Dongzhou, Linyi County.
Pingyang County Government.
"According to time calculation, Zhang Bao from Hezhou should arrive at our Pingyang County House in a few days. According to your opinion, what should we do?"
A middle-aged man with a goatee, holding a few jade beads in his hand, asked the two people in front of him.
This person is the magistrate of Pingyang County, Han Yutao.
"Haha, I didn't expect Zhangzhou Mu to come to our Dongzhou in person. It seems that he still attaches great importance to our Dongzhou."
A person on the right waving a folding fan said, although this person is a man, he is extremely handsome, fair-skinned, and looks a bit bohemian, but the occasional flash of light in his eyes makes people dare not underestimate him. look.
"What can I do even if I come?"
"Just a redneck."
A burly man on the left spoke, while tilting his body dissatisfied and looking at the man opposite.
Why don't you freeze to death by fanning yourself in the middle of winter?
You pretend to be polite all day long, but who doesn’t know what’s behind you? !
Although these two people are both under the county magistrate, they each have their own industries in Pingyang County.
"Redneck?"
"That's a good thing to say."
"This Zhang Bao was just a young man from a poor family before. In recent years, he was lucky enough to achieve something, and he actually rose to the top and became the county governor of Hezhou."
"In the final analysis, there is still no foundation."
Han Yutao nodded and said.
"But although that's true, we can't underestimate him. After all, even the Zheng family is attached to him, and that Fan Hanzhong. I really don't know what they think."
The man waving the folding fan frowned and said.
"Zheng family?"
"In all these years, when has the Zheng family ever truly relied on others?"
"The Zheng family is just pretending and making mistakes."
"You don't think that the Zheng family has contact with Zhang Bao, but they have no contact with Cao Kang, right?"
The burly man said disdainfully.
He seemed to have a lot of opinions about the man in front of him.
"Anyway, they will be here in a few days. We still have to do what we need to do."
"We must not let him discover any clues about our affairs here."
"Judging from this person named Fang Fu, this group of people in Hezhou seems to be a little different. They are very naive and even a little stupid. I really don't understand what they are trying to do."
Han Yutao frowned and said.
"No matter who Zhang Bao is, since he has done it now, it shows that he still attaches great importance to rights."
"A man, apart from rights, is nothing more than money and women."
"I heard that this Zhang Bao is a young man. What we in Dongzhou are most in need of are money and women."
"Master Han, I heard that you have hired another prostitute recently?"
"Still so enchanting?"
The man waved his folding fan and said to Han Yutao.
"Haha, you are quite well informed, tsk tsk, tender and juicy!"
Han Yutao smiled and grabbed a handful in his hand.
"In this case, it's easy to handle. That Zhang Bao is just passing by here. He can stay for a few days at most and pass by in a daze."
"If he really has any ideas, the three of us can take turns going up, but we still can't deal with him?"
said the man waving the folding fan.
"snort!"
"This is Dongzhou, which is different from Hezhou. Do you really want to bring those things from Hezhou to us?"
"joke!"
said the burly man.
"Haha, it's not a joke, isn't that what it is?"
"It doesn't matter whether the governor's surname is Yang, Fang, or Zhang. As long as our Pingyang County government doesn't move, we three brothers will still enjoy a good life."
Han Yutao said with narrowed eyes.
While stroking his beard, he accidentally licked it off.
Revealing a smooth chin.
…
Linyi County.
At this time, Zhang Bao and the others were staying in front of a palace.
Speaking of which, this was already the second palace they encountered along the way.
Although these are called palaces, they are all abandoned. Even the palace that I encountered for the first time was built when Emperor Daqian was in power.
When the emperor leaves Beijing, he naturally cannot live anywhere. He usually has to stay in his own palace.
However, in these palaces, although the emperor rarely comes, and even many palaces have never been there, people still need to be stationed.
Not only the army, but also servants in the palace are required to take care of them.
The money spent on building the palace, as well as the daily maintenance expenses, are already quite large sums of money.
Not only this palace, there are also some posthouses and other houses around the palace, where the accompanying ministers and imperial envoys can park and rest.
This palace located near Pingyang County, Linyi County, was built during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Great Xia Dynasty, but he only visited it once.
Later, Emperor Wu of Great Xia passed away. After the subsequent emperors came to power, they basically could not leave the palace, and these palaces were also abandoned.
"It is said that everything in the world is the land of the king, and the shores of the land are the ministers of the king. But the world is so big that even if the emperor's legs are broken, it will be difficult to travel all over the world."
"Building this kind of palace is really a waste of time and money."
"Now it is completely useless and abandoned."
Xixue said calmly from the side.
"Although working on the people is working on the people, some people are very happy when it comes to wealth."
"Do you know how much money these officials can earn by building this palace?"
"And now that it's been abandoned like this, it's just that it's no longer profitable. Daxia is in decline and the treasury is empty. How can there be spare money to deal with these things?"
Zhang Bao said on the side.
"Yeah, that's true."
Xixue nodded aside.
She was somewhat familiar with the ways of officialdom.
"Why did Uncle He stop here?"
"Is it possible that I want to spend the night in this palace?"
Zhang Bao was at that moment of doubt.
I saw Lao He walking out of the palace gate with his pants in hand.
Zhang Bao has a black line on his head.
"Comfortable!"
"I have to say that the place where the emperor lives is different!"
"It's so spacious that you can't even smell it when you poop."
"Walk!"
Lao He said to Zhang Bao with a smile.
"Forehead……"
"Are you here specifically to poop?"
Zhang Bao rolled his eyes.
"if not?"
"Are you still planning to live here?!"
"Let me tell you, even the emperor of Daxia can't do it. I think it may be because of the dragon's veins. We can't live here casually. We will have to bring this kind of bad luck back to our capital."
Lao He said to Zhang Bao while fastening his belt.
"Uncle He, can you, old man, have some virtue in your words?"
Xixue pouted and said.
"Hey, you little girl isn't called princess in the movie anymore, why are you so protective of these emperors?"
"I'm telling you, girl, take good care of the man in front of you. In the future, this concubine will have a higher status than the princess!"
Lao He said to Xixue sincerely.
"Ahem!"
"Get on the road!"
When Zhang Bao saw that Lao He was starting again, he quickly greeted him and set off.
The words just fell.
An arrow whizzed, grazing Lao He's scalp and staring at the wall. Then, a huge black shadow rushed towards this side.
