When night fell, the Mu Mansion, which covers an area of more than ten acres, also closed the gate of fragrant pine, the bluestone bricks on the ground reflected the brilliance of the moonlight, and the slaves and maids held fire folds in their hands in twos and threes, lighting the lanterns under the eaves. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info a serene and quiet rippling out.

In the east room, there are two pans, planted with Mu Feng's favorite plantain, a piece of green, the Mu family is orderly, and the door wind is upright in the eyes of outsiders, so the best house in the east is naturally given to the eldest son and grandson Mu Feng and his wife.

At this time, Mu Xiong and Mu Feng were sitting in the small room in the east room, the windows were closed, the slaves and maids had retreated, and they were discussing matters.

"So, my brother already knew that Mrs. Xie would let me do such a thing?" Mu Xiong smiled bitterly, "In my heart, my brother has always been the hope of the Mu family, and I have admired it since I was a child, even my father I don't worship, I only worship you, brother, I didn't expect my brother to succumb to the obscenity of Mrs. Xie and want to suppress a poor scholar." ”

Mu Feng took a sip of tea, his frowning brows were still locked with a faint sorrow, and he did not directly respond to his younger brother's words, and said slowly: "Second brother, how do you say our father is in this life?" ”

Mu Xiong was stunned, the father who was talking about his son was originally unfilial, not to mention the father who had left a long time ago, so he said angrily: "Daddy left when I was young, my brother must know more about my father than I do, why bother to ask me." ”

Indeed, Mu Xiong doesn't remember their father's memories very clearly. Since he was a child, his mother has accompanied him the most, and of course Mu Feng.

Mu Feng was as tall as his father in his heart.

"My father was conscientious and honest as an official, and because of this, he snubbed his mother, so that the heirs of the Mu family were thin, and the family business of Nuoda was only our two sons and a daughter who married early, but so what, in the end, the official position has stayed in place, and I have worked hard all my life, and finally because of the Yang Kang incident, my whole family was almost exiled, if I hadn't begged Mrs. Xie, I am afraid that in this world, there has been no Mu family for a long time, as if there is no Yang Kang family now." Mu Feng only looked a little excited when he said this, his lips trembled, he never wanted to mention those past things again, but now......

"The matter of the Yang family, I was still young at the time, and I didn't know, in the past few years, my father was gone, the Mu family under the leadership of my brother, reinvigorated, and my brother's position was also rising, I know my brother's hard work, but, brother, that Yang Yichen is just a scholar, why do we want to take away his opportunity to make a living? What's the difference between that and killing someone. Mu Xiong said, "Although I have killed people when I was suppressing bandits, they are all evil bandits, but this is just a hopeful scholar!" ”

Mu Feng shook his head: "A person who can make the Xie family frame them may not be as simple as you think. Maybe he will bring us trouble when he enters the official mansion, no matter what, he is someone who has nothing to do with you, why should you ruin your career for him? ”

Mu Xiong couldn't imagine that Mu Feng would ask him to harm an innocent person so lightly, and for a moment, he felt that he couldn't understand his brother, and his brother's aura in the past had collapsed and collapsed.

"As long as you exchange this test paper with him, his exam paper will definitely not enter the emperor's eyes, the invigilators on the scene are basically Mrs. Xie's past protégés, they must have been notified by Mrs. Xie in advance, and they will not restrain you, on the contrary, they will help Mrs. Xie to stare at you if you hesitate. This is harmless to you and to the Mu family. Mu Feng patted Mu Xiong's shoulder, "Brother, you should grow up, if you want to go long and far in your career, this is the first step, you must step over." ”

It turned out that to be an official was to learn to harm people, but Mu Xiong was suddenly very disappointed in everything.

"Also, brother, my mother is still waiting for you to be promoted as soon as possible, and now the secretary of the Criminal Department is about to retire, and there is a shortage of candidates."

At the mention of his mother, Mu Xiong's heart couldn't harden.

"I know, I want to rest, brother should rest early." Mu Xiong stood up and didn't drink the tea, so he walked out.

Mu Feng stared at Mu Xiong's back, thoughtful.

Mu Xiong was alone against the wall, he didn't sleep all night, but he thought very clearly, since this official can be done by harming people, then whoever wants to do it, he Mu Xiong doesn't want to do it.

"I can't be the bird of Taifu Xie for the rest of my life." Mu Xiong made up his mind.

Two days after Yang Yichen's exam, Xie Ling also came to town, and Li Yan sent her. Xie Ling came to take care of his son, hoping that he would be energetic when he took the exam.

Two days later.

Qinghe County.

Lin An worked hard at night, and took advantage of the fact that the Xie family was facing adjustments to reopen the Lin family's dyeing house.

The previous dyers all returned, Uncle Zhang and Yang Zongyan re-managed, each performing their own duties, and soon, the Lin family's dyeing house was thriving again.

Because of the Lin family's previous good reputation, the guests re-invested in the arms of the Lin family's dyeing house. Even because of the death of Master Lin, he gained sympathy points, and many new guests also came to the door.

