The strings sounded again, and several actors appeared.

Mu Youjing, who was sitting opposite Mu Youchang, was casually drinking water and wine, and his eyes seemed to unintentionally sweep over Chu Qingyu, Wang Tingwei and Ji Lanchuan. Xindao: I don't know if he can still laugh when the second emperor's brother's "backyard" is on fire.

In the banquet room, everyone continued to drink, eat, watch plays, and talk and laugh constantly.

In the past few days, the emperor has been in a very good mood, and at this moment, looking at the singing and dancing around him, he can't help but drink a few more glasses, and his face is radiant.

After the incident of scolding himself, the emperor only felt depressed in the capital, and now when he came out of Beijing to inspect, he suddenly felt as if he had broken free from the cage.

This time, he allocated silver to repair the dam in Jinshan Weir, and reduced taxes, and before leaving, the local parents and officials came to see off the people, and also presented the umbrella of the people, and sang praises to him.

Thinking about it, his southern tour will be a good story, and it will definitely be praised by future generations in the future.

The world will know that he is a holy monarch, he is better than the royal brother, and he is more popular with the people!

It is because of his meritorious governance in the past ten years that there is now this flowery Xuanlong prosperous era, and only then can the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The emperor was in high spirits and raised his hand to signal the chamberlain to fill the wine glass again.

The emperor's decree to allocate 300,000 taels of silver to Jinshanyan arrived in the capital in a few days, and it was already October, the autumn wind was wheezing, and the leaves were flying.

Of course, the holy decree arrived at the celebrant for the first time, and after Cen Yin glanced at it, his thin lips pursed slightly, outlining an arc that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

However, the little chamberlain who came to deliver the decree was silent, and vaguely felt that the overseer's mood was not very good.

"Hand the decree to the Cabinet." Cen Yin casually closed the holy decree and threw it aside, and the little chamberlain only agreed, and hurriedly retreated with the holy decree.

Another middle-aged waiter in the room stepped forward, bowed his head, and began to bow his respects:

"Governor, on the side of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the military attache assessment has been carried out for nearly half of the time, but a few military attachés are dissatisfied with the lack of evaluation, so they rushed to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Mansion of King Jian to find Jun Shizi's theory. For this reason, there are also military attaches who secretly went to Wei Guogong, and Wei Guogong excused himself to let it go, apparently wanting to wait for Jun Shizi to beg him. ”

"Overseer, do you want to go to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion today?"

It has been five full days since the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion treasury was drained.

A water walk in the Xuanwu Hou Mansion will alarm the East Factory, and the whole capital is in an uproar, these days, all the people in the capital are staring at the Hou Mansion, and there is no less discussion in private.

However, since the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion was sealed, no news has leaked out, and even the people from the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion have not seen another one, and even if the others are curious, there is really no one to inquire.

The emperor is not in the capital now, this time it is at least half a year, and now Cen Yin is covering the sky in the capital, even if it is those in-laws of the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion, no one dares to find a relationship to intercede, but secretly prays, I only hope that the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion will not do too much, so as not to affect them.

All kinds of speculations emerge one after another, and some people know that Jing Zhaoyin, Duanmuxian and several household officials were also in the Hou Mansion that day, and they couldn't help but run to inquire, but where did Jing Zhaoyin and several household officials dare to talk nonsense, once it involves Dongchang, everything has to be careful, not to mention that this matter is really a bit complicated.

Seeing that Jing Zhaoyin and the others were secretive, all kinds of speculations in the capital became more and more, and everyone was paying attention to this matter, and on the fifth day, they saw Cen Yin and others personally to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion.

An Qianhu of Dongchang had already been waiting at the gate of the Hou Mansion and came to welcome Cen Yin in person.

"Overseer, please."

An Qianhu led Cen Yin into the main gate of the Xuanwu Hou Mansion, passed through a neat bluestone courtyard and a shaded tree, and came to the main hall of the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion.

After Cen Yin entered the main hall, he sat directly on the rosewood Taishi chair on the main seat, and the little attendant who accompanied him habitually carried a small red clay stove and a purple clay pot to boil water and make tea for him, as if it was his own home.

After a while, Xuanwuhou was brought by the two Dongchang fans, he looked haggard, with a deep green shadow in his eye sockets, obviously he hadn't had a good rest in the past five days.

"See Overseer."

Xuanwu Hou respectfully saluted Cen Yin, who was the leader, trembling.

In the past few days, he has lived like a year, and he is almost scared silly.

