The road leading to the distance was overgrown with weeds. The horse's hooves fell down, crushing the half-exposed skull bones. The insects and ants panicked and fled in a hurry.
A mighty force of nearly a hundred knights was escorting Gao Changgong on this road.
Even though it is an official road, there are no road protection forests on both sides. It is empty and desolate. There are just endless shrubs. It seems to be withering at this moment. It is yellow and sparse. You can see the shining eyes under the shrubs.
, drooling from the corners of his mouth.
Looking around, there is no one else on the long road.
Gao Changgong rode his horse and stared into the distance. The scenes he saw along the road made him feel sad.
When they walked up a high slope, a group of people appeared in the distance.
There were dozens of people blocking the road.
They were not bandits, they were also riding war horses, wearing armor, and looked solemn.
There was a man riding on a soldier. The soldier bent over and carried the man on his back, motionless.
Gao Changgong asked the knights to stop, and he rode forward quickly. Soon, he came to the group of people, got off his horse, and paid homage to Gao Changgong.
"Gao Changgong pays homage to King Gaoyang."
At this moment, Gao Yang King Gao Shi, who was riding a soldier or lying on a soldier, stared at Gao Changgong fiercely.
"Finally let me stop you kid!"
"Because of your kid's fault, I was punished with a cane. How do you calculate this?!"
"Uncle, you were beaten with a cane because you had private contact with the Murong family. What does this have to do with me?"
Hearing Gao Changgong's words, Gao Shi screamed: "What the fuck black dragon, what the fuck monster, wasn't it you who created it?! Do you think you can deceive me?"
"You have such a vicious heart, do you want to kill me too?"
"I must discipline you on behalf of my eldest brother!!"
Gao Shi lowered his head and looked at the soldier under his crotch, "Get closer! I can't reach him!"
The soldier took a few steps towards Gao Changgong. Gao Shi waved his whip high and lowered it towards Gao Changgong.
"Crack!"
Gao Shi's eyes widened in astonishment, and in his eyes, he reflected the angry face of Gao Changgong.
Gao Changgong stood up and grabbed the long whip whipping towards him with one hand, his eyes cold.
Gao Shi was shocked. In these years, relying on the favor of his second brother, Gao Shi had become domineering in the clan. His favorite thing was to have his second brother beat the rest of the clan with a cane, and he himself also liked to flog these relatives.
Of course, he didn't dare to bully some powerful brothers, he could only bully the ones who were easy to bully. In his eyes, Gao Changgong had always been the easy one to bully.
The eldest brother is gone long ago, and Gao Changgong's mother came from a humble background and was a lower-class Han Chinese, so his brothers are not friendly with him either. Therefore, there is no pressure to bully him.
But now, how dare this kid resist him??
"King Gaoyang, I am going to Sizhou on your Majesty's order. I hope your Majesty will not stop you. Otherwise, I will not be polite."
"Okay, okay, I want to see how you can be rude. I am your uncle."
Before King Gao Yang finished speaking, Gao Changgong pulled his hand. King Gao Yang was caught off guard and was thrown directly to the ground. The soldier carrying him hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and those behind him also drew their swords.
The knights on Gao Changgong's side also hurriedly drew their swords, as if they were about to kill at the next moment.
"stop!!"
King Gaoyang got up and loudly stopped his subordinates. He looked at Gao Changgong again, "You boy, I heard that you were about to take office, and I came here to see you off. How could you hit me?"
"Don't you know etiquette and human relations?!"
The corners of Gao Changgong's eyes twitched, "Isn't my uncle the most open-minded? He always says that he doesn't care about Han people's etiquette. Why are he talking about Han people now?"
Gao Shi pursed his lips, and finally laughed dryly, "Well said, he is indeed my nephew. I was just joking with you. I was originally worried that you wouldn't be able to control the place, but now it seems that you are also tall.
I’m very happy that I’m older.”
"Everyone, get out of the way and send Gao County Highway to the road!"
The soldiers looked at each other for a few times and slowly gave way.
Gao Changgong turned around and mounted his horse, and saluted Gao Shi casually, "Uncle, farewell."
He led the knights past him without even looking at them.
Gao Shi just watched Gao Changgong leave with a smile on his face. When they left, the smile on Gao Shi's face disappeared and became extremely cruel.
