At the Hongyun Inn, the guy took a handful of copper coins from the little guy and graciously brought a pot of hot water. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info wanted to take the opportunity to enter the Tianzi room, but he couldn't see the main owner and get more reward, but he was stopped by the two tall guards guarding the door, so he could only go.

When the guy went downstairs, he happened to have a face with Shen Rui, who came with Wuyan, and couldn't help but look at it twice.

Coincidentally, this Hongyun Inn is not someone else's business, but a shop under the name of the Lu family. It's just that because there is no public announcement, not many people know about it.

The Lu family is the surname of the second family in Songjiang Mansion after Shen He, and they also have a relationship with Shen Rui.

This guy is the son of the Lu family, and he once went to Xilin Zen Temple with the young master of the Lu family, and saw Shen Rui when he was young, so he vaguely felt a little familiar.

With a bit of curiosity, the guy turned around and came up, and saw the two guards in front of him letting him go, and Shen Rui followed the little guy into the Tianzihao guest room, and there were words like "teacher" inside.

When the two guards saw that the guy was sneaky, they immediately raised their eyebrows, and the guy hurriedly accompanied him and said carefully: "Seeing a foreigner coming, the villain asked if he wanted a snack?" ”

One of the guards snorted coldly and glanced up and down at the fellow.

The guy only felt a chill all over his body, and his strands couldn't help but tremble.

It wasn't until the other guard waved his hand that the man flew away.

The shopkeeper downstairs saw the guy coming downstairs in a panic, frowned and reprimanded: "What are you doing in a hurry?" It's big, it's not stable at all! ”

The guy wiped a handful of cold sweat, stepped forward and lowered his voice and said, "Second uncle, who is the sacredness of this celestial guest?" How can you guard such a fierce god? There is also the show that went up just now, and the nephew looked familiar. ”

It turned out that this guy was the nephew of the shopkeeper, so he got a good errand to be greeted by the Tianzi room. Unfortunately, when he was a teenager, it was the time when he was lively and curious, so he had to talk more.

The shopkeeper has been paying attention to the guests in the guest room of the day for most of the day, and the line looks like just two scholars with guards and small servants, which is not unusual at first glance, but the guards are tall and mighty, not like the southerners, and the small servants and stewards come forward to answer and speak more official words; In addition, he was generous and only brought luggage with him, and there were no carriages and horses. These were guests from afar who came by boat, and most of them were guests from the north.

As for the name, the shopkeeper only heard the little guy mention "my master" and "master Zhang", because it was the room that the next person came to book first, and the two masters came back only after the second half of the ring, and the shopkeeper happened not to be in the outer hall, and he did not see the main owner.

The shopkeeper twisted his goatee and pondered the identities of the two guests of Tianzihao, and heard the man continue: "That Xiucai is only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he is young. The nephew listened to him also speak official language, and called the master in the Tianzi room 'teacher'. ”

Just now Shen Rui and Wu Yan came in, and the shopkeeper also took a few looks, and he also felt familiar. Shen Rui once guarded filial piety in the Xilin Zen Monastery of the Lu family, and the shopkeeper was a small steward of the Lu family at that time, and took people to the Xilin Zen Monastery to send a festival gift, and met the young Shen Rui.

After listening to the guy's words, the shopkeeper thought about the young children of the major families in Songjiang, who had a talent and fame, was sixteen or seven years old, and couldn't help but think of one person who was studying and speaking official words outside.

The shopkeeper hurriedly greeted the guy and asked him to go out to inquire where the little guy was going to invite someone.

After a while, the guy got the news and came back: "Second uncle, that little brother just went to Shenjiafang, and he also came over to Shenjiafang." It turned out that Xiucai Gong was from the Shen family, so it was not surprising. There are two champions in the Shen family, and the teenage show is nothing. ”

The shopkeeper knew that the children of the Shen family in Songjiang were all in Beijing, and those who stayed in Songjiang were nothing. There were two teenage Xiucai before, Shen Jin, the champion of the current department, and Shen Zhu, the third room of the Shen family, both of whom were Xiucai in their teens, but now they are not as good as the young people of Fangcai.

