"Sister Ling, what do you want to do?"

In the study, Duan Tianya sat at the table, staring at Duan Ling'er with a pair of eyes, as if he had already seen her through.

Today, Shen and Duan Yu are abnormal, and they speak in a clear and cohesive manner without the slightest cowardice, which shows that Jiufang is prepared.

The backbone of the ninth room, Duan Tianya knew very well in his heart that it was Duan Ling'er.

Duan Tianya's eyes were stern and deep, and the kindness that was still floating at the corner of his mouth had fallen without a trace, and at this time, there was only a cold interrogation.

"Master......" As soon as Shen Shi spoke, he was stopped by Duan Tianya raising his hand.

"I'm asking her!"

Duan Ling'er stared at the inkstone on Duan Tianya's desk, a pool of ink in the inkstone was worth five yuan, and these five yuan could be exchanged for two hundred shortbreads, for the tenants of Heishuizhuang, if the whole family could eat two hundred shortbreads in a year, it would already be an absolutely decent life.

Duan Ling'er handed her father a neat smile: "What Ling'er wants to do is exactly what his father wants to do." The father asked his daughter to do it, and the daughter has done it, so why should the father scold his daughter now? ”

Duan Tianya snorted coldly: "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

Duan Ling'er walked to the bookshelf, took out a copy of "Thirty-six Strategies", flipped through it at random, stopped on a page, and put it in front of Duan Tianya's eyes: "Father, don't you just want us to check the pickle of the Zhuangzi when you give it to your brother?" You already know that something is wrong with the house, and even suspect that there are some problems with other businesses in Yangzhou Duanfu, but the steward of the Zhuangzi is the Su family, and you and the Su family are brothers-in-law, and you are involved in the whole body, you don't know if the eldest lady is involved, if you go to investigate these things in person as the sovereign, I am afraid that you will startle the snake, and there is always no Yangzhou Duanfu Mansion to do these things unobtrusive and justifiable. Borrowing the knife to kill people, our nine rooms are the most suitable knife. ”

Duan Ling'er had a pink face, and the light in her eyes was like a mirror, handed to Duan Tianya's eyes.

"My brother has reached the age of taking over the business, he is an honest and honest person, and he will never hide anything from his father, so his father gave him this Zhuangzi, and the bright road is a business in nine rooms, and a way to live in nine rooms, in fact, let us go over to touch the situation first, and my father also hopes that when we find that we can't handle things well, we will cry directly to you for help, so that my father can not only figure out everything justifiably, and do the management of this Zhuangzi, but also observe whether the eldest lady is involved."

Shen kept looking at Duan Tianya, and her daughter's words made her seem to get a map.

Gradually, she sketched out the streets, found the river, and finally connected the recent events.

I saw Duan Ling'er say again: "But we didn't let my father get his wish, we first went to report to the official, my father was worried that others would get the news and destroy the evidence of the crime, so there would be no way to pull out the cancer in Yangzhou, so my father was preparing to be angry at this time." ”

Duan Tianya smiled slightly, "Since you all know the consequences, why do you still instigate your brother to report to the official?" ”

Duan Ling'er said with a straight face: "The good slaves and tenants already have a grudge against the Duan Mansion, and this resentment has accumulated to the point of exploding. If you wait for your father to investigate them one by one and then weigh the pros and cons, there will be no follow-up for a year and a half. At that time, the reputation of Duanfu could not be said to have been ruined, but it was absolutely impossible for us to return to the village, as the master of the village, the tenants and good slaves gave us the scars because of trust, they took risks, if we dragged on and on, there were those who couldn't wait, and those who did not trust threw themselves into the river and hanged themselves, this is the sin of our nine houses. Those poor people have no power to fight back

, but willing to believe that we will give it a go, how can we put their lives and trust on the scale of pros and cons? My daughter can't do it. ”

"So?"

"So at the moment, the only way to report directly to the official can give them the fairness they want. It is also the most direct way to restore the reputation of Duanfu. ”

Duan Tianya stood up from the Taishi chair and paced slowly in the study.

This daughter fought with all her might, so that she didn't seem to have the heart to listen to what her father was shouting to her now.

This feeling also appeared when he was young, and the roar that rang in his ears from time to time was to fight against fate, and he wanted to use his arms to support the sky that would fall down one day.

After looking at Duan Ling'er for a while, he stood still: "It is true that Su Lao Er deceived the master and harbored evil intentions, and it is not false that you want to be the master of the tenants and slaves, but you dare to sue the court directly, are you really not afraid of being angry for your father?" If you are angry with your father, you will be angry with your mother. Sister Ling, according to your character. You won't let Shen suffer a little grievance. Say, "What have you not told your father?" ”

Duan Ling'er's heart was shocked, and she immediately buried her head deeply, not daring to show a little pride, and replied carefully: "Father, in fact, I have also inquired and collected a lot of other incriminating evidence you want, such as the antique shop, the silver building and our silk village. I thought that if I couldn't fulfill the 1,200 taels of silver that my father requested, I wanted to exchange this with you. ”

"What a cunning girl!" Duan Tianya sat back on the bench: "You plan everywhere, step by step." I know that even if all kinds of true and false are floating in the streets and alleys, but as a person who has come over in the wind and waves, if my father wants to calm the people's grievances, he will definitely not use the trick of killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 yourself, you are doing this just to nail the Su clan to death! As a father, I don't ask why you hate the Su family so much, I just ask you, you were ready before you asked me for business, right? If I don't give it to you, will you take those things and threaten them? ”

Duan Ling'er raised his head and said sincerely: "Ling'er hates the Su family, because their brothers and sisters disregard people's lives, oppress the weak, deceive their masters, and do bad things under the banner of others, but they protect themselves well, this kind of person has a bad heart and liver, and rotten lungs and intestines, Ling'er just wants to teach them a lesson." As for asking for business, Ling'er knew that her father would definitely agree, because you need someone to do it, and ......"

