Return of the Swallow

"He came quickly." Pang Xiao said with a smile, looking back at Qin Yining, "Do you want to see a good show?"

"I've already watched one episode just now. Wouldn't it be a pity not to continue watching now?" Qin Yining smiled, "But I don't think the prefect Yang is innocent. His Majesty ordered the army to raise his own salary locally. As a prefect, he Could it be that he didn't know anything about the military pay? Presumably he knew what Lu Zhang did, and he should have heard about the exact amount. But he kept silent, just waiting for someone to take the blame When you come to the old capital, you can pick yourself out."

Thinking about Yang Zhifu's actions, and thinking about his behavior that contrasted greatly between his former arrogance and later respect, and the girl who was dressed in men's clothing and looked very vulgar when he went to Yang's house that day, some thoughts seemed to flash through Qin Yining's mind, But didn't really catch it.

Seeing her slowing down, Pang Xiao asked, "But what do you think?"

Qin Yining shook his head and said, "It's nothing, where did you see Zhifu Yang?"

"Go to the vestibule. There's a screen right there."

Qin Yining laughed again, and followed Pang Xiao to the front hall.

Pang Xiao personally placed a high-ranking chair behind the screen, covered it with thick cushions, and took off the cloak on his shoulders for her to wrap around him. Only then did he walk into the hall and said, "Please prefect Yang."

"Yes." Outside the hall, Huzi immediately asked someone to invite the magistrate Yang.

At this time, Yang Zhifu's face was flushed, his brows were furrowed tightly, and his whole body seemed to be roasted by fire.

The period of waiting outside the Qin mansion failed to calm him down, but aroused his anger even more.

Even if Pang Zhixi is the commander of the Pingnan Army, the God of War prince known to everyone, but in his eyes, he is just a guy in a dire situation. He himself has already been feared by the Holy One, and his whole body is full of flaws, but he still doesn't know how to behave, and still flaunts in the old capital, so he is not afraid that if he joins him, the Holy Majesty will directly take him down?

Precisely because of this kind of confidence, Yang Zhifu's contempt for Pang Xiao became even greater, and his confidence in this trip increased.

When the following people came to lead him to the front hall, Zhifu Yang straightened his body, suppressing his anger, and his footsteps seemed to smash the green bricks on the ground to vent his anger.

"My lord, the prefect of Yang has arrived."

Huzi passed the message inside, and then lifted the curtain for the magistrate Yang with a smile on his face.

Prefect Yang is not as good as Nei, seeing Pang Xiao sitting lazily drinking tea in the first place,

He didn't salute and greeted him, and asked directly: "How can the lord be so insidious and deceive me like this!"

Pang Xiao didn't seem to notice Yang Zhifu's anger, and stood up smiling, "Hey, Yang Zhifu, please sit down, don't get angry, anger will hurt you."

Qin Yining, who was behind the screen, looked out through the carved gap, and saw that Yang Zhifu's face turned even redder, making one wonder if he could faint from anger in the blink of an eye.

Yang Zhifu was furious, he suppressed his temper and sat down in the guest seat, saw the servant serving tea, took a sip of it, but the tea in his mouth was scalding hot, he spit it back into the tea bowl in pain, He wanted to blow some air to cool his tongue down, but he wanted to put on airs here because of his own identity. I could only bear it with a sullen face.

Pang Xiao didn't seem to notice Yang Zhifu's embarrassment, he hurriedly asked with concern: "Is the tea too hot? How do these stupid things work!"

Pang Xiao reprimanded the outside, and the maidservants hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.

Yang Zhifu didn't bother to pay attention to these things, he waved his hands and said: "It doesn't matter." Then he said: "This house and the prince have never met each other, and have never had any grudges, why did the prince frame me like this today!"

"What frame?" Pang Xiao said with astonishment in his eyes: "Is there any misunderstanding in the prefect Yang? Has this king ever framed you?"

"Then what does your lord mean? Today, you threw such a difficult problem to me in public. Isn't that called framing!"

Pang Xiao said helplessly: "Is there any misunderstanding in Yang Zhifu's thinking? Shouldn't you be responsible for the preparation of the Pingnan Army's military salary?"

One sentence suffocates what Yang Zhifu said. When the Holy Majesty ordered self-financing, he had already handed over the issue of the Pingnan Army's military salary to the local finance.

"But don't forget, my lord, there is no tax now!"

"Hey, what can we do? The battle in the north is tense, and the Holy Majesty is busy fighting against the Tartars, and he is too far away from the south. Since we are watching from the court and eating the king's salary, shouldn't we share your worries?"

"You!" Yang Zhifu said angrily, "My lord, don't ramble, you know I'm not talking about this! Your lord is now the Generalissimo of Pingnan, and now you are in charge of the entire Pingnan army. Don't tell me you have to pay for the preparation of food and wages?" Give it to me? What's more, Pingnan Army owed a huge sum of three million taels of silver before, and I didn't borrow the money, so why do you have to hand it over to me to pay it back now? Are you cheating or not?"

"Hey, it turns out that the prefect Yang also thinks this is deceiving people." Pang Xiao spread his hands and said helplessly, "That's how the Stone came to defraud the king."

Yang Zhifu's face turned purple with anger, his lips trembled, and he didn't speak for a long time.

