Four hundred and ninetieth chapters ulterior motives (two)
Since he had a doubtful target, the next day, Chen Li ordered his subordinates to target the two and inquire about all the news about the two over the past six months. One was Yan Juren, an aide to the prefect of the government office, and the other was He Xisheng, the head of the He family in Songjiang.
The scandal of Yan Juren with a widow in the back street of the prefect was found out because he had never deliberately concealed it. However, He Xisheng did not seem to have anything wrong with him except that there was no help after the Shen family's accident.
However, the news that the prefect's office spent a lot of money to buy it seemed to verify Shen Rui's previous speculation.
The man who first told Chen Qi was dead. He was a relative of the fifth family of Shen family. He lived on the back street of Shenjiafang, but he was a scattered house. He lost all the family business because of gambling. His wife and daughter were sold. He fought against his in-laws. The name of the name, once came to Chen Qi to borrow money from him but was rejected. After the Japanese riots, he sued Chen Qi, and linked the kidnapped of Chen Qi's wife and children with the Japanese pirates entering the city, and detained Chen Qi a "Tiki Japanese" ” charge.
As for the person who told Chen Jun first, it was not someone else, but the book boy Ximo around Chen Dong, not a servant from the Shen family, but a person who was added to the capital in his early years. This time he lost his little master in his hometown. I don’t know if he really doubted Chen Jun. Still afraid of taking responsibility for the crime, he deliberately snatched Chen Jun, so he took the opportunity to sue Chen Jun. But he was not a good citizen, and "suspending the master with a slave" was a serious crime. He was locked in a prison and was exiled after the case was closed. .
After hearing Shen Rui's guess, Chen Li's suspicion of Chen Xisheng was only five points, but now it has become seven points. A bad gambling man, a fourteen- or five-year-old child, if no one instigated him, what can he do? Know where the gate of the yamen is opened?
But no matter how much doubt is, it is just suspicion. Without evidence, He Xisheng's wolfish ambition cannot be revealed.
"Calling the day, the imperial envoy is coming, I just hope that it is Mr. Liu." Chen Li held the account book that recorded Zhao Xianzhong and told Shen Rui.
Only Mr. Liu can stand a neutral position and deal with the prefect of Songjiang without any scruples, without having to sell favors or avoid suspicion because of different camps.
Whether it is for the Shen family or the elders of his hometown, Zhao Xianzhong cannot keep the cancer. But He Xisheng wanted to use sunken care as a gun envoy, and underestimated him too much. Since the imperial envoy came down, how to "invest" and "close the case" naturally It was the matter of the imperial envoy. What the Shen family did was to let the imperial envoy find what should be investigated.
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Although it was delayed for half a day because of beauty, Juren Yan still learned about the alliance between Chen He and the two families.
The next day, he returned to the prefect's office, and Zhao Xianzhong invited Juren Yan to speak.
Compared with Zhao Xianzhong's slightly panic, Yan Juren knew that the two families might have been much calmer after joining forces. He was ordered to come to Songjiang, one for money and the other for people.
It is true that the Shen family is the first goal, but it is also a contribution to conquering the He family. After all, the boss of the He family is now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the official of the six ministries. If you have to survive for a few years, you can't say that a minister can get it. Just this one, just It is enough to be useful. Now the officialdom in Jiangxi is within the sphere of influence of the Ningwang, and there are many opportunities to deal with the Ministry of Revenue in the future. It is always a good thing for the Ministry of Revenue to have its own person.
Zhao Xianzhong was warned by Chen Li, and had other thoughts. He hoped that Juren Yan could give him a useful idea. He did not expect Juren Yan to say, "Congratulations to Dongweng, congratulate Dongweng, Chen He and the two families united at this time. It was the one who helped Dongweng solve a big problem."
Zhao Xianzhong couldn't help but be stunned: "Yu Mu, what are you saying?"
