In the Daming Palace, the emperor lay weakly on the dragon bed, surrounded by the Queen Mother, the eldest princess, Prince Liang and others.
The emperor looked around at everyone and seemed to have come out of the sadness of losing Concubine Zhang. He sighed slightly and said: "Well, my beloved concubine becoming an immortal is my great joy in the summer. The whole country celebrates it for three days to show my love." Da Xia Fu..."
Prince Liang said: "Your Majesty, I will leave this matter to my younger brother. You can rest in peace and recuperate. A speedy recovery will be my great blessing."
The emperor smiled bitterly: "I know my body myself."
"Second brother, after my death, the country of Great Xia will fall on your shoulders. Remember my words, all civil and military officials in this dynasty should be killed, only the servants... Zhao Deyan and Taifu Wang are worthy of trust, and they are the new champions. Zhang Xiu can take on important responsibilities after some training."
The King of Liang nodded slightly: "What the emperor said, I will definitely remember it in my heart."
"You...oh!"
Seeing that he did not take his words to heart, the emperor felt helpless in his heart. Knowing that there was no point in talking, he sighed and said to the eldest princess: "Huaiyu, from tomorrow onwards, you will go to practice with the national master. The national master will protect you." I have been in Daxia for fifty years, and I, Daxia, have treated her with respect and courtesy. Even if I die, our love will still remain, and you will definitely not suffer hardship if you follow her."
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Li Jinzhong, who was sobbing softly, with his peripheral vision, and said: "Li Jinzhong, you go and guard the imperial mausoleum. If you stay with me in the future, you will be worthy of your name."
Li Jinzhong cried and fell to the ground: "Thank you for your grace, thank you for your grace!"
As the saying goes, an emperor has his own courtiers. Prince Liang was a suspicious and headstrong man. He followed the emperor for many years and did a lot of ridiculous things for the emperor. When the new emperor ascended the throne, he was the best choice for the new emperor to establish his power. .
Once the emperor dies, his best end will probably be to have his house confiscated and beheaded...
Now that the emperor asked him to guard the imperial mausoleum, he saved his life in disguise, which made him feel grateful from the bottom of his heart.
After explaining the funeral affairs, the emperor waved everyone to leave, closed his eyes and rested.
At the same time, Zhang Xiu had already left the capital under the escort of Xuantian.
Seeing that Taoist Xuantian had no intention of going back, Zhang Xiu asked with confusion: "Master Imperial Master, do you want to send me to Jinhua?"
Taoist Xuantian glanced at him and looked far to the south: "I'm going to Hangzhou, and I happen to be on the way."
Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "Hangzhou is a good place. You can go and see Feilai Peak and so on."
Taoist Xuantian was slightly startled: "Is there this place you mentioned in Hangzhou? I have been to Hangzhou many times, but why have I never heard of it?"
Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, looked at the white tiger spirit in his arms that had turned into the size of a kitten, and smiled: "There will be some in the future..."
Taoist Xuantian was confused, but she had long been accustomed to Zhang Xiu's erratic words. She shook her head and stopped talking, quietly accompanying Zhang Xiu and others on their way.
At this time, Yan Feng suddenly asked: "By the way, why hasn't Ao Xue followed?"
Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "I heard that Prime Minister Pang and others suddenly had a whim to entertain the guests for some unknown reason. I asked Ao Xue to pack some food."
Yan Feng: "..."
Don’t you have any idea why they have such a big banquet for guests?
Just when he was dumbfounded, a small green dragon flew across the sky, laden with chicken, duck, fish, abalone and ginseng wings, and even gold, silver, jewelry, and silk.
Flying above them, Xiao Qinglong lowered his head and looked, and said in Ao Xue's voice: "Zhang Xiu, I've packed it!"
Zhang Xiu nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Have you sent the money?"
Ao Xue said proudly: "How could I forget? Five cents is a lot, so I divided it into five parts and sent them to five families respectively!"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiu was moved for a moment by his reciprocal behavior and said: "Let's go, let's do good deeds without leaving our name!"
Ao Xue in the sky was stunned.
When Zhang Xiu saw this, he immediately realized something was wrong. He raised his eyes and asked, "Wait, you didn't write my name on the red envelope, did you?!"
Ao Xue said with some guilt: "How is this possible? I can't read. I... I asked someone else to write it!"
Zhang Xiu: "..."
What difference does this make! ! !
The next moment, Zhang Xiu took a deep breath, slapped the old scalper hard, and shouted: "Drive!"
Then in a flash, everyone was left behind.
At the same time, the residence of Prime Minister Pang Tong.
Pang Tong looked at the mansion that was almost emptied. He couldn't recover for a moment. He picked up the red envelope left on the table and poured out a copper plate. He stared blankly at the copper coin in his hand for a long time, and his expression gradually changed. Become sad and angry.
"Zhang Xiu——"
The five ministers were so angry that they could not sleep at night, and Yan Feng and others also traveled all night.
By the time they caught up with Zhang Xiu, they had already reached the territory of Jinhua Mansion.
Seeing Zhang Xiu riding an ox, followed by a group of common people in tattered clothes, Yan Feng stepped forward with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "These people..."
Zhang Xiu turned around and saw Yan Feng. He said, "Oh, they are all people affected by the disaster in Jinhua Mansion. They fled, and now I have gathered them up and brought them back."
Yan Feng frowned and said, "Jinhua Mansion was hit by a disaster. What kind of disaster?"
Zhang Xiu sighed and said: "During the flood, the common people's crops were washed away by the flood. In order to survive, they used their fields as mortgage and borrowed grain from the local gentry and tycoons at extremely high interest rates. Now that the grain has been exhausted, they can only go out." Fleeing."
Yan Feng thought about it for a while, then asked: "Using the land as mortgage, we should be able to borrow a lot of food, right? Isn't this enough to allow them to survive the disaster?"
Zhang Xiu squinted at the naive Yan Feng and said: "One acre of fertile land is exchanged for ten pounds of grain, and the interest is compound interest. Now the money they owe will have to be paid back two thousand years later."
Yan Feng was furious when he heard this: "You bastards, tell me who is lending money, and I will kill them right now!"
Zhang Xiu sighed slightly and comforted him: "I am the magistrate now, so I can't do anything like killing people and stealing goods. But don't worry, I will solve this matter properly."
Yan Feng slowly calmed down the anger in his heart and asked, "Tell me what you want to do, and I'll help you!"
"Don't worry about it now. Although the dry food we brought is not much, the chicken, duck, fish and other things are enough for the victims to eat for two days."
Zhang Xiu rode on the ox, shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, there are three things a new official needs to do when he takes office. This sentence has become a rule in the officialdom. When we get to the government office, I will randomly select three lucky squires and give them to them. They set a fire in each house to show my respect for official rules!"
Yan Feng: "..."
Is this what this sentence means? I don’t read much, so don’t lie to me!
But the three gentry and wealthy people who were randomly selected by Zhang Xiu sounded really lucky...
