The morning mist shrouded the lotus pond, and Xie Lin'an, the prince of Ning'an Bofu, touched the thin frost on the bridge railing, and clapped his hands very dissatisfied:

"Now that there are fewer people in the family, and there are too slacking places everywhere, how is this pool bare?"

"Back to the prince's words, a few days ago, it was inconvenient to buy in the house, so the two stewards took people to plane all the lotus roots in the pond, and a few small boats were withdrawn first...... Even the fish in the pond have risen a lot, and it looks cleaner than in previous years."

Thinking about the embarrassment in the house now, Xie Linan has no temperament to point out the pond:

"I thought it was a savior, but I didn't think it was a closed-door star, and the prince of Yingjun was able to walk around the house before he came, and he came, heh!"

Thinking of the Xichang Fanzi who surrounded his family, Xie Linan didn't even have the strength to be angry.

It's almost two months! It's been almost two months! Since Zhao Qinyang, the prince of Yingjun, moved in, his father was not saved, his younger brother had no news, and the entire Ning'an Bo Mansion was surrounded like an iron bucket, but the whole family was in prison together!

Xie Linan is now thinking about how to save his father, he is now thinking about how he can get out of this cell!

Just as he was thinking about something, a subordinate hurriedly walked over in the distance:

"Lord Shizi, the prince of the county has woken up and called you over."

"Smack!" Xie Lin'an patted the bridge railing, and the frost fell down, "Bringing more than 100 people to eat the Xie family's residence, he Zhao Qinyang really became the master of our Xie family, I still have to wait for him to call me over!"

Several of the subordinates held their breath and did not dare to speak.

Xie Lin'an had a seizure, and finally hurried across the bridge to the east with his hands behind his back.

The cross-courtyard on the east side of Ning Anbo's Mansion is the residence of the old man in his old age, and it is also a three-entry courtyard, Xie Lin'an was stopped as soon as he walked to the second gate, and several people dressed as guards saluted him:

"Xie Shiziqing wait, let me wait in and report."

In front of these people, Xie Lin'an didn't have the temper of the young master, he straightened the sleeves of his robe, and said with a smile, "I'm tired of everyone."

After waiting for about half a moment, the eunuch beside Zhao Qinyang came out to call him.

"Cousin Xie, I've been in Yanjing for so long, and I should also feast on each family, I'm not familiar with life here, and I have to ask you to do this."

Zhao Qinyang was afraid of the cold, burned the earth dragon extremely hot, and disliked Yanjing being too dry, leaned on the couch with open arms, and let the servant girl put the hot and humid handkerchief on his body.

Xie Lin'an was wearing a homely cotton robe, and he was sweating after just standing in the room, and when he heard Zhao Qinyang say this, his expression was very embarrassed:

"Cousin, it's really not that I'm stingy with my little brother, it's not like we didn't send generous gifts to various mansions before, but everywhere we ......."

But even the things were confiscated, the Yingjun Wangfu was just a vassal king in Jiangxi, how many of the magnates in Yanjing City took it seriously? Even if they all sent a letter of worship when Zhao Qinyang first came, he was dismissed by His Majesty in public when he was in Chongyang, and those people also shrank their necks.

Who doesn't know that His Majesty the Emperor sitting on the dragon chair is the most moody and angry? In addition, Zhao Qinyang was directly imprisoned for a month later, okay, in the eyes of Yanjing Gaomen, I am afraid that he has already regarded the prince of Yingjun as a dead man. ….

A dead man's treat? Who would dare to come?

Zhao Qinyang picked up the handkerchief on his belly and held it in his hand, and instructed the maid who was waiting next to him:

"Go and show him last night's letter."

He also said to Xie Lin'an:

"That's what you said before, they thought that we offended Your Majesty and couldn't turn over anymore, but in fact, they were the ones who were really stupid."

A few thin pieces of paper were presented to Xie Lin'an's hand, and he rolled them over and looked at them twice:

"Your Majesty has activated Chu Jiyuan, what does it have to do with us?"

