There was a knocking sound from Shanhu Yueniang's boudoir armor. It was like she was practicing herself, and of course, it was clear to everyone outside the door that she wasn't practicing sandbags, as evidenced by the terrible screams of another man in the room.

Everyone stood outside the door. His face twitched sharply with Fang Zheng's screams, very rhythmic.

"Is this "really Brother Fang's" such as Mrs.? The King of Thailand muttered with straight eyes.

"Should", right? "Xiao Huaiyuan is not very sure, when the prince rebelled. He saw Luo Yueniang on the city tower, in front of the soldiers, Luo Yueniang behaved like a well-behaved and obedient little woman, and at this moment, the woman in the room with great hair "Is it really her?"

The King of Thailand vomited. Her face turned a little pale: "How do I think she is more like Brother Fang's hatred."

Vincent tried to save some face for his immediate boss: "Lord Fang and Mrs. Fang have always been so, so close. Their affection is expressed as "different worldly, well, different worldly"

"It's shocking, isn't it?" Xiao Huaiyuan pursed his lips.

Vincent gave him a stupid look and secretly decided that the adults would come out later and give him a little report.

Inside the house.

Luo Yueniang grabbed Fang Zheng's neck and said viciously: "Say!" Why is the old lady dying of you?

Fang Zheng was dying: "Yueniang" I tried my best, "Do you think the imperial court was opened by my family?" Say send an army, send an army? ”

"You have no conscience, do you know, our child almost went with me" Luo Yueniang felt a little scared when she thought about it, this child was the most precious gift given to her by God, if Fang Zheng was one step late,

"Bang!"

Luo Yueniang, who urgently needed to vent her fearful emotions, punched Fang Zheng with hatred.

"Moon Niang", can you be a little more gentle? I've been beaten out of breath by you, tonight

Fang Zheng pursed his lips weakly, and wanted to cry a little: "I'm afraid I won't have the strength to do it tonight."

Luo Yueniang bit her lip, her beautiful eyes glanced at him hatefully, and the corners of her mouth pulled out a beautiful arc: "Save me, save me, still wearing official uniforms, wearing that yellow Luo cover umbrella, running to this poor ravine to show off the prestige of your court officials, I don't beat you, who will I beat?" ”

"Speak with your conscience! My current identity is the minister of the imperial court, and those outside are all pro-soldiers guarding me, otherwise do you think the imperial court will send troops to me so quickly? What if I don't dress like this? Besides, you dress like a big red envelope all day long, and I don't say anything."

"The old lady is happy to dress like this, I don't like not to look at it! Hmm"

After a long time, Fang Zheng ** lips **, and grinned: "Yueniang, your lips are still so sweet,"

Luo Yueniang snuggled in his arms. The beautiful face is as red as a ripe shrimp.

"You came out of Beijing to save me, didn't the princess lady of your family say anything?" Luo Yueniang's eyes seemed to be about to overflow, and she looked at Fang Zheng very coquettishly.

She said that she must I rescue you, hehe, it seems that you are still very promising when you enter the door of Fang's house Fang Zheng's smile was smug.

Luo Yueniang's eyes flashed with a little joy, but she pretended to be disdainful, wrinkled her nose slightly, and hummed: "Is it rare to enter your house?" I drank and ate meat with my brothers in the mountains, how happy and happy I was, "By the way, hasn't your fierce lady always been waiting to see me?" Why did you suddenly change your tone this time? Did she take the wrong medicine? ”

"Hey, can you speak human language? Others are kind enough to save you, and you repay them like this? Fang Zheng glared at her unhappily, then stroked her lower abdomen with his big hand, and said with a smile: "You are pregnant with the child of the Fang family, as an eldest woman, how can she see that the child is in danger?" So"

"She's just for the baby in my womb?" Luo Yueniang's pretty eyes narrowed slightly, a very dangerous signal, but unfortunately Fang Zheng only stared at her belly with a warm face, and didn't notice it.

"That's the case at the moment, but don't worry, take your time, there's always a clear future

"Bang!"

"Ah, I provoked you? Hit me again! ”

"Get out! Get out of here! Tell you, the child was born with the surname Luo, nothing to do with your Fang family! Luo Yueniang was so angry that her delicate body trembled.

