Bypassing the lush forest corridor, the front hall of the Han Mansion is located behind a strange rockery, the front hall is slightly old, but it does not lose the grandeur of the family, the front hall is hung high with a wooden plaque, and the plaque is written with three big black characters: "do not fight for the hall". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Indisputable" is the ancestral motto of the Han family, the ancestors of the Han family in the year after laying the foundation of the family gate, the word "indisputable" as the golden rule, the ancestors all understand that when the family grows to the point of being able to affect the court and even the situation in the world, it is necessary to keep the light and obscurity, do not do everything for yourself, and do not have too sharp contradictions with the ruler of the dynasty, so as not to bring disaster to the family.

And "indisputable" is the best way to keep the light and obscure.

The Han family has been passed down from generation to generation and developed to today's first family in Jiangnan, in which the word "indisputable" has played a great role. Although there is no desire to fully achieve the awe-inspiring realm of righteousness, if there is no greed and hatred in everything, and the action is based on the heart, God will treat you kindly.

In the front hall, Han Zhu, the head of the Han family, picked up the delicate cloisonne porcelain teacup, gently drank the pre-rain Longjing picked and baked before the rain, and then put down the teacup, looked at the spring rain quietly falling outside the hall, and sighed unconsciously.

Han Zhu's daughter Han Yizhen sat quietly on the side, pursed her lips and said nothing, a pair of delicate eyebrows frowned lightly, as if she was thinking about something, and her poignant appearance was prohibitive.

The father and daughter sat opposite each other like this, and did not say a word for a long time.

Faintly, there was a dull spring thunder in the sky, the thunder was not loud, but the two people in the front hall were shocked, and then they woke up like a dream, and the two looked at each other, and couldn't help but show a little bitter smile.

Clearing his throat, Han Zhu said in a low voice: "Zhen'er, your Uncle Yan is really in trouble this time, you have always been smart and wise, can you save him?" ”

Han Yizhen bit his lip and shook his head slowly: "Dad, Uncle Li Shi is deep in the quagmire, it is difficult to pull out his feet, if my Han family helps, the consequences are unpredictable, maybe not only can not rescue Uncle Li Shi, but the whole family will be pulled into the quagmire by him, Dad, the Han family has been operating in Jiangnan for a hundred years, and it is not easy to have the current situation, I really can't take this risk." ”

Han Zhu looked at the spring rain outside the hall in a daze, and sighed faintly: "Why don't I understand this truth? It's just that I have been friends with Bo Yan for decades, when we were young, we were close friends, thinking back to the past, we talked at night, each word life ambitions, at that time, we were so frivolous and happy, why decades later, Bo Yan ...... Alas! ”

Han Yizhen said in a low voice: "Dad, how did Uncle Li get involved in this quagmire?" My daughter hasn't been able to get ......."

Han Zhu sighed: "It's all the words power and profit that harm people!" Your Uncle Li Shi's career has been quite smooth, except that my Han family has helped him some small favors either explicitly or secretly, and more importantly, he has always pursued the golden mean in officialdom, so he has won the appreciation of all the adults in Beijing. About five years ago, your Uncle Li Shishu was transferred to the prefect of Suzhou, when he had just been released and had great ambitions in his heart. Suzhou has been an official for less than a year, and everything was going smoothly, but he never thought that a master under his government had made a mistake for him......"

"Who? Is it the one who caused Uncle Li Shishu to fall into the predicament he is in today? ”

Han Zhu nodded, sighed: "Fortune and misfortune depend on the will of heaven, according to the custom, the household department of the imperial court has to send people to the prefectures every year to check the tax and silver, household registration, population, merchants, etc., this is the routine official business every year, Bo Yan did not take it to heart at that time, that year, the people sent by the household department after checking the tax account books of Suzhou Mansion, but suddenly found him, saying that the tax and silver income and expenditure on the account books are seriously inconsistent with the local farmland and merchants registered in the case...... ”

Bo Yan realized the seriousness of this matter, and hurriedly summoned the chief secretary of the government and the master to inquire, and after asking, he found that several major expenditures in the account book were approved by him, and they were also stamped with his official seal and private seal.

