My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 197 Thunder, Rain and Dew, It’s All Your Grace

  The **** said nothing about Jin.

  So he showed displeasure.

  However, what he was facing was still a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, so he immediately smiled and said: "Don't you have anything to say, Mr. Xie? If so... this servant has no choice but to go back and return."

Xie Jin took a deep breath, and then tremblingly said: "Thunder, rain and dew are all due to the grace of the king... Your minister, Xie Jin... is sincere and fearful. As a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, he can't repay the favor of the king. He is ashamed of the world and his majesty's holiness. I only hope that Your Majesty...remembering your ministers is considered diligent, please Your Majesty's associate ministers to bury his ministers generously, if so, I will praise Your Majesty's grace day and night..."

  Hu Guang was listening, but he couldn't help feeling cold in his heart.

   What he is cold about is His Majesty's ruthlessness.

   What was even more chilling was Xie Jin's response.

  My son died. Under such a sad situation, I didn’t think about returning or retreating.

  However, he responded so coincidentally, which shows that Xie Jin's ingenuity is really terrifying under the circumstances of setbacks.

It is really wonderful to savor these words carefully. First, he seriously reflected on his own mistakes, and at the same time...the conversation changed and he asked for permission to bury his son. This is pretending to be a grandson. Doesn't that mean... this is also considered His Majesty's grace? So as a courtier, shouldn't he be grateful?

  So, what was originally a tragic event that could not be dealt with at all, came here, but it turned into a perfect turn.

   After all, his son died, and it is unavoidable hypocrisy to simply praise the emperor for killing him well.

  But if there are complaints in the answer, and it will inevitably make the emperor vigilant, then Xie Jin may also be in danger.

  Even an answer that isn't brilliant enough may arouse suspicion that you hold a grudge.

   Only in this way, I made a small request, and then thanked him. I have a reason to thank you, and at the same time, I tried my best to avoid expressing my dissatisfaction, which paralyzed His Majesty.

   I have to say that this kind of response and ingenuity is really scary.

  …

   "Hey..." Hu Guang quietly arrived at Yang Rong's public house, and he said with a lot of emotion: "Jie Gong still doesn't want to retire. Now that he is in this situation, he values ​​his official career more and more."

Yang Rong still lowered his head to draw the ticket, but he didn't think it was strange, he just drew the ticket and said: "I heard people say that if Mr. Xie has guests in his house, he will always chat with them, citing scriptures and allusions, which is amazing. A person who shows his talents to the outside world and arouses the amazement of others, such a person... no matter how much he says that he is high-spirited, that he doesn't care about fame and wealth, and that his fame is like floating clouds, it is actually just a bragging."

   "A person like this, on the contrary, pays the most attention to fame and fortune. So... from the very beginning, I guessed that Mr. Xie would never retreat, but instead valued his position more and more. Thinking about it... Your Majesty must have thoroughly understood these things by doing this."

Hu Guang frowned and said, "Although that's the case, I still feel unhappy when I see you. Your Majesty's actions are really chilling. After all, Mr. Xie died of his son... Hey... Mr. Yang's expression is as usual, and he doesn't care about it at all." So moved, is your heart made of iron and stone?"

Yang Rong put down his pen and placed the paperweight on the memorandum he had just drafted, then he raised his head and said, "I heard a story about a poor woman who was working in a rich family's house. Crying loudly and distraught, the poor woman was puzzled when she saw it, so she said to the rich man's woman: "It's just a dead child, why are you so sad? Bury the child and give birth to another one next year." .”

  After hearing this, Hu Guang frowned, and his brows formed a word of Sichuan.

However, Yang Rong looked at Hu Guangdao with a friendly face: "I am from Fujian. Fujian has many mountains and little land, and the land is also very barren. As long as I can remember, what I remember is the years of famine. Fortunately, my family is still rich. I My grandfather was also a scholar. At that time, it was the Yuan Dynasty. The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty heard about my grandfather's name and wanted to enlist my grandfather as an official, but my grandfather flatly refused. The children and grandchildren said that the world will be peaceful, and my children and grandchildren can be officials."

After a pause, Yang Rong continued: "When my grandfather was around, he taught me to know more about the poor households around me, so as to increase my knowledge. I saw those poor households, all year round, the days when they can eat enough are only a handful Count. Do you know why the woman from the poor family did not have such sympathy? Do you wonder why the woman from the rich family is so sad when her son dies? This is not because the daughter of the poor family has no human relations. For a lifetime, it has long been familiar."

