are there any questions?"
Eunuch Guo plopped back on the kang. Liu Xiaoqi said again, "By the way, my accomplice just took your fingerprints and went to Beijing with your bankbook and your account opening slip."
Eunuch Guo's vision went dark for a while, and then he said after a while: "He can't get the money."
"You can get it." Liu Xiaoqi said, "Isn't it written on the road guide of yours that Li Liulang, a native of Jin? The special envoy of the King of Jin in Beijing works part-time as a road guide. All he needs to do is to get the road guide for Brother Li of Jin State, put on mourning clothes and pretend to be your son.
.When you die, it is only natural that your son inherits your money."
Eunuch Guo was so hung up that he didn't come up. Liu Xiaoqi didn't flirt with him, and casually opened the baggage and took out the letter to check. Eunuch Guo immediately realized that the baggage was his own, so he didn't need to ask what letter he was reading.
He almost fainted from anger. After a long time, he struggled and shouted: "Don't worry, someone will naturally come to save the Zajia family."
Liu Xiaoqi then turned around: "Are you talking about Monk Jianru? Are you wondering how I found you? You were lying on the kang, and I'm not like Zhuge Liang who can figure things out." Eunuch Guo's body shook.
Shaking, speechless. Liu Xiaoqi looked at him for a long time, then raised the corner of his mouth, "My partner and I just came back from going to Chen State for business, and happened to meet the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp training here. My nephew was in their camp, so he went there
Look. After waiting for a long time, I didn’t see my nephew come out. The soldier who reported the news came over and told me: There were thieves in the camp, and my nephew was fighting with the thieves. It’s a tie now, and I don’t know how long the fight will last. I know my nephew’s martial arts skills.
He is very powerful, but not many people can defeat him. So I revealed my identity and went in. Master Jianru is really good. If we keep fighting, my nephew may not be able to defeat him."
Eunuch Guo looked at Liu Xiaoqi's age, and it was obvious that he was under thirty. How old could his nephew be? He thought he was a child. A child could tie with Jian Ru... His body trembled again.
"That monk is a man. He has a sawed-off gourd and refuses to say anything." Liu Xiaoqi held up her chin and shook it. "He didn't say anything, but some people said it. Wang Wufu, a young scholar, said everything." Eunuch Guo
He closed his eyes fiercely. Liu Xiaoqi wasn't done yet. "Jianru, he is more than loyal, but not very smart. He is not good at forcing confessions, but he is the easiest to deceive. If you just use words to seduce him, he will be anxious, ugh
Yo, the Yellow River is about to rise!"
Eunuch Guo sat up and cursed sharply: "You cunning people! You only deceive good people..."
"Good?" Liu Xiaoqi tugged at her ears, "Say it again, father-in-law? Who is good? Is Jian Ru a monk good? Let soldiers kill ordinary people with muskets and call him good? Did the Buddha teach him or the Bodhisattva taught him?
"Eunuch Guo choked and couldn't speak for a long time. Liu Xiaoqi snorted, "It's unkind to kill the people. It's unfaithful to kidnap the emperor..."
Eunuch Guo slapped the kang and shouted: "After all, it's that thief Jia Cong who has evil intentions and wants to take away my kingdom!"
Liu Xiaoqi sneered: "The world belongs to you, King Wu?"
Eunuch Guo raised his head and said: "The world belongs to the Situ family!"
Liu Xiaoqi tilted her head and looked at him for a while, and said with a smile: "Do you know why the princes don't believe in the blood letter of the former King Wu?"
Eunuch Guo's eyes moved: "Why?"
"Because Jia Cong's daughter-in-law is a palace maid and cannot give birth to a boy." Liu Xiaoqi said, "Many princes know this, but you, King Wu, don't know."
Eunuch Guo was surprised: "Isn't she Chen Ruiwen's sister?"
"That's right! Can't Chen Ruiwen's sister be a female guard? If you don't believe it, I will arrange for you to see King Yan in the future." Liu Xiaoqi said with a smile, "otherwise, why do you think King Yan is so peaceful and recuperating?" Nai sighed.
, "There is nothing he can do about it, so his own son was poisoned."
Several thoughts flashed through Eunuch Guo's mind. "It is God's destiny to give birth to a boy or a girl. Why can't the female guard give birth to a boy?"
Liu Xiaoqi twisted his neck: "The palace has been conditioning the body of the female guards since they were young. When you get to the capital, ask the Queen Mother, she will know. By the way, you were in the capital half a year ago, and the old woman didn't tell you
You? Or will I send you to see the King of Shu in a few days? This one also knows. There is also the Queen Mother of Lu. The Queen Mother, the mother of Xiao Wang's scholar, doesn't know that she was just a concubine."
Although Eunuch Guo was ordered to send blood letters everywhere, he did not dare to read what King Wu wrote. He only knew that Jia Cong wanted to rebel against the Situ family. How come Jia Cong did not seem to be rebelling according to this person's words? If he wanted to rebel,
He can have a few concubines and have children. If he likes his daughter-in-law to leave the mother and keep the children, why should he establish a daughter? Even if his daughter becomes the female regent, will she get married in the future? The children she gives birth to will not be married to her husband.
Surname? His face changes.
Liu Xiaoqi added: "The Princess Regent will give birth to her second child in a few months. Every family is preparing gifts for their daughters. Some of them started preparing after they learned that she was pregnant." He thought.
After thinking about it, "The third child of the King of Shu's family is in the capital right now. Their third princess is also the same. As soon as they heard that Princess Yan was pregnant, they prepared a gift for their daughter. Everyone in the world with the surname of Situ knows Jia Cong.
My daughter-in-law can only give birth to daughters, but you, the King of Wu, don’t know that.”
Eunuch Guo murmured: "So, our prince has misunderstood?"
Liu Xiaoqi shrugged: "Although you are confused, you are doing things for the master after all. I don't think I will do anything to you. Monk Jianru must die. It is unreasonable for soldiers to kill civilians."
Eunuch Guo immediately said: "He was instigated by others!"
"He said it was his idea."
Eunuch Guo patted the edge of the bed: "Although it was his idea, he only thought about it after someone persuaded him! The Za family knows! The Za family has been in Prince Wu's Mansion for many years, and has seen many such things!"