Killing people is such a thing, Chen Xu naturally disdains to watch the excitement.

And it is even more impossible to send a kind heart to ask the emperor to keep people under the sword.

Whether Ao Ping dies three clans, or dies five clans or nine clans, it doesn't matter to him, he is a disciple of the immortal family, not a bodhisattva who saves suffering.

Therefore, although Chen Xu has been able to walk on the ground again in the past few days, he has been hiding in the house all day long and planning his projects in Xianyang's Qinghe Store and Qinghe Grand Theater, and at the same time informing Zhao Qing to arrange for people from the Academy of Sciences to prepare for some other research projects that need to be carried out.

After listening to the steward Huangfu who came back from the execution ground, he finished talking about what happened on the execution ground, Chen Xu put down the tools in his hand and asked with some surprise: "Ao Ping really said that the destruction of the factory was secretly instigated by Zhao Gao?" ”

"Yes, but this kind of nonsense to slander others before death is commonplace, and no one will believe it!" Huangfu said with a short head.

Chen Xu pinched his chin and thought for a while and said, "You go and help me call Hu Kuan, Wuya, Sun Shujiong and Chen Ping!" ”

"Yes!" Huangfu left and quickly invited Yu Wuya and Hu Kuan, who were watching Shi Xuan and Bo Daocheng play the piano and sing, as well as Sun Shujiong, who was learning abacus with a group of children in the account room, and Chen Ping, who was reading in the study.

"You all get out!" Seeing a few people coming in, Chen Xu waved his hand, and the four little maids who served him in the room hurriedly saluted and retreated, closing the door carefully.

Looking at Chen Xu's serious face, the emotions of several people talking and laughing on the way just now slowly calmed down.

"Master Hou, what is the matter with calling us?" Hu Kuan asked a little apprehensively.

Chen Xu looked at Hu Kuan and then at Huangfu Que, and finally his eyes fell on Huangfu Que's face: "Huangfu Que, you have been in my house for more than a month, I see that you are diligent, flexible, and all of you are in good order, but after all, the steward of the Hou Mansion is just an idle position, and you are useless as a director, I plan to hand over the affairs of Qinghe Store to you to manage, you may do a good job!" ”

Huangfu was stunned for a moment, and quickly nodded his head like a chicken eating rice, and said again and again with excitement on his face: "Don't worry, Master Hou, I will definitely be able to do a good job!" ”

"Master Hou, then I'...... What am I doing? Hu Kuan was stunned for a long time and asked like a mournful examiner.

"You have a more important task, I am going to transfer you to the Academy of Sciences as the director of the hydraulic engineering office, rank with Langzhong, three hundred stone of grain per month, which is considered a semi-official position of the imperial court, what do you think?"

"Really?" Hu Kuan was so surprised that he almost fainted.

Choosing between being an official and being a businessman, I am afraid that all the businessmen in Daqin will not choose the wrong one at the moment, even if they are bankrupt, because being an official is the starting point for a family to completely get rid of business and become a nobleman of the scholar family, and it is this huge temptation that makes Chen Xu's method of borrowing chickens and eggs to succeed.

"What are you lying to, you are proficient in wood and stone construction, it is too wasteful to be a businessman, I am going to build a huge waterwheel on the Wei River, the project is relatively large and complicated, so I transferred you over, as long as this matter is done, I recommend you to enter the craftsman Shaofu as a school commander!"

"Okay, don't worry, Master Hou, I will definitely help you repair the waterwheel!" Hu Kuan was so excited that he began to swing all over his body, and the craftsmen were the five school orders of the Shaofu, all of which were treated as Zhonglang, with an official rank of 600 stone per month, and his status was higher than that of the county orders below, because this was an errand of the Jiuqing Mansion, and he was in charge of the affairs of the whole country.

Chen Xu turned his head to look at Sun Shujiong, "You are the same, you have defected to me for more than a month, the money and food finance in the house is in good order, and the work is also very meticulous, I read the article you wrote a few days ago, both the writing and the writing are very good, and it is too wasteful to stay in the house to manage the money and food, so I plan to arrange for you to go with me to the Academy of Sciences as an office secretary, daily copywriting and communication, what do you think?" (Note: The word secretary has already appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is the position of being in charge of documents and books)"

"Thank you, Lord Xie!" Sun Shujiong's face was also red with excitement, and he hurriedly bowed.

