Marry the Regent [Time Travel]

Lou Yongnian lives in a very ordinary private house. At the moment, an oil lamp is lit in the inner room of this private house. Lou Yongnian is sitting in front of the desk and reaching out to cut the wick, frowning slightly, looking preoccupied.

Uncle Qin, the old servant who had followed him for many years, bowed and stood beside him, and said in a low voice: "This old slave has already sent the letter, and within ten days, there should be an answer from Ningzhou. Master, don't worry too much, King Yan I've been very busy recently, and it must be that I haven't taken care of thoroughly investigating the refugees, no matter whether he finds out or not, the master has a great reputation in Qingzhou after all, and he has to worry about public opinion if he wants to move you."

Lou Yongnian sighed: "I underestimated King Yan. I used to know that people in the capital hated ghosts and hated him. I just thought he was a foolish fool. I didn't expect that what he did after returning to Qingzhou was very different from what he used to do. Really. It caught me off guard. This time, the rescuers arrived so timely, and he didn’t mention it afterwards, perhaps because he suspected me long ago and was deliberately guarding against me.”

Uncle Qin said with a smile: "King Yan still lets you take charge of government affairs, and even tells you the most confidential things, which shows that he still trusts you."

"That's not the case." Lou Yongnian shook his head slightly, "The matter of him ordering people to lay pottery pipes and forge copper wires was not handed over to me, but he just mentioned a few words casually, and said that this matter involved military aircraft, so it is not appropriate to disclose more. But After much deliberation, I still can't figure out what the purpose of wasting people and wasting money is, it is said to be a military aircraft, but I have never seen the two generals Zhao and Li ask about this matter, it is really strange."

Uncle Qin was worried when he heard this: "If King Yan really starts to guard against you, you order this old slave to send the letter out, in case they find out..."

"Oh, that's something I can't help. I can't just sit here and wait for death. Fortunately, Yicheng is one of our people..." Lou Yongnian suddenly stopped talking, he raised his head and looked out the window, his face slightly condensed, "What's going on outside? There are bright ones? Go and see them!"

Uncle Qin was taken aback, and hurriedly opened the door and walked towards the courtyard door. Just as he moved his eyes to the crack of the door, the two doors were suddenly kicked open from the outside, pushing him to the ground. He was shocked and quickly got up from the ground , I saw a large group of people standing outside in darkness, dozens of torches were lit among them, clearly reflecting the unkindness of these people.

Uncle Qin was so flustered that he rushed into the house and shouted: "Master! The big thing is not good! The outside is surrounded!" Lou Yongnian got up quickly, and the oil lamp on the desk was knocked down by his sleeve, and the wick hit the window screen On the ground, a fire was ignited.

The soldiers from outside rushed in quickly and orderly, a group of people detained Lou Yongnian's master and servant, another group quickly poured water to put out the fire, and the rest searched around the small courtyard.

When Lou Yongnian saw the fire being extinguished, his face instantly became depressed. Now that it happened, it would be futile for him to make any excuses. He could only watch these people search out all the account books and documents hidden in the house and remove them with a dead face.

That night, Lou Yongnian's house was empty.

When Lou Yongnian was brought to Yan Wang's mansion, he thought he would face the solemn scene of three trials, but he didn't expect that there were only Yan Wang and his wife sitting in the hall except for the guards on both sides. This made him very surprised and couldn't help but frown. However, he still saluted the first two with a calm expression.

He Yuan nodded: "Lord Lou, please sit down!"

"Don't dare!" Lou Yongnian looked at him neither humble nor overbearing, "If the prince wants to convict him, he can just order it. There is really no need to do these vain rituals."

He Yuan just looked at him indifferently and didn't say a word, but Xue Yunzhou laughed loudly: "Master Lou, don't be so nervous and serious! Anyway, you are also an idol in Qingzhou City, ranging from an 80-year-old man to an eight-month-old infant , there is no one who doesn't respect you, it's not a trivial matter for the prince to give you a seat! It's nothing to worry about!"

Lou Yongnian didn't know what "idol" meant, but he could guess the general idea by listening to the voice, and he felt relieved. He remembered Qin Bo's words. He had a very high reputation in Qingzhou. If there is chaos, it is inevitable that some scruples are needed. After all, the people don't care who the sky is, whoever makes them live and work in peace, can win their support. The people in Qingzhou are not as weak and hesitant as the road-building refugees. , the folk customs are tough, if there is a real chaos, it will be enough for King Yan to drink a pot.

