"Fengmingyuan?" Yang Muyun's heart was shocked, and the images of last night came flooding back in his mind, "Was there one person in Fengming Courtyard last night who was Yuan Qi'er?" I've met with her? Who could that be? ”

"Didn't you meet a familiar person in Fengming Courtyard yesterday?" There was a mocking smile in the masked woman's eyes.

"Acquaintances," a figure flashed in Yang Muyun's mind, and his pupils suddenly dilated, "Lin Mei'er? He said in a lost voice: "Lin Mei'er is your apprentice. ”

"You finally remember," the masked woman said leisurely, "but her current identity is not Lin Mei'er, but Mu Yunqing." ”

"Mu Yunqing?" Question marks appeared in his mind, connected in a big circle, and his eyes lit up, "Lin Mei'er is the female disciple you broke into Yuan Qi'er's side, and Yuan Qi'er is ...... It's ......" eased slightly, "That little boy is Yuan Qi'er." ”

"You've finally guessed it all," the masked woman nodded, a hint of approval in her eyes, "He has a unique vision for taking you as a disciple." ”

"But, my lord, what did you say to your subordinates?" Yang Muyun asked with some confusion.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't have to know about it in the first place," the masked woman glanced at him, "But your curiosity is too heavy, isn't it surprising that a simple sentence from a woman in a green building can involve you?" ”

Yang Muyun's face changed, and he remembered a guest of the Ministry of War that Dai Yu had inadvertently mentioned that night, which made him overhear a secret conversation between the little prince Yuan Qi'er and Gu Yunduo, a member of the Ministry of War.

"Mei'er has been competitive since she was a child, but she folded it in your hand once." The masked woman's eyes flickered slightly.

"Xiaguan was careful to protect the princess at that time, and he ...... for a while" Yang Muyun didn't know how to continue.

"She couldn't control her temperament, and went to you to compete in private, which aroused Yuan Qi'er's suspicions......" The masked woman's gaze swept over him, "Fortunately, you were alert, and you helped her cover up the past without a trace......"

"The lower official is ashamed, he almost ruined the adult's big thing." A cold sweat broke out on Yang Muyun's forehead.

"Because of this, Yuan Qi'er sent someone to target you again, Yang Muyun ......" The masked woman said in a long voice: "You say, what should I do now?" ”

"Xiaguan...... Xia Guan ......" Yang Muyun was speechless for a while.

"Since you're involved, I'm going to be wrong here," the masked woman said, staring at him tightly, "Now you should understand why I sent someone to lure you here!" ”

Yang Muyun was silent.

"The incident in the new Taicang was planned by the prince, the purpose was to use it to attack Liu Zhongfu, the secretary of the household department, but I didn't expect to run into you......" The masked woman said: "You told the emperor about this matter 1510, the emperor is young, but he is not confused, and he understands the reason after hearing it, and the prince will inevitably touch his nose and cry to the emperor again......"

"It turned out that Qi Feng pretended to be a eunuch and stabbed someone to death in the chaos was planned by the prince, no wonder the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei could come to the new Taicang so quickly, who knew that he still underestimated the group of civil officials, Hou led the troops to the scene first, as if he had discussed it with the people from the household department." Yang Muyun said secretly in his heart.

"You offended the people in the inner court, do you still want to be an errand in the military department?" The masked woman said in an accentuated tone.

Yang Muyun couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

In the inner hall of Wang Zhen's mansion, Wang Zhen's eyes lit up, and there was a young woman with high temples and graceful beauty sitting on the guest seat in the hall, his eyes did not fall on this beautiful young woman, but on a Buddha statue made of gold in the middle of the hall, the Buddha statue was about five feet high, sitting on a lotus seat made of jade, emitting a golden light all over the body.

"I heard that my father-in-law was ordered to build a Zhihua Zen Temple, and the people's daughter was not respectful, so I made people create this golden Buddha dedicated to my father-in-law, I don't know what my father-in-law thinks?" The young woman said with a smile in her eyes.

"Okay, good ......" Wang Zhen nodded again and again, and he didn't know how many good words he said. After a long time, his eyes were reluctantly left on the Buddha statue, and turned to the young woman, "Your name is Zhou Mengnan?" ”

The young woman bowed, "It is the daughter of the people, the father of the daughter."

