"Master, for some reason, there have been a lot of suspicious people on the street outside the house today, as if they are spying on us?"

Two days later, in the evening, Chen Zhizhi returned home full of alcohol, and when the maid gave him a wide coat to rest, the housekeeper came up and whispered something to him, "The little ones have checked, they are not people from the yamen, nor are they from ****." ”

"Are you sure you're spying on our house?" Chen Zhizhi's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he asked in a deep voice.

"They are targeting us, and the people in our house will be followed by them as soon as they go out." The butler nodded, and then asked nervously, "Master, will they be sent by our opponent?" ”

"If it's someone sent by the opponent, he won't act so flamboyantly." Chen Mingzhi pondered for a moment, waved his hand to let the waiting maid retreat, and then frowned and said to the butler, "Since the other party dares to be blatant, then it is bound to rely on something, and I am not afraid of being known by us." ”

"Sir, who are they? Why? The housekeeper bowed his head slightly when he heard this, thinking that Chen Mingming's words were reasonable, and he couldn't help but show a suspicious look on his face, and he couldn't figure out where those people were sacred.

"Go to the official tomorrow and let the people in the yamen check it." Chen Mingming thought about it for a while, and commanded the housekeeper in a deep voice.

"The master is clever!" The housekeeper's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand and stretched out his thumb to Chen Mingming, which was a good way to probe the details of the other party.

Early the next morning, the housekeeper sent someone to do what Chen Mingzhi had told him, and soon, a group of officials from the government rushed over and began to aggressively check the big men who were watching near Li's house.

However, when the big men revealed their identities, the officers immediately apologized with a smile on their faces and left as if they were fleeing.

"Master, it's not good, those people who are watching us are the new army brought by Lord Qincha!" The housekeeper soon learned the reason why the government officials had fled, and hurriedly went to find Chen Mingzhi, who was practicing calligraphy in the study.

"The New Army?" Chen Mingming was taken aback, his hand shook, and a cloud of ink fell on the rice paper, and the last thing he wanted to see happened.

"Master, we have no grievances with Lord Qincha, why did he send someone to do this?" The butler also realized the seriousness of the situation, and it was uncomfortable to be targeted by Lord Qincha, so he asked in a low voice full of suspicion, he didn't understand the reason.

"Go, send people to Ningbo quickly, and see if those people are home?" Chen Mingzhi put down the wolf pen in his hand, and said to the housekeeper with a solemn expression, the Chen family is not without grievances with Lord Qincha, Chen Renhai sent someone to burn down the Jade Building not long ago to prevent the holding of the bidding meeting of the suppliers of the Customs Department.

"Master, are you saying that Lord Qincha knows that the matter of the Jade Building is related to the second son?" The housekeeper also realized this when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Chen Mingzhi in surprise, Chen Renhai's arson plan was already meticulous enough, how could Li Hongyu find the clues so quickly?

"I hope not!" Chen Mingming's brows furrowed even more when he heard this, this was not what he wanted to see, otherwise the Chen family would get into a big trouble.

A few days later, a piece of bad news reached Chen Mingming, according to the report of the housekeeper's faction, the Chen family members who set fire to the fire should have already arrived at home, but for some reason they lost their traces, as if they suddenly disappeared without a trace.

"Sir, the people from the new army are here." When Chen Mingming was shocked by the news, the butler hurriedly came to report it.

"Let's go!" Chen Mingzhi's face changed suddenly when he heard this, knowing that Chen Renhai's matter had been revealed, and then he left with a gloomy face, and now he had no other way but to go to see the people of the new army.

In the living room in the front yard, a military attache of the New Army sat upright on a chair, and several New Army soldiers stood behind him.

"I don't know if the military master is coming, and I hope to forgive my sins." Chen Mingming entered the door with a smile and said to the military attache of the new army.

If you are too lazy to worry about these errand people in the usual capacity of Chen Mingming, but the new army is different, not only the forbidden army specially formed by Emperor Wanli, but also the escort of Lord Qincha, plus the people who came this time are not good, he naturally has to treat each other with courtesy.