"And what?"

"And our nine rooms are indeed pitiful."

After a long silence, Duan Tianya sighed: "You are a little like your father when he was young, but it's a pity that it's a daughter's family...... Sit down and talk. ”

Duan Ling'er sat back in her seat and took a sip of water: "Before my father returned home, Ling'er already had some evidence of the Su family's crimes, and when my father handed over the matter of Zhuangzi to my brother, I knew that the opportunity had come, and all the preparations I had made could be used." ”

Duan Tianya snorted: "I even used the art of war with my father, right?" ”

Duan Ling'er shook her head: "Just be prepared and don't slack off." ”

Duan Tianya's eyes were full of deep meaning, the daughter in front of him was still a delicate and dexterous stem, its branches could naturally grow unbridled, but to do everything with this kind of haze heart, one day she would be caught in the palm of her hand by a wolf more complex and fierce than her.

As a father, his daughter shouldn't be a lamb who has no ability to fight back, but she can't be so indulgent to become a dragon.

After all, it is a road that abandons all cruelty, a road that is destined to be lonely and extremely painful.

Outside the yang

The light is very bright, and in the distance of the sun, the swallow bird presses the colored clouds, like an embroidered handkerchief.

Duan Tianya said to Duan Ling'er: "Child, do you know what it means to be snobbish, clean if you are not close to winter, and you are clean if you are close to it?" ”

Duan Ling'er was stunned.

Duan Tianya sat in front of the table, closed the book of "Thirty-six Strategies", and said in a deep voice: "Your aunt set fire to Qinglian Garden, you rescued your mother, and burned the two slaves with a tooth for a tooth. ”

Shen's face turned pale suddenly, and he stood up from his seat and knelt down: "Master, please forgive Sister Ling'er, she did this ridiculous thing for my mother and her brother, please forgive her......"

Duan Tianya raised his hand and motioned for Shen to get up: "What's wrong with Sister Ling'er?" I don't think she did anything wrong, if she is bullied but doesn't have the power to fight back, or even doesn't want to fight back, then she can only kill herself. So I didn't know about it. ”

Hearing this, Duan Ling'er suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Father! Now that you already know that the sixth aunt is going to burn my mother and brother to death that day, why don't you make decisions for us after you return to Yangzhou? Why don't you punish Xiao Su severely? ”

Duan Tianya's expression was unwavering: "As soon as Miss Duan Jiu made a move, she burned two good slaves, the Huang family drowned the lotus pond, and there was no witness for Xiao Su's command to set the fire, and your biological mother and brother were also alive, but everyone watched as those two good slaves were burned alive because of your order." Judging from the testimony and testimony, who is the one who did the wrong thing? Who is the one who oppresses the slaves and cares for their lives? If you really want to take care of this matter, I'm afraid that it will not be Xiao Su's who will suffer, but you and your biological mother. ”

Duan Ling'er's face was pale, she was angry that day, and she wanted to be powerful, she expected that Xiao Su would swallow this matter, but she didn't expect that her father would already know, and she made other considerations in order to protect herself.

Is this father really the ruthless father in his previous life?

Duan Ling'er lowered her head and couldn't say a word.

Duan Tianya said: "Wisdom and ingenuity, those who don't know are high, and those who know but don't use them are especially high." This is a sentence that the Father wants you to understand. ”

Duan Ling'er stared at the shadows cast by the sun at his feet.

In his previous life, he had a black heart under the cultivation of the eldest lady, and after entering the power core of Daliang, it can be said that he was deeply involved in the world and deeply dyed; The history is deep, and so is the machinery.

He has practiced all his life and never dared to be crazy.

Those clever calculations, deception and plunder, after seeing a lot, naturally they are also handy.

She never felt anything wrong.

However, in this life, his father told him that power and wealth lead people to beg, and those who do not approach these can maintain their physical and mental innocence, and those who are not polluted by them are even more innocent; Trickery and deceit, those who don't know these things are wise, and those who know but don't use them are even more clever.

She buried her head, remembering her father's alienation from her in her previous life, remembering that the image of her father in her previous life was just a symbol, as if she was on two parallel paths with herself, running towards her own future and results, looking at her father from afar, but her father never responded for a moment.

In this life, she suddenly discovered that in fact, her father would also plan for his children and consider his children, and he had warmth in his heart.

In the past, the eldest lady was herself, no matter how many cruel and complicated things she did, she would only add another fire, but she didn't do enough to exhaust herself.

In this life, my father told me to keep a clean heart.