"Yo, you really can't underestimate this Chi Hong, so rich?" Bai Meng looked at Shen Haolin, and then at Shen Cha, "Isn't he known as a scholar, he has always been very proud and proud, and he is actually willing to be contaminated with copper stench, I really didn't expect it!" ”

"What's not to think of? Don't scholars also have to live, and they also have to eat, drink, and Lazar? Yutai Pingchuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Scholars are more expensive, they have all kinds of names to hold banquets, only you haven't heard of it, and there is nothing they can't think of." Without additional income, they simply can't support their huge expenses. ”

"A penny is difficult for heroes, let alone a weak scholar like them!" Xuanyuan Liang smiled faintly, "If you want to really gain a foothold in Xijing City, it is absolutely impossible to do without some money, isn't the case you tried today because of lack of money?" The nobles, the generals, and the children of the royal family are all Zhuangzi with imperial gifts, and they don't worry about food and clothing, but civil officials can't do it, and if they don't do something about business, they can't support it at all. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Chi Hong will do business. It's just that after His Royal Highness King Ning ordered the names of these restaurants, restaurants, and teahouses in the court, business became not very good. ”

"Because of the problem of income, he hates Uncle Ning even more?"

"It's not just affecting his income." Yutai Pingchuan waved his hand, "It's the morning court for four consecutive days, and all the impeachments are aimed at the Ministry of Rites and the old man Chi." It wasn't intentionally targeted, it just so happened that Old Man Chi hit the knife edge of His Royal Highness King Ning. During that time, he was responsible for cleaning up the accounts of the household department, and the six departments and other yamen had problems, but the Ministry of Rites was relatively prominent, and the deficit was very large, and it was impossible for His Royal Highness King Ning to convince the public if he did not open his mouth to him. Therefore, Old Man Chi was depressed for a long time, on the one hand, the account problem of the Ministry of Rites, and on the other hand, Chi Hong's problem, which made him anxious. Although after he returned home, he kept silent about what happened, but Chi Hong still heard some news from the mouths of his fox friends and dogs, and knew that his father was not doing well during this time, and the source was His Royal Highness King Ning, so he jumped up and down even more. ”

"Does he think that Uncle Ning Wang will not dare to confront him head-on, and will instead attack his father?" Seeing Xuanyuan Liang and Yutai Pingchuan nodding at the same time, Shen Cha frowned slightly, "The deficit of the household department is a major matter related to the treasury, how can it be related to personal grievances?" ”

"That's the difference between people." Bai Meng held his cheeks and sneered, "There have always been rumors before, saying that this little boy of the Chi family is unexpectedly small-minded, but now that I look at it, this statement is true, and it is estimated that this person's heart and eyes are only ......" He stretched out his little thumb, "The nail cover is so big." ”

"You still think highly of him, Grand Commander, it's already good to be half as old." Yutai Pingchuan snorted, "You can't think of what he did after knowing that Lao Chitou was in trouble, and intensified his accusation of scolding Huai in his own small magazine, and continued to spread rumors about His Royal Highness King Ning in the market, the previous rumors at most meant that His Royal Highness King Ning's knowledge was not very good, but this time he changed direction and began to attack His Royal Highness King Ning's character, saying that he had a personal vendetta." Even if the Ministry of Household issued a special notice later, explaining the responsibility that the Ministry of Rites needs to bear in the matter of the deficit, it did not make Chi Hong rein in one or two. ”

"Uncle Ning doesn't care if he is slandered?" Shen Cha picked out a glutinous rice dumpling made of matcha from the small dish on the table, and took a small bite, "You can go to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion to sue him, right?" ”

"I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but then I did sue him, but it was not Chi Hong, but the small magazine, restaurant, restaurant, and teahouse in his hand. Because the evidence is conclusive, these companies were ordered to close their doors. ”

"At this time, Old Man Chi felt that his youngest son seemed to have gone mad, so he brought him in and taught him a hard lesson, it is said that this is the first and only time in Chi Hong's life that he was scolded by Old Chi." Yutai Pingchuan shrugged, "Because I didn't want my father to be angry again, I temporarily stopped fighting and stopped targeting His Royal Highness King Ning, and the two sides entered a relatively peaceful and complementary period. The two sides had a conflict again, that is, three months before His Royal Highness King Ning's accident, rumors about His Royal Highness King Ning in Xijing City suddenly increased. The first emperor sent people to track down the source of the rumors, and before the forbidden army and the patrol battalion had a clue, His Royal Highness King Ning had an accident. ”

"Wait a minute!" Shen Cha interrupted Tantai Pingchuan's words, she suddenly thought of something just now, although it was a little whimsical, but her intuition told her that this was most likely a speculation that was closer to the truth of His Royal Highness King Ning's case. She glanced at the few people around her who were staring at her, and waved her hand at them, "Wait a minute, I'll sort out my thoughts, it's a little messy now." ”

Shen Cha slowly stood up and slowly paced in the tea room, clearing his thoughts little by little. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her speculation was right, the tragedy suffered by Uncle Ning Wang and the people he implicated in may have only one source, and this source is not the so-called family feud, in fact, there is only one source, which is Chi Hong.

In her speculation, Mrs. Fuji should have known about Chi Hong's existence for a long time, after all, the two of them are still very similar in appearance. Although in this world, there are people who look alike but do not have any blood relationship, but the opportunity to really meet is very rare, and there is a certain connection between these two people.

Shen Cha thinks that since the Tantai family has been laying a lot of eyeliner in Xijing City a long time ago, part of it is to get news of Xijing City, and a small part is probably that Mrs. Teng wants to find her younger brother, and Shen Cha guesses that the purpose of finding her younger brother is much more urgent than the previous one.

According to the information I have obtained now, Chi Hong used to be quite active in Xijing, and Mrs. Fuji's eyeliner must have seen him many times, and there should be someone who knows the inside story and sent his portrait to Mrs. Fuji's hands.

Shen Cha couldn't guess what Madame Teng would react to when she got the portrait or received the news, maybe she would send someone to take a sneak look, maybe she would come and see it in person, in short, there would be any possibility. If she confirmed that Chi Hong was her long-lost brother at that time, then Chi Hong's every move, food, clothing, housing and transportation and everything else were in the hands of Mrs. Teng, as well as the ridiculous grievances and hatreds between Chi Hong and Uncle Ning Wang.