Chapter 238: The Su Family's Decision
Chufeng Tea House covers an area of ten acres and consists of five huge buildings, except for the shops that sit along the street in front, the other four are tea warehouses, which can store 300,000 quintals of tea.
Yu Yongqing walked into the tea house alone, and a guy greeted him, "Do you want to buy tea?" ”
"Is Shopkeeper Yin here? I'm from Jiangning. ”
"Please wait, I'll go find the shopkeeper."
Huangfu Wujin's personal guards are all from Meihuawei, most of them are from Luojing, and this Yu Yongqing is from Jingzhaofu, shrewd and capable, cautious and cautious, for Huangfu Wujin's fancy, he specially sent him to preside over Yongjing's intelligence.
After a while, a white and chubby middle-aged man greeted him with a smile, "I am the shopkeeper of the tea house!" ”
"You are Yin Zongnian?"
"I am!"
Shopkeeper Yin was a little surprised, not many people knew his full name, "You are ....."
"I'm from Jiangning Mansion!" Yu Yongqing reminded him again.
"It turned out to be from Jiangning Mansion."
Shopkeeper Yin understood a little, and hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "Please talk upstairs!"
The two went upstairs and entered a room, and the shopkeeper Yin closed the door, and then asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”
Yu Yongqing took out a silver medal and put it on the table, "My name is Yu Yongqing, the personal captain of His Royal Highness King Liang." ”
Shopkeeper Yin is not a person from the military, but he is the backbone of Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank, several generations have been working in Qi Ruifu, and he is a person absolutely trusted by the Qi family, he saw the silver medal, and immediately understood, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be my uncle's person, I understand, I will definitely cooperate with General Yu to do things, what does General Yu need me to do, just say." ”
Yu Yongqing smiled slightly, "I need a few things, one is that I want to be named the second shopkeeper of the tea house, I just ask about the business of the tea house, just the name, this is no problem!" ”
Shopkeeper Yin is a very delicate person, he thought for a while and said: "If the general doesn't ask about the tea house business at all, then this second shopkeeper will make people suspicious, I want to ask, is there only one person in General Yu?" ”
"Nope! In a few days, there will be more than 20 people, and there are carrier pigeons, so I still need a floor, preferably the top floor, and it is convenient for the shopkeeper to see? ”
Shopkeeper Yin thought for a while and said: "The house is easy to solve, the top floor of the West Second Warehouse has been empty, put some sundries, and there are also separate stairs, which can be used directly, but, more than 20 people ....."
He thought about it again and said, "So be it! Just wronged General Yu and his subordinates to do the tea house guard, so that they can also cover, General Yu thinks this is okay? ”
"No problem!"
Yu Yongqing smiled heartily, "It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you can cover well." ”
At this time, the shopkeeper Yin suddenly remembered an important matter, he patted his head and said: "I almost forgot, now Yongjing has very strict control over weapons, long weapons and crossbow arrows are absolutely not allowed among the people, not warriors are not allowed to bring knives, to bring swords or bows and arrows, you must also go to the county government for the record, get a small bronze medal, if there is no bronze medal and are found to have weapons, it will be immediately taken away as Luojing spies, I don't know your ......"
"We all have samurai titles, you don't have to worry!"
Yu Yongqing felt the nervousness in Shopkeeper Yin's heart, he stood up and patted Shopkeeper Yin's shoulder gently, "Don't worry!" We're not here to kill, and we don't have to bring weapons. ”
........ Coming back from Chuzhou, Su Xun handed over a unqualified answer sheet to Huang Fu Heng, he didn't bring back a grain or a copper coin, not only that, but he seemed to have become unusually old, feeling that he was very tired, Huang Fu Heng couldn't bear to blame him, so he comforted him a few words and let him go home to rest for a while.
For a few days, Su Xun spent a kind of restlessness, he sighed for a long time, always felt that life had no meaning, and his abnormality made his family worry.
That night, Su Hanchang pushed open the door of his father's study, "Father, are you looking for me?" ”
"Hmm!" Su Xun was writing, he pointed to the chair, "Sit down first!" ”
Su Hanchang glanced at his father with some anxiety, he also felt that his father had lost a lot of weight after returning from Chuzhou, it was like having a serious illness, he asked several times, but his father ignored him, which made him extremely worried.
But today, my father's complexion seems to be good, and there is a long-lost smile on his face.
Su Xun put down his pen and sighed softly: "I have decided to resign!" ”
"What?" Su Hanchang was taken aback, "Father, what did you say?" ”
"Is it strange that I said that I decided to serve as the priest of the country?" Su Xun glanced at him dissatisfied.
"No, but.... But father, why did you think of resigning, you did a good job, and you are not yet seventy years old, does your father think that Yongjing is orthodox? ”
"I don't think any of them are orthodox!"
