Pei Baoer was also a little sad this day.

Wang Ji's silk shop is not big, and it was originally a buddy Zhang Dalang, who was the son-in-law of the old housekeeper of the Wang family. Later, the shops in the town merged, and the guy said that he wanted to take care of his mother and was unwilling to go to the city, so Pei Baoer took this place. On weekdays, they work together, she is responsible for entertaining female guests, and Zhang Dalang is responsible for male guests.

When the man in Tsing Yi came in, Pei Baoer was sorting out the cloth on the shelf, and Zhang Dalang greeted him, but he didn't expect the man to pass him directly, come over and ask her questions, and he didn't live in front of her while talking.

At the beginning, Pei Baoer was still thinking, could it be that the other party was surprised to see someone with a flawed face for the first time? Or do you think she's okay and want to tease her?

Although this man has a long jade face, a pair of black jade-like eyes as deep as a lake, and a handsome appearance, she is not sensitive. The reason is naturally not that the other party has a small handful of short beards, and he looks a little old.

This scene naturally fell into the eyes of the shopkeeper and Zhang Dalang, the former gave a look, and the latter put on a more attentive smile, skillfully squeezed between Pei Baoer and the man in Tsing Yi, and began to introduce the fabric in an old-fashioned manner.

"What do guests want to buy? A few days ago, there were some new double-layer brocade and gold forging in the store, and there were also velvet ones... If it's cold today, it's time to make a few winter clothes..."

Pei Bao'er retreated to the side and continued to tidy up the shelves, but she could still feel the man's scrutinizing gaze on her back, and she couldn't help but feel a little hairy in her heart.

When the man finally went out, she was greatly relieved.

But as soon as she mentioned this, someone hurriedly came to the store, Pei Baoer looked at it, it was the eldest brother of the Li family in Osmanthus Lane, and it was the one who raised a flower cat and always liked to run over to be held by Xiao Yan'er to play.

Brother Li was sweating on his forehead, panting and said, "Pei Niangzi, it's not good!" Your family Langjun injured someone, and now he is making trouble at your doorstep, and the family said that they were going to sue the official! ”

Pei Bao'er was taken aback, didn't Liu Yun go out to find a job today? How can a good person hurt someone? Could it be that the idler who was molesting Miss Chen San that day was making trouble?

She was in a mess, so she could only say goodbye to the shopkeeper and follow Brother Li back to Osmanthus Lane.

The two of them walked in a hurry, but they didn't notice that there was a person standing far away across the street, and they looked at their distant figures for a long time, carrying some cloth, food, and other things in their hands.

After a while, a young man led the horse and the shabby little broken carriage behind him, panting over.

"Wait for me, sir!"

The man looked at him helplessly and gestured to silence.

The young man changed his words, "Why didn't my cousin wait for me for a while, I was interrogated at the city gate for a long time, but you went shopping, so uncomfortable!" After a pause, he asked with great interest, "How?" Do you see any injustices that need us to help you avenge your grievances? Or is it a situation where officials and businessmen hook up and rule fiercely? ”

The man shook his head and chuckled, "If I say that this place is peaceful, and even the traders don't dare to lack catties or two, do you believe it?" ”

The boy pursed his lips, feeling that the man was coaxing him. When the man threw the food and other things in his hand to him, he became happy again, and while holding back his saliva, he chattered: "The old man actually has to buy a piece of cloth when he goes shopping, and he knows that you are aware of the people's feelings, and I don't know that when you fall in love with someone's little lady, you want to be hired......"

The man in Tsing Yi paused for a moment, and quickly returned to normal. "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Uncle cousin~~ Why don't we go to that Jufu Building or Xiangji for an unannounced visit? If you want to understand the people's feelings, you have to go to a place where dragons and snakes are mixed. The young man suggested very knowingly, looked at the man's face, and said, "If my cousin is worried about money, why don't you go to the gambling house first?" My nephew promises to double it for you in half an hour! ”

The man didn't let go, and the young man walked around him, shouting from his cousin on the left and his cousin on the right.

"Okay, don't make trouble, let's go find a hotel to settle down in. There is one near here, which is a little smaller, better than cheap, and close to the vegetable market, which is convenient for observing the people's feelings. "The man is righteous.

The boy muttered in a low voice, "Stingy, I said I didn't have to entangle, and I still bought so many things!" ”

The two of them arrived at the small hotel that Xie Congyuan said, and after checking in, they also divided a room with a window on the street on the second floor, and the young Qin Ju's face changed for the better. He happily took advantage of Xie Congyuan's leaning against the window and looking down, and secretly opened the oiled paper bag he had just brought back, which was estimated to be braised pork, which was very fragrant, and made him hungry all the way.

