The Su family is a well-known tea merchant in the capital, and almost half of the tea drunk by the people in the entire capital is sold by the Su family. As the eldest son of the family, Su Fan naturally took over more of the Su family's business.

Although Su Fan is very young, he has been learning from his father since he was a child, paying attention to honest management, and his business can be described as prosperous. Because he is low-key by nature and doesn't like to show his head, he is only known by name to him.

"Big young master, someone in the business is looking for ballast." When Su Fan was carefully checking the accounts, Steward Liu, who was under him, came to report.

"Looking for ballast, who?" Su Fan put down the work in his hand and asked curiously. This has never happened before, who would come to the ballast for such no reason.

"Young master, it's someone from the government. You better go check it out, they seem to be closing our shop. Steward Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously.

Su Fan is a thoughtful and unhurried person, and he did not panic when he heard the housekeeper's urgent report, but sat on the chair, picked up the tea next to him and drank it slowly.

"Young master, you better go and have a look. They're really going to close our shop. "Steward Liu understands Su Fan's business ability, but at this time, such a major matter, the young master is tepid, which makes Steward Liu very anxious.

"You go back to the shop, if they want to close the shop, just let them seal it." Su Fan pondered, he operated legally, and he had never offended anyone, but now there were people from the government who came to look for him, and the prime minister came to the Su family for no reason, there must be something greasy inside. He must figure out all this before he can make a decision, and he can't blindly confront the government, otherwise they will be the ones who will suffer.

Steward Liu listened to Su Fan's decision, and shook his head helplessly, not understanding why the young master was so weak and incompetent, and let the government bully him.

The Su family's business name was sealed, and it became a major event in the capital, and it was rumored by some idlers, which can be said to have everything. Such an important matter naturally quickly reached the ears of Su Zhenshan, the head of the family.

The family thought that Su Fan didn't even explain, so they agreed to the government to close the store, and with Su Zhenshan's fiery nature, Su Fan would definitely be scolded.

But it backfired, Su Zhenshan only frowned when he heard this, and never mentioned it again.

"Master, the Prime Minister is here." Su Zhenshan has not been in good spirits these days, and he sat on the chair and wanted to rest for a while, but when he heard the report from his family, he stood up in shock.

Before Su Zhenshan could go out, the prime minister had already entered the house, looked at him and asked half-shaded, "What about sleeping?" ”

"I didn't know that the Prime Minister arrived, and I couldn't go out to meet him, I hope my lord won't blame me." After all, Su Zhenshan was just a common man, and when he saw the Prime Minister, he said respectfully.

"From now on, it's a family, don't be so polite." The prime minister looked around the environment in the house, and saw that he liked the furnishings in the house very much, so he went straight to the chair in the middle of the room and sat down on the chair that Su Zhenshan was sitting on just now.

Listening to the Prime Minister's words, Su Zhenshan was only trembling with his legs, and ordered someone to bring tea up, and found a chair next to the Prime Minister to sit down.

"Call Su Fan to me to take a look." The prime minister said with a smile, it seems that he likes Su Fan very much. Since meeting Su Fan, he never asked where Su Zhuang went.

"It's not a shame that it's a famous smiling fox, and I'm here for a purpose." Su Zhenshan scolded secretly in his heart, but he said, "Su Fan went out to inspect the store, and he was not at home." ”

"Oh, is he busy?" The Prime Minister picked up the tea bowl and sniffed it gently, feeling that the tea was so fragrant.

"He's very busy, and he's taking care of the family's business." Su Zhenshan didn't want Su Fan to appear, so he said this deliberately.

"It seems that my vision is right, and the people I pick are very capable." The Prime Minister took a sip of tea proudly, took a sip of tea in his mouth, and tasted it carefully, with a smile on his face.

Hearing the praise of the prime minister, Su Zhenshan could be said to be secretly bitter in his heart, eager to slap himself a few mouths, feeling that his mouth was too cheap. This Su Fan didn't need to be betrayed by others, he sold him quickly, and he was too bad to be a father.

The moment Su Fan entered the door of the prime minister, he secretly passed from the courtyard to Su Zhenshan's room, and heard the strange conversation between his father and the prime minister through the curtain in the house, which made him very curious and wanted to know what was going on.

"The old man passed by here today, and came to take a look, I hope you don't forget what I told you last time, and you have to do it as soon as possible." The Prime Minister sat on the chair, drank tea slowly, and looked at Su Zhenshan and said softly.

"Prime Minister, I can't do this, Fan'er he..." After Su Zhenshan heard that the prime minister's daughter was disfigured, he refused to agree to anything, and urgently explained that he hoped that the prime minister could take back his life.

The Prime Minister didn't give Su Zhenshan a chance to explain at all, and immediately pointed to the tea bowl on the table and said: "The tea is good, one bud and one leaf, the entrance is excellent, give me two hundred catties." ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to the house right away." Su Zhenshan nodded helplessly and said.

When Su Fan, who was hiding in the next room, heard all this, he immediately understood that his guess was not wrong, and the closure of the store must be related to the prime minister.

Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, and Su Fan knows that his father understands this very well. Since Su Zhuang ran away from home, his father's low voice made Su Fan feel that there must be a mystery inside, if he simply asked his father, he would definitely not say it, Su Fan decided to wait for the change, so as not to respond to all changes.

The Prime Minister's arrival again made Su Zhenshan understand that he would not be able to escape his doom this time. Su Zhuang owes a huge debt, and at this time, it seems that the prime minister deliberately ordered someone to do so, but I don't know if the prime minister purely wants to marry his daughter, or if he has other intentions.

"Master, how much silver do you charge for the tea sent to the Prime Minister?" Steward Liu came up and asked.

"What money do you collect, send it quickly." Su Zhenshan was really distressed, the high-quality spring tea after the rain was very expensive, so it was obvious that he was blackmailed by the prime minister for two hundred catties.

"Master, if we don't collect cash, won't we lose too much." As the chief housekeeper of the family, Steward Liu is familiar with the purchase price of these teas.

"I'm afraid of losing, so I have to close the store." Su Zhenshan said angrily.

When Steward Liu heard Su Zhenshan's words, he didn't dare to ask more, and finally understood why the young master would let the shop be closed.

Su Fan watched all this silently, thinking that this was just the beginning, and there would definitely be more troublesome things to come.

"Master, I..." After Zhao Hu came back from the court, he drooped his head to the ground, and his face was full of discouragement.

"What's going on?" Su Zhenshan sat on the chair, and as soon as he saw Zhao Hu's bear-like appearance, he knew that it was over, and even Zhao Hu's own apprentice must have suffered.

"Master, I was dismissed for no apparent reason." Zhao Hu no longer had the majestic wind of the past, squatting on the ground and crying.

Su Zhenshan knew that Zhao Hu could have where he is today, and it was completely because of his life. Now seeing his unfair treatment, he was very sad, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Hu'er, the court is like this, you should understand it very well." ”

"Master, I'm not reconciled, that's what I bought with my life." Zhao Hu wiped his tears and said. Such a rugged man, who had never flinched on the battlefield, was now crying like a child.

"Isn't that great, at least you don't have to go to the battlefield in the future, and you can still save your life." Su Zhenshan said against his will in order to comfort Zhao Hu.

"Master, I'm not angry that the official was lost, I'm angry that the court dismissed me for no reason." Zhao Hu pinched the corner of his clothes and said aggrievedly.

"As the teacher knows, your dismissal must have something to do with the prime minister. The blame is that you are the apprentice of the teacher, and you have been stained with the light of the teacher. Su Zhenshan said guiltily, he didn't understand what the prime minister was here for, so he didn't even have a preparation for the battle.

"Master, what you said is right, I also think that this must be the trick of the prime minister, as soon as I went to court this morning, he smiled inexplicably when he saw me, I knew that there was something here, but not long after I went to court, he announced my resignation." Zhao Hu explained to Su Zhenshan indignantly.

"The teacher knows, you should follow Su Fan first in the past few days, he seems to be even more unlucky than you." Su Zhenshan said seriously to Zhao Hu, holding the tea beside him in a daze but refusing to drink it, for fear that some old things would be dug up.

Su Fan is a calm person, and he never asks what his father doesn't say to him. But there was suddenly another Zhao Hu by his side, which made him feel the seriousness of the matter and felt that the next target was him.

"Young master, the flying pigeon has passed the book, and another shop has been sealed, this time it is a store far away in Jiangnan." Steward Liu looked at Zhao Hu who was standing beside Su Fan, as if he understood something, this time he was not as flustered as last time, but reported very gently.

"Got it." Su Fan glanced up at Steward Liu, and continued to sit at the table to draw his galloping horse.

"The hand is really long enough, and it is really fast enough." Zhao Hu said bluntly.

"The power of the Prime Minister is everywhere, you haven't figured it out for so many years, no wonder you're just a general." Su Fan is really convinced, in addition to his martial arts, Zhao Hu will fight hard to kill the enemy, and he doesn't know anything about other people's feelings and the way of officialdom.

"What about the generals, now you still can't let the generals protect you." Zhao Hu is not a few years older than Su Fan, and he is about the same as Su Fan and his own brothers.

Su Fan's feelings for Zhao Hu and for Su Zhuang are the same, and he teased: "Maybe I'm better than you, and I want to protect you instead." ”

"That's right, I haven't seen you for a few years, you've really become a lot stronger, and I'm not your opponent in many places." Zhao Hu, who has no official, has no confidence in what he does, and he is very unconfident in speaking.

"Don't be like this, if you don't be an official in the court, you can still make a difference." Su Fan comforted Zhao Hu, who was always very sad, when he saw him.

"That dog prime minister, he must have made a ghost." Zhao Hu gritted his teeth and said.

"What do you know?" Su Fan put down the paintbrush in his hand and wanted to know something from Zhao Hu's mouth.

"I don't know." Zhao Hu is a rough man, he just listened to what the master said, so he learned like that.

"If you don't know anything, then the next target must be me." Su Fan said solemnly, he couldn't predict what would happen in the next days, so he could only wait for the other party to make the first move.