The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

Xue Pan naturally didn't know how the situation in the court was changing.But after the next court, Xue Pan looked at Xue Zhizhang who came home with a smug face, rubbed his neck and smiled and said that he had vented his anger on him, and immediately laughed out loud.

"Daddy found trouble with the Nan'an County King, how is the Nan'an County King now?"

In the study, Xue Pan held the teacup in one hand and handed it to Xue Zhizhang, asking curiously.

"Not only did I refer to his two books, His Majesty also investigated his crimes of resigning without permission and colluding with Beijing officials during his tenure. Now he is under house arrest in the palace, and he is only waiting to find out the truth before making a conclusion."

As Xue Zhizhang said, he lifted the tea cover more and more proudly, and took a sip of tea.

Xue Pan nodded thoughtfully, and continued to ask: "Although I am not familiar with Nan'an County King, we are all colleagues after all. I always feel that Nan'an County King's actions are a bit deliberate, which makes me inexplicable." Endless."

Xue Zhizhang couldn't help but slightly darken his face when he heard this.Put the teacup on the table, pondered for a long time, and then said: "When you talk about this, I suddenly remembered something strange in the court today."

Xue Pan asked curiously, "What's so strange?"

Xue Zhizhang then told the court about the impeachment of Xue Pan by the officials, and Prince Zhongyu's request that the harem must be accepted.At the end, he sighed suspiciously: "Your Majesty intends to abolish the harem to marry my son, which is very private. No one knows about it except us. Now it has reached the ears of Prince Zhongyu. I don't know who it is." The ears of God, so effective, "

Xue Pan was also extremely curious.If there are many people in the palace, the walls have ears.It's fine that other things are easy to leak, but the Qianqing Palace is Tu Zhen's base camp, and the people who serve inside and outside are absolute confidants.Even so, some news got out.Presumably the opponent's power must be quite large.This method of long-term management in the harem does not seem to be done by a king with a different surname from the king of Nan'an County.

For a moment the two fell silent.After thinking about it for a while, I still have no idea.Xue Zhizhang waved his hand disapprovingly, and said casually: "Forget it, let him go for now. Anyway, no matter how hard he tries, I won't let my son be bullied."

Xue Pan sneered. "I don't bully others, that's all. How can I let others bully me? It's really an old birthday boy who hanged himself—I think my life is too long."

As he said that, he asked very angrily: "Daddy said who is the speaker who impeached me this morning, and I can't spare him."

Xue Zhizhang sighed slightly, and told Xue Pan the name of the speaker in the morning.

Xue Pan secretly read it twice, completely memorizing the speaker's name.After talking a few gossips with Xue Zhizhang, he slowly exited the study.

Xue Pan, who turned around and went back to Wenrouxiang, immediately told the little girl to go to the second general's company and wait for a few attendants to call in.Zhaocai and Jinbao were asked to do things by the Holy Majesty, and now he has appointed Lian Ying, Wang Ping, and Zhao Xin as his attendants.Follow him to yell three times and drink four times, showing off his might.

After a while, several people from Lianying, who were still chewing their food, filed into the Ruanyuan Township under the guidance of the little girl.After paying respects to Xue Pan, he stood aside respectfully, waiting for Xue Pan's summons.

"There is a speech officer surnamed Wang in Lianhua Hutong, have you ever heard of it?"

Listening to Xue Pan's question, everyone looked at each other and shook their heads blankly.

Xue Pan wrinkled unobtrusively, but felt a little awkward.But he still patiently ordered: "This man has offended the young master. The young master must not let him go on as he pleases. I will give you two hours to organize a group of young servants who are more eloquent, and then search for some words for me." The judge's evidence is coming. I'm going to pay a visit."

Several servants looked at each other in blank dismay, were silent for a moment, then bowed and left one after another.

Two hours later, Xue Pan led a hundred or so articulate servants and a woman who used to be aggressive, blocking the door of the speech officer Wang Zhongxian's house.

The common people who came to inquire around surrounded Xue Pan and his party, observing with great interest.Among them, some good people saw Xue Pan's figure, and immediately thought of the good things about Xue Pan's troubles in the county prince's mansion a few years ago.Immediately two or two whispered to each other.After the news spread, more people gathered around to watch the fun.

Lian Ying moved a grand chair and a small tea table from nowhere and placed them in front of the gate of Wang Zhongxian's house, and respectfully invited Xue Pan to sit on them.Standing behind Xue Pan, he winked at the storyteller beside him.

Immediately, two servants carrying a gong walked out of the crowd. After two knocks, the storyteller stood on the steps in front of the gate of Wang Zhongxian's house with his broken fan, clasping his hands towards the crowd. The people around laughed and said: "Masters, young and old, I am Wang Laoxian'er, the storyteller of Fuyuan Hall. Today, I got orders from our young master, and I came here to tell everyone a few paragraphs. Are you good? Please give me your personal support. I will thank you in advance."

A group of ordinary people who watched the theater for free made a big promise, clapped their hands, applauded, and even moved a low stool to sit in front of them because they thought it was a big deal.

That old Wang Xianer shook his feather fan slowly, coughed twice, and said slowly, shaking his head: "Today we mainly tell the story of a poor scholar who abandoned his wife to find a lady in order to get rich. It is said that there is a man named Wang in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. A scholar who studied poetry and books since childhood..."

As Wang Laoxian'er narrated, a Red Mansion version of Chen Shimei's story gradually appeared in front of everyone.

While drinking milk tea and listening to the story, Xue Pan secretly shook his head.Earlier, he ordered Lian Ying to search for Wang Zhongxian's embarrassing stories, but he wanted to find two anecdotes about Wang Zhongxian escorting prostitutes to brothels to spread.So that his wife who looks like a vinegar pot, which is famous all over the capital, can have a good fight with him.Anyway, his wife is strong and strong, beating him is not the same as playing.

