The death of his father is like the sky falling for the young Renxi sisters and brothers.

Because his father was dismissed, he was cold when he died, and his colleagues and friends in the past were gone.

That's it, when the spirit boat went to Qinghe County, because the Sichuan resources were exhausted, they were trapped there again, but fortunately, Qinghe County ordered Wu Tang to "make a mistake" in the snow, and Sister Renxi was finally able to return to the hometown to bury her father.

Since then, the Empress Dowager Renxi has been cherishing Xu Rui's agate paperweight and Wu Tang's famous post together until now.

The girl of the year, Yehanalan? Xingzhen, who has now become the Empress Dowager Renxi of the world, and Wu Tang, one of the benefactors, has also become the governor of the country and has become a feudal official because of this relationship, but Xu Rui, another great benefactor, has never heard from him......

This time, she suddenly learned that Xu Rui had been found, how could she not make Sister Renxi ecstatic!

Ren Xi was thinking about the past when a group of people appeared at the gate of the moon, and Sister Ren Xi immediately stood up and looked over there.

When Renxi saw the sturdy and thin old man in the team led by Li Jintai, he couldn't help but move his footsteps and greeted him.

Xu Rui saw the woman in front of him, who was nearly forty years old, greeted her, as if she had seen her daughter, her heart was sour, and tears flowed down.

"Old Xu Rui, knock on the Queen Mother, and wish the Queen Mother all the blessings and peace of the Queen Mother!" Seeing that Renxi stepped forward as if he wanted to give him a blessing, Xu Rui immediately knelt down in accordance with the court etiquette explained by Li Jintai.

"I can't do it! I can't help it! Renxi said urgently. Seeing this, Li Jintai hurriedly stepped forward. He held Xu Rui's arms. Don't let him kneel.

"Guixiang, you come! Kowtow to Mr. Xu on my behalf! ”

Guixiang responded, stepped forward, shook his clothes, and solemnly knelt down and kowtowed in front of Xu Rui, Xu Rui didn't dare to accept this salute, hurriedly turned around, and knelt down head-on. Bow down to Guixiang.

Sister Renxi watched the two worship each other, and tears could no longer be held back, welling up in her eyes.

"Mr. Xu, please get up!" Renxi asked Li Jintai to help Xu Rui up, choked up and said, "Everyone is my own family today, after so many years, it is easy to get together, so don't be polite, sit down and talk!" ”

Several people sat down separately, and the Renxi sisters and brothers looked at Xu Rui. All of them burst into tears, and Xu Rui was also in tears. God was saddened.

"It's been almost thirty years since I beat the Beijing Master, and it's been almost thirty years...... Renxi said while wiping his tears with a handkerchief, "Mr. Xu, you can make our sisters and brothers find it so hard......"

"I have been wandering in the rivers and lakes for many years, and I often miss it in my heart...... The emperor blesses, and the old decay can only see the face of the sky today...... My long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, and I have no more worries in my heart......" Xu Rui said with tears in his eyes.

"Mr. Xu, where have you been after all these years......" Empress Dowager Renxi easily suppressed her tears and asked.

"After leaving the capital, in order to avoid the war, he has been living without a fixed place, he once entered the prefect of Hangzhou, and soon resigned, and made a living by teaching a few children, and later moved to Fuzhou, where he was a small guest ......in the Ship Administration Bureau."

"Who else is in Mr. Xu's family? Are you all right? Renxi listened to Xu Rui's answer and knew that he must have suffered a lot outside over the years, so he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, so he inquired about Xu Rui's family.

Renxi's question was not tight, and it touched Xu Rui's sadness, Xu Rui couldn't help but be sad for a while, and hid his face and cried bitterly.

"Mr. Xu?!" Seeing Xu Rui so sad, Empress Dowager Renxi seemed a little overwhelmed for a while.

The Queen Mother asked...... Decaying ...... It shouldn't have been said...... The Queen Mother was tired...... But......" Xu Rui cried, "this blood feud, when will it be rewarded...... My miserable swallow......"

Hearing Xu Rui say the words "blood sea deep hatred", the Empress Dowager Renxi was taken aback, and Wanzhen and Guixiang next to her were also shocked.