"Dare! The seeds sown by Lao Tzu. Naturally, Lao Tzu will harvest it, even you are Lao Tzu's person, not to mention our children! ”

"What a! Get out of here! ”

"Bang!"

In the stunned eyes of everyone outside the door, Comrade Fang Zheng, the Lord of the Qincha, flew out of Luo Yueniang's boudoir with a very beautiful Pingsha and Falling Goose style, and before the person landed, the door of the boudoir was slammed shut.

"Smack!" Fang Zheng was lying on his stomach, his limbs were placed in a very peculiar posture, if he drew a white circle beside him, he would be the scene of a murder.

"My lord! Are you alright, my lord? The subordinates stepped forward and asked with concern.

Fang Zheng gritted his teeth and stood up, shook his head vigorously, pointed to the door and said angrily: "Woman, inexplicable woman!" ”

"My lord," Vinson stepped forward and called out in a relaxed voice.

"What for?" Fang Zheng turned his head and glared at him angrily, raising his eyes. King Tai, Xiao Huaiyuan, Feng Qiudao, and thousands of soldiers of the Dragon Martial Army all looked at him with trembling eyes.

"Ahem" Fang Zheng straightened his clothes casually and put on a vicious expression: "Have you seen it all?" ”

"See" everyone nodded in unison, your posture is so beautiful and dazzling, how can you not see it?

"Humph! A manly husband who treats disobedient women who dare to prick their children. Just like me, you have to pick it up mercilessly! Beat her until she knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, do you understand? ”

"Your Excellency is wise and powerful!" Thousands of soldiers praised in unison, and the sound shook the valley and startled a group of mountains.

Thousands of soldiers camped in the open space in front of the mountain gate, Luo Yueniang's safe and sound was saved, which made Fang Zheng breathe a sigh of relief, so he returned to his previous lazy appearance, thousands of people followed him, and stationed on Qinglong Mountain for two days with nothing to do, grain and grass were continuously transported up the mountain, Feng Qiudao and Xiao Huaiyuan were so anxious that their faces turned green. But Fang Zheng didn't realize it, he was tired of being with Luo Yueniang every day, and he never saw him mention the matter of going down to Jiangnan again.

The crackdown on the bandits went smoothly, and Fang Zheng sent people to the nearest Xuzhou Mansion to send more than 400 bandit corpses to the nearest Xuzhou Prefecture and ordered the prefect to register them. As for the expression of the prefect of Xuzhou after seeing those corpses, well, Young Master Fang can't care about it.

After trying nearly 100 kinds of inhumane torture in the shadow, the bandit leader Yang Shunde finally couldn't bear the pain of his life, and in the middle of the night, he bit his tongue and committed suicide, and died an unusually easy and relieved death.

"Just dead?" Fang Zheng glared at Wen Sen, he was very unhappy now.

Vincent wiped his sweat and his expression was a little bitter: "My lord, as the saying goes, people have good fortune and bad luck."

Cry, it's obvious that you are too ungentle with that Yang Shunde. What is the relationship between the tattoo and the fart? ”

The subordinates of the "adult" were extremely ashamed. Vinson looked a little embarrassed.

"When! Dare to bully my wife, you can't cheap him even if you die! Fang Zheng snorted angrily.

The King of Thailand and Xiao Huaiyuan on the side were stunned and asked, "Then what else are you going to do?" ”

Fang Zheng looked up to the sky and smiled. Then he said fiercely: "Strip off his clothes and light the sky lantern!" After it is cooked until it is medium-cooked, he will cut off his meat piece by piece and share it with everyone."

Looking at the King of Thailand and Xiao Huaiyuan with a smile, Fang Zheng blinked enthusiastically and said, "Do you want to come together too?" Tender and delicious

The King of Thailand and Xiao Huaiyuan heard this. His face gradually turned blue, and he covered his mouth tightly, looking like he wanted to vomit again.

"Oh, I'm kidding you, you have to have a sense of humor" Fang Zheng changed his words with a smile.

The two of them looked slightly softened.

Who knew that Fang Zheng immediately said: "Wen Sen, ask someone to take Yang Shunde's corpse and throw it down the mountain to feed the dogs." Remember to stay away and don't affect the environment on my wife's turf."

