When Yang Tai arrived at Zhenjiang Mansion, it was already past noon, and after Feng Ning was killed, the current Zhenjiang Mansion was temporarily managed by the former officials, and as for who would sit in this position in the future, it would depend on the meaning of the capital.

"Is the Duke of Yasukuni still in the house?" Yang Tai looked at Yin Shidao and asked.

"I stayed in the garrison after the capital last night." Yin Shidao replied, Yang Tai nodded, and walked into the garrison mansion quickly, he urgently needed to know what the Duke of Yasukuni was going south for.

"Xia Guan has seen the Duke of Yasukuni." When Yang Tai came to the back garden, Lin Yuan was drinking tea in the pavilion, walked to the table, Yang Tai saluted Lin Yuan, on the title, Lin Yuan is the Duke of Yasukuni, and he is the Shangzhu State. In terms of official position, strictly speaking, the Duke of Yasukuni can be regarded as a general directly under Beijing, and his rank is higher than his own.

Lin Yuan looked at Yang Tai, his appearance was extremely ordinary, he was wearing sackcloth and farming in the fields, and no one could tell that he was the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang who was in charge of dozens of state capitals in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Lin Yuan nodded, and asked, "Lord Yang, sit down." ”

After Yang Tai sat down, he glanced at Lin Yuan, and saw that there was no trace of fatigue on his face, and he didn't look like the Zhenjiang Mansion that he had just arrived at yesterday, and he felt a little strange in his heart, but he still said: "Grandpa is worthy of being born in the army, and he is still so energetic after working for so many days." ”

Lin Yuan paused with the teacup and said with a smile: "Get used to it, just take a little rest if you are young." After taking a sip of tea, Lin Yuan looked at Yang Tai and said, "But Lord Yang is in a hurry, I just arrived in Zhenjiang and you came." ”

"Grandpa didn't settle down in Yangzhou, and something happened on the road. Xia Guan was afraid that there was something wrong with his grandfather. Yang Tai explained.

"Speaking of accidents on the road, Grandpa Ben is going to ask Lord Yang, how did Feng Ning, the prefect of Zhenjiang, die?" Lin Yuan looked at Yang Tai. He needed to know Yang Tai's attitude and had determined whether he was involved in the matter.

Yang Tai smiled bitterly: "It is said that it was killed by the chaotic people, but the grandfather went all the way south, it must be clear that the victims have no reason to do this, even if he Feng Ning is corrupt and perverts the law, and the people of Zhenjiang are fished and fleshed, but once he is killed because of this, according to the law of the imperial court, regardless of the reason, the killer of the official is regarded as a rebellion, and the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have not been forced to that point." ”

"Then how does Lord Yang plan to report to the imperial court. After all, it is difficult to prevaricate in the past. Lin Yuan asked.

"Don't hide it from Grandpa, the lower officials have already discussed with Lord Huang Xuan and Huang who came down to inspect, and jointly signed a note, Feng Ning was intercepted and killed by mountain bandits, and now Lord Ye, the Yangzhou garrison, has gone out of the city to suppress the bandits." Yang Tai did not intend to hide it, because Ye Tao was from the Yasukuni Mansion. His top priority at the moment is not to let Lin Yuan become suspicious and think that he and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang clans are in a group.

Lin Yuan nodded and didn't say anything, waved his hand, the maid and servant in the courtyard retreated, and Lin Yuan asked, "Does Lord Yang know who Lord Feng was killed?" Or to put it another way, who is it good for Feng Ning to die? ”

Yang Tai didn't say anything, he knew what Lin Yuan meant, and Lin Yuan also guessed who that person was, but there was no evidence, Yang Tai didn't want to wade into the muddy waters of Zhenjiang, at least not now. I saw Yang Tai shaking his head with a smile and said, "Grandpa said that he was joking, this matter will naturally be clear when Lord Ye comes back." ”

Secretly scolding the old fox, Lin Yuan said: "Yes, it will be clear when Lord Ye comes back, at the moment the Zhenjiang dragons are leaderless, I don't know which adult is the new arrival." ”

"Everything is decided by the imperial court." Yang Tai said.