"Mr. Xu, this ...... Don't be sad, tell me quickly, what's going on? Empress Dowager Renxi hurriedly asked.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the old and decrepit children died early, and there is only one granddaughter under her knees, named Yan'er, and the old decrepit depend on each other for their lives......" Xu Rui endured his grief, and told the story of Hu Xueyan forcibly seizing Yan'er and sending someone to assassinate him, and then killing people, destroying his body, and even using Xu Yan'er's ashes to make porcelain figures.

After listening to Xu Rui's story, Empress Dowager Renxi's face had turned pale.

"Such a great evil, what does the government do to eat? Why ignore it? Guixiang's forehead burst into bruises, and he stood up abruptly and slapped the table, obviously angry.

"Cheng Engong knows that if he Hu Yulin is an ordinary person, how can my Yan'er be poisoned like this? It's really a huge backer for this person, how can an old grass man do anything about it......" Xu Rui wiped away his tears.

Hearing Xu Rui say the words "This person has a great backing", Empress Dowager Renxi's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.

"This villain surnamed Hu is so vicious, I heard that he has been in prison for more than a year because of his greed for military salaries in Mexico, right? This man has done so many evil deeds, why does he still keep his life? Guixiang said angrily, "The eldest sister of the Queen Mother has to make the decision for Mr. Xu!" ”

Empress Dowager Renxi's face had already turned pale, and although she was very angry in her heart at this time, she didn't say anything right away.

"For every day such a wicked thief lives, he will do one more day of evil, and what will he be left to do?" Wanzhen saw that the Empress Dowager Renxi didn't say anything, and her heart was furious, "It should be a thousand cuts!" ”

The Empress Dowager Renxi was still silent, and Xu Rui said sadly: "Today's old decay can see the queen mother's face, it is a great joy, you should not use such a tragic event to trouble the queen mother, if the old decay makes the queen mother embarrassed, the queen mother will treat the old decay as if she has never talked about it......"

"Mr. Xu, please mourn." Wanzhen said, glancing at her sister, "This case is tragic, even worse than the case of Yang Naiwu Ge Bi, with the eldest sister of the Queen Mother in charge, Mr. Xu should be at ease." ”

Renxi heard what her sister said and knew that she was putting pressure on herself, and she remembered Zuo Jigao's performance in the case of Yang Naiwu's little cabbage and not allowing the case to be overturned. Anger grew in his heart. But she still has a lot of worries in her heart. still didn't dare to make it clear that he wanted to avenge Xu Rui.

"If the eldest sister of the Queen Mother doesn't care about this matter, I will take care of it!" Guixiang saw that the Empress Dowager Renxi still didn't speak, and said loudly, "I'll take the family to take the thief surnamed Hu to cut his heart and liver!" See which leopard who has eaten the heart of a bear dares to stop it! ”

"Bold!" Empress Dowager Renxi angrily reprimanded her younger brother.

Guixiang stood there, looked at the Empress Dowager Renxi, and then looked at Xu Rui, who was grieving there, and knelt down in front of Renxi with tears.

"It's not that my brother wants to make my sister angry, my sister still remembers. What was my father's words when he was dying? Guixiang said with tears in his eyes.

"Mr. Xu, don't be sad, I will give Mr. an explanation for this matter." Empress Dowager Renxi said slowly.

"The old lady Xie Empress Dowager!" Xu Rui said that he was about to kneel down again, Li Jintai glanced at the Empress Dowager Renxi, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him again.

After this meeting, Li Jintai sent Xu Rui out of the palace, and when there were only three Renxi sisters and brothers left in the Fuchen Palace, the Empress Dowager Renxi looked at Wanzhen and Guixiang, who still had not recovered from their grief, sighed, and said, "You two patronized Mr. Xu to be sad, but you forgot. That Hu Yulin, is it enough to kill him with one sentence? ”

"If it weren't for Mr. Xu. When my father left, I was afraid that he didn't even have a thin wooden coffin! Sister, can't you forget? Wanzhen said.

