[Red House] Release a concubine and have children

After hearing Wei Yan's words, Emperor Yonghe's expression immediately became hesitant.

The situation in the Huguang area is indeed very critical. Judging from the memorials that those people passed into the capital, the officialdom in the Huguang area has almost been controlled by those foreigners with opium and opium. If the local overseas forces are not cleared as soon as possible, perhaps opium This kind of thing will spread to all parts of the country along the officials in the Huguang area, and by then the entire Daxia court will be over.

What's the use of being sober even if he is the emperor?The people who are useless under his command are nothing more than being emptied of all rights, and then become puppets in the hands of overseas forces to seek benefits.

Therefore, the situation in the Huguang area is very critical, and in the view of Emperor Yonghe, there is almost no one in the entire Great Xia who is more suitable to be sent to Huguang to handle related affairs than Wei Yan, because among his few confidants in the court, only Wei Yan because he is He was killed on the battlefield, so he is quite decisive and ruthless in his actions, unlike other ministers who are hesitant and indecisive when doing things.

Even Gu Xueshi, because he was a civil servant and often pays attention to human relations, made Emperor Yonghe dissatisfied with some trivial matters.

In the eyes of Emperor Yonghe, Huguang's current situation must be severely punished.

But the matter of the gold mine is just as important.

Although Emperor Yonghe had raided the homes of many corrupt officials and the national treasury was temporarily filled, Emperor Yonghe still had many decrees to be promulgated urgently, and the implementation of these decrees was also inseparable from money.

But in comparison, Emperor Yonghe cared more about the officialdom in the Huguang area.

Obviously Wei Yan also knew this, so when he met Emperor Yonghe, he directly asked the emperor to arrange someone to protect the gold mine.

Yong and Emperor paused, then looked up at Wei Yan: "Ming Jing thinks, who should I shoot to protect the gold mine?"

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect the emperor to ask his opinion directly.

But seeing the serious expression on the emperor's face, he was not trying to test himself, but was sincerely asking for his own opinion. After thinking for a while, he said a name: "I think General Guo is a good candidate. Although Guo Tong has never really been on the battlefield , but his ability to use force is extraordinary, and because Da Lala's temperament gets along well with his soldiers, his soldiers are very convinced of him. The most important thing is that although Guo Tong's brain is not very smart, his temper is also a little irritable. When he was in court, he was always provoked to speak out, but his temperament was rough and subtle, and he never made mistakes in major matters. Moreover, the Guo family has been loyal to the emperor for generations, and he is a person who can be entrusted with important tasks .”

After Emperor Yonghe listened, the image of Guo Tong began to appear in his mind. After a long time, he had to admit that Guo Tong recommended by Wei Yan was a good choice.

Others are easy to say, the key is that for several generations before the Guo family, regardless of their official positions, whether they were reused by the emperor, etc., they have never been involved in the seizure of the heir apparent, and they are a truly royalist family.Although the Guo family never stood by his side when he seized the heirloom before, they never stood behind his brothers to be hostile to him.Even because he has been doing practical things for the common people, the Guo family has a good impression of him and secretly provided him with some help.

Emperor Yonghe felt somewhat satisfied when he thought of Guo Tong, but he was also worried that Wei Yan's recommendation of Guo Tong was out of selfishness, so he couldn't help asking him: "How is the personal relationship between Ming Jing and Guo Tong?"

Wei Yan said with a smile: "Before Madam's hot pot restaurant opened, Weichen once invited several colleagues to eat in the restaurant, which can be regarded as building momentum for the hot pot restaurant."

He was not worried about the emperor's suspicion, because after Emperor Yonghe ascended the throne, he decided to take the path of lonely minister.The reason why he participated in the fight for the throne before was because he grew up with the emperor, and he was naturally labeled as the emperor. Even if he didn't participate in the fight for the throne, others would only label him as the emperor's faction, and there is no way to be alone ; Secondly, it was also because he had just returned to Beijing not long ago, and he had not yet gained a firm foothold in the court, and the Wei family had only himself as the pillar. Facing the situation surrounded by wolves, he could only choose to rely on one prince, and the four The prince is the best choice.