"Could it be that Young Master Shen?" The shopkeeper muttered to himself.

The guy was confused: "Second uncle, which young master Shen is that young master Shen?" ”

The shopkeeper ignored it, and only whispered: "You quietly keep an eye on the Tianzi room, and write down any movements, and I'll go back to find the master......" After explaining, without waiting for the guy to answer, he got up and left in a hurry.

The guy only felt that he was clueless, but he also felt the solemnity of his uncle, and he became more and more curious about the guests in the Tianzi room. It's just that Fang was frightened and didn't dare to wander to the second floor at will, just standing behind the counter and staring at the staircase.

On the second floor, the room is a room with a number of days.

Shen Rui has already met Wang Shouren's teachers and students, and has also met Zhang Yong, one of the famous "Eight Tigers". For this internal official, although his pen and ink in history are not as good as Liu Jin, he is one of the most trusted internal officials of Emperor Zhengde.

Perhaps it is because of this that Zhang Yong is a little less feminine than other internal officials, if it weren't for his pale face, he would look similar to other middle-aged men.

Unlike Liu Jin, the other big companion next to the little emperor, Zhang Yong is looking forward to the little emperor being less stubborn and working the government. Because the little emperor never forgot Shen Rui outside the palace, Zhang Yong was still a little worried, afraid that "people gather like others", Shen Rui was also a naughty person, but he didn't expect him to be young and old, steady and sven, more than he expected, and his impression immediately improved by three points.

In addition, Shen Rui is from the next generation, and he has never seen anything of shemales and demons, so he naturally treats internal officials as commonplace, neither contemptuous nor flattering. Such an attitude made Zhang Yong's impression of him better and better, and praised Shen Rui several times in front of Wang Shouren, saying "famous teacher and high apprentice".

Shen Rui sensed Zhang Yong's kindness to his teachers and students, and also noticed that Zhang Yong and the teacher were quite harmonious, and there was no tension between the eunuchs and the ministers, so he did not avoid Zhang Yong, and directly took out the account book given by the He family, and handed it to Wang Shouren with both hands: "Teacher, this is the account book provided by the second master of the He family, and there is the lawlessness of the Songjiang prefect. ”

Shen Rui brought He Xisheng up, naturally he didn't want Zhang Yong to misunderstand the Shen family's "hands and eyes to the sky" in Songjiang, perhaps because he had a long-standing feud with the prefect of Songjiang.

Wang Shouren took the two pages, frowned, and handed them to Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong stopped when he read the first page, but he laughed angrily: "Why didn't our family know that the prefect of Songjiang was qualified to give a birthday gift to the East Palace!" ”

It turned out that the first article on the first page of this account book was that Zhao Xianzhong had just arrived in office in August last year, and under the pretext of Donggong Qianqiu, he had asked for bribes of 5,000 taels from several wealthy businessmen in Songjiang.

Last year's East Palace was the current emperor, and Zhang Yong was the new emperor's confidant, so naturally he couldn't stand the fact that others discounted the new emperor's name to collect money.

Zhang Yong looked down further, and there were all kinds of names and names, and after a few pages, it was estimated that there were tens of thousands of taels of silver. The other page numbers haven't been looked at yet, so it can be seen that they must add up to a lot of money.

Zhang Yong closed the account book and sneered: "I heard that it is Li Ge's old protégé, but that's it!" It is said that 'three years of Qing prefect, 100,000 snowflakes of silver', this unclear prefect, less than a year of effort, there are 100,000 taels! ”

Wang Shouren didn't comment on Zhao Xianzhong, so he only asked Shen Ruidao: "Why did the He family give this account book?" According to the news I inquired about in the past half a day, although the He family is the in-law of the Shen family, this time the Shen family was sued by the prefect's yamen, and the He family did not help. ”

Although there were only three people in the room, Shen Rui still looked around, and then looked at the door, looking cautious.

