"Okay, okay, just send the heart, don't talk about sycophancy, it's disgusting, aren't you disgusting?" Ren Xiaoyao stared at the mountains of gold and silver jewelry without blinking, and said absent-mindedly.

"Uh...... Sort of. ”

Seeing Ren Xiaoyao's obsessive appearance, the prefects couldn't help but look at each other a few times, showing a little happy smile, and tacitly knew each other.

"Wha...... Cough, the official loves the people like a son, every time he goes to a place, he must taste the local local products, in order to observe the people's feelings, and care about the people's suffering, well, the local products sent by the adults are very distinctive, enough for the officials to taste for a while, the officials thank you, hehe, thank you......"

Native? Glittering souvenirs? The prefects looked at each other, and their hearts became more and more convinced, no wonder this Qin Cha became a second-grade member at a young age, and it seems that he does have some ability, not to mention anything else, just the thickness of this face, everyone is beyond the reach of the dust.

Only Li Huaide, the prefect of Jiaxing, was full of worry, faintly with a little anger, looking at Ren Xiaoyao, who was getting carried away and laughing in the sky, snorted his lips a few times, and finally sighed heavily, shook his head, and didn't say anything.

Ren Xiaoyao rubbed his hands and smiled: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are so polite, this official is really ashamed, hehe......"

The prefects hurriedly slipped away: "No shame, no shame, the ancients said: There is a golden house in the book, the adult is a scholar, the official residence is secondary, you are a national prince, of course you should live in the golden house......"

Embarrassed for a moment, Ren Xiao glanced at the mountain-high gifts in the warehouse, and said shyly: "What the adults said is very reasonable...... However, if this thing were to be built into a golden house, it still seems to be a little less material, don't you think? ”

The prefects were shocked, this minister was too shameless, right? I sent you so much, and each person spent more than 100,000 taels of silver, you are still not enough, how big is your appetite?

Looking at each other left and right, the prefects gritted their teeth, and reached a consensus in their eyes.

Keep digging it, if you don't dig it, Lord Qincha will be very unhappy, if he is not happy, the consequences will be very serious, not to mention anything else, the tax case alone is enough for them to lose their heads a hundred times.

The prefects forced a smile, their faces twitched, and they each took out a thick stack of silver tickets from their arms and reluctantly handed them over.

Ren Xiaoyao took the silver tickets, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, one by one, like the security guards who collected the tickets, and took the silver tickets sent by the prefects into his arms one by one.

Affectionately hooked the shoulders of a prefect, Ren Xiaoyao smiled as kindly as a blessing from heaven: "...... Anything else? ”

"Anything else?"

When Lord Qin Charen looked at the prefects with anticipation, everyone had a desire to cry.

What the is this! It's obviously a good second, are you so open to robbery?

Looking at each other, everyone's hearts were dripping with blood, but they had to smile on their faces, and said, "Also, cough, and ......"

A prefect clapped his hands outside, a group of fair-skinned and beautiful maids rushed in, they were holding a delicate small box made of sandalwood in their hands, all the maids walked into the warehouse, lined up in front of Ren Xiaoyao, opened the small box in their hands, but saw that the room was full of bright and dazzling eyes, the box originally contained the size of a dragon's eye of the East Pearl, coral, and a bunch of rare jewels that could not be named at all.

Ren Xiaoyao rubbed his eyes, trying to adapt to the brilliant light emitted by these rare treasures, and when he looked closely, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and his handsome face appeared with a look of ecstasy, his eyes stared at these jewels without blinking, and let out a satisfied moan.

"Life should be like this, so as to be an official in vain......" Ren Yao sighed, how long has it been, how long has it been since I have seen such a dazzling baby? These prefects are really interesting, oops, I can't even bear to clean them up......

"That's that, my lord...... I saw it" Seeing that Ren Yao was happy, the prefects couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and nodded their heads in agreement.

Walking forward, Ren Xiaoyao stretched out his hand, took the hand of a maid, and said affectionately: "How old are you?" Oh, your skin is so white, and it's very delicate, hehe, follow me in the future to eat fragrant and drink spicy ......"

The prefects were stunned, and then they were shocked, and said in unison: "My lord, it's wrong, the maid didn't give you ......"

"Yes, yes, my lord's mercy, the maid is what we borrowed from the Suzhou family......"

"No, I want them...... Look, how beautiful they are......"

"My lord, they are all seconded on temporary occasions to set off the magni......ficence of the jewelry," the prefect said.

"My lord, it's not wise to buy and return the pearls......"

"No, I like these girls, I don't want jewelry, I want them to ......" Lord Ren looked very stubborn.

“……”

“……”

Quarreling over a pillar of incense time, Lord Qin Charen had to give up these beautiful maids like flowers.

The maids put down the jewel box and ran out of the storeroom as if fleeing for their lives.

Ren Yao looked at their backs reluctantly, and muttered in his mouth: "Contract, very much......"

The prefects wiped the sweat from their foreheads, forced a smile, nodded and laughed, and felt extremely bitter in their hearts.

Turning his head sideways, looking at this group of corrupt officials, Ren Xiaoyao glanced at them angrily, and snorted: "There is a golden house in the book, this is true, there is another sentence, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, haven't you heard it?" What about Yan Ruyu? ”

"Huh?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

Look, the five-grade prefect of the imperial court, why are they all so virtuous?

Ren Xiaoyao frowned dissatisfiedly: "Yan Ruyu didn't?" You have to add a little bit to the Golden House, right? ”

Everyone was shocked, shaking their heads quickly in unison, and their old faces were distorted like bitter melons: "It's gone, my lord, it's really gone, I'm waiting to honor my lord, and I've really cleaned up the family......"

"Hey, you're not right, being a man is the way to go, and it's the same for being an official, you are too inactive, which makes this official very embarrassed......"

The prefects are still laughing, they are laughing more ugly than crying, this Lord Qincha is not just asking for bribes, he is simply going to raid our home, his appetite is a bottomless pit at all, no amount of silver can be filled, the same corrupt official, this Lord Qincha is obviously much more powerful than us......

Ren Xiaoyao stared at these prefects with dissatisfaction, he really couldn't figure it out, the people who were about to be thrown into prison and were going to be raided, why were they still holding on to this bit of silver and were reluctant to let go...... Of course, perhaps they don't know what fate they are about to face yet.

