After all, it takes time for Wu Meicun and Xu Shiqi to perform the official operation, and there will be no results within three or five days.

After Shen Shuren deployed the steps he could do, he could only wait for the net to be closed.

I was busy for three days, drinking and giving gifts to people every day, mixed with a lot of familiar faces, and I was tired like a dog when I returned home at night.

Fortunately, Chen Yuanyuan is sensible, and the new tricks he learned are gradually becoming perfect, so that he can work hard at night, and he will press and knead him after the fact.

Counting the days, it will soon be time for Meixianglou to set up a banquet and let the guests redeem Li Xiangjun. He had no choice but to operate in two lines and worry about this side first.

Qinglou will not open early in the morning, so on this day, Shen Shuren slept very low-key and went after lunch.

Li Xiangjun himself is willing to be his internal response, and things are much more convenient. Some of the other guests who were cheering that day, even if they got the news, heard that Shen Dagongzi would come to participate, but most of them thought that he was just here to open his eyes.

After all, he has been a magistrate in the countryside all the year round, and he has never seen the Oiran of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing redeeming himself, so it is normal to want to see and understand.

Shen Shuren came to Meixiang Building when he saw that the building was already full of lights, so he specially decorated it.

When Li Zhenli saw him, she also nodded, found several other sisters to sit with him, and opened a separate private room for him.

Of course, Li Xiangjun can't show up easily tonight, she has to wait for the guests to bid and the famous flowers are in charge, so she can accompany the guests.

Fortunately, the actions of the other girls are not restricted.

Bian Yujing, who is now second only to Li Xiangjun in Meixianglou, was originally also a high-profile existence. Tonight, however, I am a little more leisurely, and I don't need to sing on stage, nor do I need to accompany the guests to talk about the world and talk about the lessons of history.

Only then did she find an opportunity to quietly go to the compartment of the Shen Shuren to ventilate the news, avoiding people's eyes and ears to convey the latest situation:

"You're finally here, and you're still keeping your word. In order to help you, my sister took great pains to deceive her mother, so that my mother thought that my son was just here to learn from the experience tonight, and I planned to make a move next time. ”

Shen Shuren didn't expect any accidents to happen tonight, and they were ready to directly smash the silver. Hearing this, it aroused his curiosity, folded the folding fan, and asked seriously, "Oh? What did Miss Lee say? ”

Bian Yujing pouted unconsciously, and subconsciously seemed to be a little aggrieved:

"My sister and mother said that Shen Gongzi didn't want to redeem her, but wanted to redeem me in the future, so let's take a look at the approximate cost first, so I have a good idea. Mom didn't take you seriously. ”

These words made Shen Shuren more and more strange: "Can she believe this?" I and Xiangjun had a relationship with each other the year before last, but I only met you for the first time a few days ago. ”

Bian Yujing was angry and coquettish: "Mom has seen a lot of people with bad intentions in her life, but if she talks about men ruthlessly, the more ruthless she is, the more she believes it."

Of course, my sister won't say that you have a crush on me, what she said is: If you want to ransom me to Mr. Umemura, or if Mr. Umemura is in the way of losing face, you will pretend to give me back my freedom and let me go to him.

My sister also said that if you want to please Mr. Umemura, it is because you have some dealings with Guozijian, so you do not hesitate to change your way to give heavy gifts!

Mom was just changed by Hou Fangyu last month, and she wanted to give her sister to Zuo Liangyu. Now that she heard this kind of similar Bo Xing behavior, how could she not believe it! I must feel that men all over the world regard women as playthings, and they buy them and give them away at will! ”

Onigiri reads a book

After listening to the second daughter's own planning in the past few days, Shen Shuren was really shocked.

It seems that they really study hard, and a female stream will actually use tricks.

Although, it's just some calculations at the level of human gossip.