"Is this little Hu'er crazy and dares to do this to me?!"
"Come to Shun!"
A soldier hurriedly walked to Gao Si's side and said, "Your Majesty."
"You are going to Cheng'an now to gather so many dead people. If something happens, won't I, Youzi, be implicated? Go and help him."
The soldier was stunned, "Does the king really want me to help him, or..."
"Stupid thing! Stupid thing! Come on, come on, let me help you first and let you know how to help."
Seeing Gao Shi pick up the long knife from the side, the soldier saluted hurriedly, "Your Majesty! I know what to do!"
Tian Zili was standing in Nancheng, bargaining with someone.
"Thirty thousand dollars, it can't be lower."
"No, my house is dilapidated. No one has lived in it for many years. It leaks from everywhere. Just repairing it will cost a lot of money. You can just give me a few thousand."
The man standing in front of Tian Zili was in his thirties, well dressed, with a long beard and a sad face.
"No, if I give you a few thousand for such a big house, wouldn't it be a robbery? Just listen to me and give you thirty thousand!"
"You have been very kind to me. You helped me get back the money I was owed over the years. So what if I gave it to you?"
"How can this be so? In addition, the person who helped you get the money back is Mr. You You. I did it under orders. You have to be grateful and you have to thank Mr. You You."
"The grassroots people took note of it"
"Then it's settled, 30,000, no bargaining."
Tian Zili said, "I will send someone to deliver the money to you, and then you will give me the key. That's it."
After Tian Zili finished speaking, he turned around and left.
The merchant hurriedly saluted and respectfully sent him off.
The boy on the side stepped forward and said, "This is really weird. It's the first time I've seen someone bargaining like this."
The merchant couldn't help but murmured: "This is a good official. If all the officials in the world were like this, how great would it be?"
Tian Zili quickly returned to the county government office and reported everything to Taozi.
"Brother, I bought two houses in the south and west of the city. One house covers an area of ​​two acres, and the other one. The total cost is"
Taozi said: "Since the money is given to you, you can just use it without complaining."
"That's not possible, brother, no matter what you do, you must abide by the regulations."
"I want to buy four houses in the city. People like Chu Jiande can arrange to live in these places. They will be our own residences in the future. You can't stay in the county government all the time. In addition,
I am also going to hire some craftsmen, buy some wood and bricks, and send them to Zhang Village to build a village wall outside Zhang Village to resist bandits and beasts, and also stock up on food."
"I heard that the bricks and tiles in Anyang are the cheapest, two yuan cheaper per brick than in Cheng'an. I want to send someone there to buy some."
Liu Taozi nodded gently.
"I also sent some people to the dead people."
Tian Zili was about to talk about something else when he was interrupted by a clerk who suddenly arrived.
"Young Gong, the county magistrate summoned you."
When Liu Taozi rushed to the backyard, everyone had already gathered here. There were seven people in total. Lu Qubing and Changsun were standing chatting together, while four people including the recorder of events, the chief recorder of office history, the secretary under the door, and the county official
The officials stood together, and the chief clerk, the counselor who had followed the magistrate, stood alone.
As soon as Liu Taozi arrived, the officials hurriedly paid homage to him.
"Mr. You, thank you for sending me the Polygonatum japonica. My father has taken this medicine and has gotten better."
Recorder Shi saluted and spoke, and the others also exchanged greetings.
"Zhizhi! Come here quickly!!"
County Captain Changsun waved his hands and shouted, and the officials quickly moved out of the way, not daring to surround Taozi anymore. Taozi walked quickly in front of the two of them.
Kasyapa, the eldest grandson, took Taozi's hand, smiled and said to Lu Qubing: "The living Buddha Taozi found is really profound in Buddhism. It's a pity that he didn't meet him when he was hit by an arrow in the leg. Otherwise, let him chant sutras and say,
Maybe this leg can be saved."
Lu Qubing pondered, he was still skeptical about this.
Changsun said, suddenly lowering his voice, "Be careful about this county magistrate. That man named Qian came to me this morning and said some weird things, all of which were the words of a Han villain!"
"Now that the county magistrate has left, I'm sure this guy will attack us."
"This is in Cheng'an. If we were in Jinyang, hehe, I would find a few soldiers at random and drag him to the street to fight!"
Chapter completed!