"There was such a serious problem in the account books, and there was such a big deficit in the tax bank, Bo Yan was also panicked at that time, this is a major crime of losing his official position at the least, and cutting off his head at the worst......

Han Yizhen blinked, thought for a while, and said softly: "The major expenditures are all stamped with Uncle Li's official seal and private seal, but he has no impression, it is clear that someone has embezzled it, and tampered with the household registration without permission to seek peace, this move is also to drink water to quench thirst, I am afraid that this matter will not be good......

Han Zhu sighed: "Yes, if he had told the truth to the household officials at that time and filed a case to investigate the matter, maybe he would have been demoted or even dismissed, but he would not have come to this point, in the end, Bo Yan cared too much about his position as the prefect, he thought that it would be fine to cover up the past, but things were not as simple as he thought......

"Less than a month after this incident, a master of Suzhou Mansion disappeared, and a few days later, an unknown person found Bo Yan, took out the evidence that he tampered with the account books and embezzled the imperial court tax money, and threatened to sue the capital, Bo Yan panicked, and hurriedly begged him to cover up the matter, just because if this matter is publicized, Bo Yan's crime will be big, and it is certain that he will be beheaded by copying his house, Bo Yan's officialdom has climbed for many years, how can he want to be ruined and ruined because of this incident?"

The man then put forward the condition, asking Bo Yan to follow the cat's example, tamper with the household registration account book every year, and give him all the tax money he swallowed, and ask him to find a way to squeeze out all the master books, masters and other minor officials in the palace, and replace them with people he trusted, that is, the entire Suzhou government office will completely fall into the hands of that person from now on. Bo Yan was very scared at that time, not only afraid of losing his official position, but also afraid of losing his life, so he didn't want to think about it, so he agreed to that person, and from then on, he ...... Alas! ”

When Han Zhu said this, he sighed bitterly: "Confused! Knowing that it is a trap, he still jumps in, all because of the word right, harming others and himself, how stupid! ”

Han Yizhen also sighed: "Throughout the ages, whether it is an important minister of the court or a pawn of a peddler, who does not bend his waist for the word right?" Uncle Li Shi...... It's just one of the insignificant ones. Dad, did Uncle Li later know who was behind the abduction and persecution of him? ”

Han Zhu shook his head and said: "That person is very deeply hidden, and he has never shown up, but according to Bo Yan, among the seven prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, the prefects of six prefectures have been controlled by him, and the process and means of his hijacking are exactly the same as those of Bo Yan...... Alas, I am afraid that there will be a huge upheaval in Jiangnan soon, and it may cause disaster to the world......"

Han Yizhen frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "I heard that the new emperor has been on the throne for less than a month, so he sent the minister of the Qin mission to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect, Dad, didn't the imperial court know about it?" Who is that minister? ”

"The imperial court knows more or less, how can such a big case be covered up? As for the minister......" Han Zhu said, a little strange look appeared on his face: "...... The man's surname is Ren Zheng, he is twenty years old, but his lord has become a prince, he was born in Shangjia, his father is the richest man in my Hua Dynasty Ren Cunyi, our Han family and the Ren family have a deep relationship, there are still many business contacts, you and Ren Xiaoyao are still young, I once smiled and said that I want to make a family relationship with the two of you, and then because of the opposition of my Han family, I don't want to live too close with the Shangjia family, this matter is stopped, hehe......"

When Han Yizhen heard this, his beautiful face, which had always been as calm as water, suddenly had a touch of shame and hatred, and he glared at Han Zhu with some annoyance, and hung his head silently.

Looking at his daughter who was getting older, Han Zhu had a little more pity and pampering in his eyes, and said warmly: "Zhen'er, for the Han family, I have suffered you all these years, you are now twenty-nine years old, the daughters of ordinary families have already married their husbands, but you have not been a good match, those who propose relatives are either rich or expensive, but you don't look at it, you have been extremely smart since you were a child, and family matters are always decided by you, my Han family has developed and grown in recent years, and your role in it is the most important, but ...... After all, you are a daughter's family, and you have to marry after all, and you can't be a father because of the family to bind your whole life......"

