It was a clear night.

The dark sky is dotted with stars, and a pale white Milky Way stretches across the night sky, bright and magnificent.

However, no matter how beautiful the night sky was, Chu Fan had no intention of appreciating it, and his eyes never left the closed moon door.

Chen Shangren has been in for half an hour, why hasn't there been any movement?

Just when he was anxious, there was a sound of footsteps on the street, and following the reputation, he saw two lanterns approaching the side door of the mansion quickly, and on the lantern, the two big words "Sun Mansion" were impressively visible.

Chu Fan was shocked, in this Dengzhou City, there are not many official eunuchs surnamed Sun.

At this moment, in the study of the government office separated by a few doors, a conversation about the life and death of the Chu family has entered a critical moment.

As soon as Chen Shangren entered the door, he was taken directly here by the startled housekeeper, and soon Wang Tingqian rushed over from the backyard.

He came in a hurry, and came out with a pair of cotton shoes under his feet, and even the buttons on the swallow suit were tied incorrectly-60,000 taels of silver, even if it was the prefect, it was a huge amount of money, so he couldn't help but be nervous.

Of course, Chen Shangren understood the anxious mood of his own Dongweng, but he tried his best to help the Chu family speak on the premise of explaining things clearly, so he hurriedly brought the shipwreck over, and focused on everything that happened after meeting Sun Zhenwu, and described with tears in his eyes how Sun Zhenwu hijacked and how to kill people.

On the way back, Chen Shangren also heard Liu Zhiyang say that Sun Zhenwu deceived Wang Tingqian and him, so now he took the opportunity to give Sun Zhenwu eye medicine, "The student feels that Sun Mou's move really didn't take Dong Weng in his eyes, but he actually treated Dong Weng as a monkey!" ”

Wang Tingqian is an old bureaucrat about fifty years old, with a rich body and gray beard, a pair of huge eye bags are extremely eye-catching, and the city government is very deep, even if the people around him who have been getting along for a long time, they can't see what he is thinking.

Listening to Chen Shangren's words, his face was still expressionless, but the slight tremor of the hand resting on the circle chair betrayed the anger in his heart, but the words he said were not salty or light, "Self-denial, I have wronged you this time...... Regardless of Sun's matter for the time being, it's just that Chu An can't escape the blame for this loss of capital! ”

Chen Shangren secretly smiled bitterly, sure enough, Wang Tingqian was not so easy to fool, even if he successfully diverted his anger, he still stuck to the core of this matter - the deficit of 60,000 taels of silver, who should make up for it!

Now that Wang Tingtry has bluntly stated his purpose, he wants to fish out the Chu family again, which is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger. However, on the return trip, Chen Shangren and Chu Fan repeatedly considered how to deal with Wang Ting's criticism, so he replied in a deep voice, "Dong Weng, as far as the students know, Chu An has a son named Chu Fan, who is intelligent, pure and filial, and acts neatly and decisively. ”

"Humph!" Wang Ting tried to pat the armrest of the circle chair and said, "I know this son, but he is just an ignorant schoolboy who only knows how to read dead books, how can he be smart?" That Sun Zhenwu first told ......"

Speaking of this, he seemed to realize that he had leaked his mouth, and coughed lightly twice to cover up the past, and then continued, "This Chu Fan is a tartary spy, and now I don't know where to flee. ”

He raised his eyes with big bags under his eyes, looked at Chen Shangren deeply, and said in an accentuated tone, "Self-denial, I also know that you have been getting along with Chu An for a long time, and the relationship goes without saying, but you have to grasp this difference between public and private!" ”

These words are already very heavy, and the huge coercion in his tone is even more overwhelming, and the sea fishing documents and the deprivation of his background made Chen Shangren break out in a cold sweat for Chu Fan, if these two documents go out of the door of the mansion, Chu Fan will only have one place to stay in Dengzhou in the future - prison!

Under the huge coercion of Wang Ting, Chen Shangren bowed down and said, "Dong Weng blames it!" …… It's just that Chu Fan is here, but at this moment, he is waiting for Dong Weng's fate outside the side gate of the mansion! ”

"Huh?" Wang Ting tried to be surprised, but he exclaimed, stood up reflexively, and only slowly sat down after realizing that he was out of shape, and looked at Chen Shangren suspiciously, "He is so bold?" ”

Chen Shangren said in a deep voice, "Shangren was able to escape from Sun's knife this time and reveal the truth before Dong Weng, this son is indispensable!" ”

"Oh?" Wang Tingqian was even more surprised.

Only then did Chen Shangren tell in detail how he saw that Sun Zhenwu had bad intentions, how Ge Bi escaped, how Chu Fan invited Liu Zhiyang to go to sea, and how he discussed the aftermath with Chu Fan, and unconsciously established Chu Fan's image of clear thinking, quick decision, and courage to take responsibility.

"A thousand threads hit the nail on the head, wisdom; Rise up to save people under the sea knife, and be brave; Don't avoid the axe and the government waits, and the letter is also; Born as a son of man and bravely bear his father's debts, filial piety," Chen Shangren smiled after putting on a few high hats for Chu Fan, "How can such a person who has both wisdom, bravery, faith, and filial piety be a spy of the Tartars?" Dong Weng, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding in this, right? ”

“…… If that's the case, I'm afraid that the nerd rumors are indeed wrong. After Wang Ting's audition, he groaned.

Chen Shangren groaned after seeing Wang Ting's audition, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart - as long as he didn't immediately order to take people, this hurdle would be considered to be more than halfway there.

This is the result of the discussion between Chu Fan and Chen Shangren on their return trip: Chu Fan knows that his reputation as a nerd is outside, and if he tells Wang Tingtry as soon as he comes up that he wants to continue to help the Wang family run sea trade, he is afraid that Wang Tingtry will have a seizure on the spot - how can a nerd do such a thing as running sea trade.

Therefore, in order to persuade Wang Tingqian, the key point is that he must change the image of Chufan in his mind. Let him know that Chu Fan not only has the sincerity to help the Wang family run the sea trade, but also has the corresponding ability!

Therefore, Chu Fan devised such a set of rhetoric for Chen Shangren: first use the sadness and despair of being held hostage by Sun Zhenwu to bring out the atmosphere, and then when Wang Tingtry is most unexpected, throw out Chu Fan's actual actions of wisdom and courage and filial piety, so as to shake Wang Tingtry to the greatest extent and make him believe that Chu Fan will definitely be able to take on the heavy responsibility of running sea trade.

Of course, Chu Fan's voluntary sacrifice of copper ingots, land, and fishing boats must be taken as another key point, and Wang Ting can't be tempted - he and Sun Zhenwu spent so much effort to accuse Chu Fan of the big crime of being a tartary, which is nothing more than to seek to seize the Chu family's property; And if he does it according to the old rules, Sun Zhenwu is only afraid that he will have to take the big head, after all, he is the one who is responsible for doing it.

Now Chu Fan simply offered the family property with both hands, and Wang Tingqian would certainly not refuse as long as he was not stupid - when these things of the Chu family were in hand, his losses would basically come back!

Looking at Wang Tingqian, who had been silent for a long time in the flickering candlelight, Chen Shangren's coarse heart couldn't help but worry about Chu Fan again.

This has always been a shrewd Dong Weng, and he won't be stupid at a critical time, right?