For Guo Yong, in this matter of Peng Chengbo's Mansion, he is no longer a person inside and out, he arrested the Huo family in order to understand the queen's danger, and Peng Chengbo's Mansion will not only not be grateful to him, but hates him for many things.

And the queen mother originally wanted to use this matter to calculate the queen, even if she couldn't abolish the queen, she could make the queen dare not make a mistake in the short term, but Guo Yong made the Huo family a scapegoat and took the queen out of this matter.

At this time, the only thing that is fortunate is that there is only one thing, that is, the Huo family is rich!

What the imperial court lacks is money, and the grain, grass and military salaries in the northwest all need money, Guo Yong, who is the first assistant, Lu Zeng, who is the secretary of the military department, and Zhao Xu, who is the secretary of the household department, they can't make money.

This is also the most comforting thing for Guo Yong at this moment.

When Huo Roufeng thought of this, he spit out the melon seed skin far away without any image.

When you want to scapegoat, the first thing that comes to mind is the low-status merchants; Now when they want to find a wronged boss to give money, they still think of merchants.

She said to Mrs. Huo: "Sister, I'll go, we can't give out this silver in vain." ”

Speaking of this, she remembered one thing and said to Mrs. Huo: "Sister, has my father ever encountered this kind of thing before?" ”

Mrs. Huo smiled bitterly: "Why haven't you encountered it?" Who hasn't encountered doing business like ours? ”

No wonder my sister has already prepared a large sum of silver.

Huo Roufeng felt very uncomfortable, she had never been in contact with merchants in her previous life, but she knew that her mother had taken silver from merchants when she got into trouble, and in the more than ten years of war, there were also many merchants who gave silver, at that time she thought that it was because her mother was highly respected and all the people returned, and the merchants were willing to pay out the silver, but now she understands, maybe she is forced to do so.

In the afternoon of the same day, she asked people to send a message to Zhao's mansion, and the next day when it was time for the next dynasty, she and Ma Taixing went to see Zhao Xu.

On the way, Ma Taixing said: "Ninth Master, although it is the elder of the pavilion that let us pass, but with the identity of the elder of Zhao Ge, we will not see it, if it is the staff and the like, you have to move out of the eldest lady in everything, so you say that you want to go back and discuss with the eldest lady." ”

Huo Roufeng shook his head: "Since Zhao Xu asked us to come to the mansion instead of going to the yamen, he will definitely see us in person, Ma Zhang, or let's make a bet, if I lose, I will set up a table in Tianxiang Building." ”

Ma Taixing said with a smile: "Okay, if Zhao Ge didn't see the Ninth Master in person, I will invite this table." ”

The big shopkeeper of Yongfeng, who is not wealthy, and the banquet in Tianxianglou is nothing to them.

But Ma Taixing really lost, and Zhao Xu met them in person.

Huo Roufeng looked at Zhao Xu and saw that he was around forty, tall and thin, delicate and elegant, but the two deep wrinkles between his eyebrows made him look gloomy.

Zhao Xu had already seen the Huo family's greetings before, and knew that it was Huo Jiu, the only male of the Huo family, who came, and he also knew that Huo Jiu was not yet an adult, so the Huo family's business was controlled by the Huo family's lady, but he didn't expect that Huo Jiu in front of him was even smaller than he imagined.

He regretted a little, he shouldn't have come to see Huo Jiu in person, he was old, but he had to bargain with a yellow-mouthed child, and he was smiling and generous.

But he couldn't shake his hands out, so he could only talk to Huo Jiu, but he was a little more annoyed in his heart.

He said openly and honestly to Huo Roufeng: "You are still young, some things can't be decided, and the official won't say much to you, you just need to go back and tell Sister Ling that the Huo family killed the royal family and committed a big crime, thinking that the Huo family used to build bridges and pave roads in Hangzhou, and did more good deeds, so I will give another opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for my crimes, at this moment there is a war in the northwest, and there is still a shortage of 200,000 loads of grain and grass and 100,000 taels of military salaries, so I will hand it over to the Huo family." ”

After he finished speaking, he picked up the tea and looked like he was going to send it off.

Huo Roufeng scratched his head and sent me out like this?

Don't treat children as human beings!

She pretended not to see Zhao Xu serving tea to the guests, hugged her fists at Zhao Xu, and said: "200,000 quintals of grain and grass, 100,000 taels of silver, our family can make it up by smashing pots and selling iron, but we are not the treasury, why do we have to give so much silver?" ”

Zhao Xu never expected that Huo Jiu would refuse.

He sank his face and said angrily: "The Huo family committed a serious crime, killed the emperor's relatives and relatives, and was a great rebellion, and it should have been beheaded all over the house. ”

In fact, Zhao Xu is also a gentle and elegant person on weekdays, but now he can't suppress his anger when facing a child.

It's just a merchant, it's just a child, why dare you question him?

Huo Roufeng stuck out her tongue, she didn't say anything, why was Old Man Zhao so angry?

She said calmly: "Then may I ask the elder of the pavilion, since the Huo family has committed a serious crime, then it should always be arraigned, my family's big shopkeeper has lived in the Shuntian Mansion for seven or eight days, neither the court nor the arraignment, my family doesn't know why they were imprisoned in the Shuntian Mansion, I just want to ask a clear understanding, then may I ask Zhao Ge Lao, you said that the Huo family killed the emperor's relatives, then there is a case file, and there can be a bitter master's state, a testimony of resentment, and a murderer's drawing in the case file?" If you live to see people, you have to see corpses when you die, but what about corpses? ”

"If you don't even have the form of a bitter master, Lord Zhao, where does the Huo family's crime come from? Why don't Lord Zhao go and talk to Peng Chengbo's Mansion, let them make a difference, and then arrest the people of our family into Shuntian Mansion, and ask Shuntian Mansion Yin to have a good trial? ”

Zhao Xu was stunned by the question, he had never been an official in the Criminal Department, and he would not have said anything if he had not been able to say anything, but when he saw that the person who came was a child, he wanted to scare him, not only to scare Huo Jiu, but also to indirectly put pressure on Mrs. Huo.

But he didn't expect that instead of being afraid, Huo Jiu was vigorous and aggressive.

"It's nonsense, the evidence that the Huo family killed the emperor is conclusive, it's just that the official remembers the good name of the Huo family in the past, so he gives you the opportunity to redeem your merits, and Hugh has to mess around again."

Huo Roufeng nodded, indicating that he understood, and the elder pavilion didn't want to mention it again.

"Elder Zhao Ge, although we are to blame for the crime, but it is also disguised as saying that my family's wine is really poisonous, so do you think the palace can still buy my family's wine? Do the people of the capital still dare to drink my wine? My family's business is coming to an end. ”

"Knowing that the ending is like this, then Zhao Ge Lao, we might as well wait for the Shuntian Mansion to hear the case and fight the lawsuit, if the lawsuit is won, the reputation of the Huo family will be preserved, the wine will be sold, and the business will continue as usual."

"If we lose the lawsuit, it's a big deal to cut off the whole house, when we fight the lawsuit, we will distribute the silver to the poor people in advance, it is not easy to make money, but it is easy to scatter the silver. Even if the whole house is slashed, the people who have taken the money will remember the kindness of my house, and it is not more cost-effective than giving you the money for nothing. ”