But now, he is already in a high position, and there is no urgent need to go further

With his previous efforts in the battle for the throne, it is impossible for Emperor Yonghe to treat him badly. Sooner or later, he will be able to sit where he wants to sit, and there is really no need to get involved in the battle for the throne.

Since he doesn't intend to participate in the battle for the heir apparent, there is no need for him to form a party for personal gain, which will instead arouse Emperor Yonghe's fear.

Even if Emperor Yonghe became suspicious and wanted to investigate, he would only find out that there was only one or two encounters between him and Guo Tong except when he was in court on weekdays, and there was really nothing worth caring about.

Emperor Yonghe saw that Wei Yan was open-minded and knew his temperament very well, so he nodded happily: "In this case, I will order Guo Tong to take over your position at the gold mine."

Wei Yan had no opinion at all.

Emperor Yonghe said again: "What's your opinion on the punishment of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes?"

Wei Yan was stunned. Unlike before, when he heard the question from Emperor Yonghe, his expression became very embarrassed: "Your Majesty, this matter is followed by Gu Xueshi, you ask this question to my minister, my minister I don’t know what to do, and I can’t give you an effective suggestion.”

Emperor Yonghe chuckled lightly: "You guys..."

He just thought of it suddenly before, so he asked a question. After hearing what Wei Yan said, he also knew that it would be offensive to his other confidant to ask Wei Yan about this matter. I hoped that there would be some estrangement between my left and right arm, so I shook my head after speaking, did I force Wei Yan to answer my own question.

However, he already had his own plan in mind, as long as Xueshi Gu presented the evidence of the crimes of the four county kings, he would directly confiscate the people's homes just like the four major families.

But seeing that they hadn't mined for so long before and left a complete gold mine for the court, he wouldn't be cruel to them.

As criminal officials, the three generations of descendants of these people are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination.Now he is willing to give extra favors and give these people a chance to make progress.

But whether he can catch it or not has nothing to do with him, the emperor.

Thinking in this way, Emperor Yonghe looked up at Wei Yan, and said his final decision: "After Guo Tong accepts the gold mine, I will immediately appoint you as an imperial envoy and give you a Shangfang sword. The two provinces of Huguang and Guangxi are trying to find out the truth. If there is any obstacle, they will be killed without pardon. After all the criminals are taken into custody with conclusive evidence, they will be taken to the capital. I want to see them. What does the criminal minister that Sheji cares about look like!"

Wei Yan took the order and quickly withdrew.

At the gate of the palace, he happened to meet Guo Tong who had been summoned by the emperor to enter the palace. He probably knew what he was going to Beijing this time.Although he hasn't seen the emperor yet, Guo Tong already guessed in his heart that the emperor's ability to think of and reuse him this time is probably inseparable from the newly released Marquis Dingwei.

There were too many idlers waiting at the gate of the palace, and the emperor was still waiting in the palace, Guo Tong couldn't talk to Wei Yan more, but he still bowed his hands gratefully to him: "Dingweihou, wait for you to come back to Beijing next time." , I treat you, and I invite Lord Hou to show you his face!"

Wei Yan replied: "Definitely!"

After speaking, he got into the carriage without looking back, and Guo Tong also turned around and entered the palace gate.

After returning to Dingweihou's mansion, Wei Yan immediately told his family about the conspiracy and the truth behind the fact that he was about to go to Huguang provinces to investigate the flow of opium and film into the Qing Dynasty and control so many ministers and gentry.

The two old people did not express anything, after all, they were already used to Wei Yan walking outside.

The two children were somewhat reluctant, but they were not as shocked as Fu Lilai: "You just came back, why are you leaving the capital so soon? Didn't the emperor send you to guard the gold mine before? When will you come back?" ?”

Although the place where the gold mine is located is far away from the capital, it is much closer than the two provinces of Huguang.

At least, when Wei Yan was guarding the gold mine, he could return home once a month, but if he went to Huguang provinces, he might have to wait several months, or even more than half a year, to return to the capital.

Wei Yan felt guilty and restless. He had promised Fu Li before that he would never leave the capital for such a long time, but he did not expect to break his promise so soon: "This time the incident is too big, the emperor wanted to let I guard the gold mines, but obviously things in Huguang provinces are more critical. It’s just that the emperor has raided too many ministers’ homes before, and now most of the officials left are honest or newly promoted. It is not easy to make mistakes, but in the face of the complicated situation in the two provinces of Huguang, it may not be able to hold on to the situation. Even if the newcomer has excellent skills, but lacks experience, it is easy to fall into the pit dug by others."

