play tricks around the bed

This chapter is a bit dry, it's all plot...but it's almost over in a few chapters (chew chew chew)

In a blink of an eye, Shen Zhu has been in daimyo for [-] years.

He had some clues about the past, but these clues became more and more strange.

All the transfer orders back then went through Li Jue's hands, but it was only through his hands. Li Jue didn't mix in the details at all. On the contrary, other officials, whom he had never heard of, more or less got involved.

From this point of view, rather than being controlled by Li Jue, it is better to say that everyone conspired together.

Shen Zhu pinched the center of his brows, feeling a little headache.

Judging from this situation, what role does Li Jue play in the middle?A bystander who turns a blind eye, or the one who makes the final decision?

Thinking about it now, no wonder Li Jue didn't tell him anything.

If Li Jue was the mastermind of this, he would definitely hate Li Jue.But if Li Jue hadn't done this, he wouldn't have felt relieved.He would worry about how many wrongs Li Jue has suffered and how many crimes he has committed over the years.

After all, no matter whether this matter is related to Li Jue or not, he will not feel well.

Shen Zhu's brush was carelessly painting and drawing on the paper.

The war preparations for the Daming Mansion this year, the matter of Li Jue ten years ago, and the eldest prince who is about to make a move.

No one reassured him.

His eyes turned around among the words on the paper, and finally fell on the word Li Jue.

Shen Zhu sighed unconsciously again, and said to himself helplessly: "I bet everything on you."

At this time, there was a slight movement outside the door, and it was Zhou Duan who came.

After Zhou Duan came in on tiptoe, he closed the door cautiously, approached Shen Zhu and whispered to Shen Zhu: "Feng Renzhi has heard something."

After the end of autumn, it is the season to pay the grain. If Feng Renzhi is greedy to pay the grain tax, it is impossible not to rush to take action.

Shen Zhu deliberately stepped on this month to come to Daming Mansion to investigate. If Feng Renzhi didn't act because of him this year, it can be regarded as stabilizing the supply of grain and grass in the Northwest battlefield this year.If Feng Renzhi made a move, he could also seize the current situation to ensure the stability of the Northwest's rear.

No matter what.

And the facts were as Chen Zhu expected, Feng Renzhi really couldn't help it.

Chen Zhu threw away the writing brush in his hand, put the paper he just scribbled on the candle and burned it, rolled his eyes and smiled and said: "I'll go find him now."

Feng House.

Feng Renzhi kept his clothes light and simple, bringing only one guard with him, and came out through the back door.

Just about to get into the carriage, a teasing voice appeared.

"Oh, it's a coincidence that the official came here." Shen Zhu appeared from nowhere, and said with a smile, "Prefect Feng is going out?"

Feng Renzhi didn't expect Shen Zhu to appear suddenly, cursed secretly, turned around with a smile and replied: "Where is it, just go to the yamen to handle the case."

You can really put gold on your face.

Shen Zhu scolded in his heart, but still praised with a smile on his face: "Prefect Feng is really a conscientious and good official."

As he said that, Shen Zhu brought up a food box, and said: "Today, the people in the house sent some new fruits, which are Bianliang specialties, and I want to bring them to Zhifu Feng to try something new. I want to go to the yamen, so it seems to be on the way, the magistrate Feng doesn't mind giving me a ride, right?"

The smile on Feng Zhifu's face froze when he heard this, but Chen Zhu brought Li Lily with him, and Shen Zhu's official position was three levels higher than his, so he had no reason to say "no" anyway. Words come.

Prefect Feng smiled and saluted to express his willingness, and made a "please" gesture, wanting to help Chen Zhu into the carriage graciously.

But Shen Zhu only smiled politely, and didn't let Feng Renzhi help him, and got on the carriage with great effort.

Feng Renzhi's hand hanging in the air felt awkward for a moment.

After getting into the carriage, Feng Renzhi took the food box from Shen Zhu and thanked him with a smile.