But they'll soon find out.

"Are you sure you have no money?" Ren Xiaoyao winked at them and smiled kindly.

The prefects hurriedly shook their heads, looking quite embarrassed, the rules of officialdom since ancient times, asking for bribes, accepting bribes, both appointments are very subtle and vague, and the specific number is even more vague, it all depends on whether the two appointments themselves understand the rules, how much money should be paid for what to do, this has an unwritten setting, do things according to the rules, no one will say anything about you, both are happy.

But this Lord Qincha seems to have no understanding of the so-called rules of officialdom, and he has a face of forcible grabbing, not only clearly asking for it, but also insatiable, Ren Xiaoyao's performance certainly makes them happy, the more greedy Lord Qincha is, the more it means that they are fine, but the appetite of Lord Qincha They feel a little unbearable, they are all worried about the silver, and they live every day with trepidation, but he has a mouth, and his savings for many years are sent out like this, and people are not satisfied, and they feel that it is not enough.

What kind of world is this! Could it be that the rules of officialdom in the capital have changed now? Everyone is accustomed to coming and going, asking for bribes and accepting bribes is like buying vegetables in the vegetable market, bargaining?

Seeing that the prefects shook their heads like rattles, Ren Xiaoyao knew that these people were probably squeezed dry by themselves, so he smiled coldly, suddenly turned his face blank, and said: "Since you have no money, I don't have to act with you anymore, I have always been unwilling to do things that are not paid......"

Under the stunned eyes of the prefects, Ren Xiaoyao shouted loudly: "If anyone comes, they will all be arrested and thrown into prison!" ”

Everyone was confused, and then quickly understood what Ren Xiaoyao meant, and couldn't help but be angry, a prefect trembled and pointed at Ren Xiaoyao and said angrily: "You...... You ......"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled: "That's right, I turned my face, what's wrong?" ”

As he spoke, a dozen guards with big shoulders and round waists walked in, and two of them held one of them, holding them by the collar, so that they could not move.

"Ren, Lord Ren, slow down!" A prefect stood up and protested: "The state has national laws, what crime have we committed?" ”

is still hard-mouthed when he dies, is there really a saying in this world that "if you don't see a coffin, you won't cry"?

Ren Xiaoyao glanced at him and snorted, "Your memory won't be so bad, right?" The prefects of the six prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River have a total of more than 20 million taels of tax and silver from the treasury, such a big deal, why don't you forget it so quickly? ”

When the prefects heard this, their faces suddenly turned pale, cold sweat couldn't stop flowing down their foreheads, they looked at each other, and found that each other's eyes were as desperate as a dead man.

Only Li Huaide, the prefect of Jiaxing, swept away the sad face just now, and changed his face to joy, and glanced at him a few times without a trace, and the doubts in his heart were even worse, looking at his appearance, it seems that he really has nothing to do with the tax case, is it wrong for me and Miss Han San's judgment? No matter how many there are, let's lock them up first, and then talk about it, and try them one by one, you can always find clues. Even if I can't find a clue, at least I've reaped the benefits, tsk, the mountains of gold, silver and jewelry are enough for me to lose for a while......

Li Huaide was escorted down with the prefects, and before leaving, Li Huaide glanced back at Ren Xiaoyao, Ren Xiaoyao glanced at him, Li Huaide smiled knowingly, and followed the lost prefect of Wufu into the prison together.

Turning his head, Ren Xiaoyao looked at the mountains of jewels in the warehouse, and sighed with satisfaction, today can be regarded as a full return, not only caught these corrupt officials, but also benefited, if you can live such a day every day, you are willing to live ten years less...... A little more than ten years, five years less? No, three years, two years...... Or forget it, these are all things I deserve, why should I live less?

was obsessively looking at the house full of gifts, suddenly the light in the house dimmed, Shi Shiran walked in outside the door, and looked fixedly, it turned out to be the king of Thailand.

As soon as the King of Thailand walked in, he was stunned by the jewels that filled the room, and then smiled: "Ho, I didn't go to the wrong door, did I?" I found this place shining in gold from afar, I thought it was haunted, but it turned out that Lord Ren was making a fortune in a muffled voice......"

Ren Xiaoyao was full of excitement, and hurriedly smiled: "His Royal Highness the King of Thailand is serious, I just checked a few corrupt officials and corrupt officials, these are all dirty silver confiscated, well, very dirty silver......

The King of Thailand blinked and smiled: "What corrupt official has such a big hand? This room full of gifts adds up to millions of taels, right? ”

Ren Xiaoyao smiled: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, these are all sent by the prefects of the seven prefectures in Jiangnan......"

The king of Thailand was shocked: "Then you just said that you investigated a few corrupt officials, could it be that they ......"

"Yes, I ordered them to be locked up, huh! Looting so much people's fat and people's ointment, he is simply the scum of the court, and he is not as good as a beast! ”

The King of Thailand was shocked: "Lord Ren, Brother Ren, what do you mean is that you will ...... the prefects of the seven prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River Uh, all in one pot? ”

"yes, what's wrong?" I don't know why.

The King of Thailand was a little anxious: "What's wrong?" This...... The prefects of Jiangnan have let you arrest you, who will handle government affairs? Who will soothe the nations? They are the first of all provinces. ”

"It's okay, I made arrangements earlier, the day before yesterday I sent someone to the Ministry of Officials, and urgently dispatched alternate officials to Jiangnan to take their place, calculate the time, it's almost ......"

The King of Thailand's eyes flashed a little complicated, and then turned his head to look at the dazzling gifts in the room, and hesitated: "Then these gifts ...... Is it going to be handed over to the state treasury? ”

Ren Xiaoyao immediately became nervous: "Who said that it should be handed over to the treasury?" It's mine! It's all mine! ”

"Huh?"

"This is all a little local product that they honor me, is it necessary to hand it over to the national treasury? Besides, it's not easy for me to make a few hard-earned money, and you can't bear to see me go back to the capital empty-handed, right? ”

"It's ...... Hard-earned money? "The King of Thailand's eyes are straight, and the blood and sweat are blood and sweat, but it doesn't seem to be your blood and sweat, right?

