Some things, when you explain them clearly, will find that they are actually very ridiculous.

It turned out that Ersi went to find Zhao Qi, which was completely just a play.

"Didn't Liu Sheng send a message before, saying that he thought that the disappearance of the Tiger Benjun back then was related to the Liu family's business? I followed this check and found that during that time, the person in charge of taking care of the Liu family's business turned out to be Zhao Qi. Yan Ran said with a wry smile.

"My dad?" Zhao Liusi was surprised.

She never knew that Zhao Qi had also done business.

"Well, the Liu family's business was originally the Liu master's book, that is, your grandfather took care of it personally, and later when your mother became an adult, the Liu family planned to recruit a son-in-law for her, so your mother learned to take care of the business herself. Later, although your mother married your father, you can't recruit a son-in-law, but first, your grandfather is old, and second, he wants to hand over the family property to his grandson, so the business is still handed over to your mother. ”

Zhao Liusi nodded, pondering in his heart, and suddenly realized, "I was just born at that time. ”

"Yes." Yan Ran sighed, "It is said that her health was not very good after she gave birth to that child, and she had a serious illness at that time, your grandfather was anxious and also fell ill, and the Liu family was busy with their bodies, and there was a war, and the whole mess was messy, so your father took care of it." ”

"It was a short time, though. Soon after, the war ended, your mother's health improved, and she decided to accept Liu Sheng as a righteous son to manage the Liu family, and your father was also promoted because of his merits, so few people knew that during that time, the business transactions of the Liu family were controlled by your father. ”

"Promotion?" Zhao Liusi frowned, instinctively feeling that something was wrong.

"Yes." Yan Ran nodded, "I investigated your father's promotion system, and I also found that this is very special. He is white, and he became a minor official under the operation of your grandfather, and there may be uninformed people in the county who will call him an adult, but in fact, in the imperial bureaucratic system, he is not an official at all. ”

Seeing Zhao Liusi's blank expression, Yan Ran knew that she didn't know much about the official system of the imperial court, so after thinking about it, she said simply, "The officials of the imperial court are divided into official officials, and officials who assist officials in their work in addition to official officials. Among the officials, they are divided into clean officials and turbid officials. Between officials and turbid officials, it can still be circulated, but the grade is extremely low, no more than the middle of the nine grades, and between Qing officials and turbid officials, there is no way to transfer. ”

"Officials have no grade, and most of the turbid officials are eight or nine grades, and it is extremely difficult to rise above the eighth grade in their lives. Only a clean official can continue to rise and become a first-class or even a super-high-quality official. Yan Ran summed up to Zhao Liusi, "Officials and turbid officials don't need to consider their background and knowledge much, they only need to consider their personal ability. But Qing officials think a lot, family background, knowledge, origin, appearance, and teacher, so in addition to some hereditary children of wealthy families, there is also a need to pass the serious imperial examination in order to enter the ranks of Qing officials. ”

"My father didn't take the imperial examination, he didn't know much about reading, and his background was ordinary." Zhao Liusi quickly concluded, "He can go through the relationship and become a minor official in the palace, but it is difficult to become an official in the imperial court." ”

Because her grandfather is just an ordinary official, his ability is limited.

"Yes." Yan Ran said affirmatively, "The leap from a turbid official to a Qing official is comparable to a heavenly moat, and there have been few since the founding of the country, but your father has done it." ”

Zhao Liusi's mouth opened wide in surprise, "How did he do it?" ”

"I have the same doubts as you," Yan Ran smiled and continued, "Liu Sheng didn't prompt me before, and I haven't noticed your father yet, but when he prompted, I followed the clues and found that your father was too strange." His promotion file is still in the treasury, and it is written that he was promoted because of his great merits, but there is no specific information to record his merits. ”

"It can't be lost." Zhao Liusi shook his head, "This kind of accident must be done by people. ”

"It is true that if it is a pre-war material, it is understandable that it was destroyed because of the war, but it is impossible to lose the post-war information on meritorious deeds and rewards." Yan Ran agreed with Zhao Liusi's analysis, but also pointed out, "But it doesn't have to be done by people, and it may also be taken away by the superiors." ”

"Picked it up?" It was the first time Zhao Liusi had heard this statement.

"Well, yes." Yan Ran nodded, "Because the battle of Chiyue Mountain is related to the fortunes of the country, it is extraordinary. If your father's exploits are enough for him to cross the distinction of turbidity, it must be not small. Such a great feat, relevant documents and evidence, it is very likely that they were sent to Beijing. ”

"Then only when you go to Beijing can you find out what my father did back then?" Zhao Liusi asked suspiciously.

"From what I have, that's true." Yan Ran nodded, "But now I can't go back to the capital just to find someone's information, not to mention that I will probably not be able to run out after returning to Beijing, so I had no choice at that time, so I could only think that maybe I could cheat what your father did back then." ”

"Fraud?" Zhao Liusi felt that Yan Ran was really a ghost.

