Chapter 19 Something happened to the Qian Family Tea House
Wan Ting ran back to the prefect's yamen and cried to her brother, but Zhou Qi didn't believe a word, Wan Ting planned to make an earth-shattering fuss, "You have thought about it, if you have to mess around with your reputation, I can't stop you, but as a brother, I still have to remind you, this is not a joke, besides, in order to deal with a Chen Mingyang, it is not worth it!" ”
"Then what do you say?"
"As I said, if you fix the 'Golden Abacus', my brother will naturally avenge you."
Although Wan Ting was unwilling, she still followed Zhou Qi's suggestion, "Okay, I'll chop their father and son sooner or later!" ”
At this time, Wu Yimei entered the Qian Mansion, and saw that the courtyard was lush and green, and the people under him were all dressed neatly, and even the corridors were carved and painted. Steward Qian took Wu Yi all the way through the courtyard to the old lady's Ruyi Hall, only to see two cranes in the courtyard strolling leisurely, the spring water on the rockery flowing down, a pool of lotus flowers blooming just right, and the fish in the water leisurely. Entering the house, Wu Yi saw that the old lady in her seventies was talking to the fifty-year-old lady, and the housekeeper Qian took Wu Yi to stand still and respectfully replied, "Old lady, madam, the son recruited a girl, saying that she was talking to the old lady and relieving the old lady's boredom, hoping that the old lady would like it." ”
"Like, like." The old woman was very happy when she heard that her grandson had specially recruited her.
"Hello old lady! The little one is called Wu Yi, and he will serve the old lady in the future. Wu Yi bowed and said, and went to serve tea very attentively, "Old lady, please drink tea." ”
Mrs. Qian took the tea bowl and looked at Wu Yi happily, "It's still a clever girl, okay, stay!" ”
"Thank you, old lady!" Wu Yi bowed to the old lady again, "Old lady, I'll peel an apple for you." ”
Steward Qian saw that the old lady was smiling from ear to ear, so he stepped back by himself.
At this time, the father and son of the Qian family were discussing with the tea garden manager in the flower hall.
"Tomorrow, the prefect and the same prefect will come together to investigate, and there is nothing unusual about you, right?"
"When I went back to the owner, I didn't find anything abnormal."
"Dad, Chen Mingyang obviously said that Zhang Hai would take action, let's be careful, but why didn't this Zhang Hai do anything?"
Qian Wanquan also had doubts in his heart, so he only sat on the chair and gently beat his legs twice.
"Shaodong, maybe Zhang Hai doesn't have a chance to start, after all, we already know that if we start, we will definitely be discovered, so it's better to let us mess up."
"Lao Cai, you go back now and check it carefully, in fact, Qin Cha has not come for so long, and it has temporarily become the Zhou Governor's Mansion to investigate, maybe the imperial court didn't take this matter to heart at all, maybe we just need to do it without problems."
"Yes, boss, I'll go back now."
After Lao Cai left, Qian Ning looked at Qian Wanquan worriedly, "Dad." ”
"If you come here, you will be safe."
The father and son of the Chen family were also worried, Chen Qianlang felt that Huanting was by no means a person who was willing to give up, but it was almost two hours, and there was no movement at all. Chen Qianlang was pacing back and forth in the front hall, and suddenly heard the dog barking in the distance and was startled, pricked up his ears and listened carefully, the dog just barked twice and did not move, Chen Qianlang's heart also hung up and down.
"Dad, I don't think Governor Zhou will come to Xingshi to ask for guilt."
Chen Mingyang's indifferent look made Chen Qianlang angry, "I said you!" What I told you last night was simply deaf to you! The eldest lady of the official family, can you think about it? ”
"Dad, how many times have I said it, I didn't! Besides, I don't want her like that! Chen Mingyang crossed Erlang's legs, helpless to the extreme.
"Hey, it's you! Look where you are? You sit down for me! What a look! ”
Chen Mingyang hurriedly sat down, and peeked at Chen Qianlang again, "Dad, it's not early, let's rest, tomorrow people are coming, I can't apologize to others." ”
Chen Qianlang stood behind his back and thought for a long time, "No, I can't wait for tomorrow, you now, you can leave now, hurry up." Saying that, Chen Qianlang had already come to pull Chen Mingyang, "Hurry up and leave while it's still time." ”
"Hey, Dad, where are you going!"
"As long as you leave Huizhou, you can go anywhere, hurry up."
"Oh, Dad, I didn't do anything! I'm not going to run away. ”
"You haven't done anything, why did that girl slap you? Okay, okay, dad is a person who came over, dad can understand, dad doesn't blame you, can people spare you? Hurry up and let me go, hey, I'm just a son like you! You can rest assured, even if your father loses the entire Chen family, he will never let them find you. ”
"Oops, Daddy!" Chen Mingyang shook his arm and stomped his foot, "The city gates are closed!" Where am I going? Besides, people may not really come to the door, even if they do, what can they do! You can still wronged me! ”
"Wronged you? I said, don't you remember how the Zhao family fell! Good people will be in the county jail for five days, and the people will be gone! The Zhao family's assets have all been confiscated! Do you want to lie in the prefect's prison? Then you, how do you tell me and your mother to tell your grandfather! How do we live, you say! ”
When Chen Mingyang heard this, his heart also became empty, "Dad, don't get excited. Then I, I, but the gates are closed. ”
"It's okay, you hurry, hurry up to our silk village, there is a batch of goods to go out of the city tomorrow, the documents have been approved, you will leave early tomorrow morning!" By the way, if our family is okay tonight, you will go out of the city generously, disguise yourself when you go out of the city, and go to Datong to find the shopkeeper Zhao, he has a lifelong friendship with your father and me, and then wait for me to write to you, if you are okay, you will come back, if there is something, you must not come back! ”
"Daddy."