Han Yizhen's face blushed, and after a while, she slowly shook her head and chuckled: "Dad, my daughter is getting older and her vision is getting higher, how can ordinary children of rich and noble families get into my eyes?" If you can't find the person you really admire in this life, your daughter is willing to die alone, and she doesn't want to end up with someone who is depressed and desolate for a lifetime. ”

Han Zhu shook his head helplessly, pointed at Han Yizhen, and saw her whispering, but her pretty face was very persistent, Han Zhu knew that his daughter had always been quite assertive, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word, so he had to sigh silently.

Han Yizhen didn't seem to want to mention this matter again, so he hurriedly picked up the original topic and said, "In this way, my Han family and that Ren Xiaoyao are actually world friends?" Dad, this time Ren Yao is a messenger, I wonder if I can investigate this big case clearly? ”

Han Zhu frowned and said: "It's hard to say, I heard that Ren Xiaoyao has won the attention of two generations of emperors, and he has repeatedly rescued and made meritorious contributions in front of the emperor, not only that, but this person behaves strangely, and his words and deeds are like antelopes hanging horns, and there is no trace to be found, so in the year of the weak crown, he is already a second-class member of the court, and he is even more expensive as the prince of the country, which is unique in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Chinese Dynasty. ”

Han Yizhen was silent, his beautiful eyes like autumn water looked at the continuous spring rain outside the hall in a daze, muttering Ren Xiaoyao's name in his heart, and a somewhat playful smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. It's really exciting......

At this time, a subordinate suddenly hurriedly walked into the front hall, and Shi Li said: "Master, miss, there is news from Xuzhou Mansion that a batch of precious medicinal materials, gold, silver and silk shipped by my Han family from the capital, was ...... at the foot of Qinglong Mountain near Xuzhou Mansion Robbed by bandits! ”

"What? What thief dares to be so bold? Even my Han family's goods dare to rob? Han Zhu was furious and took the case.

"Where's my eldest brother? He traveled with the convoy, but did he make a mistake? Han Yizhen said with a solemn face.

"The eldest prince didn't make a mistake, and now he's about to return home."

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Ren Xiaoyao finally robbed the goods of the Jiangnan Han family.

If you don't rob it, you can't rob it, and if you don't rob it, you're sorry for your conscience. That batch of goods was so tempting, the precious medicinal materials worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, gold, silver and silk, had already been delivered to his mouth, with the temper of the eldest young master, how could he not swallow it in one gulp? He has always been a person with little willpower, and he can't stand the temptation of others.

So Ren Yaoyao was at ease, God gave him a windfall, if he was afraid of the power of the Han family in Jiangnan and retreated it, wouldn't he live up to God's good intentions? Damnation.

As for what the Han family's reaction will be when they find out, the eldest young master can't care about it, anyway, as long as he doesn't admit it if he is killed, the Han family can't do anything about him. Lao Tzu is a dignified minister, I look up to you by taking something from you, and your Han family should feel honored.

Vincent regretted Ren Xiaoyao's decision, Ren Xiaoyao was not afraid, but Vinson was much more fragile than him. Watching a cart of red goods being moved into the bandits' den in Qinglong Mountain, watching the dart master escorting the car and the polite young man being driven to disgrace by the officers and soldiers, Wen Sen's fragile and sensitive middle-aged man's heart couldn't help but mention Lao Gao.

"Your Excellency...... When you went to Jiangnan this time, did you investigate or commit a crime? Vinson took a handful of tears and snot. The consequences of offending the family gatekeeper, isn't this Lord Ren clear?

Ren Xiaoyao opened his innocent eyes and looked at Vinson blankly, without saying a word for a long time.

He was confused.