Originally, they planned it well, and there was no need to make a big deal about it, as long as they Xuanwu Houfu gave the silver and stood for righteousness, the matter would be over, how could it be so troublesome that even Dongchang came forward? !

This is just a fire, there are so many large and small fires in the capital every year, where can the East Factory manage it!

Of course, Xuanwu Hou also wanted to find someone to intercede, but the Hou Mansion was sealed, and the people in Dongchang were not affectionate at all, and he couldn't get out of the Hou Mansion in one step, so he could only watch the people in Dongchang search the mansion in the past few days, with a posture of digging three feet into the ground.

Xuanwuhou didn't know what they had searched for at all, and he could only comfort himself in his heart, the "things" were well hidden, only their father and son knew, and Dongchang would definitely not be able to find them......

Although he told himself this, he still couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive and worried in his heart.

At this time, the water in the purple sand teapot was boiling hot, making a slight sound, and Xuanwuhou was like a frightened bird, his heartbeat was pounding faster, and his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

An Qianhu didn't talk nonsense, and directly began to get down to business: "Governor, my subordinates have carefully checked the ruins of the warehouse, and the reason for the fire is that someone poured fire oil in the warehouse, and there are many places, and then ignited it with fire, and the warehouse is full of flammable items such as wooden furniture and account books. ”

As he spoke, An Qianhu glanced meaningfully at the Marquis of Xuanwu beside him, "The subordinates can be sure that the people in the Hou Mansion deliberately set the fire." ”

Although Xuanwu Hou tried his best to calm down, cold sweat had already begun to ooze from the back of his neck, and his heart was like a drum.

An Qianhu "snapped" his high-fives, and four Dongchang fans came in carrying two heavy black lacquer boxes.

Even if he didn't open these two boxes, Xuanwu Hou could recognize what they contained, his face turned white in an instant, and even sweat drops oozed from his forehead.

They...... The East Factory was found!

An Qianhu knew what Xuanwu Hou was thinking at a glance, and hooked the corners of his lips mockingly.

When it comes to searches, even Jinyiwei in this capital is inferior to their East Factory. Xuanwuhou thought that he hid his things in the cellar behind the garden conservatory, and they couldn't find them in the East Factory?! Xuanwuhou also underestimated the East Factory too much!

Several Dongchang fans immediately opened the box, revealing stacks of account books, land deeds, house deeds, land deeds, silver tickets, and so on.

A faint musty smell and the smell of books came to my nose as the two boxes were opened.

At the same time, the little waiter who watched the stove skillfully lifted the teapot on the small red clay stove, scalded the cup, divided the tea, washed the tea, and brewed it...... The movements are skilful and elegant.

Soon, he respectfully delivered the freshly brewed tea to Cen Yin's hand, and the elegant aroma of tea diluted the musty smell in the room.

"......" Xuanwu Hou looked at the two boxes, his face was completely bloodless, and he almost used all his strength to not tremble.

Cen Yin, who was at the top, casually glanced at the two full boxes, slowly picked up the blue and white porcelain teacup at hand, and drank the tea by himself, his elegant demeanor was like that of a polite son.

Cen Yin only cared about drinking tea and didn't speak.

Xuanwu Hou became more and more nervous, he couldn't figure out Cen Yin's attitude, the cold sweat on his body had soaked his middle clothes, and his heart was like numbness.

What does Cen Yin mean by that......

Time passed little by little, silence spread in the hall, and the sound of the autumn wind blowing the branches and leaves outside the hall was heard one after another, and the atmosphere around it became more and more solemn.

Cen Yin at the top is still so leisurely and comfortable, as if he is in his own home, but Xuanwu Hou is not, and his heart is getting higher and higher.

Xuanwu Hou's eyes were bright and dark, chaotic, and finally, he made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said tentatively: "Lord Cen Du, the dog Wang Tingwei is friendly with His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and this time he will follow the ...... to the south."

However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by An Qianhu sneeringly: "Second prince? Could it be that the Hou Ye still wants to use the second prince to suppress our overseer?! "It's overwhelming!

Cen Yin didn't look at Xuanwuhou at all, and lowered his eyes to taste tea.

"......" Xuanwu Hou's mouth opened and closed, he had also heard that those princes had to please Cen Yin, it seems that the rumors are true, except for the emperor and the fourth girl of Duanmu, I am afraid that no one can enter Cen Yin's eyes.

So what should you do?!

The beads of sweat on Xuanwuhou's forehead began to slide slowly, and he swallowed his saliva with difficulty.

Since people can't do it, what about money?!

