Eight hundred and fiftieth eight chapters money can pass everything
Zhang Guangtao, the deputy general of the Hedong Jiedushi, stood in front of the well in the yard. He raised the newly filled bucket with both hands, raised it above his head and aimed it at his naked upper body. Then he shivered with cold, and
All the hair on his body was fluttering out, like a black dog shaking off moisture.
The servant of the family came to the yard, bowed and crossed his hands and said: "Alang, there are two merchants visiting outside the door. They say they are distant relatives from Guanzhong."
Zhang Guangtao muttered strangely: "I don't have any relatives in Guanzhong, forget it, just ask them to come in."
Yan Zhuang's confidant changed into two more expensive-looking clothes today. Everyone looked at the clothes and saddles. These clothes made Zhang Guangtao not dare to underestimate the two people. He just raised his hands and asked: "Where do these two distinguished guests come from?
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The two looked at each other and smiled and said: "We came from Chang'an and have long heard that General Zhang is a promising distant relative, so we came here to visit."
Zhang Guangtao remarked modestly: "There is no future for him. He is just a small lieutenant who is just looking up to others."
One of the cronies looked around the Zhang family's courtyard, nodded in surprise and said: "I also know some Feng Shui skills. Judging from the atmosphere of your mansion, the owner should not just be a lieutenant, but at least a third-level officer."
That’s it.”
This subtle compliment made Zhang Guangtao feel very comfortable. He quickly invited the guests to sit in the room and asked: "My family used to be relatively poor, and there is no genealogy left. I wonder which branch of the Zhang family are you?"
The confidant waved his hands pretending to be careless and said: "There is no need to care so clearly. No matter how many generations we are apart, our family relationship will never be separated. When you come to Taiyuan today, I will give you some local specialties from Chang'an as a meeting gift."
After he finished speaking, he waved to the confidant behind him, who ran to the carriage outside and brought in a heavy box. Just by the heavyness of his steps, he knew that the contents of the box were unclear.
He moved this thing to the table in Zhang's hall. Zhang Guangtao couldn't figure out what it was. He kept glancing at it from the corners of his eyes. Then he asked nervously: "You two gave me such a heavy gift."
, how can I bear it, and I ask you to explain your true intention."
The two of them crossed their arms and said with a smile: "Some things are better left undisclosed than revealed. I want to say that we poor relatives will definitely take advantage of you in the future. You won't believe it. In this case, you have a good rest and we will come to visit you another day."
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"Huh? You two should stay and have a meal before leaving."
"No, no." The two of them quickly walked out of Zhang's Mansion and left in a hurry, as if they had just stolen something here.
Zhang Guangtao's wife and concubine had already secretly seen the box wrapped in yellow silk in the inner room. While her husband was sending the guests out, they quickly sneaked into the main hall to untie the silk cloth to see what treasure they had given.
General Zhang came back after seeing off the guests and saw two women tinkering around with the gifts. He stopped him angrily: "What are you doing? Don't open things given by outsiders casually."
Although his tone was serious, he could not restrain his curiosity and approached. Naturally, the two women did not listen to their husband's nagging, and untied the silk cloth to see the true face of the box.
"Wow, even the box is made of mahogany and inlaid with copper parts. How do you think the things inside are so expensive?"
"Would you know if you open it and take a look?"
The two opened the lid of the box, and the soft golden light reflected out, making the three of them stunned. The wife and the concubine were even more confused. The first thing they imagined was a comfortable life. There is gold and silver in the North Market of Taiyuan City.
Shop, they know what the exchange ratio between gold and silver is and Tongbao. Having so much gold means getting rich instantly. How many fields can be exchanged for, how many mansions can be exchanged for, and you can safely put a lot of pepper when cooking mutton, and what kind of sachets and pillows
You can buy it with confidence.
Zhang Guangtao quickly woke up from his confusion. He knew that the gold was not that good, and the person who gave it to him would definitely ask for a higher return in the future. Moreover, they kept saying that they were from Chang'an, and the subtext had already stated that,
They are the lobbyists under Li Siye.
While the two women were groping for the gold, he quickly snatched the gold from their hands and threw it back into the box. He closed the lid and said, "This gold came from an evil source. Let's seal it up first and return the original to them."
The two ladies hurriedly stepped forward to protect the gold and said nonchalantly: "We don't care, how can we return the things we delivered to our door?"
Zhang Guangtao said angrily: "What do you women know? These things can kill me!"
"Oh, you can scare yourself. When you were a deputy general, you received a lot of money for doing things for others, and you didn't see that thing killing you. Even the gold you got can scare you away. If you don't have the courage, you will never
You can’t make a fortune.”
He almost vomited blood because of the anger of these two women. He almost lost his life because of his corruption and perversion of the law. Fortunately, his younger brother ran around and dedicated his good horse to Deng Jingshan, which saved his life. This incident has only happened a few days ago.
, they forgot about the fright their husbands suffered, and only saw the bright gold, which was like being blinded by money.
"Go back to your room, I will fall into the hands of you two wives sooner or later."
"Huh, let's go!" The two ladies twisted their plump bodies and walked back angrily. They had already made up their minds to close the door tightly tonight and not allow Zhang Guangtao to come in. This would be their punishment.
After the distant relatives who gave the gifts left, Zhang Guangtao began to scratch his head, desperately trying to find them and make the matter clear as soon as possible. If the other party made a request that he couldn't bear or couldn't handle, he would quickly return it to him and leave it with him.
My heart felt very hot.
In fact, he has exposed his weakness, which is that he values external things like money too seriously, so that even if he takes risks, people with ulterior motives will take advantage of him. In fact, he himself is not willing to admit that he simply wants these.
Gold, but he is afraid of losing his life. In his consciousness, except life, he would sell everything for gold.
Zhang Guangtao waited in agony for more than half a month, until he almost mistakenly thought that the other party had forgotten the gold, and Yan Zhuang's two cronies finally arrived belatedly.
"General Zhang, I'm busy with business these days and I really can't spare the time to see you. Today I finally came to Taiyuan on business. So I came to visit you by the way."
Zhang Guangtao reluctantly held the gold in front of them, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Please take these golds back. Zhang Guangtao has no merit and no reward. It is really not appropriate to take these golds."
The two looked at each other and said with smiles on their faces: "General Zhang, why is this? We just want to make acquaintance and recognize you as a distant relative. It is just a courtesy exchange between friends."
"Even if they are reciprocal gifts, these gifts are too heavy. Zhang Guangtao knows that he is a man of little words and cannot repay the two of you for your generous gifts."
"There is no need for any repayment. Even if we have our own purpose, we just want to take the opportunity of getting to know you to get to know more of the heroes of the Hedong Army."
"Is it that simple?" Zhang Guangtao's eyes widened in surprise.
Their eyes narrowed to a slit, and they said with a smile: "We also ask General Zhang to help us introduce him, especially those in power in the military who are dissatisfied with Dr. Deng and have no hostility to the Chang'an court."