"Chen Ping, you just came to Xianyang, and you are not familiar with many things, so you are temporarily wronged to help me be a manager of the Hou Mansion, and help me manage the exchange of Hou Mansion on weekdays, you like to read, you can also take the time to sort out some of the books left by Lu Buwei, and I will find a suitable position for you after the beginning of spring, what do you think?"

"Master Hou, rest assured, Chen Ping will definitely do his best to manage the affairs of the Hou Mansion!" Chen Ping also bowed happily.

On the first day he arrived in Xianyang, Chen Xu was seriously ill and in a coma, and he slept for four or five days and just recovered, and then the emperor came to visit with his daughter and a lot of rewards, but the Hou Ye was in a coma for several days, so during this time, not only the people of the Hou Mansion were flustered, but they also felt uneasy about the people who planned to take refuge in Chen Xu to make a fortune and become officials, for fear that Chen Xu would accidentally hang up, and it would be too unlucky to take refuge in the boss and die, and he was destined to find the owner in the future.

Therefore, although Chen Xu is currently given to him as a manager of the Hou Mansion, it also makes him feel much more down-to-earth, and there are many confidential things in the Hou Mansion, and through this position, he can quickly contact and understand many things about the princes and princes and even the inner courtyard of the palace, which is definitely Chen Xu's confidant.

"That's good, a few of you will gather the housekeepers and subordinates of the Hou Mansion to make it clear, and hand over their respective tasks, as for the financial income and expenditure registration, find two or three students from Qinghe Primary School to deal with it, this matter will be handled by Chen Ping, let's go down first,"

"Yes, Master Hou, I'll retire!" Chen Ping, Huang Fuque, Sun Shujiong, and Hu Kuan all hurriedly saluted together and then exited the room.

"Engong, you are getting more and more of a Hou Ye's posture! It is estimated that being the emperor is more stance! Yu Wuya sat on the kang and ate snacks and said.

Chen Xu's face trembled, he turned his head to look at the door that had just been closed, and felt a sweat on his forehead, so he rolled his eyes angrily and said: "Brother Wuya, this is Xianyang, not Xiaohe Village, this kind of thing can't be said again in the future, otherwise you and I won't be able to save our lives!" ”

"I'm afraid, the emperor doesn't have any kindness to you!" Yu Wuya pouted and said.

Chen Xu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Wuya, I know that you are worried about the emperor's plan to marry a few days ago, but don't worry, I only have the water girl in my heart......"

"No, a manly husband, it's normal for wives and concubines to be in groups, my sister is not an ordinary woman, so naturally I don't care how many women and concubines Engong has, it's enough to have a confidant in life!" Yu Wuya shook his head.

"And what do you mean by that?" Chen Xu couldn't help but frown and asked.

"I just think that Engong can be the emperor, Zhao Zheng's murderous heart is too heavy, and today's killing of the three Ao Ping clans is just a trumped-up crime, Shizun once said: Heavy law and heavy punishment and light benevolence, morality, etiquette and righteousness, is not the way to govern the country. Xia Wei Shang are all killed by torture and indiscriminate killing of innocents, resulting in the subjects of the world of chaos, when Zi Gao persuaded the king of Qi to abandon the punishment of car splitting, and later the other six countries were abolished, only the Qin State retained, and the criminal law is even worse, car split, Yi three tribes, with five punishments, wok cooking, cramps and other tortures are used by the emperor on the subjects, in ancient times, whether it is the three emperors and five emperors or the Shang and Zhou kings, all advocated are with the five qi of the heavens, cultivate benevolence, morality, etiquette and righteousness to love the people, will be supported by all the people, and all the kings who do not cultivate their own bodies, Basically, they all fell, Xia Wei is like this, Shang is like this, and Zhou Youwang is also like this, otherwise Shizun would not have speculated that when Daqin was unified, it was the beginning of the fall of Daqin, and there was no king in history who was good at killing and punishing the country for a long time, although I don't know why Engong wanted to assist the emperor wholeheartedly, but the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, and the person who changes the machine is heroic. Why should Engong diligently seek to turn the tide to help such a tyrant, instead of wasting time and effort to be frightened, it is better to start anew, now the name of Engong is known all over the world, as long as you reveal the slightest meaning, the heroes of the world will inevitably follow ......"

