Chapter 218: White Jade Ring Wall
Dushanguan returned to the inner room and took out a fist-sized sandalwood box, the sandalwood box contained the tea given to him by his old friend, but he hesitated a little, although this was a high-quality tea, but it was not a priceless treasure, he was a little worried about whether this small box of tea could get him the desired result.
A ruthless heart, and from the side of the couch out of a white jade ring wall, the jade is pure, it is a rare white jade carved in the world, there is such a priceless thing plus tea, he is convinced that today's trip will not run in vain. Dushan officials came to the county office, because they were directly under the Shaofu, and they did not work in the county government, so they had never been here since the day they took office.
But today, it happened that Dushan Guan, who came to the county government for the second time, happened to meet the person he was looking for on the main road outside the county office, the county lieutenant of Zhuo County.
Within a county, the largest is the order, the rank of the big county is 1,000 stones, the small county is 600 stones, and the county magistrate is below, the rank is 500 stones to 300 stones, and then the history of Gong Cao, and the county lieutenant is ranked after the history of Gong Cao, with a rank of 400 stone to 200 stone, and is in charge of the county military.
Zhuoxian County Lieutenant is in his forties, with a rough face, away from home for more than 20 years, he has long been accustomed to life in the north, if it is not for the unconsciously running out a few southern accents when he speaks, no one will think that he is from Yangzhou and Danyang just by appearance.
The county lieutenant has a good memory, as long as he has contact, he will not forget it, but today's sudden appearance of a short and fat middle-aged man startled him, he really can't think of anything to do with this person, and he wore a brocade robe and did not wear an official uniform, the county lieutenant immediately thought that he was the head of Qian, his face was slightly sad, and the guard on one side drew a knife to protect the county lieutenant, and scolded: "Bold maniac, if you dare to take a step forward, you will definitely be splashed with blood on the spot!" ”
The bright ring head knife was less than five inches away from the Dushan official, and he hurriedly stopped his steps, bowed his body, and slammed it to the end, saying: "Xia Guan is the Dushan official of the Shaofu, and I have seen the county lieutenant of Lu!" ”
Shaofu Dushan official? County Lieutenant Lu opened his eyes wide and looked Du Shanguan up and down, and soon remembered that he had contact with him at the beginning of his tenure, but soon a ridicule floated on the corner of the county lieutenant's mouth, this person was originally just a city member, pouring food, and later spent a lot of money to buy such a small official, but it was a real fat shortage, don't look at his rank, but a year of greed is enough for him to be a decades of rank.
"Jiangdu Mountain? What are you doing at the government? Although he didn't have any good feelings about this person, he was even more disgusted when he knew that he was an official buyer from the first time he saw him, especially when he thought that he was holding such a big fat shortage as if he was sitting on a mountain of gold.
Dushan Guan's face suddenly turned whole, and he was awe-inspiring, and said: "I can't hide it, Xia Guan has encountered a tricky case at hand, and he wants to bother the county lieutenant to help!" ”
County Lieutenant Lu sneered in his heart, and said in a cold tone: "What kind of case is tricky and needs Lu to help?" ”
"It's not convenient to talk here!"
Jiangdu Shanguan looked left and right, the thief's eyebrows and rat eyes looked at the county lieutenant's eyes were even more disgusting, suddenly his eyes were bright, he saw that Jiangdu Shanguan's hand revealed a piece of white bi, dazzling under the rising sun, Lu County's eyes lit up, of course he knew the goods, and he was very knowledgeable, at a glance he recognized that this jade was from the white jade ring wall in the Western Regions, and its price in the Western Regions was as high as a few gold, not to mention that after being transported to the north, at least a hundred gold and thousands of gold, Lu County Lieutenant's heart played a little ninety-nine, and greed was even more spontaneous, But so many pairs of eyes stared at him, and he had to take care of the prestige, and pretended to be a righteous and awe-inspiring gentleman and said: "Since it is official business, then go to my office and say it!" ”
After the county lieutenant finished speaking, he strode towards the ya, followed by his soldiers, the county yachi gathered all departments in the county, but they were all separate offices, the Dushan official was taken to the small hall, and after the guest was seated, the Dushan official first took out the sandalwood box and put the white jade ring wall on the sandalwood box before handing it to the county lieutenant.
The county lieutenant took his hand, his face was expressionless, but his palm was tightly gripping the white jade ring wall as if he was afraid that it would fly away, but he said without being salty: "What is in this box?" ”
"It is filled with the best tea brought by an old friend of the lower official from Yangzhou, although the lower official does not know this way, but I heard that the county lieutenant likes to drink tea, and he has the courage to borrow flowers to offer Buddha and transfer it to the county lieutenant to sip.
Lu County Lieutenant has three good, it can be said that everyone knows, weapons and jade and this tea, compared to the former, the last tea is his real hobby, some things once addicted, it is difficult to eradicate, especially the habit of drinking tea, I still remember when I left home to enter Beijing, what I carried was not what gold and silver were soft, but the leaves that looked inconspicuous.
Although he was extremely disgusted with Jiang Dushan, when he saw the white jade ring wall and the sandalwood box containing tea in front of him, his attitude towards him immediately took a 180-degree turn.
He became very excited in his heart, although he knew that these tea leaves would never be more valuable than the white jade ring wall, but he knew that Dushan Guan was really interested. I couldn't wait to open the sandalwood box, and after just one glance, his eyes never moved again, and he didn't even blink his eyelids.
The tea leaves in the box are covered with Yinhao, only a gap was removed and the tea fragrance began to overflow, and it was only when it was completely opened that it was clear to see its shape, shaped like a bird's tongue, the color was like ivory, such rare tea was not seen in the life of the county lieutenant, and how could he not make him feel excited, and even in his eyes, the value of these tea leaves far exceeded the white jade ring wall, after all, the latter is valuable and the former is hard to find, it is a real priceless treasure!
"Do you know how your friend got this tea?"
The county lieutenant looked at Jiang Dushan with sharp eyes, anxious in his heart, he wanted him to know where these tea came from, so that he could send someone to buy it locally.
Jiang Dushan felt the expectation in the eyes of the county lieutenant, and even he noticed that the county lieutenant's body was trembling slightly, which should be caused by excessive excitement, which made him immediately realize the value of this box of tea, he knew how to maximize the benefits, this is the experience summed up when selling grain, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is just to sell high and buy low, if this box of tea can be obtained lightly, then he will only be an ordinary box of tea, but if this box of tea is the only one, then its significance will be extraordinary, and even make the county lieutenant have an illusion, the real treasure of the city is not the white jade ring wall from the Western Regions, but the only tea in the world.
Of course, he was not afraid of showing his stuff, because at that time, his goal had been achieved, and even if he took a step back, he could push all the qiē on that old friend, and he was only a victim like the county lieutenant at best.
Dushan Guan smiled, but it was a helpless embarrassed smile, and he sighed happily: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the county lieutenant, according to my old friend, this box of tea was obtained by accident, because it is scarce, so I only take these!" ”
The county lieutenant was disappointed, but then laughed again: "But all precious things are naturally scarce, but I am a little greedy and insufficient!" The county lieutenant's eyes began to glow when he looked at the tea leaves in the box, this rare tea in the world was like an unconquerable beauty to him, and the irascible wild horse made him even more irresistible, he couldn't wait to embrace it in his arms, but he knew that this thing did not belong to him.
He made up his mind that no matter how difficult this matter was, he decided to do it for Dushan Guan, if nothing else, just for this box of tea, calmed down, and asked in a deep voice:
"What are you asking me to do?"