Turn back the clock by two hours, above the lobby of the Yan family.

With a bang, the Yan Yuqi brothers, the two housekeepers, and the shopkeeper in charge of the dock all shrank their heads, showing panic.

After Yan Runzhang slapped this palm heavily, he coughed and couldn't speak for a long time. As he grew older, his health became worse and worse, and he had a cold a few days ago, so he didn't take care of things for the time being, so he handed over many matters at home and outside to his two sons and his subordinates.

But I didn't expect that I was only a little better today, and when I took the initiative to ask, I learned that these people actually did an extremely serious thing without knowing it, which made his whole heart hang in his throat, and in a fit of anger, it caused a cough, and it took a long time to calm down.

But even so, his prestige was not weakened in the slightest, and a pair of old eyes like eagles and falcons swept over several people one by one, making these few people who were feared by others outside all silent, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

Only then did Yan Runzhang ask in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Say, whose idea is this?" How dare we load such a huge amount of smuggled salt on our ship, this is a crime of murder, do you all know it? ”

Although he asked, a pair of eyes fell on the dock shopkeeper, which made the latter feel a fluster, and both legs were as weak as noodles. But he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only look at the two Yan Yuqi brothers beside him with pleading eyes, but he was asking them for help.

Seeing this, Yan Yuqi could only sigh, stepped forward and said, "Daddy, don't be angry, this matter is indeed something we did badly, and it is not Uncle Ma's business." It was me and Yulin who took your seal and asked him to take the smuggled salt and get on the ship. ”

"You ......" Yan Runzhang was so angry that he coughed again, nodded his son with his finger, and finally looked at the horse shopkeeper: "I know that Lao Ma, you have always acted steadily, and it is impossible to do such a lifeless thing." ”

After appeasing his old subordinate, he glared at his eldest son: "You are so bold, you dare to do such a thing, is it because I am dead?" I didn't even say hello. ”

"My son is wrong, and my son just wants to earn more money for the family......" Yan Yuqi bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Take back all your liars, your father and I have lived for most of our lives, and we will be fooled by your statement? Say, what the hell is going on? How can you be so bold and so ridiculous! Yan Runzhang didn't believe it at all.

knows Yan Yuqi and Yan Runzhang quite well as a father, although he is not as good as himself, he is also very stable, how could he take such a big disaster for some interests? Although private salt can indeed bring tens of thousands of income to the family, the Yan family has long passed the time when they need to take risks, everything should be based on legitimate business, and try not to touch anything fatal. As early as six or seven years ago, he had taught these truths to his eldest son, how could he knowingly commit them at this time?

When Yan Yuqi heard this, his face suddenly turned embarrassed: "Dad, everything is the child's fault, you have to beat and punish, and the child doesn't dare to complain." ”

"You......" Yan Runzhang's hands trembled a little with anger, but he didn't know what to say. At this moment, Yan Yulin, who had been bowing his head and not daring to speak just now, finally couldn't help but speak: "Big brother, you don't have to hide the guilt for me anymore." Dad, this time it's all because of me. ”

"Sure enough, it's you! You get on my knees! Yan Runzhang immediately turned his head and stared at his second son, who was not made of steel: "I knew that your eldest brother was protecting you!" ”

Yan Yulin knelt on the ground in response: "Dad, I also fell into someone else's trap, so I had to take such a risk." Otherwise, we will have to pay 150,000 taels of silver......"

"What?" Yan Runzhang was so shocked that he stood up from his chair and looked at his son in front of him in disbelief: "What did you do?" Why did you fall into such a big trap? ”

150,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, even if it is the Yan family, even if it can be taken out, I am afraid that it will hurt the muscles and bones, and it may not be able to recover in a few years.

Yan Yuqi and the shopkeeper on the side showed helplessness on their faces. In fact, they are willing to hide all this from Yan Runzhang because of this. Compared with 150,000 taels of silver, it is better to take the risk of taking this trip to illicit salt. Anyway, there is the official flag of the Caoyun Yamen, and there will be no danger of random inspections by the government along the road, but this transaction can be completed, so as to obtain a benefit fee of 20,000 taels of silver.

It's just that they didn't expect that Yan Runzhang, who had been recuperating in the house for a long time, would suddenly come out before the ship was about to leave Suzhou, and soon found out about the matter, which made them have to explain the matter truthfully.

Yan Yulin snorted for a while, and finally told him about his previous experience-

It turned out that some time ago, because Lu Zhen became a staff member of the government, Yan Runzhang did not allow him to be embarrassed by Lu Zhen anymore, and the second son of Yan, who had nothing to do, wandered around again as before, lingering in the land of fireworks.

