Chapter 40: Counterattack
The carriage drove on the official road of the starry night.
It stands to reason that the city tower has been closed now, but after all, it is still a special person, and there is naturally a special way to enter the city.
Yue'er and a few guys from the restaurant had been waiting in front of the city tower for a long time, and it wasn't until they watched Shen Wuyan's carriage come over that they breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered the guys to go back first, and he greeted him.
After Shen Wuyan's transformation, this carriage is now drawn by two horses, divided into three parts: the front, middle and back, the driver in the front, and the people in the middle and behind are sitting, and a small door is opened on the side of the carriage to facilitate entry and exit.
This kind of carriage is longer than the ordinary carriage, according to Shen Wuyan's explanation, this is called an extended carriage, speaking of which, the advantage of this carriage over ordinary carriages is that it can seat a few more people.
But since he made this thing, he hasn't really enjoyed his true effect. Although Shen Wuyan often goes out, he often goes out on foot and rarely takes a carriage.
Unless you go to a place like Yulong Street, you will go by carriage and come back on foot.
To this day, the carriage finally came in handy. Doctor Xue and Su Qiaoqiao sat at the back of the carriage, Shen Wuyan sat in the middle, and Wang Tian drove.
It is said that Wang Tian's driving skills are not very good, perhaps because of the perennial water activities, the mastery of horses is not good, but at this time he can't care so much.
Shen Wuyan had other things to do, such as appeasing Su Qiaoqiao, who was frightened just now.
Along the way, Shen Wuyan continued to carry forward the means of telling jokes, and for a while, there was laughter and laughter in the carriage, and even Wang Tian sometimes echoed a few words, not at all like he had just experienced life and death.
It wasn't until Shen Wuyan saw Yue'er waiting under the city tower that Shen Wuyan hurriedly got out of the car to send Yue'er into the carriage, and then returned to the carriage again, that he continued: "This is the Yue'er girl who is often mentioned, and she will take care of your daily life after returning to the teahouse." ”
Yue'er didn't expect to bring back two people, before Shen Wuyan went out just said to do something, tell her to go to the prefect's yamen, let her open the city gate later.
In fact, now that the victims outside the city are gathered, the city gate at night can never be opened, but the prefect Xu Shangzhen knows very well what this Shen Gongzi is going to do, so he has to respond to this matter.
"Before...... Indeed, he was indeed tied up a month ago, and then barely escaped, but suffered a lot of injuries...... This is also thanks to Dr. Xue, who originally didn't plan to hide it from you, but after all, killing people is not a good thing. ”
Since the matter has come to this point, Shen Wuyan does not intend to hide it, it is better to explain many things clearly, so as not to let Doctor Xue and Su Qiaoqiao not know.
When Shen Wuyan said this, the carriage was very quiet, until after he briefly talked about the situation of that day, Wang Tian suddenly said: "That Chen Huyuan, I'm afraid I don't plan to do this." ”
"It's not easy to deal with this matter now, Chen Huyuan is indeed a good person, upright...... If you can not implicate him, you won't implicate him, but the murder can't be just left to blame, it depends on what Governor Xu says. ”
A month ago, when Shen Wuyan pointed out that Wang Zhenming hired a murderer, he probably thought of this result, and the reason why he later handed the letter about the flood to the prefect's yamen also had this meaning.
After all, it is easy to take care of the government side, but I didn't expect this detail to be grabbed by Hu Yuming's side.
Yue'er on the side suddenly handed a letter to Shen Wuyan, and then said: "The meaning of Governor Xu's side is very clear, the people who killed are not good people and good people, they are all damned people, and Wuyan can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people in this way, so I plan to turn big things into small things and small things." ”
Shen Wuyan didn't tell Yue'er about this, but getting along all day and night, Yue'er probably saw some clues, and after going to find Xu Shangzhen tonight, she would probably be able to understand what happened.
Shen Wuyan nodded, and then said: "This is a big or small matter, the key is Hu Yuming's meaning, and now this grudge has been settled, it is nothing more than because of the Li family's business." ”
"The Li family's business?" Yue'er was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The Hu family's raw silk business in Zhejiang, and the Li family's embroidery business, although the two have a cooperative relationship, the two still have no cooperation. …… Besides, with the Hu family's wealth, do you still care about the Li family's share? ”
Shen Wuyan smiled faintly: "The Hu family is indeed very big, as far as the capital of Fujian, there are Hu family's cloth lines, but they are not imperial merchants, the reason for this is that the Governor Hu prospered and died in the Governor Hu." ”
"What the young master means is that although the Hu family can open business all over the country, they can't take the imperial business, because Governor Hu doesn't allow it...... Why is that? ”
Shen Wuyan had been thinking about this question before, with Hu Zongxian's status, it was not difficult for the Hu family to take the imperial business.
"Now the Ming Dynasty is different from the Yongle period, all countries come to pay tribute, silk cloth is in short supply, in fact, the current cloth embroidery, many are used for rewards, for the harem is very few."
