"Huh! Ning Shi, this Qingxin Pill is indeed effective!" An Dafang looked at the plank road behind him and relaxed. "Fortunately, I didn't make a fool of myself in front of Ning Shi."
"It's just a pity that this bottle of Qingxin Pill is gone like this." Liu Ningshi shook the empty bottle downwards with a look of regret on her face.
"Where can I find these pills? Brother Da Fang will help you find ten or eight bottles." An Da Fang laughed dryly and tried to please Liu Ningshi.
"Hmph! I still have eight bottles out of ten. This Qingxin Pill is very precious." Liu Ningshi pouted her little mouth and said unhappily: "For this reason, Ningshi stole it from Brother Xiangyun."
"Miss Liu, Chief An, where do you see this?" Misu on the side pointed a hazy finger forward.
"Huh? Is this Stone City?" An Dafang observed carefully and became confused again: "No, this Stone City should be in the west of Jinling City, and it has to pass through the Valley of the Shadow of Death."
Liu Ningshi looked in the direction of Misu's finger. The towering gray city wall was built around the mountain. The gravel on the wall was peeling off and pitted, and there were purple and black rocks inside, like a ferocious grimace.
"Brother Da Fang, judging from the appearance of this city, it must be Stone City." Liu Ningshi looked at the location that Misu pointed to and said firmly: "It turns out that besides the Valley of the Shadow of Death, there are other ways to lead to Stone City! "
"If this is Stone City, this must be the back." An Dafang looked left and right: "It seems there is no door to enter the city."
"Brother Da Fang, Miss Misu, let's take a closer look." Liu Ningshi felt that this place was out of the control of the magic array, so she took the glass bead in her hand back into her arms.
In the tavern opposite the household department, the guests in the lobby started to pay their bills one after another after having had enough drinks. Only Li Chuan and Huang San were still drinking happily.
"Boy, this wine is a bit cold." Huang San took a sip of wine and spit it all on the ground: "Go, let us heat it up again."
"Okay, sir!" The waiter diligently waved the rag on his shoulder and took down the remaining two wine bottles on the table.
"Brother Huang, that's a huge amount!" Li Chuan's face was red, and his right hand holding the peanuts was trembling slightly: "I haven't had such a happy drink in a long time."
"Brother Li is happy, and the younger brother is happy." Huang San took the hot wine brought by the waiter, poured it for Li Chuan diligently, and said with a smile: "I heard that Lord Sha is a popular person in front of the Holy Emperor today. I don't know. Does it also need to be tidied up?"
"Well! That's a good question!" Li Chuan felt that his tongue was almost tied up, but he couldn't speak out some words quickly: "Master Sha, it's not someone with our status who can flatter you, so You’d better give up on this.”
"Why? As far as my little brother knows, his official position is Zuo Shilang, which is on the same level as Right Shilang Master Zhu." Huang San filled a glass of wine for himself and had another drink with Li Chuan.
"Master Sha usually prides himself on being honest and upright, and his attitude is very high!" Li Chuan drank the wine in one gulp: "You said it would be strange if we didn't hit a snag if we were to show filial piety."
"As the saying goes: If you don't take care of yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth!" Huang San said with a "tsk, tsk" smile: "Is there really such a person in today's officialdom? Is Brother Li joking?"
"Hey! Don't believe it." The smell of alcohol that Li Chuan breathed out was so strong that even the waiter three feet away could smell it: "Before, a servant from the Ministry of Accounts went to deliver money, but Master Sha not only refused to accept it, but also Spare him the errand.”
"Is there really such a thing?" Huang San's eyes almost bulged out, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Phew! Fortunately, Brother Li gave me some advice, otherwise I wouldn't have died if I really went there. have no idea!"
"I'll tell you another secret." Li Chuan seemed to have drunk too much and couldn't hold back his chatter: "Master Sha, please don't deal with our new Su Shangshu. I'm afraid from now on..."
"Understood! Understood!" Before Li Chuan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Huang San: "Come on, I'll give you another toast. Thank you Brother Li for your advice."
The two of them drank for nearly half an hour. Apart from them, the only person left in the lobby of the tavern was the waiter who was standing in front of the counter and yawning.
"No more drinking!" Li Chuan saw Huang San pouring wine for him again, and quickly waved his hand: "If you drink any more, you will really have to lie down and go home."
"Then let me take you back." Huang San dropped a piece of broken silver and placed it on the
Under the table, Li Chuan, who was already drunk and swaying from side to side, was helped up: "Waiter, pay the bill."
The duty room of the Ministry of Revenue was set up in the northwest corner of the mission room. The furnishings inside were also very simple. In addition to a bed, there was only a desk. Salba, who was in charge of the duty, lit the oil lamp on the table with a fire stick and turned over the oil lamp. Open a book with yellow paper and start reading.
"Su Xing took charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs and became the Minister. Mr. Sha is still in the mood to read. This determination is really admirable." The door of the guard room opened with a bang, and Zuo Tianhao, who had not been seen for a long time, opened. He just barged in without any scruples, sat down opposite Salpa, and then closed the open door with a palm from the air.
"Who are you? How dare you break into the household department?" Salba frowned slightly as he looked at Zuo Tianhao's fearless look.