"In this woman's opinion, ten children were born, and countless died of illness or starvation because the mother could not express milk. It is considered lucky if two or three survive. In a catastrophe, you can see the bones all around you. Parents and mothers will die this year, husbands will die next year, and children will die one after another in a few years. This kind of thing...it couldn't be more common, so she couldn't reason with Yu Fu. It is human nature for a man's wife to be sad when her son dies."

  After Hu Guang heard this, he still frowned. He came from a land of fish and rice like Jiangxi, so he couldn't empathize with him. However, I have some sympathy for what Yang Rong said.

I saw Yang Rong smiled and said: "Let's talk about today, didn't your majesty say that so many husbands, fathers and sons died so many people when they sailed to the west. People, how many people have compassion? But when you see Xie Jin's dead son, you feel sorry for it. It can be seen that Hu Gong, you may not hate human life like grass, but because...you resonate with Xie Jin."

Yang Rong paused, and then said: "I am in Wenyuan Pavilion, and every day I see reports in this memorial are all about famine, natural disasters, man-made disasters, and plagues in various states. How many people die in a small memorial?" People? Hey... If you really want to be sentimental, I’m afraid you have to cry bitterly in this public house every day. The so-called kindness does not control soldiers, justice does not control wealth, love does not establish affairs, and kindness does not become an official. Instead of thinking about these things, It’s better to deal with the memorabilia well, and one less death counts as one, you and I are great scholars, how can we lose our minds because of a single life and death.”

  Hu Guang sighed: "Forget it, I can't talk to you."

  Yang Rong said: "It's just Mr. Hu... Now that Mr. Xie's son is dead, you should plan for your daughter, and make another marriage contract..."

  Hu Guang couldn't make up his mind and looked hesitant.

  Yang Rong said again: "Don't always take the matter of famous education too seriously, we are not corrupt scholars, and we should not use our daughter's life to build a chastity memorial archway."

  Hu Guang then nodded and said, "I'll go back and persuade you."

  Yang Rong said: "What do you think of this case?"

  Hu Guang came to his senses at this time: "I never thought of it...then Liu Wenjun..."

Yang Rongdao: "Liu Wenjun is a cocoon. But what I think is that Liu Wenjun is not the only one involved in this matter. Liu Wenjun is famous. Although he only got 110,000 taels of silver, I'm thinking... I'm afraid there are many treasures , It was used as a tool for him to gain fame! I am afraid that many of the things sold at such a low price...are related to Shilin."

  Hu Guang squinted his eyes and said: "If so, I'm afraid this matter... will not be simple."

  Yang Rongdao: "Forget it, this is the matter of Jin Yiwei. Mr. Hu these days, it's better not to have any personal relationships with people. If someone visits, don't be merciful, just turn them back."

  Hu Guang looked at Yang Rong with admiration and said: "Well, I'm afraid that there is something old to ask, so don't get involved."

  …

   "My Lord, My Lord..."

  At this time, Chen Li hurriedly found Zhang Anshi.

  He smiled wryly and said: "Several warehouses caught fire, and people went to investigate. Only then did they find out that they were all precious goods, and many people died. They were all merchants, clerks, and accountants...

"The news of these people is very well-informed. Everyone has a dog's nose. When there is a disturbance in the palace, several merchants and employees who bought treasures before will die immediately. Many warehouses caught fire... "

  Zhang Anshi said with emotion: "As expected, these people are not simple."

   "Is this matter still being pursued?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "Of course we have to investigate, if not, what will His Majesty support you for?"

  Chen Li looked embarrassed: "Yes, yes, yes, I am very ashamed."

  Zhang Anshidao: "However... don't relax on the side of the rebellious party. Is there any news from Monan?"

   "Not yet." Chen Li smiled wryly and said, "I was just thinking about it, why haven't there been any news yet?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "Then just wait."

  As soon as the news of the malpractice case came out, the entire capital immediately became agitated, and people talked about it.

  Of course, many people feel sorry for Xie Jin.

   This matter really had nothing to do with Xie Jin, but it ended up killing Xie Jin's son.

   It's just that scholars care about these things, but for merchants, that's obviously not what they care about.

  I heard that suddenly many warehouses caught fire.

  It turned out that it was the firm that bought the treasures. Suddenly, not only the upper and lower people died, but even the warehouse where the goods were stored and the accounts were all burned.

  All of a sudden... the price of those spices that were purchased for two to three thousand taels of silver directly skyrocketed.

  Businessmen eagerly wanted to participate in the second day's auction, but who would have expected... Qixia's auction house...because Xie Gong died of his son, the first seven days have not yet passed, so they closed down.