If it's just an ordinary job this time, even if it falls into a pit, it won't cause too much impact. At worst, it will make people feel that the newcomer is inexperienced and not doing things well, and it will be difficult to get reused in the future.

But this time it involves drugs and drugs. If you are tricked into becoming addicted to drugs or drugs, I'm afraid...

"The reputation of me, Marquis Dingwei, has spread throughout Daxia. We are all officials in the same dynasty, and we know that the emperor has a lot of trust in me." Wei Yan smiled, "Furthermore, it is not easy for the court to do things like me. After all, there are only a few people who talk about affection, that's why the emperor sent me to the two provinces of Huguang."

Fu Li looked at Wei Yan with a helpless smile: "It's not up to you to decide where you go to work, and from what you said, the matter in Huguang provinces involved opium, and many local officials were addicted to drugs. It is true that a little carelessness may endanger the foundation of the imperial court. Although the emperor sent you, I am reluctant to give up, but I still support it. Why do you have to wear a guilty expression? If you don’t know, you think I’m ignorant at all. haunting you."

If it was something else, Fu Li would probably complain a little bit. After all, the time she spent with Wei Yan was really too short for such a long time, which made people have no sense of being married at all. The relationship between the two seemed to be discussing instead. long distance relationship

It's still the kind of long-distance relationship where communication is extremely difficult.

But Fu Li came from a later life and knew how harmful opium was, so knowing that Wei Yan went to Huguang Province this time to fight drugs, naturally he would not complain.Not only did she not complain, but she hoped from the bottom of her heart that Wei Yan could complete the task perfectly, and it would be best to completely make drugs disappear from the land of Daxia, and they would never appear again in the next hundred years.

Wei Yan laughed: "I really hope you can pester me."

Fu Li smiled, and soon became serious: "I have no objection to your going to Huguang provinces on business, but you have to tell me when you will go, how long you will go, whether you will encounter danger during this trip, etc. Bar?"

Wei Yan nodded, and quickly explained: "This time in the past, the emperor will appoint me as an imperial envoy, and will also give me a Shangfang sword so that I can beheaded first."

The right to play back.I am also a general, and I will bring my own soldiers there, the danger is not great, but I am just worried that those people will come if they can't come clearly.But I have always been determined, and even if I get addicted to drugs, I can quit in the future, it's nothing..."

"You want to say it's not a big deal?" Fu Li realized that because there are still few people taking drugs in this world, they don't have a deep understanding of the dangers of drugs. She immediately restrained all expressions and looked at Wei Yan seriously. "Wei Xuan, you must remember that you must never touch drugs. Maybe you think that those people who were poisoned in the capital are ordinary people with unsteady wills. It may be easy to think about getting rid of drugs, but you have to think about it. Are the officials in Huguang and Guangxi provinces? Is there really no one with a strong will? After finding out that he was controlled by drugs, did he never think about getting rid of the control of those people? But they are still controlled by others, why? Could it be Just because all of them are weak-willed?"

Wei Yan paused, and his demeanor instantly became gloomy: "But didn't you say before that you can quit drugs?"

"It is true that you can get rid of drugs, but it is not easy to get rid of drugs. If it is so easy, the emperor has clearly stated the dangers of poppies and opium in the mansion newspaper. Why do those officials still choose to hide it?" Fu Li seriously Looking at Wei Yan anxiously, "Because the process of detoxification is very painful, not only physically, but also psychologically. If you really become addicted to drugs and quit physically, you may not be able to quit psychologically."

The most difficult part of detoxification is never the physical

After all, even those weak-minded people, when they find that they cannot bear the pain caused by the withdrawal reaction, others can intervene. If they are ruthless, they can directly tie up the person and control all the actions of the other party , can not also achieve the purpose of detoxification?But if it were really that simple, where would there be so many people whose families were ruined by drug abuse?

The most frightening thing about drug rehabilitation is the addiction in the heart.Psychological addiction cannot be quit. If you come into contact with drugs after quitting, you will most likely relapse because you cannot stand the temptation. Once you relapse, it will be difficult to quit drugs in the future.