"Master Sha, don't be angry!" Zuo Tianhao took out a letter from his arms and threw it in front of Salba: "It's not too late to talk after reading the letter."
"Brother Li! You have a good rest. Let's drink some other time." Huang San sent Li Chuan to the room of the Ministry of Revenue and quickly left. At this time, his face no longer showed the previous attentiveness, and his body As soon as the shape moved, it also flew towards the guard room.
"How is it? Mr. Sha should know who I am, right?" Zuo Tianhao took the wine gourd from his waist and took a sip of wine.
"Hmph! Why didn't your master come himself and instead sent you as a slave?" Salba tore the letter into pieces in dissatisfaction: "Does he look down on me?"
"Pfft!" Zuo Tianhao was so angry at Salba's words that he almost spit out a mouthful of wine: "Master Sha, are you kidding me?"
"Are you kidding? Are you the kind of person who likes to joke?" Salba pointed to the torn letter: "Your master is arrogant and rude, and you actually want me to do such a difficult thing? "
"Master Sha, my master pays you three thousand taels of silver every year." Zuo Tianhao also restrained his cynical attitude: "And what have you done to help the master? Also, you are not even the Minister of Household Affairs. I can’t compete for the position, so my head should consider whether I need to cooperate with you in the future!”
"I promised you to provide me with information about the Ministry of Revenue and the major banks in Jinling, and you helped me get the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!" Salba's usually calm eyes turned cold: "My officer Everything that needs to be done has been done, but not only did you fail to help me complete what you promised, but now you want to burn down the bridge? Do you believe that I will prevent you from leaving Jinling City?"
"Really?" Zuo Tianhao pressed the wine bottle in his hand on the table, stretched out his right palm, grabbed Salba's collar, and pulled him away from the table. His left fist pointed at His face: "If I want, can I let you see the King of Hell now?"
"What do you want? Don't mess around!" Salba's face was full of panic. How could a polite official like him deal with an unreasonable person like Zuo Tianhao: "If you don't Let go, I want to scream..."
"Hmph! Now listen to me honestly." Before Salba finished speaking, Zuo Tianhao pointed at the Yamen point: "You only need to nod or shake your head, do you understand? "
"Hmm!" Salba was frightened and at a loss, and nodded subconsciously following Zuo Tianhao's words.
"Really? That's what it looks like!" Zuo Tianhao grinned, let go of Salba's collar and pushed gently; he saw his whole body rising into the air, and landed accurately on the original chair: "Do you agree or disagree with what the Lord said in the letter?"
"Hmm!" Salba couldn't speak, and he didn't dare to offend Zuo Tianhao too much, so he could only keep nodding.
"That's good." Zuo Tianhao said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Sha is different from the right servant Zhu Danian. He is a good man who cares about his family. He never messes with women outside. In the countryside of Liuhe, he has his favorite wife and a pair of lovely children. . . . ”
"Hmm!" Salba heard Zuo Tianhao mentioning his wife and children, and his eyes turned from anger to worry, and then to pleading.
"I'll give you three days to accomplish this." Zuo Tianhao pushed his right palm into the air, and Salba's acupuncture points were relieved.
"You, what did you do to my wife and children?" Salba clutched his chest and gasped for a moment, then immediately launched an attack to accuse Zuo Tianhao. Unfortunately, Zuo Tianhao was no longer around.
"Tch! This guy is really ruthless!" Huang San, who was lurking under the window eaves of the guard room, thought in his heart: "This Salpa is indeed related to the tax fraudster.
Collusion, but what exactly did Zuo Tianhao want him to do? What is their ultimate goal? "
Time passed quickly inadvertently, and in a blink of an eye, it was already midnight. Zuo Tianhao finished his work and returned to his room at Fengyuan Inn with satisfaction.
"Pfft!" Zuo Tianhao pushed open the door and lit the fire in his hand. The slender firelight illuminated the man in black robe who was sitting upright.
"My Lord, why did you come here in person?" Zuo Tianhao extinguished the fire in his hand, cupped his hands towards the man in black robes and said, "This subordinate is preparing to report the situation to you."
"Why, looking at the proud look on your face, everything must have been settled, right?" The man in black robe looked at his words and had already guessed something.
"It's all thanks to the master's miraculous calculation. This Salpa used official language to threaten Tianhao at the beginning." Zuo Tianhao danced excitedly: "When he learned that his wife and children were in our hands, he immediately became scared and was willing to do everything. Do it."
"Tianhao, you did a good job!" The man in black robe nodded with satisfaction: "For such a sanctimonious guy, reasoning will not work; this crude and simple method will work better."
"What the Lord said is absolutely true!" Zuo Tianhao cupped his hands and said, "What should Tianhao do next?"
"We can no longer stay here. The side that supplies medicine has cut off contact with us; it seems that they have also sensed the existence of the crisis." The man in black robe said in a deep voice: "Go to Stone City and settle everything there. Done."
"Yes, subordinate..." Zuo Tianhao felt something was wrong and shouted: "Who dares to eavesdrop outside?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zuo Tianhao jumped from the window to the roof; he looked around in the vast night, but could not see a single figure.