There is a saying: people die for money, and birds die for food.

Faced with a huge sum of money that fell out of thin air, Cen Yin couldn't be unmoved!

It's just that half of the Ji family's tens of millions of family wealth was donated to the imperial court by Ji Lanzhou, and now there are only a few million taels left, and if you give Cen Yin a sum of money......

Just thinking about it, Xuanwuhou felt that his heart was like a knife, but at this time, in order to protect his family, he had no choice but to "cut meat and feed eagles".

Xuanwu Hou quickly made up his mind, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Cen Du, it was Ben Hou who lost his words just now. After a pause, he probed again, "Lord Cen Du, there is a way, and those who see it have a share." Ben Hou is not a greedy person, and he will definitely reward Lord Cen well. ”

He said it vaguely, and the implication was that the Ji family's wealth here could also be divided into Cen Yin's share, and he only asked Cen Yin to let him go of the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion.

Cen Yin slowly put down the teacup, picked at it with his long and deep eyes, dusted off the big red unicorn robe on his body, and glanced at Xuanwu Hou, as if he didn't understand at all.

Xuanwu Hou was even more anxious, and decided to break the jar and break it to make his words clearer, but Cen Yin had already spoken one step ahead of him, and asked lightly: "Master Hou, do you know the purpose of the Ji family's half of the family wealth?" His feminine voice resounded through the hall with no light or heaviness.

Although Xuanwu Hou didn't know why Cen Yin asked this, he chuckled in his heart, feeling bad.

Cen Yin didn't expect Xuanwu Hou to answer, and continued: "Master Hou, when I asked my niece to offer half of the Ji family's wealth, I made it clear that it was for the war in the south. Before leaving Beijing, the emperor also issued an edict, making it clear that the eight million taels of silver would be used in the war with Nanhuai. ”

"This is a matter of war between the two countries, whoever moves this money is the idea of fighting the war in the south, and this person is a spy sent by Nanhuai."

Cen Yin's voice grew colder, and he said: "This seat understands that your Xuanwu Marquis Mansion turned out to be Nanhuai's spies. ”

What the?! Xuanwuhou couldn't believe his ears, his legs were weak with fright, and he directly "pounced" and knelt down.

The spy means collaborating with the enemy and treason, that is to destroy the nine clans, he is just a little greedy, and he wants to be greedy for the eight million taels of silver left by the Ji family.

Xuanwuhou's body trembled like a branch in the wind and rain, and he kowtowed heavily to Cen Yin, "knocking" sound, and his forehead was bruised in two strokes.

"Lord Cen spares his life, Lord Cen is Mingjian, this Hou is definitely not a spy in Nanhuai!" Xuanwu Hou said hoarsely, his eyes full of apprehension and fear.

He originally thought that he was a marquis of Yipin, even if he committed something, the emperor was not there, and the people in the capital took him for a while, even if he wanted to punish the crime, he had to wait for the emperor to return from Jiangnan, until this moment, he realized that he was wrong, and found that he was just a lamb to be slaughtered.

Once the charge of Xuanwu Marquis Mansion as Nanhuai's spy is confirmed, Cen Yin killed him with a knife at this moment, and the emperor is afraid that not only will he not blame Cen Yin, but he will also think that Cen Yin is capable.

At this time, the lives of the Wang family were in Cen Yin's hands, and Xuanwu Hou could no longer take care of the Ji family's family wealth, and said in a trembling voice: "As long as the Lord Cen spares Benhou's life, the remaining half of the Ji family's family wealth can be given to the Lord Cen Governor, and it should be the Marquis who is filial to the Governor." ”

Xuanwu Hou humbly lay his forehead on the cold bluestone slab ground, and his body did not dare to move.

The little waiter on the side saw that half of the tea in the blue and white porcelain teacup was missing, and he didn't need Cen Yin's orders, so he quickly and cleverly made him a new cup.

"Who does Master Hou think this seat is?" Cen Yin picked up the cup of new tea again, elegantly smelled the tea fragrance in the cup first, and slowly brushed off the floating leaves on the surface of the tea soup with the tea lid, the clouds were light and the wind was light.

The mocking smile on the corners of An Qianhu and a few Dongchang fans became stronger, this Xuanwu Marquis is really a person with shallow vision, what kind of person is their overseer, and he is not a layman who has never seen the world, this is only a few million taels of silver, how can the overseer put it in his eyes!

Who is Cen Yin? The answer to this question is obvious, he is the eunuch of the dignified celebrant and the governor of the Dongchang factory, and he is also the first person in the history of Dasheng to ascend to such a high position at the age of a weak crown.

