There was a strange color in Lin Hong's eyes, but he still smiled lightly and said: "The adults need to get benefits from the villain, at least to prove that the villain's life and death are indeed controlled by the adults. Hangzhou is already the world of An Xinghou, and
For the sake of Bao Fenglong, An Xinghou will never hand over the villain to others, so the villain's life and death should be in the hands of An Xinghou. The villain does not believe that the adults can control the villain's life and death."
"An Xinghou is dead." Qin Xiao did not continue to hide it, and said calmly: "You will soon be escorted to Kyoto. Once you arrive in Kyoto, the Prime Minister will naturally not let you live."
Lin Hong finally showed a look of shock and his body trembled: "An Xinghou is dead? How is this possible?"
"If An Xinghou is not dead, do you think I can see you?" Qin Xiao sighed: "You are right, An Xinghou treats you as a money tree. Since you fall into his hands, he
Of course I won’t let anyone get involved.”
Lin Hong was silent for a moment, with a solemn expression. After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, can you tell me how An Xinghou died?"
"The assassin's fatal blow is fatal." Qin Xiao said: "Where did the assassin come from? I am currently investigating. Since your Lin family is a traitor to the party, and whether the assassin is involved with you, of course I have to come and find out."
Lin Hong sighed and said: "It seems that the villain's end is indeed approaching. An Xinghou is dead. The Prime Minister is so sad and angry that he will naturally not care about Bao Fenlong. He is going to kill someone."
"So if I send you to Kyoto, you will definitely die." Qin Xiao stared at Lin Hong: "Do you feel that your life and death are in my hands now?"
Lin Hongwei was silent for a moment, then asked: "Can the adults stop them from sending the villain to Kyoto?"
"Since I'm here, I naturally have this strength." Qin Xiao said with a smile.
Lin Hong stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Sir, please wait a minute." He walked straight to the inner room. After a while, he saw Lin Hong coming over with a piece of yellow paper in his hand. He walked up to Qin Xiao and handed the yellow paper over with both hands.
Qin Xiao was a little strange. He took the yellow paper and took a look. He saw strange symbols drawn on the yellow paper. Under the symbols, there were about ten characters written, but they were all numbers like "三七六二"
, at first glance, it looks like a Taoist priest’s ghost painting.
"Baofenglong had banks in the eighteen states of the Tang Dynasty, and each state had a main bank." Lin Hong said slowly: "Even in Kyoto, there is a main bank of Baofenglong, and as long as you inquire about these main banks, you can
You can find it.”
Qin Xiao frowned and said, "I don't understand what you mean?"
"This is not an ordinary piece of paper." Lin Hong explained: "This is an internal ticket."
"Inside ticket?"
"When you deposit silver in a bank, the bank will have a money order. No matter which Baofenglong bank you deposit your silver in, as long as you hold the money order, you can exchange it for silver at any Baofenglong bank in Datang. This type of money order,
It is called the outer ticket." Lin Hongdao: "The inner ticket is directly controlled by the villain. Apart from the villain, only the shopkeepers of the Nineteenth General Store, including the Kyoto General Store, know about it. Take this inner ticket and go to the Tenth Storehouse.
If you go to the shopkeeper of Jiu Zongzhuang, you can receive up to 50,000 taels of silver."
Qin Xiao was really surprised and asked: "So, this little piece of paper can get nearly one million taels of silver?"
"Yes." Lin Hong nodded and said: "Every time you go to a general store to receive 50,000 taels of silver, the general store will make a mark on the inner ticket, and the mark can only be seen by the shopkeeper of the Nineteenth General Store, so it cannot be reused.
"
Qin Xiao smiled and said: "A small piece of paper is worth one million taels. Aren't you worried about someone making it fake?"
Lin Hong smiled calmly and said: "No one can fake it." He said it very calmly, but extremely confident.
Qin Xiao knew that each ticket number had its own set of codes. Except for insiders, outsiders could not see any problems at all. But when using it, insiders could tell at a glance whether the ticket number was authentic or fake.
Lin Hong's offer was one million taels. Qin Xiao looked calm on the face, but was really shocked in his heart, thinking to himself that the Jiangnan family was really rich and incomparable.
"If you don't believe me, you can try it in Hangzhou." Lin Hong stared at Qin Xiao: "This is a deposit. If you can really save the Lin family from danger, the Lin family will never be stingy with their benefactors."
Qin Xiao sighed: "If I pocket this one million taels of silver, does it count as accepting bribes? The Lin family was labeled as a rebel party and accepted bribes from the rebel party. I wonder if I can still keep my head?"
"People die for money, and birds die for food." Lin Hong said with a smile: "If you want to gain something, of course you need to take risks."
Qin Xiao reluctantly handed the inner ticket back to Lin Hong. Lin Hong was startled and sighed: "So, you don't have the courage to take these silvers?"
"You are wrong." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "What I want is not one million taels. This amount of money is simply an unimaginable huge amount of money in the eyes of ordinary people, but I have a big appetite, and this amount of money really can't let me get it."
I will protect your Lin family."
Lin Hong frowned slightly and asked, "How much do you need?"
Qin Xiao sat back on the chair, tapping the chair handle with one finger, pondering for a moment, then smiled and said: "How deep is the relationship between the Lin family and the Queen Mother Association?"
"If I say that the Lin family has no direct contact with the Queen Mother Association, would you believe it?" Lin Hong asked.
Qin Xiao shook his head and said, "I don't believe it."
