Chapter 34: the eve of the storm

Chapter 34: the eve of the storm

"Boss Lu, Mr. Xie is here."

It was getting dark, there were few pedestrians on the street, and most of the shops were closed, but on the second floor of a building facing the street, the lanterns hanging outside the Youhuang Pavilion were still lit.

In the dark room at the back, there is a little boy.

Lu Xian was sitting inside, frowned dissatisfiedly looking at the results handed in from below.

Hearing the voice of Tong Chuan, he scolded: "If you don't come early or late, you can't get a big sedan chair on weekdays. As soon as you tell him that there are a few pieces of good wood here, you will come by yourself, and cooperate with Lao Tzu." Worse than two pieces of broken wood!"

As he spoke, he dropped the secret report on the table with a "snap".

He got up and walked outside.

There is a piano room specially set up in the Youhuang Pavilion for guests to try the piano. When Lu Xian opened the door and entered, he saw that his little boy had already put a charcoal stove in the room very consciously, and thanked him He brewed the best Bitan Piaoxue here.

All of a sudden, the nose was crooked.

Lu Xian walked over and poked the little boy's forehead with his finger: "How much does it cost him to buy a piece of wood? You bring him a charcoal basin to make good tea, what else do I earn, your boss? Can't I have a long brain?"

The little boy glanced at him quietly.

My boss is just such a stingy character, and I can't change it.

And whenever Mr. Xie's tea is bad, even if he doesn't make it, the boss will probably obediently make it later.

But he didn't refute anything, and quietly exited, closing the door behind him.

Lu Xian stared angrily: "Look! Look at how unruly these servants are! Who is the owner of this secluded hall!"

Xie Wei was sitting cross-legged on the arhat bed with a square table next to the window, because he was afraid of the cold, a thin blanket was placed on his lap, and he only smiled slightly when he heard this.

When Lu Xian walked over, he found him looking at something.

A dozen or so sheets of rice paper filled with words should have been rolled up, and the ends were slightly raised, which looked like an answer sheet. What Xie Wei was looking at right now was the one on his face, he couldn't help but bend a finger slightly, sticking it to his lips, he actually laughed out loud.

This dog climbs the word...

Lu Xian felt his eyes hurt just by looking at it.

He directly lifted the hem of his robe, sat across from Xie Wei, and said with a strange expression: "I heard that you are going to take an exam today to be a companion for the princess, aren't these all the answer sheets of those ladies from aristocratic families?" ? This word is too ugly..."

Xie Wei didn't accept this.

He only pulled out the other eleven answer sheets below, loosened them easily, and threw them into the charcoal basin, burning them all at once. He didn't care much about the appearance, he kept the copy he just read, rolled it up and put it aside.

Only then did he slightly raise his eyebrows and said: "You have a good catalpa here?"

If you don't open your mouth, you will be fine, and if you open your mouth, you will choke to death.

If he wasn't working for this person right now, Lu Xian can guarantee that a person like Xie Wei would be beaten to death by him if he went out!

I only bless him in my heart, it would be best to kill Zhang Qin for three to five years before being hacked again!

At that moment, he parted the corners of his lips coldly, and said, "There are good catalpas, but I have two bad news here, which one do you want to hear first?"

Xie Wei sighed lightly: "I still have a heart for that You Fangyin."

If I knew it earlier, I would call Jianshu to help get the wood.

Why make a trip by yourself?

Lu Xian couldn't hear this name now, and he exploded when he heard it. There was an evil fire in his heart, and he always felt that he was being played by others: "You explain it to them and let them investigate. But after several days of investigation, What's the result?"

As early as when he learned that Xu Wenyi had hoarded raw silk and would not sell it, Lu Xian felt that You Fangyin had something to do with it.

And there is a mysterious boss behind it.

If he doesn't find out the owner, he will feel like a cat scratching his heart. After all, he is a stingy old fox who is good at business and cares about every detail, but when he goes to buy raw silk, he is caught first, which makes the other party confirm that the raw silk will definitely be sold. Up, almost so angry that he spit out a mouthful of blood.

Lu Xian could never bear this kind of thing.

A few days ago, he and Xie Ju'an settled on a direction, and felt that this matter was inseparable from the water transport and the people on the Cao River, so he asked people to investigate the people You Fangyin had been in contact with recently.

Checked for the first time, and then said that there is no suspicious person.

