In the evening, outside the corner gate of Yongchang Houfu, the car and the curtain were raised, and the middle-aged man with a depressed expression bowed out.

This man is Yan Changjiu, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy today, and the reason why he died of depression is that the Empress Dowager saw the edict today, and learned that after the marriage of the Su and Chen families, it was all the helplessness of the Empress Dowager, especially when the Empress Dowager edicted the eldest princess to enter the palace, and bitterly explained that Liu Niang personally expressed her willingness to marry into the Chen family in front of the saint that day, and the saint immediately decided to strike while the iron was hot, and she couldn't find an excuse to refute the bitterness at all, the eldest princess said lightly, "I have always understood the hardships of the fifth sister-in-law" and refused to mention this stubble.

The Empress Dowager was very distressed - she interceded for Chen Liulang first, but later made a fuss about the Chen family's "rebellion" and could not hand over the Geng post, and the daughter of the Qin Tianjian official "said that she leaked her mouth" caused rumors, and the edict saw that the Huang mother and daughter would be married on the same day, not to mention that the eldest princess would suspect that it was greasy, that is, the Empress Dowager herself felt that she was speechless, she knew a little bit of the eldest princess's temperament, if she did not have a mustard, she would be outspoken, this lukewarm attitude is enough to show that there has been an estrangement.

Bachelor Yan also tried to communicate with Wei Guogong today, Wei Guogong didn't say anything, but his attitude was far less enthusiastic than before, and obviously he also had nostalgia, Su and Yan's families can also be regarded as good families, how many years of love, I don't want to escape being calculated.

The charges against the two sons and nephews of the Yan family have not yet been cleared, although Senator Chen has led some officials to defend their arguments, those criticisms against the Yan family still can't be suppressed, at this juncture, if the Weiguo Mansion is estranged from the Yan family again, it will undoubtedly affect the attitude of a group of noble eunuchs, how can Yan not be depressed?

He thought that his father was so anxious to invite him to the study today to discuss matters in order to save the relationship with the Su family, and he sorted out those thoughts along the way, and he felt unsure, so he maintained a sad face until the time of the ceremony.

Yongchang waited for his sleeves to flick his sleeves, pointed to the chair and let his son sit down, but he paced back and forth with his hands, and it took a long time to organize his words, holding the bookcase and supporting his body, and his tone was solemn: "Today, a living person came to the door, claiming to be to beat Fengyang Mansion, the porter saw that he didn't even have a name post, and his attitude was arrogant, so he only returned to the steward, who knew that this person claimed to be able to save the Yan family from fire and water, and wanted to see me, the steward couldn't make up his mind, and only said Qiong'er, the man saw that Qiong'er was just a descendant, and he only threw down a sentence to know Cao Da's whereabouts and left. ”

"Does this person know Cao Da's whereabouts?" Master Yan was shocked.

"If you can tell Cao Da, you must be someone who knows some inside information." Yongchang Hou sighed: "Qiong'er is young in the end, and she doesn't think about things carefully, seeing that person is arrogant, and thinking that he is planning to blackmail money, not only did he not keep anyone, but he didn't even ask where the person's name and surname were, and no one followed." ”

Bachelor Yan also knew the temper of his eldest son, the literati Qing Gao Leng Touqing, and also sighed, and said after a deep sigh: "This person has the intention to contact, and he is bound to come again, and his son will tell the concierge not to slack off, if this person really knows Cao Da's whereabouts, Tingyi's grievances will hopefully be cleared." ”

Yan Tingyi is Changjiu's cousin, originally served as a judge in Chuzhou, under the jurisdiction of Fengyang, and it was this time that he was impeached for "corrupting the law", the cause was that two businessmen in Chuzhou set fire to and injured people because of commercial entanglements, the case was originally simple, Yan Tingyi didn't spend much effort to conclude the trial, sentenced the murderer to death, and transferred it to the Criminal Department for review, who knew that the defendant suddenly went to Fengyang to sue Yan Tingyi for accepting bribes for personal gain, and defiling good people, and I don't know where to find the witnesses, and insisted that Yan Tingyi and the plaintiff were secretly dealing, Even after careful investigation, the plaintiff had given Yan Tingyi the exact amount of bribes, and the amount was clear, that is, it was clear which bank number bill of exchange was deposited in.

At this time, the face value of the silver bills on the market that is not exchanged according to the seal but only according to the bill is not large, and generally the large amount of money can only be redeemed by virtue of the private seal agreed in advance between the depositor and the silver number, and the bribe money for "buying people's lives" cannot be only three or five hundred taels, so the bribe giver generally does not use the silver bill and uses the bill of exchange.