   "Fucking his mother, this black-hearted thief surnamed Zhang, what do you have to do with him when his baby died? Why is he so sad? This treasure is in his hands, obviously because he wants to increase the price."

   "Yeah, yeah, it made me run for nothing."

   "The ghost knows how much the price of treasure goods will rise in the past few days. Hey..."

   "Those who took pictures of spices before made a lot of money."

  A group of people refused to disperse outside the auction house, and many people jumped and shouted.

   There are also people who are very happy. They bought spices the day before, and they wanted to try their luck today, so they couldn't hide their joy, grinned, and almost said that Xie Gong's son had a good and wonderful death.

  …

"Owner…"

   Someone hastily arrived at a small house in Qixia.

  The house is next to the river. Looking down from the second floor, you can see the turbulent flow of the river. Today, the water is rushing. Seeing the boats in the river swaying, the person by the window can't help coughing.

   "Cough cough...cough cough..."

   "Master, something serious happened in the palace today."

   "I already know." The man sighed, and said: "Cut the mess quickly, Zhu Di really resembles Zhu Yuanzhang very much."

   "I heard that Jin Yiwei has been dispatched everywhere. Besides... there is Xie Jin..."

"I know about Xie Jin." The man said lightly: "Xie Jin is a man who is motivated by interests. Zhu Di has seen this clearly. The more he kills his son, the more he refuses to let him go, and he will keep his own place. There is a kind of person in this world, ahem... If you respect him, he will look down on you. But if you beat him and kill his son, he will be obedient! Not only that, but also serve carefully. This Zhu Di has understood the way of imperial servants."

   "But what about this case?"

  The man closed his eyes, remained silent for a while, and then said: "The tempers of these scholars in Jiangnan have not changed! They were like this back then, and they are still like this now! They were like this when Zhu Yuanzhang was around, and they are still like this when they are in front of Zhu Di!"

   "These people can't accomplish anything big, but they can do bad things. Now I'm afraid that the civil and military people in the court are all in danger."

   "In this case, we..."

  At this time, the man finally opened his eyes again, with a stream of light in his eyes, and said: "We... have to do it too."

   "Do it?"

"Not to say…"

   "One moment and another moment." The man sighed: "If Zhu Di didn't notice us, in fact... there is no need to take risks at all. We can continue to infiltrate slowly. The so-called sneak into the night with the wind, moisten things silently."

Speaking of this, the man smiled and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity... After all, I still showed my feet. In fact... I really don't want to be an enemy when Zhu Di is around. Zhu Di is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If we act, we may not be able to Great odds."

After a pause, the man lowered his head, but said again: "But... people are like this. Once they are bitten by the other party, they will definitely try their best to find our traces. If they can't do it in one year, there will be two years. If they can't do it in two years, In three or five years, we will be discovered sooner or later. In this case... then... let's muddy the water. The risk is a bit risky, but there is no way."

   "It turns out that the master came to Nanjing to plan such a big event, but he just didn't know how..."

The man said indifferently: "I have prepared a few secret letters and sent them out quietly. These days, I have been observing Zhu Di's whereabouts. Zhu Di is...not to be underestimated. Of course, he is not without flaws, his biggest flaw... He was too confident in himself."

   After finishing speaking, the man narrowed his eyes and said word by word: "Using these is enough to make him die without a place to bury him."

   "Since that's the case...then master..."

The man smiled and said: "You don't need to say anything, let's send out our signal, let everyone prepare themselves, the time...I will set it in two days, now...In short, once you make up your mind, you must never hesitate Not sure. Have you seen the boat on the river? Sailing against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat.”

   "Yes, little one understands." The person who spoke saluted and left quickly.

"Cough cough cough..." The man couldn't help coughing, he frowned, still looked at the river, couldn't help smiling bitterly, and murmured: "I don't want to take risks, but... until now, I have to take a risky move It's up to whoever wins...it just depends on these few days."

  …

"Zhanji, Zhanji, you must not have imagined that it is too miserable. Come on, let me do the math for you. His son is actually not his son, but the son of his accountant. And his accountant is not his accountant, but his father's son, his brother. On the surface, he is his son, but in fact, he is his nephew, no...he can't be completely regarded as his nephew, after all, Liu Jin's mother , or Liu Wenjun's wife, rounded up, she is actually both his nephew and half of his son, do you understand now?"

   Zhu Zhanji covered his ears: "I don't want to listen."