"But Grandpa Ben's life-saving benefactor is still in prison." When Yang Tai heard Lin Yuan say this, he could only say: "Grandpa, the Shen Lin family was imprisoned because of the tribute case. At the moment, although the evidence is insufficient, it still cannot be released. ”

"The tribute was said by Lord Feng, and he didn't find any evidence until he died, according to Grandpa Ben's intentions, forget it." Lin Yuan's words gave Yang Tai a headache.

"Grandpa, don't be joking." Lin Yuan glanced at Yang Tai, didn't say anything, stood up and left, Yang Tai was a little confused, how could he say that he would leave? I only heard Lin Yuan's voice coming: "Grandpa Ben doesn't have time to spend in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, give you five days to find out, if there is no evidence, don't blame me for doing it myself." ”

Yang Tai sighed helplessly, everyone was forcing him, and now there was another Yasukuni Gong, who secretly scolded the dead Feng Ning in his heart, he didn't want to make progress all day long, he helped the Xue family to cause trouble, and when he died, he had to clean up his tail by himself.

Shaking his head, he got up and left the garrison. The only thing Yang Tai can be sure of today is that the Duke of Yasukuni has been in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for some time, and he is afraid that he has come to check on something. I have to go back to Yangzhou early to prepare.

A small courtyard in Yangzhou City, in the eyes of outsiders, is an ordinary family, the husband does some small business in the city, and the wife weaves and embroiders at home. The neighborhood is also quite harmonious. The sound of weaving in the house in the past is gone, the door of the house is closed, and a woman puts the paper on the table, and says with pity: "What a handsome girl, this Lin family is also a well-known good family in Zhenjiang. ”

Looking at the woman with a face full of pity, the middle-aged man put down his pen and smiled: "How can you be kind?" ”

"I'm old, I don't have to be ruthless in the past, and there's no way, everyone is staring at it." The woman shook her head, looked at the middle-aged man, and said, "Who are you going to send?" That's the capital, and we haven't done it there in years. ”

"You have to be careful, not to mention those noble families, even there are a few good players in the Shuntian Mansion, and you can't miss it." The middle-aged man nodded.

"Send someone to inquire first, let's choose the manpower carefully." The woman proposed.

"I'll go." A voice came from the back room, and the woman and the middle-aged man looked at each other with some surprise in their eyes. The people in the back room haven't done it for three years, why do they want to do it now?

"It's been a long time since I've been out for a walk, and I'm just done with this." The people in the room gave a barely plausible reason.

"Then you act carefully, Iron Hand is on an errand in the capital right now." The woman reminded.

There was silence in the room for a while, and then a voice came out: "Got it." ”

The woman listened attentively and nodded at the middle-aged man, "Let's go." ”

"Then let him be, if he makes a move, let's just wait for the news." The middle-aged man got up and walked out: "I'll go to the store to take a look, the situation is mysterious these days, we have to be careful." ”

"In my opinion, after this deal, let's stop." The woman said, and the middle-aged man stopped, thought for a while, and whispered, "I'll talk about it when he comes back." ”

The woman sighed, got up, walked to the loom and began to weave. The hut was back to its old form, but there was one less person.

Fifteen years ago, the famous photo studio was surrounded and suppressed by Yan Guogong and his troops, and there were heavy casualties. The rest of the people moved south to the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the studio has done a lot for the family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang over the years, and its strength has gradually recovered. But the old man who stayed behind has long lost his previous hard work. Today's photo studios are no longer the photo studios of the past, and they have long been infiltrated by the family. And Jiangnan's drunken dream and death also made the old people forget their original ideals.

Yang Tai sat in the carriage and rubbed his swollen head, today's meeting was not smooth. The Yasukuni Gong gave a time limit, and if the Shen family's case could not be resolved within five days, he would not be able to resist how Yasukuni Gong interfered at that time. The car was detained, and a subordinate walked to the front of the car.

"You go to Sanmu Hall, give me a message, and ask the Xue family what the Shen family wants." Yang Tai commanded.

"Yes, my subordinates will do it."

Yang Tai has been circling in various families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang over the years. He knows exactly what the temperament of the Xue family is, it is simply a pervert of the family, and he is the head of the Xue family, who is known as a scientific name, and he doesn't know what he is secretly like. The Shen family will not be good in this matter according to the Xue family's temperament, but he still has to make some efforts.

