Concentricity

"Brother Yu, what about Guan Longfei?" Mo Jinyan thought of the purpose of his visit this time.

Yu Simian stood up and walked a few steps in the yard with his hands behind his back: "This Guan Longfei has no law in his eyes. He secretly hides ships, trades without permission, and even robs merchant ships. He has been rampant on the sea for nearly ten years. None of these crimes are serious. light."

Mo Jinyan's heart turned cold when he heard it. With so many crimes added up, wouldn't there be a dead end? "Brother Yu!"

Yu Simian stopped and looked up at him: "What's wrong?"

Mo Jinyan looked at him pleadingly: "Brother Guan is really hopeless?"

Yu Simian stretched out his hand, signaling him not to worry: "Let me ask you, how many people and how many boats are under Long Fei's hands?"

Mo Jinyan thought for a while: "As far as I know, he had sixteen big ships before, and I destroyed one later, and there are fifteen remaining. Every time he goes to sea, there is a firehead (captain) on each ship. Dozens of sailors. Counting, the number of his men is not less than a thousand."

Yu Simian was taken aback when he heard that, he didn't expect Guan Longfei to gather so many people, this was definitely not something he could do alone, so his neighbors must have participated in it.It's just such a large-scale fornication with foreigners, how could the local government not know about it?

Yu Simian didn't know that the local government had heard of Guan Longfei's situation, but Guan Longfei was a business gentry. On the surface, he kept his own law and order, paid taxes on time and in accordance with the amount, and also formed good relationships, gave to the poor, and was popular in the Luochuan area. quite good.

Guan Longfei also supported the government's various decrees: funding to repair seawalls, build Yangshantang, etc.This made the local officials quite short-handed and soft-spoken, so they just turned a blind eye to his behavior and pretended not to know.

Another main reason is that the local geographical environment is typically surrounded by mountains and the sea, lacking land and fields, and the people rely on the sea to eat the sea. Since the imperial court ordered the sea ban, even fishermen have been prohibited from going to sea to fish.Almost every family in the local people was cut off from cooking, Guan Longfei led the people to smuggle out to sea, this made the local people have a way of life, everyone benefited from Guan Longfei, almost respected him like a god, and supported him very much.

The government knew that if Guan Longfei was arrested, the livelihood of the local people would be cut off. This was an enemy of the people, and it would inevitably cause local turmoil, so they simply did not do anything in this regard.

Fortunately, apart from smuggling, Guan Longfei occasionally plundered other merchant ships at sea, and did not kill people or embarrass the people, so he coexisted peacefully with the government.

Yu Simian didn't know the secret behind this, but said to himself: "Guan Longfei's fleet involves so many people, is the local government pretending to be deaf?"

Mo Jinyan shook his head: "In fact, the government is not unaware of these situations..." Then he analyzed some of the situations he knew to Yu Simian.

Yu Simian frowned. He had thought about this issue since he first arrived in Fujian. From his point of view, he believed that the sea ban was not a long-term national policy. The Japanese pirates harassed the coast, but at the same time cut off the business contacts between the overseas Yi people and the dynasty.

As early as the Song Dynasty, the annual tax profit of the Shibo Department reached millions of yuan, accounting for one-twelfth of the country's total income, which was extremely beneficial to the country and the people.

This dynasty banned the sea and cut off the sea trade, and lost a large amount of income.It is also forbidden to go fishing at sea, which makes the life of the people along the coast difficult, and forces private sea trade to be banned repeatedly.

These businessmen smuggled for huge profits, which made the court lose a profit in vain.It's just that today's majesty is suspicious and arbitrary, so he may not like to hear these things. Otherwise, it would be a good thing to benefit the country and the people if he suggested to re-establish the Shibo Department.And the ban on the sea obviously did not completely eliminate the pirates.

"So, this Guan Longfei is quite a character." Yu Simian laughed.

Mo Jinyan couldn't control what Yu Simian was thinking, so he had to ask: "Brother Yu, what should we do?"

Yu Simian said: "Don't worry. Guan Longfei is still my righteous brother-in-law, so I have to help him with this favor. It's just that this time he was caught by the navy officers and soldiers. According to the law, he must be sentenced .But things are not without room for change, but let me think of a way."

Mo Jinyan is anxious, is there any way to save Guan Longfei, and if Guan Longfei is saved, will it affect Yu Simian.

Yu Simian looked at Mo Jinyan who was anxious, and gave him a comforting smile: "Don't worry, I'll go over the case, maybe there will be a solution."