Wei Yan realized the seriousness of the matter. Although he still didn't feel scared, he couldn't help but worry more than before.

He even began to worry that those ministers who had been framed before tried to get rid of drugs in private, and found it too difficult and painful to do so, so they chose to take refuge in each other...

If this is the case, the original situation of cooperation between the inside and the outside may become a situation of isolation and helplessness.

The difficulty of the task is also countless times greater than before.

These are not the scariest thing yet. What worries Wei Yan the most is that he may not be able to complete the task in a short time this time. He can handle it, but if there is no one in the back house, he may really be plotted against.

He looked up at Fu Li, as if he wanted to say something, but when he thought of Fu Li's property in the capital, he hesitated to speak.

Fu Li did say before that he would hand over the affairs of the capital and then follow him to work in other places, but at that time the decision was made on the basis of at least one year.How long has it been since he came back from Jiangnan?In such a short period of time, not to mention the shops in the capital, even the various miscellaneous matters in Dingweihou's mansion, Fu Li probably didn't sort out them clearly.

He paused, and said, "Xiao Li, if detoxification is really as difficult as you said, the situation in Huguang provinces may be more complicated and dangerous than expected. I didn't intend to let you go with me, but Now... you are here in the capital to deal with the business of the store and your home, if I haven't sent back any good news within two months, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to travel thousands of miles to the two provinces of Huguang to sit in the rear for me."

Fu Li raised his eyebrows: "Why do we have to wait two months? Can't I just follow you there?"

Wei Yan was overjoyed at first, and then frowned: "In such a short period of time, you should not have cleared the delivery of the shops in the capital, right? The emperor is in a hurry. I'm afraid I can only stay in the capital for two or three days before leaving. How can I make it in time?"

Fu Li turned his head to look at the old lady: "You can leave the old lady to decide the affairs of the house. The old lady has been a housekeeper for many years, so she can handle it easily, and there will be no mistakes. But these shops in the capital..."

Thinking of Cai Li and Mrs. Tian's family, she couldn't decide who to hand over such a large stall.

Fu Li looked at Wei Yan hesitantly: "When you were in the Bazhou government, you once mentioned that there was an old matter about Fang's father and son that needed to be investigated, but there was no further information after that. Tell me, have you investigated that old matter? Clear?"

Of course she trusts Aunt Tian 100%, but the other party's father and son cannot trust like this, so many times when it is necessary to choose between Cai Li and Aunt Tian to preside over the overall situation, she is more inclined to Cai Li.

Part of the reason was that Wei Yan had unintentionally mentioned that there was an old case involving Fang's father and son.

Wei Yan was taken aback: "Father and son?"

It took him a while before he remembered who the Fang family father and son were, "You mean Fang Huai and Fang Yu? They were indeed involved in something before, but it wasn't a big deal. The results of the final investigation were also first. The Fang family's father and son are innocent, and there is nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, Aunt Tian's identity is somewhat special, but it is not harmful to you, and you can trust her as before."

Fu Li frowned, turned to look at Wei Yan, his eyes were full of doubts.

But Wei Yan chose to avoid her gaze, and didn't intend to answer her question.

Fu Li was stunned for a moment, and instantly guessed that Aunt Tian's identity might be similar to Tang Ming's.

Although Fu Li believed that Aunt Tian would not harm her

After all these years, Aunt Tian is almost the one who knows the abnormality in her body the most, but judging from the emperor's various performances, Aunt Tian probably did not report the abnormality in her body.

But just in case, she still decided not to teach all the shops in the capital to one person.

After thinking about it, she said: "Tomorrow, I will divide the shop in the capital into two halves. One half will be in charge of Cai Li, and the other half will be in charge of Tian Auntie. The two of them will be in charge of the half, but they can restrain each other. There is someone who can discuss things, and there is also room for buffering.”

Wei Yan has always supported Fu Li's decision, and he just nodded after listening, and didn't say anything more.

Although the two old people were reluctant to let the husband and wife leave together, they also knew that it was dangerous to go there, and it would be considered a way for them to go there together, so that they would not be tricked, so they could only nod in agreement.

The two children expressed reluctance, and even proposed to go to Huguang provinces with Fu Li and the others on errands, but Wei Yan thought that the two were too young to protect themselves, and if they went in the past, they would only hinder them. He refused decisively on the grounds that the two had to spend energy looking after them in addition to their work.

