The Chen family's mansion.

Although the night is late, the Chen family's mansion is still brightly lit. Jiang Lin sat at the top, and at the bottom sat Chen Bozhan's grandfather, Chen Qingxuan, and Chen Boxin, the son of the Chen family, stood behind Chen Qingxuan for I don't know how long.

Jiang Lin wanted to drink water with a cup, but found that the cup was empty, and the little guy next to him was about to renew it, but Jiang Lin waved his hand.

The room was quiet and a little embarrassed, Chen Qingxuan wanted to say something, but Jiang Lin put the teacup on the table, closed his eyes and leaned on the chair to rest, and after a while, even breathing came, and I don't know if Jiang Lin fell asleep.

"Big brother too, I sent someone to look for him twice, and I had already told him that my uncle had come, and he didn't even go home." Chen Boxin couldn't help it, lowered his head and complained to Chen Qingxuan.

Chen Boxin has been learning business with Chen Qingxuan for many years, and he is already speaking exquisitely and doing things properly, so Chen Qingxuan is more gentle to him.

Hearing this, Jiang Lin opened his eyes suddenly, picked up the cup, and slapped it on the table again, and the cup instantly shattered into several pieces. "I used to tell my sister-in-law not to marry a businessman, and now my concubine dares to be so noisy!"

Jiang Lin was murderous at this time, Chen Boxin was just the son of a businessman, although he had followed Chen Qingxuan to the north and south since he was a child, but in front of the real bloodthirsty general, he still couldn't help but tremble, and unconsciously took two steps back.

"Xin'er, don't be rude!" Although Chen Qingxuan's mouth was cold, he used his eyes to signal Chen Boxin not to talk too much. "It's better to ......" Chen Qingxuan was about to say something, when he heard footsteps at the door.

Jiang Lin didn't care about Chen Qingxuan's words, snorted coldly, got up and went to the door. Chen Bozhan had changed his armor at this time, and a white robe covered his original murderous aura, but like a humble gentleman, he walked very fast, and he walked a little heroic, he casually threw the sword at his waist to the little guy waiting behind him, and saw Jiang Lin clasping his fists and shouting: "Uncle." ”

Jiang Lin had a little smile on his face when he saw Chen Bozhan, "Let's go, go to your study." Chen Bozhan nodded yes. Seeing that the two were leaving, Chen Qingxuan in the rear coughed fiercely.

"Grandfather." Hearing this, Chen Boxin walked back to the past and bowed respectfully to Chen Qingxuan, and when he lowered his head, Chen Boxin couldn't help but pout with some disdain. "My grandson has something important to discuss with my uncle, second brother, it's so late, and I don't wait for my grandfather to rest!" Chen Boxin nodded when he heard this.

Chen Qingxuan motioned for Chen Bozhan to step back, and Chen Bozhan took Jiang Lin to the study. As soon as the two walked out of the door, Chen Boxin helped Chen Qingxuan up and sneered: "Big brother is really busy......

"Your eldest brother is a general, so naturally he has to be busy with some big things, and this kind of talk must not be mentioned again in the future." Chen Qingxuan thought for a moment before speaking faintly.

The Chen family was a merchant family before the fall of the Yue Kingdom, and most of the industries in the north at that time came from the Chen family. Chen Qingxuan's son married a young lady of the Jiang family at that time, and the Jiang family has been a general in Yaoguo for generations, although it is not as good as Wang Wenchong, but it is not a businessman's family that can be climbed. After Chen Bozhan was born, he was sent to his mother's house by Mrs. Chen to be taught by Jiang Lin. Although Chen Qingxuan has been rich and noble all his life, he has always been a businessman, although everyone sees him on weekdays, although he is called Master Chen, but he is inevitably ironic behind it, only to feel that he is relying on the blessing of his ancestors, especially in recent years, the rise of Qiancheng Villa, gradually involving most of the industries in the rivers and lakes, and the discussions behind these are endless. But since Chen Bozhan became a young general, this sentence of Master Chen has become more and more respectful, he began to secretly rejoice, feeling that he had taken the right move, although Chen Bozhan has not been close to him since he was a child, but thinking of the glory of the family, Chen Qingxuan only regarded him as young and frivolous, and he has always been more tolerant.

