Heshen is a strict wife
Chapter 58 Hidden danger
After losing face in Juxian Building, Nalan followed Su Ling'a back after the banquet, without saying a word all the way.
But when they got home, Su Ling'a began to sigh, and he told Nalan to go back with some annoyance, Nalan was even more wronged.
She didn't dare to offend Su Ling'a, she cried quietly along the way, but passed by her sister Yuan Lan's house, Yuan Lan heard the voice inside and thought it was familiar, she thought it was Nalan, so she came out to look, and happened to see When she came over, she called out, "Nalan, what's wrong with you?"
Nalan felt extremely wronged. The relationship between her and Yuan Lan had never been very good, just because Yuan Lan was born to her first wife, but she was born from a short-lived step-wife with a humble background. Love, only her aunt protects her. Originally, she was in a similar situation to Yuan Lan, but why did Yuan Lan look like a lady from a big family, and she became that "faceless and skinless thing" in others' mouths?
"What are you pretending to do here? Like others, you can't see that I am favored by Ama. You must be happier than anyone else seeing me being ashamed today!"
Nalan had no place to vent his grievances, so he could only shout at Yuanlan.She couldn't hold back her tears again, "If you hadn't met He Lin's eyes, you might have been ashamed to go to Juxian Building like me today. You are now well-developed and amazing!"
Yuanlan is a very quiet girl, but she never thought that Nalan would say such a thing now.Even if the relationship between the two sisters is not very good, but for so many years, she is the eldest sister, but she has been patient everywhere.Now that she didn't understand what happened for a while, she was robbed by her sister for a while, Yuan Lan was very angry in her heart, "Where did you come back to vent your anger on me? You follow the people in the garden all day long. It’s fine for the actors to mess around, but you still want to go out and make trouble, do you really think that nothing will happen if Ama spoils you? What happened to you now, and you want to blame me?”
It's okay not to say, but when Nalan said the word "operator", Nalan felt as if her foot had been stepped on sorely, and she screamed: "You look down on me like this!"
Nalan's mother-in-law liked to sing operas, but she sang operas for the men in the house, and Nalan listened to her operas since she was born. My aunt was born as an opera singer in Suzhou, and she often liked to sing operas in the house. Nalan himself She also likes to sing, and often sings for a long time. Who doesn't say that the actors invited by the mansion say that her body and singing skills are all first-class?
"I just like to sing opera, I just like it! No one can control me!"
Nalan looked at Yuan Lan who was speechless, thinking about the grievances he had suffered today, so he jumped into the horns, pushed Yuan Lan, turned around and ran away.
Yuan Lan couldn't stand still, she fell onto the flower stand beside her, and knocked down the big porcelain vase above, hurting her arm.
When the news reached Su Ling'a's ears, she was frightened to death, and hurriedly went to see Yuanlan. Seeing that it was only a minor injury, she felt relieved and said that she should take good care of her, saying that Nalan just suffered a little today. Wronged, so out of order, I will definitely teach Nalan a lesson when I turn around.
Listening to her Ama's perfunctory words, Yuan Lan felt cold-hearted, but she couldn't show too much, so she nodded, saying that she wouldn't mind.
Only then did Su Ling'a feel relieved, and when she came out from Yuan Lan, she immediately ordered her not to spread the matter.
It's just that the news finally reached Feng Shuangzhi's ears.
When I got up this morning, I was lazy. He Shen drank too much wine yesterday and was too enthusiastic. She couldn't stand it anymore. Seeing He Shen went to court, she lay down for a long time before getting up.
While sitting in front of the makeup mirror to make up, I heard someone talk about what happened in Su Ling's house.
When He Shen got up, there were always some people who wanted to send news to He Shen, and some of them would come to curry favor with them.
Yesterday in Juxian Tower, Feng Shuangzhi came back with He Shen.
It's just that when she thought about it today, what impressed her the most was the matter of Nalan.
Originally, the marriage with Lin was about to be finalized, but she didn't expect that now that Nalan's matter happened, she would have to think about it a few more times.
Although this Su Ling'a is a well-known Heshen's henchman in history, in Feng Shuangzhi's view, even if he is wooed, he seems to be a pig teammate. How can anyone bring his daughter to the stage to curry favor with others?This man is not only a fool, but an old fool.Yesterday Liu Yong had a good scolding, shameless dog official.
This Su Ling'a has been an official for more than 40 years, but this official position has not been promoted but degraded. From this, it can be seen what kind of ability this person has. It's no wonder that others look down on him. .
"The girl who sang the opera yesterday is from Su Ling'a's house, right? Do you know who she is?"
Wei Mian said: "This is what the servants have inquired about today, it is the son of Su Ling'a's step-wife, but the step-wife was short-lived, and went away before Miss Nalan grew up, after that it was taken care of by the nuns It's just that there used to be an aunt in Su Ling'a's mansion who was born in Su Opera. She used to sing operas for her stepmother and Su Ling'a. Nalan liked her very much, so she also learned to sing from her, and even invited her in from the mansion. Those actors mixed together..."
This can be regarded as a descendant, but...
Even if Feng Shuangzhi felt bad, after carefully analyzing the environment in which Nalan grew up, he knew that it was no accident that she had the temper she has now. She had no mother to teach her, and it was her ignorant aunt who meddled indiscriminately. There is a father above who has always been unable to do good things - it is inevitable that he will grow crooked.
This girl dared to sing in front of so many fathers and sons, and for no reason fell into her status as a descendant.
Even an open-minded person like Feng Shuangzhi might not be able to tolerate such an outrageous behavior.
Now He Shen's status is getting higher and higher day by day, and even the current He Lin is very favored by others, and there are not a few people who want to pursue this kind of marriage.As soon as the news came out last night, all kinds of things about Nalan and Su Ling'a's family had already reached Feng Shuangzhi's ears today, and it's uncertain how many people are involved in it.
Su Ling'a made it clear that she was here to curry favor with He Shen, but He Lin and Na Yuan Lan seemed to really like each other, and Feng Shuangzhi also encountered difficulties for a while, she didn't want an in-law like Su Ling'a, nor He didn't want to have any relationship with this person, and he didn't want Hefu to have any relationship with Nalan.
It's not impossible for an idiot like Su Ling'a to be used by He Shen, but using it is different from other things after all, it's impossible to put Su Ling'a in a high position.
Feng Shuangzhi thought for a while, then pressed his forehead again, and said: "Since Miss Yuanlan is injured, I will find someone to deliver some wound medicine...Weimian, you can handle this matter."
She specially ordered Wei Mian, and Wei Mian also knew that once she needed to do things by herself, most of them would not be very simple.
Feng Shuangzhi's purpose is definitely not as simple as simply letting people see Yuanlan.
Wei Mian understands Feng Shuangzhi, she is more like Feng Shuangzhi's counselor than the caring Xitao, because she is a person with courage and skill, she can help Feng Shuangzhi do things that Xitao cannot do matter.
Although Xitao can make Feng Shuangzhi happy, there are some things that only people like Wei Mian can do.
She complied, and took people to Su Ling'a's house.
Su Ling'a didn't expect that there would be someone from Hefu. She cared about Yuanlan so much, but at the same time she was shocked by the news from Hefu. She was so respectful and welcomed Wei Mian in as if she was welcoming an aunt.
Wei Mian didn't put on much air, she just explained her purpose of coming, and wanted to see Yuan Lan.
Even if Su Ling'a was in a difficult situation, she didn't take advantage of the Hefu people, she just asked Yuan Lan to come out, how could Wei Mian dare to let her out, and replied: "Who dares to work for Miss Yuan Lan, just go and have a look." .”
Su Ling'a didn't dare to say anything, because she didn't know what her real purpose was, so she could only lead people in.
