Chen Jian'an went out early in the morning and went straight to the household department and retrieved all the information and materials in Lingnan in the last ten years.

"Lord Chen, everything you want is here, Lingnan has a small population, and there is not much useful information for registration.

You watch slowly, and if you need anything, you can tell me at any time. ”

The people in the household department were kind and respectful to Chen Jian'an.

This is not the treatment that a sesame petty official should have, but who made the family the son-in-law of Dongchang.

Chen saw that An thanked him politely, and then watched him leave, sitting on his own in front of the desk with a mountain of archival books.

Although these household registrations are very detailed, the more Chen Jian'an looks at it, the deeper his brows are wrinkled, and he always feels that something is wrong.

The data is so clean that both the population and the tax revenues remain in a very stable state.

Moreover, locust infestations, floods, and epidemics have occurred every year in Lingnan in the past decade, and judging from the time of reporting, the interval between each disaster is only half a year.

Such frequent disasters required the imperial court to issue disaster relief funds, but there was no significant loss in tax collection and population.

The registered information is not like a local newspaper, but like it was deliberately filled out to fool the superiors.

He flipped through a few books, all of them were similar, and he knew that he couldn't find anything if he read it any more, so he put down the newspaper and looked at the annual disaster relief money given to Lingnan by the imperial court.

I don't know if I don't know this, but I was shocked when I saw it, the silver grain for disaster relief every year was as high as three million taels!

There are only a few permanent residents in Lingnan, and the cost is even higher than the hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border gates.

Chen Jian'an put down the account book and rubbed his temples with some headaches.

The water in Lingnan is much deeper than I imagined.

His Majesty has begun to investigate the matter of the first emperor's young son, and the elite soldiers left by the first emperor were turned into pieces and hidden by themselves among his subordinates and the people, which is quite safe.

But as His Majesty pursues them, it is only a matter of time before they are exposed.

Originally, he planned to bring his own soldiers to Lingnan to develop and grow, but now it seems that before he finds out the situation, he is afraid that it will be bad if he rushes over.

This made it difficult for him to make an incident.

At this moment, there was a knock at the door, and then an old eunuch in civilian clothes pushed the door in.

This person Chen Jian'an had seen him at the palace banquet before, and he was standing beside the emperor, and it was said that he was a person who had served the emperor since he was a child, and even Yan Mingxi had to give him some face.

"Lord Chen, Your Majesty asked our family to take you into the palace to face the saint, so let's go with our family."

"The emperor wants to see me?"

Chen Jian'an asked unexpectedly.

The old eunuch said "um", habitually looked up at people with his nostrils, and said impatiently;

"The emperor means quietly, don't alarm people, please."

Chen Jian'an pursed his lips and left the household after him.

According to what the father-in-law said, as if he was afraid of alarming others, he took himself to the small door that would only be opened when he was shopping in the palace, and kept his head down all the way.

Just like that, he hid from the palace people along the way and entered the imperial study.

"Wechen see Your Majesty."

When Chen Jian'an entered, the emperor was writing, and when he heard the sound of his salute, he didn't raise his head and wrote the last stroke.

"Well, get up and watch the tea."

If you don't call it, call it tea first, and let people drink it on their knees?

The old eunuch didn't move, and Chen Jian'an excused himself very brightly:

"Weichen doesn't dare, I don't know why His Majesty summoned Weichen?"

Hearing this, the emperor threw down the brush in his hand, sat on the dragon chair, and looked at Chen Jian'an with a smile.

"You calm down first, I called you because I want to ask you a question.

I have a treasure hidden in the secret room, which has attracted many people's thoughts, and now two people have obtained the secret room key, if I want to keep this treasure, what does Aiqing think I should do? ”

Chen Jian'an was shocked when he heard this, and as soon as he stood up, he immediately knelt on the ground with a "poof".

"Your Majesty······"

Isn't this just a proposition, which can be listened to by a sesame official?

The emperor said with a pleasant face:

"Get up, I've been thinking about it day and night these days, and I've thought of a good idea, which is to find a trustworthy person to guard this treasure.

I know that you didn't marry the Jiang family girl out of sincerity, you are an ambitious person, you can pluck the feathers in the tiger's mouth, and you really have a bit of courage and courage.

I can fulfill your ambitions, as long as you are loyal to me, then what Jiang Guangyao can give you, I will only give more, you should think about it. ”

The emperor used the word brave, which shows that he still remembers his previous heavy attack on Sang Qi.

Chen Jian'an bowed his head, and his heart turned a thousand times, not knowing whether the emperor really intended to cultivate himself to fight against the East and West No. 2 Factory, or whether he was helping Jiang Guangyao test himself.

Before figuring out the emperor's intentions, he buried his head and didn't dare to say anything.

Fortunately, the emperor was not in a hurry, and after finishing speaking, he waved his hand and asked him to step back first, so that he could go back and think about it.

Chen Jian'an breathed a sigh of relief.

He withdrew from the imperial study with a hanging heart, stood at the door, looked up at the sun in the sky, and suddenly felt a little cold.

If the emperor didn't really want to support himself and wanted to be a spy under Jiang Guangyao, he would be knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger.

"Master Chen, we still have something to do at home, so I won't send you out, you should remember the way you came, right?

Just go back and remember, don't wander around and don't alarm others. ”

After the old eunuch finished speaking, he left in a hurry, and Chen Jian'an recalled the way he came and walked towards the palace gate.

