Looking upstairs, the Master of the Huo family looked at this scene and was so angry that he almost blew off his beard: "This...isn't this a scoundrel! The daughter of an imperial merchant in the capital is simply a ruffian!"
Huo Tingyu also knew that Chen Jinjun meant to waste time with him, so he waved his hand indifferently: "Ignore it, if she had even half the reserve of a noble lady, she would not insist on entering Huo after I told her that Pingyan was gone.
The front door of home.”
"Then just let her stand at the door of Huo Mansion like this?" The master knocked the fan in his hand impatiently.
The Huo family is the actual ruler of Yongzhou. The Huo family is located on a hillside next to the city center. There are not many people coming and going on weekdays. However, the guests who can come here to visit the Huo family are usually rich or noble.
The march of such a large procession stopped in front of the Huo Mansion, so that bystanders who came to visit could see it and explain it, but at the worst it would damage the reputation of the Huo family.
But what he didn't expect was that this was what Chen Jinjun had in mind. The more people knew about her relationship with Huo Mansion, the better off she would be in Yongzhou in the future.
Huo Tingyu looked at her sedan chair again, and felt that the gorgeous and complicated sedan chair was so red that it was dazzling and eerie.
"Master, this imperial edict cannot be accepted." The master reminded him again.
"I know." Huo Tingyu rubbed his temples. He knew that Chen Jinjun wanted to enter the Huo family, but he really couldn't understand why Chen Jinjun had to enter the Huo family.
If we talk about coveting the power of the Huo family, the Huo family’s strength is the military power left over from the Qing Dynasty. Now, no matter whether the soldiers are in his hands or not, these soldiers will always follow him. She, Chen Jinjun, cannot take them away. As for coveting the Huo family’s financial resources
, that’s just a joke, the Huo family now relies on the support of the old lady’s mother’s family for even the money to raise soldiers every year, which is not comparable to the Chen family of the imperial merchants who were extremely wealthy back then.
Huo Tingyu has no business acumen, and he would never have imagined that Chen Jinjun came here for the Huo family's reputation in Yongzhou.
It was getting dark soon, and the sedan chair in front of Huo Mansion showed no intention of leaving.
There were more and more people watching on the street. Huo Tingyu snorted: "If she wants to wait, just wait. Just pretend that there are no such people in front of the Huo Mansion, but you have to keep an eye on it and don't let anyone break into the house."
He turned around and walked down the watchtower, returning to the study to handle official duties.
Chen Jinjun saw the tall figure on the watchtower disappear through the gap in the curtain, and was thoughtful.
"What's wrong?" Xu Fanming saw her serious face and couldn't help but ask.
I saw Chen Jinjun shaking his head: "No, according to our previous intelligence, Huo Tingyu is very tough, not to mention that he still has military power. Logically speaking, even if he sends troops to drive me out of Yongzhou, no one would dare to say anything. Why are you so silent today?"
"
Hearing her question, Xu Fanming smiled: "I'm afraid I'm thinking about how to deal with the Zhong family."
"The Zhong family? Huo Pingyan's maternal family?"
Xu Fanming nodded: "There are no boys among the younger generation of the Zhong family. There is only one grandson, Huo Pingyan. He has been building a good relationship with the Huo family over the years and wants Huo Pingyan to return to the Zhong family."
"But Huo Pingyan is dead."
"It is precisely because of Huo Pingyan's death that the Zhong family has been subsidizing the Huo family financially, but what about now? Yongzhou's annual expenses are very tight. Without this huge sum of money, the army may have to be dismantled if this continues."
Chen Jinjun said nothing. The current world will not be peaceful for long. To weaken one's own power is to put the knife into the hands of the enemy.
"It is said that Huo Pingyan's mother, the eldest daughter of the Zhong family, is still in Huo Mansion. The Zhong family will not deny her even the slightest respect."
Xu Fanming shook his head decisively: "Don't say that. I asked people to investigate what happened back then. When the second young master's mother was engaged, she was not satisfied with the head of the Zhong family marrying her to Yongzhou. After marrying to Yongzhou, they had no contact with her until Huo Pingyan
born."
