Contract Prince

After the next day, Deng Kuan encountered a problem.When the carriage he was riding passed the official road, suddenly an old beggar rushed out and bumped into his carriage impartially.The horse was suddenly frightened and became violent.The horse's hooves jumped high and suddenly kicked the beggar a few times.

Fortunately, the guards led by Deng Kuan were highly skilled in martial arts and good at taming horses. He turned over, flew onto the horse's back, and reined in its reins.The guard touched the horse's head, and after a lot of effort, he finally tamed the horse.

"Bold, you beggar, how dare you disturb Lord Deng!" Deng Kuan's guards yelled angrily, and he jumped off his horse.

"Oh, it hurts to death..." The old beggar fell to the ground, rubbed his injured ankle, and moaned in pain.

After hearing the loud noise, the handsome man gently opened the curtain and asked the guard, "Shi Peng, what happened?"

Shi Peng respectfully said: "My lord, nothing happened, it's just that an old beggar fell in front of the carriage."

Thinking this was a very common thing, Deng Kuan didn't take it to heart, and said casually, "Just let him go."

After the guard took the order, he walked up to the old beggar and motioned for him to go.Unexpectedly, the beggar was rolling on the ground, desperately refusing to leave, and said: "Oh, it hurts me to death, I can't walk now."

Shi Peng felt that his lord was the Minister of the Household Department, and to him, every minute was extremely precious.Thinking that it was important to hurry, he bent down and was about to help the old beggar.

Unexpectedly, the old beggar said: "Young master, your horse kicked me just now, and my foot was injured. You must pay some money."

Shi Peng's personality is the same as Deng Kuan's, he is upright and can't tolerate any sand in his eyes.Seeing that the old beggar showed an attitude of blackmailing, Shi Peng couldn't help feeling angry, he frowned and said: "You were the one who bumped into the carriage by yourself just now, why did we say we should pay for the money?"

"Obviously your horse kicked me." The old beggar said relentlessly.

Soon, a lot of onlookers were attracted.In a blink of an eye, people crowded around Deng Kuan's carriage.

As things got more and more troublesome, Deng Kuan opened the curtain and got out of the carriage.Asking Shi Peng about the details of what happened, Deng Kuan didn't want to waste time on this kind of thing, but he thought that his horse kicked the beggar after all, so he walked towards the old man lying on the ground and asked, "How is your leg injury?" gone?"

Unexpectedly, the old man hugged Deng Kuan's leg, pulled his clothes, refused to let go, and shouted: "Oh, my leg hurts, it's unreasonable, you hit someone, don't care about the old beggar... ..."

There was a lot of discussion among the crowd, Deng Kuan is the Minister of the Household Department after all, if he continues to entangle with this old beggar, I am afraid it will not benefit his reputation.But he is a good official after all, after breaking away from the old beggar, he sent his servants to deliver him

The beggar goes to see the doctor and gives him some silver taels.

That's all for that matter.Deng Kuan never expected that today's incident was deliberately arranged by someone, and he even less expected that he would cause a disaster of killing because of this incident.

At this moment, in a restaurant not far away, there is an elegant room.Two pairs of torch-like eyes watched this scene condescendingly.One of these two people is Lu Zhong, and the other is Yu Liang.

Although Lu Zhong stared at this with wide-eyed eyes, he couldn't see why after watching for a long time, but he was still a little puzzled, did the beggar really succeed?

"Yu Liang, can the old beggar really make the key imprint on the inkpad?" Lu Zhong asked uncertainly.

Yu Liang happily knocked on the peanuts, with an incomparably leisurely look, he said to himself, "Don't worry, my lord, he won't let us down."

Lu Zhong was very concerned about the theft of the treasury silver, fearing that something might go wrong, he hurriedly asked, "How do you say it?"

"My lord, you know that there is an 'old thief Zhi' in Jianghu, who has been in the industry for decades and has never missed. As long as he is looking for something, he will be able to get it without anyone knowing, and the person who is stolen will not be able to notice it at all."

When Lu Zhong heard it, his eyes seemed to light up, he stretched out his hand to grab his wrist, and said excitedly, "Is this the old man?"

"Exactly!"

"Okay! That's great! I'm saved!" Lu Zhong filled up the wine for Yu Liangle, and said with a smile: "You have solved a big problem for me, I toast you. But I still have a question, why did the horse Can you cooperate with him and go crazy immediately?"

Yu Liangle laughed, "What's so difficult about this? When the old man bumps into the horse, he can just pinch the horse. Can the horse not be crazy? Besides, the money in the treasury can be taken by the young master anyway. The old man's benefits can also be taken by the young master." Wouldn't it be great to make up the money and make up for it in the future?"

"Hahaha, that's how it is. It's really a second, it's really you who are thoughtful. Come on, drink again and again, and you won't return today if you don't get drunk. Brother Yu, I offer you a toast."

When Yu Liang heard Lu Zhong calling him Brother Yu, he was slightly stunned, and said, "Young Master, I really dare not call you Brother Yu."

"No, no, you definitely deserve it. From now on, we will be called brothers." Yu Liang helped Lu Zhong so much, and Lu Zhong was naturally grateful to him.Not to mention being called a brother, even if he was asked to call Yu Liang a father, he would definitely be willing.

