Chapter 41: Tracing the Roots (Part II)
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I came out of the Zijin Pavilion, Qiu Ming helped me into the carriage, and asked, "Xiangye, are we going back to the house, or are we going to the Tang Family's Qianzhuang?" I shook my head, Qiu Ming cleared her throat, and said to the coachman, "Go to Lord Ye's mansion." ā
Leaf House.
Ye Shuluo didn't expect me to come, he was still lying on the bed at this time, and when he saw me enter the house, he was stunned, and smiled embarrassedly: "Let Xiangye see you smile." "I didn't expect Lord Ye to have such a high reputation in the court, known as a model for the ministers in the court, and he would be bedridden." I laughed. Ye Shuluo waved his hand: "What a model, it's just that I don't like to talk to them, so I can't correct this rumor, in fact, I am quite casual in my life." ā
Saying that, the little guy came in to serve Ye Shuluo and let me wait next door first, but I was playful and sat here watching Ye Shuluo get dressed. Ye Shuluo's face flushed, and he sighed: "Xiangye, you really should have some shelves." ā
I held my chin, sat on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed, and said with a smile: "I don't have anything to stand up, but you, your temperament is indeed a little withdrawn, I see that you are really a good person here, is it that apart from me, there will be no ministers from the DPRK and China?" ā
"What Xiangye said is very true." Ye Shuluo said, "Only Xiangye will come to see me." ā
"You're a second-class master, why are you so miserable." I couldn't help but ask.
Ye Shuluo raised his eyebrows: "It's by nature, I have already accepted my fate." I'm not very close to people. He didn't seem to want to talk about this topic anymore, and said, "If you don't have anything to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and when Xiangye comes to me, there must be something for me to do?" ā
I said in my heart that you just asked yourself, and I didn't need to bother with it, so I told him in detail, Ye Shuluo listened carefully, nodded his head from time to time and echoed two sentences, most of the time he listened to me carefully, and when I finished speaking, he also gave him a cup of tea.
"Indeed, I must also come forward, and I must protect you."
I took a sip of tea: "That's not what I said, you came forward to leave us a way out, if you are in danger, I can protect you." ā
Ye Shuluo said with a smile: "Even if Xiangye doesn't protect me, I have to do it, Xiangye is determined to fight corruption, I have to charge." ā
"You and Chen Hanshi are more familiar than me, I have already sent someone to find a way to deal with the account book, you go and knock the current boss of Tang's money village first, it is Tang Xuelai's younger brother Tang Fengyin." I touched my chin, "I've checked, Tang Fengyin is timid and can't be frightened, plus he is Tang Xuelai's younger brother, you can accept it when you see it, just put some words out." ā
"Understood." Ye Shuluo said, "Xiangye, is this going home?" ā
"I want to have lunch at your house before leaving, I wonder if you would like to invite me to this meal?"
"Of course I do, it's an honor." Ye Shuluo said with a smile.
The environment in Ye Shuluo's house is very good, the gardening is excellent, the celadon sword, it is worth a lot at a glance, the cook's craftsmanship is also excellent, light but tasteful, after lunch, Ye Shuluo and I sat in the courtyard and played chess.
"Chunsheng, go make tea." Ye Shuluo said, "I brewed the tea that Boss Chen brought from Bizhou." ā
"Bizhou cold tea, but it is a rare top grade." I smiled and said, "Chen Hanshi is good to you." ā
"Good tea has to be tasted by someone who understands it, in fact, Kong Youhuan came to me, Xiangye." Ye Shu Luo Dao.
Saying that, Chunsheng had already brought the teapot and teacup, poured out two cups, handed one to me, one to Ye Shuluo, and poured another cup and handed it to Qiu Ming, Qiu Ming took it, and I said: "What does it look like, you dare to take this tea." ā
Qiu Ming blinked: "The teapot made by Master Lu, since there are three teacups, that is, you can pour three cups, anyway, you have to pour out this third cup, Lord Ye originally intended to invite me to eat tea, and Xiangye didn't say anything when he saw the teapot, didn't he acquiesce to me taking this cup of tea?" ā
Ye Shuluo laughed and said, "That's right, you deserve this cup of tea." ā
"Don't get used to him." Qiu Ming said everything to my heart, but I had to make an unhappy appearance on the surface, and slashed him with my eyes.
"You are the most accustomed to him in the world, but you talked about me." Ye Shuluo said with a smile, "Last time Master Kong came to me, I also invited him to tea, and he asked me how I took out three cups." ā
"Kong Youhuan was born in bitterness, and Qiu Ming grew up with me in Xiangfu when he was a child, so his appreciation ability naturally cannot be compared." I said, "I don't know how much money Han Fu promised him to risk his life to launder money for him." ā
"People's greed is endless, in the words of King Gowen, these people are not reading, and they are extremely empty in spirit, so they will not be satisfied." Ye Shuluo said with a smile.
"I also think that King Yuwen mentioned a few years ago that the country will build an official school, and the school-age children will go to study and read This plan is worth a try, and the six-year period can also be considered." I nodded, "Even a few more years, even nine years." ā
"It's just that now these officials are busy earning money for themselves, how can they give money to build a school? King Yuwen is another way to the black, His Majesty didn't approve it, so he continued to mention it, which made His Majesty lose face? It was a matter of time before he was demoted, but he didn't expect to rebel with Han Fu. Ye Shuluo sighed and said, "Good reader, why do you want to do such a thing?" ā
"I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that the scholars have the courage to lead the troops." I rubbed my temples, "King Yuwen is too ideal, the current Chen Kingdom, relying on ideals can't change anything." When it comes to getting rid of dirty, it's often the dirty ones that work best. But in this way, in the eyes of many people, they will be wicked. ā
"Xiangye is willing to be this villain?"
