"Master Pei! What happened? Why was Prince Qing's concubine sent to be a slave..."
Zhao Guanren walked away from Princess Qing's concubine and walked towards the junior official of Dali Temple who had just entered the courtyard. Unexpectedly, the other party actually waved his hand and said: "Yucui is not a concubine, but the concubine of Prince Qing, his private wife. Her daughter is naturally
There’s no status either!”
"ah?"
Zhao Guanren looked back in surprise and wondered: "It is against the law of the Tang Dynasty to keep a concubine privately, but if you want to punish her, you have to punish Prince Qing. Why did you make your mother and daughter a slave?"
"Isn't it the fault of your Marshal Yin? What happened to King Yujiang yesterday..."
The other party said angrily: "In the past, people did not hold officials accountable. King Keqing just died because of his concubine, and King Yujiang almost died in his concubine's house. The Holy Emperor was furious and ordered a strict investigation into those who kept concubines privately.
Damn it, we in Dali Temple almost broke our legs, how many people have we offended!"
Zhao Guanren asked in confusion: "Why did he die because of his concubine again? Didn't King Qing let the snake demon eat him?"
"Yucui's daughter is called Li Sheyue. Originally, the investigation of my concubine did not involve the children..."
The other party whispered: "But this girl is ignorant of current affairs. She went around telling people that King Ning was colluding with the snake demon, but she couldn't provide any evidence. King Ning sued her in a rage. No, it's a verdict.
She has been exiled for three thousand miles, and after selling her mother, she will be on the road tomorrow morning!"
"How much? I bought..."
Zhao Guanren patted his chest without hesitation, and the junior official quickly pulled him over and whispered: "You and my clan brothers are also considered to be nobles. You can't buy this woman. If you buy it, you will offend King Ning. King Ning will name them and put them in a brothel."
, are you going to buy it and commit suicide?"
"Sir! Let me also remind you, you can't always think of having both sides..."
Zhao Guanren said in a low voice: "Now that the seven princes are competing for the throne, you can either choose to stand in line or wait to be trampled to death. Therefore, the prince will always offend one or two, and Prince Ning has already caused a lot of trouble. I
If you don't pinch this soft persimmon of his, how can you touch King Bi who is a strong man and a strong horse?"
"Don't say this outside, be careful! Be very careful..."
Mr. Pei hurriedly waved his hand, took out a document and said: "If you really want to buy it, I will sell it to you at the official price. Just give the officials some tea money, two concubines and domestic servants."
There are eleven people in total, and the package price is two hundred and sixty taels of silver!"
"Two concubines? Why is there an extra one..."
Zhao Guanren glanced back and forth in surprise. Mr. Pei pointed at the tall and thin girl who was sixteen or seventeen years old and said: "This unfortunate girl is Cui Nu's granddaughter. She just came from Yangzhou yesterday and took the house deed and moved into the palace's outer house. It's just right for us
Caught it in action!"
"This is really an advantage for me. Brothers, it's a blessing. Let's take it for tea..."
Zhao Guanren took out his silver coins and rewarded the officials one by one, but after paying the money, he blinked again and frowned: "Sir, Mr. Pei, there is a demonic aura around Li Sheyue. If you lock her back to Dali Temple, what will happen to her?"
Everyone will suffer!"
"Oh~ Yin Shuai really has dazzling eyes..."
Mr. Pei deliberately said loudly: "I have felt that something is not right with her before, and I am afraid that the evil spirit has already entered her body. Why don't you, the Demon Suppressing Division, write a letter and take her away for careful inspection. If there are no problems, she will be returned to our temple and exiled."
Don’t harm our Dali Temple!”
"This is the duty of our Demon Suppressing Division. I am here to recruit people..."
Zhao Guanren always carried a large seal with him. He smiled and led Mr. Pei into the house and presented him with a fifty-tael silver note. The two parties quickly wrote the official document and stamped each other's seals. This person was considered to be in the hands of the Demon Suppression Division.
, whether he ran away or died has nothing to do with their Dali Temple.
"Shuai Yin! Li Sheyue is also half a county king. You can enjoy it slowly..."
Mr. Pei walked away with the banknotes in his arms with a smile on his face. Zhao Guanren went out and asked someone to call a carriage, and asked Qiao Mei to call her family. But just as he was about to leave, he discovered that Li Sheyue was wearing shackles, both on his hands and feet.
, but it was covered by the long sleeves of the toga.