"Then I'll help you, Brother Yu." Mo Jinyan hurriedly stood up.

Yu Simian looked at him and smiled: "Okay, you can come too."

Yu Simian took Mo Jinyan to the study.Brother Xu was tired from playing outside, and just came back at this time, so he fell on Mo Jinyan's shoulders and followed into the study.

Yu Simian glanced at Brother Xu on Mo Jinyan's shoulder, but said nothing.

Although Yu Simian is a military officer, he loves to read very much. The whole study room is full of books. There are all kinds of classics and history collections, and the number of military books is the most.

Mo Jinyan saw the shelves full of books and was amazed: "Brother Yu, you have read all these books?"

Yu Simian smiled: "I've only read seven or eight out of ten. Xiao Mo, you can come and get any book you want to read in the future."

Mo Jinyan scratched his head. The total number of books he had read in his life would probably not exceed twenty. He always felt that it was already pretty good for him to be able to read, read, and settle accounts. How could he think that there are still people who read books about houses? Calculated, especially this person is Yu Simian who I am most familiar with.Not only was he proud but also a little inferior, he immediately forgot the reason why he came here, and grabbed a book in his hand.

Yu Simian gave him a doting look, and went to find a book.

The study room is very quiet, the sunlight shines in from the wooden lattice windows, the light flows, and the years are quiet.

Mo Jinyan was flipping through a medicinal book full of pictures and texts. There were vivid pictures of various Chinese herbal medicines on it, and there were texts introducing the growth environment and uses of each herbal medicine.He flipped through a few pages and read them with gusto. He suddenly remembered that the two medical books he had brought out from Dr. Nie's house had been kept in Changle's mansion. Sister Yun happened to be here, so he had to remember to bring them to her.

Just as I was thinking this way, I suddenly heard a noise. I turned my head and saw that Brother Xu was flapping his wings, trying to grab the frame of the bookshelf with his claws, as if he wanted to climb to the top of the bookshelf, but in the end, several books fell off the shelf. , the cover of a book was scratched by it.

Mo Jinyan was full of helplessness: Brother Xu, you are a bird, not a cat, you can fly up.

When Yu Simian heard the movement, he also turned around: "Hey, what is Brother Xu doing?"

Mo Jinyan bared his teeth and smiled: "Brother Xu is probably practicing his claws."

Speaking of bending down to pick up the books on the ground, Yu Simian happened to pick up the books at the same time, and their heads bumped into each other.Mo Jinyan let out an "ouch".

Yu Simian rubbed his head with one hand, and asked with concern: "Does it hurt?"

Mo Jinyan shook his head, and put the book in his hand back on the shelf.

"Wait a minute." Yu Simian grabbed his hand in time, "What are you holding?"

Mo Jinyan looked at the book he had just picked up, it was a book with a blue cover, the title was written in cursive, he didn't recognize it at all. "This? Brother Xu scratched the cover of the book." Mo Jinyan said apologetically. Although he is not a scholar, he still respects and cherishes books very much.

"It's okay, you can paste it up, or make another cover." Yu Simian took it over and looked at it, flipped through a few pages, and smiled on his face, ""Strange Case Record", it's not bad, it may be the book I'm looking for , Did Brother Xu touch it? It is really a lucky star." It didn't care about the fact that it scratched the book cover at all.

Mo Jinyan looked over suspiciously: "Really? What does this book say?"

"Let me take a look first. This book records some rather peculiar cases, and there may be cases similar to Guan Longfei." Yu Simian put down the other books in his hand and began to read.

Mo Jinyan looked at the book in his hand, and then remembered the purpose of his coming to the study, blushing, put down the medicine list quickly, and helped Yu Simian to flip through the book.

Brother Xu had already climbed to the top of the bookshelf, pacing up and down very proudly, as if an emperor was inspecting his territory.And couldn't hold back his voice, chirping a few times.Mo Jinyan hastily hissed, signaling Brother Xu to keep quiet.Brother Xu really calmed down and stopped screaming, but flapped his wings and flew from the top of one bookshelf to the top of another bookshelf, fanning the dust on the top of the bookshelf.

Mo Jinyan sighed, covered his mouth and nose, and said: "Brother Xu, don't make trouble, if you make trouble again, I will drive you out."

Yu Simian didn't care, and said with a smile: "So the study is so dusty, it seems that the cook usually cut corners when cleaning."

Mo Jinyan became more and more embarrassed. This brother Xu, who was mischievous enough to implicate others, smiled dully: "The bookshelf is too high, it's not easy to clean, and it may not be the cook's fault."