Ren Xiaoyao's eyes rolled, pulled the sleeve of the King of Thailand, and the two walked out of the warehouse, waiting for the guards to lock the door of the warehouse and gather outside the warehouse, Ren Xiaoyao breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning his head to look at the King of Thailand, Ren Xiaoyao smiled lightly: "The rules of the rivers and lakes, those who see it have a share, since I am unlucky today, I was met by you, and I am not a person who eats alone, let's go, I invite you to drink flower wine and go to ......"

"Drink flower wine?" The King of Thailand was a little embarrassed: "Brother Ren, I'm not a casual person......"

"Nonsense, I'm not a casual person either! We are all righteous men and gentlemen, drinking flower wine just to chant the wind and sing the moon, and express the feelings of loyalty to the country......"

The king of Thailand was full of black lines: "Brother Ren, it's just a flower wine, can't I go?" There's no need to tout our image so high, right? ”

Ren Xiaoyao affectionately hooked the shoulder of the King of Thailand, and said with a smile: "Let's have a good chat, Brother Brother Tai, your temperament has changed a lot recently, I think you are a little strange, today we have to dig out our hearts and get acquainted with it again......"

The King of Thailand's expression remained unchanged, still smiling: "Oh? Have I changed a lot lately? Maybe I've been visiting friends too often lately, and I'm a little pedantic, I'm ashamed, so let's go to Suzhou City to find the best Qinglou Chu Pavilion, and have a good chat, hehe......"

"Great! Hey, on the moonlit night of the twenty-fourth bridge, where does the jade teach, what does this poem mean, you have to help me find a young and beautiful girl to teach me later......"

“……”

Suzhou Hanfu.

In front of the small building where Han Yizhen lives, there are dozens of peach trees planted, it is the height of spring, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, colorful and dazzling, and the colorful petals are lightly blown by the spring breeze, falling to the ground.

Han Yizhen stood in the peach forest, the breeze blew through her clothes, floating like a fairy, and the scattered peach petals in the forest contrasted with each other, the picture was beautiful, like a fairyland.

Fairy Han seems to have troubles in the world at the moment. The pretty face frowned lightly, biting her lower lip from time to time, which looked extremely pitiful.

The eyebrows of the beauties contain light sorrow, and they are not all for the sake of love, Han Yizhen is an exception.

What worries her is the current situation of the Han family.

The prefects of the seven prefectures were all taken to prison by Ren Xiaoyao, and the Jiangnan officialdom was shocked, and it can be imagined how violent the reaction of the court and the people would be when the news spread throughout the Chinese Dynasty. These were originally none of her and the Han family's affairs, but almost at the same time as the prefect of the Seven Prefectures was arrested, the concierge of the Han family's mansion sent a letter, which made her begin to feel that the crisis of the Han family was coming.

Not a word was written on the letter, and on the snow-white paper, there was only a shocking trace of blood, which had dried up and turned dark red, faintly exuding a disgusting bloody smell.

As Han Zhu unfolded the letterhead, his face became extremely pale.

This is an obvious warning and threat, the Han family has been based in Jiangnan for more than 100 years, and has experienced good times and disadvantages, but has never been threatened like this, Han Yizhen was on the side at the time, and when she saw the blood stains on the letterhead, her heart gradually sank to the bottom.

There is no need to guess, of course this letter was sent by the person behind the scenes, and the Han family knows that this bloodstain may be the fate of the Han family in the future!

The Han family is the first and only family to take refuge in the imperial court at the fastest speed, this move more or less caused the dissatisfaction of other families in Jiangnan, of course, the most dissatisfied is the person behind the tax case, and the posture shown by the Han family is to completely ignore the eyes of others, and is determined to go to the end with the imperial court, gradually, it stands in a hostile position with other families, in other words, the Han family is isolated in Jiangnan.

Since ancient times, the cooperation between the family and the imperial court is not nothing, but now the situation is different, Qin sent down to Jiangnan, obviously on behalf of the Son of Heaven to inspect, in fact, many families have also tasted it, this is the new emperor to take advantage of the family in Jiangnan, the Han family at this time to take refuge in the court, tantamount to putting themselves in the position of a traitor to the family.

If the Qincha purgies Jiangnan this time are successful, the power of the Han family will become stronger and stronger, and the officialdom will infiltrate more children in the clan, and the position of the Han family in the first family in Jiangnan will be firm and unshakable......

What made Han Yizhen even more troubled was that the people behind the tax case obviously had a very big hostility towards the Han family, with his unfathomable potential power, it might not be too difficult to ruin the Han family, and the wordless letterhead that implied warnings and threats was to tell the Han family that it was best not to get involved with the Qin Cha, otherwise the Han family would be bloody.

Han Yizhen hesitated and wavered.

This is not a joke, if the hundred-year-old foundation of the Han family is uprooted because of defection to the imperial court, what face will she have to meet the ancestors of the Han family?

"Zhen'er, what are you thinking?" Han Zhu's deep voice broke her musings.

Han Yizhen smiled bitterly, turned around, looked at Han Zhu, and said softly: "Dad, have you really decided to help Ren Yao without hesitation?" ”

Mentioning Ren Xiaoyao's name, Han Yizhen couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly, that shameless and immoral disciple, what kind of place was Ren favored by his father, and he was willing to devote the entire Han family to help him?

Han Zhu shook his head with a smile and corrected: "It's not to help Ren Yao, but to help the imperial court, if our Han family wants to preserve the century-old family business, if we want to carry it forward, we can't stand on the opposite side of the imperial court, otherwise, the family will be ruined and people will die." ”

Biting his lower lip, Han Yizhen said: "Dad, have you ever thought about what situation our Han family will face if Ren Xiaoyao fails to investigate the tax case this time and returns in vain?" ”

Han Zhu laughed, and his words were full of heroism: "Failure is failure, it's a big deal that our Han family moves away from Jiangnan and starts over again, the world is so big, where can't we stand?" As long as the court has a good impression of my Han family, the Han family will be able to recover with the help of the court in three or five years, but if we insist on fighting against the court and leaving a bad impression of the emperor and the ministers of the court being unruly and self-respecting, sooner or later, my Han family will face the disaster of extermination. They will soon understand how unwise their choice is today! ”

"Dad, are you so sure that Ren Yaoyao will be able to solve the tax case and find out the person behind the scenes?"