In less than two days, Fu Li handed over all the matters in the capital, and then began to pack his and Wei Yan's luggage.

On the fourth day, the emperor directly issued an order to appoint Wei Yan as an imperial envoy, and asked him to go to Huguang and Guangxi provinces to investigate the matter of opium.

The luggage of the two had already been packed, and all kinds of things were explained clearly, so the next day, they brought the arranged manpower and luggage to the pier, and then took the waterway, and arrived at Huzhou Mansion in less than two months.

When passing through the Fuzhou mansion on the way, after discussing with Wei Yan, Fu Li directly bought dozens of servants who had signed death contracts in the local area, and then brought them directly to Wei Yan's mansion where he was on business in the two provinces of Huguang.

When the group of people came down from the pier in a mighty manner, the officials who came to greet them saw the servants behind them, and some of them turned green.

Because Wei Yan came to the two provinces of Huguang this time, he made it clear that after investigating those who colluded with overseas forces, he would definitely punish them severely. Full of smiles, but eyes full of worry

Knowing that the emperor was very determined to punish these criminals this time, even if the officials in the capital knew that Wei Yan was the imperial envoy this time, they didn't even think about telling the officials of Huguang and Huguang provinces about his identity.Because he was not sure whether the officials involved with him were innocent or not, he drew a line with them directly at the beginning, and even if he later found out that the other party was the person the emperor wanted to punish this time, he would not implicate himself again.

Less than two years after Emperor Yonghe ascended the throne, he abolished countless officials and ransacked their homes. His thunderous tactics had already frightened all the Chinese and military officials in the court. Everyone respected and feared him, and they dared not make mistakes under his nose .

Now that Emperor Yonghe wanted to liquidate the officials in Huguang and Guangxi provinces, they were not crazy, and they wanted to pass on news to these officials who were destined to have no good end.What if they are found out later and the emperor misunderstands that they are accomplices?

Therefore, although officials from Huguang and Guangxi knew that there would be imperial envoys coming, they never thought that the person who would be sent would be the famous Dingweihou.

Dingweihou?

As long as anyone has heard of his reputation, there is no one who is not afraid

Although it was Emperor Yonghe who ordered the house raid every time, it was basically Wei Yan who led people to search the house in the end.

What's more, Wei Yan was killed on the battlefield in the past, with countless lives in his hands, and the smell of blood in his body makes people feel terrified when they look at it, and they dare not fight against him at all.

But when Wei Yan first arrived, these officials didn't plan to take action no matter what thoughts they had in their minds. Instead, they decided to see what Wei Yan would do in the future, and then adjust their positions according to the situation.

Wei Yan didn't know how many officials from Huguang and Guangxi provinces were addicted to drugs, so when he saw these people, he didn't leave directly, but chose to stay for a while to greet them, so that these people's spirits would not be too tense .

Fu Li brought Dong Xia and Dong Chun together this time, and because they were female relatives, he was at the end. After Wei Yan exchanged greetings with other officials and had a preliminary impression, he bid farewell to these officials, and then told Fu Li Went to the local accommodation during this time.

Perhaps in order to please Wei Yan, the local officials prepared a rather large residence for the two of them. In terms of size, it could even be compared with the Dingweihou Mansion in the capital.Of course, there is still a certain gap between the various decorations and furnishings inside compared with Dingweihou Mansion.

After all, these officials didn't know who the imperial envoys sent by the emperor were, so they didn't dare to use those out-of-the-ordinary ornaments when decorating the mansion, lest they be said to have exceeded the regulatory status.

When the husband and wife entered the house, there were already many servants busy in the house, but now seeing the dozens of people behind Fu Li, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to do.

Fu Li smiled, raised his hand and said to everyone:

"Where did you work before, go back to where you are now, we have already bought a lot of servants on the way, which is enough to take care of the house in an orderly manner, and it is really useless to keep you in the house. "

Although many of these servants arranged by the local officials were specially placed spies, there were also many of them from innocent families.

But for the newly arrived Wei Yan and his wife, Fu Li has no idea whether these people are nails placed in the house by others. Their local identities and various connections are points that may be used by others. And as long as they have something that can be used, there is a possibility of betraying them in the future.

