The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Second more.

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After the news that Xun Zhen was about to be promoted to Qiangfu of the hometown spread, the young chivalrous youths who were usually friends, such as Jiang Qin, Shi Juxian, the big and small Su brothers, etc., as well as the leaders of various li in the pavilion, such as Yuan Pan, Zuo Ju, Su. Hui and so on, they all pooled money to set up wine, and invited him to the banquet. At the banquet, there was a lot of reluctance and a lot of rhetoric. In this way, I have to rush to two or three wines almost every day.

Five days later, the county's approval was issued, along with the "purchase reward" issued by the county, and the appointment of Du Mai as the pavilion chief and Chen Bao as the thief.

Approvals, appointments, and rewards are all sent by the same person. The county official said: "Together with the purchase rewards from other counties, there is a total of 1.95 million. The money is too much, and it is not good to spend all five baht. One catty of gold is exchanged for 10,000 coins, there are 50 coins here, 1.45 million coins.  …, please check and accept Xun-Jun.”

A pound of gold is exchanged for 10,000 yuan. This is the rule of the New Mang era. Although it is still in use today, today’s money is cheap and gold is expensive. Xun Zhen knew in his heart that this must be the county magistrate's care for him. It seemed that he exchanged 500,000 yuan for 50 gold pancakes, but in fact he gave him hundreds of thousands more.

He thought: "I just don't know if this care is on Xun's face, or is it out of admiration for my 'milk tiger'?" - This is just a joke to himself. Of course, he knows that the biggest possibility is Both.

Fifty gold loaves were not many, and five lacquer trays were filled. 1.45 million is a lot of money, and two cars are installed. Xunzhen called out Du Mai, Huang Zhong, Chen Bao, Cheng Yan, the Fan brothers, Xu Zhong, Xiao Xia, Xiao Ren, etc. to help count them.

Seeing so much money, the Fan's brothers' eyes were straight, and the two of them repented: "Why didn't you follow me to kill the thief that night! If you go, I'm afraid I will have a share of these rewards?"

Unfortunately, it is too late to regret. The same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, and different people have different fates. The two brothers have always been greedy for money and fear of death. ——Both Ting pawns, Chen Bao is now promoted to beg thief, Cheng Yan and Xunzhen enter the village, they are all like fish leaping from the dragon gate, and they will have a bright future in the foreseeable future, only the two of them remain in place.

This can't be blamed for Xun Zhen's unwillingness to take care of their brothers. Xun Zhen "founded the foundation", when there was a shortage of manpower, the requirements for employing people were actually not high, as long as there was a skill and a little strength. Cheng Yan, for example, is not as agile as Chen Bao, and as agile as Xu Zhong, that is to say, he has a little brute force. There are many people who have brute force. , they "go to the sky in one step" and are regarded as confidants. When Xun Zhen went to the village, it was conceivable that he would definitely be reused.

After unloading the money from the car, Xun Zhen didn't move it into the house, so she left it on the side of the road, and ordered Xu Zhong, Chen Bao, and Cheng Yan to split up and call the Qing Xia who had killed the thief that night. Distributed on the spot.

Heaps of money piled on the ground soon attracted many passers-by and residents to watch. When the light chivalrous men came, every time one of them received the money, Xun Zhen would loudly recite his credit. The onlookers were both envious and admired, and from time to time bursts of applause came out.

All other rewards are easy to give, but the reward for "the head of the thief Wang Shen" cannot be given, because Wang Shen died from the arrow, and no one knows who shot the arrow.

In the end, Xun Zhen took the lead, he said: "Wang Shen was the leader, and he rewarded 100,000 yuan. We captured three thieves alive and rewarded a total of 150,000 yuan. I killed a thief and rewarded 50,000 yuan. Together, the total reward is 150,000 yuan. 300,000. That night rushing to aid Liuzhuang, although it was the lords who killed the thieves, but the people of every li rose up upon hearing the call and flew to the aid, and they also deserved credit, so they must be rewarded. In my opinion, it is better to use the 300,000 yuan. Give them ten thousand dollars. What do you think?"

The young chivalrous men were convinced of Xun Zhen's benevolence, righteousness, kindness, and might, and none of them raised objections. They all agreed, and some disagreed, and they were also thinking of Xun Zhen: "The three thieves who were finally captured were all due to Xun Jun's plan, I will wait. There is no contribution, the 150,000 bucks should be collected by Xun Jun! Xun Jun has already distributed the 50,000 bucks given by the county lord alone to my generation, and now he will give the 200,000 bucks that should be received to the limin. ..., this, this is too inappropriate."

"Without the help of the monarchs and the people of the village, I alone would not be able to capture and cut off the thieves. Now that I have been relocated from the county to the husband of the village, and the merit has been taken by me alone, how can I take money with shame?"

