() Chapter 332 High Gamble

Wei Ziqi has not spoken, and Guo Minan is not an aggressive faction.

Although his steps had slowed down before, when he said this, he took a straight step in the direction of the main hall.

In the past few months, he has been going back and forth to the Wei family many times, and the road from the gate of the mansion to the main hall is too familiar.

If you want to talk about those things in the capital a few years ago, in fact, Wei Ziqi has not forgotten it.

At that time, he was still young, and he was still a child at all, but his father had high hopes for him and pressed the future of the Wei family on his shoulders, so at a young age, he already knew what human feelings were, and other people's children were laughing and playing, but he had to make an old appearance, follow his father's side, and walk around.

In those few years, Wei Ziqi often heard people's praise, which was nothing more than saying that the eldest young master of the Wei family was actually a genius boy, such a young child, he was not lost to adults at all, although his knowledge was not enough, but at this age, it was already very rare.

Dad was very happy about this, the first time he was praised was the words that came out of Xu Jingshan's mouth, Dad was happy for several days, and everyone he saw was smiling.

Since then, Wei Ziqi just wants to do better, better, and it is best to make his father so happy and proud of him for the rest of his life.

Guo Min'an talked about Xu Jingshan today, and Wei Ziqi immediately thought that he had other intentions, so he didn't dare to answer casually for a while.

In fact, he didn't forget that Xu Jingshan was just a household servant at that time, but after becoming an imperial businessman, he had more contacts with the palace and the household department, and the handover with the household department was usually handled by Xu Jingshan, so he naturally moved around more.

Although Dad has a lot of restraint in private, who doesn't know what's going on when he walks in the capital? On weekdays, they feasted in the mansion, and Xu Jingshan, the household servant, was not missing until the year before they left the capital, and they were promoted to the head of the household.

Now that Wei Ziqi thinks about it, a Shangshu is busy with everything, and in fact, it is impossible to do everything himself, as for handing over the monthly accounts with the imperial merchants, or what is temporary, and what needs to be handed over is handled by the servants below.

But at that time, Xu Jingshan had been a household servant for too long, and he and the Wei family had been handed over for a few years.

Wei Ziqi was thinking about it, and the two of them had already entered the main hall.

Guo Min'an unceremoniously walked straight up to the main seat and sat down, but Wei Ziqi didn't say anything, just sat down at his place, and sent someone to serve tea and snacks: "My father got the letter, and he will come back soon, and today I went to the porcelain shop in Ping'an Fang to see a new batch of goods, not far away, and I have been going for a long time, and it was almost time to go home." ”

"It's okay, if Master Wei doesn't come back, it's the same if you accompany him." Guo Min'an stared at him sideways, "This official remembers that at that time, it was said in the capital how smart the Wei family was, and how he was a genius boy, but in fact, these words were first said from the mouth of the elder Xu Ge?" ”

Wei Ziqi smiled, detached and polite, and did not hide it, nodded and said: "It is Xu Ge Lao who praises it, where can I deserve such praise." ”

"Boss Xu Ge has been in the court for half his life, and it is not wrong to look at people, since he praises you like this, it must be that you are outstanding, and you are too modest. But this official listens to it and thinks that your family used to have a good relationship with Xu Ge Lao? Guo Min'an's words seem to be asking Wei Ziqi, but in fact, he is more determined.

It was precisely because of his determination that Wei Ziqi's heart trembled, and he subconsciously raised his eyes: "My lord? ”

"Xu is this case, involving people in the capital, and this official remembered a lot of things from the past." Guo Min'an's face did not change, so that people could not see the slightest flaw, "This official remembers that in the past, the chief manager of the old mansion of Xu Ge was called ...... It's called...... Du ...... "He was hesitant for a long time, as if he really couldn't remember, and then he patted his head and said hey, "Look at the memory of this official, I haven't seen him for many years, and I haven't seen him every year when I go back to Beijing to report on my work, and I've only seen him for a few years, and I can't even remember his name." ”

Wei Ziqi's face sank: "Du Qinian." ”

He took Guo Min'an's words because he could see that Guo Min'an was just showing him for show.

Is this a temptation?

He guessed not.

If he pretended not to know, Guo Minan would be even more suspicious that they were hiding something from the government.

