In the study in the backyard of the house where Xie Qiping, the master of Futai in Mingzhou Prefecture, lived, he sat on a chair and held the secret letter he had just received in his hand.

Under the shaking of the candlestick, after reading it, after a long time, I sighed.

Back then, he and Pei Zhao were classmates for several years, and others didn't know what their friendship was, but the friendship between the two of them was only known to Pei Zhao and him.

It's just that when Pei Zhao's identity became higher and higher, in order to avoid suspicion, the two lost contact.

Now, he would receive Pei Yan's secret letter, which was really unexpected by him, but he felt that a boot that had been raised high in his heart had finally fallen.

I read the things written in the secret letter again, and it didn't involve anything else, but let him take care of a family, just because this family had been kind to the Pei family at the beginning.

Such a small request, with his friendship with Pei Zhao in the past few years, it is naturally impossible for him not to agree.

It's just that Pei Zhao has always been the glorious Pei family back then.

Unexpectedly, now that the Pei family has fallen to the current end, Pei Zhao, the younger brother, actually began to emerge, and he could find a way to send a secret letter to him.

It seems that everyone may have mistaken the Pei family brothers at the beginning.

Xie Qiping picked up the secret letter, thought about it, and put it on the burning candle and burned the letter to ashes.

After all, although Pei Yan's business is not an important matter.

However, if someone knows about it, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it and walk around.

Now on the side of the capital, the wind is surging, and the party lords are fighting.

It was not easy for him to try to remain neutral.

However, Xie Qiping didn't want to get involved in these battles, which didn't mean that the people below him weren't tempted at all.

As far as he knew, the prefect Lai Xingchun had close contacts with the Marquis Jingyong Mansion in the capital in the past two years.

That Jingyong Marquis Mansion is Zhang Guifei's maiden home, and it is the foreign home of the third prince.

Lai Xingchun's thoughts, a discerning person can see at a glance that he is the third prince who is on the side.

Nowadays, the saint is very suspicious, and when the prince was still there, because some courtiers respected the prince very much, the saint was very suspicious of the prince.

At the beginning, the Pei family was assigned to the frontier, Pei Zhao died, and then the prince was seriously ill and bedridden.

Today's Prince's Mansion is cold, and it is no longer the lively scene of the past.

Even, there are rumors that with the prince's current body, I am afraid it will not be able to drag on for a few years.

Xie Qiping didn't think that something would happen to the Pei family, I'm afraid it was related to the prince.

The crown prince fell out of favor, and the second and third princes naturally walked in front of the public.

It's just that the second prince is irritable, and his biological mother Zhao Jieyu is just the daughter of the 17th county order.

Therefore, the second prince's foreign family is equivalent to nothing.

However, the wife he married was the concubine of the Marquis of Zhongyong.

With the support of the Yue family, it can be regarded as having a foothold in the court.

And the third prince was born by Zhang Guifei, and Zhang Guifei's maiden home is the Marquis of Jingyong's mansion.

It's just that Concubine Zhang Guifei is just a concubine, and because she entered the palace, she was recorded in the name of Mrs. Jing Yonghou.

Even so, the Marquis of Jingyong's Mansion was naturally tied to the same boat as the three princes.

In addition, the wife of the third prince is the second daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family of the Qing noble family.

Therefore, he not only has the support of the Marquis Jingyong Mansion of the Outer Family, but also the support of the family.

It's just that, I don't know why, the current saint has been so disgusted with the prince, but he has never abolished the prince's name.

Because of this incident, the second prince and the third prince were very angry.

However, although the crown prince was not deposed, it was almost as if he had been deposed.

Therefore, the second prince and the third prince have been attracting aristocratic families in the capital, each showing their magical powers.

If you want to win people's hearts, you naturally have to have a lot of money.

Therefore, the gift sent by Lai Xingchun won the hearts of the three princes.

It is also because of this that although Xie Qiping is being the master of Futai, this Mingzhou Mansion also has to be given to Lai Xing

Spring, this is a bit of face for the prefect.

"Your Excellency, you say that this rumor is true?"

Lai Xingchun's master remembered the rumors spread in the city and asked the prefect.

"Hey, whether it's true or not, go check it out, and you'll know!

Even if it's fake, so what?

The wealth of the Ning family is true after all."

If the Ning family really had that precious recipe, Lai Xingchun would be hot in his heart.

It's just that he has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows that there must be a reason for everything, and this Ning family has only come to Mingzhou Mansion for so long.

can suddenly come out of these words of the Ning family, think about it carefully, and you will know that this is someone who wants to kill the Ning family!

Others didn't know, but he clearly remembered the five thousand taels of silver that Tian Lao Er sent to his house.

Tian Lao Er stole chickens and didn't eat rice, and he endured it at the time, but after all, he didn't endure it for too long, and he shot at the Ning family.

It's just that whether it is Tian Lao Er or the Ning family, for Lai Xingchun, they are all their own money bags.

No matter who wins or loses, as long as he can get the silver, he will be fine!

Now that Tian Lao Er has made a momentum, if he doesn't start, he won't be sorry for himself.

If there are dates or not, hit a pole and you will know!

After Yang Jianshan came to talk to Ning Pengpeng, he hurried back.

After all, he has been in Fucheng for a long time, and he knows best how greedy the prefect of Mingzhou Mansion is.

Merchants like them had to offer a large amount of gold, silver, and jewelry every year in order to live in peace.

Fortunately, Lord Futai is not corrupt, otherwise, these businessmen in Mingzhou Mansion would really not be able to live.

I heard that in Nanyue Province, many families fled with their family rolls.

It's just that the Futai Lord of Nanyue Mansion has set a harsh tax and miscellaneous taxes, so that people can't afford to sell their sons and daughters.

People with a little family background would rather abandon their old mansion than stay in Nanyue Mansion anymore.

Thinking of this, Yang Jianshan couldn't help but sigh.

However, immediately thinking of the troubles of the Ning family, he couldn't help but wrinkle his brows with a headache.

Old Madam Yang and Mrs. Yang can only comfort him, it's not that they don't want to help, it's just that the Yang family can't do anything!

Now I can only ask the Bodhisattva for blessing, and the prefect should not be too greedy.

Ning Pengpeng thought about what Yang Jianshan said to her when he left.

Take the silver to plug the mouth of the prefect, otherwise, you will be deprived of the prefect, and at that time, it is still unknown whether the Ning family can be completely round!

This is indeed the best way to do it.

However, who knows how greedy the prefect is?

Ning Peng closed her eyes, she was really a little unwilling.

From Dahuaishu Village to this Mingzhou Mansion, step by step, all the money earned is the blood and sweat of everyone in the Ning family.

Just gave it to a corrupt official for nothing, how could she be willing?

In Anzhen, there is also Li County's order as a backer, but in this Mingzhou Mansion, the prefect can press the Ning family with a little thumb.

There are only two options available today.