"Chen Yuanwai, recently our new army received a report that the fire in the Jade Building is related to the people of your Chen family, so this official was ordered to come to inquire and want to know if this matter is true?"

The military attache bowed his hand to Chen Mingzhi and quietly explained his intentions, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court began to buy and sell fame in order to increase income, as long as he was willing to spend money, he could get the official position of "Wai Lang", which is what people call donating officials.

Of course, the "Wai Lang" here is different from that of the Six Ministries, the "Wai Lang" of the Six Ministries is a real job, and the "Wai Lang" who comes from the donor is just a fictitious job in name only, which is similar to the privileges enjoyed by Xiucai, and you can see the official without worshipping.

It can be seen that there is indeed a big problem with the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty, although the people are rich, but the imperial court cannot collect the money, so that it has fallen to the point of increasing taxes by donating officials, which is really embarrassing.

The merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have the false position of "Wai Lang" to improve their status in society, so they are usually called "Wai Lang", and before the middle of the Ming Dynasty, only the "Wai Lang" of the six departments had the qualification to be called "Wai Lang".

"How can such a thing happen?" Chen Mingzhi suddenly sighed in his heart when he heard this, he was really afraid of something, what he was most worried about was inevitable, and then he pretended to be surprised and looked at the military attache and said, "I really don't know about this matter, if I know that someone has done such an unforgivable crime, I will definitely bring him to justice and send him to the official." ”

"Chen Yuanwai, Lord Qincha already knows about this, I hope you can give Lord Qincha an explanation as soon as possible, and don't leave Yangzhou before that." Hearing this, the military attache of the new army glanced at Chen Mingming, and then arched his hand and said, "This official has already been brought, so I won't bother, and I will leave!" ”

After speaking, the military attache of the new army led several military attaches behind him to leave, and Chen Mingzhi accompanied the smiling face and asked the housekeeper to go to see off the guests.

After the military attache of the new army and his party left, the smile on Chen Mingming's face froze, turned his head and walked to the backyard, and went to find Chen Renhai.

In Chen Mingming's opinion, Chen Renhai has been planted at home this time, although the military attache of the New Army asked Chen Mingzhi to give an explanation to Lord Qincha, but it is obvious that Lord Qincha already knows that the mastermind behind the arson case of the Jade Tower is Chen Renhai, otherwise the soldiers of the New Army would not be watching them outside for no reason.

As for the missing Chen family members, they have been arrested by Lord Qincha, which means that Lord Qincha has already grasped the initiative in the matter, and if he deals with the Chen family, it will be a thought.

In the backyard, Chen Renhai was drinking wine while leisurely admiring the new tunes that Green Sleeves learned from Li Hongyu.

"Greensleeves, you step back first." Seeing Chen Mingzhi coming with a gloomy face, Green Sleeves hurriedly got up to greet her, and Chen Mingzhi said after bowing slightly to her.

Green Sleeves knew that Chen Mingming was in a bad mood, so he walked quickly behind Chen Mingzhi Yifu, and glanced at Chen Renhai with some concern before leaving.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Chen Renhai didn't know why, so he walked over with a smile and asked.

"You're a wicked!" As soon as Chen Zhizhi raised his hand, he slapped Chen Renhai with a snap, and shouted angrily, "Do you know that you have caused a big trouble, and Lord Qincha now knows that you instigated the arson." ”

"Dad, how is this possible? I didn't leave a clue. Chen Renhai was taken aback when he heard this, covered his beaten cheek with his hand, and said with a look of disbelief, "Besides, those people who are doing business have already gone to Ningbo, and they don't want to find it." ”

"Those people didn't go to Ningbo at all, and now their whereabouts are unknown, I don't know where they went, and they are estimated to have been arrested by Lord Qincha, who just sent someone to find someone to ask me for someone."

Chen Zhizhi sneered when he heard this, and waited for Chen Renhai to shout, "You still think how shrewd you are, maybe Lord Qincha sent someone to secretly watch the Jade Tower, and you let people set fire to the trap and trap yourself." ”

"Dad, you're not going to hand me over, are you?" Chen Renhai's face suddenly became very ugly when he heard this, and he looked at Chen Mingzhi with a nervous expression and asked, he didn't want to go into a dark and damp prison.

