Chapter 7 Underestimating the Ancients
To Zheng Yanqing's surprise, Zheng Chang did not show too much activity after he came back.
He was not in a hurry to take over the affairs of the Zheng family, most of the time he accompanied Zheng Dashi to talk and chat, occasionally went out, and came back early, and he didn't even have much contact with outsiders. This is also in line with his current situation, when he is sinful and returns from office, how can he be in a good mood and rap with others all the time? That's really not normal.
But seeing that the days passed, but Zheng Chang's flaws could not be found, Yan Qing was a little anxious.
It's already winter, and it's snowing a lot, and it's the New Year in a while, and Yan Qing is going to Luoyang with Zheng Shi'an.
Yan Qing hopes that before going to Luoyang, he can find the right time to remind Zheng Dashi.
You know, it's a terrible thing to get on the wrong line.
Especially in ancient times, it was easy to behead all over the house, even if it was a big family, it was difficult to be spared......
The most obvious example is that in the 20th year of the emperor's reign, after the crown prince Yang Yong was deposed, the prince Cui Junhui was implicated and almost lost his surname. If it weren't for Cui Junxuan marrying a clan wife, it would be difficult to guarantee that it would not be a head-to-head landing.
But even so, his family property was confiscated and he was driven back to his hometown in Xingyang.
Cui Junsui is a member of the Zhengzhou house of the Cui clan in Qinghe, and he also has a deep family background, and he is also a clan, so he also ended up like this. When Cui Junxuan returned to Xingyang, Zheng Shi'an was ordered to visit once, and Yan Qing also followed. According to Zheng Sai'an, Cui Junqiu's family's land property was confiscated and slaves were sold, and he could only live on the relief of his clansmen.
With this example of the Cui family, Yan Qing is very worried.
In case Zheng Chang causes an accident, it will affect the Zheng family, and even he Zheng Yanqing will be implicated.
He is now enjoying his life in the Zheng family.
Although his status is not high, he lives a very free life, and no one dares to embarrass him.
If something happens to the Zheng family, he will be sad in the future!
But Zheng Dashi must be reminded that there must be evidence.
Zheng Chang stayed at home all day and didn't go out, how could Zheng Yanqing find the evidence?
As soon as he thought of this, Yan Qing was a little upset.
"Xiao Xiucai, why are you sitting here, in a daze?"
Duoduo walked in from outside the door, and when he saw Yan Qing sitting on the doorstep of the middle hall, he couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, nothing!"
Yan Qing raised his head and found that Duoduo was not wearing a strong suit as usual today. A long white shirt covered with a soap-colored coat. He had a double crow bun on his head and a slight smile on his face. Very delicate, with a hint of dignified.
"Duoduo, you just went out?"
After practicing martial arts together for two years, Yan Qing has faded the title of 'sister' intentionally or unintentionally.
After all, he has the soul of a forty-year-old man, and it is really uncomfortable for him to call him a little girl's sister. Duoduo didn't care very much, and he didn't have any dissatisfaction with Yan Qing's name. Listening to Zheng Yanqing's inquiry, Duoduo hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "My mother asked me to accompany her to buy something, I didn't think it was interesting, so I came back first." β
"Oh!"
Yan Qing said casually: "Mother Xu has been going out so often in the past two days." β
"Ah, these two days...... A bit of a lot! β
Zheng Yanqing looked up in surprise, "I'm just asking casually." β
"I'm just answering casually."
Yan Qing felt that something seemed to be wrong with Duoduo today, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. In the past, Duoduo rarely gave an explanation, but today...... I always feel a little weird. However, Zheng Yanqing's mind is now full of Zheng Chang's affairs, so he didn't pursue it. He clasped his legs in his hands and made a preoccupied look.
"Xiao Xiucai, what's wrong with you today?"
"Duoduo, after the New Year, we may have to leave here."
"Oh? Where to? β
"Grandpa said that the second master is back and will take over the affairs in his hands. The eldest prince will be the east Cao Peng of Luoyang after the year, and he needs someone to help him. So what the eldest lord means is that we want to go to Luoyang and take care of the eldest son's family. β
"Luoyang?"