Yuanlan didn't expect that people from Hefu would come. She didn't want the people in Hefu to know about these unbearable things at home. After all, she also liked Yu Helin. If it was because of...if it was because of Nalan...
Yuan Lan didn't dare to think about it, so she went to greet Wei Mian.
Wei Mian stood there neither humble nor overbearing, bowed to Yuan Lan, and asked people to put down the things she brought, "My wife heard the news that you were injured, and specially asked the slave to deliver things. I am concerned."
"Thank you Madam for your kindness, Yuan Lan is ashamed to accept it." As smart as Yuan Lan, how could she not understand the meaning of Wei Mian's words.
When Su Ling'a over there heard these words, she felt a little bit in her heart, and shouted: "It's broken!"
Wei Mian said again: "Miss Yuan Lan takes good care of her wounds, don't worry about other things, there is always a way to solve them."
The meaning is pointed, but it makes Yuan Lan even more anxious.
She was very worried, and asked Wei Mian, "Madam did you say something else?"
Wei Mian shook her head and said, "It never happened."
On Su Ling'a's side, he broke out in a cold sweat, but fortunately Wei Mian said "I never had it", otherwise his heart would be jumping in his throat.
It was also at the last moment yesterday, seeing He Shen's butler Liu Quan'er said that sentence, Su Linga felt something was wrong.Originally, yesterday's matter had been forgotten, but today this lady and his wife sent someone to wake up Su Ling'a, making him break out in a cold sweat.
After all, he was confused, so many years of failure in the officialdom had almost worn him out of his mind, and now that he thought about it, he realized that he had offended someone who shouldn't have been offended.
it's over...
He hoped that Yuan Lan would be able to climb a high branch and marry He Lin, but the marriage of He Lin could be said to be held in the hands of Mrs. He. Mrs. He sent such a message to He Shen directly.Everyone said that Heshen's wife was in strict control. Su Ling'a still thought that only by being controlled by a tigress could a man have the idea of stealing. He was too happy, but after Wei Mian came, Su Ling'a Ling Ah knew that she had made a big mistake.
Because of Nalan's incident, Feng Shuangzhi was offended, so she couldn't be saved!
Now this and Madam sent someone to his house, just to ring the alarm!
——Thinking about this, Su Ling'a hurriedly raised her sleeves to wipe off the cold sweat, only looked at the maid sent by Feng Shuangzhi, and sent him out respectfully.
Before leaving, Su Ling asked meanly: "Madam, do you really have anything else to say?"
Wei Mian's mind moved slightly, so she bowed and replied: "Madam really has nothing to say, but her complexion is not very good."
Although the marriage has not yet been settled, the possibility is very high. After all, he is someone who is in the heart of the second master. The relationship between the wife and the master is very good, and the second master is the brother of the master. The two brothers have never been popular. Face, no matter what happened, He Shen would probably accommodate He Lin.
Although something like Nalan happened, the marriage is not just so messed up.
Now Wei Mian is here on behalf of Feng Shuangzhi to alert Su Ling'a, if Su Ling'a is sensible, don't make trouble, Feng Shuangzhi let go, and it will be fine.
Wei Mian returned to report back with Su Ling'a's news, Feng Shuangzhi smiled after hearing the reaction from there, teased Tuanzi with a rattle, looked at Tuanzi's eyebrows that were getting thicker and thicker, and felt Already had He Shen's air, "This kid, when he was born, he still felt like me. I don't want to grow up to look like him, Ama. It's boring..."
As if understanding Feng Shuangzhi's disgusting tone, Tuanzi turned his eyes away, stretched out his hand again, and shook with the sounding rattle.
Feng Shuangzhi said in his heart that this kid has really become a genius, and she didn't want him to get it, so she hung there for a long time, and when her hands got tired, she directly threw the dumpling to the mother, asking them to go down and coax them.
Everyone was speechless for a while, they just felt that their wife's attitude towards the young master didn't seem to care at all?
Poor Xiaotuanzi is still young, and he has to suffer from his mother's indifferent attitude—until the child grows up, his biggest question is: why, as Feng Shuangzhi's son, he still Can live till now?
Feng Shuangzhi rubbed his wrist, retracted his eyes, and said, "Don't tell He Lin about this, and don't reveal the news. Let's see if this Su Ling is sensible. If He Lin I really like this Yuanlan, and Yuanlan is as knowledgeable and reasonable as you said, and if she looks like a lady, this marriage is not impossible..."
It's just that there is Su Ling'ah in the middle, which always makes Feng Shuangzhi feel uncomfortable.
She ordered Wei Mian to make the people below keep their mouths tight, so she didn't bother.
In the morning, when the people from Zhuangzi came to pay the bill, Feng Shuangzhi was busy for a while.
Now that He Shen has enough money, he bought some land in various places and raised a few Zhuangzi. This year, it is said that the spring planting is coming soon, and money is needed everywhere.
She sat behind the curtain, flipped through the ledger, and asked about the prices of various items. The people waiting outside were all the people who were sent by the mansion to take care of things, and they all knew who the master of the mansion was, so they were respectful. I dare not make a sound on the side.
Feng Shuangzhi looked at the ledger, but looked at the line of rice prices, a little surprised.
"Has the price of rice reached [-] Wen per shi today?"
A thin man came out and replied: "Mrs. Hui, the price of rice in the south fluctuates depending on the degree of harvest failure. In February and March this year, the Grand Canal was not very safe, and many tank boats sank. , and even the boats with several rice shops disappeared, so the price of rice remained high at the beginning of this year."
This man's words were well-founded, and when he talked about the Grand Canal and the tank boats, Feng Shuangzhi thought of Lianshuang City.In January and February, when the water transportation in the nine provinces was at its most precarious, internal strife was serious. Lian Shuangcheng completely controlled the entire river at that time, but it’s okay to say that there was chaos in this month and February, so why did March also follow the chaos? ?
Feng Shuangzhi asked: "The water transportation in the nine provinces has been completely stabilized last month. Where is the trouble in March?"
The man lowered his head and continued to reply: "The servants are not very clear about this matter, they only know that there was a big incident in the section from the capital to Cangzhou through Tongzhou, and there were bandits on the river that robbed many ships. Many people died, and the rice shop in the capital also suffered.”
"What's your name? Which Zhuangzi does it belong to?"
After hearing what he said, Feng Shuangzhi also knew what was going on with the rice price. A few days ago, the rice price was only more than 200 renminbi, but now it has skyrocketed, even if it is a fake account. Silly, I can only infer that something really happened.
The person who spoke seemed to be somewhat well-behaved and knew a lot, and he didn't panic when he said a sentence.
Hearing Feng Shuangzhi ask his name, he seemed to be frightened, and just knelt down and replied, "Your slave Zhou Qu relied on Tianjin Wei to beat Liu Zhuang."
Feng Shuangzhi pondered for a while, and said: "You will be transferred to the family outside the city in the future, so you don't have to go back to the original Zhuangzi."
Zhou Qu was stunned for a moment before he realized that the big stuffed pie fell on his head, and immediately kowtowed to thank him.Feng Shuangzhi just waved his hands, raised his eyelids, and continued to flip through the account book, while flipping through it, he said: "Chun Zhong is approaching now, and you will go to the cashier to pay the money later, and then take care of the affairs of the village. After this season is over, when we say things and repay the harvest this autumn, your benefits will be indispensable. Be careful."
"You guys understand." The crowd below responded in unison.
Feng Shuangzhi pressed his temple and gestured to Wei Mian, and Wei Mian let them go out, but Feng Shuangzhi took another look at her, so Wei Mian said: "The one named Zhou Qu stays here, madam. I have something else to ask."
Zhou Qu had already reached the door, but at this moment he had to back away, bowing his head a little tremblingly, at this moment he lost the courage to talk eloquently just now, he just felt that things were weird, he was just an ordinary man in Zhuangzi. The steward brought up the things from Zhuangzi filially, according to the old rules, he would go back after saying a few words at most, but the lady still kept him, it was strange.
