Ma Xiuying quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly sent someone to summon Lu Xiaoqian into the palace, told her about the current sinister situation, and asked her to warn Shen Wansan not to be confused again, especially not to believe Hu Weiyong's words, if you have any ideas, you might as well go into the palace to discuss with yourself before making a decision.

Hearing that the Shen family had walked around the ghost gate, Lu Xiaoqian was so frightened that she sat on the ground, and when she was sent out of the palace by Xunying, she was still spinning, but fortunately, she took Ma Xiuying's words to heart, and when she went back, she stumbled and told Shen Wansan.

Shen Wansan, who was full of joy, suddenly became cold. That loyal and sincere-looking Lord Hu was actually framing him! He hurriedly wrote a letter to ask for guilt according to Ma Xiuying's instructions, and offered a million taels of gold, never mentioning the matter of rewarding the three armies.

Zhu Yuanzhang was persuaded by Ma Xiuying, and when he saw Shen Wansan's letter of guilt and a million taels of gold, the unhappiness in his heart disappeared, and he no longer bothered with Shen Wansan. He was given the official positions of his two sons, and he also gave him a mansion in the capital.

However, just when Ma Xiuying and Shen Wansan thought that the matter was over, something changed again.

Hu Weiyong couldn't make another plan, and pretended to be casual and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Weichen heard an interesting story among the people, saying that Shen Wansan is so rich because he has a cornucopia. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly lit up and motioned for him to continue.

Hu Weiyong's eloquence is very good, and he tells the story vividly, "Legend has it that when Shen Wansan was a young man, he saw a farmer selling a basket of frogs in the market one day, and he suddenly felt compassion for those frogs, and bought all the frogs and put them back in the pond. That night he had a dream in which several frogs told him that in return for his kindness they would give him a cornucopia and that if he put something in it, it would multiply and let him go to the pond to fish. Suspicious, he sent someone to salvage it, and sure enough, he scooped up a clay pot with a few chirping frogs in it. He didn't believe it at the time, so he threw a piece of broken silver into the basin, but the broken silver suddenly increased, and there was a tendency to overflow the clay pot, so he quickly covered the clay pot and took it home, and gave his men some hush money. From then on, his wealth suddenly increased dramatically, and later he became richer than the rest of the country. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe in the legend but was very yearning for the cornucopia, and said: "It would be great if I also had a cornucopia, so that I don't have to worry about the treasury, and I can let the people of the world live a good life." ”

Hu Weiyong instigated half-truthfully: "Maybe Shen Wansan really has a cornucopia?" Listening to the private discussions of the servants of the Shen Mansion, Shen Wansan shouted to his wife more than once, 'Don't break my cornucopia.'" Weichen thought that the private words of the boudoir would not be faked, and the emperor might as well pass Shen Wansan to ask, if he really had a cornucopia, he should be dedicated to the emperor and could not be kept privately. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was moved, and when Shen Wansan entered the palace, he asked, "I heard that you have a cornucopia that can multiply all things?"

Shen Wansan was sweating profusely, and hurriedly explained: "The grass people don't have a cornucopia, the emperor must not believe the rumors." In the past two days, I don't know why the people suddenly rumored that there was a cornucopia in his house, which had a nose and eyes, and it didn't bother him to death. Ma Xiuying asked him to keep a low profile, he didn't dare to leave the house, but the disaster still came from outside, this is someone who sincerely wants to put him to death!

"In front of the emperor, you still dare to hide it? The servants in your house all said that you had mentioned the cornucopia. Hu Weiyong threatened substantially: "You have to think clearly, what is the crime of deceiving the emperor." ”

Shen Wansan knelt on the ground with a puff, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "The emperor spares his life, the grass people don't dare to deceive the emperor, the grass people really don't have a cornucopia." ”

"Your Majesty, please confront the servants of the Shen Mansion and see how he quibbles. Hu Weiyong didn't know when he bought off a servant of the Shen Mansion and asked him to testify against Shen Wansan.

"Biography!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice couldn't hear the ups and downs, but it made Shen Wansan sweat for no reason, he hated Hu Weiyong to death in his heart, but he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so he could only kowtow and beg for mercy.

When the servant entered the hall, Shen Wansan recognized him at a glance as Shen Niu, the steward beside him. I can't believe that this old guy is actually a backbone!

I only heard Shen Niu tremble and say: "The villain has served in front of the master for many years, and I have heard the master tell the lady not to touch his cornucopia, or not to break his cornucopia. The villain swears to the sky that there is no half a lie. ”

"Shen Wansan, what else do you have to say?" Zhu Yuanzhang's cold gaze shot over, almost piercing Shen Wansan.

Shen Wansan didn't care about Shen Niu's betrayal, and begged for mercy vigorously, "I beg the emperor to be clear, there is really no cornucopia in the grass people's house." He suddenly remembered something, took out an old cowhide book from his bosom, and hurriedly said: "The grass people call this book the treasure book, and the servants must have heard the treasure book as a cornucopia, so as to make people misunderstand that the grass people have a cornucopia that can make all things grow." ”

Several pairs of eyes stared at the book at the same time, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "What is that?"

Shen Wansan's sweat blurred his eyes and he didn't dare to wipe it, and said cautiously: "The grass people have recorded their business experience and experience in this book, and with these records, the grass people can quickly solve similar troubles when they encounter them, so this book that records the business scriptures is called a treasure book." Sometimes she will flip through it, and the grass people will remind her to be careful if she breaks the book. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly disappointed, it turned out to be such a treasure book, and he was happy in vain.

"I don't know if Shen Fushen is willing to cut his love, let the household officials also learn from your business experience and learn your business methods. Hu Weiyong's eyes flickered, the book that can make Shen Wansan cherish as a treasure must have its merits, even if this thing is useless to the imperial court, he wants to let his family learn Shen Wansan's business methods, wouldn't the Hu family soon become the second Shen family.

Shen Wansan raised his head sharply and looked directly at Hu Weiyong, didn't he know that these contents were all secrets of the Shen family, and he actually begged for them without scruples.

Hu Weiyong said unashamedly: "As long as it is beneficial to the imperial court, you should not cherish yourself, could it be that you have recorded something unsightly here, and you dare not announce it to the public?"

Shen Wansan was so angry that his chest was about to explode. If you give it, the secrets of the Shen family will be completely exposed, and your hard work will be in vain; if you don't give it, you will say that your things are unseemly, this Lord Hu is so vicious. Moreover, there are indeed some things in this book that are not to be seen, can those contents that record smuggling routes be shown to outsiders? Now that it is no longer the Yuan Dynasty but the Ming Dynasty, will Zhu Yuanzhang let these behaviors that damage the interests of the country go unchecked?

At this time, he could only count on Ma Xiuying to save his life, Shen Wansan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the grass people can donate the treasure book, but the grass people have something to tell, there are many business scriptures in this book that were given by the queen mother in her early years, and the grass people implore the emperor and the queen mother to review it first." ”

"Oh, the queen will still do business?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, Ma Xiuying can do martial arts, strategy, housekeeping, solving cases, and now he can do business, what is there that he, a married wife, can't do? Since the content of this involves Ma Xiuying, of course, it can't be shown to outsiders casually, so he said: "I and the queen will make a decision after seeing your treasure book." ”

"The grass people obey the order!" Shen Wansan respectfully presented the book, and his heart was a little at ease, as long as Ma Xiuying came into contact with this book, he would definitely find a way to help him.