Song Tian, deputy commander of the Jin Wei Mansion, had just arrived in Chengdu. After Guo Song learned about the fierce power struggle taking place in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he was sent to Chengdu overnight to learn more about the situation.
As soon as he arrived at the Pingan Inn in Chengdu, Guo Song's Yingxin also arrived at the same time.
Their intelligence points were originally located in Gaosheng Inn in various places, but concentrating them in the same inn was too risky, so various places began to spread the risk and moved their intelligence points away from Gaosheng Inn.
The Chengdu Information Station was transferred from Gaosheng Inn to Ping'an Inn. Ping'an Inn is actually an asset of the Li An family. It just turned a few corners and the investment was relatively hidden.
Ping'an Inn is located near Nancheng, far away from the original Gaosheng Inn. With the business recession in Chengdu, Ping'an Inn has basically had no guests in the past few months.
As soon as Song Tian sat down, Yang Xiuying, the head of the intelligence station, sent a secret order from King Jin. This was the pigeon letter he had just received. It was in a red mailbox, which meant it was very important.
Song Tian opened the pigeon letter and read it carefully, then asked Yang Xiuying: "Is there any way to contact Huo Xianming for me?"
Yang Xiuying thought for a while and said: "I heard that Huo Xianming also has a house in the city. He sometimes comes back to stay for a few days. I want to know where the house is. As long as the commander signs up with his name, I think Huo Xianming will naturally meet him."
Song Tian nodded, "It's best to find this house for me today and tomorrow."
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At dusk, Song Tian came to a large house in Daozhengfang, which was Huo Xianming's private residence in Chengdu. Although he spent most of his time in the palace, he would come to this private residence to stay overnight every now and then.
In their hearts, all eunuchs long to live like ordinary people, marry a wife, have children, have children and grandchildren, and enjoy family happiness.
This is also the reason why the powerful eunuchs in the past dynasties accepted a large number of fake children and grandchildren, but fake ones are fake after all, and the life of family happiness is destined to be missed by the eunuchs.
Huo Xianming bought a big house here to make up for some regrets in his heart.
The front door was deserted and there were no soldiers standing guard, indicating that Huo Xianming was not in the house at this time. Song Tian walked up the steps and knocked on the knocker hard. After a while, the small door next to him creaked open a crack, revealing a pair of impatient eyes.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Look for the chief manager of your mansion,"
"Who are you?"
"Don't worry about who I am. Go and report it quickly. If you make a mistake, you may lose your head."
"Oh! I'm really not afraid of evil, so what if I don't report it?"
After saying that, the concierge slammed the door shut.
Song Tian sneered and raised his voice: "Tell Huo Xianming that I have already been here and don't beg me again in the future!"
He turned around and left. After taking a few steps, the door opened again, and the concierge came out with a smile on his face, "This gentleman stays here!"
"What are you doing here? Didn't you just say you're not afraid of evil?"
"Just now... I just didn't know. Don't mind. I will report it to you right away. Just wait a moment."
After saying that, the concierge turned around and ran towards the mansion.
Although the concierge didn't know who Song Tian was, he was not stupid at all. No one in Chengdu dared to call the immortal by his name, not even the Prime Minister, unless he was tired of living. This man obviously didn't look like a living person.
If you look tired, it's very possible that he really is someone you can't afford to offend.
Not long after, the chief steward of the mansion also hurried over. When he heard the report, he was surprised. He actually dared to call the immortal by his name. Who is this?
The chief steward looked Song Tian up and down. He had never seen him before. He asked tentatively: "I am the chief steward of the mansion. Is this brother looking for my master?"
"If your master is Huo Xianming, then I will look for him."
The chief steward was even more surprised and asked again: "What is your name, sir?"
"Is he in the mansion?"
The chief steward shook his head, "He will not be here during this period, but if it is an important guest, maybe he will come back."
Song Tian took out a greeting card from his arms and handed it to the other party, with his name on it face down. Obviously he didn't want the concierge who was looking around to see it.
The chief steward took the invitation and turned around to glare at the concierge. The concierge was so frightened that he quickly backed away.
Only then did the chief steward look at the name above, 'Song Tian, the special envoy of King Jin of the Tang Dynasty.'
The chief steward was immediately shocked. It turned out to be the special envoy of King Jin. He hesitated and asked, "Is there any other proof?"
Song Tian took out a gold medal and flashed it in front of the chief steward's eyes. Although he didn't see clearly what was written on it, the gold medal itself had great credibility.
The chief steward hurriedly said: "Song Ambassador, please come into the mansion and sit down for a while. I will inform the master right away!"
Song Tian was invited to sit down in the guest room. The chief steward arranged for the maid to serve tea. He personally rode to the palace to look for Huo Xianming.
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Less than half an hour later, night had fallen. At this time, a carriage, escorted by hundreds of cavalry, came speeding up and stopped in front of the mansion. Huo Xianming, wearing a white fox fur cloak, came out of the carriage. His face was solemn and he said:
He hurried towards the mansion without saying a word.
Although the concierge could not see the master's face, the fact that the master came back in person and entered the house in such a hurry showed that this person was really important. He was secretly glad that he had not really offended this person, otherwise he might have lost his head.
Huo Xianming hurriedly came to the guest hall. He was really surprised and confused. Why did Guo Song send the envoy to come to him?
Walking into the lobby, I saw a middle-aged man sitting in the guest seat drinking tea. Huo Xianming laughed dryly and said: "I, Huo Xianming, who are you?"