But Shen Zhu said: "Open it and see if it suits the prefect Feng's wishes."

Feng Renzhi felt that it was impolite to open gifts in person, so he declined with a smile and said, "The things given by Shen Zhiyuan are naturally good, and the officials like them of course."

But Feng Renzhi didn't expect Shen Zhu to hear this as if he had heard some funny joke, he lowered his head and laughed in a muffled voice, and after laughing for a while, Shen Zhu regained his composure and said: "Master Feng, let's open it and have a look."

Chen Zhu smiled slyly, his almond eyes were full of mockery and playfulness.Inexplicably, Feng Renzhi felt that Shen Zhu's smile looked like a fox, and he felt a little uncertain for no reason, so he forgot to refuse, and opened the food box following Shen Zhu's words.

Then he was dumbfounded.

It was a bunch of shriveled fruit.

Facing this box of so-called "fresh" fruits, Feng Renzhi really couldn't say any compliments.

He knew that Shen Zhu came to disturb him on purpose, but he didn't expect that Shen Zhu's disturbance was so straightforward, without even a cover-up.

Feng Renzhi deserved to be a fool for thousands of years, his face was already pale and he could force a smile and said: "I still hope that the prefect Shen will express it?"

Shen Zhu smiled, donkey's lip didn't match horse's mouth and said: "This is what the people in the family ask for with a lot of money."

"You know, this is the freshest food and grass that the general can buy." Shen Zhu pointedly said, "Bianliang is not short of money, and the name is not short of food. And what Feng Zhifu wants is in Bianliang, Northwest wants to The things I want are in daimyo. Fortunately, the general now lives in Bianliang."

Although Shen Zhu didn't say it directly, the meaning in the words could no longer be understood.

He contributed the money, Feng Renzhi paid the grain, issued grain loans in Northwest China and Daming, and received double the money.

Feng Renzhi was silent.

To be honest, he was a little moved.

Money is such a good thing that no one can resist not wanting more.

Feng Renzhi already thought that Shen Zhu would find out that he had falsely declared grain tax, and even thought about how to deal with it or how to send Zhou Duan away to kill Shen Zhu.

But he didn't expect that Shen Zhu would come to him for cooperation.

Feng Renzhi was moved, but he was worried, and pretended to be calm on the surface: "I am very grateful to the prefect Shen for his attention, but you and I are all working for the eldest prince. The eldest prince is in the capital, and he is not short of gold and silver. .”

What these words mean is that the First Prince is rich, so what reason does he have to cooperate with Shen Zhu?

Shen Zhu smiled, he also knew that Feng Renzhi didn't completely regard him as his own, otherwise Feng Renzhi couldn't easily believe that he and Li Jue were enemies.

Being born straight is one reason, and he didn't plan to accept Shen Zhu, but planned to get rid of Shen Zhu after collecting the food tax was also another reason.

Shen Zhu's heart was like a bright mirror, he knew that Feng Renzhi would not let go unless he showed his only advantage.

Therefore, Shen Zhu smiled and said: "All Du Zhi Yan Tie belong to Li Jue, the eldest prince can't reach Li Jue, right?"

Feng Renzhi couldn't help but nodded when he heard this.

Shen Zhu: "This organ."

"Until now, everyone thought that I was the emperor's man, and Li Jue was the emperor's favorite, and that I was the concubine in name of King Huai. I can definitely reach out to Duzhi and Li in the name of the emperor." Yantie over there." Chen Zhu said with a smile, "It's better not to spend money than to give money from others, right? Feng Zhifu can take the money from the eldest prince with one hand, and with the other hand hide the expenses and not report taxes. Isn't it true that there is no capital Wanli?"

Feng Renzhi really couldn't refuse this condition, and his thinking immediately became dull.

Chen Zhu also knew that opportunities should not be given too much, and those who wanted to leave a hook were itchy.