Duoduo's body trembled slightly.
In fact, it is no secret that Zheng Shi'an's ancestors are going to Luoyang.
Since Zheng Dashi instructed Zheng Chang to take over the affairs of An Yuantang, the whereabouts of Zheng Shi'an's family have long been clear.
But it was confirmed from Yan Qing's mouth that Duoduo's face still changed.
She hurriedly lowered her head and said softly, "It's okay to go to Luoyang...... That's a good thing, why are you so preoccupied? β
"I just think that the eldest master has already announced that the second master will take over the housework.
But the second master has been back for so long, but he hasn't asked. Grandpa was busy late every day, and I was worried about him......"
"Xiao Xiucai, you are so filial!"
Duoduo praised gently, and Yanqing felt very embarrassed.
Couldn't he tell Duoduo that he felt that Zheng Chang had a problem, so he was worried?
In case the news leaks out, Zheng Chang may send someone to kill him tonight. Zheng Chang has a samurai by his side, and it couldn't be easier to kill him.
"By the way, I saw the Smiling Tiger today!"
Seeing that Zheng Yanqing didn't speak, Duoduo suddenly changed his words and said something that made Yanqing very interested.
The smiling tiger is the fat scribe who came back with Zheng Chang. According to Zheng Chang, the fat man's surname is Wang, his name is Jingwen, a native of Yangzhou, and he was a housekeeper bought by Zheng Chang when he was in Taiyuan. Wang Jingwen is chubby, like Maitreya Buddha, always smiling, which makes people feel very kind. But Duoduo didn't like this person very much, and once said privately that Wang Jingwen was angry.
For the method of physiognomy of the ancients, Yan Qing did not understand.
However, he has decades of political experience in later generations, and he has his own uniqueness in looking at people.
vaguely felt that Wang Jingwen was by no means as simple as Zheng Chang's housekeeper...... Although Zheng Chang and Wang Jingwen's acting skills are excellent, unconsciously, Zheng Chang will have a kind of humility of the subordinate. Not only in the face of Wang Jingwen, but also in front of the warrior named Pei An, Zheng Chang would also be humble, which was by no means normal.
Therefore, Yanqing privately called Wang Jingwen a 'smiling tiger', and Pei An a 'cold-faced ghost'.
Hearing Duoduo suddenly mention Wang Jingwen, Yan Qing's heart moved, and he felt that he seemed to have neglected something in the past period of time.
He subconsciously asked, "Where did you see him?" β
"Water Pavilion." Duoduo replied.
Guanshui Pavilion is a century-old restaurant in Xingyang, and it is also the largest gold cave in Xingyang City. Ordinary civilian drinkers are not accepted. People who can enter and exit the Guanshui Pavilion are either rich or expensive, which can be regarded as a status symbol.
Zheng Yanqing had heard of the Guanshui Pavilion, but he had never entered it.
It's not that he doesn't want to go, it's that he doesn't have the qualifications to go in......
Duoduo continued: "Xiao Xiucai, you definitely can't guess who Wang Jingwen is with. β
"Who?"
"Cui Jingmao and Cui Junxuan!"
"Huh?"
Yan Qing was surprised.
Cui Jingmao is the patriarch of the Zhengzhou house of the Qinghe Cui clan, and is also the spokesperson of the Qinghe Cui clan in the Central Plains. Qinghe Cui's has a total of ten rooms. Three of them are located in the Central Plains, and the most powerful of them is Zhengzhou Fang.
Although Cui Junqi has fallen down, the Cui family in Zhengzhou is still not to be underestimated.
Cui Junxuan's brothers Cui Junsu and Cui Junzhou are still serving in the DPRK. Cui Jingmao, as the patriarch of the Cui clan, rarely shows his head and has always been very low-key. However, he has been to Anyuan Hall a few times, so Duoduo has also seen it.
The family has the pride of the family.
The children of the gate valve generally disdain to associate with ordinary people, even if Zheng Shi'an represents An Yuantang, Cui Jingmao never pretends to be a color. Wang Jingwen is just Zheng Chang's housekeeper, and he hasn't been in Xingyang for a long time, so what qualifications does he have to let Cui Jingmao come forward for a banquet?