Feng Shuangzhi raised his eyes, but still sat behind the curtain without moving. Looking at the fan on the table, he tapped lightly with his fingers and asked in a calm voice, "You just said that on the Caohe, March There were Jiang Pirates back then?"
Zhou Qu didn't know why, but the news he heard was like this, so he could only bite the bullet and reply: "This is what the servant heard."
"Can you know more detailed news?"
It stands to reason that Jiang Pirates should be honest for a while after the matter of the Nine Provinces Water Transport is settled.
This is the same as the three fires when a new official takes office. It is a rule. When the new leader of the Cao Gang comes up, he will definitely step up the fight against Jiang Pirates, just like the new official has to do something when he takes office. Bad reputation like this, let Jiang Bandit run rampant.The most important thing is that Feng Shuangzhi knows... Lian Shuangcheng was sent to the pier by He Shen two days ago. At that time, he was chased and killed. Wasn't that the period of time when Jiang Bandit in March?
I'm afraid it's... something bad has happened, but I don't know it yet, right?
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly became gloomy.
That Zhou Qu didn't know what Feng Shuangzhi wanted to ask, so he could only honestly say that the details need to be recalled, and he spoke slowly: "The slave is the one who listens to the rice shop when he goes to buy rice. As I said, about five or six days ago, a group of bandits suddenly appeared on the river, and they robbed all the way from the capital to the south. This group of Jiang bandits is not like the previous Jiang bandits, nor is it stragglers, all of them are fierce Abnormal, it is said that killing people is not blinking at all, but they don't rob every ship they encounter. They focus on salt ships and tea, but they rarely do it. Some people say that they seem to be picking the right one. Like boats, the merchant ships passing by at that time did not know that there were Jiang bandits on the river, and they were not prepared, so many of them were murdered. When the people from Mihang came back, they happened to see a massacre, because the group of Jiang bandits They were fighting with the people on the other boat, so they were able to keep this boat and come back along."
This was all Zhou Qu knew.
It stands to reason that this is just an ordinary market rumor, but now it sounds like a mystery to Feng Shuangzhi.
It's just because from the very beginning, the Jiang Pirate incident was weird.
The Jiang Pirates who appeared when they shouldn't have appeared at the last time, but they are all powerful, different from the Jiang Pirates who were like stragglers and rogues in the past, and their attacks are targeted... It doesn't seem like they are picking targets, it is clearly Pick someone!
Feng Shuangzhi held the fan tightly and said, "Very well, you can go down."
"Yes."
Zhou Qu heard something suppressed in Feng Shuangzhi's voice, and he didn't dare to stay longer, so he went down. After he went out, everyone asked him what was going on, but Zhou Qu couldn't tell why, so he could only pass in a vague way. .
Wei Mian looked at Feng Shuangzhi who looked worried, and suddenly became worried, "Ma'am, did something happen?"
Feng Shuangzhi said: "Who knows..."
She rested for a while, and seeing that He Shen hadn't come back at noon, she knew that the court was busy, so she didn't wait. After lunch, she went to take a nap. When she woke up, Mei Xiang said Xitao Another letter came over there, Feng Shuangzhi didn't pay attention at all, sat at the back of the house, put a cup of tea, and opened the envelope.
In the letter, Xitao talked about her new marriage. It can be seen that Fan Yiheng is still very good to her, and the life of the husband and wife is pretty good.
At this time, they had already reached the boundary of Yangzhou, and they described the situation there in detail. Feng Shuangzhi originally watched with a smile, but now he suddenly froze.
She folded the letter, took out the previous pages of letter paper, read it carefully, and said sharply: "Weimian, go and call Liu Quan'er!"
Wei Mian and the others had never seen Feng Shuangzhi speak so harshly, they were so frightened that they hurried out to call Liu Quan'er.
Liu Quan'er was sitting in the yard bragging to the servants below, and the people from the Zhuangzi below also honored him with a lot of good things, Liu Quan'er was happy, and the bragging was blowing, but before he had time to say the next sentence, he I saw someone coming from Feng Shuangzhi's side.
Originally, Liu Quan'er was holding a grass core in his mouth, so he quickly vomited, and asked Wei Mian, "What happened to Madam?"
Wei Mian anxiously said: "I don't know what happened. Elder sister Xi Tao wrote a letter back. Madam looked at it well at first, but when she saw it, her face changed, and she asked my servant to come to you."
Liu Quan'er also knew that Wei Mian could not explain this clearly, so he said neatly, "Let's go."
Put it into the main room, turned to the side, Liu Quan'er stopped in front, and slapped Qian'er: "Slave please please——"
"Where did all the red tape come from? Just wait, I have something to check for you today." Feng Shuangzhi's fingers pinching the envelope were already trembling.
This letter described the situation in Yangzhou one by one. Xitao mentioned that after arriving in Yangzhou, they heard that the tank boats on the road capsized a lot, but they were lucky that they didn't encounter these things, and said Yangzhou looks good, but now it seems that it is not peaceful.But all day long, those boats came and went on the lake, and it was fun to watch you and I yell among many people.
All the people on this river are tank boats, and they don't come and go on the lake on weekdays, unless they are going to unload and walk on the wharf on the lake.Yangzhou is not peaceful now - why is it not peaceful?Because a few boats capsized on the Cao River!
When Feng Shuangzhi asked Wei Mian to find Liu Quan'er, he had already slowly figured out a clue, and told Liu Quan'er, "Do you still remember the Lian Ye that the Lord sent out that day? You go to the pier Bian quietly asked me clearly, how many boats were leaving that night, and went down to the docks to check again, and finally investigate how these boats are doing now. This matter is of great importance, so don’t leak the news.”
When Liu Quan'er heard that it was about Lianshuang City, and heard that he was going to investigate such strange items, especially the "how about these ships", it made people feel frightened for no reason.He suppressed the expression on his face, and knew that this matter was not a joke, so he responded: "Your servant obeys."
"You go, remember not to reveal your whereabouts, if you can't find out, then go ahead, don't let anyone know that we are looking for information."
Feng Shuangzhi made a final reminder, and felt that there was no need for this matter. People who should have guessed them would definitely not guess others. Feng Shuangzhi's blindfold method probably only worked for a while.
Liu Quan'er hurriedly found someone to inquire about the situation, but Feng Shuangzhi no longer felt sleepy.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, he came back to tell Feng Shuangzhi the result of his investigation.
As soon as he saw Liu Quan'er's expression was not quite right when he came in, Feng Shuangzhi knew something was wrong.
She had already made preparations, so she asked in a deep voice, "What was the result?"
Liu Quan'er was also a little flustered, and said: "My servant went to inquire. There were eleven boats that left the dock that night, three of which were heading for Tianjin, and the remaining eight were heading south. Two of them stopped in Tongzhou, and six more went to Cangzhou. None of the other ships had any accidents, but these six ships all sank, and they said they had encountered Jiang bandits, so they had been lying in ambush on the line from Tongzhou to Cangzhou."
Feng Shuangzhi was silent for a long time before asking: "Do you know which ship Lian Shuangcheng is on, whether it is alive or dead?"
"I don't know which boat it is on, but most likely it has already been given by that gang of Jiang Pirates—" Liu Quan'er couldn't hold back, and wanted to stroke his neck, but for some reason, he took it back.
Feng Shuangzhi said: "Where is Jiang Pirate..."
Said to be Jiang Pirates, in fact, more like a seasoned warrior.
Where did so many people suddenly appear, challenging Lianshuang City's authority.
It's just that the more terrifying thing should be on this Jiang Pirates. What is their purpose?