The Lin family's dyeing house is truly unprecedentedly prosperous.

Xie family.

Because Master Xie and Mrs. Xie were both sentenced, Xie Huabao drew a clear line with the Xie family in Qinghe County, and the reputation of the Xie family fell to the bottom all of a sudden.

After all, Xie Yu was young and didn't care about the world, and he struggled to support the situation alone, but he didn't understand the management of the inner courtyard, and the servants were lazy, and soon most of the silver was spent. Xie Yu had no choice but to sell some of his servants to reduce his expenses.

But the so-called friends who befriended them before avoided them far away.

Xie Yu was originally a proud noble son, and now for the first time, he experienced the feeling of betrayal and separation, he was pampered in the palm of his hand before, and now he has no one to complain about his grievances.

I deeply understand what it means to be in the hot and cold world.

This month is the most decadent month for him.

He also didn't take care of the family business, and soon, several shops had no business, and even the original old customers were taken away by Lin Anye, who was gaining momentum.

Xie Yu didn't cry or laugh, so he had to sell a few more stores.

If it weren't for the fact that the Xie family's workshop was too big before, I was afraid that even the workshop would be swallowed.

Fortunately, even if the Xie family does not do business, they can live on the income of the grange, although Xie Yu cannot eat, drink and gamble like in the past, but he still lives a luxurious life.

The person sent by Xie Ce finally came.

What Xie Yu didn't expect was Xie Ce's New Year's friend, the five-grade secretary under the supervision envoy, Master Cheng Fang. That is, the owner of the Fang family known as the "Jinling Gecko".

It's just that Master Fang came very low-key.

He came in civilian clothes and in an ordinary carriage without prior notice.

Xie Yu had seen Master Fang, and he hugged Master Fang when he was a child.

Now seeing Master Fang's kind face, thinking of his parents who were sentenced, he couldn't help hugging Master Fang, tears raining down.

"Manly man, how can you cry at every turn." Master Fang pulled Xie Yu up, "Good boy, they are all so old and good-looking, but it's a pity that such a thing happened." ”

"Uncle Fang, don't blame, just when I saw you, I thought of my father-" Xie Yu couldn't cry.

"But what's the use of you crying? I just dragged Xie Shaoshizi's love today, and I came to help you. Uncle Fang pointed to a few people behind him, "They are all the Fang family's right-hand men, and they are very good at doing business. In the future, you rely on them, and you are not afraid that you will not be able to deal with Lin Anye. ”

Xie Yu hurriedly thanked him, "Uncle Fang sent charcoal in the snow, and Xiaosheng will remember it for the rest of his life." In the future, Uncle Fang will be regarded as a reincarnated parent, carefully raised, and will never break his word. ”

Master Fang nodded: "I love to hear this, you know, I don't have a son under my knees, I only have a daughter, but my daughter will marry after all." ”

The two talked for a while, and Xie Yu led Master Fang and a few people he brought to visit the Xie family's fields and shops.

Master Fang asked: "The Xie family's most famous workshop is the Xie family's workshop, don't you take me to see it." ”

The Xie family's workshop has a rule, except for the Xie clan and the workers who signed the contract, no one can enter, so as not to be snooped on in the trade secrets.

You must know that the Xie family's workshop is specially peeling the collected silkworm cocoons into silk and then making cloth, and now it has the true inheritance of Yang Duanwu, and even the silkworms are put together.

Such an integrated operation is only available to the Xie family, so the Xie family is not because of these workshops.

Now that Master Fang said that he wanted to take a look, Xie Yu hesitated.

"If you don't want to, how can I help you?" Master Fang said.

Xie Yu said: "Now only you are willing to help me, if there is no you, I will lose all my family property sooner or later, I will fail horizontally and vertically, it is better to show you, it is also the last game." ”

"You're right." Master Fang was very happy.

So Xie Yu took Master Fang to look at the entire workshop.

Master Fang kept the workshop in mind.

"When I go back, I will tell Xie Shaoshizi to ask him to send a few more people to help you, these days, you will make do with my few people, and you will definitely be able to use it." Master Fang said this when he was leaving.

However, as soon as Master Fang returned to Jinling, he did not go to his own Fang family, but entered Xie Ce's secret room.

Xie Ce is talking about privacy in this way.

"That Xie Yu, is really unbearable, simple-minded, and the kindness of a woman, he only knows how to play with the maid flowers and birds all day long, if he is allowed to eat, drink and have fun, he can be the first, if he is allowed to run the family business, his ability, I am afraid that it is not as good as his two younger brothers and sisters, Xie Qingning, Xie Huabao." Master Fang said.

"I already knew Xie Yu's temperament, so our imperial businessman, Xie Yu can't afford it. Now I can only hand it over to you, Brother Fang. Xie Ce called Master Fang, who was more than twenty years older than him, his elder brother.