Juren Yan touched his short beard and said, "The imperial envoy is coming. Even if Dongweng is determined to push all the Japanese turmoil on the Shen family, there are insufficient evidence and many doubts. If the He family is involved, it will be different.
The Shen family only has three houses doing business, and it has fallen apart because of the previous separation of the family; the He family is different. I heard that the He family has raised more than a dozen cloth-selling ships, which are sold directly to Shuzhong along the Yangtze River. The He family second
The master has a wide range of friendships, and many people from all walks of life have become guests of the He family. Compared with scholars like the Shen family, the He family seems to be more suspicious of being "involved in bandits". If the two families collude, it will not be difficult to cause trouble in the chaos."
It sounds like it makes sense, but it's just a fallacy, but Zhao Xianzhong has always had soft ears and actually thinks it makes sense. He was worried that "turning enemies into friends" with the Shen family or forming an alliance with the He family was just a bad idea, and there were other things to do.
It is of course better to protect oneself. It is just different from the Shen family that the He family has a minister in the capital. Zhao Xianzhong couldn't help but hesitate: "With this happening, wouldn't he offend He?"
Juren Yan smiled faintly and said, "If it is a minister, Dong Weng should be afraid of it; if it is not a minister, there is nothing to be afraid of it."
When Zhao Xianzhong said this, he nodded quickly and said, "Yu Mu is talking about it."
After all, I felt that Juren Yan was in a good mood. Thinking that he had not returned all night last night, Zhao Xianzhong took a bit of joke and said, "The rain wall seems to be in a particularly good mood today, and it seems that this trip was worth the last night."
Juren Yan coughed twice: "Dong Weng was joking."
"Tsk tsk, the beauty in Yangzhou is famous all over the world. Rain mulled in Yangzhou. He admired all kinds of beauty, but he was fascinated by Zhang. It can be seen that Zhang is not an ordinary beauty. Rain mull, you should not do that
A reckless man who is unfamiliar with the charm can also give some hairpins, rings, gold beads. It is better to take them around and be at ease before leaving them outside." Zhao Xianzhong suggested with a smile.
It was an intelligence point outside, so I couldn't move to the prefect's office. Yan Juren said, "She is a good girl. She is following me so unknown. I am wronged. When I go to my uncle at the end of the year, I will send a letter to my uncle and inform me.
At home, I will perform the ceremony of adoption after the New Year.”
After half a year, the Songjiang incident will be over, and it doesn’t matter whether it will be accepted.
Is this to make Zhang's husband filial piety for at least one year? Zhao Xianzhong disagreed. He got along after he was less than one year old. He got together after just one hundred days. Then Zhang was not a chaste woman. It was just Yan
After all, a scholar is a scholar. If he is willing to be poor and care about these things, Zhao Xianzhong will not have much trouble, just as he arranges it himself. He will still be more troublesome, thinking about how to entertain the imperial envoy and how to reply carefully.
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Since He Xisheng is guilty, he naturally asked people to stare at Shen Li and the movements of brothers Shen Rui. However, the people arranged by Shen Li are all fresh faces from the capital and do not go in and out of the sect, so he is not called He Xisheng.
What the people find.
He Xisheng felt a little more at ease at this time. He knew that Shen Li was waiting for the imperial envoy to come down, but he was wondering why his brother's letter had not been sent. According to his elder brother's nature, he would send someone back after he ordered the imperial envoy's will.
Songjiang sent a letter and informed the imperial envoy in detail so that he could prepare early, but this time it was a long time since he still had no letter from home.
Although He Xisheng did not serve in the official position, because his elder brother was an official in the capital, he naturally paid attention to the Jing of the capital and knew that the three cabinet masters in the cabinet had their own positions. He naturally hoped that the people from Ge Lao Li came down and had a share of incense with the He family.
Love is easy to take care of everything; or the people from Xie Ge Lao's side are also fine, because Shen He's family will not be too embarrassed for the sake of the marriage between Shen and He families; the most worrying thing is what will happen to Liu Ge Lao's people come down.