Wen Sen immediately came up with a bad idea: "My lord, it's better to sell it to Zhu Ranpu, and you can exchange it for two silver flowers, what a waste of feeding the dog."

"Hey, yes, yes, you know how to draw inferences, Lao Wen, you have a bright future in the future" Fang Nose was overjoyed.

King Tai and Xiao Huaiyuan couldn't hold back any longer, and ran out of the door as if grabbing their titles.

After the two rushed out, Xiao Fang Zheng said to Wen Sen: "Do you know what the emperor sent me to Jiangnan for this time?" ”

Wen Sen nodded and said, "I know, the case of the six prefectures in Jiangnan dumping the treasury tax and silver, this matter has been paid attention to since last year." ”

"My lord, I still remember the book that the princess gave you when I searched the prince's mansion a few days ago

"Of course I remember" Fang Zheng had a nostalgic look on his face: "It's very soft, it's very comfortable,,

Vincent was stunned: "My lord." What does it mean to be "soft, comfortable,?" ”

It is very soft and soothing when you rub it..."

Vincent was shocked: "My lord! Do you use it to wipe **? Oh my God."

"Ahem, the transcription officer has already copied it" Fang Zheng was a little embarrassed. ”

Vincent said, "Your Excellency. That thing is very important, although it does not mention the specific name of the person, but the lack of the number of official warehouses and silver that can be recorded is an important basis for handling this case."

Fang Zheng nodded and said, "Not bad." But there are a few questions that are very puzzling, who wrote this thing, why did it fall into the hands of the former prince, what is the connection between the former prince and this case, and how deep is the inside story behind this caseUnfortunately, the former prince is dead, and now we can only find out by ourselves. ”

Glancing at Vinson. Fang Zheng asked, "Have the shadows been sent?" ”

"When the Lord received the holy decree and left Beijing, the Shadow Brothers were assigned to the Six Prefectures in Jiangnan to begin a secret visit."

Fang Zheng nodded slowly: "This case is a secret performance by Li Huaide, the prefect of Jiaxing, this person is a key person in this case, and he must know a lot of inside information." You must send more men to protect him, and you must not let him be assassinated

"Yes, my subordinates will send someone to do it immediately."

Fang Zheng sighed: "The emperor said that this case involves a wide range of cases, and even involves some important ministers in Beijing, and several families that have taken root in Jiangnan for more than 100 years. Even the emperor didn't dare to offend too much. Wen, if we are not careful this time, we will poke the hornet's nest

Wen Son was silently speechless, his expression was quite bitter, and he didn't need to think about the consequences of offending the family. Although this is a world of emperor dictatorship, but the family gate valve is an important cornerstone to support the emperor's throne, they are deep-rooted, entrenched in various places for a hundred years, over the years the accumulation of generations, whether it is financial resources, connections or even power, is not what ordinary people can imagine. It is no exaggeration to say that they even have the appeal of ascending to the heights, and the family has always been a double-edged sword. They can settle the world. It can also mess with the world. Since ancient times, he has been deeply feared by the emperors of all dynasties, but he does not dare to offend.

It's just that the family has kept a low profile for many years, and as long as those in power don't embarrass them too much, they don't care about themselves. To a certain extent, the two maintain a delicate balance. Now the Jiangnan tax case involves the family gate valve. If you want to handle this case clearly, from another point of view, it is tantamount to an act of a **tiger**.

On the surface, it may just be the prefects of the six prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River who are pouring tax silver, but the catty behind this can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

The prefects of the six prefectures were connected at the same time, swallowing a huge amount of tax silver, which is the only big case since the founding of the Chinese Dynasty. But for the fat man who ascended to the emperor's throne, this matter was clearly a resounding slap in the face, if he was not re-investigated, how could the new monarch establish his authority in the court? How to make the people of the world sincerely worship? Where is the royal majesty?

Therefore, the first collision between the person in power who had just ascended the throne and the family gate valve began with Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng's headache now is how to handle this case, so as to find a balance between the contradictions between the two sides. It will not offend the family too much and cause chaos in the world. can also give the fat man a satisfactory answer, so that he can use this matter to establish a strong authority in the court, how to investigate this case, and to what extent. Finding out who stopped him was his biggest headache.

