Nan'an looked at him with obvious hesitation on his face: "You mean, your recital can go straight to the heavens and let His Majesty see it?" ”

"But will Your Majesty take care of it?"

"If it's something else, it's hard to say," Gu Qingzhang didn't paint him a cake, but told him simply and clearly, "But if he sells iron tools to the Huns privately, he will definitely take care of this matter." ”

Nan'an's expression was still a little suspicious, and the businessman's natural vigilance made him dare not use his net worth and life to gamble on this small possibility.

In case Gu Qingzhang fails, then his Nan family will definitely be ruthlessly liquidated by Xu Guogong, and there will be no living mouth left.

He still didn't believe that Fang Chong's death could have a relationship with the young man in front of him.

Gu Qingzhang seemed to see his doubts at a glance, he didn't say anything, but turned to memorize the account book: "On October 5, the sixth year of Jian'an, your brother gave Fang Zhong 10,000 taels of silver in order to obtain his protection, right?" ”

South Shore's pupils constricted.

He had also heard his brother mention the matter of his brother giving a gift to Fang Chong, how could Gu Qingzhang know - could it be that Fang Chong's death was really caused by him?

The emotions in his heart kept changing, and Nan'an thought of his brother's swollen body soaked in the river, and thought of his unwillingness and pain after knowing the truth.

After a long time, he exhaled heavily and said, "I can tell you the details of this, and I can also personally draw and sign and present it as evidence." ”

"But I have one condition," Nan'an stared at Gu Qingzhang deadly, "Once the Xuguo Mansion is not brought down, you have to promise me that you must save the lives of my mother and my sister-in-law." ”

"Especially my sister-in-law, she already has my brother's flesh and blood in her womb, and she must not have an accident."

Gu Qingzhang suddenly wondered, no wonder the other party didn't dare to make any moves even if he knew the truth, Nan'an could not care about his own life, but he couldn't care less about the lives of his mother and brother's widow.

"Okay, I promise you."

Giving only unsubstantiated promises obviously does not convince businessmen who pay attention to practicality, and Gu Qingzhang also understands this.

"You find an opportunity to let your mother and sister-in-law come to my house to play," he said, "The Duke of Xu's Mansion will definitely send people to keep an eye on your house, but as long as you don't leave Suzhou City, they won't dare to startle you." ”

Nan'an's mind flashed quickly through his every move he had just made and the look on his promise when he made a promise, knowing that the other party was not cheating on him.

He put his mind at ease for a moment and told the other party about the details.

"According to my brother's letter, although Xu Guogong is not an official in the court, there are still many people in the court who are his old generals."

Nan'an thought for a moment and continued: "One of the old generals is responsible for supervising the ironsmithing on Jingdong Road, and his second son Xu Hu has inserted his henchmen into Jingdong Road after he knows about it. ”

Gu Qingzhang was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "He actually dared to hit the idea on Jingdong Road?!" ”

Jingdong Road can be said to be the source of iron supply for the entire beam, and the process from mining to smelting will basically be completed in Jingdong Road.

It can even be called one of the lifeblood of the girder.

Xu Hu inserted his hands into Jingdong Road, which was equivalent to a mouse falling into a rice tank, and in this way, a large number of iron tools would inevitably flow out.

Gu Qingzhang stood up suddenly, he looked at the south bank kneeling on the ground, and gasped: "I thought he had the idea of hitting a small iron mine elsewhere, but I didn't expect him to even dare to enter Jingdong Road...... How did he transport so many iron tools? ”

Nan'an shook his head, he didn't even know what Jingdong Road was at first, not to mention that Nanyue didn't mention it in the letter.

But Gu Qingzhang didn't care so much, he had been following his father since he was a child, and no one knew better than him the consequences of a large number of iron artifacts flowing into the Xiongnu.

"You give me your brother's letter now," Gu Qingzhang's expression was serious and nervous as the candle flame flickered, "If the massive outflow of ironware from Jingdong Road is true, I swear by the loyalty of my Gu family to protect your Nan family." ”

*

The Xu family in the capital

Because Xu Guogong once followed the first emperor to make great achievements, so this entire street was given to the Xu family by the first emperor.

If a foreigner comes to the capital to play, when they come to this street, they may see a lot of people selling their goods on the street and setting up stalls, but they will never see the second family living on this street.

Xu Lou is already old, he retreated early and gave way to his descendants, and now he is only at home to tease his grandchildren and take care of his old age.

"Look at our good grandson," the old man who is already sixty or seventy years old, still holding his grandson easily, "looks white and fat, how good-looking." ”

His old wife was reading next to him, and when she heard this, she said: "At the beginning of the Chinese New Year this year, our good grandson suffered a lot of disasters, but fortunately they were resolved one by one. ”

Their family has a total of two sons, the eldest son is over forty years old this year, but there has been no heir under his knees before, fortunately he only added a man last year, and finally let the incense have a heritage.

Xu Lou used to live a life of going to the fire with a knife and pinning his head to the waistband of his trousers, and he didn't think these were anything.

He shook his grandson and said with a smile: "Men can grow stronger by beating them harder." ”

As he was talking, Xu Lou suddenly saw a familiar figure flash outside the door, and he immediately shouted to the outside world: "Stop!" ”

He handed his grandson to his old wife on the side, lifted the curtain and went out, and sure enough, he saw his second son.

"I've just had dinner now," Xu Lou glanced at Xu Hu up and down, "Where are you going?" ”

Poor Xu Hu is now in his thirties, but he is still afraid that his old son is afraid of anything, he leaned over and said with a smile: "Don't dare to bother my father, I didn't go anywhere, so I went to the back garden for a walk." ”

"!"

Xu Lou burst out: "Going to the back garden is in the direction of the east, and now you are going west, obviously you want to go out." ”

Just as he was about to take his youngest son's ear and teach him a good lesson, his grandson's cry suddenly sounded in the house.

"Xu Lou," the old wife asked the maid to open the door curtain, "You scared your grandson, why don't you come in and coax you?" ”

Since she spoke, Xu Guogong had no choice but to let Xu Hu go this time and let him go first.

Looking at his back, Xu Guogong complained to his old wife dissatisfiedly: "It's all your fault, I have indulged him since I was a child, so that he looks like a ghost today." ”

"That's right," the old wife hugged her big fat grandson, and didn't give him a look, "It's like you took care of it when Hu'er was out making trouble before." ”

Xu Lou closed his mouth in disdain, not daring to say another word.

Every time he wants to discipline his youngest son, the old wife always has this attitude that is not salty or light, but the words he says are always hidden in the needle, leaving him speechless.

"That's it," he sighed, "our Xu family can still afford to raise an idler, not to mention that there will be a boss watching him in the future, let him go!" ”