Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 226 The March of Suffering

Young Master Jianglu's income is mainly the annual tribute from the Zongzheng Mansion, other than some rewards from the King of Qin and gifts from the ministers of the court. After a rough calculation, the [-] gold is already his entire family property.

However, Jian Yi still shook his head and said: "A thousand pieces of gold is our bottom line, if there is no son, we should hire someone else."

After talking about the sword, he made a gesture to leave.

Seeing Jianyi was about to leave, Jiang Lu hurriedly stopped Jianyi and said: "I really can't make up the money, so I don't know if I can use other things to pay for it?"

Hearing Jiang Lu's words, Jian Yi stopped his pace slowly.

"I have many treasures bestowed by the king, and the gifts given by the courtiers before are also very rare and precious. It is enough to use them for two hundred gold."

Jiang Lu gritted his teeth and said.

Jiang Lu's words made Jian Yi a little surprised, one must know that one thousand gold is not something that can be taken out casually.

Back then, Qin State bribed King Zhao's favored minister Guo Kai to rebel, and the cost was only a thousand gold. When Yan Meng told himself the truth and conveyed the order of the giant, Jian Yi also felt that it was impossible to extract a thousand gold from the general. Tan.

But because of Ziying's order, Jian Yi still came to try it, never thought that Jiang Lu would actually be willing to spend a thousand gold to buy Ziying's head.

After paying this thousand gold, apart from this mansion, there is probably nothing valuable here. After all, he has to count all the rewards from the King of Qin and some filial piety he received before to get together this thousand gold.

It can also be seen from this point that Jiang Lu's hatred for Ziying is deep.

In order to make it easier for Jian Yi to take away the huge amount of gold and silver, Jiang Lu specially prepared a carriage for him.

As each item was put on the car, Jiang Lu felt a burst of pain in his flesh. Once these things were gone, Jiang Lu could completely step into the "extremely poor" class, and his pockets were worth less than ordinary civilians. Not as good.

Except for the ready-made gold, every time the two servants put a utensil on the cart, Jian Yi would estimate the approximate value of it, until all the precious things in Lu's mansion were put on the cart, according to Jian Yi The calculation is still more than ten gold short.

"My lord, there is still a difference of ten gold." Jian Yi reminded "kindly".

How dare this man have the intention to do harm to the giant of the Mo Sect, he just kills him directly according to his ideas, so as not to leave future troubles, but the kindness of the giant is just to cheat him out of money, Jian Dui's actions are completely psychological No pressure at all.

In fact, according to the market value of the treasures that Jiang Lu took out, they had already exceeded the quota of two hundred gold, but Jian saw that Jiang Lu knew nothing about the value of these things and deliberately lowered the price when converting.

Hearing Jian Yi's reminder, Jiang Lu also felt a little embarrassed.

"Sir, this is already my entire net worth. I really can't afford a single penny." Jiang Lu replied.

"I heard that the king once gave you a hundred battles?" Jian Yi calmly reminded.

Young Master Jiang Lu has always been fond of wielding knives and guns, so the King of Qin once gave him a magical weapon that is said to be able to penetrate three times. Young Master Jiang Lu once boasted in front of everyone at the Wei Wei Mansion. One is also a guest at Weiwei's mansion.

This "magic weapon" is indeed the favorite of the young master. Although it is said that although it is made of iron, for some reason, these weapons are not as soft or brittle as ordinary iron weapons. On the contrary, it is very hard.

However, after making this magical weapon, the foundry at that time could not make a second iron sword of such excellent quality anyway.

After the sword was in Jiang Lu's hands, Jiang Lu was reluctant to show it to others on weekdays.

It's just that I don't care too much at such a moment. I have already spent all my family property, so why not use a magic weapon, as long as I can take off the head of my enemy Ziying, all the sacrifices are worthwhile.

Adding this precious sword is enough to make up the one thousand gold that Sword One needs.

After Jian Yi left, Jiang Lu immediately killed the two servants who helped move things, after all, he must not reveal the slightest news about hiring an assassin to assassinate Mr. Chang'an.

It's just that what Jiang Lu didn't know was that after leaving his mansion, Jian Yi went around in a big circle and after making sure no one was following him, he went straight to Ziying's mansion with a cartful of things.