Lu Xian was so angry that he called people over and scolded them, and then told them to check those people carefully again, expanding the scope to the people indirectly connected to the whole Youfu. At the same time, Xie Wei sent a letter to the emperor, stating that the price of silk in Jingzhong and Jiangnan was maliciously lowered, so as to thoroughly investigate the people involved in this matter in the officialdom.

This time it really came out.

It is true that officials and merchants on the Cao River united. First, the merchants maliciously lowered the price of silk, and then caused people to overturn the silk boats transporting raw silk on the Grand Canal. With such a shortage of supply, the price of silk naturally skyrocketed.

After the profit, the government and businessmen will share half of it.

After the incident was revealed, a large group of officials and businessmen were naturally investigated.

But at You Mansion, it was found out that a steward was related to a servant who ran errands of an official’s house on Caohe River. He had indeed heard about this news beforehand, and he accidentally revealed it while drinking in You Mansion.

Everyone thought he was joking and didn't take it seriously.

No one really took this opportunity to buy raw silk and wait for the price to rise, not even the person in charge took it seriously.

"Xie Ju'an, this matter is really unreasonable." Lu Xian tapped the side table with his finger, emphasizing to Xie Wei, "Assuming that You Fangyin is indeed destined and lucky, I dare to bet that I will get something from this steward." Knowing the news that the price of silk will rise, she went to buy raw silk, but is it necessary for her to invent a non-existing 'employee'? The existence of this 'employee' will not help her in any way. So the only explanation is , this 'owner' does exist! It's just that we haven't figured out where he is hiding."

Xie Wei also lowered his eyes in thought.

Lu Xian, however, became more and more depressed as he spoke: "This person is acting in a paradoxical way. He knows the news, but he only spends four hundred taels to buy raw silk. Maybe he doesn't dare to do it, but maybe he doesn't have the money. Either there is something behind this incident. It hides a deep meaning that we can't guess. Things that can be seen through are not scary, but things that cannot be seen through make me very uneasy."

Xie Wei said: "If you feel that the discovery of a manager is not enough to dispel your suspicion, then send someone to talk to You Fang for a while. Xu Wenyi's raw silk was only sold two days ago, and the money has just been paid back. Hot. If this You Fangyin really has an employer, he must report to the 'Employee', right? Then we will know whether this 'Employee' exists, and if so, who it is."

What Lu Xian wanted was his words.

Immediately he laughed, clapped his hands and said: "Then you have to send some good hands to watch, it's best to ask Daoqin to go in person, in case the boss's side is also a powerful character, don't lose your wife and lose your army!"

Xie Wei said: "Dao Qin may not be willing to go. Stop talking nonsense, what is the other bad news?"

At this moment, Lu Xian stared at him, his eyes flickering.

Xie Wei picked up the teacup and put his slender fingers on the glaze color of Yuguo Qingqing, stopped, and suddenly realized something: "It has something to do with the Yongyihou Mansion?"

Lu Xian nodded, knowing that in Xie Wei's place, everything related to the Yongyihou's Mansion is a big deal—

Although he still doesn't understand why.

At this moment, he pondered for a while before opening his mouth: "Recently, King Pingnan was arrested in Beijing against the party, and there were several assassinations of court officials. The emperor was obviously enraged. There is still a rivalry inside, let's see who is the first to find out who opened the door for these rebels in Beijing. People in the aristocratic families are panicking, and everyone is afraid that they will be found out, even if they have nothing to do with the rebels , I was also afraid that Jinyiwei would find out something else. It can be said that everyone avoided Jinyiwei. But guess what? Yan Shizi took in a family of Jinyiwei called Zhou Yinzhi, who was working hard for him and wanted to stand up The vacancy of the thousand households that was vacated by Zhang Zhe’s impeachment is almost fixed today, and it will be raised tomorrow.”

"Jinyiwei..."

Xie Wei had been in the palace all day and didn't know what happened outside. Hearing Lu Xian's words, two clear and long eyebrows frowned suddenly, and his pretty face suddenly closed It was desolate and chilling.

He's scary when he's not smiling.

He only asked in a deep voice: "The Marquis of Yongyi is very upright and has never been involved in the Jinyiwei. How could Yan Lin promote this Zhou Yinzhi?"

When Lu Xian knew about this, he also felt very strange, so he deliberately asked someone to inquire about it, and now he looked at Xie Wei and said: "This Zhou Yinzhi was originally working for Jiang Shilang of the household department, but he was a servant of the Jiang family, and later he sat in Jinyiwei. Hundreds of households. Some people guessed that Yan Shizi was entrusted by the future Yue family, and some people said that this person was recommended to Yan Shizi by the second girl Jiang."