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Luo Yueniang is no longer in the way, and it is not a matter for thousands of soldiers to be stationed on Qinglong Mountain, although the soldiers are willing to live like this, but Ren Xiaoyao feels that it is better to be a better person, at least the errands that should be done have to be done.

So, after thousands of soldiers were stationed on the mountain for four or five days, Lord Qincha lazily gave the order and set off for Jiangnan on the same day.

However, he has some children's affections, and wants to take Luo Yueniang with him, but Luo Yueniang is pregnant and not good at walking, for the sake of her body, Ren Xiaoyao had to leave her on the mountain, and sent the master in the shadow to protect secretly.

The night before leaving, Ren Xiaoyao touched Luo Yueniang's boudoir in the middle of the night, with the spirit of dedication, planning to be humiliated by her again, but Luo Yueniang did not agree, and kicked him out of the door, which made Ren Xiaoyao quite gloomy.

After saying goodbye, Lord Qin Charen led 5,000 soldiers down the mountain and went to Suzhou, the first stop in the south of the Yangtze River.

From north to west, through Taihu Lake, through Yuantou, after three days of unhurried marching, Qincha's guard of honor finally arrived outside Suzhou.

Seeing the ancient and thick city wall of Suzhou from afar, Ren Xiaoyao sighed in his heart. Wu Dugusu, thousands of years ago, how did he look like him? Is the beautiful landscape and elegant garden like the memory of his previous life, like smoke and fog, as if in another world.

The gong opened the way, the flag was unfurled, the Huang Luo covered the umbrella and the scepter flag given by the Son of Heaven walked in front of the team, the honor guard of the Qin Cha was mighty, and its majestic momentum made countless pedestrians and people outside the city look sideways and avoid it, and they were in awe.

"My lord, Li Boyan, the prefect of Suzhou, led the officials of all sizes in the city to greet you at the city gate." Vinson said respectfully.

"It's so polite, how can this make this official embarrassed?" Ren Xiaoyao said that he was embarrassed, but there was no embarrassed expression on his face, and after looking at it for a while, he saw that the outside of the city was really crowded and dense, and he couldn't help frowning: "There are so many people, what can I do later?" ”

Vincent was puzzled, "My lord, what should I do?" ”

"Later, if those officials stuff me with red envelopes in front of so many people, I will be really embarrassed......"

"To receive, or not to receive? That's a problem...... "Ren Xiaoyao was on his horse, struggling.

The guard of honor marched to the city gate, and before Ren Xiaoyao got off the horse, a group of officials from Suzhou Mansion lined up according to their official rank and saluted Ren Xiaoyao together.

"Li Boyan, the prefect of Suzhou, will meet Lord Qincha." Li Boyan took a step forward and saluted Ren Yao.

"Haha, Lord Li is polite, too polite......" Ren Xiaoyao hurriedly dismounted, helped Li Boyan up, and smiled very kindly, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze.

After Li Boyan got up, he glanced at Ren Xiaoyao without a trace, and was secretly a little surprised in his heart.

I knew that Ren Xiaoyao was a young courtier with a weak crown, and he was quite valued by two generations of emperors, but he never thought that this person would be so young, this ...... This is obviously a hairy boy, what kind of ability does he have to make Pan Shangshu, who was in power back then, and the prince of a country planted in his hands?

Ren Xiaoyao is also secretly looking at Li Boyan, this time the prefects of the six prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River secretly colluded and dumped tax silver, and the prefect of Suzhou was naturally involved in the case, but this Li Boyan has straight eyebrows and clear eyes, and he looks honest and righteous, no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't look like a person who will swallow the treasury tax silver, so people can't look good, and people who are traitors often have a good face, and vice versa.

In this way, Young Master Ben is actually a very kind ...... Good? This conclusion made Ren Xiaoyao very unwilling.

With doubts, Li Boyan's face did not change and began to introduce the officials of Suzhou Mansion to Ren Xiaoyao.