But he had to thank Jia Baoyu for coming up with this idea.If he hadn't been idle and bored back then and dragged him east and west, he wouldn't have known that the eldest daughter of the former prime minister's mansion was actually a "heroic" figure like the black whirlwind Li Kui.No wonder people in the world are rumored to be afraid of their wives like wolves and tigers. With such a strong and strong wife, not to mention Wang Zhongxian, who looks like a dog, even Xue Pan, who claims to be daring, will definitely be scared to death.

Xue Pan thought gloatingly, and glanced at Lian Ying with admiration in his eyes.

Originally, he only wanted to make trouble for Wang Zhongxian by looking for something to do, but he didn't expect to let him find out such a secret after the company's inquiring.This Wang Zhongxian actually had a poor wife in his hometown. Back in the day, she used to mend clothes and do part-time jobs for Wang Zhongxian to study hard. How could he have thought that after Wang Zhongxian won the top prize in high school, he was recruited by the Prime Minister of the State as his son-in-law.After working hard for more than ten years, I actually made wedding clothes for others.

But reality is reality after all, and it won't be as bloody as a novel.So this Wang Zhongxian is not going to buy a murderer to kill someone, kill someone to silence him, he just used official power to intimidate him and lure him with money to force his original partner to sign and leave the book and leave with his ignorant child.On the other hand, he took his old mother from the countryside to Beijing, earning him a reputation of filial piety and loyalty.

When Xue Pan got the news from Lian Ying, he was really amazed.After all, this Wang Zhongxian's reputation of incorruptibility has been heard even by him, a dude who doesn't care about government affairs.It's just that I didn't expect that it would be difficult to live up to the fame.In the end, Wang Zhongxian turned out to be such a person.

What a waste of his reputation.

Xue Pan blew on the tea leaves floating on the tea water, sighed and shook his head.It's a pity that time is running out, and he still has time to find the wife and eldest son who were abandoned by him, otherwise, the gate of the palace today is really lively.

But today, the front of the mansion may not be full of excitement.

After that Wang Laoxian'er said a paragraph, he withdrew with a smile on his face.Then came a group of gorgeous girls, Yingying and Yanyan, who stood in a row at the door, chatting and laughing loudly, talking about the jokes that Wang Zhongxian uttered casually when he was visiting the brothel and waiting for her in the past. G.The words are unrestrained, and the frivolity of the sentences is amazing.The most eye-catching thing is that this gentleman is not a production man, he doesn't know how to run a business, and he always gives his salary to his colleagues in order to climb up the ranks. Therefore, the money he went to the brothel to beg for prostitutes was actually tricked by his wife. Dowry money.Not only that, his wife didn't pursue it when he went to the brothel many times, he even had the courage to use his wife's dowry money to support the outer room, and now the outer room has given birth to two sons in succession - this man is actually the same as the Rongguo mansion. Jia Lian has something to fight.

Xue Pan shook his head and sighed even more when he heard this.

Everyone who was watching the scene was also dumbfounded when they heard the words.They all laughed.

In the inner palace of the palace, Wang Zhongxian's wife stared at Wang Zhongxian in front of her with eyes like dead fish eyes, "Well, you still lied to me that you used money to go to the yamen for activities, but in the end you raised it in private behind my back." The outer room. Hmph, are you looking at my father who has retired and returned to his hometown and is useless, so you also want to follow the previous behavior and drive me out of court and marry another beautiful young man?"

Wang Zhongxian, who was dignified and dignified outside, was timidly hiding in the corner at the moment. Hearing Mrs. Wang's words, he immediately defended with a flattering smile: "How is it possible, Madam, please don't listen to the arrangement of that dude. What kind of man is he?" People, relying on His Majesty's favor, the most arrogant and domineering, how can Madam listen to his words."

Mrs. Wang sneered, and said, "Why don't I believe it? Everyone in the capital knows that although Xue Pan, the son of the faithful Marquis, has an arrogant personality, he has always spoken outspokenly and never slandered others. How dare you say that you have never done him any favors?" The things you said?"

Wang Zhongxian faltered, waved his hands again and again and said: "Madam also knows the friendship in the officialdom, and sometimes it is necessary to play tricks on the spot. You also know it?"

"I won't talk about you going to the brothel. Then you take my own money to support the outer room. This is also indispensable, and is it forced by others?" Mrs. Wang became more and more angry, and immediately vented. He rushed forward like a splash, and tore with Wang Zhongxian. "Well, you old man, I was thinking of doing your best day and night, but in the end you raised the outer room behind my back and gave birth to two little beasts?"

As Mrs. Wang said, she tore Wang Zhongxian with her furious hands, and scratched Wang Zhongxian's face with her round and fleshy hands. After a while, Mrs. Wang scratched out red spots on Wang Zhongxian's white skin, and the crown was also shattered. Dispersed, the distribution is also messed up, it looks very embarrassing.

After finishing scratching Wang Zhongxian, Madam Wang was still puzzled, she yelled at the family servants and the long and strong old woman to copy the guy out of the house.Xue Pan, who was holding tea outside and listening to people yelling at him, was startled when he saw this, and stood up quickly.

The servants of Xue's family, including Lianying and other entourages, immediately surrounded Xue Pan vigilantly, and said with a vigilant face: "What is Mrs. Wang doing?"

Madam Wang sneered, rolled up her sleeves at Xue Pan, and asked angrily, "Pina boy, let me ask you, where is the old man's house first?"

"Huh?" Xue Pan's eyes widened in disbelief, looking suspiciously at the scene in front of him.

What's happening here?