"Lao Wen, I'll stay on this mountain for a few more days, remember, you must let the shadow use the fastest speed to get an overview of the situation in the six prefectures in Jiangnan, and then quickly report it to me, know yourself and the enemy, it's not too late for me to go down to Jiangnan."

"Yes, sir."

Talking to Vinson. Suddenly, a figure hurriedly ran over, panting and said: Two,"

Fang Zheng was furious: "You're only two, look at your appearance, let's stand together." Ask a random person to see who is two! ”

The man pointed to his nose aggrievedly, and said, "I'm two."

"What's so urgent? Look at you running in the stars and the moon, someone has burned the house? Fang Zheng said and suddenly looked happy: "Hey." The one just now "wearing the stars and wearing the moon." Is the idiom used wonderfully? ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Vinson hurriedly praised loudly.

The person who came in wiped his sweat, and the hideous scar on his face turned out to be a scar face, and he said urgently: "The second is in charge." There are fat sheep down the hill, well, very fat. The big boss asked if you wanted to do a vote. ”

"Ho! Got fat sheep? Fang Zheng's eyes lit up, and then his face sank: "Dry!" Of course, it! Lao Tzu is a part-time second master, how can there be a reason not to do business? Lao Wen, called Long Wujun Ji! ”

Vincent was shocked: "My lord! Think again! They're but."

actually asked Long Wujun to participate in the robbery, are you crazy?

Fang Zheng snorted. Standing up and Shi Shiran walked out, with a dead pig not afraid of boiling water: "Yanguan? Lao Tzu has been an official until now, how many times has he been participated in by the officials, and now he is not also living well? Lao Tzu returned to Beijing and still wanted to find trouble with the official."

Suzhou Prefecture.

There is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, and the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River is especially the most in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Canglang Pavilion was built in the previous dynasty, it is the most beautiful garden in Suzhou, the main scenery of the mountain stone in the park, and the Canglang Stone Pavilion was built on the mountain stone. There is a pond at the foot of the mountain, and the mountains and rivers are connected by a winding corridor, and the scenery is fascinating and unforgettable.

In the Canglang Pavilion, there are stone tables and stone benches.

There is a small stove on the table, and a pot of green plum wine is warm on the stove** The spring breeze has covered, and the aroma of the wine is mixed with a faint sour taste of plums, which is scattered in all directions.

There were two people sitting in the pavilion. The two are about the same age, about 50 years old. The figures are all the same, but the looks are quite different.

One of them looked a little panicked, staring at the green plum wine on the stove with a distracted expression.

Another Lu glanced at him lightly, and smiled warmly: "Brother Boyan." Why are you so anxious? What should come will come, so what's the use of you being afraid? ”

It turned out that the person with a panicked face turned out to be Li Boyan, the prefect of Suzhou.

Li Boyan smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said: "In recent years, there have been a lot of major events in Beijing, and I thought that the emperor would have no time to pay attention to this matter, but who knew that the new emperor had been on the throne for less than a month, so he sent a Qin messenger to the south of the Yangtze River, alas."

Another old man's eyes flashed with a little contempt, and he said lightly: "Since you have done it, you knew that you should have today's worries." More than 20 million taels of tax silver, the pen of the six of you, hehe. ”

Li Boyan's face turned pale. Hurriedly looked around, and saw that there was no one around. Only then did his expression soften slightly, and he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Fu." You and I have been friends for decades, and I can't hide this from you. But don't you know my troubles? I was completely forced by others in this matter, and I couldn't help myself, and I didn't handle the taxes and silver at all, so I sent them all over, "Brother Han, you are the head of the largest family in Jiangnan, you might as well ask yourself, can you afford to offend the person behind me?" ”

Another old man's original surname was Han, named Fuzhu, and he was the most powerful head of the Jiangnan family. The two in the pavilion were friends when they were young, and now they are both big names in the officialdom and the people, but when they mention the person behind them, they don't say anything.