In the final analysis, the tax case is the key to winning or losing.

Han Zhu said with a smile: "Ren Xiaoyao this person, it seems to be impetuous and frivolous, in fact, he has his own plans, the old man has checked some of his previous experiences in the capital, and found that this person has gone from being unknown to being in charge of power, in addition to good luck, his style of acting is also very amazing." The Art of War: All those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory. Ren Xiaoyao has never walked the right path, everything he says and does is a sword to go sideways, from offering advice to retreat from the Turks, to defeating Pan Shangshu, and then to designing the rebellion of Prince Ping, everything he did seems to be unpredictable, so the Turks retreated, Pan Shangshu died, and the prince also died, but his officials are getting bigger and bigger, I have to admit that this person still has some ability, but his ability is hidden under the appearance of his flamboyant tongue, and it is not easy for ordinary people to find out. ”

Han Yizhen bit his lower lip hatefully, his face full of disapproval. - All I know is that this damned disciple has belittled me several times, both openly and secretly, and can such a debaucherous and immoral person solve this case?

Han Zhu sighed, "For some reason, I have a lot of confidence in this young minister. Let's wait and see what kind of surprise he will bring us......"

Han Zhu looked sideways at his daughter, stroked her hair with infinite pity, and sighed: "Zhen'er, people should not be disguised, don't be confused by the words and deeds shown by others, so as to misjudge a person's nature and mind, how can someone who is as wise as you not understand this truth?" You're in the middle of the game! Tell me the truth, Dad, are you free to that Ren...... Secretly in love? ”

Han Yizhen was taken aback, then his pretty face turned red with shame, and he said urgently: "Dad, how is it possible!" How could I fall for that shameless ...... Lecher? If it weren't for the fact that he was a member of the imperial court, I would have killed him with one sword. ”

Han Zhu smiled noncommittally and said, "You have been in the boudoir all these years, working hard for my Han family for many years, delaying your personal life, Zhen'er, you should also think about your own affairs......"

After a pause, Han Zhu said again: "A few days ago, the Ye family in Hangzhou came to propose, you also know the second son of the Ye family, he looks quite handsome, and he is also polite, if my Han family marries with his Ye family, the power and wealth of the family can take a big step forward, of course, this must first ask for your consent, if you are interested, your father will go to the Ye family's dowry, if you don't want to, this matter will not be mentioned again." ”

Han Yizhen blushed, lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Dad, I have a very general impression of that Ye Er Gongzi, but ...... If the marriage between the two families is beneficial to the Han family, the daughter is willing to consider this marriage, and now that the Han family is in crisis, it is better to wait for this matter to subside before reasoning. ”

※※※

The father and daughter of the Han family were worried about the progress of the tax case, but Lord Qin Charen was very relaxed at this time. He was affectionately hooking the shoulders of the King of Thailand, and the brothers happily walked around the green building.

The name of the green building is "Tibetan Xiangyuan", a very elegant name, and the girls in it are of course like this name, elegant and refined, and the conversation is extraordinary.

Before stepping into the gate of the Tibetan Incense Temple, the King of Thailand stopped and said with a solemn expression: "Slow, Brother Ren!" ”

Ren Yao looked at him puzzled.

The King of Thailand coughed twice, and said seriously: "I have rarely experienced this kind of thing when visiting the Qinglou, Brother Ren seems to be a veteran in this, there is one thing, let's put the villain first and then the gentleman." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Uh...... Who treats and who pays? ”

Ren Xiaoyao was so surprised that even his eyes popped out: "Brother King of Thailand, you are the prince, and you are the prince who treats money like dung, why do you ask me this today?" How vulgar ......"

The king of Thailand smiled bitterly: "It's not that I'm vulgar, someone told me that you have a bad character, and you often slip away after taking advantage of it, leaving a big boss to help you pay the bills, and the money is a trivial matter for me, but I don't want to be a big wronged ......"

"Who? Which dog day is spreading rumors? Am I such a shameless person? Too bad! Ren Xiaoyao felt insulted, and jumped to his feet and scolded emotionally.

Immediately, Ren Xiaoyao paused, suddenly remembered something, and looked at the king of Thailand and said, "Xiao Huaiyuan? ”

The King of Thailand smiled silently.

"I knew it was him! That dog day is not well-intentioned, often slandered me in the back, this time back to the capital, I will show the emperor, castrated him into the palace as a eunuch, I will ensure that he is the head of the inner ......"

"I'm just going to let him have two meals, look at that guy's stinginess......"

The King of Thailand sighed deeply: "It seems that Lord Xiao is not wrong, you really took advantage of it and slipped away...... Brother Ren, I look in the mirror today, and the more I look at it, the more I feel that I am today like a wronged man......"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled and hooked his shoulder: "That must be your hallucination, don't worry, I have a treat today, and I will definitely not slip away halfway, with my noble personality, I guarantee ......"

"Your personality ......," the King of Thailand looked more and more worried.

The two brothers walked into the Tibetan incense courtyard intimately.

Walking into the courtyard, Ren Xiaoyao looked around, and couldn't help but be poetic, and sighed with emotion: "Asking how sad you can be, just like two eunuchs visiting the Qinglou......"

The King of Thailand glared at him with an ugly face.

Ren Xiaoyao smiled calmly: "Hehe, I was emotional, so I wrote this poem, does Brother King of Thailand think it's better?" ”

“……”

As its name suggests, it is actually a set of quadrangle courtyards that cover a wide area, a total of two floors, two red lanterns are hung high at the courtyard gate, in the middle of the courtyard is a rockery that is piled up very craggy, the rockery is a clear pool under the rockery, there are dozens of colorful koi swimming in the pool, and they are leisurely shaking their heads and tails in the water.

Bypassing the rockery, it is the entrance of the corridor, a middle-aged woman who looks like an old bustard stands under the corridor, of course, it is not like the TV in the previous life, the guest shouted at the top of his voice as soon as he came: "The girl upstairs and downstairs is a guest!" Then a large number of warblers and swallows suddenly appeared upstairs to flatter the guests. This is actually an exaggeration, but it is not.