If it is a more tactful method, in order to whitewash the peace, maybe all these servants will be brought into the mansion. As for whether they will be reused in the future, it depends on Fu Li's own choice.

But Fu Li has read countless novels and film and television dramas in modern times, and he is most aware of the consequences that those little people who are underestimated can cause.

She didn't want to put herself and Wei Yan in danger for a little peace on the surface that was useless at all.Even if she is told that there is no way to do things simply and rudely, she will nip all dangers in the bud.

When Fu Li stopped in Fuzhou Mansion before and decided to buy so many servants, Wei Yan actually didn't quite understand her approach.

Buying so many servants on the way, although Fuzhou is very close to Huzhou, the extra expenses for these servants on this section of the road, whether it is food, clothing, housing or travel expenses, etc., are a lot of money money.What's more, in Wei Yan's view, after they arrive in Huzhou, they don't want the servants sent to them by local officials. It's nothing troublesome.

But he didn't know about Hou Zhai, so he didn't intervene. After confirming that Fu Li really had his own reasons for doing so, he simply agreed to Fu Li's arrangement.

That's why these dozens of people exist.

but……

The one who seemed to have the highest status among the previous servants stood up, with a rather blank expression: "But ma'am, we are all servants who were bought by the magistrate at the dental shop, and there is no master. You just let us go back , we don’t know where to go back.”

newly bought?

Wei Yan turned to look at Fu Li: "If that's the case, why don't we just keep him?"

Anyway, the house is big, so it won't be crowded if there are dozens of people left.Even if there are spies inside, it is enough to send people to work in unimportant positions so that they cannot touch the main courtyard where the husband and wife live.

Fu Li gave Wei Yan a white look: "They say they are newly bought, do you believe it? Even if they were really just bought from a dental store, where did they go before they were sold to the dental store?" Working, how do you know? Even, how do you know which force is standing behind that so-called tooth shop? You don’t want to take precautions, but you are planning to keep people behind.”

Wei Yan smiled: "It's not that I believed his words, it's just that since they said so, they obviously won't obey and go back, and we don't know whose family they are from, or that the servants in the house have different personalities. Master, if they don't go back by themselves, can we just drive them out?"

Fu Li turned his head to look at these servants, his expression was not very good-looking: "I think those grown-ups have malicious intentions, but they sent people to our house one by one, but they still hold the deeds of prostitution in their own hands. They threatened these servants with selling their lives to do things for them, how can these servants whose lives are in their hands still resist?"

Wei Yan seemed to have finally remembered such an important matter, and his expression darkened slightly: "No contract of sale?"

"Naturally not."

"Then it seems that these people really have bad intentions. When I investigate the case in the future, I don't have to worry about everyone's status as officials in the same dynasty."

As soon as Wei Yan finished speaking, the servant who had said that he had nowhere to go before panicked.

However, he was just a servant, he didn't know what to say at all, he could only look at the two anxiously, wishing to kowtow to them to admit their mistakes.

Fu Li and Wei Yan looked at each other, and then gave a light snort at the same time

The two of them originally thought that the magistrate who arranged such a big house for their husband and wife should not be so stupid that he really didn't give them the deed of sale. Who knows...he is really that stupid?

or……

Fu Li looked at Wei Yan, thinking of the invitation that the magistrate sent to Wei Yan when they parted before: "Speaking of which, the magistrate seems to be preparing a reception banquet for you tonight, remember to ask the magistrate when you go over , who owns the deeds of sale of these people? If there is no deed of sale, you will send these people directly to the prefect's mansion after you come back. Anyway, the mansion was bought by the prefect, and these servants should also be prefects Your Excellency bought it with silver, even if it is not, he will know better who should send him to the Lord Zhifu."

Seeing Fu Li's sly look, Wei Yan couldn't help laughing: "If I go to the banquet, someone will give me the deeds of prostitution of these servants? Is Madam planning to keep them?"

Listening to Wei Yan's question, the servants who had stayed in the mansion all raised their ears, wanting to hear Fu Li's answer.

It's just a face-to-face meeting, and these servants who are good at reading people's eyes already understand that the person who is in charge of the rear house is the wife of the imperial envoy. If the wife sits down to make a decision, even if the imperial envoy disagrees, he will only choose to compromise in the end.

