"Master, there is a letter from the capital" The master of Duanfang, who had made a humanoid stamp for a day, had just returned to the back hall, and the master sent a thick letter, and just now he was holding a pair of feudal officials who were on the shelf of the Duanfang hurriedly took it, picked up the paper cutter and carefully opened the envelope, inside was a pair of familiar Xuan's middle hall, Rong Lu's calligraphy is still very interesting, far more vigorous and powerful than the cute panda handwriting of some fortunate donors , The blade on the head of this ninja seems to be cutting the pride of Duanfang, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, all the time. The master who should have seen it and the master who shouldn't have seen it had already seen it, so he naturally retreated quietly, leaving the white crane patch sitting in the shadow that the slanting sun could not shine on.

At the same time, in the public concession of Shanghai Tang, the Liu family has been in a mess, first Ah Liu said goodbye, in fact, this is nothing, after all, the Liu family lost power after the resignation of many people, and he was not worse than a personal care home, but two days later, the people of the Xingya Club came to the door and said that they did not receive the second son on the dock in Osaka, and asked Master Liu to check if something was wrong, and the words were completely suspicious that he Liu was deliberately playing with them, and now the old man Liu couldn't sit still at all. The second young master does not know whether he is alive or dead, and there are too many objects of suspicion, including the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, the Qinggang boss, and the Dutch comprador in the near future, and the young man Wu in Shandong and the Shandong Chamber of Commerce behind him, and even the old man Liu is even his eldest son is included in the list of suspects, and the ranking is still very high.

However, in the early morning two days later, a letter was quietly placed on Mr. Liu's desk, pressed under the Italian eight-sided crystal cup, the boiling water in the cup was still warm, obviously the maid added hot water not long after, but in this gap of less than half an hour, the kidnapper's note was actually placed on his desk Liu Hongshen, which was more arrogant than the tricks such as flying knives and sending letters often played by Jianghu people. The note is very simple, and the handwriting is written by Meng Tong, who has just learned to write, "The son of the Ru family is not evil, and the people are very angry, and he should be severely punished. Red Judge. ”

Although the Liu family is in a difficult situation now, it is really painful to take out the silver, but it is already the best result to be able to settle it with money, and quickly sent someone to the Ministry of Industry Bureau to withdraw the case, saying that Liu Gongzi did not catch up with the shipping schedule because of drinking and mishaps, and he hid in the book apartment for fear of being punished by the family and did not dare to show up. It's the same rhetoric for the Japanese, anyway, everything can be turned around when the redeemed people are redeemed.

Another two days of waiting, this day at dusk, Liu Hongshen, who had just picked up the rice bowl, heard the sound of the servant knocking on the door, the servant announced that there was a visitor, Liu Hongshen also planned to see what kind of daring robber dared to swagger to the concession to collect cash.

A young junior dressed in a gray-blue Indian cotton robe and riding coat followed the servant into the living room, with a face and body like an ordinary person, like a teacher in a private school or a bookkeeper in a shop, the kind that cannot be found by throwing it into the crowd. This passer-by A is also very good-tempered, and when he saw the old man Liu with horizontal eyebrows, he arched his hand very casually: "Guilty of sin, disturbing the old man's meal, it's okay, you continue, there is enough time, I will wait for you." Please do your own thing. After speaking, he didn't need a maid to pick him up, he found a seat and sat down steadily, took out a copy of the word Linxi newspaper and read it.

Liu Hongshen, who was full of anger, had no choice but to suppress his anger, and also bowed his hand, "Sir, I don't know that Xiao'er is in your place today, and it has always been good." ”

"There is Lao Lao Liu Lao Lao asked, the little one is just a messenger, I have never seen a noble person like Liu Gongzi before, but before I came, the head of my family was worried about Master Liu, but let me see Liu Gongzi, Liu Gongzi Xu is not accustomed to water and soil, and his body has been reduced a little, but he is still healthy." He took out a pocket watch with a gold-plated case from his bosom and glanced at the time, "I just calculated the time, and when it was time for your son to take a bath every day, today's river water is a little cold, but your son doesn't care too much, every time he is in a hurry to go into the water, and he can't persuade him, so he has to wait for him to wash for an hour, and we salvage the iron ball tied to his feet, and your son is willing to go ashore, which is really resolute." But Master Liu, don't worry, if I go back later today, maybe your son can wash up a little longer and have a good time. ”

"Nima, you little red guy, if Rong'er loses a hair, I, Liu Hongshen, will definitely let you wait for you to be crushed, don't be unpredictable." Liu Hongshen opened his hair, slapped the table and said cruel words.