Yue'er continued: "So there are imperial merchants and there are no imperial merchants, in fact, the impact on textiles is not great, it is nothing more than a name. My Hu family is working for Your Majesty, and it is right to have these privileges, so that I will not be as timid as before. ”
In fact, the previous Hu family also had a lot of privileges from the imperial merchants given by Hu Zongxian, but because they couldn't be too ostentatious, they were timidity many times and couldn't really play a role.
Speaking of which, Hu Zongxian is afraid of being too ostentatious, it is not a good thing to be ostentatious in the Ming Dynasty, even if you are an emperor in a high position, there will be an official like Hai Rui to impeach you, let alone a governor.
"The young master said before that Governor Hu is actually a good official for the country and the people, even if there are some other disgraceful places, but they are all for ideals and ambitions, such a person deserves our respect, but now his relatives are using his rights to oppress the people, what is it?"
The girl's question echoed in her ears, and Shen Wuyan was silent here, she did not think about as much as Yue'er in business, and many places were not as thoughtful as she was.
I have been thinking about things at the level of the country before, but at this time, I realized that I was just a common man at the bottom of the empire, and what I had to do was not to change anything for the country, but to do my best not to drag the country down.
Hu Zongxian played an immeasurable role in the war in the southeast, but for ordinary people like them, they should be more concerned about how to live tomorrow, live a few more years, and have a full house of children and grandchildren.
"Yue'er is right, it's just ...... The Li family's imperial merchants will not mix with each other, run our teahouse well, and do not go against the Hu family...... I think too much. ”
The words are far-fetched, but they are also heartfelt.
The reason for all this is that it has ruined the affairs of the Hu family, and no matter where the Hu family's business is done or who they cooperate with, it actually has no impact on themselves and on Xing Bake.
Yue'er sighed, lifted the curtain and looked at the quiet street outside the window: "The young master has a marriage contract with the Li family, in fact, he shouldn't let you stay out of it...... It's just that even if the marriage contract between the Hu and Li families is not concluded, the cooperation can still continue, and the emperor and the merchant will take it, which is nothing more than a difference between the close relationship and the intimate. ”
The conversation stopped after the carriage stopped at the Eight Guest Tea House.
After Shen Wuyan temporarily arranged a room for Su Qiaoqiao and Dr. Xue, he returned to the study alone, and he couldn't think about a lot of things for a while, so he still needed to think about it.
Looking at Shen Wuyan's departing figure, Yue'er bit her lip lightly, these words were not something she would say, and it was impossible for her to speak to Shen Wuyan like this when she was obedient to Shen Wuyan on weekdays.
This sentence was told to her by Xu Shixing after she went to the prefect's yamen, and it was not difficult to understand this sentence with Yue'er's intelligence, but later she felt that it was reasonable, so she told Shen Wuyan the original words, but now it seems to be effective.
"Miss Yue'er, I listened to your words in the carriage just now, although it was a little-for-tat, but it was for the sake of Shen Gongzi's safety."
Yue'er was in a daze, but she was disturbed by this gentle voice, and hurriedly looked back, it turned out to be Su Qiaoqiao.
For Su Qiaoqiao, Yue'er is also the first time to see it, and it is also the first time to hear this name, just at a glance, she feels that this girl is very comfortable, so she is very friendly.
"Miss Qiaoqiao, someone has been sent to clean up in the east wing, I live next door to you, you can go to me if you have something."
Yue'er deliberately avoided Su Qiaoqiao's words and didn't mention anything about Shen Wuyan.
Then the two girls got along quite well, and they talked and laughed for a while, and then went back to their rooms.
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On the other hand, Hu Yuming did not go back to Suzhou directly, but rushed back to Zhejiang overnight, the Governor's Mansion.
Seeing his nephew from afar, Hu Zongxian was surprised, and after roughly inquiring about some of the recent situation of the Hu family, he placed Hu Yuming in the house.
Hu Yuming hurriedly revealed the suspicions about Shen Wuyan's murder found by Chen Huyuan, since Xu Shangzhen couldn't help, then he came directly to Hu Zongxian, so there would be no problem.
"You mean...... Shen Wuyan kills? Hu Zongxian listened to Hu Yuming's words, and immediately laughed and said: "I have seen Shen Wuyan, you say that he instructed to kill people is still a little interesting, but it is impossible to say that he killed people." ”
Hearing Hu Zongxian say this, Hu Yuming was a little panicked in his heart, if he didn't even care about Hu Zongxian's side, then there was really no way out. Just as Hu Yuming was planning to make a last effort, Hu Zongxian's remaining words made him completely dispel the idea of targeting Shen Wuyan.
"Let's tell you this, even if that person was really killed by Shen Wuyan, take 10,000 steps back, even if Shen Wuyan killed ordinary people and killed good people...... It's still a deliberate killing, and I won't help you. Do you think it's unfair? You're wrong......"
After a pause, Hu Zongxian continued: "Your Hu family's business in the southeast can live so peacefully without being invaded by the Japanese invaders, and there is a credit to Shen Wuyan, and now the people in the southeast are grateful to me...... didn't know that it was Shen Wuyan who should be thanked even more. Don't mention the murder again, or you will die. ”
"But Shen Wuyan also said that I won't survive next year's Duanyang ......"
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