"What's the matter?" Zhao Qinyang snorted, "What kind of person is the emperor? That's a master who would rather kill by mistake than let go, otherwise how can he manage the courtiers like quails all these years? Shi Wence, like Shen Shao back then, had taught the first prince, and His Majesty was willing to give him a few thin noodles, and Lu Chongxin was attached to Zhang to play

, Shi asked for intercession, and His Majesty was willing to spare Lu Chongxin. The result? When he wanted to deal with Chu Jiyuan, Shi Wence resigned and pleaded for mercy, but he didn't stop him! Isn't it because Chu Jiyuan is unwilling to let His Majesty fight Duerben? As a result, now His Majesty is willing to personally issue an order to find Chu Jiyuan to return to the dynasty and let him preside over the investigation of the accounts of Taifu Temple, guess why?"

Xie Lin'an thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Could it be because of ...... The DPRK has no money?"

"That's right. The court has no money, not only is there no money, but the old accounts of the Taifu Temple have been turned over, and the face of the household department and the military department has been lost for many years, maybe our majesty will go to the treasury to take a look, and only feel that the rats in it are wider than him." Zhao Qinyang patted his belly, with a smile on his face.

He said it easily, and Xie Lin'an felt a chill in the hot room:

"Cousin, do you think this matter can help us solve our difficulties?"

"Why not solve the problem?" Zhao Qinyang laughed, and the whole person turned over, covering the light of half of the window, "The emperor has trapped me these days, what do you guess he is for?" I'm a mere county prince worthy of him using the West Factory to keep an eye on all day? And what is eating chaff and wearing hemp and not forgetting the ancestors, why did my father let him turn out such a book so many years ago? He's giving the vassal kings all over the world a look! If Emperor Zhaode wants to emulate Taizu's martial arts, the vassal kings of various places will have to eat chaff and send him money!"

Thinking about the hardships he had suffered since he came to Yanjing City, Zhao Qinyang's eyes showed a bit of anger, and his expression was hidden, and he shook his body with a smile:

"As long as my father takes the lead in bringing in some money, we'll be fine."

Xie Lin'an pondered for a moment and smiled bitterly: "Cousin, even if King Yingjun takes the lead in making offerings to His Majesty, it has nothing to do with our Xie family......

"It's okay? You're wrong." Zhao Qinyang got up from the couch, and several handmaidens immediately took down a large-sleeved Taoist robe made of satin from the warm cage and draped it on his body, and he waved it away, "My cousin has been locked up in Beizhen Fusi for so long, guess what? Is it the emperor who wants to punish the crime but can't find the charge of your Xie family? Or is it that the emperor had no intention of punishing the crime, but just wanted to see my father's actions. After all, what does your Xie family have? A sesame-sized title, an empty shelf that can't even fill the stomach, the only thing that can still be seen by people is the relationship between my aunt and grandmother and the Yingjun Palace. This little emperor is also interesting, since he wants money, it would be good to ask for money directly, but he has to make such a big detour." ….

"That's right, he was still thinking about the expedition to the west at that time, and naturally he had to cover up a few layers to do things, but unfortunately, he thought that the treasury of the Taifu Temple that could cover for him had already been cleaned, and he wanted to protect his face, only to know that the inside was gone...... Hahahaha, if you want me to say, the idea of inviting back Chu Jiyuan is definitely not what he thought of himself, most of it was persuaded by Li Congyuan, Li Congyuan's first assistant should be really unknown, and there are not enough people in the court who are attached to him, of course he has to use people who are in the same party as him, Chu Jiyuan is one, Shi Wence is also one, if Shen Shao is still alive......

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had guessed the thoughts of those people, and Zhao Qinyang rubbed his exposed stomach a little proudly.

"Cousin, this is also your Xie family's opportunity, a Taifu Temple, a tribute, and the son of an English duke are questioned, the nobles in Yanjing City are all neck shrunk and dare not squeak, it is a good opportunity for you to make contributions."

Glancing sideways at Xie Lin'an, who didn't know why, Zhao Qinyang smiled:

"As the son of Ning Anbo, and you serve in the Jinyi Guard, if you volunteer and are willing to drive for Your Majesty, raid those homes that others dare not copy, and cut off the heads of those others dare not cut off, *** Houlu, it is just around the corner."

Houlu?