"I dare you to be cheated, so you came to cheat me?!"

Pang Xiao shook his head and sighed, saying he was helpless, and leaned over to help out his ideas: "Prefect Yang, don't be angry. You have already taken responsibility in front of the people today. Even if you don't think about it for the soldiers of the Pingnan Army , Why do you have to think about your own official reputation, you have promised to repay the three million taels of silver, if you quit now, people outside may not say what about you."

"When did I agree? You forced me!"

Pang Xiao pretended to be contemplative, and then smiled and said, "Why don't you go find the shopkeeper of Stone Number? The prefect Yang and the people of Stone Number should be very familiar, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Qin Yining, who was behind the screen, also leaned forward, carefully watching the expression of Yang Zhifu outside.

Yang Zhifu seemed to be taken aback, and he came back to his senses in the blink of an eye and said, "Where did you say that?"

Pang Xiao smiled and said: "Prefect Yang, don't be nervous. This king is just guessing. You are the prefect. You don't even know how many local businesses do what they do, right? If you really don't know, then it's your fault." dereliction of duty?

"I believe that prefect Yang's loyalty to the Holy One will never allow such things to happen. Moreover, prefect Yang's talent will not cause such dereliction of duty. Then prefect Yang must figure out the inside and outside of the Stone number." Only then will the people in the Pingnan Army acquiesce in borrowing money from Stone.

"This king has just arrived here and is not familiar with the people of Stone, but you are different. Why don't you go and negotiate with Stone, and wait a few years later for the government to stabilize and the treasury to be full before paying back the money?"

Prefect Yang's hands were shaking with anger.

Such a loyal and obedient prince is waiting for him here!

Yang Zhifu was in a state of mind for a while, and was a little worried, but suppressed all the worries, and became even more disgusted and angry with Pang Xiao. He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know the person from Stone! Don't take it for granted, my lord!"

"Don't you recognize me? I don't think so." Pang Xiao shook his head regretfully, "Then I have no other choice. The matter of repaying the money still depends on the magistrate. You can handle things, and the king can rest assured." .”

Yang Zhifu stood up suddenly, and glared at Pang Xiao angrily: "It's not the money owed by the government, why should the government pay it back!"

Pang Xiao also lost his patience like teasing a child, stood up slowly, and lazily said: "This king also wants to ask, it's not the money owed by this king, why should I ask you to pay it back? How about Yang Zhifu go back and help me?" Wang asked the shopkeeper of the Stone number?"

Yang Zhifu's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't show any expression on his face, he just said angrily: "If you are going to be a prefect, you will be treated like this, then this prefect will not do it!"

He is a magistrate, and his appointment is not up to a little prince to decide. If he insists on not daring to do so, Pang Xiao will have nothing to do with him, and even if it spreads, he will not be able to explain it to the Holy Majesty.

Therefore, Zhifu Yang is very confident in his own move, and just waits to see how Pang Xiao succumbs, and then the pressure of three million taels of silver will be thrown to Pang Xiao instead. He wants to see, the legendary How can the Lord of War, God of War, have the ability to repay his debts.

However, what Yang Zhifu never expected was that Pang Xiao agreed without hesitation.

"Well, since Prefect Yang finds it so difficult to do his job, I won't force you. Why don't you hand over the official seal to Prefect Yang? I will try to explain it to you."

Yang Zhifu immediately froze in place.

Stop being a magistrate?

After so many years of burning lamps and cooking oil, he managed to get ahead, became a magistrate, and accumulated contacts. Could it be that he gave up his hard-earned power because of such things?

Regardless of power, the people behind him will not forgive him for his actions.

Pang Xiao smiled and walked in front of the prefect Yang, and said again: "Is the prefect Yang too surprised? Should I send someone to fetch the official seal? That way we don't have to bother the prefect Yang's family,"

Yang Zhifu's eyelids twitched, and it took a long while before he could say: "No need."

Hearing his stiff, stone-like voice, Pang Xiao couldn't help laughing: "That's right. This king already knows that Prefect Yang is a good and responsible official. No matter who owes the debt, as long as you come to Prefect Yang, you will be paid on the spot. You can think of a way. Since the prefect Yang doesn't want to hand over the official seal and wants to continue to be the prefect, isn't it reasonable for Master Yang to do some things to share the worries of the Holy One?"

Prefect Yang gritted his teeth and said, "It should."

"Okay, refreshing!" Pang Xiao clapped his palms and said with a smile: "In this case, please pay attention to Yang Zhifu, and return the large sum of money as soon as possible, the king will be waiting for your good news in the mansion. "

good news?

Yang Zhifu curled his lips, Pang Xiao simply went to the individual, and strode away without looking back.

At this time, Pang Xiao still did not forget to say with emotion: "The magistrate Yang is really dedicated to the people, and now he has to shoulder such a difficult burden by himself. He is so anxious to go back and find a way. He is really a rare good official. "

Yang Zhifu, who was about to walk out of the door, staggered and exhausted all his willpower to keep himself from arguing with Pang Xiao again.

Qin Yining came out from behind the screen, with an unsatisfactory smile on his face, he held Pang Xiao's hand and said, "I never imagined that the prince would still be so thick-skinned."