Thinking of this, he lifted his robe and sat down calmly: "I don't know why the prince called his subordinates here late at night?"

He Yuan didn't look at him, but turned his gaze to Xue Yunzhou: "Did you visit the children when you came? Did they make trouble?"

Lou Yongnian: "..."

Xue Yunzhou shook his head: "No, I slept soundly." He rubbed his stomach as he spoke, "It's too cruel to talk about things in the middle of the night, let's have some noodles first."

Lou Yongnian: "..."

He Yuan nodded: "Alright."

Xue Yunzhou turned his head to Lou Yongnian: "Master Lou, would you like a bowl of noodles too?"

Lou Yongnian: "..."

Xue Yunzhou made up his own mind: "It's not easy for Mr. Lou to come here in the middle of the night, so let's eat some, the cook in our palace is still very good."

He Yuan said: "Eat less, beware of overeating."

"It's okay, don't worry, I've been so busy recently that I'm exhausted too quickly."

Lou Yongnian stared blankly at the two people on the opposite side, you chatting with each other, until the three bowls of noodles were served, and then they greeted them as if they suddenly remembered him: "Master Lou, eat, you are welcome!"

The corners of Lou Yongnian's eyes twitched: "...Thank you, my lord and concubine!"

Of course he wasn't worried about poisoning this side, it was really unnecessary, King Yan had plenty of ways to deal with him, so he was very relieved to eat this side, but he really didn't know how to eat it, his head felt like it hurt, and he didn't know what happened to King Yan and his wife What are you singing.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Xue Yunzhou called the waiter to clean his face and wash his hands, got up and said to He Yuan: "I will go to the Taoist priest to discuss Taoism with him, you go to the study and talk slowly."

"Okay." He Yuan nodded, "It's cold at night, add more clothes."

Xue Yunzhou hummed twice, showed a meaningful smile to Lou Yongnian, turned and left.

Lou Yongnian was startled by his laughter, and he didn't know what to be surprised about, but somehow he felt uneasy.

He Yuan didn't smile like Xue Yunzhou, but his attitude towards him was the same as usual, he invited him into the study without any grudges, and then told Song Quan: "Keep the door secure, no one can get close."

As soon as the door of the study room was closed, the room was filled with silence. He Yuan sat down on the chair, raised his eyes to look at him, and suddenly turned cold: "Lord Lou is so capable!"

Lou Yongnian heaved a sigh of relief, feeling that this was the situation he had expected. Faced with He Yuan's gloomy complexion, he relaxed instead. He was silent for a moment, regained his usual calm appearance, and said with a smile: "Since the lord will be under The next family turned upside down, presumably because you feel sorry for what your subordinates have done to you and the people of Qingzhou? However, you must pay attention to evidence in everything, you can’t just convict your subordinates based on specious speculation, right?”

He Yuan didn't expect him to be so confident at this time, it seems that he really thought that he was afraid of Qingzhou people's belief in him and dared not touch him.

"Lord Lou, don't talk nonsense, do you know this letter?"

Lou Yongnian looked at the envelope tapped by He Yuan's finger on the desk, and his pupils shrank slightly.

This is the letter he just asked Uncle Qin to send out tonight, and for the sake of caution, this letter was sent to the shopkeeper's home, and it was sent in the name of the shopkeeper's wife sending a letter to her mother's family. It is in the hands of He Yuan, the shopkeeper's family is absolutely reliable, so the only place where there is a mistake is probably Yicheng. Could it be that Yicheng didn't hide or destroy the letter in time when faced with He Yuan's sudden search?

He Yuan looked at his suspicious expression, and said calmly: "Master Lou has a lot of things to do every day, and he probably doesn't know that all the post officials in Qingzhou have been replaced. The previous post officials have been temporarily transferred to the military camp to work as clerks."

Lou Yongnian took a deep breath inwardly. Although he guessed that He Yuan might suspect him, he still felt lucky in his heart, but now he is sure that He Yuan must have started eyeing him very early, otherwise he would not It would be so desperate to change all the posts, and deliberately send the former post to the barracks, apparently as a transfer, but in fact as a guard, so that they didn't even have the possibility of passing a message to themselves.

He Yuan put the letter into a wooden box, and said: "I have read the letter, you tell King Jin that I may have become suspicious, so you plan to leave Qingzhou."

Lou Yongnian was powerless to argue: "Yes."

