Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 208 You kill yourself
As the saying goes, a little farewell is better than a new marriage. Although Hu Qian and Shen Yuzhen didn't have much of a little farewell, they haven't had sex for a month. After the ban is lifted, it can be described as dry firewood.

No need to point it, it will burn by itself.

For the first seven days, the two were almost inseparable, like glue.

Even after half a month, it's still like honey mixed with oil, which really makes Axiu and others envious.

In order to help Shen Yuzhen achieve her wish, Hu Qian worked hard every night. Shen Yuzhen was so beautiful in her heart and her face was as moist as a lotus.

This afternoon, when Hu Qian was basking in the sun in the courtyard with Yinyin in his arms, Hu Jiu ran in suddenly and said that Xu Yuanfang had come with the master.

Hu Qian hurried out to greet him, only to see Xu Yuanfang and Hu Tong walking in together.

After stepping forward to greet him, Hu Qian wondered, "Father, uncle, why are you here at this time?"

Hu Butong said, "Let's go in and talk about it."

Hu Qian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately knew that something should have happened.

When they arrived at the main hall, Xu Yuanfang and Hu Butong looked at each other, and sighed, "The Chief Secretary has also participated in your private embezzlement of taxes, money, and fire consumption. I heard that the emperor Long Yan was furious. I originally wanted to deal with it seriously, but later I thought about what you said before." Your credit is nothing but your official.

The decree will arrive in two days. "

This was already expected by Hu Qian, so he was not too surprised.

Hu Butong said: "Since the matter has come to this, don't take it too seriously.

It's just Zhenhu's matter, you two are still hiding it from me.

If I hadn't insisted on coming over this time, your uncle would still not have told me. "

Hu Qian said: "A taxpayer has already been dismissed from office. If this matter is leaked again, wouldn't it be more dangerous."

"Then you have to tell me."

Xu Yuanfang said: "I'll talk about the gossip later, let me meet Zhenhu first, I've been really thinking about it for a while."

So Hu Qian led the two of them to the wing where Xu Zhenhu was. At this time, his complexion was much better than before.

Hu Qian explained the solution, and then asked the two of them if they knew about Bo Qi or the seven-star leech, but they both said they hadn't heard of it.

Xu Yuanfang said: "Don't worry, since we already have a solution, even if we go up the mountain of knives, go down the pan of oil and go bankrupt, I will try to find these two things."

After that, Xu Yuanfang left on the same day.

But Hu Tong plans to stay here for a few days.

On the second day, the imperial decree arrived.

It's just that apart from the eunuch who declared the decree, He Lei also followed, and when he saw Hu Qian, his face was quite smug.

Seeing that he also had the imperial decree in his hand, Hu Qian probably understood that He Lei should have been promoted to the county magistrate, which is why he was so complacent.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said:
Hu Qian, the magistrate of Guobei County, although he had meritorious service, did not know self-love. He was greedy for tax and silver consumption. "

After reading, when Hu Qian stepped forward to receive the order, the little eunuch said with a half-smile, "Hu Qian, the emperor still has four words for my servant to tell you."

"Please tell me."

"Well done."

Hu Qian nodded and bowed to accept the imperial edict.

He Lei looked heartbroken, "Hu Da...Brother Hu, alas, the world is unpredictable, I never thought that Brother Hu would fall to such a point, it's really amazing."

Hu Qian said with a smile: "The world is unpredictable, the world is unpredictable."

After all, he walked in with his hands behind his back.

When the little eunuch and He Lei saw each other, they snorted coldly, "I really thought you wouldn't be able to live without this big boss!"

Hu Jiu shouted: "What are you talking about! Go away!"

The two raised their eyebrows and were about to get angry when a yamen servant ran in from outside, "Master He, it's not good, the tax bank... something happened to the tax bank..."

When He Lei and the two heard this, they ran out quickly.

Although Hu Jiu didn't know what happened, he hurriedly reported the matter to Hu Tongtong and Hu Qian.

Hu Butong was shocked at first, and then said: "The tax bank has an accident, it's no small matter, I have to go back to Jinling immediately."

After speaking, he left in a hurry.

Hu Qian originally thought that something had happened to the tax bank in Guobei County, but a news spread throughout Guobei County the next day.

Shannan Prefecture's 110 tax money was stolen on the way to the capital, and the money disappeared, but none of the Jinwu guards who escorted the tax money were fine.

At first, Hu Qian thought the news was wrong, and discussed with Shen Yuzhen and others whether to return to Jinling. Unexpectedly, another day later, news came from Jinling.

Tax money theft is real!
Now the officials of all sizes in Shannan Prefecture seem to be crazy.

1104 taels of silver!

How much is the tax money for a year of hard work!
The most important thing is that there are wars in the southeast, southwest, and northwest. The soldiers are fighting with their lives, but they can't even get their salary.

Without enough food and warm clothing, how much fighting power does such a soldier have.

Not to mention killing the enemy in battle, it is not bad if there is no mutiny.

It is said that the imperial decree arrived at Shannan Mansion on the same day, and it was handed down to Shannan Mansion by the boss of Jin Yiwei, Commander Shang Jun.

Because Chief Secretary Ji Jiang is in Liangjing, Shannan Prefecture, the chief envoy Zhang Shengyang also hurried to receive the order.

As for what the imperial decree said, no one knows. Anyway, from that moment on, the entire Jijiang Chief Secretary, big and small, was in chaos.

Hu Qian didn't pay attention to these things at all, and now he has no official status.

Every day, he chatted and laughed with Shen Yuzhen and others, or looked up books with Jiaona to find news about Qixing leech or Boqi, or chatted with Xu Fengnian and Kong Xueli.

During the conversation, I heard that Mrs. Wu Qingxi spent a lot of money to redeem Wu Qingxi quietly.

Hu Qian didn't know what he thought of, and felt a little disgusted.

Three days later, news suddenly came from the north.

The soldiers fighting in the Northwest froze to death because they had no cotton-padded clothes. The rest of the soldiers mutinied and killed the quartermaster. .

Everywhere they go, the city must be massacred, and the number of people killed or injured is more than tens of thousands.

Now the army and people in the north are in a state of panic, and the commander of the Northwest Liqing Defense Line demanded that the imperial court allocate money immediately, or else they would have to abandon the outside of the pass and move to the slightly warmer pass to stick to it.

But where can the imperial court allocate money now.

Above the court hall, Emperor Guangde slapped the dragon chair and shouted: "Where is the governor of Jijiang!"

Zhang Shengyang immediately stepped forward in fear, "The minister is here."

"How's the investigation on the theft of tax money?"

"The minister is sending more people to check day and night..."

"I ask you the result!"

"Currently... there are no clues..."

There was a deathly silence above the main hall.

After a while, Emperor Guangde said again: "The war in the southeast is over, and several cities have been lost in the northwest, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed and injured, and the rebellion in the southwest has not yet been quelled. It's time to spend money, but you made such a move for me. things..."

Zhang Shengyang hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed and said: "I will die.

But the tax money is escorted by the Jinwu Guard, this..."

"How dare you quibble!
The tax money was lost in your Jijiang Shannan Mansion!Don't ask who you want to ask for! "

"I will do my best..."

Emperor Guangde frowned, "Do your best? If you can't get back the tax money within three days, you can kill yourself."

(End of this chapter)