Yiren was practicing calligraphy in the study room, and was suddenly blocked from view, and there was a moment of surprise.

Xiao Yu'an stood in front of her case, and naturally did not let go of the surprise in her eyes, as well as the undetectable disappointment after the surprise.

Her eyes were a little lonely, and her face was still that gentle, and she picked up the words she put aside to read.

The casually written words were looked at so carefully, Yiren was still a little uncomfortable, and silently cleaned up the bookcase, "Why are you here?" But what did you find? ”

Xiao Yu'an looked at her with some doubts, "Seventeen didn't tell you?" ”

Iren shook her head and said yes, but she felt that what they said might not be the same thing, after all, Seventeen couldn't have told him in his ear that he would have something for him later, and the picture was really weird.

Xiao Yu'an didn't get entangled, and explained: "He said that he would bring the household servant Shan Ce to the study, and he shouldn't have had time to tell you yet."

Seventeen really didn't have time, but he forgot, he took the silver and went to West Street to buy sugar, and went to the kitchen to boil syrup for an hour, so Xiao Yu'an reconciled the account book in the study, he made rock sugar lotus seeds in the room, and completely forgot about it, or An Sheng came in and told him that Xiao Gongzi had left, and he reacted.

As soon as he saw the time, he still had time, put the finished rock sugar lotus seeds in his pocket, and hurriedly pulled An Sheng to change his robe.

When Shan Ce came out of the palm cloud to eat noodles, he felt that there was some chaos around him, and the people behind him were not following closely as usual, and they were separated by some distance.

When I walked to the entrance of the alley, I suddenly bumped into a person, and before I could apologize, my shoulder was grabbed and pulled into the room at the corner of the alley.

"Woo" was covered in his mouth, he thought those people were going to make a move, and struggled hard.

Seventeen wrapped his backhand behind his back to prevent him from struggling, and said in a low voice: "I was sent by Xiao Shizi, and you met him at noon today."

Shan Ce quieted down at this time, waved his head twice and motioned for him to let go, and approached the window to watch the situation outside with him.

Outside, there was a man wearing the same robe as him, squatting in front of the stall to choose a brimmed hat, and the two people behind him hurriedly followed and saw him squatting there, and they were relieved.

Fake Shan Ce put on his hat and walked in the direction of home with his back bent, but the people behind him still kept that distance.

"Who's that man?"

"My shopkeeper, he will go to your house, he won't go out half a step before you go back, you can rest assured."

Seventeen threw him his cloak and led him through the alleys to the study.

Yiren knew that Seventeen was a punctual person, and there was absolutely no reason for him to wait for no reason, and he paced anxiously in the room.

"Don't worry, Seventeen has an idea, and there will be no problems."

"That's it, I have the most ideas, don't worry!" Seventeen lay on the door frame, revealing half of his head and a ponytail.

As soon as he saw the visitor, Yiren immediately breathed a sigh of relief, slapped his palm on the door of his head, and there was a little imperceptible anger in his tone, "Why are you so late, and you don't send someone to send a letter, so that we are worried in vain." ”

How can it be in vain to worry? The little lady was worried about him, and he didn't know how happy he was.

Seeing that there were many people, she was embarrassed to be poor, the little lady was thin-skinned, and she was ashamed again, touched her head, and brought out the single strategy behind her.

Shan Ce, a civil official, followed him all the way, but he didn't react yet, with vigilance on his face.

Yiren stepped forward to invite people to the table, and said: "Master Shan don't worry, this is Xiao Shizi of Marquis Xiao's family, and the son who brought you here is the master of the palm cloud room, the seventeenth prince, I am the young master of this study, just call me Miss Ye." ”

Shan Ce didn't take the tea she handed over, Yiren was a little embarrassed with the teacup, and was about to withdraw his hand, but the teacup in his hand was intercepted in the air.

Seventeen drank it all with the teacup, tilted his head and asked for a cup, a pair of peach blossom eyes filled with a smile, Yiren smiled, poured him another cup, and added a new cup in front of Shan Ce.

Seventeen raised his eyebrows, holding the teacup and asked casually: "Master Shan is so backbone, and you have the courage to burn the account book, why don't you see how capable you are?" ”

"You!" Shan Ce was a little embarrassed by his question, and his face was flushed.

Xiao Yu'an saw that the time was almost up, so he said slowly: "Master Shan don't be nervous, I just want to know what is recorded in that account book, so that you can burn it at the risk of disapproval." ”

One after the other, one sarcastic and one gentle, Xiao Yu'an understood as early as Seventeen when he said that sarcastic sentence, Shan Ce, this person does not eat soft and hard, then they will be soft and hard.

No matter how Shan Ce said, he has lived more than ten years longer than them, he is 36 years old now, and he has been in the official position for decades, and he has never seen any means, but he is too lazy to care.

Snorted coldly, took a sip of the tea in front of him, "It's okay to tell you." ”

"Why?" Such an important matter deserves to be monitored by others, and it doesn't hurt that he actually said it casually?

Shan Ce glanced at him, this seventeenth prince looks dashing, but in fact he is a black-hearted person, among this group of people, he has the most eyes, and he is dissatisfied: "It's not too late for you to wait until I finish speaking!" ”

The literati always have their arrogance, and Seventeen nodded knowingly, motioning for him to continue.

"The ledger records all the affairs of the household department, as well as all the secret accounts of the secret places of Kyoto officials. The water in Kyoto is deep, Xiao Shizi has just returned to Beijing, I don't know, this is a pond that has accumulated in previous dynasties, and now I am afraid that it has gathered into a sea. ”

"The largest casino in Kyoto is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, or their real young owner is the Household Department Shangshu, the official atmosphere of Dayan has long been corroded to the bones, and the casino is the biggest way for them to launder money, and they also operate shady transactions underground."

"The Golden Finch?"

Shan Ce didn't expect that they had already found the Golden Bird Palace, and he couldn't help but be a little serious, "That Golden Bird Hall is a place for hundreds of officials to be happy, although Dayan is not in harmony with civil and military, but for these dirty things, it is up and down. ”

"You can now ask me the question I just asked."

Seventeen was interrupted by his nonsensical words, and only then did he realize what he had just asked, so he sat upright, like a naughty student who was picked up by the teacher in class to answer a question, "It doesn't hurt to tell us why." ”

Shan Ce was satisfied, and gave them an answer with a straight face: "You all know that the household officials are close to each other, but you don't know how to get close to the law. ”

"The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment of civil officials, and the Ministry of Household holds the lifeblood of Dayan, this official uses money to buy, and this money is taken from the hands of corrupt officials, and the officials protect each other, and the whole family is not a family! Household officials and officials who have a little real power are not related to each other, and the one in the palace is still sitting peacefully, and this big swallow core has already been changed. ”

"Xiao Shizi has a noble status, but do you think this is only a corrupt official? Wrong! It is the Ministry of Household Officials, and it may be the Ministry of Rites, it is the Imperial History Tower, and it is the entire court when you go deeper, how noble is your identity to be able to bear this responsibility, do you think the emperor doesn't know? He knew, but he couldn't do anything, once the civil government collapsed, the Great Yan court would fall apart, and the court was all their own people, who could the emperor trust? ”

"Why do you think I can tell you so fearlessly? Because they have nothing to fear, you can't do anything. ”

Because they have nothing to fear, there is nothing we can do.

This sentence was like a heavy hammer, hitting their hearts hard, and their hearts hurt, but there was nothing they could do.