He Yuan looked at him with inquiring eyes: "Half of the property in Qingzhou City will be distributed to you as dividends. You earned so much gold and silver wealth for the King of Jin, but you live in a shabby house on your own, and even in your 30s. Geng Geng, what are you trying to do?"

Lou Yongnian's face turned pale: "This is my business, the prince has no right to intervene."

He Yuan smiled slightly, mockingly: "You also reported to him that I was laying the line. You didn't even think about the purpose of this line, so it's meaningless to report it to King Jin."

Lou Yongnian snorted coldly: "I don't understand it, but it doesn't mean that King Jin also can't understand it. King Jin is in a high position and sees far beyond me."

He Yuan hooked the corners of his lips again, and he remembered what Xue Yunzhou said before after reading the letter here: "What is Lou Ouba doing? Let King Jin play with him, I guess, I guess, I guess, guess? Unless King Jin is time-traveled, he won't be able to guess the truth even if he guesses the coffin!"

Lou Yongnian once thought that King Yan was an idiot, but he suddenly looked at him like an idiot, and suddenly felt like vomiting blood.

After receiving the letter, He Yuan took out two thin pieces of paper: "This is the testimony of the refugees who caused trouble. You promised them a lot of money to cause trouble in the refugee camp, right?"

Lou Yongnian did not refute: "Yes."

"Why does King Jin intervene in Qingzhou's affairs?"

"I'm just following orders, and I don't know the true meaning."

He Yuan nodded noncommittally, as if he didn't care about the truth of his words, and said: "According to the confessions of the troublemakers, they said that they were also deceived, because some shopkeepers or family members of restaurants and teahouses often mentioned to them the Yan Palace. If you deliberately hijack them, they don't understand anything, and they will believe it after hearing too much, is this also your arrangement?"

Lou Yongnian knew that he was completely stumped today, and he couldn't help sweating from the palms of his hands, but his expression remained the same: "Yes."

He Yuan nodded, and put away the testimony: "Master Lou is a smart person, and he knows current affairs very well."

Lou Yongnian snorted coldly: "My lord has tied me here, so I must have come to a conclusion in my heart, what else can I say."

"You are wrong, I did not tie you here, I invited you into the palace."

Lou Yongnian was stunned, thinking about it a bit, he had never been roped, when he entered the Yan Palace, because he was calm and calm, the guards on both sides did not escort him away, but he didn't understand why He Yuan emphasized this on purpose.

He Yuan said again: "Lord Lou is also very calm, probably because he thinks I will be cautious and dare not do anything to you."

Lou Yongnian was told by him, his face remained unchanged: "There is no need to talk nonsense, the prince will be convicted, if he wants to kill or kill me, he will do as he pleases, or he will beat me up and throw me back to Ningzhou. I will admit it. "

He Yuan looked up at him, his gaze was cold.

Lou Yongnian looked at him quietly, with a look of confidence: "As long as the prince is not afraid of the people making trouble, he is not afraid that the well-organized Qingzhou will become a mess."

He Yuan said in a cold voice: "You are right, even if I stand on the top of the city tower and count your crimes, denounce you as a secret agent sent by King Jin, the people will only sneer, because you are sorry for King Yan, not Qingzhou Common people, they heard that every one of your accusations is against me, and I'm afraid they will clap their hands and applaud!"

Lou Yongnian smiled: "King Yan is also a smart man."

"So, I won't touch you." After He Yuan said this lightly, he took out another thick stack of paper from the box, and then opened the ink pad tray beside him, "I just need Master Lou to do a very simple thing. .”

Lou Yongnian looked at the papers calmly.

He Yuan pointed to the clay plate of fingerprints: "Master Lou, please press your fingerprints."

Lou Yongnian picked up one of the papers suspiciously. He couldn't see clearly because the candle was dim. Now he took it into his hand and looked at it carefully. He was so shocked that he almost shook the paper on the ground.

He Yuan said: "Master Lou, please sign these deeds."

All that is placed in front of Lou Yongnian at the moment is the official deed for the transfer of dividends. In modern terms, it is the equity transfer deed. As long as he signs and pledges, and He Yuan stamps the official seal on it, the deed will take effect immediately. Among the specified industries, all the shares that originally belonged to Lou Yongnian were transferred to Xue Yunzhou, and his annual profits and dividends must also be handed over to Xue Yunzhou.