"You can't do it!" Xie Lin'an hurriedly waved his hand, "Cousin, I can't do what you said."

"If you can't do it, you have to do it!" Zhao Qinyang stretched out his big hand and grabbed Xie Lin'an's clothes, "If you want to keep your family's title, and if you want your Xie family to raise their heads in Beijing, you have to do this!" You don't just have to do it, you have to do it well! It's a good job for the emperor, you know?"

Seeing that Xie Lin'an was still submissive, Zhao Qinyang impatiently pushed him aside: "Cousin, you are so weak, if it weren't for my aunt's sake, I wouldn't have bothered to dial you." Anyway, I'll do it right away

Write an excerpt to the emperor, and you will go and prepare the banquet, and make sure that it is done properly."

Staggered out tremblingly, but Xie Linan was stopped by Zhao Qinyang again.

"I plan to buy 50,000 taels of silver in the name of the Yingjun Palace, and this money will come out of your house first."

Xie Lin'an was shocked: "Table...... The prince of the county! I don't have 50,000 taels of silver at home right now!"

"Don't cry poor in front of me, you don't have to be short of ambition, you have no money to think about it, your Xie family has so many relatives in Yanjing City, if you can't even make up this little money, you don't have to say what our in-laws are in the Yingjun Palace, get the money together in three days!" Come on, invite Xie Shizi out!"

was kicked out of his yard, Xie Linan still looked reluctant and cowardly, and went all the way back to the main courtyard, and he slammed the table with a "bang".

"It's obvious that he Yingjun Wangfu has involved my Xie family, and he still has the face to use my family's money to make face for himself? The down-and-out households in the countryside of Jiangxi! Do you really think you're a nobleman? What a noble person to live in the Imperial City!"

After scolding, Xie Linan paced back and forth in the room, trying to find someone to discuss with, but after thinking about it, he didn't even have a person to discuss.

Since she was frightened by the second brother's incident that time, his mother's health is not very good, and what to tell her about 50,000 taels of silver is simply her life! ….

As for his own wife, these days, almost all the expenses of the house have been supported by his wife's dowry, that Zhao Qinyang came to the Xie family as if he was an ancestor, and he had to use it the best, almost to drain the Xie family's treasury, and now the calligraphy and paintings hanging in Zhao Qinyang's room are Shen's, and the vase is also his wife's dowry.

Let his wife give another fifty thousand taels of silver...... Xie Linan was afraid that his wife would hang herself with a white silk.

Zhang Yong of Wanquan Dusi was taken down, and the whereabouts of the second brother were unknown, which made Xie Linan suspect that he had deceived the family of money and went out to hide from the disaster when he saw that his family was in trouble, and he couldn't count on it.

As for the cousins born to the following aunts, they are also a group of dry panting.

After thinking about it, Xie Lin'an took a deep breath, first called someone in and changed him into a plain clothes, only then did he realize that the underwear on his body had already been soaked with sweat, and he really couldn't tell whether the sweat was covered or scared.

Out of the main courtyard, after the lotus pond, and then through the courtyard where his second brother lived, it was diagonally inserted to the west...... Finally, Xie Lin'an stopped outside a bamboo forest.

"Mama, I'm here to see my grandmother, how are she doing?"

The old woman, dressed in a gray-brown embroidered bibichia, saluted him, shook her head lightly with a look of embarrassment, and finally pointed to her head.

"Grandmother's head disease has happened again recently?"

Xie Lin'an seems to be the best grandson in the world who is most worried about his grandmother's health, and his face is full of worries: "During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I also said that I would go to the northwest to find a famous doctor to see my grandmother, but I didn't expect that the house is like this now, and I am tired of taking care of my grandmother."

The two talked for a while, and another old woman opened the curtain and gestured at Xie Lin'an, who lifted the corner of his robe and hurriedly walked in.

As soon as he entered, it was dark in front of him, and he saw green smoke curling in the depths of the deep Buddhist hall, and he could see someone knocking on the wooden fish.

The strong sandalwood aroma almost covers people's mouths and noses, and the sound of wooden fish is really relieving.

The hall was so scented with sandalwood that it was almost impossible to see the original color, as if even people had become much darker.

