Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

After all, Fang Xuanling's status as a man of great hard work and contribution is there. If he takes out a large sum of money as an apology, it will be the junior Du He who will be criticized.

Moreover, Du He could not offend Fang Xuanling, the powerful official, for such a small amount of money.

After Du He took a look at the silver in the box, he called the guards to the lobby and spoke.

"You guys did a great job protecting us yesterday. Come and get two silver ingots each."

Hearing Du He's generosity, the 17 new and old guards all showed surprise on their faces, and their naturally hanging hands trembled slightly with excitement.

As Du He's guards, their annual salary was less than three strings of coins. Now they received a reward of two strings of coins, which was almost their annual salary.

No one tried to refuse, but instead bowed respectfully to Du He with their fists clasped.

"Thank you for the reward, sir!"

As each of them took out two heavy silver pieces from the box, their faces were filled with excitement.

What Du Wu said was indeed true. As long as they followed the master wholeheartedly, the reward they received would be higher than their monthly salary.

Seeing that these guards were extremely happy, Du He waved his hand and said.

"If you have finished your meal, please go back early."

"You should be willing to spend the reward money and buy more meat for your family members to eat."

The guards expressed their gratitude to Du He again, and patted their chests, promising to cut two pounds of mutton to take back. Then they ran out of the hall happily.

Some people who settled in Chang'an would return home, while a small number of young people who were alone would make appointments to go to nearby taverns to drink.

After they left, Du He took out 6 silver ingots and gave them to Linglong, praising her.

"Linglong, you brought back good news a few days ago. These are your rewards."

"If you bring me good news in the future, I will continue to reward you."

This girl bought a silver hairpin for Li Yi a few days ago. It must have cost her a lot of silver. She secretly showed a painful expression on her face several times.

Du He and Ling Long have known each other for such a long time, but she rarely spends money on her own initiative and is very stingy with herself, like a miser.

"Thank you, Prince Consort!"

Linglong shouted excitedly, then happily took the heavy silver.

She really didn't expect that the prince consort would reward her with so much silver just because she casually said an insignificant piece of news.

Moreover, all the money spent in the past few days was earned back, and there was even a surplus of nearly 2 guan.

Du He put away the remaining 10 taels of silver and prepared to give them to Pei Xingjian tomorrow.

This time, Pei Xingjian and his spies made some achievements and received some rewards as an incentive.

...

The next day.

After the court meeting of all officials ended.

When Du He walked out of the Taiji Hall, he waved to Yang Gan, the magistrate of Wannian County, who was not far away, and signaled him to follow him.

The reason why Yang Gan did not go back was that he had been waiting for news from Du He. Now when he saw Du He calling him over, he suddenly felt happy.

A place outside the Taiji Hall where there are no other pedestrians.

Du He smiled and said, "County Magistrate Yang, I had a chat with Lord Fang yesterday and learned that the gang of thieves only wanted to deal with my two guards."

"Although they were targeting my guards, they were also hitting me, the Minister of Industry, in the face. You should know how to punish me, right?"

Upon hearing that Du He and Fang Xuanling had reached an agreement, Yang Gan's face suddenly showed excitement.

He quickly said, "Don't worry, Minister Du, we will definitely give severe punishments to those prisoners who hurt others without reason!"

"Not only will we eradicate the Iron Fist Gang, but I will also sentence Fang Wu, the mastermind behind this, to 10 years in prison!"

"I wonder if Minister Du is satisfied with the way he dealt with me?"

The play must be done to the fullest. Since Fang Yiai escaped punishment, the guard Fang Wu must have been severely punished on behalf of his master.

After all, he was the person hired directly with money, so people from all parties had no objection to using him to take the blame.

"County Magistrate Yang is truly a fair and strict official."

Du He smiled and praised, then turned and walked towards the Ministry of Industry.

Watching Du He walk away, Yang felt relieved.

Fortunately, Fang Sikong stepped in in time and resolved the matter quickly, otherwise it would have been troublesome in the end.

...

noon.

After having a fairly hearty lunch in the palace's kitchen, Du He chatted with Liu Li and Hou Junji for a while, then strolled to the Honglu Temple carrying a sack.

"Meetings, Mr. Du."

A group of officials from the Honglu Temple had been gathering in groups of three or five to warm themselves by the fire. When they saw Du He come in, they quickly stood up and saluted respectfully.

Du He waved at them and then asked softly.

"Is your Pei Honglu Cheng here?"

A young officer who looked quite clever quickly walked up to Du He and said.

"Minister Du, our Lord Pei Cheng is handling government affairs in his office. I will take you there right away."

Du He nodded slightly, then followed him into the lobby.

The office space of the Honglu Temple looks a bit old, and the building area is relatively small, which cannot be compared with the magnificent Ministry of Works.

Not long after, Du He walked into Pei Xingjian's office.

When Pei Xingjian saw Du He come in, he quickly put the pen in his hand on the pen curtain, and stood up respectfully, clasped his fists and saluted.

"Meetings, Mr. Du."

Du He nodded slightly at him, then slowly walked into the office.

Pei Xingjian glanced at the sack in Du He's hand, then waved to the official who was leading the way, signaling him to step back first.

After the young official left, Pei Xingjian closed the door of the room.

After Du He put the sack on Pei Xingjian's desk, he looked around the small and simply furnished room and spoke in a low voice.

"Shou Yue, these 10 strings of cash are for you and the spies' hard work. You take the bulk and you can share some with the people below."

Pei Xingjian waved his hands and said: "Minister Du, how can I take your..."

Before Pei Xingjian could finish his words, Du He stretched out his hand to interrupt him and continued in a low voice.

"This money is part of the compensation given by Fang Sikong. You can take it with confidence."

"This is just like me lending you some money to buy furniture."

When Pei Xingjian heard what Du He said, he did not continue to refuse, but bowed to Du He in gratitude.

"Thank you, Mr. Du, for your care!"

It would cost a lot of money to repair and redecorate a large house, and another sum of money would be needed to marry next year. Since Du He strongly supported him, he would remember this favor.

Du He waved his hand indifferently, then whispered an order to Pei Xingjian.

"Keep your promise. The King of Wei might tamper with this batch of weapons and equipment. When you send people to keep an eye on Fang Yiai, send some people to keep an eye on the Weiwei Temple as well."

Fortunately, the Weiwei Temple did not transport the weapons and armor to Luoyang this year, otherwise Li Tai would have replaced a batch of them without anyone noticing.

Upon hearing this important news, Pei Xingjian's face was filled with astonishment.

Is the King of Wei so bold? He dares to have evil intentions towards weapons and equipment?

Doesn’t the King of Wei want to live anymore?

After a brief moment of shock, Pei Xingjian immediately replied with a serious expression.

"As ordered!"