"Shhhh Look at how old I am, I will wait for you to eat, and I will never dare to urge you. I've done this service, and I'm too embarrassed by your request. Your son is not accustomed to the water and soil in our place, and he has lost a few pounds of fat, you can't blame the brothers for deliberately neglecting Liu Gongzi. Besides, it's inevitable to take a bath or something, and it's inevitable to lose some hair, not to mention that your son has such a soft spot for bathing, he can't pull it, and this unscathed request is too embarrassing for our brother. Why don't we talk about it and disperse? Anyway, there are still some gangs that are entrusted by others, and it is said that they are also very interested in Liu Gongzi, maybe the brothers will be able to get a good price at that time. The man took the newspaper and patted his robe, and was about to get up and take his leave.

"Stop, you arrogant thief, you really think that Liu Mansion is your family's hall, you can come and leave as you want." Liu Hongshen took out a Mosina gan revolver in his hand and pointed the gun at the young man.

"Master Liu, this is your fault. Why are you still forced to keep customers, I just said, I'm not in a hurry, I have time. However, the river where your son took a bath today is a little deep, and the water depth is just over his Tianling cover, I don't know how long the iron ball can last with thirty catties of iron balls, anyway, I am looking forward to him waiting for me to go back, I don't know what about you, Master Liu? ”

"Don't play this set of tricks for me, tell you that if you can survive the three major pieces of the Ministry of Industry Bureau's patrol room tonight, even if you kid has hard bones." Liu Hongshen waved the gun in his hand, he understood that this was a psychological warfare stall, and the comparison was who couldn't hold it out first.

"Hehe, Master Liu said with a smile, I have really been to the patrol room a few times, but they are all to be guests, not to mention whether the patrol room dares to give us a post, I don't know if you, Master Liu, are you sure that the gun in your hand can really be fired? Why don't you shoot me? That descendant was completely fearless, and there was a little contempt in his smile, which made Liu Hongshen and Master Liu a little numb.

"Okay, Master Liu, you are a nobleman, why bother with us who are struggling to make a living on the rivers and lakes. You think about it, I'm not in a hurry. This opened the cigarette box on the dining table, looked at the old knife cigarettes inside, smoked one by himself, put it in front of his nose and sniffed the fragrance, it was quite right, opened the pocket on the inside of the coat, took out an ivory cigarette holder, put the old knife cigarette on it, and then beckoned to the bodyguard behind him, looking like an uncle's underwhelming, but the bodyguard didn't get Master Liu's orders, and he didn't dare to act rashly, and he was at a stalemate for a while. Liu Hongshen, who was repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, had fallen into a long test, and the bodyguard's eyes did not get a reply from Master Liu, so he had no choice but to take out his own matches and light the cigarette for the kidnapper, who smoked unhurriedly, poured some water into the ashtray, and watched the ash melt on the shallow water, and there was only a slight sizzle of cigarettes burning in the whole living room, and the monotonous and boring click of the table clock fell into a suffocating dead silence and silence.

"Count you ruthless." When Liu Hongshen and Master Liu reluctantly threw a few thin silver tickets on the table, the troubled brother and brother Duanfang Governor thousands of miles away also did similar things, and sure enough, happy people have their own happiness, while unfortunate people are similar.

"What is this?" Duanfang's master was also born in a family of Shaoxing masters, and he originally gave Duanfang some tricks, and Duanfang was able to repeatedly win the favor of dignitaries, but when he met Wu Chenxuan, his deputy, the current Duanfang Grand Governor has completely closed his breath.

