When I arrived at the gate of the villa, the villa had long been closed, and the tall courtyard wall blocked the view, and it was dark inside, and there was no light in sight. Liu Tie went up to call the door, and the people inside heard that it was Liu Han who had arrived, so they hurriedly opened the door, and at the same time reported Lao Huang and Liu Mu in the villa, Liu Mu hurriedly came from the back house to greet him, and Liu Han had arrived in the lobby.

Liu Mu was a little frightened, he didn't know what was going on, so he asked Liu Han to rush over overnight, and after Liu Han went in, he quickly pulled Liu Tie aside and asked if he wanted to mobilize the whole village. The whole village was mobilized, Liu Tie shook his head with a smile, and asked him to prepare some boiled water, boil some water and prepare washing utensils, and Liu Mu was relieved.

Liu Han didn't care about this, he didn't see Lao Huang when he entered the house, and asked Liu Mu to know that Lao Huang was in the study, Liu Han didn't let people call Lao Huang but went to the study by himself.

Lao Huang didn't hear the sound outside, maybe he didn't care if he heard it, when Liu Han went in, he was looking at the documents in his hand under the oil lamp, during this time, the news from all over the country was piled up here, the shopkeeper Wang was originally going to clean up the courtyard in the city and then move all these documents over, but he didn't think that Liu Han They came too fast, and the courtyard in the city was not completely cleaned up, fortunately, Lao Huang and they lived here, and the shopkeeper Wang also asked Liu Han if he wanted to move these documents over, Liu Han said no, let Lao Huang read it first.

"Dong Weng, it's so late, why are you here?" Lao Huang looked up and saw that it was Liu Han, he was a little surprised, but it was just an accident, and he didn't get up to greet him like the others.

Liu Han told what happened today, raised his legs and put his legs on the table, Lao Huang snorted lightly in displeasure, Liu Han quickly put his legs down, leaned his head on the chair, looked up at the roof, and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "These noble sons are obsessed with metaphysical cultivation all day long, and they still want to be officials, I see, the world of the Great Jin Dynasty will have to be finished for them sooner or later." ”

"Don't underestimate them," Lao Huang shook his head and looked at him, very helpless to him, this Dong Weng still has a good temperament, but his behavior is uninhibited, like putting his legs on the table, he has told him many times, but he just can't change it: "The family of the gate valve is used to combining vertical and horizontal, and there are despicable tactics such as marrying, don't look at them fighting internally, but if the Shu clan really intervenes, they will immediately turn the blade and deal with the Shu clan first." ”

Liu Han still lay down and said slowly: "What's the matter, the matter in Liangzhou has nothing to do with us, let's still follow the original plan, and go to Beijing after buying all the things." ”

Lao Huang looked around, lowered his voice and asked, "Dong Weng, do you have something to do in the capital?"

"Hmm!" Liu Han didn't answer, Lao Huang still continued to ask: "If there is really something, it's best to tell me now, so as not to have any accidents in the future?"

"Lao Huang, Lao Huang, you have a lot of ghost eyes. Liu Han said with a smile.

Lao Huang didn't seem to hear the threat, and said very unceremoniously: "You are not bad, we have been working together for six or seven years, even if it is a stubborn stone, I can see seven or eight points." ”

"Then tell me, what am I going to do in Beijing?" asked Liu Han teasingly.

Lao Huang shook his head slightly: "I can't guess this, the only thing I can judge is that this matter is very risky, if we don't get it right, we will all have to pay for it." ”

Liu Han let out a long sigh, what he wanted to do, he had been buried in his heart, he didn't dare to divulge half a point, he had a deep fear of that person, he didn't know if he could find him on this trip, whether he could kill him.