Fu Li smiled: "It will be easier with the deed of sale, we don't even need to disturb the magistrate, we can directly sell all the people to the tooth shop, and the money we get will be returned to the magistrate directly. If the magistrate doesn't accept it, wouldn't it be better for people to take the money to charity or send it to health care halls, charity homes and other places to do good deeds?"

Out of the corner of Wei Yan's eyes, Wei Yan noticed that the servants in the mansion were pale with fright at Fu Li's words, and they were all on the verge of collapse, and they almost didn't laugh outright.

But he didn't say much, but nodded in response: "Since Madam said so, I'll go over today and ask the magistrate if they have a contract of sale, and what regulations does he have for these servants."

Fu Li nodded, and then asked Dongxia to go to work with the servants he bought in Fuzhou Mansion, while Dongchun stayed by his side.

As for those servants who showed up in this mansion early in the morning?He was also taken away by Dongxia, but he was placed directly in the servant's side room, and a few tall and burly men were specially sent to guard outside the side room, absolutely not allowing these people to leave his residence for even half a step.

When he returned to his room, Fu Li suddenly laughed out loud: "You actually cooperated with me in saying that just now, and you are not afraid that those words will be spread and people will think you are a fearful person."

Wei Yan didn't care about it at all: "If you are afraid of yourself, be afraid of yourself, it's not a big deal anyway."

Fu Li shook his head and laughed: "I'm afraid that if this happens, the wives of those adults will probably regard me as a sweet potato."

Wei Yan paused: "I was negligent..."

When Fu Li was in the capital, because she was busy with her own business and he had a high status as a husband, she rarely went out to attend banquets on weekdays. There was no banquet either.

Wei Yan knew very well that Fu Li was not interested in these completely useless exchanges.

"What's the matter?" Fu Li waved his hand, "I was so busy before I left the capital, didn't I just come here with you and sit in the rear for you? If I can't help at all, I will There is no need to follow you here."

Wei Yan smiled: "I'm just worried that those people are too noisy."

"In my capacity, it's not enough for those people to flatter and worry. How dare they offend me?" Fu Li shook his head nonchalantly, "As long as I express my unwillingness to participate in the banquet, can they still force me to participate?"

However, she is very clear about her real purpose of following Wei Yan this time, so I am afraid that these ladies' banquets really cannot be postponed.

After all, drug addiction does not distinguish between men, women, and children. Those ministers have already contracted it. Can the girls and wives in the back house who have nothing to do on weekdays be able to avoid it?

You know, drugs "lose weight".

And Daxia's aesthetics happens to be thin for beauty.

Who knew what these ladies and girls would do with the opium poppies?If she could find something while attending the banquet, it would be a worthwhile trip.

After the two discussed the future course of action, Wei Yan quickly washed up and went to the clean-up banquet held by the local officials, while Fu Li stayed at home and distributed the servants he brought back from Fuzhou. Position.

Fu Li originally thought that Wei Yan was going to attend the banquet today, and he would not come back until eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening. Who knew that he had only gone not long before it was dark, so Wei Yan appeared at the door of the room.

Fu Li had just finished his dinner, when he saw him coming back, he rushed up to greet him: "Why did you come back so early today?"

Wei Yan's complexion was dark, and his aura was even more frightening: "Because I didn't know until I got to the place where the banquet was held, that the clean-up banquet they arranged for me was actually in the Land of Smoky Willows."

Let alone Wei Yan now, even Fu Li's expression became ugly.

Seeing that Fu Li was angry, Wei Yan became happy instead: "It's okay. After I went to the place and met people, I took the opportunity to get angry and left without even entering the door. Not only that, I also gave those servants' contracts of prostitution I got it. The magistrate is very interesting. The first thing he did after seeing me was to hand over the deed of sale to me. He also clearly stated that the person who was sent to the house is ours. No matter how we arrange it in the future, we will follow me. meaning."

Fu Li was stunned for a moment, and then frowned: "He admitted that there are people arranged by him in the house? Why did he do this? We have no fear, and think we dare not sell people?"

Wei Yan smiled lightly, his eyes darkened: "Who knows."

"Then what should we do?" Fu Li hesitated, "Are we really going to sell people directly according to the previous plan?