The person who wanted to kill Lianshuang City was Fukang'an. What did this gang of Jiang robbers have to do with Fukang'an?
Feng Shuangzhi couldn't figure it out. When He Shen came back at dusk, Liu Quan'er told him what happened this time when he entered the door, and He Shen was also secretly startled.
Thinking of the impeccable Fukang'an he saw in the court today, He Shen's face turned half dark.
When having dinner with Feng Shuangzhi, he didn't talk about it, just pretending that nothing happened.
After Feng Shuangzhi had dinner with him, it was time to light the lamp, and He Shen still had something to deal with, so Feng Shuangzhi still asked him about it.
Sure enough, He Shen didn't show any panic, presumably Liu Quan'er had already mentioned this matter with a wink.
He Shen said: "I will find someone to contact Lian Shuangcheng in the near future. Lian Shuangcheng is most likely to be arrested, but the possibility of being killed is not high. After all, the nine provinces' water transport has been in chaos for a long time. , what flows in this Cao River is gold and silver, and I don’t know how many people’s fortunes will be cut off for a while, and even those salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River will not agree. There is always one person to take charge of the overall situation, no matter whether this person is real If you are capable, you are still just a puppet, the most urgent thing now is to find Lian Shuangcheng."
In fact, they already have the answer in their hearts, but they still lack evidence.
It was difficult to have evidence for this thing in the first place. Lian Shuang City must have fallen into Fu Kang'an's hands. After all the rounds and turns, he still couldn't escape.
"Although taxes in the south of the Yangtze River are plentiful, most of them come from salt merchants. Salt merchants, large and small, contribute to the filling of the national treasury. As long as they give money, they will be good in the eyes of the emperor." He Shen After a pause, he said, "The salt tax in Sichuan can take up a big part, and there is no way to find it in Jiangnan. If Lian Shuangcheng doesn't appear for a long time, there will definitely be a big mess."
Feng Shuangzhi said: "Since Lianshuang City is likely to be in Fukang'an's hands today, we may not be able to hold him. Fukang'an is powerful, and we have no ability to snatch people from him. If it is like you As I said, no matter what, this Lianshuang City will have to come out to preside over the overall situation in a short time. If it is someone else, no one will be convinced. The Ministry of Households is suffering from a deficit, if we don’t win over the salt merchants in Yangzhou, I’m afraid the Ministry of Households’ deficit will be unjustifiable.”
Her analysis made sense, and He Shen also thought this way, "I'm just not afraid of [-], just in case. I don't know what Fukang'an's idea is."
"Left and right are only related to the affairs of Jiangnan. This matter-you still have Wang Rulong."
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly thought of Hengtai Zhai, so he clicked with He Shen, and He Shen just remembered this, and smiled, "It's better for Madam to think."
As one of the eight major salt merchants, it is impossible for Wang Rulong not to know the priority of this matter, so he asked someone to find out first.
That night Feng Shuang stopped and He Shen had a rest, and before going to sleep, she talked about her marriage with Lin, He Shen was silent for a while, knowing that she was not feeling well. Su Ling, He Shen is still waiting and watching, I didn't want to make a conclusion early, so I just said to Feng Shuangzhi: "If you think this marriage is not good, tell He Lin that He Lin is not an unreasonable person. He is my brother after all, and we depend on each other for life. May I treat him well."
Feng Shuangzhi didn't want to embarrass him, so he just said: "I'll be careful with this matter, if it's not good, you can deal with it later, because of Nalan, I'm the one who broke the friendship between your brothers."
He Shen fell in love with her sour appearance, so he pressed her to beg her again, and said like a punishment: "Look how dare you tease me."
Feng Shuangzhi was so tired that his hands and feet were limp. He only scolded him for being an asshole, but then he said: "I don't mind having a bad relative. I'm a ruthless person. Whoever offends me, don't worry about it." He is an enemy of relatives and family, and he is going to die in the same way. Even if his daughter becomes a member of Hefu, it doesn't mean that I can't do anything to him, Su Ling'a. That Yuanlan is a well-behaved one, and I look at Helin as well. Talented and beautiful, but Nalan is a bit trickier..."
Su Ling'a thought about stuffing Nalan into Heshen's backyard, but Feng Shuangzhi was annoyed.
He Shen pinched her shoulders, smiled, then stroked her smooth black hair, muffled his voice, and said, "Don't be too upset about Su Ling's matter, the left and right are official fans, I'll take care of it." He, you live your comfortable life in the backyard."
Feng Shuangzhi bit him, turned his head away, "I'm too lazy to tell you, I'm asleep."
Seeing that her ears were turning red, He Shen let out a muffled laugh, but put his arms around her waist, tucked in the quilt for the two of them, and fell asleep.
On the second day, He Shen really went to solve the matter of Su Ling'a. Su Ling'a held a banquet at his house and insisted on inviting He Shen to drink. Ah was a little overjoyed.
At the moment, he decorated his mansion vigorously, and thought about what gift he would give He Shen, so he hurried to make arrangements.
When Nalan heard the news, she began to have another thought. She was sitting with Yuan Lan and listened to the rules taught by the nanny. At this time, the nanny went to rest, but she looked outside. Her expression showed that she was thinking about those unrealistic things in her heart, so she gritted her teeth and said, "You have accepted your bad thoughts, how can people like us compare with Madam? You don't want to Include yourself, and let our whole family follow you to embarrass yourself."
Nalan snorted, she really doesn't care about anything now, other people have said all the bad things, she still loves to sing her own play, even more energetically like a broken pot, yesterday at the house I sang all day long, as if trying to get angry with Yuanlan.
Yuan Lan still had wounds on her hand, she had just used the medicine, and Nalan looked so unrepentant, her eyes were tearing up with anger, she wondered why she had such a shameless younger sister.
Nalan looked at her like this, not only didn't feel any guilt at all, but even sneered, "Just cry, you say that people like us can't compare with others and my wife, can you still get married? I think that Cathay Pacific is suitable for you, why not marry Mr. Helin, who is so talented, to marry that old Cathay man, it is very suitable."
Cathay is another mediocre person. He came to their house to ask for marriage a few days ago, but at that time, Su Ling'a was thinking about selling her two daughters for a good price, so she didn't agree. Instead, she spoke sarcastically to Cathay .
Now that Nalan used such words to humiliate himself, Yuanlan was so angry that he couldn't speak. He raised his palm high and wanted to slap Nalan on the face, so Nalan said harshly, "You hit me!" Ah, by nature you are noble, and I am low!"
"It's because you don't cherish yourself. How can there be a girl who hangs out with actors all day long? It's all your fault, and you can blame others for saying you can't do it? The mouth grows on others, but the problem is yourself Sit down!"
Yuan Lan finally couldn't hold back, so she scolded her head and face like this, turned around and left.
At this time, there was a lively sound outside the gate of the mansion, presumably it was a visitor from the mansion.
Nalan was trembling with Yuan Lan's anger, gritted his teeth, his expression was a little distorted, "You won't make me feel better, and I won't make you feel better, sister, you forced me to do this."
Why is Yuanlan better than herself in every way?Now I want to marry a Ruyi Langjun, so I have a crush on He Shen, but he has a wife and a family, so he doesn't like himself.
Mrs. Nahe is a well-known Hedong lioness and tiger in the capital. What can she do better than that woman? !
Nalan felt ruthless in her heart, so she slapped her face with two slaps, which made Yuanlan stunned, and then Nalan cried out, feeling extremely wronged, her singing skills were so impressive. She rushed out, crying and saying that her sister beat her, and cried to Su Ling'a who was welcoming He Shen in, "Ama wants to make decisions for me, but my sister actually... unexpectedly..."
He Shen had just finished exchanging greetings with Su Ling'a in a feigned manner, and when he walked in, he saw this little beauty crying like pear blossoms and rain, she was so pitiful, he was angry and funny at the same time, what kind of bad luck did he have?