"Let's go! I will take you back to the Yamen to exorcise the devil..."
Zhao Guanren grabbed the rope on the shackles, and Li Sheyue pitifully let him lead him away. She lost all the arrogance of the "princess princess" before, and looked at the ground with blank eyes, but her mother and niece were
I was very excited and followed closely with a group of servants.
"Yin Zhiping! Stop, don't go..."
Sudden!
Several officials hurried into the market, followed closely by Mr. Pei, who had returned. Zhao Guanren looked at the strangers suspiciously and couldn't remember where he had offended them. Anyway, something had been wrong since the afternoon. He hated them.
Zhilei's resentment grew steadily.
"Shuai Yin! Please come this way. I have something urgent to discuss with you..."
Several officials forcibly dragged him into a wine shop. After clearing the second floor of the guests, he entered the private room. But the leader suddenly said: "Yin Shuai! You can also buy our concubine. We will pay for it."
How about I stay with you temporarily?"
"Uh~"
Zhao Guanren hesitated and said: "Has your concubine been arrested too? But you are looking for white gloves, no! Why don't you just ask a relative or friend to buy them? Why are you looking for me?"
"It's not good for relatives and friends. If you are found out, it will be the crime of deceiving the emperor..."
The other party wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and said: "Anyway, you are not afraid of being bitten by lice because you have many lice. Even Prince Ning's enemies dare to buy them. Just pretend that we have offended you and buy our beautiful concubines back to take revenge. We will also
Is it okay for some concubines who have not been found out to be transferred to your name along with the house and the slaves?"
"My lords..."
Zhao Guanren sat back on the table and said with a wry smile: "Do you really believe in my character so much? What if I slap my butt and deny it?"
"Believe it! I absolutely believe it. King Yujiang is looking for you everywhere. More than a dozen of his concubines have been arrested and will be taken away for sale soon. He is so anxious that he almost climbed a tree..."
The leader rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty said that your character is trustworthy, so of course we believe you, but I would like to trouble you to write an IOU and calculate the amount of my concubine's land. It's not that I don't believe you, but
If the fierce woman in the family asks, it would be nice to have an explanation!"
"Oh~ I finally found you..."
King Yujiang suddenly rushed up to him, took out a handful of banknotes and stuffed them into him, saying: "Go down quickly and buy my concubine away. The Jinwu Guards and Dali Temple will jointly run the errand, and they will not give me any face."
, only if you come forward will it be a matter of course!"
"Wait a minute! You think of me as a madam, don't you? Women are all coming to me..."
Zhao Guanren said dumbfounded: "I am a small official, not even an official. It is against the rules to take in so many concubines at once. Let's not talk about the rules. My family only has such a big place. How can I live in so many women? One of them will run away when the time comes.
Two, whose is it?"
"You don't need to worry about this. They have domestic slaves to take care of them, and the house has been bought for you..."
King Yujiang said: "Don't you live in Pinglefang? We have bought half of the house for you. You only need to take them in. Besides, you are a subordinate and cannot take good concubines, but you can buy cheap concubines."
There is no stipulated number of people, so it’s okay if the law doesn’t prohibit it. It’s reasonable for you to buy 10,000!”
"no!"
Zhao Guanren stood up and said, "How can I explain to people that I don't run a brothel?"
"I have robbed your prostitute, and you have robbed my beautiful concubine, and by the way you have made all of you hate me..."
King Yujiang smiled apologetically and said: "Your reputation as a stupid young man has spread out, and the Holy One will not be surprised if you find out about it. Besides, you have set up a formation in the courtyard. It is reasonable for us to go there occasionally to drive away evil spirits and avoid evil, right? How many days of fasting are there?"
Is that okay?"
"Master Yin! Your merits are immeasurable and I am deeply grateful..."
Several officials quickly came up to thank him. Zhao Guanren was a little unhappy at first, but when they offered generous rewards and said that he could use his concubines and maids as he pleased, he suddenly felt that although farming was a bit harder, there were more generous people.
My friends are also pretty good.
"Okay! You guys can take the person away when the limelight passes, otherwise my reputation will be really bad..."
Zhao Guanren sat down helplessly. The officials quickly brought a pen and paper, deeded the land and house to him, and asked him to write down the corresponding IOU. But when he looked at the amount, he realized that the concubine was not important at all, the important thing was
These huge amounts of private money.
"Master Yin! I will also trouble you..."
