Chapter 115: The water is too cold

Chen Cao was smiling, like a real smiling tiger, Qian Qianyi trembled his hands, and was still forced by Zhao Xin to stuff the driving post into his hands.

"According to Benbo's news, Qian Qianqiu's family is actually poor, and his own literary style is also too good, I heard that after the exam, the examiner ranked him second, and Mr. Mu Zhai just took it to the fourth, I really want to bribe, and it is difficult, but the most important thing in Zhejiang is the rich people, how much money did Xu Shimin and Jin Baoyuan take, don't say that you Mr. Mu Zhai don't know, if it is true, your Mr. Mu Zhai was deceiving Your Majesty back then, hehehe..." Chen Cao stood up and moved his somewhat paralyzed muscles: "Sir, Ben Bo also has a secret order from Grandpa Wei, this secret order was negotiated between his old man and your Donglin Party, you can take a look first..."

Saying that, Chen Cao handed the secret letter to Qian Qianyi from his arms, and after opening it, he looked at the green landscape of the garden in the same place.

Syllable...

Qian Qianyi immediately sat down, and even slipped to the ground because of fear, such a gaffe was enough to see that what was written in the secret letter was not simple.

Zhao Xin stood aside and didn't help, just looked at him coldly.

Chen Cao turned his back to Qian Qianyi with his hands behind his back, and said after a long time: "Zhao Xin, I look at the rockery and pond in the garden and the depth is enough, why don't you just do something here, go, help Mr. Mu Zhai up, he is also a scholar." ”

Chen Cao didn't wait for Qian Qianyi to speak, then raised his feet and walked out of the house, walking towards the pool in the garden, the depth of the pool in the south is generally about one meter and a half, and it can't drown people, but this depth should still be okay for killing an old man who is dozens of years old.

Standing on the guardrail of the pool, Chen Cao saw the fish swimming happily in the pond, and couldn't help but sigh: "If there is no Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future, maybe our Han people are also among the developed countries in the world, and we will not be called 'yellow pigs' by those East Asian dwarves." ”

"Uncle," Zhao Xin escorted Qian Qianyi to the edge of the pool and stood still: "Throw it down or what?" ”

Chen Cao turned his head and smiled: "Although Ben Bo is a eunuch, he is also a scholar, Mr. Mu Zhai and I are both scholars, so I have to give Mr. Mu Zhai a decent way to die," said and looked down at Qian Qianyi, who was soft and collapsed: "Mr. Mu Zhai, do you go down by yourself or let Ben Bo's people do it, you consider it yourself, lest you sue the Lord of Yama and say that I Chen Cao murdered you, so I am not a loss?" You have to remember that Ben Bo is also on orders. ”

After a long time, Qian Qianyi stood up, leaned against the pool, and suddenly cried, Chen Cao didn't ask, and let him play freely: "That Qian Qianqiu's Qian Xia Guan really hasn't taken it..."

"It's all this time, and you still care about the money? That guy is just a hard-working person, he didn't take his money, it doesn't mean that you didn't take other people's money, besides, Xu Shimin also confessed a lot, the evidence, Zhejiang officials have ironclad evidence, they are all Donglin Party, and they will never wronged you, the leader, what do you think? Chen Cao laughed.

After a while, Qian Qianyi stretched out his hand and tried by the pool, but he was still reluctant to go down, Zhao Xin was a little impatient, and waited for Chen Cao to speak and kill the old man.

"Mr. Makisai, is the water cold?" Chen Cao asked with squinted eyes.

Qian Qianyi was excited, and quickly turned around and nodded: "Uncle, the water is too cold... The water is so cold..."

"Hey..."Chen Cao sighed, and then stopped talking.

Qian Qianyi is a veteran of officialdom after all, seeing Chen Cao like this, he knew that there was room for turning, so he hurriedly knelt down towards Chen Cao: "Uncle, the water is too cold, the lower official knows that the uncle has great powers, and there must be a way to save his life, the lower official begs the uncle to save his life, and the lower official is willing to saddle the uncle before and after the horse..."

Chen Cao could be regarded as waiting for this guy, so he stretched out his hand to help him up, and said pretendly: "Oh, Mr. Mu Zhai, you are the dean of Donglin Academy and the leader of the Donglin Party, if you let the scholars outside see your virtue, wouldn't it make people laugh and lose their big teeth?" ”

Now is the time to save lives, when people are at the moment of life and death, where will they still care about face, especially a second minister like Qian Qianyi: "Uncle, the lower officials are now difficult to protect themselves, and they can't take care of their lives, where do you still think about this, I still hope that the uncle will take action, once you save the life of the lower official, the lower official... Xiaguan... I am also willing to join the uncle's command, and hope that the uncle will introduce you..."

Chen Cao glanced at Zhao Xin with a smile, and then pretended to ponder for a long time: "It's not impossible to save you..."

As soon as these words came out, Qian Qianyi immediately hugged Chen Cao's thigh: "Uncle, as long as you can save the life of the lower official, please ask the uncle to speak, and the lower official will know everything." ”

"Mr. Mu Zhai, you have to think about it, you are the leader of Donglin..."Chen Cao asked rhetorically.

Qian Qianyi hurriedly shook his head: "What kind of leader, it's just a pretense by those people in the capital, they can all sell the lower officials, and the lower officials betray them in order to save their lives..."

