The prince is seriously ill

Shen Jun came out of Nanfeng, and saw Ji Fuchen standing under the pomegranate tree, frowning unknowingly as if caught in an unpleasant past.

From the corner of Ji Fuchen's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Shen Jun coming out of the store and slowly walking towards him, his originally blurred facial features gradually became clearly visible.Quickly pulled back Piao Yuan's thoughts, looked at him head on, and said nonchalantly: "Master, do you want to go back now?"

Shen Jun nodded slightly.

The groom adjusted the carriage and stopped on the side of the road. When the two got into the carriage, they drove away again.

Sitting in the carriage, Shen Jun suddenly said, "According to Fuchen, should I promise Zhang Xun to give him 10 taels, or should I not promise him?"

Ji Fuchen thought for a while and said: "Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, and Zhang Xun promised to reduce or exempt the Shen family by [-]% of the tax, so it is natural for you to agree."

Shen Jun said: "Zhang Xun is an insatiable greedy person. He must know that lying about the population will increase the total amount of silver handed over in the Jiangnan area. The reason why he still does this is because there are many rich businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. He is the magistrate of one party. They can make up the money gap for him. For someone who is so good at calculating and greedy for cheap, I am afraid that his willingness to reduce or exempt [-]% of the tax at this time is only due to the situation. Find a way to add back the tax."

"Since that's the case, why should the young master agree to give him 10 taels?"

"Fuchen doesn't know that the reason why the Shen family has been able to prosper for hundreds of years is that apart from the few accidents accumulated by the ancestors, the most important thing is that they have some contacts in the court. Sometimes power is much stronger than money. I can indeed refuse Zhang Xun's offer. Request, but in this way, although the Shen family saved a sum of money, it would be at the cost of offending the Jiangnan prefect. After all, the Shen family lives on this land. It’s only a mere 10 taels that can be measured.”

"My lord is right. The so-called strong dragon can't overpower a villain. I would rather offend a gentleman than a villain." Ji Fuchen agreed, and looked at him calmly. When to advance and when to retreat, and how to minimize losses and maximize profits, he has a clear mind.

Thinking of this, Ji Fuchen became agitated for no reason.Although it was indeed unintentional to enter Shen's residence at the beginning, but the purpose of willingly serving Shen Jun later was not pure.Shen Jun is a resource that can be used, and he must seize it.But he also understands that no one in this world likes to be used, which also means that there will be a day when they will turn against each other.

Ever since he received the ball of paper with the words "clothing and food" written on it at the door of Nanfeng Jieyi at noon, his life experience and whereabouts have been exposed.The matter of the paper ball is by no means accidental, and who is behind it is still completely unknown, but what is certain is that there are many doubts about this matter.

Ji Fuchen played back the whole story carefully in his mind over and over again. A few details are extremely critical: one of the paper balls is made of water-patterned paper specially used for the imperial palace, which means that the paper balls are likely to come from the imperial palace; The handwriting on the paper is naturally dried, and under normal circumstances, the ink is completely dry for half a stick of incense, which means that the words on the paper ball cannot be written just now, at least it was prepared in advance before half a stick of incense; There are many creases of different sizes on the paper balls, which means that the paper balls should be squeezed in the hands for a long time; the other four paper balls were forced in when he was alone, and then the big man who stuffed the paper balls He left in a hurry, which shows that the people behind the scenes are probably afraid of being known by others.

Judging from these points, the paper ball incident was obviously a premeditated plan.

The Shen residence is thousands of miles away from the capital, and few people have actually met the prince. Who would know that he is Xun Yu?If it's just that the exposure of his life experience is not a concern, the most worrying thing is how did the person who delivered the paper ball know that he happened to be in Nanfeng at that time?

He never believed it was a coincidence.

If it was a coincidence, there were too many coincidences: that person not only knew his real life experience, but also knew that he was hiding in Shen's residence, and also knew that he happened to accompany Shen Jun to Nanfeng to relieve his mind at a certain moment...

All this points to one thing, the people behind the scenes know his whereabouts like the back of their hands, and he is under surveillance.

Since he entered Shen's residence, except for going to Nanfengjie, he has never left the gate.So, his whereabouts must have been leaked from the Shen family.

Someone in the Shen family is watching him!

He could not be sure when the surveillance began.Maybe it happened after he entered Shen's house, which means that his background and whereabouts were not revealed before he entered Shen's house.Or maybe the surveillance of him already existed, but he just didn't realize it. If so, it would prove that someone knew his identity before he entered Shen's residence.

A layer of coldness appeared in Ji Fuchen's eyes, and soon disappeared without a trace, heading for Director Yang's residence.

Director Yang saw him standing at the door, beckoned him to come in, looked up at him and said, "Your Master, why did you come here?"

"This time, you are not sent by your son to find Director Yang," Ji Fuchen said with his head down.It is easy and effective to directly ask what you want to ask in Shen Jun's name, but if it reaches Shen Jun's ears and he finds out that he is asking about things that should not be asked in his name, it will inevitably add a lot of trouble.He was sensitively aware that Shen Jun did not trust him, and it was fine if he failed to gain his trust, and he must not do such a stupid thing to aggravate his suspicion.

Director Yang frowned slightly and said, "Then why are you here?"

"The villain was lucky enough to enter the Shen residence. It has been more than a month now, but I still don't know when the monthly salary will be issued. The villain thinks that if I don't ask clearly, there may be some unnecessary misunderstandings, so I come here to ask for advice. Director Yang."

Director Yang's voice became cold: "It will be sent once a month, usually on the half day of the month."

Ji Fuchen nodded, but tentatively said: "The villain expects that there will be people entering Shen's residence after me, so I just happened to meet them by the way?"