So Shen Zhu accepted it as soon as he saw it, and withdrew his gaze from looking at Feng Renzhi, and said casually: "I don't force Zhifu Feng, and Zhifu Feng can think about it carefully. After all, this is the first transaction since I took office. The official also values ​​Zhifu Feng very much, so he came to cooperate with Zhifu Feng, but if Zhifu Feng disagrees, I have no choice but to find someone else."

After speaking, the carriage arrived at the Yamen.

Shen Zhu didn't give Feng Renzhi another chance, he opened the curtain of the carriage and got out of the carriage, but his eyes were attracted by a carriage outside the gate of the house.

Those were some ordinary carriages.It seems that it should be the car of an official of the fourth rank or a rich private businessman.

But the maids and servants up and down are very polite, they do things neatly, they keep silent, and they don't look sideways. They don't seem to be trained by the general family.Few of the princes and nobles have seen their subordinates manage so neatly. It is estimated that the maids in Feng Renzhi's mansion are not so obedient.

Shen Zhu couldn't help asking one more question: "Prefect Feng, what kind of car is this?"

Feng Renzhi was still thinking about the matter that Shen Zhu had brought up just now, and he didn't have any extra thoughts about other people's carriages. He glanced at them and said, "This is the carriage from Beirong's side to do business, and it basically goes to the Daming Mansion. The other family is a bit richer, and their status is different from that of ordinary merchants. The head of the family was given a surname by the previous dynasty, and it is said that his surname seems to be Helan."

"He Lan..." Shen Zhu's heart moved slightly after hearing this, he always felt that he had seen these two words somewhere before, but couldn't remember them for a while.

After getting out of the carriage, Shen Zhu passed by the carriage and took a look, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

But Shen Zhu couldn't figure out where the familiarity came from, so he had to go to the Yali and Feng Renzhi to look at the grain tax, and then evaded it with Feng Renzhi for a long time, and when the two reached an agreement, it was already too late.

Feng Renzhi wanted to send Shen Zhu back to the restaurant, but Shen Zhu refused.

He was about to vomit just looking at Feng Renzhi's face all day long, and if he said a few words of hypocrisy to Feng Renzhi, he suspected that he might not even be able to eat dinner.

Shen Zhu was waiting at the gate of the government office for the restaurant to pick him up in a carriage, so he would blow the evening breeze by the way.

At this time, the evening wind was already cold, and it was a bit cold after blowing for a long time.

But it was just right for Shen Zhu, his headache was about to explode, and it happened that the cooler evening wind could wake him up.

Shen Zhu really didn't like to deal with these officials in a roundabout way, he would get a headache when discussing these matters.Back then, he thanked the late emperor for his post, but he didn't expect that when he was the current emperor, he would be a duck to take up the post.

Zhou Duan asked him what he was trying to do, but he didn't know it himself.

After all, he is too incompetent.

He is all things, can afford, can't let go.

He couldn't let go of the war in the northwest, and he couldn't let go of Li Jue, so he deserved to carry these things and suffer.

Shen Zhu tossed a copper coin, he bet all his bets on Li Jue, and he was very uncertain.

After all, his stinky hands can smoke mandarin fish away, and he always loses but never wins in gambling.

Shen Zhu looked at the copper plate and worried: "My A Jue, don't let me down."

At this moment a carriage came, Shen Zhu put away the copper plate and asked if it was the carriage from the restaurant, the driver of the carriage nodded expressionlessly.

Shen Zhu felt a little familiar with this expressionless and deadly behavior.

Shen Zhu turned the wheelchair to the side of the carriage, he didn't want to be hugged into the carriage before getting into the carriage.

This is not a carriage from a restaurant!

Shen Zhu reflexively drew out the short knife in his sleeve and put it on the opponent's neck.

The other party had no murderous intent, but paused, and asked in a gloomy tone: "Chen Zhu, are you going to murder your husband?"

Shen Zhu's hand holding the knife froze, only then did he see clearly the pale face of the visitor, and said in disbelief, "Ah Jue?"