"This tastes good! Adults are really discerning, and they are so good at buying food! Qin Ju patted his ass while eating.

Xie Congyuan ignored him, and only looked fixedly at a certain alley in the distance.

Although Qin Ju is young, he has learned a good boxing technique, and his ear is outstanding, so he can come out to patrol with Xie Congyuan. He vaguely heard the noise of people, and he couldn't help but be curious, so he leaned over to look at it with an oiled paper bag.

"What are you looking at, my lord? Is it a bully making trouble on the street? ”

Xie Congyuan said "no", and then pointed in a certain direction in front of him.

Only then did Qin Ju notice that there seemed to be a lot of people gathered in the alley diagonally opposite, looking at the black crowd in the past, he didn't know whose house was robbed or what kind of disaster.

"Why don't I go over and have a look?"

Xie Congyuan bowed slightly.

Qin Ju reluctantly glanced at the oiled paper bag, and gnawed two more pieces at a very fast speed, and then rushed out while wiping his mouth with his sleeve.

Xie Congyuan stood in front of the window for a while before he took out a pen and paper from his luggage and began to write a letter. The contents of the letter have already been drafted, and now they are just copied down, so they are written very quickly, sprinkled with two large sheets of paper, all of which are timeless and delicate small letters, and the hope is dense.

When he was about to seal the fire paint, Qin Ju had already gone and returned.

"My lord, it has been investigated clearly, it is a family surnamed Liu who has encountered blackmail."

Xie Congyuan sighed, his tone rose, and he asked with great interest: "How do you know that it is blackmail?" Could it be that he was punctured on the spot? ”

Qin Ju waved his hand, "How can it, that bitter master is not as wise and martial as me, haha." ”

Then, he talked about what he had seen and heard.

When he squeezed into the crowd, half of the farce was over, and he inquired about other good deeds, and it turned out that this man of the Liu family had provoked Lin Siye, the cousin of the head of the Lin family, a big family in the county.

It's also strange to say, this Liu Yun is usually kind to everyone, but somehow he made a move with Lin Siye on the street today, and then the Lin family carried people over on a stretcher to make trouble, saying that Liu Yun broke Lin Siye's leg and had to pay compensation of five hundred taels of silver. If he can't take it out, he will ask Liu Yun to sell himself into the Lin family, serve tea and pour water for Lin Siye, feed medicine and wipe his body, so as to imitate the work of dogs and horses.

Liu Yun was so angry that his face turned red, and he defended himself in every possible way that he just pushed Lin Siyi, and his legs were fine when the two separated, why couldn't he move in a blink of an eye? The lady of the Liu family is also very good-mouthed, and immediately scolded Lin Si and several family members who came with her, saying that he wanted to eat swan meat and was shameless, and he wanted to ask a doctor to help Lin Si diagnose his legs and feet on the spot.

"And then?" Xie Congyuan took a sip of tea and said casually: "Is it that Lin Si was so frightened that he got up from the stretcher and ran?" ”

"That's not true, Lin Si is not stupid." Qin Ju shrugged his shoulders, "He is a thick-skinned person, and he insisted on holding on to the end before he found an excuse for his family to carry him back first." Before leaving, he also put a lot of cruel words, limiting the Liu family to lose money within three days. ”

Xie Congyuan is a little unhappy, but it is just the most ordinary case of bullying, this kind of thing is staged in countless versions every day, there is nothing unusual.

"You didn't instigate the Liu family to sue the official?" It would be excellent if you could take advantage of this case to see how the county order of Taixing County is.

Qin Ju winked at him and said, "Of course." However, the origin of this Lin family is not ordinary. I can't say it, the county magistrate here doesn't dare to take this case. ”

Xie Congyuan raised his eyebrows, and suddenly became interested.

"What can such a poor country come from? Could it be that there is a backer in Beijing? ”

Qin Ju nodded mysteriously.

Xie Congyuan groaned slightly, and his brows slowly frowned.

"Lin family, could it be the Lin family? Is that the in-law of the man? ”

Qin Ju nodded with a heavy face.

It's just that he doesn't agree with the word in-law in his heart, after all, no matter how valuable the side room background is, it is only a concubine, how can a concubine's relatives be called in-laws? But when he saw that Xie Congyuan's expression was not very good, he didn't dare to refute his words.

"Oh, that's a lot of fun."

Xie Congyuan's smile was sneering, his eyes wandered away from the sealed letter, and he no longer made a sound, and his thoughts drifted somewhere.

Ho Fu.

Pei Baoer hurriedly ran over to find Mrs. He, not to bribe in advance so that she could file a lawsuit tomorrow. She felt that the Lin family was too unscrupulous, and today she released the words to sue the official, and the Lin family didn't seem to be afraid at all, as if they had something special to rely on. This is not like Duan Ji Buzhuang is jealous of the Lin family, it is just because he is afraid of cutting off their financial route.