Zhang Anshi pulled Zhu Zhanji's hand away: "Listen to uncle first. Uncle told you this to tell you that it is not easy for a family...to be connected by flesh and blood. Look...other people, uncle It may not be my own uncle, my nephew may not be my own nephew, only my uncle is different from you, we are relatives!"

   "Look, everyone says you look like me, what is this?"

   Zhu Zhanji opened his big watery eyes and said, "I don't want to hear it."

Zhang Anshi sighed: "Hey, uncle dotes on you too much. You are no longer the Zhu Zhanji of the past. The former Zhu Zhanji only knows how to love uncle! Anyway, we will have to be strangers in the future... I'm going Report to sister."

  Zhu Zhanji: "..."

   "Uncle, uncle..." Zhu Zhanji tugged at Zhang Anshi's sleeve, and said pitifully, "Uncle, why do you always want others to coax you?"

Zhang Anshi gritted his teeth and said: "What are you talking about? This is to teach you to cultivate your nephew's virtues. Don't be heartless. Uncle always cares about you. In his busy schedule, he also came to look for you, but just look at you." Own…"

  Zhu Zhanji put on a helpless look, drooped his head and said, "Okay, okay, uncle will do everything."

   Zhang Anshi is satisfied now, a hairy boy, I, Zhang Anshi, can't control him?

  At the moment, after teaching Zhu Zhanji some more, he returned to Qixia happily.

  These days...Because Xie Jin died of his son, Zhang Anshi was happy to be at leisure.

   At this time, he was out with dozens of guards. These guards are all carefully selected. I dare not say that one will fight ten, and it is probably not a problem to have six or seven.

  Zhang Anshi likes this feeling of security.

  When he returned to Qixia, Zhu Jin and Chen Li came excitedly at this moment: "Master Hou, Lord Hou...Monan...here is a letter."

  As soon as these words came out, Zhang Anshi immediately cheered up.

  He immediately said: "Take it to me."

   After receiving the letter, Zhu Jin and Chen Li stretched their necks, wanting to read the contents of the letter.

  Zhang Anshi glared at them, and said angrily: "Go aside, you can watch such a confidential event as you want? What if you two are against the party?"

  Zhu Jin and Chen Li were amused, they were very relaxed and didn't care about Zhang Anshi's reprimand at all.

The main reason is that I scold him a lot on weekdays. It was uncomfortable at first, but I gradually got used to it. After thinking about it for a while, Master Hou scolded him like this. This is really treating him as a confidant. If he is not a confidant, he can say it in person. Is he against the party?

  If it is really against the party, I will definitely not say it.

  Zhang Anshi didn't know what these two guys were thinking in their hearts, but he just looked down at the letter paper intently, and the more he looked at it, the more dignified his expression became.

  He couldn't help but said: "How is it possible... how is it possible..."

   As he spoke, Zhang Anshi looked at the letter paper coldly, and remained silent for a long time.

   "Master Hou, what's the matter?"

   Zhang Anshi suddenly raised his head, glanced at Zhu Jin and Chen Li, and said, "It's really hard to find a place to go, and it doesn't take much effort to get here. Finally... all of this has a clue. It's just..."

  Chen Li braced himself up. These days, he has been like a headless chicken, and his heart is really uncomfortable.

  The Qianhu of his Neiqianhusuo has accumulated a lot of credit. If he captures another leader of the rebel party this time, I'm afraid...the future will really be limitless.

   "Humblely, I would like to obey Lord Hou's orders." Chen Li said without hesitation.

Zhang Anshi took a deep look at Chen Li, and said with an unusually solemn expression: "The house of thousands of households is tight on the outside and loose on the inside. This rebellious party...has many eyes and ears, which is no small matter. If there is even a little bit of something wrong with us, he may be able to detect it." , At that time, if you run away again... all previous efforts will be wasted."

   "So, from now on, you should act as if nothing happened. If you should continue to investigate, then continue to investigate. Externally, don't make any strange appearances."

  Chen Lisu always obeyed Zhang Anshi's words. He listened to Zhang Anshi's order and didn't ask any more questions, so he nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes."

Zhang Anshi turned his gaze at this time, and then glanced at Zhu Jin: "You these few days...go and run your auction well, Xie Jin's son's first seven is over, what should be auctioned is still going to be auctioned, we have to do this show After all, you know, we are staring at others, and they are also staring at us."

   "Yes!" Zhu Jin knew the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't dare to smile.

"My brothers... all called me. I made an appointment to fry fish with them for two days. I am idle on weekdays, so I can do whatever I want. The staff in the Neiqianhu Office don't have to move... I think If you want to go, it’s better for us brothers to do it.”