And during this period, he got acquainted with a son of a family who called himself Xu Qinglian. This person is not only generous, but also good at eating, drinking, and having fun and many other things that interest Yan Yulin, so the two quickly became friends and became the most popular guests in the major green buildings in Suzhou.

Among the three major irons of men, there is this one who has prostituted together, and after a few times of seeking pleasure together, Yan Yulin naturally regards this Xu Qinglian as a confidant, and almost has nothing to say. And under the catalytic effect of alcohol and beauties, he couldn't control his mouth even more, boasting about how popular he was in Suzhou, how much power he had on the dock, and anything that was forbidden or forbidden could be sent out.

didn't want to say this, but let the other party keep his heart, so in the process of getting drunk, Xu Qinglian actually took out a contract and asked Yan Yulin to sign it. Yan Yulin, who was already drunk at that time, didn't look at it at all, let alone think about it, so he not only signed his name on it, but also pressed the irrefutable monogram of the seal he was carrying.

When he woke up, as soon as Xu Qinglian revealed the contract that the Yan family had promised to transport 23,000 catties of illicit salt for her, Yan Yulin was immediately dumbfounded. No matter how stupid and confused he is, he knows how serious this matter is.

After the child knew that he had fallen into a catastrophe, he immediately regretted and wanted to take back the contract from Xu Qinglian's hands. But I didn't expect that he actually had an extremely good martial arts, and I was knocked to the ground with just one face, but I couldn't even touch a corner of his clothes. Moreover, he also threatened the child that if I don't follow the agreement, I will recover 150,000 taels of silver from our Yan family for liquidated damages as written above. In the end, Yan Yulin lowered his head even more, and his voice was so small that only he could hear it clearly.

"Dad, in fact, it seems that the liquidated damages of 150,000 yuan are not the biggest problem, but the more serious thing is the paper contract. Once we can't transport the salt out according to Xu Qinglian's wishes, he may send the contract to the government, and at that time, our Yan family will really suffer. Yan Yuqi said this again.

This is what Yan Runzhang is most worried about. In fact, it is easy to say that with the name and business of the Yan family, it can be earned back in a few years. But if that contract is obtained by the government, then the past friendship will not be enough at all, and they can change hands and take down the Yan family for questioning.

After a period of uncertainty, accompanied by a few coughs, Yan Runzhang finally spoke: "How many times have I told you, don't stay in the place of fireworks, don't believe people at will, you always take my words as a deaf ear, now you know it's amazing." Fauber......"

As he greeted, a steward on the side immediately responded in a low voice, and then Yan Runzhang nodded to his second son and said: "Tie him up to the ancestral hall, first give him a set of family laws, and then punish him to think in front of the ancestors for a month, and he is not allowed to go out of the ancestral hall for half a step." ”

"Yes!" Fu Bo could see that the head of the family was really angry this time, so although the punishment was quite heavy, he didn't dare to intercede for the second young master, so he could only answer with low eyebrows, and then pulled Yan Yulin up and walked out. The latter also knew that he had caused a big disaster this time, and he didn't dare to beg for mercy, so he obediently followed Fubo and left.

It wasn't until they left that Yan Runzhang let out a long sigh: "It was I who pampered him too much before, which made him wrong again and again, so that he did what he did today." ”

"Father, what should I do about this?" Yan Yuqi put more of his mind on those private salts, and hurriedly asked.

"Now, we can only act according to the contract. Now I'm worried about two things. First, after this time, will the other party use the contract as a threat to let us continue to help them deliver illicit salt in the future. Yan Runzhang said worriedly.

"This ...... Probably not. Tens of thousands of catties of illicit salt is not a small amount, not to mention the source, it is not easy to consume it in the north. Yan Yuqi said with relief.

"Hmph, you underestimate the demand for illicit salt in the north. As long as they keep the price low enough, this bit of salt will not be enough to sell in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. Yan Runzhang said and changed the conversation again: "But this is not the most important thing at the moment, what I am most worried about is the dock." ”

"Daddy, what do you mean by that?"

"That's private salt, if any insider leaks this matter, our Yan family will be completely finished!" Yan Runzhang sighed and looked at his son: "You guys are still too frizzy, even if you have to, you can't send the illegal salt to the ship so early." If it were me, the day after tomorrow, the salt would be delivered early tomorrow morning, so that the risk would be minimized. So the most important thing now is to keep an eye on the pier and not let anyone leave! ”

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