"Don't say anything else, hurry up!"
Chen Mingyang's mind was clouded, he didn't sleep all night in Qianji Silk Village, the next day was just bright, Chen Mingyang took the goods of Silk Village out of the city, at the gate of the city, Chen Mingyang looked back at Huizhou City, tears swirled in his eyes, he almost rode home under impulse, and the shopkeeper Li who followed him grabbed Chen Mingyang hard, "Shaodong, now you are not good to the Chen family, maybe you just lose some money, in case you are caught, it will be serious, you have to think that the old lady can't stand it!" ”
Chen Mingyang blamed himself, it would be good if he didn't provoke the official family on impulse, but now he has to leave the country without doing anything. "Drive!" Chen Mingyang took the lead, and the gate of Huizhou was getting farther and farther away.
Qian Wanquan received Zhou Qi and Yu Nian in the tea garden, and the two adults didn't say much, and the officials went in to check.
"Two adults, please have tea here."
"Yes." Yu Nian was about to go over to the place where Qian Wanquan had invited, but Zhou Qi didn't seem to hear it, and went into the tea garden workshop by himself.
"Lord Zhou, why don't you let the officials search first, it's in the way of us going in."
Zhou Qi didn't answer, just glanced at Yu Nian and continued to walk inside. The officials looked around, and Zhou Qi understood that so many days had passed, and all problems had been dealt with.
"Where's the steward?"
"Adult, the little one is in charge here." Everyone didn't know what Zhou Qi was going to do, so they all gathered at the door, listening to Zhou Qi's greeting, and the steward hurried over.
"Are you usually here?"
"Back to adults, the small one is the shopkeeper, most of the time on the cabinet, and it's not here all the time."
"So who's been here."
"Back to my lord, Master Li in the garden is a roasted tea master, and he has been here all the time."
"Where's Master Li?"
"Adult, the small one is Li Qingnian, and the small one has always been."
"Okay, Master Li, this is the first time this official has come to the tea garden, you can introduce the whole process of this tea from picking to transporting."
"Yes, my lord, this workshop is next to the tea garden, in the morning the workers go to the tea mountain to pick tea, while picking someone to transport it down, come here and start to fry the tea, after the frying is encapsulated, and then it is transported out."
"Hehehe, Master Li, don't be nervous, what you said is very easy, the official wants you to tell the official all the details, such as who are the tea picking workers, who are the tea transporters, what are you particular about roasting tea, is there any place where some other irrelevant people may be mixed in......"
Li Qingnian stood in place and thought about it carefully, and introduced it to Zhou Qi little by little.
Yu Nian saw that it would definitely take some time for Zhou Qi to ask, so he pulled Qian Wanquan to taste tea in the courtyard. "Boss Qian, relax, everyone is an old acquaintance, but go through the motions, don't worry, it's okay."
"Thank you, Lord Yu, for taking care of me." The father and son of the Qian family were not nervous, but they always paid attention to Zhou Qi's movements, and everyone understood that Zhou Qi was the one who decided.
In the time of half a pillar of incense, the officials gradually returned to the team, and the hearts of everyone in the Qian family rose to their throats, "My lord, the first team has not found out about the situation." "My lord, the second team did not find out about the situation. "My lord, the four teams did not find out about the situation. The Qian family was a little relieved.
"Well, it's good, Boss Qian, I'll just say, relax, hey, by the way, what about the third team?" As he spoke, the two officials hurried over.
"My lord, my lord, there is a discovery."
Yu Nian stood up in shock, "What's the matter?" ”
"My lord, there's a rat in the house."
"Where? Hurry up and bring the official forward! Yu Nian followed the official to the back room, and the Qian family became nervous and followed behind.
"My lord, this is it."
"What about the rats?"
"Adult, the little one saw a rat running away frantically, here, the adult, after the small one, there is rat droppings."
Everyone poked their heads out, and the father and son of the Qian family glanced at each other, thinking: This must be Zhang Hai's masterpiece, and it is really not easy for this Zhang Hai to escape the layers of defense of the Qian family.
"Boss Qian, what's going on?"
"My lord, our tea garden has always been the most strict against snakes, insects, rats and ants, this, this ......"
"What this, this! No wonder, the rats are all running around the house, and they are still left, and there are so many pickles left, hum, I am sorry that the official is still patting his chest in front of the prefect to vouch for you! Qian Wanquan, you, you are really ......" Yu Nian pointed at Qian Wanquan's nose, looking like he hated iron but not steel.
"My lord, my lord, this is certainly not ......"
"Isn't it? Someone, take these evidences, and take the money away! ”