"In that case, you should tell me that I may not be able to help, but I can read it for you. Lao Huang's tone was very calm, but he was very worried in his heart, since following this master, it didn't take long to notice that there was something in his heart, he had been doing business in the Western Regions for so many years, and he should have returned to Dajin a long time ago, but he was always unmoved, but he kept sending people back, and the people he trusted were sent back, and the business road expanded from Xiliang to the imperial capital, and even opened to expand to Jiangnan.

But he just didn't set foot in the Great Jin, Lao Huang suggested several times that he come back to preside over the business, but he was unmoved, but as soon as he broke through the grandmaster the year before last, he ordered to prepare to return to the Great Jin, and the requirements were very fast, and some things could not be given up at all, and finally gave up.

Since then, Lao Huang has guessed that this trip is dangerous.

"You're not a good slave. Liu Han sighed, strictly speaking, Lao Huang is his slave, but Lao Huang has no awareness of this at all, and told him unequivocally from the beginning that he will never call him master, and he should be a hired master rather than a slave.

Lao Huang didn't answer, after so many years, he knew very well that Liu Han didn't actually treat him as a slave, he could talk to him casually, he didn't have any scruples at all, he could eat at the same table with him, he could use the family's money casually, and he could even enjoy the family's dancing and singing girls. Back then, the conditions he put forward when he was bought by Liu Han were all complied with by Liu Han.

"Fifteen years. Liu Han seemed to be talking to himself and whispered, Lao Huang listened attentively, but Liu Han did not continue to say but turned his mouth and asked: "Lao Huang, how did you get to the Western Regions back then? With your talents, even in the court, you should be able to protect yourself, how could you be so miserable?"

Doubts about Lao Huang's identity have been there since he bought it not long ago, in addition to his familiarity with government affairs, in addition, this guy has shown the ability to not be the kind of person who can't protect himself, so that he has fallen to the point of losing his wife and children.

Lao Huang stared at him, Liu Han smiled faintly: "You are observing me, I am also observing you, we are all too familiar, why are you interested in telling me, you know, my cultivation is not bad, and it is not a big deal to help you kill a few enemies." ”

Lao Huang was still staring at him, Liu Han was like he was air, leaned back again, hummed a mountain tune, and after a while, Lao Huang said slowly: "I was born in the Shu clan, I said that I was an official, but I was just raising my identity, in fact, I am a master, and at the age of thirty-four, I was recruited by the king of Shaoyang County and became his master." ”

Lao Huang was not ashamed of lying and deceiving at all, and his tone was full of regret. Liu Han wasn't angry, but was a little curious: "Then how did you get sent to Liangzhou?

Lao Huang smiled bitterly, looked at the documents piled up on the table, and said faintly after a while: "The king of Shaoyang County is magnificent, generous and benevolent, don't say offend him, even if he scolds him to his face, he just laughs at it, how can he assign me." ”

"What's going on? Could it be that this prince has been convicted, and you have suffered from the disaster of the fish pond. ”

"That's really the case," Lao Huang sighed and nodded lightly, paused and said with some regret: "Back then, I was arrogant and ignorant, there were not many people in the world who could enter my eyes, the gate lord clan was just a bunch of moths, and the eight sages were just a few pieces of rotten wood. At that time, the prince was honest and honest, handsome, and quite popular in the world.

At that time, the Xianbei rebellion had just been quelled, the court was relieved, the emperor changed the name of the year Taiding, and the wind of arrogance and lasciviousness rose again, but I didn't know that in order to quell the rebellion of the Xianbei people, the world had already suffered unspeakably, and the taxes were added again and again, and the taxes in the second year of Taiding were more than ten times that of Taizong, and the small people were miserable.

The imperial court treasury is empty, the scholars occupy the land of the world but do not pay taxes, the court taxes are all from the people, but the people have no land, every time the tax collector comes to the door, all sell their sons and daughters, in order to complete the unpaid taxes, it is really overwhelming.

The disadvantages of the government are known to everyone in the world, and the prince is determined to reform and implement the new policy, and the scholars pay grain and taxes in one body. ”