If you act, you will be inaccurate.
Whether it is the Shen family, the He family, or the prefectural office, they all thought that the imperial envoy would be the three elders of the Pavilion, and they would set up a ceremonial guard when they arrived in Songjiang, so they sent people to the dock to wait for news about the official ship, but they did not know that the imperial envoy would be.
I changed the civilian ship a few days ago and now I have entered Songjiang City.
Although two months have passed in Songjiang City, the burned walls and the blackened shops all carry traces of "Japanese riots". The originally prosperous and prosperous mansion, so many merchants evacuated the streets for such a disaster.
The shop is still closed for 30% to 40%. The streets are deserted and can't be relieved for only three or two years.
This is the first time Zhang Yong has come to Songjiang, and he feels not deep. The other person has lived in Songjiang for a while and can't help but sigh.
Both of them were wearing regular clothes, so they naturally changed their official titles. Zhang Yong whispered: "How many times did Bo'an think the memorial of Songjiang Prefecture's memorial come true?"
That's right, the imperial envoy who was secretly appointed by the New Emperor this time was no one else. It was Wang Shouren, the doctor of the Ministry of War. Wang Hua was the teacher when the New Emperor East Palace, and did not stand among the three elders, so he naturally gained the trust of the New Emperor.
The new emperor also favored Wang Shouren, the son of Wang Hua. Just to prevent the three elders from "making trouble", the imperial envoy received a secret decree, and did not understand the Ministry of Rites and the cabinet, so no one knew about it.
The little emperor and emperor have their own pride and believe that his vision will not be wrong. Although the days when he left the palace casually because of his different identities were gone forever, he still did not forget Shen
Rui, a "friend" outside the palace. Now that Songjiang is in trouble and the Shen family is in trouble, he knows that Shen Rui returns to his hometown, naturally he will not let others "bully" Shen Rui.
As for the words Zhao Xianzhong framed the Shen family, the little emperor didn't believe a word. The rabbit didn't even eat grass by his nest. The promising children of the Shen family were all in the capital, and there were two top scholars supporting the store. Such generations have been officials.
Even if the gentry family is crazy, they will not collude with Japanese pirates to disrupt their hometown. Such behavior is no different from digging graves and tombs.
Zhang Yong was the great companion of the new emperor when he was in the Eastern Palace. He had never seen Shen Rui or heard of Shen Rui's name, so he had a stance when talking to Wang Shouren before. Wang Shouren heard the protection of the Shen family in his words, although he could not imagine the reason for it.
But it was hard to hide his relationship with Shen Rui anymore, so he directly talked about the teacher-student relationship between the two. Zhang Yong suddenly realized that the emperor chose Wang Shouren as the imperial envoy, not only because of Wang Hua.
The two had the same goal, protecting the Shen family from being falsely accused, and investigating the truth about the Japanese turmoil, and getting along and talking more harmoniously.
When Zhang Yong asked questions at this time, he was not asking about the Shen family, but thinking about whether Zhao Xianzhong would fake the casualties. After all, it seemed that Songjiang City was very harmful.
Wang Shouren thought for a while and said, "The number of casualties in the city should be similar. Even if there are differences, the number of people outside the city."
After all, it is a shocking event. There must be an imperial envoy to come to investigate. There are traces of casualties in the city. It is too risky to conceal the number of casualties outside the city. As for the casualties outside the city, it is better not to count them.
Save data to be even more harmful.
Zhang Yong heard this and looked dark: "This Zhao Xianzhong is really not a thing. Is it true that the lives of people in the city are life, and the people in the countryside are not humans? Check it, let's investigate it carefully. If he really conceals the casualties outside the city, the family will not be spared.
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This father-in-law came from a village in the countryside below Baoding Prefecture. He couldn't stand the bullying of the country people the most, so he could not stand Zhao Xianzhong's dignified prefect treating the people under his rule so differently. Therefore, he was furious.