"Stop......stop" Chen Xu helplessly interrupted Yu Wuya's tirade, looked at Yu Wuya with a slightly serious face and said: "Brother Wuya, in fact, you only see the surface, but not the essence!" ”

"What essence?" Yu Wuya asked suspiciously.

"The essence is that the rule of law is the inevitable development of human civilization, no matter which country, which dynasty, must be constrained by the law in order to be stable, Daqin is indeed strict at the moment, and the criminal law is heavy, but this is not impossible to change, and this time Ao Ping was razed by the three clans, among which someone was secretly making trouble, Ao Ping actually did not die in the hands of the emperor, but died in the hands of Zhao Gao!"

"Zhao Gao? Why? Obviously, it was the emperor who ordered the killing of Ao Ping's entire family, young and old, ninety-three! Yu Wuya was very puzzled.

"You didn't use your brain to think about the details, last time Meng Yun went to Qinghe Town to snatch papermaking, and the person who instigated him was Ao Ping's son Ao Jun, and Shang Tu and Ao Ping According to Meng Yi, both of them are disciples of Mozi, which means that the two are actually one, and why did Ao Ping do this? There may be two reasons, one is that Ao Ping and Meng Yi have a grudge, trying to use this matter to discredit Meng Yi, so as to find an opportunity to move him down, and the second is that the two of them still have a black hand behind the scenes to promote this matter, I heard that Ao Ping, Shang Tu and Zhao Gao have a good relationship, and today on the execution ground, Ao Ping personally said that it was Zhao Gao who instructed them to destroy the factory, although most people think that this is a manifestation of Ao Ping pulling people into the water before he died, but I just don't think so, Ao Ping and Shang Tu must have colluded with Zhao Gao, all of this was secretly arranged by Zhao Gao. ”

"Hey, there seems to be some truth in what Engong said!" Yu Wuya pinched his chin and nodded slightly, and seemed to have slowly figured out some of the relationships, because after thinking for a while, he continued, "Zhao Gao arranged for Ao Ping's son to instigate Meng Yun to rob the papermaking technique, and arranged for Shang Tu's son to secretly sabotage the factory, all of which wanted to obstruct Engong and take the opportunity to avenge his son Zhao Zhe!" ”

"And revenge for cutting off half of his ear for you!" Chen Xu snorted angrily.

"Don't be annoyed, that is a careless mistake, if I do it again, I will definitely stab him to death with a sword!" Yu Wuya saw Chen Xu bring up his scars again, and suddenly said with a depressed face.

"Forget it, don't be reckless, killing Zhao Gao needs to be considered in the long run, and there may be an excellent opportunity right now!" Chen Xu shook his head and said.

"What chance?" Yu Wuya hurriedly asked.

"That's what Ao Ping said on the execution ground today, the opportunity is in it, although I don't have a clue why Ao Ping and Shang Tu want to obey Zhao Gao's orders, but since the three of them have colluded, now Ao Ping has been razed to the three clans, only Shang Tu knows the inside story, and Shang Tu has also been degraded to Shudi, according to the mentality of Zhao Gao, it is very likely that he will secretly kill Shang Tu on the road, and erase all the factors that are unfavorable to him, if you want to completely crush Zhao Gao, you must figure out the joints, If we can get evidence of the collusion between Zhao Gao and Ao Ping, Zhao Gao will take off a layer of skin even if he doesn't die, as long as he can be removed from the position of the servant, and then we will have the final say if he wants to kill or chop him! ”

"Engong, what should we do now?" Yu Wuya's face became serious.

"Brother Wuya, I want to ask you to take a trip in person, lead some guards to accompany you secretly, once you find that someone intercepts and assassinates Shang Tu, you must save him, once Shang Tu knows that Zhao Gao wants to kill him, then he will definitely tell the matter of colluding with Zhao Gao, and when the time comes, Shang Tu will testify, Zhao Gao will fall!"

"Okay, don't worry, I'll arrange it right away!" Yu Wuya stood up.

"Wait, remember to bring the few suspicious guards that Wang San and the others found out last time, and find an opportunity to deal with them on the way!" Chen Xu's eyes showed a trace of murderous aura that he had never seen before.

"Don't worry!" Yu Wuya nodded, and strode away with the iron sword.