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Jiang Lu spent the few days after Jian Yi left in anxious waiting.

He had already sent people out to inquire about Ziying's life and death, but there was no news.

On this day, the servants in Jiang Lu's mansion ran happily into Jiang Lu's bedroom.

"Mr. Chang'an has news!"

In the past few days, the general has been arranging the servants in the mansion to inquire about the news of Lord Chang'an, but these days, there is really no news from Lord Chang'an, and they are often punished by the general.

On this day, they finally had some achievements. A servant who came out to purchase from Chang'an Junfu got the latest news of the Junfu. Dang even rushed over excitedly and told the general, hoping to get two rewards.

"Tell me quickly, did something happen to Mr. Chang'an?" Jiang Lu ran over excitedly and held the servant's shoulders tightly and asked happily.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Lu also felt that it was inappropriate for him to be so obvious, so he quickly let go of his hands, and continued to ask calmly, "Is there any change in the Chang'an Palace?"

The servant was also taken aback by Jiang Lu's actions just now, seeing that Jiang Lu returned to "normal" immediately, he said slowly: "There is nothing wrong with Mr. Chang'an."

"I heard from the servants who came out to buy in Lord Chang'an's mansion that there is a new commander of guards in Lord Chang'an's mansion." The servant said obsequiously.

"That's all?" Jiang Lu Hu stared and continued to ask: "Is there no other news?"

"Gone."

With a sudden change in mood, Jiang Lu waved his hand helplessly, signaling the servant to go down. Such matters were not his concern at all. He wanted to know whether only Ziying had been assassinated.

In order to find out the news, this servant also spent ten dollars to buy a jug of wine to "bribe" the purchaser from the Chang'an Lord's Mansion. He wanted to use this news to get some rewards to make up for his losses, but he never thought it would be a waste of money Money, there is no return at all.

Just as the servant was about to go out, he suddenly turned his head and added a sentence: "I heard that the commander of the guards is named Jian Yi, and he is a famous martial artist in Xianyang City."

Hearing this, the general who had just sat down suddenly stood up.

"What did you say the name of that martial artist?"

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Hearing this news, although Jiang Lu was very nervous, he didn't know that he had been tricked, and he was tricked very badly. He went directly from a high-ranking prince to a "proletariat".

However, such matters cannot be pointed out. If people find out that his plan to buy a murderer fails, but instead gets tricked by Ziying, I am afraid that no one will sympathize with him, and he will become the laughing stock of the entire Xianyang City.

What's more, if the King of Qin knew that he had the idea of ​​fratricide, I'm afraid that this young master has made it to the top, and he might be directly demoted as a commoner.

Therefore, even though he suffered a huge loss, he could only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach with tears in his eyes, not daring to let others know.

However, a more serious problem was defeated in front of the general, and the entire mansion was out of money...

In order to hire Jian Yi to assassinate Ziying, Jiang Lu not only put all his money into it, but also took all the rewards from the king of Qin and the filial piety of the officials.

There are hundreds of family members, servants, and maids in such a large mansion. Not to mention the daily food and silver bills, it is not a small expense, but now there are only a few thousand dollars left in the entire mansion.

This is because Jian Yi disliked that these copper coins add up to only two or three gold in value, but they are very heavy, and it is not easy to take them so he left them for the general, otherwise he would have none of these coins.

According to the daily spending habits of the mansion, this amount of money can last at most another seven or eight days, and there are still a few months before the day when the Zongzheng Mansion allocates money to all the princes, because I lost power and came to give myself gifts every now and then. Some flatterers in the court never came here again.

It is not possible to order the whole house to start the "March of Suffering" plan from now on, in order to temper the will of the whole house.

To put it into practice, people in Fuchu only eat some brown rice for each meal, and it is the kind that does not add a little miso, and they don’t care if they are full.Even the general himself took the lead in changing his nobleman's habit of eating three meals a day, instead eating only two meals a day like ordinary people.

Jiang Lu, as the son who was more favored by the King of Qin before, didn't have to worry about expenses at all. Just the filial piety of some stalking people can make him live more comfortably, so the servants of his house are not said to be well-clothed and well-fed. , but it is also good to eat, and you can see some meaty smell every day.

Once this decision was made, the whole family immediately complained, and after a long time, many people could only use their savings to go out to fight the tooth festival.