Ren Xiaoyao smiled and saluted one by one, seeing that the officials were just courteous and bowing, but the expected sneaking of red envelopes and secretly bribing did not see anything at all, and Lord Ren, who had the idea of making a fortune, suddenly felt a little unhappy.

How did these guys become officials? It's not funny at all, it's so rude! Lao Tzu has to stir up the Suzhou officialdom!

Next, Ren Xiaoyao introduced the King of Thailand and Xiao Huaiyuan to the officials, and everyone was hypocritical and polite.

After the officials saw the salute, the noble families in Suzhou City came forward to salute, and when Ren Xiaoyao and Wen Sen heard that even the head of the family came to greet them, the two couldn't help but glance at each other, and their expressions were quite empty.

Is this Li Boyan too polite? Why did you call the family well?

Things have to come when they come, and you can't hide from them.

When Li Boyan smiled and introduced him to the Han family in Jiangnan, Ren Xiaoyao's face finally changed.

"This is the head of the Han family in Jiangnan, Han Zhu, the young son behind him is Han Zhu's eldest son, Han Yi, hehe, just came back from the capital. I have long admired the majesty of the Lord, and I have come to meet the Lord. ”

"The kid has seen the great ...... of the Chin Cha Hey? Han Yi was just waiting for Shi Li, and after seeing Ren Xiaoyao's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Turning his head to look at Wen Sen beside Ren Xiaoyao again, Han Yi couldn't help but say "Huh" again, his expression becoming more and more stunned.

"It's you!"

"Not us!" Ren Xiaoyao and Wen Sen's faces turned pale, and they denied it in unison very tacitly.

"Hiss-my lord is so familiar......" Han Yi touched his chin and fell into a memory.

"Handsome faces all look the same." Ren Yao laughed dryly.

"Adults ...... a few days ago"

"A few days ago, I was in a hurry, well, non-stop hurry......" Ren Xiaoyao hurriedly stopped his words, and his forehead was slightly sweaty.

"These officers and soldiers ......"

"Good people, great good people, never participate in robbery!" Let it be clear.

"Exactly!" Vinson nodded in agreement.

When Ren Xiaoyao and Wen Sen greeted the two fathers and sons of the Han family with smiles, they turned around, and their backs were soaked with sweat.

Vincent even trembled his lips, his face turned pale and looked at Ren Xiaoyao, as for whether he scolded Ren Xiaoyao in his heart, it is impossible to test.

The embarrassing thing in life is to participate in the robbery as an official of the imperial court, and what is even more embarrassing is that after less than three days, he was recognized by the bitter master.

Under the gate of Suzhou, Ren Xiaoyao turned around, with a perfunctory smile on his face, and ordered Wen Sen in a low voice: "Don't show your stuff!" Laugh! Your current identity is a Qincha protégé, not a bandit! ”

Wen Sen still couldn't stop shaking, he couldn't help but be afraid, what about the court officials? The Han family is the number one family in the south of the Yangtze River, whether in the court or in the people, they have huge power, otherwise how can they be called a family? If the Han family really turned his face sideways, he pointed out that the responsibility for Xiaoyao and Wen Sen to rob his family's red goods would be a small matter of losing face and a big matter of losing officials. The Han family may not be able to help Ren Yao, but it must not be too difficult to mobilize the force to take out his Wen Sen's official.

"My lord, we recognized it, we were recognized by the Han family......" Vincent was a little scared and short of breath. The first time I followed an adult to do something bad, I was caught by someone, and it seems that the phrase "good and evil will be rewarded in the end" is really true.

- Huh? It doesn't seem right, but don't adults do less bad things? Why is it that the more he does bad things, the bigger the official rises?

This is a question worth pondering.

Ren Xiaoyao glared at him: "Nonsense! What to recognize? What recognized? We haven't done anything, what are we doing? ”

Vincent looked at Ren Xiaoyao with admiration, and dared to deny it in front of the bitter master, how thick does this face have to be?