Chen Bozhan took Jiang Lin to the study, and Jiang Lin couldn't wait to speak: "How is Xiang Zuo's matter investigated?" ”

"No results yet." Chen Bozhan personally added a cup of tea for Jiang Lin and himself, "I just came back from Xiang's mansion, and I have brought back all the official documents of Xiang Zuo, but I have not found any accounts related to military salaries. ”

"Xiang Zuo is our people, he has been loyal to me for many years, at this time the Vietnamese army invaded the border pass, and Xiang Zuo died at this time, I really have to think about it more."

"According to the record of the Xiang Zuo Sect this time, ten thousand stones of grain and 500,000 taels of silver have been raised, but I have not found a detailed list so far."

Jiang Lin thought for a moment, "Raising military salaries is only taxes, treasury expenditures, and donations from wealthy businessmen, and the other two official departments are recorded in official documents, so I am afraid that this rich businessman's donation will ...... Moreover, the procurement of food and the manufacture of weapons are also numerous......"

"If someone else is responsible for this military salary, I don't know whose will it be." Chen Bozhan looked at him calmly, "Uncle, can I ...... this war with the Vietnamese army?"

Jiang Lin didn't wait for him to finish before he interrupted him. "The secret agent of the Yue Kingdom came to report, this time the Vietnamese army is only 100,000, I want your second cousin to have a training."

When Chen Bozhan heard this, his breath was a little stagnant, and he stalked his throat, and seemed to be a little speechless, so he had to pick up the cup and swallow the tea, calm the depression in his heart, and said astringently: "Yes, my cousin should also be at the age of battle." The second cousin has always been brave, and this time he will definitely return with credit. ”

Jiang Lin laughed heartily when he heard this, "You stay in Beijing and watch the people of the ministry, if you change some people who don't know what, this battle will be difficult to fight." If you handle this well, next time your uncle will ask the emperor for your life and allow you the post of deputy general, and then you will work with my Jiang family to open up territory for the saint, won't this glory and wealth come easily? ”

"Then tonight, my nephew will replace the wine with tea to wish my uncle a victory." Chen Bozhan picked up the teacup and smiled at Jiang Lin, and drank the tea.

The night is getting late. The original bright moon was shrouded in mist at this time, the moonlight was leisurely sprinkled on the ground, and the capital was no longer as noisy and lively as the day, as if all the stories started from this moment, all of this was like the night sky at this moment, dark and deep, as if buried in boundless darkness. The watchman parade in the street was shouting "The sky is dry, be careful of the fire candle", and the gong rhythmically sounded "Knock! - Knock! Boom! Boom! It's the fourth watch, and tonight will eventually become a sleepless night for some people......

At this time, in the Beijing suburb courtyard of Qiancheng Villa, the dark one had already prepared his luggage, and Yuening was still dressed yesterday, sitting on the autumn swing in the courtyard. Dark looked at Yue Ning's lowered little face from afar, wanting to say something, but finally held back and left with the baggage.

The imperial capital of Yueguo, at this time, Dong Rong sat in the Qinzheng Hall and looked at the door in a daze, the fourth watch had passed, and he was about to go to court soon, but he still did not feel sleepy. He looked at the files and recitals that covered the table, and suddenly remembered that when he was still young, in the middle of the night, he passed by his father's bedroom, and heard the singing of the singer from afar, occasionally mixed with the sound of his father's singing. Dong Rong no longer remembered how many times he thought of his father, as if every time he sat in the Qinzheng Palace, he would think of the nights when his father was drunk and drunk. He is cowardly, he does not have the word responsibility in his heart, if it were not for this, he would not be overwhelmed by the hatred of the country and the family all day long.

At this time, a white dove quietly landed at the door of the Qinzheng Palace, Dong Rong walked over and picked up the letterhead tied to the white pigeon's leg, with only three words on it, "Xiang Zuopaw".

Three days later, Yue increased his troops to 300,000 on the banks of the Luoshui River, intending to wave his army north to attack the capital of Yaoguo. The border soldiers resisted stubbornly, but because of the large number of enemy troops, they had already been taken by Yue.

Jinluan Palace, Huizong no longer remembers how many times this is kneading his forehead, a few days, the war report continues, and now three cities have been lost in a row, and the border pass continues to report to Beijing, hoping that the imperial court can send troops to increase the number of troops as soon as possible. However, the military salary, grain and grass were only enough for the 50 days of Huizong's army, and the raising of military salaries was already complicated. Huizong had no choice but to order the Ministry of Shangshu to quickly raise military salaries.