Generals who do not have this condition have visibly lost a lot of weight these days, and their faces look sallow.

Even so, the remaining money in the mansion probably wouldn't last a month.

However, Zongzheng and Zhao Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief in the past few days. The King of Qin ordered his son to find a good teacher. The King of Qin just mentioned it casually. As a doctoral officer, none of them can last ten days, and they will be beaten away by the son in a short time.

It's just that young master Jiang Lu has suddenly changed his temperament in the past few days and started to "study hard". The doctoral officer I sent this time has been teaching young master Jiang Lu for half a month, and according to him I said that although the young master Jiang Lu didn't listen carefully, he was very polite to him.

It's not that Jiang Lu suddenly changed his sex, but it's really impossible.First of all, these days, I have not been able to eat enough to eat every day, and I really don't want to play physical-intensive sports such as beating people.

Second, the name of the doctoral officer sent this time is Mi Qi, and his only hobby is to eat. He can be called a hardcore foodie in this era. He not only loves to eat, but also can eat. Pack food for when you are hungry.

In Jiang Lu's eyes, this package of food is no different from a gift from the gods. When Mi Qi comes here, he can grab some delicious food every day. How can he be willing to drive him away? Even under Jiang Lu's strong request, Mi Qi's The teaching time was even changed from once every two days to once a day.

Compared with the experience of the previous group of colleagues, Mi Qi was even a little flattered for a while, except that this young man loves food more than himself, so he didn't see how violent he was.

Time passed day by day, and the day when Jianglu's food would run out was getting closer and closer. In order to avoid revealing what he had done, and not being able to send someone out to borrow money, Jianglu was worried for days and nights about this matter. Did not sleep well.

As the prince of Qin, how could he think that one day he would worry about eating.

Not only Jiang Lu, but another person is also paying attention to the actions of Jiang Lu's mansion every day, and that is Chang'an Junziying, the chief culprit who "harmed" Jiang Lu so tragically.

Just ask how many people there are in Jianglu's mansion, and you can tell how much food you need every day.

Through the amount of grain bought by Jianglu's mansion these days, Ziying also understands that Jianglu's mansion should be at the end of its rope.

It's time to start planning for the second step.

Although Ziying is not looking for trouble, he is not afraid of trouble. Since Jiang Lu has already shown his fangs and wants to kill himself, Ziying will not let Jiang Lu go so easily.

On this day, a luxuriously dressed middle-aged businessman suddenly visited Jiang Lu's mansion, which was sparsely populated.

If it was usual for merchants without official positions like this, the general would not have much interest in meeting him, but now and then, since he was placed under house arrest, no one has visited him again.

Although shrimps are small, they are also seafood. After all, as long as you come to visit me, you have to bring some gifts.

Therefore, Jiang Lu was very enthusiastic and sent the servants of the mansion to invite the merchant in.

"A mere gift is not a respect, and I hope you will accept it with a smile." The merchant placed his position extremely low. After he sat down, he didn't even dare to sit on the couch. Instead, he took out a very exquisite wooden box first, respectfully Passed it to Jiang Lu.

Jiang Lu suppressed the excitement in his heart, pretended to be nonchalant, took the wooden box and opened it, and there was a whole ten gold in it.

In the past, the ten gold generals might not have taken it to heart, but at this moment, the ten gold is tantamount to giving charcoal in the snow.

Impatiently, he accepted the wooden box, pretending to be careless, and said: "I don't know what do you want, sir, for offering such an important gift?"

Merchants are not like officials. Officials give gifts for investment, while merchants are more direct. Generally, they hope to provide some convenience for their own traders. This point is well known to the generals. The merchants must have something to ask for when they give gifts to themselves. .

It's just that Jiang Lu couldn't think of what kind of help he, a grounded young master, could provide him.

"To tell you the truth, my lord, the villain's business is dealing with the Qiang people in the west." One sentence immediately made Jiang Lu look at this merchant differently.

Qiang is an ethnic minority in the west of Guanzhong. Yiqu, which was incorporated into the Qin State earlier, is a branch of Rong and Qiang. However, the Qiang people are divided into tens or hundreds of tribes and scattered in the vast northwest region. The Qin State, however, is not a threat, but it also belongs to the outsiders.

(End of this chapter)