Like every time he came to this Buddha hall before, Xie Lin'an held his breath and stepped in cautiously, and before he could stand firmly, he heard a soft call:

"Is Lin'er here? But what did that kid do to make you decide, that you came to find me, this old bone?"

Xie Lin'an squinted his eyes and looked at the source of the voice, and finally found the old woman sitting on one side in front of the offering table.

"Grandmother, Lin'er is useless, I'm bothering you again."

"Alas, we old bones are still holding on to our breath just to be able to relieve the worries of our children and grandchildren at home, you come to me, I will return

Rejoice."

That old woman was naturally the old lady of the Ning'an Mansion and the aunt of the current King of Yingjun, Xie Lin'an stepped forward in a few steps and sat on the futon at her feet:

"Grandmother, cousin, ......"

Waiting for Xie Lin'an to repeat what Zhao Qinyang said, Zhao held the Buddha beads in his hand and sighed slowly, but said something else:

"Then the Shen family is still in the Zhuangzi outside? The men who were sent to look for her still haven't returned?" ….

Xie Lin'an said: "Sun Er suspects that those subordinates are in trouble when they see that the Xie family is now embarrassed, so they took the opportunity to go to Zhuangzi and refused to come back.

"Really...... Alas, in the final analysis, Feng'er and your mother can't stand her, since the Feng family has left our house, everything was a dream in the past, Yang'er has the royal family's personal soldiers in his hands, you borrow someone from him to take the Shen family back."

Xie Lin'an was a little difficult.

"Auntie, I thought about it before, but my cousin said that now that our house is being watched by Xichang Fanzi, the personal soldiers in his hands should not be moved."

"Just let them change the clothes of the domestic servants, and find out together with the things in the Zhuangzi, if the Shen family is wronged, they can just deal with it together."

The Buddha beads in his hand kept turning, and Zhao said kindly.

Xie Lin'an didn't come here for the Shen family's business, and he couldn't help but feel a little impatient in his heart, but he still had to accept it on his face.

The most valuable thing in Shen's dowry is just some calligraphy and painting, and the fine products have long been collected by them up and down, before Princess Yueqing came to ask for people every day, and at that time she didn't take Shen back, and now it's useless to pick up people except to let the house have more mouths to eat.

Zhao's tone was soft:

"When the Shen family got married, the one who added the most makeup to her was Chu Jiyuan, the head of the household department, and the right deputy Du Yu Shi Shi asked for advice, both of them sent their own wives to personally send makeup gifts, if you want to contribute to Your Majesty, is there anything faster than taking the path of the Shen family?"

Xie Lin'an suddenly realized, this is not to blame him, what kind of person can remember clearly the people who gave gifts to their younger siblings at the wedding for seven years?

"But, grandmother, the Shen family has been in our family all these years......

"As long as someone takes it back, are you still afraid that you won't be able to hold it?" Zhao squeezed his shoulder, "As for the fifty thousand taels of silver...... Sell that Beizhuang and the people inside, just bring the Shen family back, and I'll fill in the rest for you."

"Yes." Xie Lin'an stood up and saluted his grandmother, but he paused again, "Grandmother, I remember that the second brother sent his concubines to Zhuangzi, and there is also the An family you rewarded."

Zhao raised his head, glanced at him, and then said slowly:

"She's also useless, so let's sell them together."

「…… Yes."

Exiting from the Buddhist hall, Xie Lin'an shook his somewhat drowsy head and walked back with his feet raised.

"Borrow someone, pick up the Shen family, sell the Zhuangzi, sell the people, and give the money to my cousin, and I will go to work for Your Majesty."

Walking to the edge of the lotus pond again, as soon as the cold wind blew, Xie Linan seemed to wake up and came back to his senses.

"Why do I think my grandmother's idea is to take the Xie family to the Yingjun Palace? Zhao Qinyang's tone of mentioning His Majesty has become more and more unkind recently."

He wanted to go straight to the East Cross Courtyard to borrow someone, but he hesitated in his heart.

"Also, why does Grandmother keep mentioning the Shen family?"

After thinking about it, he had an idea in his mind.

"Someone, prepare a horse, whoever asks, just say I'm going to raise money."

"Yes!"

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