In fact, the whole Qinglou is very quiet, only the faint Fuqin recital came, reflecting the landscape downstairs, and the artistic conception is very elegant. The old bustard stood at the entrance of the building, and when he saw Ren Xiaoyao and the two walking in, he stepped forward and blessed the two of them, and said softly in Wu Nong's soft language: "The two sons are fortunate to be in the Tibetan Incense Temple, and the slave family is polite." Dare to ask the two sons, are there any girls who know each other? Or the slave family will introduce two thoughtful girls, and the two will drink and talk? ”

Ren Xiaoyao played with the folding fan, opened it with a snap, then put it away again, glanced around, and said with a smile: "This mother, our brothers are here to have fun today, but we don't like to be too noisy......

As he spoke, he pointed to the laughter of the guests in the upstairs wing, and Ren Xiaoyao continued: "...... So, I'm going to charter it today. ”

"Chartered?" The King of Thailand's eyes straightened, and hurriedly said: "Brother Ren, just find a quiet room, you don't have to spend so much, right?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao blinked and smiled: "It's okay, I'm rich today, and I'm very rich, the rich is the uncle, and the uncle wants to put on a show today, no one can stop me, this mother, are you right?" ”

"This ......" the old bustard pouted, and then his face was full of embarrassment: "The son is so arrogant, but ...... There are too many guests who come here to have fun, if you take the liberty to invite them out, I am afraid that the slave family's Tibetan incense courtyard will offend many people, and the son is embarrassed by the slave family......"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled, took out a large-denomination silver ticket, slapped it in the old bustard's hand, and said with a smile: "Now you won't be embarrassed, right?" ”

The bustard's eyes lit up, although she looked elegant and gentle, but which bustard didn't love money? Seeing that Ren Xiaoyao was so generous, he couldn't help but be moved, thought about it in embarrassment, and finally shook his head again, and said: "Childe, it's not that the slave family doesn't know how to lift, it's really that the slave family should not offend other guests, please forgive me." ”

Ren Xiaoyao snorted and said, "You don't need to offend, I'll offend." ”

Saying that, Ren Xiaoyao raised his head, then sank into the dantian, and suddenly shouted: "Run!" It's on fire! Run for your life! ”

“……”

The laughter continued upstairs, and no one paid attention to him, not even anyone who came out to watch.

"These horny bastards! Scum! Scum! Ren Xiaoyao gritted his teeth hatefully.

The old bustard on the side and the king of Thailand glanced at each other and smiled bitterly. You're not, why are you here?

Ren Xiaoyao rolled his eyes unwillingly, and then continued to sink his dantian, shouting: "Run!" Your wife has broken in and caught the adulterer! ”

This sentence finally paid off.

I only heard the downstairs wings suddenly collectively quiet, followed by a few screams, and then the sound of cups and saucers breaking, mixed with the screams of the girls, the frightened reprimands of the guests, the doors of the wings opened almost at the same time, a group of untidy clothes, messy hair men stumbled out, panicked downstairs, some simply didn't even have time to wear clothes, bare-chested and kicked out, to the downstairs, all the men invariably chose to bypass the main entrance of the Tibetan incense courtyard, They fled from the back door, and for a while the shoes and socks were the same color as the dirty pants, and the belly pockets and handkerchiefs flew together. The scene was chaotic as if there was a military disaster.

With a cup of tea, except for Ren Xiaoyao and the King of Thailand, all the men in the Tibetan incense courtyard ran cleanly, and they couldn't even find a rooster.

The old bustard and the king of Thailand had straight eyes, staring at Ren Xiaoyao for a long time, the king of Thailand smiled bitterly, and gave Ren Xiaoyao a thumbs up: "Brother Ren, you are really ...... It's ......."

After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't think of any words to use to praise Ren Xiaoyao, and Ren Xiaoyao helped him out with a smile: "Too talented?" ”

"That's right! So talented! The King of Thailand looked at the wolf in the courtyard, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Brother Ren's psychological speculation about the world is deep, I am really inferior to you......"

Ren Xiaoyao's face twitched a few times, and he was silent for a long time, and said, "This is not speculation, this is ...... Alas, the painful memories I have experienced......"

Thinking that back then, Qian Yun came to catch him and Sister Feng's rape, and he was so scared that he almost didn't jump from the fifth floor, which was really an unbearable experience......

The King of Thailand and the old bustard were stunned: "......"

After a long time, the old bustard pulled the corners of his mouth, and said with a reluctant smile: "The two sons are so quiet, now they are completely quiet, please go upstairs, the two sons......"

chose an elegant and quiet room, and as soon as Ren Xiaoyao and the King of Thailand sat down, a table of exquisite and chic wine and food was brought up by the maid and placed on the table.

The two of them each picked two girls who were pleasing to the eye, and then began to eat and drink.

Sandwiched a canary tongue with chopsticks worth a lot of money, the King of Thailand glanced at Ren Xiaoyao and said with a smile: "Brother Ren is so interested today, why did you suddenly remember to visit the Qinglou?" As far as I know, you have opened several green buildings in the capital, right? ”

Ren Xiaoyao said with a smile: "It is said that fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, but the money I spent today is not coming from the right way, so I just spent it cleanly, so as to save it from being blackmailed by your emperor's brother for some reason, then I am so wronged." ”

The King of Thailand laughed and said, "The fourth emperor brother is already the king of a country, how can he extort your silver?" You're overthinking......"

Ren Xiaoyaojun's face fell: "Don't believe it, he knocked me 10 million taels of silver as soon as he ascended the throne, and I still feel trembling in pain now......"

The King of Thailand pointed at Ren Xiaoyao and said with a smile: "You still lie to me, do you think I don't know?" It was the property of the former prince's mansion, which should have been deposited into the treasury, and if you hand it over to the imperial court, it should be due. ”

Ren Xiaoyao immediately showed a scoundrel's face: "Then I don't care, whoever grabs it is whoever, why doesn't he grab it himself?" The old guy only knows how to wipe his tears and farts around me, like an old man named Hanako, and he gets angry when he sees him! Hey, don't talk about this, the more I talk about it, the more angry I become...... Brother King of Thailand, there is one thing that I have always been very strange about......"

