Chapter 1408： Extra 范子 衿 (25)

  Qi Xiuyuan is a general in Lizhou Luxi Camp. He can independently guard Xingcheng Pass, which shows his ability.

Although he did not have the courage to help the people at the border like General Yuan, he could be regarded as a strict military discipline. He never allowed his soldiers to harass the local people, let alone bandits under his rule.

Therefore, in addition to the occasional small battles with the Jin soldiers who are playing grassy valleys in Xingzhou Prefecture, they have to pay extra military taxes to support the army every year, and the people live fairly well.

The bandits in the Dushan area are not under the jurisdiction of Qi Xiuyuan.

Although he was seventeen and young, he knew the rules of the officialdom, and he would never go overboard when he was not supposed to be in charge of him, so he used to think that those bandits were not pleasing to the eye, but he would not control the territory of the Zhongying.

But now that his younger brother is being hunted down by bandits, if Qi Xiuyuan can endure this sigh, he will become a bastard.

So he asked the scouts to find out the situation of the bandits, and at the same time asked them to contact the General Staff of the Central Battalion, and he wanted to suppress the bandits for them.

As a result, before the people who went to the middle camp came back, Qi Xiuyuan received a terrible news from the scouts.

"What did you say? The bandits said Haoran and the two of them were bandits and stole 20,000 taels from their eldest family?"

The scout nodded solemnly, "But this subordinate thinks that this should be a slanderous word from the bandits, let's not say whether they have so many silver notes, even if they do, it is impossible for the young master and the cousin to contact them, let alone steal them. , they should release this rumor to attract more people to intercept and kill them."

"However," the scout looked carefully at the general, and said, "When the subordinates checked further, they found that the young master and the cousin had done a lot of good things along the way, buying food to help the refugees along the way. Although there is no exact number, it is estimated that There are also 20,000 to 30,000 taels, or even more, and now there are stories of the two young masters circulating on official roads from north to south..."

Qi Xiuyuan was stunned at first, then his face sank, and he asked, "What else?"

"Those people from Jianghu have left the bandit camp in Dushan. It is said that they had a conflict before they left. It seems that it is because of the uneven distribution of spoils?"

Qi Xiuyuan sneered, "They hired that group of bandits to kill my brother, what's the difference?"

Then he thought of the looted property of his younger brothers, Qi Xiuyuan's expression twisted, and he waved his hand: "Go ahead and find out the terrain of Dushan, and the number of bandits, etc. If you have anything, go to the military advisor."

Qi Xiuyuan turned around and strode to find his younger brothers to settle accounts. These two stinky boys must have concealed the most important thing from him.

That is, he can't even get 20,000 to 30,000 taels. Where did these two brats get so much money?

The scouts are also distressed, 30,000 taels, how much does it cost. The two young masters think that the money is too much, so they can give it to their general. The general has recently been worried about the delay of the army's salary by the court.

At this time, Fan Zijin was happily chatting with Qi Haoran on the couch.

It's rare to be so comfortable these days.

Feibai came in with two money bags and said with a smile: "Fourth Young Master, Young Master Biao, I just took the money from the account, and the general said it was for you, how much do you keep outside, and where do you put the rest?"

Qi Haoran immediately sat up and said happily, "Bring it to me to see."

Feibai handed him the purse, each containing five ingots of silver, each of which was twelve taels and one ingots.

The two of them had just passed their penniless days, and looking at these fifty taels was like looking at a baby.

Qi Haoran felt the money in a complicated mood and said, "It would be nice if we didn't lose 10,000 taels."

Fan Zijin's heart skipped a beat, he threw Feibai out with doubtful eyes, grabbed Qi Haoran's ear and said anxiously, "This matter can't be said any more, we have kept the money stealing thing under wraps..."

"What are you two muttering about?" Qi Xiuyuan stood at the door and squinted at them, "Is there anything you can't say openly, you have to bite your ears?"

Fan Zijin was so frightened by him that he lay down on the kang and said with a guilty conscience: "No, nothing, Haoran has lice on his head, I'm catching him."

Qi Haoran nodded again and again, brushed his hair with his hand, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I haven't showered and washed my hair these days, my head is dirty, I didn't wash it just now, and What about the lice?"

Qi Xiuyuan snorted coldly, dragged a chair and sat down opposite them, saying, "Just now when the scout came to report, I learned that I have sent two good young men to help the poor and the weak. I heard that tens of thousands of The two silver coins were thrown out without blinking, but I am curious, since they are teenagers, where did they get so much money?"

Qi Xiuyuan stared at Fan Zijin and asked, "Zijin, where do you think their money came from?"

Qi Haoran looked at the elder brother, then at the little friend, and finally raised his hand weakly: "Maybe it was given by the family, the parents are rich, and they love their children..."

"It's a coincidence," Qi Xiuyuan said, still staring at Fan Zijin: "Those two are masters that their father doesn't love, and they can't touch the family's wealth."

"That could be..."

"Shut up," Qi Xiuyuan turned his head and glared at his brother, then turned back to look at Fan Zijin, "Zijin, say it."

Zijin said honestly, "It was stolen."

Qi Xiuyuan frowned and asked, "Who did you steal?"

Fan Zijin felt even more guilty, and whispered, "Steal from Qi Mansion."

Qi Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows in surprise and turned to look at his younger brother. He thought it was Zijin who took away the family's money. Isn't it the Qi family who took the money from the Fan family?

"Haoran stole it?"

The two teenagers nodded with a guilty conscience, and slowly climbed off the kang and stood with their heads lowered.

Qi Xiuyuan's heart dropped halfway, but he was no longer angry, and asked curiously, "How can you actually touch the money at home? Come and tell big brother how you stole it."

Qi Haoran looked at his elder brother's face carefully, and seeing that he didn't look angry, he immediately climbed onto the kang and sat cross-legged, and said, "I also found out by accident, didn't Mr. Wu force me to marry you on your behalf? Jin said there must be a conspiracy in their urgency, so he told me to keep an eye on them. I didn't have any eyeliner in Qi Mansion, so I had to keep an eye on it myself. Only then did I realize that the Wu family had a monthly income, and that money was hidden in the closet. inside."

Qi Haoran said indignantly: "She is obviously just a concubine, but my father gives her all the money in the family. I can only take five taels of silver from the public servant every month, and I have to pay people to come to the house on credit when I go out to buy things. Anyway, we are going to run away from home, so I just took all the money and thought it was my father who separated us in advance."

Qi Xiuyuan's eyes flashed coldly, and he asked, "How much money do you have?"

"More than 50,000 taels," Qi Haoran glanced at his eldest brother cautiously and said, "But we spent more than 40,000 taels on the road, and the remaining 10,000 taels were taken away by the bandits..."

Qi Xiuyuan sneered and said, "This money may not belong to my father, otherwise he would have sent a letter to reprimand me, and he would have ordered me to return it, but I have not received any news from here, and he did not even send anyone to look for you. I know about silver."

Fan Zijin's mind turned fast, and immediately said: "Then this money is Wu's private money."

He added: "This money must come from the wrong way, otherwise Mr. Wu would not be able to swallow his voice. Most of it is greed, or greedy for the family." Fan Zijin smiled, "I said, so much cash neither buys shops nor does it. Buy Zhuangzi and leave it in the bank to get moldy? It turned out to be money embezzled by the Wu family."

"Then the person sent to kill you can also guess," Qi Xiuyuan's eyes flashed a cold light, and he said coldly: "Save it first, we will go back and settle the account with her."