Lou Yongnian didn't understand why it was transferred to Xue Yunzhou instead of He Yuan, but he no longer cared about Xue Yunzhou's status in He Yuan's mind. The number of deeds in front of him at this moment coincided with the number of shops and restaurants he operated in Qingzhou Quite, that is to say, most of the profits of half of Qingzhou's industries will be rolled into Yanwang Mansion!This is a huge amount of wealth. King Jin still recruits soldiers and horses every year with this wealth, how can it be broken!

Lou Yongnian broke out in a cold sweat, and then glared at He Yuan: "My lord, kill me! I won't sign anything!"

He Yuan's brows moved slightly: "You were not asked to sign, you just need to press your fingerprints, and leave the signing to the princess. He is good at copying handwriting, and has been copying your handwriting for several months. Achieved."

Lou Yongnian was startled, and then his chest heaved with anger, and the pain was unbearable: "You...you...I won't press it! Just kill me!"

He Yuan stared at him dissatisfied for a while, then suddenly got up and walked to his side, clamped him three times and twice, grabbed his finger and pressed it on the inkpad forcibly.

Lou Yongnian was scared out of his wits. He Yuan moved so fast that he didn't even have time to resist. He had already pressed several handprints with his fingers. When he reacted and wanted to struggle, he found that he was restrained and couldn't move at all. Finally I had no choice but to look at these deeds with my fingerprints on them one by one in despair.

He never expected that the majestic vassal king would take action by himself unexpectedly, and there were obviously guards on call outside. Could it be that King Yan was so impatient to get these properties?Or did he not want this matter to be known by others?

Lou Yongnian watched He Yuan put away the contract in dismay. Once he lost the fruits of his business for many years, it hurt more than digging his flesh. All of these were planned by him for King Jin. How disappointed would King Jin be with himself if he lost it?

He Yuan packed everything up, ignored his dead face, got up and opened the door of the study, his cold expression returned to the gentleness before he came in: "Master Lou, I will send you out."

Lou Yongnian followed him out of the study room. Although his eyes were straight, his back was still straight.

When he walked into the hall, Xue Yunzhou was sitting inside eating roasted sweet potatoes. He raised his head when he heard footsteps, and immediately waved with a smile: "Master Lou, come and try the new food. It will be delicious with your Yongnian tea!"

Lou Yongnian looked at him coldly.

He Yuan walked over: "The Taoist priest likes to eat sweet potatoes very much, you should send him some more."

Xue Yunzhou blew on the sweet potato: "Don't worry, I sent him a lot just now, and he ate the sweet potato while discussing with me, calling it beautiful, I was afraid that he would die. Huh? Master Lou, come here quickly Eat! Running in the middle of the night to discuss things is the most exhausting, come and eat some warm food to replenish your energy!"

Lou Yongnian wished he could eat his meat raw, he gritted his teeth and said, "No need, I'm not hungry!"

He Yuan said to Xue Yunzhou: "Eat slowly, I will send Master Lou out."

Lou Yongnian said angrily, "There's no need to be hypocritical."

He Yuan said: "It's getting late, Mr. Lou will rest in the palace tonight. Manager He has already arranged a wing room for you. You can just live in peace of mind and just let me know if you need anything."

Lou Yongnian was so angry that he trembled slightly, unable to utter a word.

He Yuan raised his hand and pointed at the door: "Please!"

"Hey wait!" Xue Yunzhou rushed over suddenly, and rushed to Lou Yongnian when he stepped out of the threshold with a dark face, "It's really delicious, you can take it home and taste it!" A sweet potato, and the two brothers patted him on the shoulder and laughed twice, then let him go.

Lou Yongnian snorted coldly.

In the second half of the night, Lou Yongnian was under house arrest in Prince Yan's Mansion. While he was tossing and turning, He Yuan told Song Quan in his study: "Release the commander in prison, and send those who have made arrangements to King Jin's Mansion in Ningzhou."

When it was close to noon the next day, the commander who was tortured and injured all over the body during the torture in the prison had been out of the city for a long time, and He Yuan took Xue Yunzhou and other officials of the palace to see Lou Yongnian off. Great, I want to resign and go back to my hometown, but in secret because Xue Yunqing pricked me with a needle, I can't speak and I can't move, so I let someone carry me away.

Without knowing it, the common people followed behind one after another, and the see-off team grew bigger and mightier.

After leaving the city gate, after everyone else had left, Lou Yongnian finally regained consciousness, and He Yuan said at this moment: "Lord Lou's parents are no longer in Ningzhou."