The King of Thailand's hand paused for a moment, then calmly put down the chopsticks and said lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao glanced at the King of Thailand up and down, and said with a smile: "I hit it off with the King of Thailand, let me tell you the truth, these sons of the former emperor, except for you and the fat man, there are few other good things......"

The King of Thailand looked bitter, shook his head and smiled: "Brother Ren, aren't you pointing at the monk and scolding the bald man?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao smiled: "It's okay, I just want to say a few heart-wrenching words to Brother King of Thailand today, even if you hear it, don't take it to heart, I didn't mean to target you." You see, these sons of the former emperor, except for you and the fat man, the others were all cleaned up by me next to each other, the prince blatantly rebelled, King Shou secretly rebelled, and the king of England secretly plotted a rebellion...... Hey, I said, don't you royal families like the rebel profession? ”

"Huh? This one...... Should, perhaps...... No way. "The King of Thailand thinks Ren Xiaoyao is very sharp.

Ren Xiaoyao smiled, raised his eyes to look at the King of Thailand, and asked coldly, "Brother King of Thailand, what about you?" You didn't think about rebellion? ”

"Poof-" The King of Thailand squirted out a mouthful of wine, and then his face turned red and he choked.

"Ren...... Ahem, Brother Ren, don't ask such sharp questions in the future, ahem, you'll die! The King of Thailand pointed at Ren Yao and coughed and accused.

The King of Thailand coughed and was about to die, Ren Xiaoyao spread his hands innocently as if he was nothing, blinked his big innocent eyes and said: "I just want to interview your thoughts, and I didn't accuse you of rebellion, Brother King Thailand is too bold, right?" ”

The King of Thailand choked and coughed for a long time, looked around nervously, and hurriedly drove out the two girls who were waiting for them to drink, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Pointing at Ren Xiaoyao with a helpless face, the King of Thailand smiled bitterly: "My courage is really not big, you have to scare me again......"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled and said: "Brother King of Thailand is polite, I'm really curious, you say, why are your brothers anti-anti, chaotic, why are you so comfortable?" ”

The King of Thailand was stunned, shook his head and said: "I don't know, maybe it's nature, I don't like to grab things from people since I was a child, even if I like it again, once someone wants to compete with me, I will give it to him without thinking about it." I remember when I was only eight years old, one day my father gave each of the princes a leather coat, which was made of the skins of rare animals from all over the country that Fanbang paid tribute to. The prince was two years older than me, and he got a white bear fur coat, and I got a gold mink coat, the leather coat was beautifully made, and the whole body was dark yellow, which looked very luxurious, but the prince saw that I was wearing gold mink skin, and he was very displeased, so he wanted to change it with me, and said: 'I am the eldest son, and I will be the prince in the next year, but I can wear a four-clawed dragon robe, and I am the third son of the emperor, what qualifications do I have to wear dark yellow?' So I snatched my leather garment, and from then on I fell into fear, and I did not dare to fight with anyone in anything, and because of fear, I did not even want to stay in the palace or even in the capital for a long time, and I traveled all over the world......

Pulling the corners of his mouth bitterly, the King of Thailand looked a little sad: "My life has actually been a failure, my father is angry with me and I have no ambitions, all my brothers look down on me, thinking that I am cowardly by nature, good and easy to deceive, even the fourth brother of the emperor is not as good as being sick, he at least has the courage to fight at the critical time of the prince, and he has succeeded, but I ...... But I didn't even have the courage to go back to the capital, I was really ashamed! ”

Ren Xiaoyao nodded secretly when he heard it, I just said, everyone from the royal family is sick, and this is no exception, the difference is that others like to rebel, but he likes to escape, and he has always thought that he travels all over the world because he is open-minded and broad-minded, but he didn't dare to return to the capital, so he could only wander outside, and he was almost exiled and miserable.

It's not easy to be a prince, at least it's not as happy as it looks on the outside......

patted the King of Thailand on the shoulder, and Ren Xiaoyao had a sad expression of sympathy for the same disease: "Brother King of Thailand, he is also a fallen person at the end of the world!" At this point, I think we have a common topic......"

The King of Thailand suddenly walked out of his sad mood, looked at Ren Xiaoyao and said in surprise: "Won't it?" You are the only son of the Ren family, there should be no brotherly disputes......"

Ren Xiaoyao sighed and said: "Brothers don't fight, but wives fight!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"Luo Yueniang, it's the female bandit I led the army to rescue, have you seen it?"

The King nodded. Luo Yueniang has indeed seen it, and beauty is beautiful, but that temper is ......

Ren Xiaoyao patted his thigh and said bitterly: "What a good girl!" Virtuous and virtuous, gentle and graceful, dignified and quiet, weak and ......"

"Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute!" The King of Thailand hurriedly stopped: "Brother Ren, are you sure you are talking about the female bandit on Qinglong Mountain?" Could it be that there is a woman with the same name and surname in this world? ”

Ren Xiaoyao frowned unhappily: "Nonsense! My beautiful wife is the only one in the world, and there is no semicolon......"

The King of Thailand said with straight eyes: "But your comments on her seem to be ...... It's like ......"

He had seen Ren Xiaoyao thrown out of the room by the female bandit, and he beat Ren Xiaoyao for a beating, so he was still "gentle and gentle"?

"Ahem, I'll just take her for what she is. Hey, what about talking, don't interrupt the line? Where did I just say? ”

"Uh...... Virtuous and virtuous, weak can't help but ...... "The king of Thailand wipes sweat."

"That's right! What a girl! not only saved my life twice, but also fell in love with me without hesitation and pushed me...... cough, this is not enough for outsiders, in short, she is still pregnant with my child, but the lady of my family, Leng is not allowed to enter the lintel of my house, now she has a big belly alone, she can't go back to her home, with hundreds of bandits and bandits, robbing homes and houses, and struggling to survive......"

The King of Thailand smacked his lips: "Why do I listen to this strange and awkward......"

Ren Xiaoyao looked sad, sighed: "There is discord in the family, and the tired are all men, now I have a wife in the east and a wife in the west, both wives have big bellies, and no one's heart is good, and when this errand is finished, whether to see the eldest wife first, or the little wife first, just for this matter, I am so worried that I haven't slept well for a few days, not to mention the birth of a child in the future. And I estimate that Mi'er may chop up the child born by Yueniang in anger, and Yueniang will definitely not let it, so the two mothers-in-law will fight the top of the Forbidden City on a dark and windy night...... Ouch! I'm scared! ”

Ren Xiaoyao said and said, thinking that the matter of the bunch of bullshit at home had not yet been over, and he was sad for a while, and blinked his eyes twice, and his eyes soon turned red......