Ren Yao looked at him with disdain: "Do you think others will expose you in front of so many people?" Hum! Joke! You are my personal follower, exposing you is equivalent to slapping me in the face, I am a dignified minister, hitting my face is equivalent to slapping the face of the court, will the court stretch out its face and obediently let him beat it? No matter how powerful his Han family is, will he dare to fight the imperial court? Do you think people are as stupid as you are? ”

Vinson was so impressed when he heard this.

Ren Xiaoyao patted Wen Sen's shoulder and said seriously: "Old Wen, do you know why my official is bigger than you?" ”

Because you're more shameless than me.

"Because your lord is always so wise and powerful!" Vinson praised in good conscience.

"Huh?" Ren Xiaoyao thought about it, nodded, and shook his head again: "Not exactly, of course, the Wise Shenwu is not wrong, except for the Wise Shenwu, more importantly, I never care what the secular people think of me." ”

Wen Sen understood this sentence, and translated this sentence more bluntly, it was still those three words: "shameless".

The father and son of the Han family really did not expose Ren Xiaoyao, and the father and son, with a gentle and kind smile, were robbed by Ren Xiaoyao as if nothing had happened at all.

Entering the city, Ren Xiaoyao got on the eight-person sedan chair prepared for him earlier, the King of Thailand and Xiao Huaiyuan also sat in the sedan chair, followed by Ren Xiaoyao, the officials in the city knocked the gong all the way in front of the road, and a group of officials and gentry followed closely behind, and a group of people swaggered through the city, Ren Xiaoyao sat in the official sedan chair, thinking of so many officials and gentry in their seventies and eighties surrounding their young Qincha, and couldn't help but be proud.

The beauty of power, I'm afraid it's here, it will be overwhelming, at a glance, no wonder so many people are crazy for the word power, the feeling of being a person is indeed wonderful, and the aftertaste is endless.

Li Boyan did not send Ren Xiaoyao to the post house, but ordered the official sedan chair to be carried directly into the most famous and pleasant garden in Suzhou, Canglang Pavilion.

After getting off the sedan chair, Ren Xiaoyao looked at it carefully, and then praised loudly: "Not bad, this is a good place, so many trees, and so many birds, well, it's very lively, I like to be lively, Lord Li, hehe, I have a heart." ”

All the officials, including Li Boyan, looked at each other with a little embarrassed.

The most famous gardens in the thousand-year-old city have let you live, and your comments are "lively"? Does this count as flattering to the blind? This Lord Qincha seems to be a little ill-versed in literature and ink.

Li Boyan was suffocated, and then said with a smile: "Lord Ren, this is the most ...... in Suzhou Cough, the most lively garden, called 'Canglang Pavilion', is named after the former Confucian, taking the meaning of "the water of the waves is clear, you can wet my hair; The water of the waves is turbid, and you can wet my feet', so the name of the word 'Canglang' is ......"

Ren Xiaoyao frowned, muttered a few times, and then shook his head, looking quite dissatisfied.

Seeing that Qin Cha's face was not very satisfied, Li Boyan suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly smiled: "Lord Ren, this name ...... Is there something wrong? ”

"It's not proper, it's very ......inappropriate," Ren Xiaoyao muttered: "You dropped those two sentences in the bag, to put it bluntly, does it mean that this is actually a place to wash your feet?" ”

"Huh?"

Li Boyan was shocked, could this Qincha be deliberately making trouble for me? How elegant and elegant the ancients were, and how did the far-reaching sentences change their taste in his mouth?

After settling down, Li Boyan hurriedly bowed down and said with a smile: "Lord Ren, this ...... Xia Guan also felt that the name of this pavilion was very inappropriate, and he had long wanted to change it, and today Lord Ren expressed his heart, it is better to ...... Why don't you ask the adults to change the name of this Canglang Pavilion? Perhaps the name of the Lord today will become a story that will be passed down through the ages in the future......"

The officials looked at each other a few times and hurriedly echoed in unison.

The King of Thailand and Xiao Huaiyuan stood behind Ren Xiaoyao, frowned unconsciously when they heard the words, and subconsciously took two steps back, with a little shame on their faces.