However, Xuanwu Hou did not dare to answer.

He now feels that he is saying something wrong, Cen Yin has already designated his Xuanwu Marquis Mansion as a Nanhuai spy in just a few words, he is really afraid that if he continues to talk about it, Dongchang will directly drag him to Dongchang Prison.

Once in prison, how many can still get out of it?

It's just a fluke that he came out of the edict prison, can he still be a man in the royal family?!

Xuanwu Hou felt as if he was standing in front of a bottomless cliff, one of his feet had already stepped halfway, as long as he took another step, he and the entire Wang family might be doomed.

Cold sweat fell from Xuanwuhou's forehead like rain, his mouth opened and closed, his throat seemed to be choked by something, and he couldn't speak.

In the end, he could only avoid this question and did not answer, and continued to kowtow dryly: "The overseer is clear, and Benhou swears to the sky that he is definitely not a spy of Nanhuai. Lord Cen spares his life! ”

In the hall, there was silence for a moment.

followed by a "click", as if something had been placed on the desk at random, and Xuanwu Hou's heart also rose to his throat.

"An Qianhu, you send these things to the household yamen to Duanmu Shoufu first, let him see how much is missing, maybe they will all be sent by Xuanwu Hou to honor Nanhuairen." Cen Yin instructed lightly, "Continue to search for this seat, and then try it slowly!" I'd like to see how many 'unseemly' things are hidden here! ”

As he spoke, Cen Yin stood up and dusted off his robe, looking like he was obviously planning to leave.

Xuanwu Hou almost collapsed into a puddle of mud when he heard this.

"Lord Cen ......"

At this moment, Xuanwu Hou only had one thought left in his heart, and he couldn't let Cen Yin go like this...... If Cen Yin leaves, he doesn't know when he will see him again.

Xuanwu Hou crawled towards Cen Yin's knees with a dying struggle, humble and frightened, wanting to hug Cen Yin's thigh and beg for mercy, but he had no chance to climb in front of Cen Yin at all, and he didn't even have to go out of the horse.

Xuanwu Hou snorted and fell to the ground, embarrassed.

Dongchang Fanzi snorted coldly disdainfully. This is the courage of a bear-hearted leopard, daring to block the way of the overseer, this Xuanwu Marquis is really stupid!

Thinking about it, the Dongchang Fang Zi unceremoniously kicked Xuanwu Hou's body again, kicked him to the side, and said angrily: "Good dogs don't get in the way!" ”

As for Cen Yin, he didn't look at Xuanwu Hou, he walked directly past him and walked out of the hall without hesitation.

When he reached the eaves, another small chamberlain waiting under the eaves hurriedly and courteously put on a black cloak for him.

Cen Yin casually raised his arm and flicked off his cloak, the edge of the black cloak flew up like unfolded wings, the autumn wind blew, the hunting sounded, and the white eagle embroidered on the cloak flew up with the cloak, as if it was about to spread its wings and fly out......

"Overseer! Overseer ......"

Xuanwu Hou was still shouting, hoarsely trying to keep Cen Yin, however, in vain, his heart was cold and desperate.

Cen Yin soon came to the Yimen of the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion, where a black-painted flat-headed carriage was already waiting, and the little guy who was driving the car was a little scorpion in disguise.

After Cen Yin got into the carriage, he ordered: "Go Dye Fangzhai." ”

The little scorpion answered, and went on the road with his whip, and vaguely heard the sound of rustling in the carriage.

Dye Fangzhai is on Yijin Street, about a drive from the Hou Mansion, and when Cen Yin got off the carriage, he had already changed into a blue regular clothes, with a jade belt around his waist, with a small seal, and the previous evil and indifferent aura had long disappeared at this time, as if he had become another person.

In Dye Fang Zhai, Duanmu Jun saw Cen Yin's carriage arrive, and greeted him with a smile, with a bright and generous smile on his face.

This Dyeing Fang Zhai is a newly opened shop in Duanmujun, which opened on the first day today.

The shop was originally the dowry of the Li family, and it has not been rented out since it was repossessed in the middle of the year, and it opened on the first day today.

This Dyeing Fang Zhai is not the same as the Xiu Fang Zhai they opened before, Xiu Fang Zhai mainly sells some delicate small embroidery, while Dye Fang Zhai mainly makes ready-to-wear clothes.