But when they got home, Su Ling'a began to sigh, and he told Nalan to go back with some annoyance, Nalan was even more wronged.
She didn't dare to offend Su Ling'a, she cried quietly along the way, but passed by her sister Yuan Lan's house, Yuan Lan heard the voice inside and thought it was familiar, she thought it was Nalan, so she came out to look, and happened to see When she came over, she called out, "Nalan, what's wrong with you?"
Nalan felt extremely wronged. The relationship between her and Yuan Lan had never been very good, just because Yuan Lan was born to her first wife, but she was born from a short-lived step-wife with a humble background. Love, only her aunt protects her. Originally, she was in a similar situation to Yuan Lan, but why did Yuan Lan look like a lady from a big family, and she became that "faceless and skinless thing" in others' mouths?
"What are you pretending to do here? Like others, you can't see that I am favored by Ama. You must be happier than anyone else seeing me being ashamed today!"
Nalan had no place to vent his grievances, so he could only shout at Yuanlan.She couldn't hold back her tears again, "If you hadn't met He Lin's eyes, you might have been ashamed to go to Juxian Building like me today. You are now well-developed and amazing!"
Yuanlan is a very quiet girl, but she never thought that Nalan would say such a thing now.Even if the relationship between the two sisters is not very good, but for so many years, she is the eldest sister, but she has been patient everywhere.Now that she didn't understand what happened for a while, she was robbed by her sister for a while, Yuan Lan was very angry in her heart, "Where did you come back to vent your anger on me? You follow the people in the garden all day long. It’s fine for the actors to mess around, but you still want to go out and make trouble, do you really think that nothing will happen if Ama spoils you? What happened to you now, and you want to blame me?”
It's okay not to say, but when Nalan said the word "operator", Nalan felt as if her foot had been stepped on sorely, and she screamed: "You look down on me like this!"
Nalan's mother-in-law liked to sing operas, but she sang operas for the men in the house, and Nalan listened to her operas since she was born. My aunt was born as an opera singer in Suzhou, and she often liked to sing operas in the house. Nalan himself She also likes to sing, and often sings for a long time. Who doesn't say that the actors invited by the mansion say that her body and singing skills are all first-class?
"I just like to sing opera, I just like it! No one can control me!"
Nalan looked at Yuan Lan who was speechless, thinking about the grievances he had suffered today, so he jumped into the horns, pushed Yuan Lan, turned around and ran away.
Yuan Lan couldn't stand still, she fell onto the flower stand beside her, and knocked down the big porcelain vase above, hurting her arm.
When the news reached Su Ling'a's ears, she was frightened to death, and hurriedly went to see Yuanlan. Seeing that it was only a minor injury, she felt relieved and said that she should take good care of her, saying that Nalan just suffered a little today. Wronged, so out of order, I will definitely teach Nalan a lesson when I turn around.
Listening to her Ama's perfunctory words, Yuan Lan felt cold-hearted, but she couldn't show too much, so she nodded, saying that she wouldn't mind.
Only then did Su Ling'a feel relieved, and when she came out from Yuan Lan, she immediately ordered her not to spread the matter.
It's just that the news finally reached Feng Shuangzhi's ears.
When I got up this morning, I was lazy. He Shen drank too much wine yesterday and was too enthusiastic. She couldn't stand it anymore. Seeing He Shen went to court, she lay down for a long time before getting up.
While sitting in front of the makeup mirror to make up, I heard someone talk about what happened in Su Ling's house.
When He Shen got up, there were always some people who wanted to send news to He Shen, and some of them would come to curry favor with them.
Yesterday in Juxian Tower, Feng Shuangzhi came back with He Shen.
It's just that when she thought about it today, what impressed her the most was the matter of Nalan.
Originally, the marriage with Lin was about to be finalized, but she didn't expect that now that Nalan's matter happened, she would have to think about it a few more times.
Although this Su Ling'a is a well-known Heshen's henchman in history, in Feng Shuangzhi's view, even if he is wooed, he seems to be a pig teammate. How can anyone bring his daughter to the stage to curry favor with others?This man is not only a fool, but an old fool.Yesterday Liu Yong had a good scolding, shameless dog official.
This Su Ling'a has been an official for more than 40 years, but this official position has not been promoted but degraded. From this, it can be seen what kind of ability this person has. It's no wonder that others look down on him. .
"The girl who sang the opera yesterday is from Su Ling'a's house, right? Do you know who she is?"
Wei Mian said: "This is what the servants have inquired about today, it is the son of Su Ling'a's step-wife, but the step-wife was short-lived, and went away before Miss Nalan grew up, after that it was taken care of by the nuns It's just that there used to be an aunt in Su Ling'a's mansion who was born in Su Opera. She used to sing operas for her stepmother and Su Ling'a. Nalan liked her very much, so she also learned to sing from her, and even invited her in from the mansion. Those actors mixed together..."
This can be regarded as a descendant, but...
Even if Feng Shuangzhi felt bad, after carefully analyzing the environment in which Nalan grew up, he knew that it was no accident that she had the temper she has now. She had no mother to teach her, and it was her ignorant aunt who meddled indiscriminately. There is a father above who has always been unable to do good things - it is inevitable that he will grow crooked.
This girl dared to sing in front of so many fathers and sons, and for no reason fell into her status as a descendant.
Even an open-minded person like Feng Shuangzhi might not be able to tolerate such an outrageous behavior.
Now He Shen's status is getting higher and higher day by day, and even the current He Lin is very favored by others, and there are not a few people who want to pursue this kind of marriage.As soon as the news came out last night, all kinds of things about Nalan and Su Ling'a's family had already reached Feng Shuangzhi's ears today, and it's uncertain how many people are involved in it.
Su Ling'a made it clear that she was here to curry favor with He Shen, but He Lin and Na Yuan Lan seemed to really like each other, and Feng Shuangzhi also encountered difficulties for a while, she didn't want an in-law like Su Ling'a, nor He didn't want to have any relationship with this person, and he didn't want Hefu to have any relationship with Nalan.
It's not impossible for an idiot like Su Ling'a to be used by He Shen, but using it is different from other things after all, it's impossible to put Su Ling'a in a high position.
Feng Shuangzhi thought for a while, then pressed his forehead again, and said: "Since Miss Yuanlan is injured, I will find someone to deliver some wound medicine...Weimian, you can handle this matter."
She specially ordered Wei Mian, and Wei Mian also knew that once she needed to do things by herself, most of them would not be very simple.
Feng Shuangzhi's purpose is definitely not as simple as simply letting people see Yuanlan.
Wei Mian understands Feng Shuangzhi, she is more like Feng Shuangzhi's counselor than the caring Xitao, because she is a person with courage and skill, she can help Feng Shuangzhi do things that Xitao cannot do matter.
Although Xitao can make Feng Shuangzhi happy, there are some things that only people like Wei Mian can do.
She complied, and took people to Su Ling'a's house.
Su Ling'a didn't expect that there would be someone from Hefu. She cared about Yuanlan so much, but at the same time she was shocked by the news from Hefu. She was so respectful and welcomed Wei Mian in as if she was welcoming an aunt.
Wei Mian didn't put on much air, she just explained her purpose of coming, and wanted to see Yuan Lan.
Even if Su Ling'a was in a difficult situation, she didn't take advantage of the Hefu people, she just asked Yuan Lan to come out, how could Wei Mian dare to let her out, and replied: "Who dares to work for Miss Yuan Lan, just go and have a look." .”
Su Ling'a didn't dare to say anything, because she didn't know what her real purpose was, so she could only lead people in.
Yuanlan didn't expect that people from Hefu would come. She didn't want the people in Hefu to know about these unbearable things at home. After all, she also liked Yu Helin. If it was because of...if it was because of Nalan...