  After Chen Li heard this, his heart immediately became cold, and if thousands of households did not move, wouldn't this credit be discounted?

  But he didn't dare to talk too much, he still said: "Everything is done according to Lord Hou's orders."

  …

  In a small house by the river.

   "The master... found out, three days later... the auction will start again. I heard that this time, many people are gearing up to earn a fortune from this treasure."

   "Ahem..." The man's cough got worse again, and his spirit was listless. He let out a long breath and said, "Really? It seems that everything is as I expected."

  The man pondered for a moment: "The news will be released on that day... all the people will be mobilized to complete the battle!"

   "Yes. It's just the master... can we... go back to Mobei?"

The man shook his head: "My lungs are getting more and more uncomfortable. I'm afraid I won't be able to travel long distances. Besides... if I leave Beijing, I'm afraid I won't be relieved. This is the best opportunity. If I miss this opportunity, I'm afraid I will lose everything. The day I have worked so hard to get today will be in vain, just wait, wait a little longer."

  The person who came was a little hesitant, and looked at him worriedly: "Once something happens, the capital will be in chaos, Tiqi will be everywhere, Nanjing City and Qixia will probably be blocked, then..."

The man smiled miserably: "Who would have trouble with a scholar who is helpless and suffering from illness? In their eyes, anyone can be against the party, but only people like me... can't .”

   "Since that's the case, then... the villain has gone to summon."

  The man nodded, and then... walked to the window, still looking at the surging river, he couldn't help saying: "The great river goes east, the waves wash away, and the romantic man of the ages..."

  His voice became softer and softer, until he was interrupted by another cough, and the voice stopped abruptly.

  …

  The ninth day of November.

  It's freezing cold, but at this time, Qixia's enthusiasm is unabated.

  Countless merchants gathered to participate in the grand event.

  A huge fraud case, coupled with the fact that the merchants who got the spices at the previous auction made a fortune, prompted many merchants to want to join in the fun.

   This early in the morning.

  Zhu Di called Yishi Halai: "Xie Jin's son's first seven, have you passed?"

  Yi Shiha smiled wryly, now inside and outside the palace, everyone is talking about the first seven of Xie Jin's son, but it seems that not many people really care about Xie Jin's dead son, but they put all their minds on...cough cough...

  Yi Shiha said: "Just passed."

   "Fucking into his mother, I have waited so long. If I had known it earlier, I would have killed it a few days earlier, so I wouldn't have to worry about it."

  Yi Shiha laughed dryly: "This... say... hehe... ah, the weather has turned cold today, Your Majesty, and this servant will add a piece of clothing to Your Majesty."

  Zhu Di shook his head: "When I was in the desert, I wasn't afraid of the cold. It's not cold yet. What's the rush? The auction is going to start today, right?"

   "Yes, servant girl heard that today...Qixia is going to make a fortune."

   "Of course I know I want to make a fortune."

   "No, what I mean is..." Yishiha paused: "I heard people say that the price of precious goods... has skyrocketed, and the spices alone have risen to fifty thousand taels of silver a thousand catties..."

  Zhu Di was surprised: "Things are rare and expensive?"

"Yes, I heard that a lot of the treasures that Eunuch Zheng brought were burned, and even if they were left behind, no one would dare to sell them now. The price of these treasures rose sharply in response, and many people discussed in private, if today... Some people are willing to buy goods at high prices, and they are all looking forward...to make a lot of money."

  Zhu Di smiled and said, "You bastard...why do you always have money in your head."

  Yi Shiha dare not say that what is good at the top is effective at the bottom.

  But he just said aggrievedly: "Yes, the servant girl really deserves to die, thinking about that dirty thing all over her head."

  Zhu Di said again: "In that case, let's go to Qixia."

   "Yes, the servant is ready."

   "Ready?" Zhu Di said in surprise, "You're sure I want to go and see the excitement."

Yi Shiha said: "At other times... His Majesty may not go, but on such a big day as today, how could His Majesty be willing to wait? His Majesty has a fiery temper. When Jing Nan was in trouble, the guards around here hadn't started to charge , His Majesty was the first to rush into the enemy's formation on a flying horse, always scaring everyone half to death."

  Zhu Di couldn't help laughing when he heard him talk about his glorious past: "If you really made a fortune today, I will reward you... um... five hundred taels of silver."

  …

  Chapter 2 is late, sorry. Ask for a monthly pass.

  (end of this chapter)