"Duanmu girl," Cen Yin looked at her, a soft smile appeared on her beautiful face, and arched her hand, "It's a good start, and business is booming." ”

"Cheng Gongzi Jiyan." Duanmujun also arched his hand in return, this gesture was made by her, quite heroic, "I still expect to give this dyed Fang Zhai to Zhen Zhen as a dowry." ”

There was a slight smug flavor in her words, which caused the smile on Cen Yin's face to deepen.

The little scorpion driving the car naturally heard it, and suddenly realized: No wonder the overseer deliberately ran away. The Overseer really had nothing to say to the four girls of Duanmu.

Duanmujun instructed the guys in the shop to set up the carriage, and then greeted Cen Yin generously: "Master Cen , please come inside." The sign of my shop is called 'Yunlan Satin', and Childe must see it, this is unique. ”

"Then I'm going to open my eyes." Cen smiled implicitly.

Between the words, Duanmu led Cen Yin around a five-door embroidered pine, bamboo, plum and crane screen, behind the screen is a VIP room separated out, and five rolls of materials are neatly placed on the red lacquered wood carved case by the window, and those materials shine in the sun.

Duanmu Jun pointed to the five rolls of material in front of him, smiled brightly, and said: "This is 'Yunlan Satin', which is dyed by Zhen Zhen according to the dye prepared by the formula in the ancient book, and it took several months of research to complete, there are a total of twelve colors, but some colors are too gaudy and not suitable for men." ”

This Yijin Street is full of cloth and embroidery villages, and if you want to open your shop here for a long time, you will naturally have goods that are enough to spread by word of mouth. For Dye Fang Zhai, "Yunlan Satin" will inevitably become a signboard.

At this stage, there are a total of 12 colors of "Yunlan Satin", each color is unique and colorful. Of course, Duanmujun will not leak the formula of the "signboard" to other dyeing houses, so in order to open this dyeing house, she has set up a dyeing workshop in a village outside the city.

Master Yang, the embroiderer in Dyeing Fangzhai, was also invited from Jiangnan, and was one of the best masters in a time-honored brand in Jiangnan.

The trivial matters involved in opening this dyeing fang zhai are more than double that of the previous embroidery fang zhai, and duanmu has been busy and prepared for a long time, until today it was officially opened.

Duanmujun didn't make a lot of publicity, but just opened plainly, except for Cen Yin, he didn't go out of his way to invite others to join in the fun, so there were only a few guests in the shop at the moment, and it was very deserted.

However, Duanmujun didn't care, she had already thought about it carefully, this dyeing Fangzhai would not run out, after all, this "Yunlan Satin" is so unique, and the way of dyeing cloth is cumbersome and complicated, it is impossible to be prolific at all.

Besides, as my sister said, scarcity is expensive.

Thinking of his sister, Duanmujun's beautiful and clear eyes became brighter and brighter.

She walked briskly to lead Cen Yin to the five rolls of material, pulled a corner of fabric from one of the rolls of "Yunlan Satin", and compared it with the back of Cen Yin's hand, "Master Cen Gongzi, what do you think of this roll of blue material?" ”

The blue color is slightly dull, but this roll of blue material is different, as long as it is placed in the sun, it will glow as gorgeous and changeable blue as the sea, azure, sea blue, royal blue, lake blue...... It's like a crystal clear sapphire that reflects different brilliant brilliance in different lights.

Duanmu Jun bowed slightly with satisfaction, she thought well, this material is really suitable for Cen Yin. He's going to like it, right?! Duanmu Jun looked at Cen Yin expectantly.

Cen Yin looked at the volumes of material in front of him shining in the sun, a little surprised, and the corners of his lips curled slightly. Interesting, Duanmufei, this little girl, is really good at tossing some fresh and interesting things.

Cen Yin couldn't help but think of the fire gun that had been improved by Duanmu Fei, the smile on his lips grew thicker, and he said, "Very good." ”

Duanmujun smiled more and more brightly, picked up a roll of jasper-colored material, and asked again: "What about this volume, do you like it?" ”

"Good."

"And this volume......"

When Duanmujun asked three rolls of material in a row and got the answer "very good", her clarity suddenly became a little subtle, and she remembered something, and her expression became complicated when she looked at Cen Yin. She almost forgot that Cen Yin, like Feng Yan and Li Tingyou, had no aesthetics for color at all, and asked in vain.

"Forget it, I'll pick out a roll of material for you to make clothes." Duanmujun didn't ask Cen Yin anymore, and his eyes scanned back and forth between the five rolls of material.

Cen Yin raised his right eyebrow in confusion, didn't he come to congratulate the opening of Dye Fang Zhai? How did you come here to make clothes?