The capital is still prosperous. Gambling houses and brothels seem to be more lively than they used to be. At this time, it has been a moment, the pedestrians on the street gradually increased, the abduction alley of Chang'an North Street, is the most concentrated place for gambling houses and brothels, and the door of the largest Tianxiang gambling house in the capital can already be heard inside.

"Come on, come on, buy and leave—"

"Five-five-six, sixteen-o'clock-"

"Ten in a row, it's really an evil door!"

"Let's go, change the family, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, today Lao Tzu wants to turn over!"

In front of a gaming table, Jiang Lin stood in the innermost circle, staring at the color cup that was constantly turning in the hands of the dealer, as if the noise around him had nothing to do with him. At this time, the color cup finally stopped rotating, and the dealer "snapped" to put the color cup on the table, shouting "buy and leave the hand-", seeing that the gamblers have moved their betting hands away, the dealer opened the color cup, "one one two, four points small!" Seeing this, Jiang Lin slapped his hand on the table in a dejected manner, saw that the dealer had taken all the money away, scolded "bad luck", and stared at the coloring cup. The people around him began to bet again, Jiang Lin poured down the money bag in his arms, but he couldn't pour a penny, he turned around and left the table, and saw a thief with a small man with eyebrows and mouse eyes wandering between the various tables, Jiang Lin walked over to him.

"Borrow another thousand taels!" Jiang Lin walked up to the man and said with ease, "It's really a bit bad today, give me another 1,000 taels!" ”

"General Jiang, why don't you pay back the 50,000 taels you owe before? You gambled with us for two days in a row, and you lost a lot of money. The man couldn't help but smile coldly when he saw Jiang Lin.

"Take a thousand taels for me first, and I'm afraid I won't pay you back for a mere 50,000 taels of silver?"

"How many days? The emperor list of this conscription has already been lowered, I advise you to pay back the money first, but I am afraid that when the emperor asks you to lead the troops to the battle, where can we find someone? ”

Jiang Lin grabbed the man's shirt, but the man was not afraid, just looked at Jiang Lin with a mocking face, Jiang Lin looked at the man for a while, put the man down fiercely, the man staggered, shook his clothes, and then looked at him with a smile. Jiang Lin turned around and yelled at the little guy: "Go to Chen's house and find Chen Bozhan to pay 50,000 taels of silver." ”

Jiang Lin's personal servant crawled to the door of Chen's mansion. At this time, Chen Bozhan's carriage had just turned, and the coachman saw Jiang Lin's little servant smashing the gate of Chen's mansion from a distance, and asked: "General, it's my uncle's little servant, I'm afraid there is something to find you......

Chen Bozhan opened the door curtain of the carriage and saw the little maid looking impatient and helpless from a distance. "Enter the palace, wait until I go to my uncle's mansion." After saying that, he lowered the curtain and leaned back to the carriage to close his eyes and rest.

The little guy was still knocking on the door, and at this time the door opened, and Chen Boxin walked out. Because Jiang Lin often went in and out of the Chen Mansion, the little guy was already familiar with the second young master of the Chen family. "The general sent me to find General Chen." The little guy followed Jiang Lin all day long, knowing that Jiang Lin looked down on this Chen family's concubine, and his words couldn't help but be a little rude.

"My eldest brother has gone to the court, and my uncle will talk about it when my eldest brother has something to do."

When the little guy heard this, he knew that it was not the time to be entangled, and he spoke a little more formally. "My general is in a hurry...... You can also solve this matter, Second Young Master......"

"Oh?" Chen Boxin raised his interest and looked at the little guy playfully.

"Will ...... The general asked the villain to come to the mansion to pay 50,000 taels of silver......"

When Chen Boxin heard this, he sneered, "Then I have to wait for my eldest brother to come back, how can I decide this large amount of silver?" After saying that, he didn't care about the little servant, and walked straight to the inner courtyard.

"Second Young Master, you, tell Master Chen for our general, I can't bring back the money, and the general is afraid that he will punish my ......"

"My grandfather went out to collect the accounts yesterday, where is the house, you are still waiting for my eldest brother here." Chen Boxin made a look, and the two nurses stopped the little maid, and let him shout "Second Young Master, Second Young Master" in the back, Chen Boxin yawned and closed the door.

Seeing that there was no way, the little guy had to sip at the door and stomp away.