"If I don't be evil, who will?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Then I'll accompany Xiangye." Qiu Ming hurriedly said.
I kicked Qiu Ming: "Stay on the side, I'm going to play chess with Lord Ye." ā
Qiu Ming smiled and said, "Yes." ā
Chen Zhai.
Chen Hanshi was at home, so he began to sort out the account books, check the accounts one by one, and he was locked in the house alone, and he didn't even let Leyou in, the ground was full of account books, he sat in the middle, holding a brush, looking at it line by line, frowning.
In the scorching summer, Chen Hanshi felt a chill down his spine. When the national teacher gave him the task of monitoring the household department and the Tang family's money village, he gave him a lot of previous account books and materials, and told him to keep them well. He locked it all up, not daring to look at it. He vaguely knew that the case of the Sun family back then, a little further back, the case of the Fan family and the case of Lin Zhonghe, seemed to have something to do with money, but he didn't know what the relationship was.
Now that Zhou Yulan wants to completely fight corruption and uproot Han Fu, he will inevitably touch the previous case, so he can only come back and turn over the previous accounts to check it again, so as to prevent Zhou Yulan from finding the wrong place.
This was unbelievable, and Chen Hanshi discovered that Han Fu's power had penetrated into every inch of the empire's soil like the roots of a tree, and he was so bold that even the Tai Hospital and the secret guards dared to do it.
Chen Hanshi sat on the ground and thought, these account books were given to him by the national teacher, that is, the national teacher actually knew these things, so why did he let these things happen? Chen Hanshi had a terrible idea: these were all deliberately done by the national teacher, deliberately pretending not to see it, and deliberately releasing water to Han Fu. - But why is that? Could it be that the national teacher is also on Han Fu's side? Impossible, why did the national teacher still bother so much to deal with Han Fu? So why did the national teacher do this?
Chen Hanshi decided not to think about these things anymore, he knew that knowing too much was not a good thing.
Chen Hanshi sorted out all the accounts related to the Sun family, the Fan family, and Lin Zhonghe, made a new account, and locked the original one back into the cellar. Chen Hanshi realized that he hadn't eaten lunch and afternoon tea, and his stomach had already begun to growl.
"Fun, fun!"
"Yes, sir." Leyou answered the road outside the door.
"Eat!"
"Master, Boss Tang is here, I want to see you, I've been waiting in the lobby for half an hour."
"Boss Tang?" Chen Hanshi frowned, Tang Fengyin? What is Tang Fengyin doing at this time? Could it be that Zhou Yulan moved so fast that she had already beaten him?
Chen Hanshi got up from the ground, his feet were numb and weak, and his head was a little dizzy, he stood up with his support on the table and said, "You come in and clean up the account book, and I'll go see her." ā
Leyou pushed the door in, looked at the ledgers all over the ground, and couldn't help but say, "Master, are you rebelling inside?" ā
"Whether we have any lives in the future, we all look at these account books."
Chen Hanshi walked to the lobby and found Tang Fengyin looking around on the chair uncomfortably, and when he saw Chen Hanshi coming, he hurriedly stood up to greet him: "Boss Chen." ā
Chen Hanshi knew Tang Fengyin's background, and Tang's Qianzhuang was originally just a relatively large Qian Zhuangzi, because Tang Fengyin's father used to be a household secretary, which had a relationship with the imperial court. It's just that Tang Fengyin's father died of a violent illness in the prime of life for some reason, and it just so happened that Tang Xuelai had been working in the household department for many years at that time, which could be regarded as a consolation, and gave her father's position to Tang Xuelai.
Tang Fengyin naturally inherited his own money bank, but Tang Fengyin's mind is not in business, he likes to carve seals and do handicrafts by himself when he has nothing to do - the things he makes are exquisite, and they can be sold at a lot of prices in the market. But in the business field, Tang Fengyin is tantamount to a straw bale, and it is not impossible to be deceived by Kong Youhuan.
"What kind of wind blew Boss Tang here?" Chen Hanshi sat down quietly.
"That's right, Lord Ye came to me today, it seems that it was for Master Kong's business, Boss Chen, you have to help me this time."
"Lord Ye is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Lord Kong is the squire of the Ministry of Households, Lord Ye came to you, how could it be for Lord Kong's business? Besides, what can I do to help you? Chen Hanshi immediately chose himself cleanly and drew a clear line.
"Boss Chen, Master Kong has bought a lot of houses with you, and I have allocated all the money here. You also know that with Lord Kong's official position, it is impossible to have so many houses, and Lord Kong should have agreed with you about the commission when he bought the house, and I am naturally the same here, we are grasshoppers on the same boat. ā
Chen Hanshi smiled: "Boss Tang, I am only responsible for selling houses, how many houses should the court officials have, how many houses can be owned, it is not something I care about, where to start with the commission?" ā
"Boss Chen, if the imperial court investigates, the Tang family can't run, and your Chen family can't run either!" Tang Feng groaned.
"I have always done things above board, if you want to check the accounts, just check, I am not afraid at all, but your Tang family's money village, the appropriation of the imperial court also dares to allocate it at will, I don't even know where to go, and let the receipts leak out, and I don't know what kind of home you are doing." Chen Hanshi raised his eyebrows.
"I..."Tang Feng choked, "Kong Youhuan's account book here, do you give it or not?" ā
Chen Hanshi slapped the table and said coldly: "Even if it's your sister, you don't dare to talk to me like this, if you want to ask me for an account book, ask you Lao Tzu to ask for it, you are not qualified enough!" ā
"You..."
"Someone, send off!" Chen Hanshi got up, "From now on, no one surnamed Tang is allowed to enter the gate of Chen's house!" (To be continued.) )