Yuan Lan didn't dare to think about it, so she went to greet Wei Mian.
Wei Mian stood there neither humble nor overbearing, bowed to Yuan Lan, and asked people to put down the things she brought, "My wife heard the news that you were injured, and specially asked the slave to deliver things. I am concerned."
"Thank you Madam for your kindness, Yuan Lan is ashamed to accept it." As smart as Yuan Lan, how could she not understand the meaning of Wei Mian's words.
When Su Ling'a over there heard these words, she felt a little bit in her heart, and shouted: "It's broken!"
Wei Mian said again: "Miss Yuan Lan takes good care of her wounds, don't worry about other things, there is always a way to solve them."
The meaning is pointed, but it makes Yuan Lan even more anxious.
She was very worried, and asked Wei Mian, "Madam did you say something else?"
Wei Mian shook her head and said, "It never happened."
On Su Ling'a's side, he broke out in a cold sweat, but fortunately Wei Mian said "I never had it", otherwise his heart would be jumping in his throat.
It was also at the last moment yesterday, seeing He Shen's butler Liu Quan'er said that sentence, Su Linga felt something was wrong.Originally, yesterday's matter had been forgotten, but today this lady and his wife sent someone to wake up Su Ling'a, making him break out in a cold sweat.
After all, he was confused, so many years of failure in the officialdom had almost worn him out of his mind, and now that he thought about it, he realized that he had offended someone who shouldn't have been offended.
it's over...
He hoped that Yuan Lan would be able to climb a high branch and marry He Lin, but the marriage of He Lin could be said to be held in the hands of Mrs. He. Mrs. He sent such a message to He Shen directly.Everyone said that Heshen's wife was in strict control. Su Ling'a still thought that only by being controlled by a tigress could a man have the idea of stealing. He was too happy, but after Wei Mian came, Su Ling'a Ling Ah knew that she had made a big mistake.
Because of Nalan's incident, Feng Shuangzhi was offended, so she couldn't be saved!
Now this and Madam sent someone to his house, just to ring the alarm!
——Thinking about this, Su Ling'a hurriedly raised her sleeves to wipe off the cold sweat, only looked at the maid sent by Feng Shuangzhi, and sent him out respectfully.
Before leaving, Su Ling asked meanly: "Madam, do you really have anything else to say?"
Wei Mian's mind moved slightly, so she bowed and replied: "Madam really has nothing to say, but her complexion is not very good."
Although the marriage has not yet been settled, the possibility is very high. After all, he is someone who is in the heart of the second master. The relationship between the wife and the master is very good, and the second master is the brother of the master. The two brothers have never been popular. Face, no matter what happened, He Shen would probably accommodate He Lin.
Although something like Nalan happened, the marriage is not just so messed up.
Now Wei Mian is here on behalf of Feng Shuangzhi to alert Su Ling'a, if Su Ling'a is sensible, don't make trouble, Feng Shuangzhi let go, and it will be fine.
Wei Mian returned to report back with Su Ling'a's news, Feng Shuangzhi smiled after hearing the reaction from there, teased Tuanzi with a rattle, looked at Tuanzi's eyebrows that were getting thicker and thicker, and felt Already had He Shen's air, "This kid, when he was born, he still felt like me. I don't want to grow up to look like him, Ama. It's boring..."
As if understanding Feng Shuangzhi's disgusting tone, Tuanzi turned his eyes away, stretched out his hand again, and shook with the sounding rattle.
Feng Shuangzhi said in his heart that this kid has really become a genius, and she didn't want him to get it, so she hung there for a long time, and when her hands got tired, she directly threw the dumpling to the mother, asking them to go down and coax them.
Everyone was speechless for a while, they just felt that their wife's attitude towards the young master didn't seem to care at all?
Poor Xiaotuanzi is still young, and he has to suffer from his mother's indifferent attitude—until the child grows up, his biggest question is: why, as Feng Shuangzhi's son, he still Can live till now?
Feng Shuangzhi rubbed his wrist, retracted his eyes, and said, "Don't tell He Lin about this, and don't reveal the news. Let's see if this Su Ling is sensible. If He Lin I really like this Yuanlan, and Yuanlan is as knowledgeable and reasonable as you said, and if she looks like a lady, this marriage is not impossible..."
It's just that there is Su Ling'ah in the middle, which always makes Feng Shuangzhi feel uncomfortable.
She ordered Wei Mian to make the people below keep their mouths tight, so she didn't bother.
In the morning, when the people from Zhuangzi came to pay the bill, Feng Shuangzhi was busy for a while.
Now that He Shen has enough money, he bought some land in various places and raised a few Zhuangzi. This year, it is said that the spring planting is coming soon, and money is needed everywhere.
She sat behind the curtain, flipped through the ledger, and asked about the prices of various items. The people waiting outside were all the people who were sent by the mansion to take care of things, and they all knew who the master of the mansion was, so they were respectful. I dare not make a sound on the side.
Feng Shuangzhi looked at the ledger, but looked at the line of rice prices, a little surprised.
"Has the price of rice reached [-] Wen per shi today?"
A thin man came out and replied: "Mrs. Hui, the price of rice in the south fluctuates depending on the degree of harvest failure. In February and March this year, the Grand Canal was not very safe, and many tank boats sank. , and even the boats with several rice shops disappeared, so the price of rice remained high at the beginning of this year."
This man's words were well-founded, and when he talked about the Grand Canal and the tank boats, Feng Shuangzhi thought of Lianshuang City.In January and February, when the water transportation in the nine provinces was at its most precarious, internal strife was serious. Lian Shuangcheng completely controlled the entire river at that time, but it’s okay to say that there was chaos in this month and February, so why did March also follow the chaos? ?
Feng Shuangzhi asked: "The water transportation in the nine provinces has been completely stabilized last month. Where is the trouble in March?"
The man lowered his head and continued to reply: "The servants are not very clear about this matter, they only know that there was a big incident in the section from the capital to Cangzhou through Tongzhou, and there were bandits on the river that robbed many ships. Many people died, and the rice shop in the capital also suffered.”
"What's your name? Which Zhuangzi does it belong to?"
After hearing what he said, Feng Shuangzhi also knew what was going on with the rice price. A few days ago, the rice price was only more than 200 renminbi, but now it has skyrocketed, even if it is a fake account. Silly, I can only infer that something really happened.
The person who spoke seemed to be somewhat well-behaved and knew a lot, and he didn't panic when he said a sentence.
Hearing Feng Shuangzhi ask his name, he seemed to be frightened, and just knelt down and replied, "Your slave Zhou Qu relied on Tianjin Wei to beat Liu Zhuang."
Feng Shuangzhi pondered for a while, and said: "You will be transferred to the family outside the city in the future, so you don't have to go back to the original Zhuangzi."
Zhou Qu was stunned for a moment before he realized that the big stuffed pie fell on his head, and immediately kowtowed to thank him.Feng Shuangzhi just waved his hands, raised his eyelids, and continued to flip through the account book, while flipping through it, he said: "Chun Zhong is approaching now, and you will go to the cashier to pay the money later, and then take care of the affairs of the village. After this season is over, when we say things and repay the harvest this autumn, your benefits will be indispensable. Be careful."
"You guys understand." The crowd below responded in unison.
Feng Shuangzhi pressed his temple and gestured to Wei Mian, and Wei Mian let them go out, but Feng Shuangzhi took another look at her, so Wei Mian said: "The one named Zhou Qu stays here, madam. I have something else to ask."
Zhou Qu had already reached the door, but at this moment he had to back away, bowing his head a little tremblingly, at this moment he lost the courage to talk eloquently just now, he just felt that things were weird, he was just an ordinary man in Zhuangzi. The steward brought up the things from Zhuangzi filially, according to the old rules, he would go back after saying a few words at most, but the lady still kept him, it was strange.