"Indeed, no one will believe it." Lin Hong smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know why the Jiangnan family does not hesitate to offend the Xiahou family, but obeys the orders of the princess?"
Qin Xiao didn't speak, just looked at Lin Hong.
"The Tang Dynasty was founded, Lingxiao Pavilion was built, and sixteen founding heroes were invited to join the country." Lin Hong said slowly: "Qinghehou Xiahou Pangde is one of the sixteen generals. His ancestral home is in Yizhou, and he has made great contributions. At the beginning of the founding of the country,
It was also very prosperous." After a pause, he continued: "Two hundred years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, time has passed. Although the sixteen generals are still famous, there are few outstanding ones among the descendants. And I, the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty,
You all have the ambition to expand your territory, so naturally more and more heroes will be invited to Lingxiao Pavilion."
Qin Xiao knew a little bit about the story of Lingxiao Pavilion, but at this time, he didn't know why Lin Hong suddenly mentioned it.
"As the saying goes, one emperor and one minister. Although the Xiahou family is one of the few families among the Sixteen Divine Generals that still serves as high-ranking officials in the court, its prestige and strength can no longer be compared with those at the beginning of the founding of the country." Lin Hong sighed lightly: "On the contrary,
Many families have made great contributions to the founding of the country and their status in the court is increasing day by day, including the Zhao family, the Duke of Chengguo. In the early days of the founding of the country, the Xiahou family once took charge of the household department, but was later replaced by the Zhao family from Jiangnan, and became the country.
The public lineage was in charge of the household affairs until the saint ascended the throne today."
Qin Xiao seemed to understand and said: "So the Zhao family and the Xiahou family have already had a feud?"
"The Xiahou family is an old minister of the empire. The Zhao family started their career much later than the Xiahou family, but they came from behind and overshadowed the Xiahou family." Lin Hong said slowly: "More than half of the empire's taxes come from Jiangnan, and Duke Cheng Guo has always paid great attention to Jiangnan.
The children of the aristocratic family take great care of him, so the Jiangnan aristocratic families also fully support Cheng Guogong. With Jiangnan's strong financial support, the status of Cheng Guogong's lineage in the court is naturally very stable. It is inevitable that there will be times of arrogance.
The wealth and power of the empire in their hands has already made the Xiahou family hateful, and the Zhao family represents the interests of the Jiangnan family. Behind the Xiahou family is the Yizhou Group. There will inevitably be fights in the court, so after the current saint ascends the throne, the Xiahou family gains power.
, it is only natural that a great disaster will happen to Duke Cheng’s lineage.”
"The whole family of Duke Cheng Guo was executed. The Jiangnan family and the Zhao family have always shared weal and woe. Mr. Qin, do you think the Xiahou family will let the Jiangnan family go?" Lin Hong sneered: "Today's saints are very enlightened and put the country first. Although except for
She lost Duke Cheng, but she knew the importance of Jiangnan's wealth to the empire. Using the princess to stabilize the situation in Jiangnan, the Jiangnan family had to rely on the princess. But everyone knew in their hearts that if Her Royal Highness the Princess succeeded to the throne in the future,
The Jiangnan family still has a way to survive. If the Xiahou family takes control of the government after the saint leaves, or even...even if the saint chooses an heir from the Xiahou family, then the Jiangnan family headed by the seven surnames of Jiangnan will only die.
"
Qin Xiao actually knew the key to this and didn't say much.
"The Jiangnan family has always hoped to make every effort to support the princess as the crown prince." Lin Hong smiled bitterly: "But how can we guess the saint's thoughts? If we place all our hopes on the saint to appoint the princess as the crown prince, we will not be able to control our own life and death.
Understand. We have indeed known for a long time that the Qian family has a connection with the Queen Mother, and the Qian family has wanted to use the Queen Mother to cause trouble in Jiangnan from the very beginning. This is something that other major families, including our Lin family, do not agree with.
We can oppose the Xiahou, but we will never oppose the Tang Dynasty, so we promised the Qian family that if they can allow the princess to come to Jiangnan and get the princess's consent, the Jiangnan family will fully support the princess in seizing the throne."
"It seems that Marquis Anxing was right in labeling the three major aristocratic families in Hangzhou as rebels." Qin Xiao said calmly.
Lin Hong said with a smile: "Privately, we want to protect our family and control our own life and death. Publicly, we are loyal to the princess and Li Tang, so we never feel that we are rebelling. If the princess raises an army, we will fully support her.
But Suzhou's plan didn't go well. Without the princess, we can't act rashly. The winner is the king or the loser. Since the plan is not secret, I have nothing to say about the Lin family's current situation."
Qin Xiao stared at Lin Hong's eyes and said, "Have you ever told An Xinghou these words?"
Lin Hong shook his head, raised his hand, and shook the internal ticket in his hand: "Even with this internal ticket, An Xinghou doesn't know anything about it."
"You didn't tell An Xinghou these things, but you told me, why?" Qin Xiao said: "If I were an official sent by the court to try you, what you just said is already a confession."
Lin Hong looked calm and said: "50% profit can make a businessman go all out. If there is double or even multiple times of profit, any businessman will take risks and risk life and death. The villain is just gambling now."
, The life and death of the Lin family depends on the adults, so we must show sincerity to the adults. If we still make false concessions to the adults at this time, the Lin family will have no way to survive." Looking at Qin Xiao's eyes, he said calmly: "The villain hopes that he will be like this.