Yan Tingyi admitted that he was innocent, but he was searched in his house and found incriminating evidence - as the whistleblower said, the amount of the bill of exchange was not wrong with the private seal.

Yan Tingyi was speechless - the bills of exchange and private seals were searched from his house, but the boxes where the evidence of the crime was stored were not his belongings, but a relative of Yan's wife's mother's family, who was originally also in charge of the county seat under the jurisdiction of Tuzhou, because when he reached the term of office, he needed to return to Beijing to wait for the order, and there were several boxes of books that were inconvenient to take away, and they were temporarily stored in Yan's house.

The two families are relatives, even if for the sake of property disputes, it is prudent to draw up a list in person and lock and seal it, and they will never look through it one by one, but the evidence of the crime is pressed under one of the boxes of books!

Cao Da is the steward of the Yan wife family, and the storage box was sent by him, after the incident, the Yan wife family was naturally affected, and when asked, Cao Da was no longer visible - after arranging the storage of the things in the house, he did not go to Kyoto to meet the main family as promised.

Although the officials of Yan Bachelor's party insisted that someone had the intention to plant the blame, Cao Da, the main witness, was not arrested, and Yan Tingyi's suspicion could never be cleared, even if the Empress Dowager tried to protect it, she was temporarily removed from her post pending trial.

Although it is not a major crime, once it is decided, it is naturally not qualified to lead the post of Hanlin Bachelor, which is very unfavorable to the Empress Dowager.

At this time, someone suddenly said that there was a trace of Cao Da at hand, no wonder Yongchang Hou attached so much importance to it.

But to the surprise of Master Yan, the mysterious man did not come to the door again, and there was no news after throwing off that sentence and leaving the scene, Yongchang Hou became more and more anxious, and when he further asked about the fact that the person was dressed ordinarily and did not look like a rich person, and his accent was also obviously different from the local people in Kyoto, he guessed that he should settle down in the inn, and arranged for the servants of the house to inquire secretly, because Sun Zi Guanqiong had seen that person, and this task was mainly handed over to him, and he searched in Kyoto for nearly ten days, but there was no clue.

Guanqiong also gradually became anxious.

That day the man came to the door, his speech and demeanor were very arrogant, he only thought that he was a scoundrel with the intention of blackmailing, and was taught a lesson by his father and ancestor afterwards, only to know that he was too careless, in order to make up for the merits, these days he mustered up a lot of energy to search, all useless work, he was anxious and annoyed and inevitably depressed, and tossed for several days.

Soon after sitting down, I saw a man in a blue and gray robe stepping on the wooden ladder to come up, shouting and running to the hall, letting the tea be served, and his arrogant tone shook a floor, attracting many people's side eyes.

This place was frequented by some scribes and elegant guests, not as good as those noisy wine shops, and it was rare to see people so arrogant, Yan Guanqiong was naturally attracted to attention, and also stared at the visitors with dissatisfied eyes.

There is nowhere to find it when you step on the iron shoes, and you have to waste all your efforts - this person is not someone else, it is an uninvited guest who makes the Yan family worried.

Guanqiong was excited, and she didn't have time to explain to her companions, she rushed to the "blue and gray robe" in a few arrow steps, and she didn't care about putting up a scholar's shelf, so she hastily waved it, and first said "the last time she was slack", and she wanted to ask someone to go back to her house to talk about it in detail, but she didn't forget to be arrogant, sneered and brushed his sleeves, and opened his mouth to say: "Since your mansion looks down on people, why do you want to say please words now", a look of high and sarcastic and ridiculed.

Yan Guanqiong was angry in her heart, but because she was concerned about the overall situation, she had to endure it and let out a low voice.

But the man did not eat soft, but lifted up his feet and walked.

Guanqiong was anxious, and moved her clothes to stop her, but she was pushed and stumbled by the man, and sneered away.

Guanqiong was willing to let it go, and chased after her, completely forgetting about her classmates.

Not only did the classmates look at each other, but there were also many people in the hall who knew the Yongchang Houfu Langjun, and they also quietly discussed, speculating how the head of the house, the head of the house, and the grandson of the head of the house, could "stalk" such a rude and unruly scoundrel, scolding and beating back.

After Guanqiong chased him out, although he was not taken care of by the man, he finally found out that the place where he settled was actually a rented house nearby, and the owner of the house got the benefit of Yan Jialangjun, and revealed the name and surname on the person's road, called Wu, and it was really from Fengyang Mansion.