Shen Shuren playfully laughed: "Shibei should be impressed for three days." Miss Bian, for the first time, I admired you a little. Fiction is real, reality is virtual. If you are a man, and then learn from those Jiannu generals who memorize "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" backwards, maybe they can lead troops to fight. ”

Bian Yujing had never heard of this kind of statement, so he was naturally curious:

"Really? Jiannu still watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to learn to fight? I have more than 10 million scholars, how can I not see through Jiannu's superficial art of war? ”

Shen Shuren shrugged helplessly: "It's true, it may be that I have too many corrupt Confucians, and ninety-nine out of a hundred only read four books and five classics." ”

Bian Yujing didn't ask any more questions, tilted the building back, and hurriedly leaned into Shen Shuren's ear to ask for credit: "My sister and I are so attentive, just to help you save a few thousand taels of silver, how can you thank us?" ”

Shen Shuren smiled and spread the folding fan with both hands: "How else can I thank you?" When the time comes, your sister will be my person, and I will treat her well. If you want me to thank you, it's a big deal that I will redeem you too, this is called a force to ten meetings, there is silver is willful, and it is not easy to do anything. ”

Bian Yujing's face turned red, and he said, "You really have no conscience, do you really want to redeem me and give it away?" ”

Shen Shuren: "How is that possible? Even if I redeem you, I will give you back your free body at most, and let you choose to stay. If you figured it out, if you don't want to find Mr. Umemura, or if Mr. Umemura has concerns, then it's none of my business. Anyway, I have paid off my favor to you and Mr. Umemura. I may buy a woman for my own pity, but I will never give a woman away like a thing. ”

For the first time, Bian Yujing stared at Shen Shuren's eyes seriously for a long time, and her clear eyes made her believe that the other party didn't need to lie.

A rich man, why deceive a hard-working girl.

"You can be regarded as a thief and have a way, but you still do something and don't do something. Forget it, it's not too early, I'll talk to you about it again, mom will be suspicious. Don't let your sister down for a while. Bian Yujing sighed, put away his joking expression, and left solemnly.

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As night fell, the guests in Meixiang Building, upstairs and downstairs gradually increased, and the upper-class literati in Nanjing City were willing to come to cheer happily.

Shen Shuren sent the inner line away, carefully observed the guests, and soon discovered the main target to be blocked tonight, Hou Fangyu.

In addition, he also met friends from Hou Fangyu's family.

Gong Dingyu, who had already served as a military minister in the capital and had just been promoted to a foreign officer, was also among them.

Historically, when he went back to Nanjing for vacation this year, he made in-depth friends with Gu Mei, but tonight he came to Meixianglou for some reason, probably because of his previous friendship with Hou Fangyu.

Soon, Shen Shuren saw Jiangdong celebrities and some old friends of Hou Fangyu who he didn't know. asked the sisters who were waiting next to him, but they were very familiar with these literati, and immediately told him that the person's name was Yang Wencong.

Shen Shuren suddenly realized: The person who helped Hou Fangyu as a broker and asked for bribes in "Peach Blossom Fan" is still here!

Yang Wencong has a low official position and has not made many achievements in history, but his interpersonal relationships are quite complicated - he is Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, and Ma Shiying has a friendship with the notorious eunuch Ruan Dacheng. So the one who helped Hou Fangyu pay for it today is actually Ruan Dacheng behind it, which is recorded in "Peach Blossom Fan".

(Note: Ma Shiying still has integrity, and in the end, he also resisted the Qingli battle, and would rather die than give in.) Ruan Dacheng is a complete villain, when he gains power, he will punish dissidents, regardless of the country, and if he can't beat the Tartars, he will vote. Although these two are friends, they cannot be generalized. ）

Ruan Dacheng has been besieged by all living beings in Nanjing since Chongzhen for eight years, and his reputation has fallen to the bottom.

But he is very rich, and he was greedy a lot when he was an official before, so he always wanted to make money win over allies. Ruan Dacheng also knew Hou Fangyu's father Hou Sui back then, and this time he planned to give Hou Fangyu silver in exchange for the "fourth son" to release his previous suspicions.

It's a pity that the thousands of taels of silver he lent to Hou Fangyu today were about to hit the muzzle.

The atmosphere of talking and laughing in the venue became more and more enthusiastic, and Li Xiangjun also sang a song on stage in public under Li Zhenli's arrangement to mobilize the atmosphere.

Then, Li Zhenli accompanied the smiling face, first made a circle to the audience, and then shook her handkerchief and smiled: "The little girl went out of the pavilion today, and she was appreciated by all the benefactors, and she was very honorable." Or those who want to take the lead in this grand event, or those who want to redeem themselves, each with sincerity. ”

A few nurseries soon began to shout prices, and some of them first said that they wanted to comb the cage, and shouted 82,100 taels.