Master Fang said: "I left a few henchmen by Xie Yu's side to help this idiot take care of the family business. I'm afraid that I still can't fight Lin Anye. So I also watched the Xie family's workshop inside and out, and I have memorized the essence. ”

"That's good, now we need to send a few people to take over the Xie family's finances in Xie Yu's hands and get Xie Yu's family property." Xie Ce said, "If you put it in his hands horizontally and vertically, it will be lost, so it's better to give it to me, and I will definitely manage it well." "It's just that the young prince has a suitable candidate?" Master Fang asked.

"This housekeeper is a suitable woman." Xie Ce looked at Old Master Fang's gaze with an inquiring smile.

Master Fang immediately understood: "What does the young prince mean, is it to let my Yuan'er take over?" ”

Xie Ce nodded: "Naturally, I still need to ask for your opinion." ”

"What am I not happy about, the young prince trusts me like this." Master Fang was also very happy, if he let his daughter pass, he would be very relieved.

Since childhood, he has raised his daughter as a boy. If Fang Yuan wasn't a daughter, according to her talent, I'm afraid that she would have become a big official a long time ago and manage the people.

Even if she is now a daughter, she has helped him take care of the family business in an orderly manner, and which man in the capital is not fascinated by her.

Oh, of course, there is no one, and that is Xie Ze.

It is said that even the third prince fell in love with her at first sight.

Master Fang is very confident in his daughter.

The Xie family's workshop is famous all over the world, if it can be taken over by her daughter, then the Fang family will be even richer.

"After going over there, just say good words to Xie Yu, Xie Yu is not brainless, and he will naturally hand over his power. At that time, it is good to act on the opportunity. Xie Ce advised, Master Fang should be one by one.

After Master Fang went home, he told Fang Yuan what had happened.

Sixteen-year-old Fang Yuan heard that he was going to leave the capital and go to live in other places, but he didn't have a trace of timidity, he just blessed Old Man Fang and meekly replied "yes".

Fang Yuan was always very docile in front of his father, but for outsiders, it was not necessarily. Although he is docile on the outside, he can eat people on the inside-Master Fang understands his daughter, his daughter is not a simple character.

A few days later, Fang Yuan came to Xie's house in Qinghe County in a carriage.

Xie Yu was naturally very happy to see such a fairy-like sister, where was there any vigilance.

Immediately prepare a room for her, and give her gold and silver treasures.

Fang Yuan looked down on him very much, although he was still very gentle and kind on the surface.

So, Fang Yuan stayed at Xie Yu's house.

Of course, for the sake of Fang Yuan's boudoir name, she appeared in disguise as a man, except for Xie Yu and a few henchmen from the Fang family's past, no one knew that she was Fang Yuan.

And Master Fang also announced to the outside world that his daughter was sick and not suitable to go out, to cover up her absence.

On the side of Qinghe County, they all drummed smoothly, and Xie Ce was not worried at all, because he felt that Xie Yu was a puppet at all, and there was nothing difficult about it.

But here, it's time, he wants to take Yang Duanwu to see Mu Feng, and then Mu Feng will help Yang Duanwu enter the Tai Hospital to fulfill his promise.

After receiving Xie Ce's notice, he will see Mu Feng tomorrow.

Yang Duanwu was ready to be in the mood, and at this time, Ni Chongyang came over and handed over the medical book he wrote during the Dragon Boat Festival.

"I've only written a small part, but I think it might be useful to you, so I'll give it to you first."

Yang Duanwu looked at the medical book in surprise, "It doesn't matter, writing a book is a tiring thing after all, and these are enough for the time being." ”

Ni Chongyang sat down, "I have now been recommended by the prefect and passed the right attendant under the Ministry of Rites, just wait for the official letter and official seal to be issued, and I can go to perform my duties." ”

Dragon Boat Festival was very happy to hear it: "Mrs. Xie's family is still in prison, just wait for you to become an official, and bail them out first." Presumably, they have also suffered a lot, and even if they have done something wrong before, they have already been punished. ”

Ni Chongyang nodded, his eyes flashing with uneasiness: "I'm just worried about you." ”

"I'm fine, I'm going to see Mu Feng tomorrow, and Mu Feng will take me to the Tai Hospital. Xie Ce's formalities over there should have been completed. When the Dragon Boat Festival was spoken, it was so relaxed, but Ni Chongyang's mood suddenly became very heavy.

"Won't I be able to see you often in the future?"

The Dragon Boat Festival also thought of this problem.

But she wanted to open it more.

"It's only temporary, and if you can find out the truth about my father's wrongdoing, and find out the evidence, it's all worth it. Besides, the hospital is not a prison cell, I go there during the day and go home at night. It's the same with you as an official. It's just that, for the sake of safety, it's better to see each other less. ”

Ni Chongyang said affectionately and with concern: "Remember to bring the poison needle and dagger with you, just in case." ”

Yang Duanwu raised the hem of his shirt, revealing the poisonous needles diagonally inserted in the apricot-colored belt.

"Anyone who wants to hurt me, these needles will be the cause of their death." Dragon Boat Festival said very confidently, "Now, are you relieved?" (To be continued.) )