The onlookers and the chivalrous men were amazed when they heard the words.

After dividing the reward, Xun Zhen still had twenty-five gold cakes left, but it was because everyone who received the reward refused to take the money according to the standard of "one gold for ten thousand money". Xun Zhen has divided up all the 250,000 money that should have been taken by her family. They naturally want to repay Qiong Yao. Moreover, they all knew that the extra money was obviously given to Xun Zhen by the county magistrate, and they refused to be ignorant. Everyone was very determined and demanded that the money be paid at the market price.

Although Xun Zhen "sees money as dung", but he is about to be promoted. With his extravagant means in the pavilion, there will definitely be a lot of places where money is needed when he goes to the village. Therefore, seeing these people insist on asking, he will not stop. decline.

After the reward was distributed, Qing Xia and the crowd left one after another.

Xu Zhong, Chen Bao, and Cheng Yan also killed some thieves. Xu Zhong killed the most, killing two, Chen Bao and Cheng Yan each killed one, and they deserved a reward of 100,000 and 50,000 respectively. The three of them all wanted to hand over the money to Xun Zhen, the reason being: "When you take up the post of the township now, you are a hundred stone official, with a blue ribbon and a half-pass seal, different from the head of the fighting food pavilion, and you must have the prestige of a Han official. This kind of money, please accept it for your prestige."

How could Xun Zhen accept it? He said sternly: "Junqing's family has an old mother and a younger brother, Ayan gave up the post of pavilion for me, and now the two of you are about to move from me to the village, you must be placed in your home, and I can't take your money. Abao, You also have an old mother in your family, and you are usually a generous person, and you are good at making friends with gangsters. At the beginning of this year, in order to seek robbery, you used no less money than me. I can't take your money." Pointing to Yu Du Mai and Fan Fan The three lacquer plates held by my brother laughed, "I'm going to the village today, I have twenty pieces of hardware, enough to use!"

——These 20 pieces of hardware were all he had not thought of before, and he was already satisfied.

The county official who brought the money didn't leave, and stayed on the side to watch. At this time, he said, "You don't seem to care about the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars that you give to each other. Xunjun, you let me in today. Eyes open!... Well, the money has already been distributed. The county lord asked me to tell you that Baijue will have to wait a few more days. After the review is confirmed, someone will be responsible. Jun Jin Gaoshengxiang Qiangfu, these trivial matters will be dealt with. Don't worry about it anymore!"

Xun Zhen repeatedly thanked him and sent him away.

The reward has been divided, the title has been set, and the appointment document in the county has also been obtained. Xun Zhen and Du comprador handed over, and stayed in the house for the last night that night. Early the next morning, when Xu Zhong returned from home, Xun Zhen took him, Cheng Yan, Xiao Xia, Xiao Ren, etc., out of the pavilion and went to the hometown.

Feng Gong, the big and small Su brothers, Jiang Qin, Gao Jia, Gao Bing, Shi Juxian, etc. all came to see them off. The li chiefs, li elders, and some residents of the li also came. There were several hundred people together. , it stopped when it was sent out of bounds.

Xun Zhen parted hands with them and said with a smile: "We will meet for a long time in the future, so we don't need to be so attached. Jiang Jun, Feng Jun, Da Su Jun, Xiao Su Jun, Shi Jun, if you have time, you can definitely Go to the cottage to find me!... And you, the lijang, the original teacher, if you need my help, feel free to open your mouth! The law, the pavilion chief cannot go out of bounds for no reason, Du Jun, you have just become the pavilion chief, and you have violated a law today!"

Everyone laughed. Under the leadership of Du Mai, Huang Zhong, Zhuli Chiefs, and Qingxia, hundreds of people saluted together and said, "Xunjun has done his job, please force him! After you say goodbye today, cherish your self-love!" Have a meal. Self-love, take care of yourself. These are all goodbyes. Xun Zhen returned the salute and said, "I hope you all love yourself and work hard to add meals!"

In the eyes of everyone, with Xu Zhong, Cheng Yan and others following him, he led the horse away. After walking a long way, when I looked back, I saw that there were many people who stayed where they were, looking away, reluctantly, and did not disperse.

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Cheng Yan held the salute on the horse with one hand, turned his head and looked away from the back, and said to Xun Zhen, "Xun Zhen, I didn't expect so many people to take the initiative to see us off."——His The "resignation" went well, and the report was approved.

Xiao Xia said with a smile: "Isn't that because Xun Jun was good enough to them when he was the pavilion chief? How many pavilions are there, but apart from Xun Jun, which pavilion chief can have such a big battle when he leaves office? , to be sent off by so many people in the village?" - Most of Xu Zhong's cronies in the food pavilion were unable to follow Xun Zhen to the countryside for various reasons, only Xiao Xia and Xiao Ren accompanied him. .