The relatives are Zhou Bo'an, a big businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, and her husband has just been transferred to the capital to take up a post, and the people's daughter followed. ”

"Oh," Wang Zhen nodded, and said in his heart: "It turns out that her husband came to the capital to be an official, and she made such a bold move, she must have opened up the joint for the future of her husband." Thinking of this, he asked with a big grin, "What is your husband's name?" In which yamen do you have any official position? ”

"The name of the husband's name is Yang Muyun," Zhou Mengnan replied, "Originally, he served as a hundred households in the southern capital of Jinyi Weinan Town, and later the emperor issued a decree to promote him to the capital division of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi Thousand Households, and he came to Beijing." ”

"Yang Muyun?" The muscles on Wang Zhen's face trembled slightly, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the pretty and gorgeous little lady in front of him, "It turns out that you are actually his wife." I couldn't help but smile, "Your father-in-law is now a celebrity around the emperor, and even Princess Yongqing secretly promised him, this gift is too heavy, and our family can't afford it!" ”

"The princess is so fond of him." Zhou Mengnan was secretly surprised in his heart, and seemed to understand the reason why Xianggong Gao was promoted to Beijing, and his face was impassive, "What did my father-in-law say?" You are an old minister of the Four Dynasties, and you are waiting for the saints today, and my family has just come to the capital, so do you need to carry it more in the future? ”

"You little lady knows how to read and be polite," Wang Zhen bowed slightly, "It is also his blessing that Director Yang can have you, a virtuous helper!" ”

"Director Yang," Zhou Mengnan asked with some surprise: "Didn't my father-in-law come to Beijing to serve as the Jinyi Weibei Division?" ”

"Hasn't he had time to tell you?" Wang Zhen glanced at her, "The emperor personally ordered him to be transferred to the Ministry of War to serve as the head of the Department of Officials." The corners of his mouth hooked, "The emperor has great expectations for your father-in-law!" ”

"This is all the care of the emperor and father-in-law." Zhou Mengnan said.

"What didn't our family care about him?" Wang Zhen rolled his eyes, "Your father-in-law is young and talented, if you can tie the knot with Her Royal Highness the princess, the future is limitless, I'm afraid that our family will have to rely on your father-in-law by then." ”

"My father-in-law laughed, my father-in-law is already a man with a wife, how can he enter the royal family again?"

"Mrs. Yang," Wang Zhen's face was straight, "you can take out your private house to subsidize everyone's income in my inner court, my Wang Zhen is very grateful to you, and now you are donating such a large golden Buddha to the Zhihua Zen Temple built by the emperor, our family is even more admired." If you have anything to do with our family in private, please say it directly, as long as I can do it, I will never allow it. ”

"Thanks, Gonggong," Zhou Mengnan gave another deep salute, "My Zhou family is going to move from Jiangnan to Beijing, and many family businesses need to ......be settled in the capital."

"Oh," Wang Zhen frowned, "but the various markets in the capital have been clearly divided, and the merchants settled in it have the support of the princes and nobles behind them, if you want a large area of land, it may not be very convenient." ”

"Father-in-law doesn't have to be embarrassed," Zhou Mengnan said with a slight smile: "The people's daughters don't dare to ask for the land in the city, the father-in-law only needs to help the people's daughters carve a large area outside the city, and the people's daughters will be content." ”

"This is easy to do," Wang Zhen perked up, "I don't know which place Mrs. Yang has taken a fancy to?" ”

"When the people's daughter came to Beijing, she saw that there was a lot of open space outside Zhengyang Gate, and I wonder if my father-in-law can help?" Zhou Mengnan asked with an earnest look in his eyes.

"Outside the Zhengyang Gate," Wang Zhen pondered for a moment and glanced at Zhou Mengnan with admiration, "Mrs. Yang is really a good eye, it is facing the Imperial City and the Hundred Officials and Offices, and the daily passenger flow is the largest among the nine gates. ”

"Is the prince in trouble?" Zhou Mengnan asked with a flash of beautiful eyes.

"What did Mrs. Yang say," Wang Zhen smiled, lowered his voice and said: "Mrs. Yang has just come from Jiangnan, if you can play our brand, it will be no problem to circle thousands of acres of land." ”

"So there is a father-in-law." Zhou Mengnan smiled and clapped his hands.

At this time, a beautiful maid came in from outside the door, holding a brocade box in both hands, and bowed down to Zhou Mengnan's side. Zhou Mengnan took the brocade box and put his hands in front of Wang Zhen.

"The kindness of my father-in-law, it is difficult to repay it, there are 50,000 taels of money in it, and I invite my father-in-law to do it."

"This ......," Wang Zhen's face was a little unnatural.