Zhang Yong looked at Shen Rui's little face tight, as if he had encountered a big secret, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Little brother Shen, don't worry, the people guarding outside are Jinyi Guards, and they are all people trusted by miscellaneous families." ”

Shen Rui is naturally not really so worried, but he is just playing a teenager who heard about "earth-shattering events" at first glance.

After listening to Zhang Yong's words, Shen Rui still didn't speak, and looked at Wang Shouren for help. Waiting for Wang Shouren to nod his head, Shen Ruicai said in a low voice: "The He family is afraid, they noticed that this 'Japanese rebellion' in Songjiang was not a Japanese invader coming ashore, but someone pretending to be a 'Japanese robber' and entering the city to plunder money!" ”

"What?" Zhang Yong frowned and said, "Who is making trouble, and what clues can be found?" ”

The first emperor died in May, and the new emperor ascended the throne, and at the moment of succession of the throne, the most feared thing is local instability.

Because Wang Shouren had already guessed on the road before, Zhang Yong was not surprised that the bandits pretended to be Japanese bandits, but unlike Wang Shouren's thoughts, he still felt that the land bandits did not have the courage to go ashore to plunder, and most of them were still sea bandits, so they would act unscrupulously.

The Ming Navy has long been abandoned, if it is really a bandit, it is also powerless to suppress the bandits, most of them are "thunder and rain" in the past; But if the land bandits dare to act like this, if they rebel, they must send troops to exterminate them.

Shen Rui replied: "After the 'Japanese Invaders' went ashore to rob, the He family and the Shen family were robbed, and the young people were still there, but the old people were through the early years of the Japanese rebellion, and they noticed that something was wrong. The ships were initially heading towards the harbor and turned back that night. When the news came to Songjiang, they were very vigilant to prevent the 'Japanese Bandits' from entering the city again, not wanting those ships to stop at Songjiang, but to enter the direction of Neijiang...... After that, he traveled day and night, and finally entered Taihu Lake......"

These words are naturally half-truths and half-truths, but they are just in line with Wang Shouren's previous guess, Zhang Yong has no doubts, and his expression becomes solemn.

"Bandit collusion?" Wang Shouren frowned and said, "It's just that this action is too bold!" The emperor was merciful, and there was no such thing as deducting military salaries in the court, why is this so? ”

Shen Rui couldn't talk about the white teeth to associate the vassal king thousands of miles away with the "soldiers and bandits" in Taihu Lake, so he had to say with a bitter face: "If it's really a soldier and bandit, I'm afraid there is still a monstrous catastrophe hidden......

"Could it be that there are missionaries in Songjiang?" Wang Shouren said.

Since the opening of the Ming Dynasty, it is not uncommon for people to rebel one after another through religion.

"If it's a foolish people, don't do it!" Although he did not discuss with Shen Li, in order to avoid future troubles and to involve King Ning, Shen Rui told Shen Zhu and King Ning about the encounter with a bitter face.

As for the identity of King Ning who is so confirmed, in addition to the description of his age and figure, there are few "corroborations" or two. Even if Shen Zhu is hateful, but in the end, it is the Shen family, if you really want to define him as "rebellious", then the rest of the Shen family will inevitably be questioned, and Shen Zhu will become a fool who has been deceived, and then he will be frightened and regretful.

As for the second master of the He family, he stopped halfway through the "robbery" of the Shen family, and also found that there was another hidden story in the Songjiang disaster, and King Ning arranged for someone to win over the side branches of the He family, which made the He family afraid, so he joined forces with the Shen family.

As for another witness who King Ning arranged in advance in order to plunder Songjiang's floating wealth, it was Yan Juren, who took the initiative to defect to Zhao Xianzhong half a year ago......