Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Origin of the House
Cui Zhiwei's dumb riddle really hit the Qi family here.
Even the Qi family, who had seen the emperor's small treasury, was a little surprised when he saw the wall made of gold bricks, and heard Cui Zhiwei say that the ground here was paved with gold bricks.
"Who is the original owner here?" Qi couldn't help but ask, "How can there be so much gold?"
Cui Zhiwei was also curious, "My granddaughter also wants to know, and I think that grandmother, you can tell us when you come." ”
"I really don't know this old body, but the one that hides the gold should have some origins. That's right," Qi Shi looked at Cui Zhiwei, "You haven't said your plans before, but now that the old body is here, it's time to say it, right?"
In fact, the granddaughter has no special plans, she just wants her grandmother and father to go to the palace and dedicate this place to the emperor, in exchange, so that the emperor can give the second and third brothers an idle job. Hehe," Cui Zhi smiled, "That's not too much to ask, isn't it?"
Before, it was because there was no suitable opportunity, and there was no better reason, but now that there is such a big reason, of course, we have to fight for one or two. If it had been placed in the past, her idea would not have been so urgent, but yesterday her two elder brothers regarded themselves as "grass people" in front of the third prince, which stung her a little.
Qi nodded, "The old body also thinks that this request is not too much. ”
Without hesitation, after everyone discussed the words, the Qi family took Cui Jin to the palace to see Suzong. When Cui Jin explained the reason for entering the palace to Su Zong, Su Zong was first overjoyed, and then frowned slightly thoughtfully.
"Your Majesty," Qi asked him, "is there anything wrong with it?"
"It's not inappropriate. Su Zong shook his head slightly, "But I thought of something else. ”
"I don't know what's going on?" Qi asked casually.
"Did Mrs. Tai ever remember King Liang?"
"King Liang? is the one who was executed in the first attempt to rebel against the palace?"
"Yes. Su Zong nodded, "It's also the son that my grandfather didn't like the most." ”
Because he was not loved by the emperor, the good king in his early years suffered a lot, and even ordinary palace people could bully one or two. Part of the reason why he forced the palace was for the throne, but the bigger reason was to take revenge and make those who had bullied him pay the price. Of course, if he succeeds in his rebellion, Suzong and his father will not ascend the throne, let alone Suzong on the throne today.
"But didn't the Liangwang family all be executed, and even the money he had secretly accumulated was confiscated, so what does this matter have to do with him?"
Su Zong smiled, "There are still three caves in the cunning rabbit, and I suspect that the mansion you are buying now may be a place where King Liang hid his money back then." ”
Speaking of Liangwang, there is another thing that outsiders don't know, that is, he is very good at business, and he has accumulated a lot of wealth in just a few years. It was also through business that he made many friends and finally helped him find a job. However, those people were inexperienced in the court, and in the end the gutter capsized, and disaster became.
"It's very likely to hear the emperor say this. ”
"By the way, Mrs. Tai, don't you feel distressed at all if you don't hand over so much wealth to me?"
Qi Shi smiled: "This matter is really not the old body's idea. ”
"Oh?" Su Zong raised his eyebrows, "Whose idea was that?" As he said this, he glanced at Cui Jin.
Cui Jin hurriedly bowed, "It's not the minister's idea, but the little girl's meaning." ”
"Zhiwei?" Su Zong looked at the Qi clan, "I remember the name, right?"
"The emperor has a really good memory, and he is called Zhiwei. Qi then said, "Speaking of which, the names of Zhiwei, Zhixing, Zhiyi and Zhili were all given by the emperor. ”
"Yes!" Su Zong smiled, "I still remember that Zhiwei and Zhili are a pair of dragon and phoenix twins. ”
"That's right. At the mention of grandchildren and granddaughters, the smile on Qi's face became stronger and stronger.
"What does Zhiwei think? Or is she young and doesn't care so much about money? Besides, your family just let her mess around and don't care?"
"Look at what the emperor said," Qi said with a smile, "Zhiwei is thirteen years old, and he is no longer a child." She said: If there is only a little gold and silver, we will not alarm the emperor and leave it himself. However, the amount of money this time is far beyond the capacity that our Hou Mansion should have. If you want to ask who is worthy of having it in this world, it is only the saint today. He added, "This is not what the old man said, but the original words of Zhiwei." ”
"Haha, Zhiwei is right. "Su Zong Dayue," then if she has something she wants, I will definitely reward her. ”
"There's no hurry about this, the emperor will send someone over to take a look first. "Qi felt that it would be more valuable to let Su Zong know how much gold there was before talking.
"What Mrs. Tai said is very true, I will send someone over to take a look. ”
After Su Zong finished speaking, he called Chief Qu to him and asked him to take three hundred Lin Wei to check.
During this period, Su Zong asked Qi curiously, "How did they find out that there were gold bricks there?" ”
"Speaking of this, it has a bit to do with the prince of Xingguo. ”
"Oh?" Su Zong dared to be more interested when he mentioned Yan Jing Nian, "Why does this matter have anything to do with him?"
"The emperor should have heard about the bet between the prince of the banquet and the son of the Yao family. ”
Su Zong nodded, "Didn't that kid still chop people into meat sauce?" For this reason, he also punished Jing Nian for thinking about it behind closed doors.
"Uh...... What the old body wants to say is what will happen later. ”
Mrs. Tai continued. ”
Qi continued: "Later, in order to let Yao's family move, Yan Shizi asked someone to get some mice and snakes and put them in Yao's house. ”
"I've heard about this, it's just nonsense! If others follow his example in the future, and use this trick to buy and sell, won't this order be chaotic?"
Although Su Zong's tone was stern, he did not mean to be really angry. So Qi said: "The emperor doesn't want to blame Yan Shizi, I'm afraid that only he dares to do this with the emperor's tolerance." ”
"Hmph, if he hadn't lost his mother early, I wouldn't have been so tolerant of him!" and added, "Mrs. Tai, you continue." ”
"You know, rats are born to make holes, so they made a lot of holes in that house, and the gold bricks inside were exposed. ”
Su Zong suddenly realized, "So that's the case!" but he was still puzzled, "But why are they going there if they have nothing to do?"
"Originally, I knew that a few of them were just going to go around, driving away mice and snakes by the way, but who would have thought that someone would actually fight the idea there. It was also for this reason that Zhiwei and the others discovered the secret of that room. These are all the words that the family discussed before they came.
"Someone's idea there?" Su Zong was even more puzzled.
"Yes. The Qi clan then told Su Zong about Li Ruosu's discovery of some talismans in the Yao family's house.
"Why do I think that the people who gave Yao Jiafu have something to do with the group of people that Mrs. Tai said?"