Su Xun suddenly said angrily: "Huangfu Heng can't get rid of the suspicion of killing his father, and Huangfu Tian's name is not right, what Daning Dynasty, Suo's surname is the Shen Dynasty, why did they ascend to the world?" ”
Su Hanchang looked at his father in a daze, and only hesitated for a while: "My father resigned and returned to his hometown, but he actually wanted to serve the King of Qi, is that so?" ”
"Who said I was going back to my hometown, who said I was going to serve the King of Qi? Where did you think of it? ”
"But... The child really doesn't understand, what the hell is the father, can you tell me? ”
Su Xun sighed softly, "Maybe we all did one thing wrong, and now we can only be wrong to the end." ”
He stared at Su Hanchang and said slowly: "You have to swear to me, what I tell you today, you must not tell anyone, not even your wife and son, Hanlin, if I feel necessary, I will tell him, do you remember?" It's about my Su family's net worth and surname, you can't tell anyone! ”
Su Hanchang has never seen his father look so solemn since he was a child, he didn't know what was going on, and nodded a little nervously, "Father, I will never say it!" ”
Su Xun stood up, locked the door, took out a book from the bookcase, sat down and handed it to Su Hanchang, "Do you remember this book?" ”
Su Hanchang saw that this was the "Da'an Dynasty Palace Change" written by Guo Shangshu back then, which was actually a book alluding to the Jin'an Incident, and later Guo Shangshu was killed because of this, and this book was also banned, and there was one in their house, which he read more than ten years ago.
"Father, I've read this book, what do you want to say today have anything to do with it?"
"It's related, it's related."
Su Xun turned to one of the pages and said: "The book says that the prince of the earth dragon is not dead, he was rescued by the six warriors, escaped from the palace, and is missing, this prince of the earth dragon refers to the prince of Tianfeng, the eldest son of Emperor Jin'an, he is indeed not dead, I saw his descendants in Chuzhou this time, that is, the grandson of Emperor Jin'an....."
"Father, but what does this have to do with our Su family, forty years have passed, does he still want to be reinstated?" Su Hanchang finally understood why his father was abnormal, he was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, what does this have to do with their Su family, does his father want to get into trouble?
Su Xun saw that his son was a little angry, he couldn't help shaking his head, and said lightly: "Do you know who he is?" ”
Su Hanchang said impatiently: "Who do I care about him?" He's not my son-in-law! ”
"You're right!"
Su Xun lowered his voice and said: "He is your son-in-law, and the emperor has no promotion!" ”
"Whoa!"
Su Hanchang stepped back suddenly, knocked over the small table on his body, the teacup on the table also turned over, and the tea flowed on the table, but Su Hanchang didn't care about it at all, he looked at his father in horror, and asked in a trembling voice for a while: "Father.... You didn't lie to me? ”
Su Xun shook his head, "Why should I lie to you, haven't you noticed my abnormality these days?" ”
"But father, we... What to do? ”
Su Hanchang realized the seriousness of this problem, whether it was with Huangfu Heng or Huangfu Tian, he would not let go of the descendants of Emperor Jin'an, once this news was leaked, their Su family would be unlucky, oh my God! How did he marry his daughter to a descendant of Emperor Jin'an?
Su Hanchang's heart was in a mess, and he didn't know what to do.
"Humph! It's a shame that you're still the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, can't you even take care of this little thing? Look at how scared you are. Su Xun was extremely dissatisfied with his son's gaffe, he knew that his son was afraid of losing his position as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he couldn't help but be even more angry.
Su Hanchang slowly calmed down, he also felt a little out of shape just now, and hurriedly got up the overturned teacup on the table.
"You don't care about the teacup, I just want to ask you, if I want you to abandon the official and leave, will you do it?"
Su Hanchang's hands trembled with fright, he was afraid that his father would say this, "Father, as long as we hide the matter, the emperor will not know, and he will not abandon the official." ”
Su Xun shook his head and said, "You short-sighted guy, don't you really understand what it means to be a father?" ”
Su Hanchang suddenly heard Wu Jin's true identity, which made his heart a mess, where was it like his father had been thinking about it for so long, he smiled bitterly and said: "Father, the child's heart is very chaotic, please let my father know." ”
"Alright! Let me tell you, now our Su family needs to make a choice, let the time go back forty years, do we choose to support Emperor Jin'an, or Emperor Yong'an, in other words, do you want to be the national ruler, or do you just want to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites? ”
Su Xun's words have been made very clear, Huangfu Wujin is bound to compete for the world, so whether the Su family supports Huangfu Wujin or supports Huangfu Heng, in fact, it's as simple as that.
Su Hanchang also understood what his father meant, and he also knew that Huangfu Wujin had a strong strength, with 200,000 Xiliang troops in the west and 300,000 Chuzhou troops in the east.
Su Hanchang is also quickly calculating in his heart, Su Han is the princess of Liang, if Huangfu Wujin ascends the throne in the future, then she must be the queen of the main palace, then she is the abbot of the country, and she will become a strong supporter of Huangfu Wujin, and not only him, the entire Su family has become a big family in the world, he calculates this account very clearly, he is not like his father, he has such a heavy moral baggage, so he has to think about it painfully for so long, he is very pragmatic, almost in a very short time, he will calculate this account clearly, of course he will choose to be the abbot.
"Father, I think our Su family is already sitting in the same boat with Wujin, since there is no possibility of getting off the boat, let's try our best to help him steer this boat well and reach his destination smoothly."
"That's what I mean, I'm ready to accept Wujin's invitation to go to Chuzhou to establish Ningchu University Hall and recruit talents from all over the world."
(To be continued)