"Take a look, this is the autumn tax general ledger of the ten prefectures in Shandong this year."

"What, I only received 700,000 taels." At this time last year, the commercial taxes of Jinan, Dongchang, Caozhou, Wuding, and Yanzhou alone exceeded one million, and if it were not for the tax and silver of half of Jiangnan contributed to the Qing Dynasty a year, where did he Yuan Datou have the qualifications to rank first among the ministers of Xinjiang in the year of knowing the Mandate of Heaven. It's his turn to take office, not to mention that the tax and silver have been cut by more than half, and there are all kinds of obstructions and disobedience by the local state capital, and what he has done as a governor is really a wretch. In this way, not only is his future bleak, but more importantly, the Manchurians in Xinjiang are already rare, and they can do this bear in Shandong, the treasure land of Fuminfeng, and then the Han people will not have to wrap up all the Xinjiang ministers, which is not only related to their own career, but also related to the entire Manchurian country, and they naturally have to try their best to fight for it, and they can't say that they have to compensate for the smiling tiger's descendants.

"The political envoy Lord Wu came to visit the mansion." Goshha dragged the Beijing accent in a long voice, so that Duan Fang, who was determined to put his face into the crotch of his pants, woke up suddenly. "Please! Hurry up, please! ”

"Hehe, I don't know what happened when my brother came to visit today?" A calm and breezy end party let Wu Chenxuan sit down in the signing room, and asked the maid to present this year's dragon well before the rain, and then pretended to ask a casual question.

Who knew that this young Lord Wu did not have the concept of playing cards according to the rules of the cards at all, and when he heard his own question, he suddenly stood up, took off his top and put it on the chair, and said to the ground, "There is a Laofutai Lord who has moved to ask, and the lower officials have come to ask for guilt." ”

This can bluff the end of the party is not light, what kind of trouble is this in my heart, it is obviously a living situation that is about to be swept away, why did this initiator come to ask for guilt first? I want to think about it, but this crime really can't let him invite, if Wu Chenxuan really picks and doesn't do it, he will be the first to sit on wax, not only the gentry of Shandong Province will think that they are jealous and jealous, and exclude local officials, the above Qing Wangye, Yuan Datou, and even Lafayette have a lot to do with this one, and even his benefactor Ronglu let him three points, if he takes this top down by homeopathy, then he will not be far from picking up his official uniform and building a cover to build the northwest. "Brother, which one is this singing, brother, I'm timid, don't scare me, sit down, we have something to say, don't you dare to play with your own top."

"Ugh." Wu Chenxuan sighed, Duan Fang listened to how there was an old taste, I had to sing a Dingjun Mountain, "Xia Guan really feels that he has a deep sense of saintly grace this time, he just went to Shanghai to buy weapons for the new army and came back, and today he just saw this year's autumn tax accounts, alas, it is really a dereliction of duty of Xia Guan, I didn't expect that a word was not explained, those merchants and landlords in various prefectures and counties actually said that they only recognized the receipts of the lower officials, and did not know the Jun order of the Futai Lord, which led to a sharp drop of sixty percent in the autumn tax of this province." Xiaguan originally didn't have the face to visit Lord Futai, but for the sake of the imperial court's tax plan, he had to ask for a brazen meeting, and asked Lord Futai to allow Xiaguan to ask for suspension to be suspended. After speaking, Wu Chenxuan shook his head and sighed, with a painful expression.

I've seen cowardice, I've seen domineering, I've seen scoundrels, but I've never seen such a shameless and third-level bastard official who slaps his face in the face and sincerely pleads guilty, and then looks at Lord Duanfang's face is already blue and green, no matter how good his cultivation is, he is angry at this time, and he is a Manchu minister who has been in officialdom for a long time, and he stubbornly suppressed the blue and white anger that pinched his fingers, and he had to gently appease Wu Chenxuan, this bastard, no way, who let him conjure up taxes, didn't have a hernia attack on the spot, it should be considered that this Manchu man's qi cultivation kung fu has arrived at home.