The King of Thailand saw that Ren Xiaoyao was sincere and devoted, and he couldn't help crying and laughing in his heart, you are a fragrant trouble that ordinary people can't envy, and you are embarrassed to cry! With so many beautiful wives surrounding you, you are still worried, and those bachelors who have no money and no power simply pull out their knives and wipe their necks......

Raising his hand and patting Ren Xiaoyao's shoulder, the King of Thailand wanted to say two words of relief, but he didn't know how to say it, strictly speaking, this is the fragrant thing that all men in the world dream of, and the King of Thailand despises this guy who gets cheap and deliberately sells well.

The King of Thailand changed the subject at the right time, he really didn't want to let Ren Yao go on anymore.

"Cough, Brother Ren, how did you go to Jiangnan this time? Any progress? At the mention of this, the expression of the King of Thailand seemed to change slightly.

Ren Xiaoyao was already sad, and the King of Thailand didn't open any pot, which pot seemed to have finally provoked Ren Xiaoyao's sadness, his eyes blinked, and tears of embarrassment flowed down his face.

"I'm miserable! I'm worse than Coptis chinensis! A simple case of embezzlement of ink tax and silver, wouldn't it be okay to catch a few and kill a few corrupt officials? It's good now, pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and out of nowhere there is a mastermind behind the dog's day, the prefect caught seven, but it can't be used by birds! Now you can't enter, you can't retreat, you can't retreat, and you can't close the case just by arresting the prefect, you say, you say, am I bitter? Am I bitter? Ouch! I'm dripping that life, wow, like that coptis ......"

Seeing that Ren Xiaoyao showed signs of sitting down on the ground and rolling on the spot, the King of Thailand hurriedly stopped him: "Ahem, Brother Ren, Brother Ren!" Calm down! There is always a solution to everything, this ...... Crying is not a man's state after all......"

"Woo...... I am a fragile and helpless man......" Ren Xiaoyao still cried to himself.

The King of Thailand is full of black lines: "......"

After persuading the boss for a while, Ren Xiaoyao finally stopped crying, and sobbed twice from time to time, looking very sad.

"Brother Ren, the matter has come to this point, what can I do to break this deadlock?" The King of Thailand seems to be very concerned about this case.

Ren Xiaoyao sobbed twice and said, "It's not that there is no way, it depends on luck." ”

The King of Thailand's pupils suddenly contracted, and then showed an expression of interest, and said happily: "Oh? Brother Ren is really talented, so he thought of a way so quickly? Say it, and let me help you take a look at it and brainstorm ideas. ”

"The current situation is that the prefect of the Seven Prefectures has been arrested, but it is just a puppet and bait put on the bright side by the people behind the scenes, and the people behind the scenes are very cunning and will not show up at all, so I can only think of a way to lure the snake out of the hole......"

"What's the method?"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled: "People have desires, generally speaking, it is nothing more than power and money, of course, I am the exception, I have to be beautiful......"

"What are the desires of the people behind the scenes?" Under the bright candlelight, the eyes of the King of Thailand became a little unpredictable.

Ren Xiaoyao said confidently: "The person behind the scenes has manipulated and coerced the prefect of the Six Prefectures to help him embezzle more than 20 million taels of tax silver in the past four years, although I don't know what he wants to do with so much silver, but I know one thing, this guy must be very short of money to spend......

"You mean, bring him out with silver? But...... Where did the money come from? Usually a small amount, he will definitely not look down on the ......"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled mysteriously: "There is a large amount of silver, big enough to make him tempted...... Damn it! I can't help but want to do it......"

"What name is the silver?"

"The spring tax of the seven provinces north of the Yangtze River, a total of four million taels, was escorted by officers and soldiers to the treasury of the capital, and I intercepted it when I passed through Suzhou yesterday......"

"What? Allow...... Brother Ren, you, you, you have robbed another vote? The robbery was actually the official tax of the imperial court? You, you, you don't want to die! The King of Thailand was shocked.

"Hey, calm down, calm down! It's interception, not robbery! This is not the other ...... I just stopped this batch of tax money, and I, the minister of the Imperial Mission, were responsible for transporting the ...... from Suzhou to the capital."

"You mean, use this tax money as bait to lure the people behind the scenes out?"

"That's right, isn't he short of silver? I brought the money to him to see if he could eat it. ”

"How are you going to give it to him? And how to draw him out? ”

"From Suzhou to the capital, there are two roads, one is to take the official road, escorted by Feng Qiudao's five thousand dragon warriors, and the other is to take the waterway, ordering the transfer of more than a dozen large ships, from Taihu Lake to the Yangtze River, and finally into the Qinhuai River, these two roads, I plan to use all ......"

"What do you mean, do you have to divide the four million taels of tax silver into two, half by water, and half by official?"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled mysteriously: "No, only one of the roads has real tax silver, and the other is ambushing the swords and guns of officers and soldiers......"

The King of Thailand frowned and said, "You mean to let him choose?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao nodded and smiled: "Yes, not only that, but I also increased the chips, I plan to ask the Han family to take another two million taels of silver, and go with the tax silver, and say that it is a semicolon to send a batch of silver to the capital, so that a total of six million taels of silver are placed in front of that person, guess what, will that person be so excited that his mouth is dry?" ”

A trace of complexity flashed in the eyes of the King of Thailand, licked his dry lips, and said with a wry smile: "It's really exciting......

Ren Xiaoyao said with a smile: "Compare your heart to your heart, if I am him, I will definitely rob it without hesitation, the people behind the scenes must be plotting against him, from ancient times to the present, if the plotter does not have the support of a huge amount of money, it will never be a big deal, these six million taels of silver, enough to feed the army of 100,000 people, buy fine iron, build weapons, shields and ordnance, it is very useful, I don't believe that he is not tempted, as long as he is tempted, it will be easy to do......"

The King of Thailand pondered for a while and said, "...... Don't you think there's something wrong with that? ”

"What's wrong?"