"Isn't it just the surname Hu leaning on Zuo Jigao? Why can't you kill it? If the prince breaks the law, he will be guilty of the same crime as the common people! How much more is he such a wicked and greedy man? Guixiang heard the blame in his sister's words, and his anger rose, and he said, "Does the eldest sister of the Queen Mother not want to repay the favor?" ”

"Yes, could it be that my sister is now a noble person and forgets things, and I can't remember these things?" Wanzhen said again.

"When my brother saw Mr. Xu, it was like seeing my father......"

Thinking of Guixiang's attachment to Xu Rui just now, Empress Dowager Renxi knew that he remembered the situation when his father died, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

"Of course I haven't forgotten!" Renxi made her sister and brother a little anxious, and she waved her hand a little annoyedly, "Don't talk about it!" Let me think about it! ”

That scene clearly appeared in front of her eyes at this time.

On the white mourning hall, a boy was lying in front of the coffin and weeping bitterly.

Xu Rui, who was dressed in a white robe, stepped forward and gently stroked the boy's shoulder, and the boy's arm shook hard, still crying bitterly.

"Guixiang! Don't cry anymore, manly man, bleed without tears! Now that the adults are gone, you are the man of this family, and this family will be supported by you in the future! Do you understand? ”

"Mr. Xu, Guixiang remembered! ......" The boy wiped the tears from his face and stood up straight, with an unprecedented look of determination on his small face.

Looking at this scene, Renxi couldn't help but cry again.

“…… Child, you must always remember Mr. Xu's kindness to our family......"

My father's last words, at this moment, echoed in my ears again.

After returning to Xiyuan from Fuchen Palace, Empress Dowager Renxi's mood still did not calm down.

In fact, just because Hu Yulin was greedy for the salary of the military in Mexico, he could be sentenced to a canonical sentence, and the reason why he has survived to this day is really a last resort......

"Li Jintai, go and invite the sixth and seventh masters."

Not long after, Prince Jing and Prince Chun rushed to the palace, and the Empress Dowager Renxi saw the two of them, and she didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "How did the sixth master do about Hu Yulin's 'chasing salary'?" ”

Hearing that the Empress Dowager Renxi directly asked about Hu Yulin's "chasing money", Prince Jing was slightly surprised, and then replied: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the ministers have already confiscated the Hu family's property and commercial goods in cash, totaling more than 8.2 million taels of silver, according to the Hu family, there are still more than 5 million taels of silver scattered in various places and foreign banks, because of the complicated clues, the ministers are making every effort to recover ......."

"I've been busy for nearly a year and a half, in addition to making up for the arrears of six hundred taels for the Western Expedition, the extra is only two million taels, don't be this Hu Yulin has the name of the God of Wealth, but he is a poor bastard inside, right?" Empress Dowager Renxi snorted, her dissatisfaction overflowing.

"Not really." Prince Jing secretly scolded this greedy woman in his heart, settled down, and explained, "Last year, in order to make huge profits, the Hu family bought a large amount of money and silver into raw silk, and wanted to monopolize it, but unexpectedly, Japan's raw silk harvest and the price of raw silk plummeted. Hu failed to sell. Backlog to date. This spring, it was sold to return to the original and make up for the misappropriated salary. There are also large quantities of tea and medicinal materials in his hands, if they can be sold at a high price, the salary can be more, and the ministers and households have roughly calculated that the total wealth of the Hu family should be about 17 million taels. The richest man in China is not in vain. ”

"This person may have left behind." Prince Chun, who had not spoken, suddenly said, "This person is the head of the Hui merchants, and his wealth is definitely more than this, but he deliberately made a mystery in order to save his life." ”

"I also know that he bought his life with money, otherwise he would never have been allowed to live to this day." Prince Jing's face flushed slightly, "It's just that the current salary is extremely weak, and floods and droughts continue." Western-style garden workers use money everywhere, and this person can squeeze out money. You might as well keep him to serve the imperial court, and this person has a lot to do with Zuo Jigao's family, so it seems that the court has no connection, which can make the Zuo family feel at ease, and it is beneficial to both public and private, and it is not too late to dispose of it when his money is exhausted. ”

"That's what the sixth master originally thought, but it's not bad." Empress Dowager Renxi listened to Prince Jing's argument and nodded quietly, "But if you always drag it out like this, it will be passed out, I'm afraid that the reputation of the Great Qian Dynasty with me will not sound good?" What's more, this person has committed many crimes and is involved in bloody cases, if he always delays doing it so slowly, how will the people of the world look at it? ”

Hearing the voice of the Empress Dowager Renxi suddenly turn high, it was obviously really angry, which made Prince Jing and Prince Chun all startled.