Yu Simian smiled: "It's okay, as long as the scroll is clean."

Seeing that he no longer pursued the matter, Mo Jinyan quickly turned around and went to look for books on the bookshelf.

Holding the scroll, Yu Simian leaned against the bookshelf, flipping through it page by page, looking for the information he needed.

Mo Jinyan took a book and flipped through it. He didn't read much, and he didn't understand much, so he read a few books, and felt that they were not as easy to understand as the medicine book.He had no choice but to put down the book, and stood aside secretly looking at Yu Simian.

Yu Simian was tall and tall, and had already changed into his official uniform. As the weather was getting hotter, he was only wearing a thin smoky gray cotton robe.

The clothes were obviously worn often, and had been washed many times. The fabric fit him snugly, and the muscular outline was faintly revealed: broad shoulders, Kong Wu's powerful arms, slender waist, and strong thighs .Mo Jinyan couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

Yu Simian raised his eyes from the book, looked right into Mo Jinyan's eyes, and returned him with a meaningful smile.Mo Jinyan quickly lowered his eyes, but his ears couldn't help turning red.

Yu Simian smiled even more: "Xiao Mo, come here."

Mo Jinyan's heart skipped a beat, and he returned in a panic: "Ah? Brother Yu, what's the matter?"

Yu Simian hooked his fingers to him: "Come here."

Mo Jinyan knew that he was caught sneaking a look at him just now, and now he was shy, so he had to move over slowly, and pretended to take a book, opened it and held it in his hand.

Walking up to Yu Simian, he pointed to a word on the book and asked, "Brother Yu, what does this word read?"

Yu Simian laughed loudly and looked at him with raised eyebrows: "'Mochou has no confidant in the future'—isn't this word a word for 'Mo'?"

Mo Jinyan looked down, and what his finger was pointing at was not his own word Mo, so his face blushed: "Ah? I pointed at the wrong place, it was this word." He pointed to the word in the previous sentence of this sentence The word "曛" in "Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and white sun" is indeed relatively uncommon, and Mo Jinyan really doesn't know it.

Yu Simian laughed: "Xiao Mo is easy to learn, and he has started to learn Tang poetry. This word is pronounced "曛", which means dark."

Mo Jinyan blushed, "Brother Yu, what did you call me?"

Yu Simian looked at Mo Jinyan, who was full of embarrassment, and couldn't help but feel fascinated. This little Mo completely overlapped with the little Mo back then, and people couldn't help but want to take a few bites.When the heart came to his mouth, he put one hand on the bookshelf, and quickly leaned over to kiss him on the cheek.

The movement was so fast that Mo Jinyan couldn't defend himself at all, he was completely ashamed there, but brother Xu on the bookshelf was startled by Yu Simian's quick movement, so that he chirped.

Yu Simian laughed, and squinted at Brother Xu: "Brother Xu, what are you dissatisfied with?"

Brother Xu couldn't understand what he said, otherwise he would have rushed up to peck him.

Mo Jinyan was so red that he was about to bleed, he stared at Yu Simian with wide eyes: "Brother Yu, don't bully Brother Xu."

Looking at his wet eyes, Yu Simian really wanted to hold this man in his arms and kiss him fiercely, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, I won't bully it." I just want to bully you.

Mo Jinyan patted the back of his hand: "What's the matter?"

"I told you to read this." Yu Simian pointed to a paragraph in the book.

"What?" Mo Jinyan poked his head to look, "What are you talking about?"

Yu Simian tapped on the slightly yellowed bamboo paper book with his fingertips: "Here is a case recorded, it is said that there was once a green forest robber in the previous dynasty. However, he was quite heroic and brave, and robbed property to help the poor. Later, he was captured by the government and found that he did not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Report your whereabouts to the government on time."

Mo Jinyan seemed to see hope: "It's really so good? Does that mean Brother Guan can also be exempted from punishment?"

Yu Simian pondered: "This is an old case from the previous dynasty. There is no precedent in this dynasty, but since there are examples to follow, it is not unreasonable. This matter needs to be planned slowly and come up with a complete plan. Of course, the most urgent thing is to We have to bring people from Changle to Fuqing."

Mo Jinyan was ecstatic in his heart, and unconsciously grabbed Yu Simian's arm: "Brother Yu, is there really a way to save Brother Guan? That's great, I can explain to Sister Yun."

Yu Simian let him hold him, and he didn't feel any pain. Instead, he enjoyed Mo Jinyan's completely subconscious action, which meant that he was happy and trusted him. Isn't this exactly what he wished for, so why not do it?