She asked Liu Yun again about the details of the Lin family, but the latter didn't know much about it. At that time, he was raised in a deep mansion compound, and his lowly status doomed him to be unable to communicate with people normally, and these fragmentary information was also heard by him from the mouths of the servants, as well as the benefactor who saved him, and mentioned to him some powerful people in the capital, but they were only a little bit, and it was difficult to connect them.

"I only remember that there are two Lin families in Beijing who can be called wealthy and noble. One is the first assistant of the cabinet, and his protégés are all over the world. The other is the Chungmu Marquis Mansion. ”

Pei Bao'er made a difficulty, these two Lin families sounded like behemoths, and they would never be easy to shake.

Perhaps, the only chance is that maybe Lin Si is just bluffing, after all, the Lin family committed a crime and was kicked out of the capital, even if there is still a little bit of old love between master and servant, in the end he is just a servant. If He County's order can be handled impartially, she is not afraid, but she is afraid that there is something she doesn't know.

It's a pity that the sky doesn't follow people's wishes.

"Pei Niangzi, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that the Lin family was originally a slave of the Marquis of Zhongwu. In addition, Lin Hu, the head of the Lin family, still has something to do with that one. If he came forward to protect Lin Si, he was afraid that ......" When the word "that" was said, Mrs. He raised her index finger and pointed upward, looking unpredictable.

"That one? But what kind of official? Pei Bao'er frowned slightly, "Do you have to go to the capital to sue the emperor?" ”

Mrs. He sighed, "It's useless for you to go to Beijing to sue the emperor!" ”

"Could it be that the noble man is more noble than His Majesty the Emperor?"

Before she could finish her words, she was gagged by Mrs. He. "Pei Niangzi, be cautious!"

Perhaps seeing that she didn't see the Yellow River, Mrs. He simply lowered her voice and confessed to her.

"That is the current regent, the emperor is only seven or eight years old now, and the government affairs of the court depend on this uncle, you say, it's not ......" Mrs. He's eyes were full of warning, and the meaning of the unfinished words was also very obvious.

"Although Na Lin Hu is only the son of a servant of the Marquis of Zhongwu, the main concubine of the regent was gone the year before last, and the only side concubine in the house was the daughter of the Marquis of Zhongwu, who gave birth to the eldest son and the only son of the regent. I heard that this year, many people want to talk to the regent and remarry the new princess, but the regent will not let go, and he will not accept the side, presumably the concubine Lin is very favored, how dare we offend! Moreover, Lin Hu's mother also breastfed that Concubine Lin, speaking of which, Concubine Lin still has to call Lin Hu a milk brother. Not to mention anything else, our Taixing County is also the ancestral land of the Marquis of Zhongwu, although the people of this branch have moved to the capital over the years, there are still some side branches left, if you want to move this Lin family, it is really a hair and move the whole body......"

Pei Baoer could probably guess that "that" was probably a noble person with a high status, but she didn't expect it to be such a prominent identity. Although it is such a twisted relationship, but in this era, isn't it the prime minister's seven-grade official? She is a small people, how can she dare to fight against the big Buddha of the regent?

Pei Bao'er left the He family dejectedly, and when she thought of the regent of Raushzi, she snorted angrily.

Since ancient times, there have been few good endings for the regents, and those who are a little more bold will either kill the little emperor and usurp the throne himself, and most of them will be overthrown by other peers under the banner of Kuangfu orthodoxy in a few years; Either force the little emperor to abdicate, if he doesn't encounter any natural and man-made disasters, maybe he can be the emperor for a few years, but if the grass is not eradicated, the little emperor will plot to restore in minutes; The others who don't have the courage to usurp the throne, when the little emperor survives to adulthood, it is time to unite the ministers to compete with the regent for power, and the most they can do is to be rich and idlers in the second half of their lives, and they are more likely to be settled by the little emperor after the autumn.

All in all, this regent can tolerate the domineering behavior of his maiden brother who favors his concubine, and he must not be a good one, and he probably won't die well. Pei Baoer thought.

At this time, in the distant capital, a man with long eyebrows and sideburns and phoenix eyes flying obliquely was about to turn over and get on his horse, and suddenly sneezed several times, which caused many comforts.

"Master, you should take the carriage, if you get typhoid fever again, how can you get it!"

"That's right, the old black letter said that the thief made a move last year, and even if he put on his wings and flew over, he couldn't catch someone immediately. If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, you better stop riding......"

The man's face changed and changed, and finally he simply scolded "shut up" and turned to get into the carriage.