In Yangzhou City, the heads of the major families are meeting, and now it is not enough for Huang Xuan to come to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there is a national duke, if it is other nobles, it is good to say, this Lin family can be said to be the most wrong one in the same family.

"This Huang Xuan still won't let go, and he bites the point that we did the embankment." A scribe said coldly. This person is Dai Lining, the head of the Dai family in Yangzhou. The Dai family lives in Jiangnan and is the largest pharmaceutical merchant in Jiangnan.

"This is really a dumb person eating coptis, and the timing of the accident at this dam is too coincidental." The other sighed.

Dai Lining glanced at the man, and snorted coldly: "Zhang Yao, don't say that you don't know, the river supervisor back then was recommended by your Zhang Jialibao, and now something happened to your Zhang family's past?" ”

"Dai Lining, don't spew blood, the river supervisor is recommended by my Zhang family, but the disaster in the thirteen counties of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is something that happened in another section of the river. What are you doing with my Zhang family? "The Zhang family is a big family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they have been heirlooms of poetry and books for generations, and they have always cherished their own reputation, where can Dai Lining be slandered like this.

"That's enough, I'm not here today to discuss the embankment case, but to discuss how to deal with Yasukuni Gong." The old man on the main seat shouted. The hall fell silent for a moment.

This old man has a very high prestige among the people, not only because of his high morality in this Yangzhou city, but also because his surname is Shi, he has been in charge of the Huizhou historian for 40 years, and he has the Danshu iron coupon given by Emperor Taizu. Ten years ago, he tried to ensure that the current saint ascended the throne, and if it is said that the closest to the royal family is the historian.

"Ten years ago, the Zhao family was not greedy enough and made a big mistake. caused the family to be separated from the royal family, and it was just better to look better these years. You all of you here know more or less what the situation was in the Yasukuni lineage. He glanced at all the heads of the family present, and saw that they all bowed their heads and were silent.

Shi Ju coughed a few times and continued: "The youngest son in the family went to the front line in the north at a young age, this son's strong will is terrible to think about, if he comes for the embankment breaking case, you ask yourself, how many can drive him back." When the time comes, let him investigate, I'm afraid that the last group of people will die before they can calm down. ”

"We are not involved in this, why are you trying to drag us and others." Shi Ju glanced at the person who spoke, waved his hand, and several family members drove him out. Everyone in the hall was silent.

"Whether we do it or not, everyone here knows in their hearts, and whether we do it or not, is it still meaningful? The emperor thinks so, and the cabinet thinks so, so this is what we will do. Shi Ju paused and said, "I don't care what you think now, I just have one sentence, don't provoke right and wrong again." The Xue family has crossed the line, I advise a few of you, what kind of goods is the Xue family, the old man knows very well, they are always the only ones who eat meat. With that, he got up and walked out of the hall.

Dai Lining and Zhang Yao glanced at each other and shook their heads. It seems that the historian knows something, but Shi Jue didn't say it explicitly, this is a signal, but it just looks like the result and the historian has a better chance of winning.

Shi Yu returned to the old house and entered the ancestral hall, every time he was upset, he had to come here to be quiet, the ancestral hall enshrined the ancestors of the Shi family, among the many ancestors ranked, there was an iron plate, that was the Danshu iron scroll given by Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, unless the Shi family rebelled, this thing was his Shi family's life protection trump card.

Holding the rosary in his hand, Shi Ju closed his eyes and ears moved, and an old man walked into the ancestral hall, Shi Ju was still kneeling on the futon, and said, "Did the Cui family in Beijing do it?" ”

"Back to the master, the Cui family has cut off contact, and Cui Yan has grounded Cui Ming at home." The old servant replied.

"It's fast, the Cui family kid is more than smart, but he's still too conceited." Shi Ju smiled and said, "You tell me to go down, and tomorrow we will start to cut off business contacts with Mikitang." The Xue family's trip to the muddy waters, my historian is not touched. ”

"Obey the order, the old slave will do it." The servant slowly stepped out

Looking at the position of the ancestors and the ancestors, Shi Ju muttered: "The Li family is now prosperous, and the birth of Jiuding is proof of this, but the Zhao family is in front, and the Xue family has not woken up yet, the old man wants to see if you Xue Yong can escape this catastrophe." ”