"Then let's still talk in the study..."

After only half an hour, Chen Cao immediately became the master from the guest, sitting on the first seat, and Qian Qianyi stood respectfully in front of the desk.

"Well, Ben Bo has already found out half of what you said, and you have to continue to explain the remaining half, if you can't satisfy the governor, your life will still not be saved," Chen Cao looked at the confession signed and written by Qian Qianyi on the table, and knocked on the table: "You have to know, they want your life to protect their official position, as the saying goes, dogs will bite people when they are in a hurry..."

The corners of Qian Qianyi's mouth twitched when he heard this, and Zhao Xin coughed twice in embarrassment: "Uncle, it's the rabbit who is in a hurry..."

"Oh..."Chen Cao suddenly realized, he really remembered wrongly: "Yes, look at it, Ben Bo is also a scholar, how can he even remember this wrongly, that dog is in a hurry to bite people." ”

Qian Qianyi felt that if he didn't say anything again, he would have to let Chen Cao shame him to death: "Uncle, the lower officials have decided, since they are willing to switch to the uncle, then they have to come up with a weighty vote, and the remaining half of the lower officials will write it down from time to time and then sign it and submit it to the uncle..."

"Hmm..."Chen Cao knocked on the table, and then thought for a moment: "Ben Bo asked you, how is Zhang Yanzong?" ”

Qian Qianyi was stunned for a moment, and then raised his head slightly: "Shouning Hou An'an abides by his duties, and he is very interested in academic research, so he won't mess around." ”

Chen Cao shook his head, and Zhao Xin said: "Lord Qian, my uncle has never been without a foundation when asking questions, otherwise he would not suddenly come to you, every word you say in the future must be carefully considered before answering, otherwise you will lose the favor of your uncle, and you will not have any benefit to you, Lord Qian." ”

Qian Qianyi raised his eyebrows, and after weighing the pros and cons, he gave his hand again: "Xia Guan knows that he is wrong, please give Xia Guan another chance." ”

Chen Cao then knocked on the table: "I heard that the people of the Zhejiang Party have a good relationship with Zhang Yanzong. ”

"Back to Uncle, Shouning Hou is really my predecessor of the Donglin Party to help, so he can restore the title, the lower official is not talented, it is his teacher, he has some intersection with the Zhejiang Party, and it is also because of the official things, in fact..."

Chen Cao helped him speak: "Actually, he is also a double-sided spy, that is, Xinfang is just a place to set news, Zhang Yanzong will do things for you, and you will protect the fortune of his Shouning Marquis Mansion, which is just a transaction of the rights of the nobles and the officials of the current dynasty, right." ”

Qian Qianyi nodded, and didn't speak, Chen Cao said: "Ben Bo will not save you for no reason, although you are in Donglin Academy, but the news outside must also know quickly, Ben Bo will not bend with you, those who fight the property idea under Ben Bo's name, with the reputation of your Mr. Mu Zhai, think about it, if there is something, send someone to Ben Bo's house to find it." ”

"Xiaguan sends off uncle..."

...

Out of the academy, Zhao Xin, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help it: "Uncle, my subordinates don't understand, we have such a favorable thing, why did we talk to that guy for a long time, wasting Uncle's time, and I gave him a hard one as soon as I went up, and I didn't bother to worry about him." ”

Chen Cao smiled, and then turned his head to look at Zhao Xin: "So you can only be a lackey, I can be the master," Zhao Xin suddenly became embarrassed, Chen Cao smiled again: "They are such scholars with high morale, they are still old fritters in officialdom, if you go up, let him do things for you, Ben Bo is not bragging, then Qian Qianyi will definitely not do it sincerely, on the contrary, he may sell you, you have to disintegrate him from the heart, otherwise how can you clean him up?"

But this time the Donglin Party did us a great favor, Qian Qianyi did things for us, and in the future, the entire Nanzhili will really become my final say, the reputation of that guy in Shilin is extremely high, and it is not comparable to those people in the capital, with him switching, hehe..."

Zhao Xin bowed his head again: "The subordinates are served, it is not as good as the uncle, and I have really learned a lot from the uncle." ”

"Learn slowly, the days will be long, if you can't learn, Ben Bo will teach your son in the future." Chen Cao quipped.

Zhao Xinxin warmed his heart, but these words made his family rich: "My subordinates must be serious, and let my son, who will not be successful in the future, learn from his uncle." ”

"That's right," Chen Cao suddenly remembered something, turned his head to look around, and then said mysteriously: "How did you do the things in Shaanxi?" ”

Zhao Xin also looked around, made sure that there was no one around, and then whispered: "According to the instructions of the uncle, the subordinates found a group of heavenly people to pretend to be a business traveler to escort the batch of firearms and weapons, which have been sent to the hands of the anti-thieves, and now Ma Shilong has a headache, some of the troops of the official army and the guard do not even have firearms, according to the Tang newspaper that has just been sent to the capital, the anti-thieves ambushed the logistics troops of the official army in Wei County, and a large number of officers and soldiers surrendered to join the anti-thieves, and the thieves are getting bigger and bigger. ”

"Not enough," Chen Cao frowned and shook his head: "I want Ma Shilong to be transferred back to Yongping, and let the imperial court send people again, you have to let people increase their efforts to support them, and you must remember that you can't let those people know our details." ”

"This matter is very important, and it belongs to the province."