Feng Shuangzhi raised his eyes, but still sat behind the curtain without moving. Looking at the fan on the table, he tapped lightly with his fingers and asked in a calm voice, "You just said that on the Caohe, March There were Jiang Pirates back then?"
Zhou Qu didn't know why, but the news he heard was like this, so he could only bite the bullet and reply: "This is what the servant heard."
"Can you know more detailed news?"
It stands to reason that Jiang Pirates should be honest for a while after the matter of the Nine Provinces Water Transport is settled.
This is the same as the three fires when a new official takes office. It is a rule. When the new leader of the Cao Gang comes up, he will definitely step up the fight against Jiang Pirates, just like the new official has to do something when he takes office. Bad reputation like this, let Jiang Bandit run rampant.The most important thing is that Feng Shuangzhi knows... Lian Shuangcheng was sent to the pier by He Shen two days ago. At that time, he was chased and killed. Wasn't that the period of time when Jiang Bandit in March?
I'm afraid it's... something bad has happened, but I don't know it yet, right?
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly became gloomy.
That Zhou Qu didn't know what Feng Shuangzhi wanted to ask, so he could only honestly say that the details need to be recalled, and he spoke slowly: "The slave is the one who listens to the rice shop when he goes to buy rice. As I said, about five or six days ago, a group of bandits suddenly appeared on the river, and they robbed all the way from the capital to the south. This group of Jiang bandits is not like the previous Jiang bandits, nor is it stragglers, all of them are fierce Abnormal, it is said that killing people is not blinking at all, but they don't rob every ship they encounter. They focus on salt ships and tea, but they rarely do it. Some people say that they seem to be picking the right one. Like boats, the merchant ships passing by at that time did not know that there were Jiang bandits on the river, and they were not prepared, so many of them were murdered. When the people from Mihang came back, they happened to see a massacre, because the group of Jiang bandits They were fighting with the people on the other boat, so they were able to keep this boat and come back along."
This was all Zhou Qu knew.
It stands to reason that this is just an ordinary market rumor, but now it sounds like a mystery to Feng Shuangzhi.
It's just because from the very beginning, the Jiang Pirate incident was weird.
The Jiang Pirates who appeared when they shouldn't have appeared at the last time, but they are all powerful, different from the Jiang Pirates who were like stragglers and rogues in the past, and their attacks are targeted... It doesn't seem like they are picking targets, it is clearly Pick someone!
Feng Shuangzhi held the fan tightly and said, "Very well, you can go down."
"Yes."
Zhou Qu heard something suppressed in Feng Shuangzhi's voice, and he didn't dare to stay longer, so he went down. After he went out, everyone asked him what was going on, but Zhou Qu couldn't tell why, so he could only pass in a vague way. .
Wei Mian looked at Feng Shuangzhi who looked worried, and suddenly became worried, "Ma'am, did something happen?"
Feng Shuangzhi said: "Who knows..."
She rested for a while, and seeing that He Shen hadn't come back at noon, she knew that the court was busy, so she didn't wait. After lunch, she went to take a nap. When she woke up, Mei Xiang said Xitao Another letter came over there, Feng Shuangzhi didn't pay attention at all, sat at the back of the house, put a cup of tea, and opened the envelope.
In the letter, Xitao talked about her new marriage. It can be seen that Fan Yiheng is still very good to her, and the life of the husband and wife is pretty good.
At this time, they had already reached the boundary of Yangzhou, and they described the situation there in detail. Feng Shuangzhi originally watched with a smile, but now he suddenly froze.
She folded the letter, took out the previous pages of letter paper, read it carefully, and said sharply: "Weimian, go and call Liu Quan'er!"
Wei Mian and the others had never seen Feng Shuangzhi speak so harshly, they were so frightened that they hurried out to call Liu Quan'er.
Liu Quan'er was sitting in the yard bragging to the servants below, and the people from the Zhuangzi below also honored him with a lot of good things, Liu Quan'er was happy, and the bragging was blowing, but before he had time to say the next sentence, he I saw someone coming from Feng Shuangzhi's side.
Originally, Liu Quan'er was holding a grass core in his mouth, so he quickly vomited, and asked Wei Mian, "What happened to Madam?"
Wei Mian anxiously said: "I don't know what happened. Elder sister Xi Tao wrote a letter back. Madam looked at it well at first, but when she saw it, her face changed, and she asked my servant to come to you."
Liu Quan'er also knew that Wei Mian could not explain this clearly, so he said neatly, "Let's go."
Put it into the main room, turned to the side, Liu Quan'er stopped in front, and slapped Qian'er: "Slave please please——"
"Where did all the red tape come from? Just wait, I have something to check for you today." Feng Shuangzhi's fingers pinching the envelope were already trembling.
This letter described the situation in Yangzhou one by one. Xitao mentioned that after arriving in Yangzhou, they heard that the tank boats on the road capsized a lot, but they were lucky that they didn't encounter these things, and said Yangzhou looks good, but now it seems that it is not peaceful.But all day long, those boats came and went on the lake, and it was fun to watch you and I yell among many people.
All the people on this river are tank boats, and they don't come and go on the lake on weekdays, unless they are going to unload and walk on the wharf on the lake.Yangzhou is not peaceful now - why is it not peaceful?Because a few boats capsized on the Cao River!
When Feng Shuangzhi asked Wei Mian to find Liu Quan'er, he had already slowly figured out a clue, and told Liu Quan'er, "Do you still remember the Lian Ye that the Lord sent out that day? You go to the pier Bian quietly asked me clearly, how many boats were leaving that night, and went down to the docks to check again, and finally investigate how these boats are doing now. This matter is of great importance, so don’t leak the news.”
When Liu Quan'er heard that it was about Lianshuang City, and heard that he was going to investigate such strange items, especially the "how about these ships", it made people feel frightened for no reason.He suppressed the expression on his face, and knew that this matter was not a joke, so he responded: "Your servant obeys."
"You go, remember not to reveal your whereabouts, if you can't find out, then go ahead, don't let anyone know that we are looking for information."
Feng Shuangzhi made a final reminder, and felt that there was no need for this matter. People who should have guessed them would definitely not guess others. Feng Shuangzhi's blindfold method probably only worked for a while.
Liu Quan'er hurriedly found someone to inquire about the situation, but Feng Shuangzhi no longer felt sleepy.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, he came back to tell Feng Shuangzhi the result of his investigation.
As soon as he saw Liu Quan'er's expression was not quite right when he came in, Feng Shuangzhi knew something was wrong.
She had already made preparations, so she asked in a deep voice, "What was the result?"
Liu Quan'er was also a little flustered, and said: "My servant went to inquire. There were eleven boats that left the dock that night, three of which were heading for Tianjin, and the remaining eight were heading south. Two of them stopped in Tongzhou, and six more went to Cangzhou. None of the other ships had any accidents, but these six ships all sank, and they said they had encountered Jiang bandits, so they had been lying in ambush on the line from Tongzhou to Cangzhou."
Feng Shuangzhi was silent for a long time before asking: "Do you know which ship Lian Shuangcheng is on, whether it is alive or dead?"
"I don't know which boat it is on, but most likely it has already been given by that gang of Jiang Pirates—" Liu Quan'er couldn't hold back, and wanted to stroke his neck, but for some reason, he took it back.
Feng Shuangzhi said: "Where is Jiang Pirate..."
Said to be Jiang Pirates, in fact, more like a seasoned warrior.
Where did so many people suddenly appear, challenging Lianshuang City's authority.
It's just that the more terrifying thing should be on this Jiang Pirates. What is their purpose?
The person who wanted to kill Lianshuang City was Fukang'an. What did this gang of Jiang robbers have to do with Fukang'an?