"What?!" Lou Yongnian became furious as if he had been knocked down, "He's coming at me! Don't you feel ashamed to deal with the old and the weak!"

He Yuan glanced at him indifferently: "Lord Lou is too worried. Your parents are fine. If you are worried, you might as well go to Hanzhou to look for them." He took out a piece of paper with the place name from his sleeve and handed it to him. give him.

Lou Yongnian didn't dare to delay, although he wanted to rush back to Ningzhou immediately, but he was even more afraid that something would happen to his parents, so he rushed to Hanzhou as soon as he was free.

Not long after, someone threw down a scarred man at the gate of King Jin's Mansion in Ningzhou in the middle of the night. This man was the commander He Yuan asked someone to send back.

When King Jin got the news, he immediately asked someone to carry him in, and ordered a doctor to treat his wounds.

After waking up, the commander begged to see King Jin, and immediately knelt down to plead guilty: "This subordinate is incompetent, please punish him!"

King Jin smiled and said, "It's fine if you wake up. It's not a big deal. It's important to heal your wounds. Get up and sit down and talk. This time you suffered such a big crime. They are from Qingzhou, attacking rashly is like hitting a stone with an egg. It seems that I was wrong in self-cultivation before. In the future, if there are bandits in the south raising the flag to rebel, as long as the emperor speaks, I will never refuse. Then you will bring your soldiers to grind Practice."

The general was excited when he heard it, King Jin obviously didn't mean to blame him, and he trusted him quite a bit in his words, it seemed that this suffering was worth it.

Jin Wang pondered again: "King Yan sent you back, it seems that I knew that I arranged behind it, is he warning me not to stretch my hand too far?" He said with a slightly playful smile, "We all Everyone has withdrawn, and Qingzhou is left with an empty shell. If you want money but have no money, if you want food but no food, I see what else he will use to fight with me!"

At this time, a confidant outside the door begged to see him. Seeing that King Jin had no intention of dismissing others, he knew that the commander had already gained his complete trust, so he said directly: "My lord, there is news from Qingzhou, saying, Lou... Lord Lou will transfer all the property to Princess Yan's name."

"What?!" King Jin stood up abruptly and stared at him.

"In addition, Mr. Lou has left Qingzhou, and his parents seem to have left Ningzhou..."

King Jin showed an expression of disbelief: "Where did you go?"

"Missing."

King Jin was so angry that he turned around in circles: "What is he doing! Does he know what he is doing!"

At this time, the leader who was silent for a long time next to him gave a soft "Oh" and murmured: "No wonder..."

King Jin turned to look at him, his face was very ugly: "No wonder what?"

The commander was taken aback by his cannibalistic gaze, and said bravely, "No wonder King Yan looks like he knows Ningzhou like the back of his hand..."

"You mean, Lou Yongnian betrayed me?" King Jin said with gritted teeth.

"No, no, no! The subordinates didn't mean that, it's just..." The commander was afraid that he would say that Lou Yongnian didn't annoy the King of Jin, so he scratched his head and tried to explain, "It's just that there are princes everywhere in Qingzhou, but the subordinates are taken care of by others." After being imprisoned for so long, Master Lou didn't ask anyone to send a message inside, and King Yan only tortured his subordinates in the first two days, but then he stopped suddenly, and only sent people over from time to time to check with his subordinates The matter, let the subordinates just nod and shake their heads, the subordinates did not express their views, but what they said hit the point, I still feel that it is evil..."

King Jin listened to him silently, and once again confirmed the fact that Lou Yongnian had betrayed him, he sat down again with a gloomy face, and said in a low voice: "He is blaming me."

The commander hesitated to speak: "Perhaps, Mr. Lou has some difficulties, maybe he was forced..."

King Jin was silent.

The confidant next to him said in a low voice: "My subordinates also heard that Mr. Lou stayed overnight at King Yan's mansion and ate noodles with Mrs. Yan and his wife. The atmosphere was very harmonious. The concubine stuffed him with some food, and it is said that they talked very happily that night, and when Lord Lou left the next day, King Yan personally sent him off with great grandeur."

King Jin squeezed the armrest tightly, and after listening to it, he was silent for a long time. Finally, he sneered a few times, and said harshly, "I want to see people when I live, and I want to see corpses when I die. I have to find Lou Yongnian for this king after digging three feet of ground!"