When the Yan family heard about this, half of their hearts hung in the air, Yongchang Hou groaned for a while, in the end, let the second son prepare a generous gift, and officially visited the next day, how do you know that the person still didn't buy it, saying that he was snubed last time It was really difficult to get angry, and he didn't go to the door of Yan's house again, if Yongchang Hou really wanted to know Cao Da's whereabouts, he would put a seat in the Sihai Pavilion of Ping'an Fang three days later, and he could trust Yongchang Hou's sincerity.

This person is a "jobless vagrant", but he wants Yongchang Hou to have a banquet in person, which is really rebellious, but Yongchang Hou in order to solve the family's urgency, he can't take care of too much, three days later, he really went to the Sihai Pavilion, in order to show his sincerity, he also booked a particularly luxurious elegant room, but he didn't let go, he insisted on sitting in the hall, and shouted in public that he was afraid that Yongchang Houfu would kill people and destroy his mouth!

Yongchanghou understood why Guanqiong concluded that this person was an artificial ruffian that day, and refused to ask more.

There are many people in the lobby, and Yongchang Hou is naturally not good at asking about Cao Da, so he only ordered a table of good wine and good food to accompany the Wu nationality.

Even so, the dignified public bothered to curry favor with a common person, and the common people were still so arrogant and strange, they were still cited as anecdotes and whispered by the guests present.

And Yu Feng, the king of Chu, noticed this as early as when the Yan family was privately searching for visitors from Fengyang, and his eyes and ears had been following Yan Guanqiong for a while, and Yan Guanqiong and Wu Ji naturally couldn't hide it from him when they met in Xicheng.

Yu Feng's understanding of Wu nationality is even further than that of Yongchanghou.

Of course, he used the resources of the Wuyi Alliance at hand to inquire carefully, since Tianchawei was "taken over" by the Empress Dowager, it was difficult for some things to pass through this institution again.

Wu Ji is indeed a person from Fengyang, and he is indeed a market idler, who makes a living by putting a little money, and for some reason, he suddenly came to Jinyang.

"What do you think?" Yu Feng asked Wei Ran.

"Wu Ji was obviously bought, if he really had Cao Da's whereabouts, he would not be so arrogant, if he really solved the Yan family's urgency, he would inevitably have heavy profits as a reward, how could he be so arrogant, it was clearly instructed and he had the intention to make trouble." Wei Ran frowned slightly: "This Wu nationality embarrassed Yongchang Houfu in public, I'm afraid I won't live long." ”

Yu Feng bowed his head with satisfaction: "The key is who he will die in." ”

In short, it won't be Yongchang Houfu.

"As soon as Wu Ji dies, Yongchang Houfu will inevitably be suspected, but what does this have to do with the Weiguo Mansion? No matter how great the Chen and Qin families are, they can't buy off Wei Guogong's cronies, and if they buy a family member casually, it will be difficult to implicate them. Wei Ran was puzzled.

Since the Empress Dowager gave her marriage, the eldest princess and Wei Guogong also expected that their opponents would have a back, and they were very vigilant against the domestic servants and staff, and the old department of the old friends who had close contacts also got a reminder of "be careful of the door".

But the so-called hundred secrets are unguarded, and Yu Feng found that his father-in-law still had omissions.

He is only for himself, and if he were to carry out this conspiracy, he would choose which of them would be his goal.

Yu Feng was about to explain, but suddenly covered his forehead with his hand and supported his arm half-bent on the case.

"But the prince is dizzy again?" Wei Ran hurriedly worried.

After a few breaths, Yu Feng slowly rubbed his eyebrows with his palm, and when he moved away, his cheeks were quite pale.

Wei Ran didn't ask much, and pulled his wrist to make a consultation.

A moment later, seeing Wei Ran frowning and silent, Yu Feng asked "how".

He slightly grasped the thinner fingers, the knuckles became more prominent, and the green veins on the back of the hand were clearly visible.

"Again, the prince shouldn't worry too much." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he sighed helplessly, at this juncture, it is not easy to calm down and maintain.

"Jiang Han's medical skills are very sophisticated, why don't you let him stay with him for a long time, so that it is more secure." Wei Ran said again.

Yu Feng had already put down his slightly curled sleeves, and the corners of his lips smiled faintly: "I have convinced Jiang Han that he will be going to work in Tai Hospital recently." ”

After speaking, he got up, although his pace was slow, but he was steady, but Wei Ran saw it in his eyes, but his eyebrows were still frowning.

"Where is the prince going?" He asked.

"I'm going to follow the doctor's orders." Yu Feng raised the brocade curtain: "Rest and recuperate early." ”