Sister-in-law Wang's house is not far from Zhaoling, at the entrance of the village, and it is the time for lunch break, so Chen Mo's arrival did not cause a sensation.

However, after arriving at the gate of Wang's sister-in-law's house, the man's voice from the courtyard made Chen Mo a little surprised, listened carefully, and said to himself: "It's like Yan Man, he is a dignified county order, and Lao Tzu is no longer here, what are you doing here?" ”

With this hesitation, I got off the horse and entered the courtyard, and saw that in the open space in front of the house, Sister-in-law Wang, Qian Shi, Xiao Ruohan, and Yan Man were all there, and there were two men in strong suits next to them, thinking that they were the subordinates brought by Yan Man. Beside it, there was a half-fan of pork on a wooden board on top of two large stones, and two cloth bags full of rice, noodles and other things.

"I've seen the Overseer!" Yan was full of sharp eyes, and found Chen Mo first, and happily stepped forward to pay respects. Immediately afterwards, Wang's sister-in-law Qian and others also came up to greet them with joy, and Xiao Ruohan was even more surprised, and rushed into Chen Mo's arms.

"Do you want my brother to come?" Chen Mo didn't pay attention to others, and asked Ruohan first.

"I think about it, I think about it every day!" Ruohan nodded like pecking rice, and then clapped his hands and said crisply: "The magpie didn't listen to it early this morning, and my mother and Aunt Wang said that there was a happy event, and I really let them say it right, no, not only did Master Yan send us a lot of delicious food, brother, you are also back, and the happy events have come together." ”

"I'm not feeling well these days, so I came to Mr. Zhao to take a look, and by the way, I brought her something to eat...... This side is far away from the market, and it is inconvenient for her to go out for every few women......" Yan Man explained by rubbing his hands beside him, for fear of patting the horse's legs.

When he saw rice, noodles, pork and other things, Chen Mo had already relieved his doubts, and he didn't break Yan Man's thoughts, he only signaled him to get up, and pulled Xing'er forward to introduce it to everyone. After greeting each other, and was about to enter the house, Yan Man suddenly said: "The overseer came just in time, or he wants to go to Huo Qianhu to pass on the book to you." ”

"Oh? What's going on? Chen Mo stopped and asked, Xing'er knew the opportunity and took Ruohan into her arms. Chong Wang's sister-in-law glanced at Qian's family, and did not mention it when she entered the house.

"The Overseer is so blessed!" Yan Man praised Xing'er first, and then stretched out his left arm: "The spring is just right, is the overseer willing to swim with the lowly position?" ”

What's so mysterious?

Chen Mo muttered to himself, nodded and smiled: "Lord Yan has Yaxing, our family should accompany us!" As he spoke, he walked towards the gate.

At that time, in the middle of spring, the four fields are full of new green, dotted with flowers, colorful. Taking advantage of the warm breeze, the light fragrance came to the face, and the crisp singing of the laundry woman in the stream not far away, the two walked slowly, like entering the secret land of Taoyuan.

After walking a distance, the Qi'en Gate was in sight, and Yan Man stopped and said, "The Overseer knows a lot of people. Have you ever heard of Gu Xiancheng? ”

"Of course I've heard of it, isn't it the head of the household?" Chen Mo nodded. I was puzzled: "Gu Xiancheng has not yet become the secretary of the Ministry of Literature and Literature who makes him 'peach and plum all over the world', at best, he is just the head of the Liupin household department who is close to the rich people in Jiangnan, and he shouldn't be able to make any big waves, right?" ”

"It's this person," Yan Man looked at Chen Mo with admiration and said, "The day before yesterday, someone sent someone to send two thousand taels of silver tickets to the lowly office, hoping that the lowly position would sign a note of impeachment against the prince of Taiyue, according to the person he sent." More than 40 magistrates have signed their names on the fold......"