"Don't worry too much, no one else has come in except you recently."

"Yes, the villain retire."

What Ji Fuchen wanted to find out was whether anyone else entered the Shen residence after him.I thought to myself, since no one entered Shen's mansion after me, then the watcher must have been hiding in Shen's mansion before me.Either it was simply a servant who was bribed to watch him, or the watcher was always the mastermind behind the scenes even though he was in the Shen residence.Now I know that he is in the dark. If I want to find him out by myself, I will have to spend a lot of effort. It is better to use a static brake to lure the snake out of the hole.

That wad of paper was just the beginning, and he was sure they would have other moves soon.

Ji Fuchen took the path back to Yunshuiju from the rockery.He is Shen Jun's personal servant, and he cannot leave for too long.Hearing that Shen Jun was admiring the flowers in the garden, he hurried over again.

Seeing him walking towards him, Ji Fuchen stopped beside a stone tablet, stood sideways, nodded slightly and said, "My lord."

Shen Jun was surprised: "Hey, where did Fuchen go?"

"The villain is not very clear about some personal matters, so I asked Mr. Yang specifically."

"Oh? I like listening to private matters the most." Shen Jun said expectantly.

Ji Fuchen guessed that he would ask, and said: "I remember that when I entered the Shen residence, the young master promised that I would get double the monthly salary every month, so I went to ask Director Yang when the monthly salary will be distributed."

"Fuchen is so short of money, I'll give you a month's advance payment, okay?"

Ji Fuchen knew that no matter what he said was good or bad, he was actually admitting that he was short of money, so he said: "Young master's kindness is appreciated, but the Shen family has the rules of the Shen family. If the rules are broken because of me, wouldn't it be me? Besides, I have food and shelter in the Shen family, and I don’t need to subsidize the family, and I often don’t have to go out, how can I be short of money?”

Shen Jun chuckled softly: "Fuchen is really watertight."

"Young master, thank you."

Shen Jun suddenly looked at him motionless, with a smile in his eyes, and a brocade of flowers reflected in the depths of his eyes, he pursed his lips without saying a word.

Ji Fuchen stood still and let him look at him.

Shen Jun finally moved his body first, "Fuchen really cooperated, knowing that I was admiring the flowers, and standing there specially for me to admire them for so long."

Ji Fuchen turned sideways and moved away from his central position, "I'm sorry for blocking my son from enjoying the flowers."

Shen Jun smiled and walked to his side, reaching out his hand to his head.Ji Fuchen frowned imperceptibly, and instinctively turned his head away, before he was about to take a step, but saw that he had already retracted his hand.

Shen Jun spread out his palms in front of him, and there was a pure white pistil in his palm, he raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm admiring the flowers on Fuchen's head."

Ji Fuchen said indifferently: "Young master has all these flowers in his hands. Since you want to enjoy this flower, you should put it away and enjoy it slowly."

Hearing this, Shen Jun turned his wrist half a circle, his palm turned to the ground, and the falling flowers floated down, and finally landed lightly on his toes, and then rolled to the ground along the arc of the shoe.

"If it weren't for the light from the dust whisk, what would be the difference between the trees full of flowers?"

"The petals can be broken or full, the color can be dark or light, the shape of the flower can be small or big, and the direction of the traces of the flower are different, so what is the difference?"

Shen Jun sighed softly: "They all don't look like Fuchen!"

Ji Fuchen slightly lowered his eyes and kept silent, as if hearing a nonsense that had nothing to do with him.Of course they don't look like me, in fact they don't look like anyone.

Shen Jun took a step closer, stared at him motionlessly, and said extremely aggrieved: "Fuchen, have you noticed that you have changed, obviously you used to be very shy, and you still liked to flirt with me."

"My lord is thinking too much." Ji Fuchen nodded.If fighting with a knife is considered flirting, he has nothing to say.He had already figured out Shen Jun's temperament, and if he wanted to shut him up, not responding was the best way.No matter what he said, if he can clarify it, then he can say it clearly, if he can't clarify it, then he can say whatever he wants, as long as his hands and feet are calm, he will just ignore it and hear nothing.Some things don't matter what others say, as long as you don't get confused in your heart.

Facts will not be changed in the slightest by people's deliberate misinterpretation.

It was getting dark.

After serving Shen Jun to eat, Ji Fuchen found time to eat at Shangshizhai.

At this time, a young boy in gray suddenly came over and sat beside Ji Fuchen, took out a plain book from his arms and said, "Someone asked me to give you your letter."

"Thank you!" Ji Fuchen caught a glimpse of the words "My Nephew Fuchen Dear Parents" written on it, reached out and took the plain book, put his face in his arms as usual, took out another ingot of silver and handed it to the boy in gray, "I don't know if this is Who gave it to you?"

The boy in gray hurriedly put the money into his hands, "An uncle selling candied haws asked me to give it to you, and he said that your uncle entrusted him to send it to Shen's residence."

Ji Fuchen said, "He left?"

"Give it to me and he will leave."

Ji Fuchen nodded and went to a place where no one was around before opening the letter:

"I haven't seen you in a few years. Is my nephew Fuchen all right? We gathered at Juxianlou at the third quarter of the ninth day of April."

A few words, neither signed nor dated.

Ji Fuchen stood against the light, his face was hidden in the shadow, and Xin's long figure was glowing with a circle of silvery white light.

Juxian Building is not far from Shen's residence, it is a well-known restaurant, and at the end of the day when there are many people, this place was obviously chosen to reassure him, telling him that there would be no risk in going to the appointment.Because if you want to murder a person, you should pay more attention to the right time and place, and no one will do it where there are many people.

There were still three days left on the ninth day of April, so he decided to meet him.