"If you have made meritorious deeds, if there is no one in the court, the credit may not necessarily fall on your head." Yan Ran pursed his lips, "Your father is just a humble family, and he is such an unreasonable place in the army, if he didn't collude with any general and didn't hug one or two thighs, then he couldn't have fallen into a piece of fat in the final reward for meritorious deeds." If he colluded with others, no matter what he did back then, it should leave traces. ”

"And what did you cheat?" Zhao Liusi had to admit that Yan Ran was very reasonable, so he looked at him with some expectation.

"Very little, his mouth is tighter than I thought." Yan Ran said that he was a little frustrated, "I asked Ersi to contact him, pretending to be the robe of the year, bringing orders from a certain big man, and letting him deal with the beginning and the end." He looked flustered, and I was sure that there must be something dishonorable involved in his promotion. ”

"If it was an ordinary meritorious service, I wouldn't be unaware." Zhao Liu thought that his father was so happy and liked to boast of his personality, and nodded approvingly.

"If it's just inconvenient to announce it to the outside world and needs to be concealed, then you won't see the old man pretending to be like a ghost." Yan Ran added, "So I suspect that he has nothing to do with the destruction of the Tiger Army. ”

"After all, in the entire Battle of Chiyue Mountain, the only army that was erased was the Tiger Army. And a person who had a close relationship with the Tiger Ben Army at the beginning and was promoted and made a fortune after the end of the war, it makes me hard to believe that he has nothing to do with the Tiger Ben. ”

"So, I asked Ersi to try him, and he panicked. But his mouth was tight, saying he had never heard of this team. Yan Ran pressed her forehead, "I'm looking for evidence while trying to try him." ”

"So, you're really not in the same league as him?" Zhao Liusi looked at Yan Ran, and also felt that it seemed that maybe, probably, he had made a mistake.

"He is most likely my father-killer, how can I be in league with him." Yan Ran said angrily, handing her the things in her arms, "This is something that can prove my identity." ”

"This is," Zhao Liusi took out the things in the bag and found that it was a palm-sized hexahedron, with words on all six sides, but some words she knew, and some words she didn't recognize, crooked, like patterns, like bird language, and the appearance was quite strange.

"This is my great-grandfather's seal." Yan Ran smiled a little proudly, but also a little lonely, "At that time, before the founding of the country, the world was in turmoil, Kyushu was divided into seven countries, and my great-grandfather traveled around the world to persuade all countries to unite against Blixia and save the people of the world from the rule of Blixia." During the coalition period, he wore the seal of the six countries, because there were too many seals and it was not easy to exchange letters, so he made this six-sided seal. ”

"After the success of the merger, in order to thank him for his merits, the countries used the six languages to cast this seal and give it to him." Yan Ran pointed to the only side that Zhao Liusi knew and said, "Chungao Yan's family, this is my family's county wang." ”

"It's amazing." Zhao Liusi played with the seal, it was extremely exquisite, it was indeed not something that could be forged casually, but he still had doubts in his heart, "But according to what you said, this is just a souvenir, what use can it be?" ”

"All the families in the world know that the Yan family has this seal, so it was agreed that the Yan family would come to the door to ask for help, and all the families should give everything they could to be satisfied, so this seal has also become a token of the eldest son of each generation of the Yan family." Yan Ran looked at her and sighed slightly, "After my father died, this seal fell into my hands. ”

"What if someone forges or steals your seal, and runs away from the house to cheat on food and drink?" Zhao Liusi asked thoughtfully.

"Die." Yan Ran smiled slightly, and was a little happy.

"How did you die?" Zhao Liusi was confused.

"The family promises that if the Yan family wants something, it will give everything to satisfaction. But the Yan family is not a shameless person, and promises to the world that once the Yan family gets through the difficulties, they will repay it twice. Yan Ran showed a sly smile, "There is borrowing and repayment, and the transaction can last for a long time." Besides, since it is to be returned, someone will inevitably have to sign and draw the detainee, and there will be a secret note when the detainee is drawn, and there will be no secret reporter who will be killed."

"That's too ruthless, isn't it?" Zhao Liusi gasped.

"There's something even harder." Yan Ran said with a smile, "The Yan family also promised that if someone can help the Yan family kill the counterfeiter and send the head back to the Yan family, the Yan family will pay the equivalent gold to thank you." ”

"This, this ......" Zhao Liusi had to admit that the ancestor of the Yan Ran family was really a ruthless person.

"Then what if there is a family that covets your family's bounty and kills the real Yan family as a fake?" Zhao Liu thought of this possibility, after all, it was wealth that moved people's hearts.

"That's what people asked you back then." Yan Ran smiled a little more happily, "But Gao Zu said, if you don't even have the ability to survive in the troubled times, how can this kind of person be worthy of being called Yanzi?" Death is death. ”

"You ......" Zhao Liusi is simply powerless to complain about this old ancestor, ordinary pit sons, compared to this old ancestor, it is really weak. for he has not only pitted his son, but also his children and grandchildren.

"Therefore, this seal is not only a cornucopia that can be exchanged for a gold mountain, but also a soul-boosting bell that can kill people." Yan Ran put it in Liu Si's hand, "It is the unique mark of my Yan family, you can ask anyone who has a genealogy book to know whether what I said is true or false." ”