"More than forty people?" Chen Mo was moved: "Two thousand taels of silver per person, that's eighty thousand taels...... It's not right......" He suddenly thought that if later historians were correct and Gu Xiancheng was the spokesperson of Jiangnan businessmen, then Zhang Juzheng's governing philosophy. is against the re-collection of commercial taxes, and the Donglin Party is thinking of him, why is Gu Xiancheng ...... now?

"He has no grievances and no enmity with Taiyuegong, why is this so? Besides, with so much silver, I'm afraid he can't afford it, right? ”

Yan Man heard the words and said: "The overseer has asked the point, and it is quite strange to be lowly, but unfortunately there are not many lowly friends, and I have been busy recently, so I haven't inquired about anything yet." This time, I actually wanted to ask Huo Qianhu by the way......"

"That's right, that kid is familiar with the people in Beijing, why did our family forget him!" Chen Mo came to his senses and dragged Yan Man away-Gu Xiancheng has always been a person he attaches great importance to, if he can't solve this doubt, he probably won't be able to eat dinner.

Huo Dong really knows.

"I have heard of this humble position, and if the overseer does not come, the lowly duty will also be returned," After the ceremony, Huo Dong said to Chen Mo with a smile while serving tea: "The overseer also knows that the lowly duty is in charge of carrier pigeons, and it is inevitable to carry some 'private goods'...... This matter should have been planned behind Cheng Ba, didn't you snatch Li Jiumei from him, you all know that you are now the leader of Zhang Feng Group, probably trying to embarrass you......"

Speaking of this, he glanced at Chen Mo suspiciously, and said, "The Overseer has been in the capital these days, and he hasn't heard the wind at all?" ”

Chen Mo smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Don't mention it, I've been busy lately, and I've been angry with a bunch of people all day long," and the women in the family, but he didn't say this, and said: "But it's really as you said, this Cheng Ba is too arrogant, right?" Haven't you heard the phrase 'the people don't fight with the officials'? Speaking of this, thinking of Ziyan, he suddenly realized, and secretly thought: "It seems that Ying Jiuzhen should have taken refuge in Cheng Ba, and he sent Yuexian Lou and sent people away, this is to paralyze Lao Tzu, and he really didn't hold back his good urine!" ”

"The Overseer may not know, why are you so arrogant? There's someone behind him! ”

"Someone? Old Zhang Hong, or Zhang Whale Zhang Cheng? Li Rongan stole Xing'er's Bible, according to his own confession, it was given to Zhang Hong, and Chen Mo said.

"Not only every three of him, but also the officials of the household department, the salt political and transportation department, and even Xu Wenbi, Zhu Xixiao and others, all have a close friendship with Cheng Ba, and most of the annual salt introduction falls into his hands, and it is not an exaggeration to say that most of the salt is produced by him. Therefore, he is not just a businessman, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he can influence the situation! ”

"No wonder it's so arrogant!" Chen Mo frowned and said, secretly thinking: "Why haven't you heard of this person in history, could it be the butterfly effect (special, Lao Tzu made it up, of course you haven't heard of it)?" ”

"Hmph," he snorted coldly, squinted his eyes and said, "No wonder the old guy hasn't moved these days, and he's waiting here for a long time." Anyway, since the old thing doesn't repent, and he doesn't fucking stick out his face, if our family doesn't slap him a few times, wouldn't we be sorry for him? In this way, Lord Yan, you will go to Gu Xiancheng and sign his joint signature, and even you can contact a little more familiar officials for each signature......"

"Overseer, ......?" Yan Man interrupted Chen Mo in confusion.

Chen Mo said: "You two are not outsiders, to tell you the truth, in fact, Cheng Ba has done our family a great favor this time, and the more people who sign this joint impeachment, the better...... You just do it with your heart. You've been in Changping for a few years, right? It's time to move around! ”

When Yan Man heard Chen Mo's hint, he was immediately overjoyed, and knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you for the promotion, I will go to the soup and fight the fire in my humble position!" ”

"You don't need to go to the soup and fire, just get this thing done...... Okay, it's not early, we still have something to do with Sister-in-law Wang, let's go, go to her house for dinner tonight! Chen Mo laughed and went out first. (To be continued.) )