Guo Min'an sighed calmly, as if he suddenly remembered: "Yes, Du Qinian, in the end, you young people have a good memory, and the people you saw when you were a child remember them sooner or later." ”

Wei Ziqi smiled reluctantly, the corners of his mouth only rose slightly, and he said no: "My lord is for the affairs of the government, you are the prefect, and you are in charge of the big and small affairs of Qizhou City, why don't you worry about it?" Such a small thing, after a long time, you naturally don't remember much, I am an idle person, so I remember all irrelevant people and things clearly. ”

"This Du Qinian" Guo Minan didn't take his politeness anymore, and took a serious look, "Do you know why you left the Xu family?" The official remembered that he left the Xu family, and he left quietly, and when the official returned to Beijing to report on his work, the chief manager of the Xu Mansion suddenly changed people, and the official was startled. ”

This is a lie, it's just that Wei Ye and Wei Ziqi haven't returned to the capital for many years, if the person in front of him is Wei Ye, he will probably think about it, but Wei Ziqi will definitely not know that there has been a discord between him and Xu Jingshan.

Sure enough, Wei Ziqi did not doubt him, he only thought that he had been the prefect for a long time, and it was normal for him to return to Beijing to report on his work, and to have contacts with Xu Jingshan, the head of the court, and it was normal to know that Du Qinian left the Xu family.

It's just that he doesn't know about this matter, and now that Guo Min'an mentions it, he understands in his heart that Guo Min'an probably suspects that it has something to do with the Wei family, not that he suspects that Du Qinian's departure is related to the Wei family, but that there is an inexplicable and subtle relationship between Xu Ge Lao and the Wei family, so he has to test it today.

Wei Ziqi spread his hands, shook his head and said that he didn't know, and when he was about to add two more sentences, Wei Ye's figure had already appeared at the door of the main hall.

……

Guo Min'an left from Wei's house, it was half an hour later, and he looked hurried at that time, because Zheng Ze sent someone to talk back, but he didn't say it in front of Wei Ye and Wei Ziqi's father and son, the official who talked back and forth just approached him and whispered in his ear, saying that the official who was monitoring Huixian's family had just arrived at the mansion to reply, and something happened to Huixian's family, and her brother had passed away.

A good person, if he said no, it would be gone, Guo Minan's eyelids jumped suddenly, and he didn't want to alarm Wei Ye, so he said a few more polite words to him, got up and hurriedly went out without mentioning it.

When he went all the way back to the mansion, Zheng Ze was waiting outside the lobby, and when he saw him, he hurriedly greeted him.

Guo Minan waved his hand: "Let's talk about what's going on first!" ”

Zheng Ze sighed, and then paused to salute: "The official below inquired, saying that there was an accident when he was at work, and he fell off the shelf on the stage, which was not high, but he was holding a heavy object in his hand, and the center of gravity was unstable for a while and he fell, and the wooden sticks he was holding in his hand were smashed into his own body, and he was actually stoned to death." ”

A big man, although he has been idle at home for a few months, but since Hui Xian's disappearance, they can no longer get the Wei family's silver at home, and there is no silver to support the family, so Hui Xian's brother can only go out to work, but he has no skills, so he can only do some hard work for others, so he goes around helping people move things and build a platform and the like.

Guo Minan always felt that it shouldn't be, he had also done hard work before, why did he suddenly have an accident?

This whole thing is also too weird......

"They haven't gone to look for a troupe at home? Are you not planning to report this matter? He suddenly realized that something was wrong, and his eyebrows were pressed together, and he looked sideways.

But seeing Zheng Ze nodded heavily: "As soon as something happened, the head of the troupe also knew that it was inseparable from him, after all, there was no one when he worked for their troupe, he may also be afraid that Huixian's family would make trouble, gave a large sum of silver to appease, and personally went to the door to apologize, his father and mother are honest people, and his daughter-in-law is a little tricky, but the family has no opinion, and they also admit that it was an accident, sad and sad, but no one thinks that something is wrong, so naturally they will not come to report to the official." And when it was said before that Hui Xian was missing, the government found them several times, and the lower officials estimated that they were scared......"

His voice gradually weakened, and it became clear that the more he spoke, the more unconfident he became.