Feng Shuangzhi couldn't figure it out. When He Shen came back at dusk, Liu Quan'er told him what happened this time when he entered the door, and He Shen was also secretly startled.
Thinking of the impeccable Fukang'an he saw in the court today, He Shen's face turned half dark.
When having dinner with Feng Shuangzhi, he didn't talk about it, just pretending that nothing happened.
After Feng Shuangzhi had dinner with him, it was time to light the lamp, and He Shen still had something to deal with, so Feng Shuangzhi still asked him about it.
Sure enough, He Shen didn't show any panic, presumably Liu Quan'er had already mentioned this matter with a wink.
He Shen said: "I will find someone to contact Lian Shuangcheng in the near future. Lian Shuangcheng is most likely to be arrested, but the possibility of being killed is not high. After all, the nine provinces' water transport has been in chaos for a long time. , what flows in this Cao River is gold and silver, and I don’t know how many people’s fortunes will be cut off for a while, and even those salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River will not agree. There is always one person to take charge of the overall situation, no matter whether this person is real If you are capable, you are still just a puppet, the most urgent thing now is to find Lian Shuangcheng."
In fact, they already have the answer in their hearts, but they still lack evidence.
It was difficult to have evidence for this thing in the first place. Lian Shuang City must have fallen into Fu Kang'an's hands. After all the rounds and turns, he still couldn't escape.
"Although taxes in the south of the Yangtze River are plentiful, most of them come from salt merchants. Salt merchants, large and small, contribute to the filling of the national treasury. As long as they give money, they will be good in the eyes of the emperor." He Shen After a pause, he said, "The salt tax in Sichuan can take up a big part, and there is no way to find it in Jiangnan. If Lian Shuangcheng doesn't appear for a long time, there will definitely be a big mess."
Feng Shuangzhi said: "Since Lianshuang City is likely to be in Fukang'an's hands today, we may not be able to hold him. Fukang'an is powerful, and we have no ability to snatch people from him. If it is like you As I said, no matter what, this Lianshuang City will have to come out to preside over the overall situation in a short time. If it is someone else, no one will be convinced. The Ministry of Households is suffering from a deficit, if we don’t win over the salt merchants in Yangzhou, I’m afraid the Ministry of Households’ deficit will be unjustifiable.”
Her analysis made sense, and He Shen also thought this way, "I'm just not afraid of [-], just in case. I don't know what Fukang'an's idea is."
"Left and right are only related to the affairs of Jiangnan. This matter-you still have Wang Rulong."
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly thought of Hengtai Zhai, so he clicked with He Shen, and He Shen just remembered this, and smiled, "It's better for Madam to think."
As one of the eight major salt merchants, it is impossible for Wang Rulong not to know the priority of this matter, so he asked someone to find out first.
That night Feng Shuang stopped and He Shen had a rest, and before going to sleep, she talked about her marriage with Lin, He Shen was silent for a while, knowing that she was not feeling well. Su Ling, He Shen is still waiting and watching, I didn't want to make a conclusion early, so I just said to Feng Shuangzhi: "If you think this marriage is not good, tell He Lin that He Lin is not an unreasonable person. He is my brother after all, and we depend on each other for life. May I treat him well."
Feng Shuangzhi didn't want to embarrass him, so he just said: "I'll be careful with this matter, if it's not good, you can deal with it later, because of Nalan, I'm the one who broke the friendship between your brothers."
He Shen fell in love with her sour appearance, so he pressed her to beg her again, and said like a punishment: "Look how dare you tease me."
Feng Shuangzhi was so tired that his hands and feet were limp. He only scolded him for being an asshole, but then he said: "I don't mind having a bad relative. I'm a ruthless person. Whoever offends me, don't worry about it." He is an enemy of relatives and family, and he is going to die in the same way. Even if his daughter becomes a member of Hefu, it doesn't mean that I can't do anything to him, Su Ling'a. That Yuanlan is a well-behaved one, and I look at Helin as well. Talented and beautiful, but Nalan is a bit trickier..."
Su Ling'a thought about stuffing Nalan into Heshen's backyard, but Feng Shuangzhi was annoyed.
He Shen pinched her shoulders, smiled, then stroked her smooth black hair, muffled his voice, and said, "Don't be too upset about Su Ling's matter, the left and right are official fans, I'll take care of it." He, you live your comfortable life in the backyard."
Feng Shuangzhi bit him, turned his head away, "I'm too lazy to tell you, I'm asleep."
Seeing that her ears were turning red, He Shen let out a muffled laugh, but put his arms around her waist, tucked in the quilt for the two of them, and fell asleep.
On the second day, He Shen really went to solve the matter of Su Ling'a. Su Ling'a held a banquet at his house and insisted on inviting He Shen to drink. Ah was a little overjoyed.
At the moment, he decorated his mansion vigorously, and thought about what gift he would give He Shen, so he hurried to make arrangements.
When Nalan heard the news, she began to have another thought. She was sitting with Yuan Lan and listened to the rules taught by the nanny. At this time, the nanny went to rest, but she looked outside. Her expression showed that she was thinking about those unrealistic things in her heart, so she gritted her teeth and said, "You have accepted your bad thoughts, how can people like us compare with Madam? You don't want to Include yourself, and let our whole family follow you to embarrass yourself."
Nalan snorted, she really doesn't care about anything now, other people have said all the bad things, she still loves to sing her own play, even more energetically like a broken pot, yesterday at the house I sang all day long, as if trying to get angry with Yuanlan.
Yuan Lan still had wounds on her hand, she had just used the medicine, and Nalan looked so unrepentant, her eyes were tearing up with anger, she wondered why she had such a shameless younger sister.
Nalan looked at her like this, not only didn't feel any guilt at all, but even sneered, "Just cry, you say that people like us can't compare with others and my wife, can you still get married? I think that Cathay Pacific is suitable for you, why not marry Mr. Helin, who is so talented, to marry that old Cathay man, it is very suitable."
Cathay is another mediocre person. He came to their house to ask for marriage a few days ago, but at that time, Su Ling'a was thinking about selling her two daughters for a good price, so she didn't agree. Instead, she spoke sarcastically to Cathay .
Now that Nalan used such words to humiliate himself, Yuanlan was so angry that he couldn't speak. He raised his palm high and wanted to slap Nalan on the face, so Nalan said harshly, "You hit me!" Ah, by nature you are noble, and I am low!"
"It's because you don't cherish yourself. How can there be a girl who hangs out with actors all day long? It's all your fault, and you can blame others for saying you can't do it? The mouth grows on others, but the problem is yourself Sit down!"
Yuan Lan finally couldn't hold back, so she scolded her head and face like this, turned around and left.
At this time, there was a lively sound outside the gate of the mansion, presumably it was a visitor from the mansion.
Nalan was trembling with Yuan Lan's anger, gritted his teeth, his expression was a little distorted, "You won't make me feel better, and I won't make you feel better, sister, you forced me to do this."
Why is Yuanlan better than herself in every way?Now I want to marry a Ruyi Langjun, so I have a crush on He Shen, but he has a wife and a family, so he doesn't like himself.
Mrs. Nahe is a well-known Hedong lioness and tiger in the capital. What can she do better than that woman? !
Nalan felt ruthless in her heart, so she slapped her face with two slaps, which made Yuanlan stunned, and then Nalan cried out, feeling extremely wronged, her singing skills were so impressive. She rushed out, crying and saying that her sister beat her, and cried to Su Ling'a who was welcoming He Shen in, "Ama wants to make decisions for me, but my sister actually... unexpectedly..."
He Shen had just finished exchanging greetings with Su Ling'a in a feigned manner, and when he walked in, he saw this little beauty crying like pear blossoms and rain, she was so pitiful, he was angry and funny at the same time, what kind of bad luck did he have?
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