Zhou Mengnan saw it in his eyes and immediately knew what it meant, so he said: "It is not a treasure note issued by the imperial court, but a silver ticket issued by my Zhou family. ”

Wang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his arm to take it: "Mrs. Yang is polite." ”

Wang Zhen thought that Zhou Mengnan was sending Daming treasure money, so his face was a little ugly at first. Daming treasure banknote is a kind of paper money officially issued by the Ming Dynasty, issued in the name of Nanjing in Zhongshu Province in the ninth year of Hongwu, and began to depreciate in the last years of Hongwu, and the two banknotes can only be exchanged for copper coins of 500 Wen. By the time of the Xuande period, the treasure banknote had always been only worth five copper coins. In the ninth year of orthodoxy, one stone of rice has risen to 100 yuan of treasure banknotes, and the treasure banknotes have almost been reduced to waste paper. Therefore, the Daming treasure banknote has actually withdrawn from the market, and the officials and gentry have abandoned it.

In addition, because the Ming Dynasty had not moved the capital for a long time, there was only one inner city in Beijing, and the initial scale of the outer city was after the Jiajing period. Now there are large areas of wasteland outside the nine gates of the inner city, so it will be easier for Zhou Mengnan to demarcate thousands of acres of land outside the Zhengyang Gate.

Wang Zhen repeatedly accepted the heavy gifts, his heart was happy, and he hurriedly said: "Come on, set up a banquet quickly, our family should treat Mrs. Yang well." ”

"Princess-in-law," Zhou Mengnan said softly: "The people's daughter has to go to the father-in-law of Xing'an if she has something, so please forgive the people's daughter for not being able to accompany her." ”

In the inner room of the nameless mansion, the masked woman stared at Yang Muyun's eyes for a moment.

"Do you want Xia Guan to be undercover with Lin Mei'er by Yuan Qi'er's side?" Yang Muyun asked.

"Do you still want to stay out of it now?" The masked woman's eyes moved slightly, "Didn't you admit that you and Mei'er were an awkward couple when you were in Fengming Courtyard?" ”

"That's just a nonsense by the lower officials to cover up people's ears, and it can't be taken seriously." Yang Muyun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said.

"The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart," the masked woman said lightly: "Yuan Qi'er has identified the ambiguous identity between you and Mei'er, how can this play continue?" ”

Yang Muyun was silent.

"It's not easy for Mei'er to gain Yuan Qi'er's trust," the masked woman continued, "If there is a mistake because of your rash intervention, it will be a small matter that endangers Mei'er's life, and it is not something you and I can afford to spoil the court." ”

"Xiaguan...... Can you think about it? Yang Muyun felt a little nervous.

"Yes," said the masked woman, "time is pressing, I will only give you one day to think about it, and I will also play the stakes to the emperor to know." ”

"My lord, can you ask another question?" Yang Muyun hesitated for a moment and said.

"Please speak," the masked woman's voice was sharp.

"Yuan Qi'er is now in the capital, her whereabouts have been mastered, why don't you arrest her?" Yang Muyun asked with some puzzlement.

"It's not time yet," the masked woman turned her eyes and said indifferently: "We haven't fully grasped the spy she arranged in the capital, and besides, there must be a big man in the capital who has colluded with her, and we have to find out that person through her." ”

Yang Muyun arched his hand, "It just so happens that Xiaguan has something to tell the adults here," Seeing the masked woman staring at herself, she said: "This morning, Gu Yunduo came to the main office to find Director Huang, and I heard that he asked him for a map of the troops stationed in the five hundred miles around the Beijing Division, which must be something that Yuan Qi'er asked him for at a high price." ”

"Did Director Huang give him this picture?" The masked woman asked.

"No, I heard from Director Huang that this picture and the manuscript have all been handed over to Lord Shangshu." Yang Muyun replied.

"Well," the masked woman nodded, and muttered, "Very good, you will go to the military department tomorrow, pay more attention to the situation around you." ”

"Yes, sir." Yang Muyun responded.

"I'll send someone to contact you if there's something, you can go back first." The masked woman finished speaking and drifted away.

Yang Muyun was stunned for a moment.

"Lord Yang" A petite figure came to Yang Muyun, with two shallow dimples on his lovely face.

"Cuirou?"

"Master asked me to send you out, you come with me!" Cui Rou said with a grin.

Out of the Xuan Hall, Yang Muyun followed Cuirou and walked out along a long gallery.

"What's your master's name?" Yang Muyun asked.

"Master is Master, what do you ask her name for?" Cui Rou didn't look back, "If she wants you to know, you'll know." ”