Xun Zhen asked Xu Zhong, "Are you all set up? How's the little one?"

Xu Zhong replied: "My mother is very happy to hear that Jun has been promoted. The younger is more and more diligent, studying hard day and night. The family is very good."

"I should have gone home to see it last night, but if we were together, the movement would have been too big, so we had to give up. After a while, I'll get a foothold in the village, and I'll see if I can send someone to bring my mother and child together. Come and live with us."

Xu Zhong was originally taciturn. After murdering, fleeing, and disfiguring, he became more shy about his words. Usually, he was by Xun Zhen's side, and he couldn't say a few words all day. Xun Zhen couldn't help but wonder at times, how did such a silent and inarticulate person become the surrounding of Shengjing and the leader of the rangers? Is it just because of his filial piety, because of his courage to dare to kill people in the city, and dare to enter the pavilion alone at night?

Although I have heard people say how brave he is, but because I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I can't imagine it. This doubt became deeper and deeper, until after the night of killing thieves, Xun Zhen finally came to a realization, understood what this "courageous" meant, and understood the capital Xu Zhong could convince of many young chivalrous men.

Among the light chivalrous men Xun Zhen knew, Jiang Qin was "the first in hand combat", and the brothers Gao Jia and Gao Bing claimed that "the halberd and the strong crossbow cannot be used as a powerful crossbow". One person can compare with Xu Zhong. When Xu Zhong came to attack the thieves, he was really brave and invincible. Although he was not tall, he was like a sharp knife. Wherever he went, the thieves were all defeated and scattered. End up invincible.

The reason why the night thief was able to win so quickly was firstly due to Xun Zhen, firstly because he commanded properly, secondly because he drove the horse to take the lead, and secondly because of Xu Zhong, if he hadn't been following Xunzhen's horse, it would have been settled. Most of the strong thieves, Xun Zhen also "lead" not too long.

After listening to Xun Zhen's words, Xu Zhong said, "The old mother loves her family, I'm afraid she won't be willing to live in the countryside."

"Let's see when the time comes, maybe I can convince my mother."

Cheng Yan smiled and said: "Xunjun, don't just talk about Junqing, you should go home and have a look! Since the last time you took a rest, you haven't been home for half a month."

"There is no one in my family, there is only one maid, it's the same whether I go back or not." Having said that, but being reminded by Cheng Yanyi, Xun Zhen really misses Tang'er, the beautiful maid at home, he pondered for a moment and asked Said, "Ayan, have you been to the Guanzhong Temple in Xiangzhong, ..., is the courtyard in the temple big?"

"Our township is a big township, with a population of four or five thousand people under its jurisdiction. There are many officials in the official temple, and the courtyard is quite large."

Xun Zhen thought to herself and thought, "If the house is big enough~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I might as well pick up Tanger." Thinking of Tanger's chicken head rice, she didn't realize that her tongue was engorged, her index finger moved, and then Thinking of Tanger's other wonderful things, he didn't realize that his mouth was dry, and there was another thing under him that was just about to move. He forced himself to press Qi Si, pulled his absurd thoughts back to his eyes, covered his mouth and coughed, and asked Cheng Yan again: "Ayan, I have asked about the situation of the officials in your village these few days. Tell me about what you are familiar with."

"The village chief's surname is Huang Mingxiang, he is in his forties, he was beaten by Gao Su,..."

While they were talking, everyone heard the sound of horse hooves and looked back, only to see Wen Pin galloping over with three or four cavalry.

"Zhongye, why are you here?"

Wen Pin got off his horse and said, "Jin Jun is promoted, why can't I come? I just didn't expect you to leave so early and come late."

"You came here from the county, dozens of miles away. I sent someone to deliver letters to my home yesterday. Didn't I say I don't have to come to deliver it?"

"I'm not here today to see you off."

"Why is that?"

"It's for Xun Jun's strong reputation!"

Only then did Xun Zhen notice that Wen Ping and the few people who followed him were all wearing armor and swords. He couldn't help but smile and said with a smile, "I'm here to take office, not to kill thieves!"

"The villagers are vulgar, and it is difficult to know a gentleman. You cannot obey him without swords and armor. Xun-jun, the township is not far ahead. Please mount your horse and let me guard you."

Wen Pin couldn't help but greet Xu Zhong and Cheng Yan, helped Xun Zhen on the horse, and asked the attendants to give up two horses for Xu and Cheng to ride. Then, he personally opened the way in front of him, asking Xu Zhong and Cheng Yanhu to follow Xun Zhen's sides. After calling out, he hugged the ground and guarded Xun Zhen, galloping to the village pavilion.

At the border of Xiangting, a group of people had been waiting for a long time and greeted them with comets.