The palace examination lasted for a long time except for the first one, and the rest passed like water, and soon the palace examination ended. A few days later, Yuan Lai's name as the champion resounded in Mojing.

But none of this affected the Shen family's compound.

The Shen family compound is located at the edge of the inner city, there are no other people around, the area is also very wide, look inward, above the vermilion lacquer gate, a plaque is written with the word Shen Fu, the big characters are swaggering, and the edge is inlaid with gold.

In the depths of the compound, the two teams of maids formed their own teams, and when they passed, they glared at each other fiercely, as if the other party was their enemy.

Another group of maids followed a man, swaggering, and it was only when the man looked back at them that they restrained their arrogance and were extremely respectful.

The man's figure is a little fat, not too tall, with thick eyebrows and heavy eyes, and his eyes are deep-set, he holds an iron walnut in one hand, rubs it slowly, and holds a pipe in the other, and wants to take a puff from time to time.

The pipe wood is delicate, the grain is clear, and it presents a deep purplish red color, which is the precious rosewood. The cigarettes he smokes also smell good, with a unique smoke aroma.

He led the maids to the hall, where there sat a dwarf, who would have been stunned if the others looked at him. Because dwarves and other Gentiles are generally not allowed to enter the inner city!

At this time, when the dwarf saw the man walking in, he immediately became excited, and hurriedly got up and said, "Lord Shen came just in time, I talked to the steward of your mansion just in time!"

The man's name is none other than Shen Chenghe.

Shen Chenghe didn't say anything, just nodded and asked the dwarf to sit down, and the dwarf also restrained his excitement and sat down slowly.

"Fuzi, how are you talking?"

"Master, the conversation is good, their new batch of tobacco and ironware are in good condition, and he said that this time the tobacco has been added to some of their newly made chemical materials, and it is very vigorous. ”

"Did you find someone to try?"

"I tried it, and it really worked. “

"Well, that's up to you, remember, hurry up and don't show your feet. He didn't even know the name of the dwarf, he only knew that the man had sent him money.

"Yes, sir. Wu Fu nodded, but there was some coldness in his eyes.

Shen Chenghe nodded, he had a good understanding of Wu Fu's ability to do things, and there had been no mistakes in that matter for decades.

When he had finished his order, he went out alone, and a carriage was waiting outside the door. Gorgeous silk cloth blocked the window, and smoke was faintly coming from inside.

Drive to the east and come to the East Palace.

The guards didn't check this Lord Shen much and let him in, after all, it was his own person.

The Chaoyang Hall of the East Palace is the sleeping palace of Li Xinyang, the prince of today, and from a distance, except for the beautiful scenery of a pond, there is nothing peculiar.

Lord Shen was respectfully reporting to his master at this time, reporting today's business situation, and the name of Yuan Lai's champion.

Li Xinyang nodded, a pair of Danfeng eyes are obviously good-looking, but people can't have a good impression, but Lord Shen doesn't care what his master looks like, he takes refuge in the second prince, and he can't turn back.

The two did not talk about Yuan Lai's matter, Li Xinyang said, "I will handle it myself", and Shen Chenghe kept silent.

Shen Chenghe's family background is not very good, although the last head of the Shen family was also an official of the imperial court, but he was personally given death by the old emperor.

He still remembered the day his father died, the sky was overcast, and an old eunuch was holding a poisonous wine in his hand, and the words in his mouth were very vague, and he couldn't remember it clearly, but he remembered his father's words very clearly:

"I have been honest all my life! How can I be greedy for hundreds of millions of dollars in silver? Such an obvious planting, Your Majesty! Why can't you understand it?"

The old eunuch's footsteps did not move, and finally, with the sound of rapid breathing, Shen Chenghe's father muttered in a dead heart: "The king let the minister die, and the minister has to die!"

After speaking, this old official, who had been honest all his life, drank the poisoned wine.

Shen Chenghe under the bed covered his mouth vigorously, and waited until the old eunuch walked a long way before he trembled and crawled out of the bed, he found that his father's face was full of wrinkles caused by muscle twitching, and he looked so sad and angry.

Shen Chenghe walked out of the palace and found that today's haze was so similar to that day's haze.

"Father, I won't be like you to be a clean official who can only be splashed with dirty water, I have learned to splash dirty water on others. The murmuring voice came, and there was still a smile on his face, but he didn't notice that in the dark corner, there was a woman lazily pulling open an oil-paper umbrella, walking, yawning.

This woman was followed by a man who looked like a steward, it was Wu Fu.

Wu Fu's expression was very complicated, but his hand holding the dwarf's corpse was extremely stable and did not tremble. He said to the woman, "My lord, I have already poisoned Shen Chenghe's tobacco that you gave me, and it will soon be poisoned. ”

The woman nodded, and turned away.

A few days later, Shen Chenghe's body was found not far from his home.