But this year is different.

I said that I wanted to be a good person, and those who wanted to give gifts outside the door lined up at the entrance of the alley.

Is this receiving, or receiving, or receiving?

Han Yanxuan felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching in his heart, every year after winter, receiving gifts has become a common thing in the Han government, and he wants to accept it, and some female relatives find excuses to send it to the backyard.

It's uncomfortable.

Han Fu, in addition to Han Yanxuan, there is another person who is also very uncomfortable.

Han Tongqing.

Why, because there was suddenly a lot of pepper in Lin'an Mansion yesterday, the color was very good, and it only took 580 per load.

I heard that it was made from a big aristocratic family in Wancheng Jinguo.

To buy it or not to buy it.

What's even more damning.

It's pepper!

Wancheng beat it, why didn't he send a few burdens to his family.

No, if you think about it, you can't send it. If someone makes Han Fu and Wancheng have any connection, this matter is even more troublesome.

Han Tongqing thought twice and ran to see his Ji father (the youngest uncle) Han Yanxuan.

Han Yanxuan was unhappy today, walking back and forth in the study with a black face.

Han Tongqing arrived: "Father Ji." ”

Han Yanxuan nodded: "Sit, if you have something to say, you can make tea and drink it yourself." ”

"Father Ji, there is such a thing. Yesterday, a batch of pepper suddenly arrived in Lin'an Mansion, saying that it was flowing from Wancheng. We also need to use pepper in the winter, and I don't have enough money for this, so I want to buy ten quintals and save it. ”

Wancheng!

Han Yanxuan was cold.

In an instant, the matter of confiscating the gift for this year's holiday was instantly thrown into his mind, and he shouted: "Come on, pass on Han An." ”

Han An and the chief steward were politely rejecting those who gave gifts at the door.

If it is his own family, or someone from Hanfumen, who wants to send some bacon, or dim sum, Han An will naturally accept it, and all the polite refusals of the heavy gifts.

Hearing that Han Yanxuan was looking for him, Han An hurriedly ran to the middle courtyard.

Entering Han Yanxuan's study, Han An heard Han Yanxuan ask before he could give a salute: "Brother An, help me think about it, I don't remember if Wancheng found pepper, and Brother Jiang seems to have mentioned pepper twice, how did you say it." If you don't remember, look through the correspondence to see if there is a record. ”

Han An remembered.

Han An said, "Lord, Wancheng has no report on pepper. Shaojun did mention pepper twice, once when he wanted to ask the commander of Leizhou Baidu to send a fleet to the south to find pepper. The second time was after the Battle of Jiaozhi, when Shaojun wrote that there was pepper in the warehouse of the palace of King Dayue, but did not mention the quantity. ”

After hearing this, without Han Yanxuan saying anything, Han Tongqing also came to his senses.

This pepper on the market in Lin'an cannot be bought.

First of all, they are not afraid of unknown origins, but they are afraid of some kind of trap here.

The bulk transaction of pepper in the Lin'an market is 800 yuan a load, if you weigh a few taels of pepper, it will cost hundreds of dollars. It's weird at such a low price.

On the other hand, since Wancheng has not mentioned it, there is a Jiaozhi warehouse.

You don't have to buy this pepper either.

Han An said: "There is another thing, there are merchants from the north who transported cloth to Lin'an, the condition is excellent, and the cloth width is wider than the ordinary cloth, but the price is very appropriate, they also claim to be the cloth flowing from Wancheng, the old slave sent someone to buy a horse, it feels like our cloth, and the decent people are sent to inspect it in detail." ”

Han Tongqing didn't say a word.

He already felt it.

Three words.

There is a conspiracy.

Han Yanxuan thought for a while: "Go and ask, see if the results of the inspection are out." ”

"Yes."

Han An retreated.

Han Tongqing said at this time: "Jiaozhi City is too far away from Lin'an, and the news is spreading too slowly. And there are some things that Brother Jiang doesn't dare to say explicitly, but I feel that there is something wrong with this. ”

Han Yanxuan smiled coldly: "What's more, this ghost is big." ”

Han Yanxuan leaned into a chair: "Tongqing, tell me honestly, how much do you know about Zhao Ruyu?" ”

Han Yanxuan began to bring up the old things again.

It can't be considered an old thing, because it has not been solved at all.

Because Han Jiang escaped.

Han Tongqing held his head: "Father Ji, I suddenly felt dizzy." ”

Han Yanxuan slapped the table.

Han Tongqing smiled bitterly.

Han Yanxuan's tone was stern: "When you are the prime minister, you will be killed if you say that you will be killed, I don't dare to say that there is such a method." ”

Han Tongqing had no choice but to say, "I know three things. ”

"Say."

"First, there seems to be some sort of trick in keeping the privy envoy, or some other reason. Brother Jiang called him an old man, and the privy envoy responded. This happened in Hemingju, and there were no more than three people who knew about it, Han Wu, me, and Qian Kuan. ”

Stay right!

Han Yanxuan was surprised.

He always thought that Han Jiang and Liuzheng had some kind of secret agreement, but obviously things were deeper than he thought.

At the moment, Liuzheng is the privy envoy, and he is the privy envoy, which is the deputy position.

"Go on." Han Yanxuan instructed Han Tongqing to continue.

Han Tongqing said: "Brother Jiang rescued Li Tong with the connections left by Shi Miyuan's father. ”

Han Yanxuan nodded: "I know this, continue." ”

"The third thing, there is a disgraceful thing in the official family, it is Shi Dazu who arranged for someone to let Zhu Xi break through, which caused the murderous intent of Tai Niangniang, it can be said that he is desperate to put Zhu Xi to death, and at the same time because Zhu Xi lives in Zhao Xianggong's mansion."

Han Yanxuan shook his head.

He knew that this was not enough.

Zhao Ruyu will not be brought down because of this kind of brought, there must be other reasons, and more, more people with more status.

Han An came back and bowed slightly.

"My lord, I found it. There is a secret mark on the cloth, this is a batch of our Yanzhou water conservancy loom just made, and it was produced during the trial work, with a total of 590,000 square feet, and it was sent to the Huainan East Road Army according to 40 feet. This batch of new cloth in Lin'an City is expected to come with no less than 100,000 horses. ”

There is no doubt about the trap.

Han An said: "I just received the news that in the black markets of Yangzhou, Pingjiang and Xiuzhou, Wuqing salt is shipped at 27 and a half per catty, and the local salt merchants swallow as much as they want. As usual, they will definitely join forces to set the price after swallowing it. ”

Han Yanxuan smiled and waved his hand, no need to comment.

Han An only bowed slightly, and there was really no need to comment on this matter.

That night, Qian Hao's boat and the blind dog's boat arrived in Lin'an one after the other, and then both of them hurried to the Han Mansion to report.

Qian Hao is a simple child, and what he reports is the truth he knows, but Han Yanxuan has a thought, another idea, and one trap after another rising from his mind.

This time, the pit is a bit deep.

The next day, there was no need for Han Yanxuan to take action in person, and he didn't even need Yang Dafa's level.

A few officials made the pigs and dogs scolded by the transfer of Guangnan East Road worse.

On the main hall, the ten-zhang long agarwood giant tree is protected by the pepper tree in the warm pavilion, or the kind with pepper fruit, planted in a flower pot.

Zhao Kuo is still a novice.

All kinds of white.

Look at the official documents are white, and look at the ministers in the court are also white.