Song Tian stood up and said: "I am Song Moyang, the Jin State's visiting envoy to Suzheng Taihan and Hanzhong. On the order of the King of Jin, I came to visit Lieutenant Huo!"
Of course Song Tian would not say that he was the leader of the Jinwei Mansion. He used another identity. This name and identity were registered in Suzhengtai, and he was the same person as Song Tian.
After saying that, he put the visiting envoy's gold medal on the table. Huo Xianming glanced at it and asked, "Since His Highness the King of Jin is looking for me, isn't there a personal letter?"
"There is a handwritten letter, and it is on the way to Chengdu. I received the letter from King Jin's pigeon, so I came here to talk first. If there is a possibility of cooperation between the two parties, I will hand over the cronies of His Highness King Jin to Lieutenant Huo in a few days.
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Huo Xianming picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then asked calmly: "His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, is he planning to cooperate for a long time, or is it a one-time cooperation?"
"This is a one-time cooperation. In fact, I just want to make a deal with Lieutenant Huo."
"trade?"
Huo Xianming smiled and said: "When I first met King Jin in Qingxu Palace, he had just come back from Anxi, and he made a deal with me. Unexpectedly, nearly twenty years later, King Jin
You want to trade with me again, let’s talk about it, I’m very interested.”
"Song Chaofeng has a considerable amount of wealth, which is currently under our control. We can transfer this wealth to Lieutenant Huo's name."
Hearing that it was Song Chaofeng's wealth, Huo Xianming's eyes lit up and he immediately asked: "What are the conditions?"
"The conditions are very simple. Dong Jin, Lu Zhi and Guo Shu will be released to Chang'an together with their families, as well as Hun Yao's family."
Huo Xianming nodded. No wonder Guo Song wanted to do this deal. Once it was completed, he would gain a great reputation. However, Huo Xianming was not interested in this. He was more concerned about how much money Song Chaofeng left for himself.
"This deal is not easy! I wonder what the price offered by His Highness Prince Jin is?"
In fact, this matter was just a word from Huo Xianming. How could Ju Wenzhen not give him face? But he had spent a lot of effort to say it beautifully, so the price of this transaction was not low.
Song Tian took out a list and handed it to him, "Lieutenant Huo, please take a look!"
Huo Xianming took the list and looked at it carefully. His long eyebrows couldn't help but tremble a few times, "One million two hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand taels of gold."
He simply suspected that he was wrong. Does Guo Song want to give himself such a huge fortune?
He glanced at Song Tian again and said slowly: "The sincerity shown by King Jin is not just as simple as asking for three people!"
Song Tiandao: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin also hopes that officials from Chengdu can return to Chang'an freely without obstruction."
Huo Xianming nodded, "I can accept this deal, but I need to see King Jin's handwritten letter and see the gold and silver with my own eyes. If these two conditions are met, I will naturally fulfill the deal."
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Five days later, a gorgeous carriage parked in front of Baoyuan Cabinet Shop. Huo Xianming got out of the carriage, and the boss of the cabinet shop welcomed him into the guest room.
Huo Xianming handed a handover document from the head office to the steward and said, "I'm here to receive a sum of money. You should have been notified by now!"
Chengdu Baoyuan Cabinet Shop has been notified by Chang'an. For this reason, they have removed the original locks of Song Chaofeng Treasury and replaced them with new locks, waiting for the new owner Huo Xianming to receive them.
The steward took the document and looked at it carefully, then nodded and said: "Immortal, please come with me!"
Huo Xianming followed the steward with two personal guards to the backyard warehouse. It was a warehouse made of bluestone, covering an area of at least five acres and without any windows. The steward led two deputy stewards and opened iron doors one after another.
, each door must be unlocked by three people at the same time. They came to the first area deep in the warehouse with oil lamps in hand. There are eight large warehouses here, and their target is the seventh warehouse.
Huo Xianming is very familiar with this place. His personal treasury is also here, but it is the 14th treasury in the second area. I don't know who owns the other treasury here.
The three stewards opened the door to the seventh warehouse and handed the oil lamp to Huo Xianming, "Please come in, Mr. Xian! We cannot enter the guest's warehouse."
Huo Xianming took the oil lamp and said to the two personal guards: "Wait at the door!"
He walked into the warehouse with an oil lamp. The area of this warehouse was the same as his warehouse, which was three feet deep, two feet wide, and two feet high. The warehouse was filled with large boxes stacked on top of each other, at least
There are more than two hundred large boxes.
There are numbers on the boxes, and there is a small gold lock on each box, but this does not matter, it will be opened with a light pry. The key is that he has to take away the keys to the iron door outside, and the vault will be completely his.
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He walked to the corner, and there was a box with a wooden lid that was slightly hidden. The number on it was "Golden Ten". He opened the wooden lid, and suddenly golden light shone. His eyes were almost blinded. They were all gold ingots, and each piece weighed at least 100 pounds.
One hundred taels.
Huo Xianming laughed with satisfaction. At this time, he found an inventory list on the wall next to him. He took it down and looked at it. The final inventory number was 1.2 million taels of silver and 100,000 taels of gold, which were exactly the same.
He touched each box, and his heart was filled with ecstasy. One million two hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand taels of gold, these wealth were all his own...
Huo Xianming stayed for a full quarter of an hour before he came out and said to the steward: "Lock the door. I'll take the key with me."
"Does the immortal need to be counted regularly?"
Huo Xianming shook his head, "I will arrange it myself when the inventory will be taken."
Everyone closed the iron door of the vault and locked it again, and Huo Xianming walked away with three big keys.