Shen Shuren observed carefully, this was not shouted casually.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not have an auction deposit, it was also necessary to "verify the capital", and those who shouted would actually let people carry the silver, open the lid of the box and display it in public - at least you have to prove that you can get that much silver.

After warming up the scene for a while, Hou Fangyu finally spoke, and he shouted out three thousand taels at once, wanting to redeem Li Xiangjun directly.

But this price was obviously too low, and it was quickly overwhelmed by someone else's four thousand taels. Fortunately, Hou Fangyu did not leak out of his hole cards all at once, and gradually increased to five thousand taels, which seemed to stabilize the situation.

Shen Shuren pushed away the sister who was waiting for him to pour wine, drank the remaining wine in the cup in one gulp, and waved his hand behind him.

On an occasion like today, how could he come alone, of course, he had to bring Shen Fu and a group of family members, otherwise he wouldn't be able to move just the silver.

"Taicang Shenshu people, six thousand taels!"

When everyone heard the voice, they all turned their heads to look at it in unison. Hou Fangyu and Yang Wencong in the field were suddenly as pale as earth.

"The Sinking Tree Man is really here to stir up the situation? Didn't you say that you came to see the excitement? ”

But when the horse entered the sandwich road, there was no turning back, Hou Fangyu and Yang Wencong discussed urgently, and with the courage to smash the pot and sell iron, they made up again, and shouted a price code that was slightly increased by a few hundred taels.

"Eight thousand taels." Shen Shuren didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly asked the family to discharge forty ingots of silver each fifty taels in front of him.

Directly making the other party completely desperate and not seeing the opportunity is the fastest way to end the battle.

Hou Fangyu was really completely depressed, rushed upstairs, gritted his teeth and said:

"The surname is Shen, I know that you don't deal with me, and you also framed Governor Zhu, you are ruthless. However, today I didn't buy it for myself, I was going to buy it for a distinguished guest. No matter how rich you are, you can't afford to offend that distinguished guest! Otherwise, I will let you never have peace after returning to Huguang! ”

"Hahahaha, yes, then I want to ask, which distinguished customer you bought it for, there is a kind of public talk to hear it, and it will also open everyone's eyes." Shen Shuren's expression was still so cloudy, but his smile made the other party shudder.

Hou Fangyu chuckled in his heart, realizing that this must not be mentioned in public - if he didn't say it, he could still pretend that nothing happened today, and it was a big deal to complain to Zuo Liangyu in private after going back, showing how hard he was to make friends with Zuo Liangyu.

But if you say it in public, everyone present knows that Zuo Liangyu was robbed of a woman by Shen Shuren, then Zuo Liangyu's face will be lost. When the time comes, even Hou Fangyu will definitely hate him together.

"It's so dangerous, this guy is too vicious, fortunately he didn't hit the scheme."

Hou Fangyu was secretly worried, pinched a cold sweat, and finally had to be stupid: "Shen Shuren!" You Sven scum! Snatch the love with a knife! There is no righteousness! We'll see. ”

Shen Shuren raised his eyebrows, jumped up directly, and slashed the handle of the folding fan in a graceful arc in the air, and slapped it on Hou Fangyu's face.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty did not prohibit civil officials or scholars from fighting, as long as they did not cause casualties, and only fought for will, it was not a big problem. Shen Shuren is still in charge, and he is not afraid of a little toss.

Shen Shuren was tall and strong, and he stepped forward and grabbed Hou Fangyu's hair bun and lifted it up:

"Shaft, you haven't been tested in a township, how can you have the face to say that Sven scum is in front of the two lists of Jinshi and Hanlin Xiu. You were a year ago, frog at the bottom of the well. ”

Seeing that things were going to make a big fuss, Li Zhenli, the proprietress of Meixianglou, hurriedly came over to persuade her in person, announcing that Shen Shuren had won the first place, so that he could dissipate his anger.

"Shen Gongzi! Shenfutai! Forget it today, right? More things are better than less, such a good day, you take Xiangjun back first. ”

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PS: Let's go here first, the fourth update. Everyone, hurry up and rest, don't stay up late.

Before noon during the day and before getting off work in the afternoon, there will be one change as usual, a total of 20,000 words today.