"You know you're scared now?" Chen Zhizhi glared at Chen Renhai coldly, "When you asked people to go to the Jade Tower, did you ever think that Lord Qincha would know about this?" ”

"Dad, I didn't expect Lord Qincha to find me so quickly, I didn't expect Lord Qincha to be so difficult." When Chen Renhai heard this, he immediately replied stupidly, he was in high spirits at that time, where would he have thought of today's result.

"Stupid! The fact that Lord Qincha has not yet weakened the crown is enough to arouse your attention, you must know that if there is no uniqueness, how could the emperor entrust such an important errand to Lord Qincha? ”

Chen Zhizhi couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, and looked at Chen Renhai with hatred, Chen Renhai had a good life before, which made him a little empty-eyed, you must know that once some mistakes are made, it will be difficult to make up for them.

"Dad, you want to save me this time, I offended Lord Qincha this time, if it falls into his hands, life will definitely be worse than death." Chen Renhai suddenly became anxious when he heard this, and knelt down in front of Chen Mingzhi and said, worried about the retaliation of Lord Qincha.

"Do you remember the lesson this time?" Seeing this, Chen Mingzhi couldn't help but sigh helplessly, if it were Chen Renyang, he would definitely have taken the responsibility by now, and he would not plead with himself at all, and then asked with a gloomy face.

"Remember, my son will never act recklessly again." Chen Renhai nodded hurriedly when he heard this, don't look at his usual high-spiritedness, but in fact, he is extremely afraid of death, his courage and courage are far inferior to that of his eldest brother Chen Renyang, otherwise Chen Renyang would not disobey Chen Mingming to be a fisherman.

"If anything happens to me, this home will be handed over to you."

Hearing this, Chen Zhizhi stretched out his hand to help Chen Renhai up from the ground, and said earnestly, "There is an old saying, brothers are united in their interests and cut off gold, your eldest brother will not compete with you for the family's industry, and when it comes to intrigue with others, you are not as good as him, you must find him to help you at that time, blood is thicker than water, and only he will really help you at that time." ”

"Dad, what are you going to do?" Chen Renhai nodded first, and then realized something, his face suddenly changed, and he asked in a panic, Chen Mingming's words were undoubtedly explaining the future.

"The father of the Jade Building must give an explanation to Lord Qincha, and the father must shoulder this responsibility, otherwise this matter will be difficult to get right."

Chen Mingzhi sighed, looked at Chen Renhai seriously, and said, "Renhai, you have to learn from this, you must remember not to act publicly, don't look at us here, we can call for wind and rain here, but there are some people we can't offend, and no one can help us at that time!" ”

"Dad, let me go, it's a big deal to die." Chen Renhai's emotions suddenly became a little excited when he heard this, no matter what he said, he couldn't let Chen Mingzhi apologize for him, this was the biggest unfilial piety.

"You don't have enough weight, and it's in vain to go." Chen Mingming's face showed a look of relief, and he told Chen Renhai in a deep voice, "Remember, go back to Ningbo as soon as this matter is over, and discuss it with your eldest brother in the future." ”

After speaking, Chen Zhizhi turned around and left, his back looked a little lonely and lonely, Chen Renhai couldn't help but feel sour when he saw this, tears burst out of his eyes, he was used to being arrogant before, he didn't expect to plant such a big heel here.

"I hope it will give him a long memory!" After leaving the small courtyard where Chen Renhai lived, Chen Zhizhi turned his head and glanced back at the courtyard gate, whispered a word in his mouth and left, the expression on his face became relaxed.

Obviously, Chen Mingming's actions just now were to teach Chen Renhai a lesson, so he deliberately scared him, the current situation is far from as bad as he said, otherwise the new army would have broken in and arrested people, only after experiencing unforgettable setbacks Chen Renhai will get experience and growth, pity the world's parents!

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