After a while, all the boxes in the convoy were opened. Xining couldn't believe it when he saw that in the opened wooden boxes, there were only clothes and books.

I looked back and saw that there were indeed no other cars following behind me, but I was still not sure: "That's it?"

This is an official who returned to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. You must know that the welfare of this dynasty is the best among all the known dynasties. Even in such a wealthy previous dynasty, the salary of an official in one year was only one month in salary of an official in this dynasty.

It’s almost Chinese New Year when I return to Beijing, so I will definitely bring some money back.

The person who was robbed was an old man in his fifties, with gray hair and beard, who had just put on a winter coat. He had a look of disdain on his face: "The sky is clear and the sun is bright, and there are still people robbing me on the way."

The clothes are regular clothes issued by the court. Even the clothes are covered by the court, which shows that the welfare of officials is not low.

A bit arrogant, Xi Ning actually likes this kind of person. Although he is a bit old-fashioned, the common people lack such honest officials.

The slave next to him couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: "We have been honest all our lives, sir. You have robbed and beaten the wrong person."

A follower came forward and clasped his fists: "May I ask if you are Lord Xiang Zhong Ling?"

"It's me!" Xiang Zhongling touched the beard on his chest. Although his fingers were red from the cold and his whole body was shivering because there was no brazier in the car, he still maintained the integrity that a scholar should have.

Xiang Zhongling? Xining looked at the attendant, who lowered his voice and explained: "Master Xiang is a well-known upright official."

"But an upright official also has such a salary?" She was still puzzled. You must know that this dynasty relied on generous salary to support integrity. If you were a first-class official, your income would be equivalent to one million in future annual income.

Xiang Zhongling's old slave couldn't help but said: "That's because my lord always uses his own salary to supplement the people. In the past few years, there was a drought, and then there was hail, and the court's disaster relief food could not arrive for a while, so my lord put all his family wealth into it."

Already..."

"Hmm~" Xiang Zhong Ling snorted, warning the old slave not to say any more.

Xining blinked his eyes: "For the money posted, write a note and ask the Ministry of Finance for it."

The old slave was old, probably an old man in the house, older than Xiang Zhongling. At this age, he dared to say something. So he defended his master: "I wrote it, but I haven't seen the approval yet. So.

At that time, I even asked the merchants to borrow money, and then I managed to survive the disaster. In recent years, my salary has been

All the debts have been paid off, and the debts will be paid off only this year, otherwise you will have to sell your old house to pay off the debts before entering the capital. You guys came to rob, and you really hit the wrong person. This time when you enter the capital, my family really doesn’t bring any money.

, when I get to Beijing, I have to visit some acquaintances and borrow some money to survive until my salary is paid next month."

Xi Ning couldn't help but be in awe. There were not many such fools, and he never thought they existed. He bowed to Xiang Zhong Ling, but he was wearing a brocade dress, but he was performing a quaint salute, which was a bit nondescript.

Xiang Zhongling still stood there, with his back straight and stroking his beard: "Eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor are the things to do. Since you are an official, you should protect the people of the area. This is what an official should do."

Xining looked at the luggage in this cart. Except for books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, there was nothing valuable. There were also official uniforms inside, which were genuine fifth-grade products. And in the ox cart where people were sitting, there was not even a charcoal basin, only a charcoal basin.

A quilt to keep out the cold.

An official of the fifth rank can actually be so poor. He is indeed a very good and honest official.

Xining asked Yunlian next to her: "How much did you bring today?"

Yunlian took out her purse: "That's all."

Xining took the weight and knew how much it was. As usual, there were twenty strings of ten copper coins plus five or six cents of broken silver. Anyway, we didn't have enough money, so we could still go robbing. But today, the boat capsized in the gutter.

Robbed an upright official.

Then he asked the people around him: "How much did you bring, I can borrow it."

So everyone took out their money one after another, and Liu Lu had the most money, because as soon as Li Cheng saw her, he handed over five taels of silver, with a strong sense of being robbed, which made Liu Lu blush immediately.

There were about a dozen taels of silver packed together. Xining asked Yunlian to hand the silver to the old slave next to him: "It's getting cold today, so we can't live without the silver. Take it."

"Thank you hero!" The old slave quickly accepted it. People are poor and have short ambitions. It doesn't matter who owns the money now. After entering the capital, you will need money for living and food. This money will be enough for everyone to live for half a month.

, if you don’t take it, you will have to wait for your own adults to shamelessly knock on the door and ask for it.

Xiang Zhongling was stunned and immediately scolded the old slave: "Repay it immediately, this is the robber's money!"

Xining rolled his eyes, turned around and left.

"Come back and take the money back, I won't accept bribes!" Xiang Zhongling was anxious, but the old slave beside him was holding the money bag tightly with both hands. He was hunched over because of the cold, and the money bag was almost buried in his arms.

"Wrong, it's robbery!" Xining pulled up the cloak trimmed with fox fur and held Yunlian's hand to get into the car.

And Taohong Liulu also got into the car very quickly, and everyone ran away in a flash.

Looking at the extremely fast group of people, but here are all old and weak, no one in the group can catch up. It was indeed a robbery just now, but who has ever heard that the robbers paid the robbers... Xiang Zhongling could only look at the snowy cold wind.

Medium messy.

It was another early morning court day, and Xiang Zhongling went out to kneel down in the court hall to express his gratitude.

"I will live without any ceremony!" Emperor Dechang only remembered that the second generation of the Xiang family was an official, recommended by Zhong Lingjing, returned to Beijing as a writer, and compiled the history of the country.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After Xiang Zhongling stood up, he thought about it and mustered up the courage: "I want to impeach Princess Yong'an. As the princess, I know the law and break the law, blocking the road and robbing..."

This was the beginning, and all the ministers looked at each other in surprise. Didn't Princess Yong'an only rob wealthy royal relatives? Why did she actually rob officials this time?

Emperor Dechang felt a headache after hearing this. What happened to Princess Yong'an? A group of princes, even the fifth prince, wasn't enough to rob?

"...We must not encourage this trend. Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly!" Xiang Zhongling knelt down again. Although he was a little older, he still knelt with his waist straight.

Thorough investigation, thorough investigation is nothing! I didn’t know that she was the posthumous daughter of the King of Chu, the heart and heart of the Queen Mother, and her eyeball.

But you can't say with a smile: "Hehe, it's just a robbery, why should you take it seriously?"

Forget it, let’s ask how much money was robbed first, and we’ll pay some compensation later to calm down our hunger. Emperor Dechang asked: “I wonder how much money I lost to Aiqing?”

Xiang Zhongling was speechless for a moment: "This..."

Is it a lot? Forget it, Black Tiger Village will come to report, and soon they will bring 20,000 2-year-old coins, and they will have money to compensate.

There was money in the treasury, and Emperor Dechang, who was confident, asked: "How much?"

Hearing the official's long tone, he was obviously a little unhappy, so Xiang Zhongling could only answer honestly: "Eleven taels of broken silver, plus fifty-seven coins."

Emperor Dechang breathed a sigh of relief. It was only eleven taels. He would pay twenty taels later. No, no, let's go to fifty taels. It would be more generous.

But what he said next made him think he had heard wrongly.

Xiang Zhongling said with some difficulty: "I was not robbed of any money. The money was given to me by Princess Yong'an."

"What, what did you say?"

"This money was given to me by Princess Yong'an and forced on me."
Chapter completed!