"No matter how I look at it, I think you're gambling with that person, and there's a lot of chance in it, what if the person behind the scenes really chooses the road with tax money and robs this batch of silver?"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled: "You can also see it?" In fact, my plan is not a conspiracy, but an upright conspiracy! To put it bluntly, I'm just gambling! ”

"Huh? Why are you? That's six million taels of silver! If you are really robbed, how can you give an account to the emperor? ”

Ren Xiaoyao sighed and said: "Brother King of Thailand, do you know that I have been an official for two years, from an obscure young master to a second-class member with great power, and among them, I have also made several small contributions to the court and the emperor, what do I rely on?" ”

The King of Thailand hesitated for a moment and said, "Ability? Wisdom? ”

Ren Xiaoyao shook his head, and suddenly smiled: "Fuck the ability, wisdom!" Actually, I don't have any skills, I only rely on one thing......"

"What is it?"

"Luck!"

"Luck?" When the King of Thailand heard this, he immediately cried and laughed.

Ren Xiaoyao smiled very firmly: "Yes, I rely entirely on luck. Advice to the imperial court, retreat from the Turkic army, I was talking nonsense, I didn't expect to be adopted by the imperial court, Pan Shangshu rebelled, I mixed out of the city to move the rescue troops, when my life hung by a thread, I survived by luck, the prince rebelled and usurped the throne, I was even more confused to take over the military power of the city defense army, and someone reported that the emperor was in danger, so he urgently transferred troops and relieved the emperor's military danger. ”

The King of Thailand listened to it with straight eyes, and after a long pause, he finally smiled bitterly: "I didn't think it before, but when I heard you say this, I realized that you are really lucky......

Ren Yao smiled proudly, that is, Lao Tzu fell into the sewer and actually crossed, which was the most bizarre luck in the world......

The King of Thailand thought about it again, and suddenly said with a smile: "It's really hard for me to imagine that Lord Ren Xiaoyao, who has moved the world and made countless meritorious contributions, actually relied on luck to get to where he is today, if he is known by the world, alas, the heroic image in their minds will definitely collapse in an instant......"

Ren Xiaoyao smiled nonchalantly: "Collapse is collapse, what's my business?" It's a lot of pressure to be an idol these days, do you know? ”

The King of Thailand's eyes flashed, and he muttered: "I probably understand what you mean, you set this plan to lure the person behind the curtain out, do you want to gamble with him on luck?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao nodded and smiled: "Yes, compared to wisdom, more than intrigues, better than ability, I am not as good as him, my only strength is luck, only by betting on luck, I have hope of winning, otherwise this case will drag on like this, I am afraid there will be drastic changes, that guy must have a big move in the near future......"

The King of Thailand smiled: "Actually, it's not entirely your luck, the Art of War: the virtual is real, the real is the virtual, the strategy you set is just in line with the art of war, although it is not very clever, but at least it is very effective." ”

Ren Xiaoyao was overjoyed: "Oh? My idea is in line with the art of war? Hey! Sure enough, it was luck again......"

"Then which path do you plan to be false and which way is true?" The King of Thailand asked with a smile.

Ren Xiaoyao raised his eyes and found that the smile of the King of Thailand was a little weird, and he didn't care too much, and said: "The official road is real, the waterway is false, I have thought about it, the tax and silver will be escorted into Beijing by the official road, as for the waterway, more than a dozen big ships are secretly ambushing the officers and soldiers, if that person really comes to rob, let them all go into the water and become kings, haha......"

"What if the person behind the curtain doesn't show up? What's the use of you catching a few minions? ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't show up, thousands of officers and soldiers escort you, if the people behind the scenes want to rob this batch of silver smoothly, they must at least send 10,000 people to win, right? No matter how powerful that person is in Jiangnan, how many tens of thousands of people are enough for him to toss? At least this can consume a lot of his strength, and maybe he will show some kind of horseshoe......"

The King of Thailand smiled, noncommittal.

"Hey, what are we doing today?" After talking for a long time, Ren Xiaoyao suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"This ...... Come and visit the Green House. "The King of Thailand has black lines all over his head.

Ren Xiaoyao patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Have you ever seen a prostitute like us who honestly sits and drinks tea?" Those girls outside may be laughing at us, we don't look like men, ask you how sad you can be, well, it's really like two eunuchs visiting the Qinglou, haha......"

Clapped his hands, Ren Xiaoyao called the two girls again, pulled one over casually, hugged it in his arms, and began to eat tofu up, the King of Thailand saw Ren Xiaoyao so arrogant, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, the girl next to him was interested, and hurriedly began to wait for him to drink, for a time the room was full of spring, laughing endlessly, which had a little bit of the meaning of visiting the kiln and drinking flower wine.

The two of them were drinking happily, when suddenly a shout came from downstairs: "Lord Ren, where are you, Lord Ren?" ”

Ren was carefree, and felt that the voice was a little familiar. The King of Thailand listened carefully and said with a smile: "It's Lord Xiao, he's coming to you." ”

Saying that, the king of Thailand stood up, and the girl beside him was more sensible, so she hurriedly took a step ahead of him and opened the door of the wing.

Xiao Huaiyuan was looking for a sweaty head, and when he saw Ren Xiaoyao and the King of Thailand drinking flower wine, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You guys are leisurely......"

The King of Thailand clapped his hands, stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, Lord Xiao is looking for someone to find this Tibetan incense courtyard, there must be important official business, I won't bother you, the moonlight is good tonight, I will visit a few Yayou, chant poems and make a match, so as not to live up to the good night and bright moon, hehe, farewell, farewell." ”

The two sent the king of Thailand away, and sent the girl out, Ren Xiaoyao glared at Xiao Huaiyuan angrily: "You can't see me idle!" Say! What are you looking for me? Don't tell me you're here to eat and drink, believe it or not, I'm throwing you out now? ”

Xiao Huaiyuan picked up the wine cup and took a sip, not paying attention to it, grabbed the chopsticks used by the King of Thailand, and took a few mouthfuls of food, then wiped his grease mouth, and said with a smile: "I am here to report to the lord, everything that should be prepared has been prepared, just wait for the lord to give an order, let's take the thief, hehe, also, the Han family was also looking for you everywhere in the Qincha Hotel just now......"