Yu Liang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your wrong love, young master."

Lu Zhong waved his hand and said, "Don't call him son, it's agreed to call him brother."

"Yes." Yu Liang smiled and accepted it happily.He came from a humble background, and he was sold to a rich family as a servant since he was a child. He wandered around and worked as a short-term servant in many families.When he was 17 years old, it happened that the government of Ningguo was recruiting someone, and Yu Liang successfully applied for the job.

He is a servant, but he doesn't want to be a servant forever, he secretly swears that he must stand out.For this reason, Yu Liang spent all his spare time on reading. In addition, he was originally smart, and over time he became a resourceful person.

Yu Liang has been trying his best to express himself, hoping that Lu Lin and his son will look up to him, so that he can use the power of Ning Guogong to change his destiny.He is extremely satisfied that Lu Zhong and him are brothers and sisters today.Because Yu Liang faintly felt that this was the first step for him to get rid of the fate of being a slave.

After the two chatted for a while, someone knocked on the door of the private room.Yu Liang went to open the door, and the person who came was the old beggar who was hit by Deng Kuan's carriage earlier.

The ragged beggar looked at the two with a smile, bowed respectfully, and then took out the inkpad with the imprint of Kuyin's key and handed it to them.

Lu Zhong looked at the ink pad, his eyes sparkled, he held it in his hands excitedly and looked at it repeatedly, he was very satisfied and couldn't put it down.

Yu Liang told the old beggar a few words, and then let him back down.

"Now that everything is ready, the only thing we owe is Dongfeng, we just need someone to carve a key." Yu Liang said.

"It's not easy, just find a carving shop." Lu Zhong said triumphantly, grabbing a lot of carving shops in the entire imperial capital.

Yu Liang pondered: "Although that's the case, we still have to be cautious. The carving shop can carve things at will, but this silver key may not dare to carve. The traces of the government on it are too obvious."

It turns out that the Kuyin key of the household department is different from ordinary keys, and its key is engraved with the word "Kuyin".Even more coincidentally, the word "Ku Yin" just faces the tooth hole for unlocking the lock.In addition, the reign title of the current emperor is engraved under the key, God Bless.

Therefore, as long as there is a caring person, it is easy to see the abnormality of this key.Since it is necessary to make things seamless, it is necessary to ensure that there is no possibility of it being discovered.

Lu Zhong felt that Yu Liang's words made sense, and he was very afraid that this matter would be exposed, so he immediately asked, "Then what should we do?"

A murderous intent appeared on Yu Liang's face, and he said coldly: "In this world, only the dead can't speak, and they won't betray anyone."

"You mean to find someone to carve Ku Yin's key, and then kill him?" Lu Zhong finally came to his senses, he made a gesture of wiping his neck, and looked straight at Yu Liang.

Yu Liang nodded slightly: "Yes, this is the only way to be foolproof."

Lu Zhong said: "Then let's do this. The three-day deadline is coming soon. After engraving the key, I want to start tonight and go to the warehouse of the household department to steal the bank notes."

Seeing Lu Zhong's impatient look, Yu Liang reminded: "It's okay to do it tonight, but before that, we still need to inquire more about the news from the Ministry of Accounts. For example, how many people are guarding the warehouse, the warehouse soldiers When do we change the guard or something?"

After the reminder, Yu Liang said meaningfully: "Otherwise, if you do it rashly, you may lose your success."

"I'm too impatient, so according to Brother Yu, what should I do?"

"There's someone who might be able to give us information."

"Who?"

"Master of the treasury, Zhang Changqing." Yu Liang smiled slightly, "Zhang Changqing likes to drink very much, and he goes to the Junzi Drunken Restaurant to drink every day. After he is drunk, he speaks freely. He will answer whatever you ask."

Lu Zhong was shocked that Yu Liang knew Zhang Changqing's habits so well, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Yu, why are you so familiar with Zhang Changqing?"

Yu Liang replied: "Before I became an official in Duke Ning's mansion, I worked as a servant in his mansion and served him for a while, so I am naturally familiar with his habits."

"No wonder, no wonder." Lu Zhong laughed several times, "It seems that God will help me, and all of this has its own arrangements. This time is really thanks to Brother Yu. I, Lu Zhong, will never forget this kindness. .”

Lu Zhong was very polite, but what Yu Liang wanted was not to listen to his polite words.The young man smiled: "I'm really flattered when you say that. What's the point of such a trivial matter?"

Lu Zhongdao: "Brother Yu, you don't need to be too modest." Then he said: "Tonight, in the first half of the night, we will go to the Gentleman's Drunken Wine House to meet Zhang Changqing, to find out the news, and then we will start in the second half of the night."

"Tonight, this alcoholic is lucky enough to drink good wine." Yu Liang sighed slightly.

Zhang Changqing is at least the treasury master of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and logically speaking, he has a lot of salary every month.However, he is a strict wife, and the tigress in the family only gives him a small amount of pocket money every month. The money stuck between his teeth is not enough for him to drink good wine.

Therefore, Zhang Changqing is notoriously poor outside, commonly known as "poor master", every time he goes to the gentleman's drunken restaurant, he always orders the cheapest wine.