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Compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet of the Liu family in Xuanfu City, it was a little bleak for the Chen family.

The second master of the Liu family, Liu Zicheng, was rubbing his hands in the study at this time.

He had just received news from the steward that the Qin Cha might have been in Xuanfu City for many days.

If you want to do business, the joints of the government must be opened, and the Liu family's annual filial piety to the government is calculated in tens of thousands, and now Qin sent to the Xuanfu, but the government has not revealed any rumors.

It stands to reason that it is very likely that the government will cover the news of such a thing. No matter how you say it, you wouldn't send such news to the Liu family, a businessman.

But Liuzicheng just doesn't feel at ease.

The steward who delivered the letter also inadvertently got the news at the post station on the way back to Xuanfu from Beijing to do business.

According to the steward, what he met at the post station was Qin Fu, the sixth son of the emperor.

It is said that Qin Fu caused an incident in Beijing, and the emperor could not hold back the criticism of the courtiers, so in order to calm the incident, Qin Fu was allowed to go to Zhangye City to patrol the defense. said that it was patrolling, but in fact, he asked Qin Fu to go to the territory of his pro-foreign fair Changhou to hide from right and wrong.

The steward met Qin Fu at a post station heading to the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, the post station was attacked, and there was chaos, and the guards did not dare to hide it in order to deter the visitors, and they fought against the enemy under the banner of Qin Fu with great fanfare.

The steward also escaped with great difficulty, and when he returned to Xuanfu to tell the news of Liuzicheng, more than a month had passed.

The steward overheard the guards sighing that Qin Fu was coming and had to go to Jiangnan to find Qin Xi, the eldest grandson of the Qincha Emperor.

After the post station, the steward had an extra eye and secretly paid attention to Qin Fu's whereabouts.

The steward followed all the way, and finally followed back to Xuanfu.

Liu Zicheng was still rubbing his hands back and forth and stomping his feet.

According to the steward's words, it has been at least two months since the emperor's eldest grandson arrived in Jiangnan, Jiangnan said that it is not big, it is not small, if the imperial court wants to send someone to check Jiangnan, he knows with his toes that it must be for Jiangnan's taxes, if it is taxes, the first thing to bear the brunt of is salt, wine, tea, silk and Caoyun.

Salt and wine are now required to be licensed to operate, the imperial court is strictly controlled, and the emperor sent are confidants and courtiers, if it is not until the period of change of imperial power, most of them will not be investigated.

It is impossible to make a difference between checking or not checking this piece of Caoyun, for generations, this piece is a piece of muddy water, and there is no fish when the water is clear, and this piece can never be clear. It has been nearly 40 years since he reigned today, and as long as the luck is smooth, he will not move this part first, this is the bloodline that connects everywhere, and it is easy not to move.

All that's left is tea and silk.

The Liu family is a giant in Jiangnan, and the Liu family started from silk. The Liu family borrowed the name of Liu Zinuo to do a deal in the capital once the sale, Liu Zicheng relied on this favor to catch up with the wealthy family in the capital, and thus got the business of imperial silk, with this help, the Liu family has almost controlled the silk market in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although the Chaliu family also operates, it is not a big one.

There is nothing clean in the business, just to see how black this is.

If it was just to check the tea tax and silk tax, Liu Zicheng thought that he could still deal with it.

But if the investigation process implicates the affairs of the capital, whether the Liu family can still retreat with their whole body, Liu Zicheng is not sure. If you have your own response, even if the government is hiding it and helping Qin Chachacha, it doesn't matter, the government government's methods are all the means of officialdom, and there is always a way to resist it.

But if the government doesn't know about the Qin Mission, or the government doesn't know about the secret investigation of the Qin Mission, then.

For more than two months, if it weren't for the secret investigation, how could there be no rumors, and it was impossible to hide the involvement between Jiangnan officialdom and businessmen.

A voice came from outside the door.

"Steward Hao, you dare to stop me?"

"Miss, the master just ordered that no one can enter without his permission."

"I'm going to go in."

"Miss, spare the old slave."

"Miss, Miss, stay."

……

There was a heavy banging on the door of the study.

"Daddy, what's wrong with you, but you're sick, you open the door."

"Daddy, I'm Lian'er, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Zicheng looked at the steward who was kneeling on the ground to report the news, and then realized that the room was already dark and there was no light, and the moonlight shining through the window screen was miserable and the room was black one after another.

He was in the study for more than half a day.

A wave of soreness in his hands and feet hit, and Liu Zicheng ordered, "You can come to report to me, you can show your loyalty, don't talk about this matter to anyone again, you are tired when you come back, go back and rest for a few days." ”

The kneeling steward's stiff back finally eased a little, and he replied in a low voice, "The little one knows." ”

Liu Zicheng walked to the door and pulled the door in.

Liu Lian'er, who slapped the door at the door, almost slapped Liu Zicheng in the face with one hand.

Liu Zicheng grabbed her wrist and blamed, "Why is it so big and not small? ”

Liu Lian'er was born to Liuzicheng's concubine and ranked fourth in the mansion. She has been loved by Liuzicheng since she was a child, and she is not afraid of Liuzicheng in her actions.

Liu Lian'er said coquettishly, "Father forgot that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is old, and you are still here." Grandmother has read you several times. ”

Liu Zicheng let go of his daughter's hand and said unhappily, "There is something for your father, how can you be so nonsense?" This is the study room in the outer courtyard, how can you be a lady who is a big girl, I have worked so hard to invite you to the housekeeper and grandmother are all in vain. That's a grandmother from the palace, if you don't study hard, I will punish you. ”

Of course, Liu Lian'er knew that this was an outer courtyard, and she couldn't break in.

But if she doesn't come, how can she show her different position in her father's heart, and how can she compare her sister-in-law?

Even if she took a little risk, she was sure to make her father happy.

Liu Lian'er admitted her mistake in a low voice, "I know it's wrong, I'm just worried about my father." ”

"Today's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, my grandmother waited for a long time and didn't see my father, and sent a slave over, but I didn't dare to bow to my father.

"Father, grandmother just got well."

Liu Zicheng is extremely filial to his mother, and he also loves Liu Lian'er, and he also knows that he made a mistake in the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet today.

The daughter softened, and he had steps, so naturally he didn't mention the matter.

The ancestors of the Liu family left three rooms, and the big house was the eldest son, but unfortunately it was passed down to two generations, and the heirs were thin, and when the ancestors of the Liu family were still there, the eldest son and his wife died one after another, leaving only the eldest grandson Liu Zinuo alone. Before Liu Zinuo became a family and took over the family business, the ancestor of the Liu family also passed away, and now there is no one in the Liu family's house except for the widowed Chen and Xiao Liuya.

The second room of the Liu family is a concubine, which was originally just attached to the long house, but the long room is unmanned, and the second room has the opportunity to take on the family business of the Liu family. Now the Liu family has the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is actually just the Mid-Autumn Festival in the second room of the Liu family.