"Duoduo, you can't be mistaken!"
Duoduo pouted, "How could I be wrong?" The red mole on Cui Jingmao's eyebrows is so obvious, I will never admit it. β
"I mean, Smiling Tiger ......"
"That's even more unlikely." Duoduo seemed to be a little anxious, her delicate little face was swollen red, and her eyes widened and said, "Really, I'm not mistaken." I saw Cui Jingmao get out of the car at the gate of the Guanshui Pavilion, bringing a lot of people, and the smiling tiger came out from the side and squeezed in at once. Then the servant of the Cui family stepped forward to block my view, and the smiling tiger was gone. β
Hissβ
Zheng Yanqing gasped and showed a thoughtful expression.
I'm careless, I'm really careless!
No matter what Zheng Yanqing's current status is, there is always a sense of superiority of the so-called traverser in his heart.
With so many years of experience in politics, I didn't see this simple plan of cultivating the plank road in the open and dark.
suddenly understood that Zheng Chang's return was just a cover.
The real person in charge is not Zheng Chang, but Wang Jingwen, maybe there is that Pei An.
But Yan Qing's previous attention had been on Zheng Chang......
Mistakes, really mistakes!
Yan Qing can be sure that Zheng Chang's purpose of returning to Xingyang this time is by no means simple. And that Wang Jingwen and Pei An, I'm afraid they are not real names. These two people, or Wang Jingwen, are the real representatives of Yang Liang, the king of Han. With such an analysis, the previous series of oddities can also be clearly explained. Zheng Chang was not dismissed, but with a secret mission.
Xingzhou, known as the two Beijing belts, the throat of the three Qin, the geographical location is very important.
Yan Qing worked in the provincial capital of the Central Plains in his previous life and was very familiar with this area. The reason why the Zheng family is called the first wealthy family in Xingyang, has been heirloom for hundreds of years, and in addition to being able to produce many people, there is also an important advantage, that is, the Zheng family has the largest iron-smelting workshop in the world. This iron-smelting workshop was built in the Three Kingdoms period and was supervised by Zheng Hun, a famous minister of Cao Wei at that time.
When later generations mentioned Zheng Hun, they actually said that he was born in a lowly family and was proficient in smelting.
In fact, Zheng Hun is from the Zheng family in Xingyang. It is true that he is proficient in the art of smelting, and he is also a master of internal affairs.
The Zheng iron smelting workshop he supervised became the biggest guarantee of the Zheng family in the wars and chaos of the following hundreds of years.
It is said that Huaiwen, the famous forging master of the Northern Qi Dynasty, also used the technology of the Zheng iron smelting workshop when forging the famous Su iron knife.
Thinking about it this way, the purpose of Yang Liang, the king of Han, to send Zheng Chang back is also clearly visible.
Zheng's iron smelting workshop is an industry under the name of An Yuantang......
"Xiao Xiucai, why don't you speak? What are you thinking? β
Yan Qing didn't speak for a long time, Duoduo couldn't help but feel a little strange, so he pushed him.
"Duoduo, we're going to be in trouble!"
"What's the trouble?"
"I've always felt that the second master came back this time, I'm afraid it will be ill-intentioned...... If he causes trouble, we're in danger. β
Duoduo's face changed, but quickly returned to normal.
"In that case, you go and tell the eldest master, please be more careful."
"If you talk about the Lord in vain and have no real evidence, you will be beaten to death with a stick if you don't get it right." Yan Qing shook his head, "It's better to be cautious." β
Duoduo said, "Then what do you have in mind?" β
"This ......"
Yan Qing hugged his legs, pondered for a moment, and then said softly: "The top priority is to get evidence." With evidence, it is good to remind the master. β
"Evidence?"
Duoduo looked embarrassed, "Where to find evidence?" The second master stayed in the inner house all day, I'm afraid it's not easy to find it. β
"It's not easy to find the second master, maybe the smiling tiger can find clues?"
Yan Qing thought about it, rolled his eyes, and thought about it
"Duoduo, do you dare to take risks?"
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