Cheongreung Garden.

Cheng Chuliang is very happy today, if not for anything else, just for the whole carriage of gold in front of him.

100,000 yuan, a full 10,000 taels of gold, Cheng Chuliang can be regarded as a character who has seen a big scene, and he is not without a military sound of millions of yuan, but the 100,000 yuan in front of him is his own, he has lived for half a life, has been a horse and a general for decades, and has so much money sent to his mansion, this is the first time.

"Pei Youdao, that old boy is so refreshing?" Weighing the gold bricks in his hand, the weight was full, and the fineness was not adulterated, Cheng Chuliang asked Sun Mancang in a puzzled voice: "This is 100,000 yuan, and he took it out directly without even delaying it?" Isn't he afraid that the other two families will also come to the door to ask him for another 200,000 yuan? ”

In Cheng Chuliang's eyes, Pei Youdao has always belonged to the kind of very cunning old fox, he shouldn't be so obedient and obedient.

"Because the old man took his sore foot, he had to take out the money." Sun Mancang stroked the mustache on his chin and said with a smug smile: "When I went to the Peijia vegetable field in the morning, I secretly plucked one of their green vegetables, not to mention the color of the green vegetables, mainly because of its taste, which is even more unpalatable than ordinary green vegetables, and it is not the taste of small green vegetables before." ”

"Pei Youdao doesn't want to go bankrupt in an instant, so he can only use money to block my mouth and use money to please you, master." Sun Mancang said: "If my guess is right, Pei Youdao should already have a plan to escape secretly, if he offends you, master, at this time, where will there be a place for him in the entire Tang Dynasty?" He took out so much money so easily, and in the end, it was just to please the master and avoid the trouble from the Cheng family. ”

Cheng Chuliang nodded lightly.

300,000 yuan, and the inevitable prison disaster, is far from what the current Pei family can afford, and hiding incognito and fleeing away from home is almost the only choice for Pei Youdao now.

"If I remember correctly, the Pei family and the Cui family in Chang'an are married, right?" Cheng Chuliang said softly: "Although I don't know how Pei Youdao climbed the high branch of the Cui family and married his daughter into the Cui Mansion in the first place, but Cui Jing's old boy shouldn't watch them fall and ignore them, otherwise, he won't even be able to keep his own in-laws, how can he have face to gain a foothold in Chang'an in the future?" ”

"Pei Youdao would not have imagined this situation, at this time, he was so obedient to offer liquidated damages, he should be afraid that I would make a mix for Cui Jing at that time, he is spending money to eliminate disasters, and he is very shrewd."

"Cui Jing?" Sun Mancang was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Cui Jing, the servant of the ministry? The Pei family still has such a relationship in Chang'an? Then why are they still ......?"

The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, in charge of the appointment and dismissal, assessment, promotion and other more practical affairs of the upper and lower officials, a first-class real power department, the Pei family has such a big backer, how can they be willing to nest in this Taiyuan City?

It doesn't matter if Pei Youdao is older, but Pei Shiyuan and Pei Shixin are both young and promising, and Cui Jing can arrange a good position for them with a casual stroke in Chang'an, why are the two of them still from white clothes now?

There is a way that someone in the court is good at being an official, Sun Mancang has been in Chang'an for many years before coming to Taiyuan, and he has some understanding of some of the bends in the officialdom, as long as someone in the court takes care of you, even if you are an illiterate fool, you can still give a better background, how strange is it that the Pei family has such a relationship with the Ministry of Officials but does not use it for themselves?

Understanding what Sun Mancang meant, Cheng Chuliang said lightly: "The Pei family has been in business for generations, and it is a blessing to be able to marry the Cui family. ”

Merchants are not allowed to participate in scientific examinations, and they are not allowed to become officials, which is a clear law, and no one dares to violate it.

This is also the fundamental reason why although the Pei family is rich and powerful in Taiyuan City, they have never been looked down upon.

Sun Mancang nodded and expressed his understanding, although the imperial court no longer restricts the development of merchants as strictly as before, but merchants are merchants, no matter how bright and beautiful they are, in front of those real nobles, the smell of copper on their bodies cannot be covered, which Sun Mancang, who has also done business for most of his life, empathizes.

"With Cui Jing coming forward, the punishment on the official face should be minimized, but the other 200,000 yuan of liquidated damages for the Pei family is inevitable no matter what." Cheng Chuliang said: "Dingxianglou and Changxiangge, the owners behind them are estimated not to give Cui Jing much face, after all, the county officials are not as good as the current management, no matter how good Cui Jing is in Chang'an, he will not be able to come to Taiyuan in a short time." ”

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and even Cheng Chuliang touched a gray nose when he first came to Taiyuan? Although Cui Jing's face is big, in Taiyuan City, it also doesn't play a big role.

"What does the master mean is that Pei Youdao will take advantage of these two days to transfer all the Pei family's belongings? Is he going to die with Dingxianglou and Changxiangge? ”

Sun Mancang quickly thought of the crux of the matter, the official matter can be settled by the Cui family, and the matter of money is only solved by their Pei family, after taking out the 100,000 yuan that was compensated to Xiangmanlou, the Pei family's family should have been tossed almost to the end, and the remaining 200,000 yuan, Pei Youdao estimated that there would be no other tricks except to play a scoundrel.

"It's not unusual." Waving his hand to signal his subordinates to unload the gold into storage, Cheng Chuliang squinted his eyes and laughed softly: "But Pei Youdao's wishful thinking is afraid that it will come to naught." Before you came over, to be precise, before you went to the Pei family to collect debts, there were already people in Taiyuan City who were spreading the news that the ancient well was out of order and the vegetables were fake, and now it should have been known to everyone. Obviously, someone didn't want Pei Youdao to get through this difficult time so easily. ”

"Tang Xiu?"

Sun Mancang involuntarily glanced in the direction of Taoyuan Pavilion, at this time, he knew the news of the failure of the ancient well and also had a motive and reason to do this, there would be no one else except Tang Xiu.

"He's going to kill them all, won't he be too ruthless?"

Although Pei Youdao is not a thing, he is still Tang Xiu's father-in-law after all, Tang Xiu is doing this, which is tantamount to directly forcing the Pei family to a dead end, Sun Mancang is really a little difficult to accept.

"Pei Youdao is just self-inflicted." Cheng Chuliang, who was accustomed to marching and fighting, was not very disgusted, and said lightly: "At the beginning, Tang Xiu left a way for the Pei family to live, but Pei Youdao himself was too greedy, and he also signed a sky-high contract with Dingxianglou and Changxiangge with Xiangmanlou on his back, otherwise, 100,000 yuan would just make their Pei family hurt some bones, how could they not get into the current situation." ”

Greed is not enough to swallow elephants, Pei Youdao belongs to such a person, and he is not worthy of pity.

ps: There are guests at home today, and I drank some wine with me at noon, and I was confused for a day, and there is only one change, so forgive me......

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