"..."

Jiang Xuening.

Xie Wei's eyes fell on the rolled up answer sheet, and when he thought of what he said to her in Fengchen Palace today, his eyes were a little emotional.

He slowly closed his eyes, thinking about something.

But Lu Xian said: "This timing, this coincidence, Jin Yiwei, Yongyihou's Mansion, Pingnan Wang's old case, things can't be simpler."

When Jiang Xuening returned to the Jiang Mansion, it was too late.

Apparently, the news that she passed the etiquette and examinations and was finally selected as the princess' companion had already reached the mansion, and then she got out of the car outside the mansion and walked to the mansion. Everyone she saw along the way was respectful to her, I wish I could laugh with ten faces on one face.

That attitude was completely different from before she entered the palace.

If it weren't for the deep impression of the white eyes and contempt of these people in the mansion for two lifetimes, even Jiang Xuening would not be able to believe the two faces of these people who have changed dramatically.

It can be seen from this that it is an honor to be able to accompany the princess to read and win the favor of the nobles in the palace.

Jiang Boyou and Meng Shi were not asleep yet, they both knew that Jiang Xuening would come home today, so they waited.

When Jiang Xuening returned home, he went to greet the two of them.

Apparently, both of them didn't have much hope for Jiang Xuening, especially when they heard that Xie Wei was going to preside over the school examination after entering the palace. So when I found out that she had passed the exam, I couldn't express the surprise in my heart. I originally prepared a basket of words to comfort her not to be sad after losing the election, but now they are all useless, and I am a little unfamiliar with my daughter, so I don’t know what to say, I can only praise her for doing a good job, and it is also a credit to the family , other than that, she can only go back to the house and have a good rest.

Jiang Xuening was already disgusted with the matter of entering the palace, and after hearing the congratulations all the way over, she was so bored to the extreme, and when they told her to go back to rest, she got up with a blank expression, and said bluntly, "The daughter will leave. "

After finishing speaking, he backed out.

Just from the room to the corridor, I heard Meng's dissatisfied voice from behind: "Look at the fact that you have chosen a companion to read, but you are so arrogant! Do you still pay attention to me as a mother?"

Jiang Xuening's footsteps stopped for an instant, and the fingers hanging by her side were clenched tightly.

But after standing for a while, she still walked away.

Tang'er and Lian'er who were following her heard Cai Meng's voice just now, and now they followed Jiang Xuening's footsteps, not daring to say a word.

Just walking, Tang'er Lian'er realized that she was going in the wrong direction.

this…

Isn't this the way to the big girl's house?

The two felt that something was going to happen.

The second girl of my family is used to being arrogant, and she was not merciless when bullying the eldest girl in the past, but she didn't make any moves during this time.

Is this going to be a relapse?

The two looked at each other, intending to stop them, but thinking about Jiang Xuening's temper in the past, they didn't dare anymore.

In a short time, they were already outside Jiang Xuehui's house.

The servant girl who just came out with the water was startled when she saw her, and almost threw the copper basin on the ground, her face was pale, and she shouted tremblingly: "Hello, Miss Two Two Two Two Two..."

Jiang Xuening glanced at her, and walked in directly through the door.

In the room, Jiang Xuehui had already finished washing, untied her bun that had been **** during the day, her long black hair was scattered on her shoulders, and she didn't wear any makeup on her face. Although her appearance was a bit poor, she had a pleasant temperament.

Even when he saw her coming in, he frowned slightly.

She said: "Looking at the unkind attitude of this visitor, it must be that my mother is giving you anger again, so you are coming to give me anger."

Jiang Xuening smiled: "Even if I take a step into your room, she will have to deal with it for a long time. You don't need to be angry with you, she will be angry on her own. Who told me that I am the daughter raised by my aunt, and I learned from my aunt. What about being frivolous and nasty? Two days ago, my head was hit by a door, and I was thinking of being kind to others, passing by, and not tossing with her. But today I suddenly figured out that the most important thing for a person to live in this world is to be happy. It’s not happy outside There are so many things, and I have to be angry when I go home. This life is too hard. Whoever makes me unhappy in the future, I must find a way to make this person even more unhappy. So, although you don’t ask, but How about I tell you about Wanniang tonight?"