Sure enough, Guo Minan raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean to be afraid?" Don't they do bad things, are they afraid that people from the government will come to them for questioning? This is strange to say, could it be that in the years that this official has been in office, there have been cases of bullying the people with officials in Qizhou City, and the official does not know? ”

Zheng Ze knew that he was not angry, and listening to his tone at this time, he was afraid that it would not go well in the Wei family today.

He was helpless in his heart, and sighed silently: "They are all honest people, I am afraid that I have never dealt with the government in my life, of course I will be afraid, anyway, this time, they received the money from the drama troupe, and they only felt that it was an accident, and it seemed that they did not plan to report to the official." ”

That's the trouble.

It's true that someone died, but not all the things that killed people have to be under the control of the government, and the people of their own families recognized it as an accident, and they didn't plan to make a big fuss, let alone report to the officials, so why did the people in the government intervene?

In fact, if you have to intervene, Guo Minan is not unable to find the reason, but listening to Zheng Ze's meaning, the people in Huixian's family are not willing to deal with the people in the mansion.

If he still intervenes strongly, he is afraid of getting himself into trouble.

Looks......

Guo Min'an's figure was about to enter the hall, and he immediately stopped.

Zheng Ze then paused: "What's wrong with my lord?" ”

"I'll go to the palace of the king of Qi" he dragged the end slightly, "I told you before, I suspect Wei Ye, but you persuaded me again, there is no evidence, everything is just speculation, there is His Royal Highness the King of Qi in Qizhou, I rashly suspect Wei Ye's head, and it will always be His Royal Highness the King of Qi, I am afraid that I will not be able to pass." I have thought about it myself for a long time, and what His Royal Highness King Qi is willing to do for the Wei family is indeed beyond my imagination, so I won't mention it for the time being, but I just asked Bai An to investigate and see if there are any missing people recently, and can you match the corpse, but today you told me again that Hui Xian's brother is gone, and I am sure that there must be a big article here. ”

Zheng Ze does not deny this, but the problem is that they still have no evidence.

Since there is no evidence, why did the Lord go to His Royal Highness the King of Qi to say something unfavorable to Wei Ye?

In fact, in his opinion, His Royal Highness the King of Qi may not be very satisfied with Wei Ye, but after all, the second girl of the Wei family is there, the more she can't go over, looking at her sake, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is bound to return to protect Wei Ye.

Zheng Ze watched his figure move, but it was obvious that he was going in the direction of going to the gate of the mansion, so he subconsciously went out sideways and stopped in front of Guo Min'an: "The lower officials still feel that they can't go." ”

Guo Min'an's eyes sank, and he raised his hand and pressed it on his left shoulder: "I have been an official for so many years, and I have a sense of proportion in everything I do, of course I know that this is very likely to anger King Qi, but I have to go to see King Qi this time." I suspect Wei Ye, it's not that there is no reason for doubt, so I can naturally explain it clearly to His Royal Highness King Qi, as for His Royal Highness King Qi...... His Royal Highness is the son of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon, a person who is smart and dreamy, after listening to my words, he has his own distinction and judgment, if he still chooses to protect Wei Ye, then I have nothing to say, I can't say, this case in Qizhou, it can really only end here, I want to investigate it again, I can only cross the King of Qi, and go against the will of the King of Qi, alarm the capital, but that's all later, and what I believe is that His Royal Highness the King of Qi has always had the world in mind, even if it is for the second girl of Wei...... However, it is a big right and wrong, and it is a matter of several lives, he is a royal prince and nobleman, I don't believe that he will be so careless about people's lives. It was clear that Wei Ye was extremely suspicious, but he turned a blind eye, and when the dead people died in vain, he blindly protected Wei Ye. ”

If that's really the case, King Qi, it's too disappointing and chilling.

Zheng Ze knew that he couldn't stop him, so he had to turn sideways in a sneer, get out of the way, and watch Guo Min'an go out of the palace gate all the way, and didn't say anything about it.

Only he understands in his heart that there are many things in the world that are indescribable, and if the adult goes, it is another big gamble, and if the bet wins, the truth that the adult wants in his heart, and the belief he adheres to, may be able to get it, but if he loses the bet, he will completely offend the King of Qi and the Wei family in the future, and the future of the adult ...... He will no longer have any future at all, and the prefect of Qizhou doesn't know how long he can do it.