The Empress Dowager Renxi said, waved her hand, and Li Jintai, who was standing on the side, hurriedly brought the detailed case file of Xu Yan'er's case organized by Lin Yiqing brought by Xu Rui to Prince Jing.

When Prince Jing saw the case file, he couldn't help but be stunned, he opened the case file and looked at it for a while, his face gradually changed, and his hands trembled.

"Such a bloody case, tragic people, if the court turns a deaf ear, the rumor will go out, what should the hearts of the people in the world do?" Empress Dowager Renxi stared at Prince Jing and asked sharply.

Prince Jing let out a long sigh and put the case file on the table. Prince Chun took the case file and looked at it, and after a while, his face changed drastically, and his brows were tightly locked.

"Dare to ask the Queen Mother, where did you get this case file?" Prince Chun asked cautiously.

"Where did I get it, the sixth and seventh masters don't have to know, I just told the sixth and seventh masters, the victim of this case has a great relationship with me, he is my benefactor when I was a child, and I have to give him an explanation for both public and private." As the Empress Dowager Renxi spoke, her voice was a little choked, and her eyes turned red.

Seeing Renxi's reaction, Prince Chun couldn't help but be shocked.

"Then what should Hu Yulin do, please ask the Queen Mother to make it clear." Prince Jing bowed his head and said respectfully.

"I want the thief's money, and I want my life, how to do it, the sixth master will do it himself!" Empress Dowager Renxi said word by word.

"Minister...... Obey! Prince Jing gritted his teeth and responded.

Although it was noon, in a "special cell" in the prison of the Criminal Department, Hu Yulin was lying on the bed, closing his eyes and recuperating himself, enjoying the sunlight shining in from the window.

For more than a year, although he has been in prison, he has not had a hard time, and he can even be said to be very comfortable. Of course, after all, prison is still not as good as his own home.

Now Hu Yulin's cell has a lot more living utensils than before, the bedding and everything are often changed, and the food and drink are also purchased from outside, so it can be said that he is the most comfortable prisoner in the prison of the Criminal Department.

The reason why he went to prison but didn't suffer at all was entirely because of his wealth.

That day, the copper cabinet was opened, and all the secrets inside were revealed, and he was out of the world for a while after learning about it, but after calming down, he quickly came up with a way to deal with it, and turned a bad thing into a good thing.

Since most of the various credentials in the cabinet were related to Zuo Jigao and the officials and generals of his Chu group, it can be said that the Zuo clan and all his important subordinates were swept in, and several foreign banks were also involved. Prince Jing originally planned to execute Hu Yulin after he confiscated his property, so as not to involve too much breadth, but Hu Yulin managed to preemptively reveal the news, saying that the imperial court wanted to use his own affairs to Guangxing Prison, which caused great uneasiness among many Chu officials.

Because the amount of money he said was too large, Prince Jing, who was worried about his financial difficulties, was moved, and after careful weighing, he finally gave up his plan to kill him secretly.

In order to show his sincerity to the imperial court, Hu Yulin has already paid a huge sum of two million taels of silver, and in exchange, the living conditions in prison have been greatly improved.

Seeing the success of the first step of his plan, Hu Yulin suggested to Prince Jing that his family property and commercial goods that had been confiscated by the imperial court should be handed over to him to "take care of" first, and all the proceeds generated would belong to the imperial court.

Hu Yulin understood that his plan had worked - as long as he could still make money and not get involved, the court would not kill him!

And after that, Zuo Jigao, who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb, also secretly sent someone to send him a message: as long as he covers his mouth tightly and persists, until the wind passes, Zuo Dashuai will be active outside, and he will definitely be guaranteed to come out and make a comeback! (To be continued......)

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