After a long time, Han Zhu sighed, shook his head, and said, "Do you know who the emperor sent to Jiangnan is?" ”

Li Boyan nodded. His expression was full of bitterness: "Yesterday's report, Qin Cha is the former important minister Fang Zheng." He led his soldiers and horses out of Beijing yesterday, but for some reason he turned north and did not pass Taihu Lake

"Fang Zheng?" Han Zhu's brows furrowed deeply, and there was a bit of amusement in his eyes: "But Fang Zheng, the young courtier who has repeatedly rescued the driver, is the most loyal to the Duke of the Kingdom?" ”

Li Boyan nodded and sighed: "I heard that when the new emperor was still in the palace, he had a friend with Fang Zheng who was in trouble, and after Fang Zheng entered the court, he was valued by two generations of emperors, and the most troublesome thing was that he acted without rules and regulations, and there was no trace, so people couldn't guess what he would do next." It is said that when he goes down to the south of the Yangtze River, he must pass through Taihu Lake and go to Suzhou first, but he goes north, and his first step is to make people unable to catch it."

Han Zhu thought for a moment. He said in a deep voice: "Fang Zheng is an important minister next to the new emperor, he has won the trust, the emperor has only been on the throne for a month, and he sent him to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect, the meaning of this, Brother Boyan, you have to be careful!" I told you not to get involved in officialdom, don't get involved in these things in officialdom, but you, alas! ”

Li Boyan looked depressed and said, "Brother Han, you also know that I come from a poor family. Back then, I studied hard in the cold window, didn't I just hope to earn a few points of fame and win glory for my Li family? However, in the officialdom, if Yu is alone, how difficult it is! If I don't do what that man says, not only will my fame and official position be lost, but even the lives of the whole family will be inevitable.

Li Boyan said with a bit of ridicule on his face: "Official, in the eyes of the people, it is as big as the sky, but in his eyes, it is as small as an ant, it is ridiculous to say, he has studied hard for more than ten years, and the officialdom has struggled to climb for decades, but now he has fallen into this field, decades of hard work, who is working hard for whom he is busy,"

Han Zhu's face showed a little anger: "Why did Bo Yan say such a depressed word? No matter how powerful that person is, he is bigger than the Son of Heaven? Fought for the army? My Han family is the first family in Jiangnan. If it really doesn't work, I'll fight with him and ask for an explanation for you! ”

Li Boyan smiled bitterly: "Fight? How do you spell it? The Han family is the first family in Jiangnan, but have you been able to fight the joint attack of all the families in Jiangnan? Can you fight the countless intertwined forces behind that man? That person has been running Jiangnan for all these years, which family has not been submissive to him and bowed his head to him? It's hard to fight with it! ”

Han Zhu was stunned when he heard this, then sighed, shook his head and said, "I hope that Fang Zheng, the minister of the Imperial Mission, can bring us some hope,"

The two sighed at each other. His face was full of bitterness.

At this time, a delicate and calm voice came, Wu Yi said softly, very good: "Dad, the Ye family in Hangzhou sent someone to the house, saying that there is something important to discuss, do you want to come forward?" If you don't want to see the man, your daughter will send it for you. ”

Hear the voice. Han Zhu's eyebrows relaxed in vain, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little relief, stroking his long beard and turning his head to look. But I saw that under the mountain stone outside the pavilion, a woman came in style, and saw that she was about twenty-nine years old, wearing a light green pleated palace skirt, embroidered with a few butterflies fluttering at the hem of the skirt, wearing a hundred birds towards the phoenix golden hairpin, Yun Ying draped down, she was actually unmarried, with smooth black hair, and a white complexion. Elegant and refined, the eyebrows are delicate and delicate, the green temples are thick with spring smoke, and she is a stunning woman.

Han Zhu smiled in his eyes, watched her walk slowly, stroked his beard and said, "Zhen'er, some small things, let the next person come to the ceremony, why do you have to run in person." ”

Zhen'er pursed her lips and smiled faintly, and after saluting Li Boyan on the side, she said indifferently: "Dad, the Ye family is also a Jiangnan family, this time I sent someone to visit, what I said must not be a trivial matter, my daughter came here to remind my father, don't make it easy to promise, if you are perfunctory in advance, if your father can't make a decision, you might as well come and ask your daughter." ”

Han Zhu stroked his beard and laughed. smiled at Li Boyan: "Did Boyan see it?" My Han family is really in charge, but it's not the old man. It's this Miss Han Yizhen, her ability is not small, even her brothers can't compare to her. ”

Li Boyan also smiled: "The tiger father has no eldest daughter, and he is really capable." When he inherited the mantle of Brother Han, Brother Han is very lucky! ”