"So the Zhong family and the Huo family are only communicating with each other because of Huo Pingyan?" Chen Jinjun frowned.
The Zhong family just took a fancy to the Zhong family's blood on Huo Pingyan. Thinking of this, she sighed.
Seeing that she was worried about Huo Pingyan, Xu Fanming looked up at the sky and sighed: "Not all families are like your father and are willing to raise their daughters."
"My brothers and sisters from the collateral line were not as good as me since I was a child. I have always felt that when it comes to inheriting the family business, it should not be about whether it is a boy or a girl, but who has the strength to carry on the family." Chen Jinjun looked up, and the moon had already risen.
Woke up.
"We have to wait anyway. Is my boss interested in hearing about what happened to the Xu family in the former Qinghong Meeting Hall?"
Chen Jinjun looked at the moon and nodded.
Xu Fanming also followed her gaze and looked at the moon: "My father used to be the deputy head of the Qinghonghui Punishment Hall, and later the head of the hall. I am the second child of the Xu family. When I was a child, the adults always wanted me to do everything.
Let the eldest brother go, they told me that when we grow up, the eldest brother will be the master of the execution hall in the future, and I will help him gain a foothold in the execution hall and complement him until the third brother is born."
He smiled bitterly: "The eldest brother and the third brother are both from my mother, and my mother is just a Qingyi actress in a theater. So, from then on, the entire execution hall was saying that the eldest brother and the third brother will definitely be able to manage them well in the future.
The whole execution hall, but my position was given to my third brother, and I was abandoned by my father."
Chen Jinjun looked at his side face, and for a moment he seemed to see the boy who was stubborn and refused to admit defeat but was hurt repeatedly.
"Since the Qinghong Society was ordered to be suppressed, some people ran away and some stayed. The Xu family ran away, but I stayed."
Xu Fanming recalled that day, when he was lying behind the stone lion at the entrance of the Qinghong Club, quietly watching the carriage getting further and further away, he shook his head: "I have been guarding the Qinghong Club, watching them
Walk away, disperse, those with weapons grab weapons, and those who find a way find a way out. No one can guarantee that the Qinghong Society can survive the royal suppression order. The entire meeting hall is deserted. Until Xuan Feng
After this incident, I took dozens of brothers from my sect to the capital and changed a small branch of the Qinghong Society in the capital into Taipingshan Villa."
Chen Jinjun tilted his head and asked him: "Then why don't you just stay at Taipingshan Villa and have to go to Yongzhou with me and start all over again because of a Xuanfeng Order?"
Xu Fanming thought about it and couldn't help but smile: "I have always wanted to go back to the righteous Qinghong Club back then."
Chen Jinjun's clear eyes fell on him, and there was something in his words: "Are you missing the glorious past of the Qinghong Society, or are you dissatisfied with the injustice you suffered back then?"
She asked this question suddenly, and for a moment Xu Fanming burst out with great murderous aura, and then returned to calmness in an instant.
"My boss seems to understand people's hearts very well." He smiled helplessly.
Chen Jinjun didn't pursue it too much and just said casually: "The more you see, the more you understand."
"Does that mean my boss has met a lot of people?"
"I used to be a businessman. From north to south, from south to north, I probably met more people than I ate." Chen Jinjun smiled and shook his head, "But this is the first time I met someone with obsessions as deep as a escort's head.
.”
“I was young and energetic at the time, and I always took certain things to heart, but over time I couldn’t take them away.”
The sky had completely darkened. Chen Jinjun looked at the plaque of the Huo family and said thoughtfully: "I would also like to ask the bodyguard to help me check how much food is left in Yongzhou's warehouse and how long it will be enough to sustain the Huo family.
"
While Xu Fanming agreed, he lit an oil lamp for her and handed it in. The bright yellow flame illuminated the entire sedan chair, like a huge red lantern in the dark night.