The journey was quite smooth and did not attract too much attention from others.

When I walked to a small garden, a faint cry for help came from the pond.

He paused in his footsteps, and saw that there was no one around, maybe it was a little palace maid who accidentally fell into the pond, hesitated, but still jumped in and fished people up.

"Concubine Yu, why are you?"

Chen Jian'an carried the person ashore, and as soon as he put the person down, he recognized her face.

Bai Wanying shivered from the cold, gathered her clothes, and subconsciously protected her stomach.

"I, I came out to enjoy the flowers, and accidentally fell into the water, thank you Lord Chen for saving your life."

This pond is surrounded by railings, how careless do you have to be to fall into it?

Chen Jian'an knew that there must be something hidden in it, but he was not interested in asking, so he bowed slightly and prepared to leave.

Bai Wanying's face turned white, her body trembled uncontrollably, and she tried to stand up, but her legs were weak and she almost fell back again.

Fortunately, Chen Jian'an quickly helped him.

Seeing that she was thinly dressed, and the curve of her body was looming after the gauze skirt was wet with water, Chen Jian'an turned his head, took two steps back to the side, took off his coat and handed it to her.

"Niangniang, put on some, Weichen will leave."

After saying that, he gave up his hand and walked away without looking back.

Bai Wanying was really cold, her stomach hurt from jump to beat, she put on that black coat, and suddenly felt a lot warmer.

At this time, her personal palace maid also found it back, exclaiming:

"Niangniang has fallen into the water, call the doctor!"

Helped her to the dormitory.

Bai Wanying smelled the good-smelling rosin on her coat along the way, and blushed a little inexplicably.

It hurt her personal maid to think that her mother had a fever, and she was so anxious that she couldn't do it.

Chen Jian'an didn't go home directly after leaving the palace, so he didn't know that the house was jumping at this time.

After Chen Shilang got off the morning court, he had the habit of taking a nap.

Everyone in the Chen Mansion knew that no one could disturb the old man when he was napping, and even the people working in the yard had to take their hands and feet lightly and dare not make a sound.

But today, Chen Shilang had just fallen asleep, and the sound of gongs and drums sounded on the stage next door, which frightened him into a rage, and he sat up from the bed with two sleepy eyes, and looked out of the window with a confused face.

Is this going to be raided? Noisy like this.

"The young man is old in the rivers and lakes ~ the pink beauty has two sideburns, and the third sister doesn't believe in Linghua ~ It's not like before the Cai Lou back then."

Jiang Fu and Zhang Songying were sipping melon seeds, listening to the babbling Wujiapo on the stage, clapping and applauding.

"Good~"

"This troupe is the most popular in the capital nowadays, and the last time I heard them play the story of the West Chamber during my grandfather's birthday banquet, I have never forgotten it."

Zhang Songying loves to listen to dramas, shaking her head and listening to it with relish.

Jiang Fu nodded, but his eyes kept glancing at the door, and sure enough, he didn't sing a few words on stage, Chen Shilang had a dark face, wearing a shirt with the wrong buttons, and rushed in in a hurry.

"Stop it for me, prostitution during the day, what kind of system!"

If you don't celebrate the New Year's Day, what kind of drama troupe do you listen to at home, if this spreads, you can't think that their Chen family is extravagant and ridiculous!

Jiang Fu's spirit was shocked, and as soon as he waved his hand on the stage, the troupe immediately stopped, looking at each other and not knowing what was going on.

Zhang Songying didn't do it this time, and when she saw Chen Shilang being so fierce to her girlfriend, she immediately jumped up and retorted:

"That's not what I said, Fu'er has just gotten married, and there are three happy events in her life, what's wrong with inviting a troupe to sing?

Master Chen, don't be so petty, let outsiders know, and think that your Chen family can't even afford to hire a troupe. ”

Chen Shilang glared angrily.

"Whose young lady are you, speaking so vulgarly and rudely, haven't the elders in your family taught you the rules of being a guest at someone else's house?"

Jiang Fu smiled when she heard this, and protected Zhang Songying behind her.

"Father-in-law, this is the young lady of Zhang Guogong's family, and she is the sister-in-law of Zhang Guifei.

You don't know the female relatives of the official family, but Grandpa Guo once served as the emperor's teacher, I am afraid that you will slander the Zhang family's tutor so much, and it will make Grandpa Guo unhappy. ”

Chen Shilang, who was still teaching people with the elders' shelves just now, suddenly became dumbfounded.

Okay, okay, the official level crushes people to death, you are a relation, I can't afford to provoke any of them, right?

Chen Shilang seemed to have been stepped on by someone's neck, his face turned red, and he stood in place for a long time before brushing his sleeves and leaving.

Zhang Songying laughed and waved his hand to let the troupe sing again.

"I don't have the ability to see your father-in-law, but the ability to escape is a must.

I heard that he was torn by you yesterday, and he ran away in a gray manner, and the guests are still there, he didn't even say a polite word and turned around and left, just this etiquette, how did he become a waiter in the Ministry of Rites? ”

Jiang Fu was amused by his words.

Zhang Songying grabbed a handful of melon seeds, blinked and asked seriously:

"Speaking of which, when will your Erlang take office? Do you want to go with you? ”

Jiang Fu paused and nodded.

Go!

Lingnan, the emperor is far away, and it just so happens that there is no place to deal with the batch of arms that he stolen back, so don't you fall asleep and come to the pillow and send yourself a good place to the door!