It rained heavily yesterday and the roads were muddy and difficult to navigate. If someone stole tax money, they would definitely leave traces.
Zhou Zuo led people to carefully survey the area around the ancient temple, but could not find any clues such as footprints. In desperation, Zhou Zuo had no choice but to return and report to the governor.
The governor thought he was lying and wanted to punish him. When the officers and soldiers were interrogated, everyone agreed. The governor ordered the governor to return to the ancient temple to investigate the clues.
Zhou Zuo returned to the ancient temple and saw a blind man in front of the temple. His face was white and beardless, he had a mouse face, and his appearance was very strange.
As he was walking forward, the blind man smiled and said, "I know what's going on in my mind, and I won't charge a penny for miscalculations."
Just after he lost his tax money, a mysterious blind man came. Zhou Zuo became slightly suspicious and stepped forward and said: "You blind man, let me do a fortune teller to see if you are good or not."
The blind man said calmly: "You must be because of the loss of silver."
Zhou Zuo was even more suspicious of the blind man and replied: "Yes, how do you know?"
The blind man said: "Find a sedan and just follow me. You will know when the time comes."
After hearing this, Zhou Zuo hesitated for a moment, then found a sedan chair to carry the blind man, and he and his officers followed him.
First heading east, then heading north, and walked for five hours in a row. When everyone was tired and exhausted, the blind man led the way into a deep mountain.
After walking for a while, I suddenly saw a city with busy traffic and an endless stream of pedestrians on the streets.
After entering the city and walking for a while, the blind man suddenly said: "Stop!"
After saying that, he got off the sedan, pointed to the south with his hand, and said: "Go forward and you will see a door opening to the west. If you knock on the door and ask, you will naturally know." After that, he cupped his hands and disappeared. In front of everyone.
Zhou Zuo looked at the place where the blind man disappeared and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. He followed the blind man's instructions and walked forward again. Sure enough, he saw a gate.
Walking into the door is a garden. In the garden, tall ancient pines block out the sky and the sun, and the ground is covered with fine grass. After passing through several galleries and pavilions, he came across a high pavilion. Zhou Zuo walked up the stone steps and walked in.
When I walked in and scanned the door, I was surprised to see several human skins hanging on the wall, with all the facial features on their faces, and the fishy smell filled my nose.
Zhou Zuo looked so horrified that he thought he was in the skinning hell. He was so frightened that he sweated all over and hurriedly exited the pavilion.
At this time, a man wearing simple clothes walked in from the door and asked: "Who are you? How dare you break into the palace!"
Zhou Zuo was so frightened by the human skin in the pavilion that he lost his mind and quickly told the story of the lost tax money.
After hearing this, the man took Zhou Zuo out of the garden. After a while, he arrived at a gate, which looked like a government office. There were many servants lined up on both sides, and the atmosphere was very majestic.
The man led Zhou Zuo in, and then entered a second door. He saw a king wearing a beaded crown and royal robes, sitting facing south.
Zhou Zuo hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to pay homage.
The king looked down at the governor and asked with dignity: "Are you the escort officer of the governor of Huguang?"
Zhou Zuo didn't dare to raise his head and said: "It's the official."
The king said in a cold tone: "The money is all here. It's not a bad idea for your governor to generously give me such a small thing."
Zhou Zuo cried quickly and complained: "The governor gave me a death order. If I can't hand over the money when I go back, I will be executed. The king left the money, and I have nothing to prove when I go back. How can I explain to the governor?" Woolen cloth?"
The king sneered: "It's not difficult."
With that said, he picked up a large envelope from the document and handed it to Zhou Zuo.
"Take this and report it to the governor. I'll make sure nothing happens to you!"
Under his majestic demeanor, Zhou Zuo was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe. He didn't dare to say anything more. He had no choice but to accept the letter, exited the Yamen with a miserable look on his face, and returned by the original route.
After Zhou Zuo left, the king looked behind the door and said calmly: "The show is over, it's time to come out."
A head floating in the air floated up and down. It was Zhang Xiu who had used the invisibility technique.
Zhang Xiu looked surprised and said, "How did you see through my invisibility technique?"
The king's cheek twitched, and he said to himself that I still haven't noticed that you used the invisibility technique, and then said: "The shadow of your head is reflected on the door and window."
Zhang Xiu suddenly realized, then changed the topic and said with a smile: "Six hundred thousand taels of silver, you took it away without saying anything about leaving some for me."
The king was startled and said with a strange expression: "Are you here to share the money with me?"
Zhang Xiu nodded slightly: "I'm not greedy either. Let's divide the money into 30/70!"
The king sneered: "Then who gets three and who gets seven?"
Zhang Xiudao: "Of course you take three, Ao Xue takes seven, and the remaining 599,990 taels belong to me!"
After a ray of white light, Ao Xue appeared with shining eyes: "I am Ao Xue!"
King: "@#￥%￥#@......"
This is too dark for you!
After a moment of confusion, the king slowly spoke: "The governor of Huguang is a corrupt official. He started out as a small county magistrate, greedily accepted bribes, and took away countless amounts of money.
A few days ago, while he was sleeping with a concubine, I shaved both of their heads. The big envelope Zhou Zuo brought back contained the hair of the governor and his concubine.
There was also a letter in the envelope. I asked him to make up 600,000 taels of tax money from his own pocket, and warned him that if he disobeyed the order, I would take his head sooner or later and attach his hair as proof. ! "
Zhang Xiu sighed after hearing this, and then said with a puzzled face: "But what does this have to do with me? I'm just here to share the money?"
"..." The corner of the king's eyes twitched slightly.
Originally, he thought he had met a nosy person who wanted to recover tax money for the court, but he never expected... this person actually wanted to take advantage of others!
Seeing Zhang Xiu's fearless look, the king's eyes froze, a black aura rose up from his body, and he said with murderous intent: "When you go to the underworld, don't forget to tell the King of Hell that the person who kills you is me, the King of Heavenly Wind! In case you die after death Be a fool!"
Zhang Xiu was unafraid. He puffed up his chest and announced his family status: "The most beautiful man in the lower three realms, the great virtuous man Zhang Xiu!"
King Tianfeng was slightly startled, and the black energy on his body stopped expanding: "Are you Zhang Xiu? Then why are you making things difficult for me? As far as I know, you also hate corrupt officials very much, and you have also confiscated many homes of corrupt officials. Bar!
I punish corrupt officials, and if you don't help me, then why are you still asking me for dirty money? "
Zhang Xiu frowned and said, "Wait for me to make up a reason. Maybe it's because... our colleagues are enemies?"
King Tianfeng: "..."
It’s really made up right now!
Zhang Xiu looked at his messy expression and said with a smile: "Over the years, I have gained more than ninety million taels of silver from confiscating homes. I have not spent a single penny of this money. I have given it all back to the people."
"As for you, just building this palace will cost a lot of money, right?"
"this……"
King Tianfeng looked at Zhang Xiu for a while, and suddenly felt that the Zhang Xiu in front of him seemed to be completely different from the legendary demon who burned, killed and looted, but it was more in line with his other nickname——
The most holy teacher!
(End of chapter)