King Yujiang called over a dozen more officials, each of whom had a thick stack of deed papers in their hands. They even asked them to bring the seals of the four major county offices. They passed more than fifty concubines in one go, and three
More than a hundred slaves wrote IOUs to him, and a special master wrote IOUs to prevent his property from being confiscated if something happened to him.
"Hey! What's going on with these men? I don't want rabbits..."
Zhao Guanren suddenly noticed a group of pretty boys coming up, but King Yujiang said in his ear: "It's not Mr. Rabbit, these are the faces of several princesses. If they pass by your name, they will be regarded as domestic slaves. There are also a group of royal relatives who can't hurry. In the evening
I'll go to your house and sign the deed, and then go down and buy their people first!"
"You can't do it like this. The emperor is not a fool. You have to think of a reasonable way..."
Zhao Guanren stuffed all the deed papers into his bag, led a few young men downstairs, and came to the compound of the intermediary dental shop. He almost frightened him to death. Thousands of people were arrested.
He was a concubine, and the domestic slaves who were confiscated together could only squat on the street.
"Deputy Envoy Yin! Here you go to buy people again. Prince Qing's palace doesn't have enough for you..."
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple was sitting behind a table outside the courtyard, sipping a bowl of hot tea in a leisurely manner. This guy was famous for being selfless, even though a group of Jinwu guards were standing on both sides.
They have all been booked, and people are still delivering them in a steady stream.
"Not enough! Isn't this the evil caused by the demons? Our Demon Suppression Division has to ensure the safety of the whole party..."
Zhao Guanren walked to the case and smiled and said: "I have a clever trick to fight poison with poison. I use a woman's yin blood to make the Blood Evil Sky Yin Talisman. If I stick it on the door, it will protect against all evil spirits. If I refine it into the Thousand Yin Burst Talisman, it will be stronger.
I can also come and kill each of the monsters!"
"What is Yin blood?"
Shaoqing raised his head instinctively, and Zhao Guanren said generously: "It is the yin blood of women during menstruation. It takes a thousand girls to use the Thousand Yin Explosion Talisman, and a hundred girls to use the Blood Evil Talisman, so I have to buy a lot.
When a woman goes back, she will not hesitate to go bankrupt to eliminate harm for the people!"
"Hmph~"
Shaoqing sneered and said: "I know you're a fool with this nonsense. Even if you really want to use women's Yin blood to make talismans and buy so many women, how can you support them? You are just a subordinate, so many
Where does the silver come from?”
"I borrowed it! When you heard that I was doing harm to the people, you all generously donated your money without charging me any interest..."
Zhao Guanren spread his hands and said: "If you don't believe me, you can go check it out. I wrote the IOU until I felt weak. Besides, I didn't buy them back just for free. They have to work for me in the workshop. If you don't want to donate generously, don't do it."
Are you hindering me from doing business?"
"absurd!"
Shaoqing suddenly slapped the case and shouted angrily: "I have been ordered by the emperor to investigate the matter of keeping a concubine privately. Since then it has hindered your work. Don't rely on your sharp tongue to cheat in front of me."
, I am fully aware of your activities!"
"Xu! If you have real evidence, we will let you do whatever you want..."
Zhao Guanren also slapped the table loudly and said: "If your empty talk is just a slander, you, a young minister of Dali Temple, instead of doing your business, come here to sell slaves. What kind of emperor's job are you doing? If I say you are in the way, it is just a frivolous thing."
Damn it, you have clearly neglected your duty and failed to live up to the grace of God!"
Shaoqing lost his composure and yelled: "You official slave and evil official, come here! Capture me and beat me hard!"
"Wait a minute! Master Yin said something wrong..."
An official suddenly jumped out and said in surprise: "You, the fourth-grade young minister, don't do your business and come here to be a sycophant. You have disgraced the court and betrayed the grace of the saint. I will definitely take part in your work."
Ben, he neglected his duties, took bribes and perverted the law! Humph~"
"You, you are all working together and collaborating..."
Shaoqing's face turned green with anger, but immediately another official came out and frowned: "Why did Shaoqing insult the censor in the street, Mr. Censor! I can testify for you. I have heard all the rumors and slanders he made!"
"Unreasonable! Shameless, bah..."
Shaoqing walked away angrily, spitting on her as he walked, but the censor coughed lightly and said in a low voice: "Shuai Yin! I'm sorry to bother you, but the woman in green clothes in the corner has bought everyone around her.