Ye An really didn't want to strain the relationship between himself, Chen Lin and Lan Jizong, and he really didn't find any news about Zhou Can.
Those "inquisitors" in Tokyo have networked with almost all the urban foxes and social rats. If they say they don't know about Zhou Can, then he definitely doesn't exist.
"Inquiry" seems to be a low-level job, but in fact it is just the opposite.
In the Song Dynasty, "Bao Qinwen" was not only a highly regulated business, but also a high-status profession. However, such a high-income profession also had high risks.
The rules are very strict. Even if you die, you cannot leak the information of the other party, otherwise you will not be able to survive in this industry that relies on reputation.
Not only will people cause trouble for him, but colleagues will also come to "collect debts", because what is ruined is not his reputation alone, but the reputation of the entire "industry", and even his life may be lost!
That's why Ye An dared to let Tienniu Ren go to "find the person" with peace of mind. Unfortunately, there was still no whereabouts of Zhou Can.
When all problems return to their original point, external intervention is needed to help solve the problem.
After Ye An made the inference of guilt, he set a target, so he didn't care whether Zhou Can could be found, but Chen Lin made Zhou Can his main target.
People from the Imperial City Department should also soon find out that Zhou Can is a fake name. In Ye An's opinion, the direction of their efforts should be on those dead soldiers who pretended to be dead.
But since others have other people's ideas and methods, he shouldn't interfere too much. Anyway, his own goal has been achieved, right?
The closer to the New Year's Eve in the twelfth lunar month, the more things will happen. This is the first New Year in the Yunzhong County Marquis Mansion, and it is also the eve of the marriage of Ye An and Qin Mumu.
Wang Bang returned to the Hou Mansion and began his management duties. Of course, Ye An had told him before that there was no need to take the affairs of the Hou Mansion as too important. He was the "manager" of the store he had found.
But Wang Bang insisted that he should be the steward of the Hou Mansion and other matters should be put aside before Ye An got married.
So the Wang Gang came back, and Xuan'er came back as well. The Yunzhong County Marquis Mansion regained a little vitality, but Ye An was even busier.
The new year is approaching and the little emperor cannot stop his studies, but the clerk of Sinong Temple found Xinlingfang...
Zhou Guangzu has been working as a knife and pen clerk in Sinong Temple for many years. He is used to seeing officials and being ordered by officials to run errands and deliver messages.
Because he is quick and measured in doing things, officials always like to use him to convey messages and run errands, which is really a decent thing for him.
At least he was respectable among his colleagues and the most important thing was that he had enough oil and water, so he never tired of it.
The monthly salary provided by Sinongji alone is only enough for a small restaurant in Tokyo, and it is difficult to pull a good piece of cloth, but by relying on these idle tasks, he can get enough oil and water, and he can still work in a foot shop if he has nothing to do. Have a few good meals here.
And this young minister who has never been to Sinong Temple heard that he is still a marquis, which is extraordinary. At least he has never seen such a distinguished official in the Sinong Temple for so many years.
Xinlingfang is a pretty good location in Tokyo, but most of the people here are in ruins and are clinging to their houses in Xinlingfang and refusing to sell them.
Zhou Guangzu also knows the difficulties of these people, but what can he do? He has been in Tokyo for so many years and has long been used to seeing families that were once prosperous and then dilapidated.
Whose family belonged to the tall Yunzhong Junhou Mansion in front of me? It was the old residence of the Chai clan in the Later Zhou Dynasty, so it would have been in the hands of the imperial court, otherwise it would have been bought by the nobles and clans of Tokyo City!
After tightening the leather belt around his waist and adjusting his official uniform, Zhou Guangzu stepped forward and knocked the auxiliary cymbal on the Wutou door, and the crisp sound was transmitted to the inside.
According to Zhou Guangzu's experience, a concierge should have come to answer the door soon, but no one came for a long time. Instead, someone came out of a nearby house and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Tieniu, you idiot!
Where did the positive difference go?!"
Zhou Guangzu was shocked. This middle-aged man was so bold that he dared to yell at the Marquis's mansion?!
Embarrassed, he crossed his arms and saluted, "Brother, there's no need to shout. I'm from Sinong Temple. I'm just sending a message to the Marquis. It won't be a big deal if I wait a moment."
The middle-aged man didn't care. He crossed his hands and returned the greeting with a smile: "I'm Ge Shanshu, the official of Xinlingfang, and the Marquis of Yunzhong County have just moved to Xinlingfang. Many things need to be taken care of. However, there is a lack of manpower. Even the concierge has to do it."
I've found an emissary, and I'm going to help him out."
Zhou Guangzu had just said "Oh" when he heard a hurried call from inside the gate: "Coming, coming!"
The door opened with a creak, and a strong man wearing a placket opened the door. The good placket on his body became even more nondescript.
"Who are you?"
Looking at Tieniu who was slightly curious, Zhou Guangzu knew that very few people came to pay a visit to Yunzhong Junhou, otherwise the concierge would not have asked this question after seeing his official uniform.
So he smiled and crossed his hands again and said: "I am Zhou Guangzu, the swordsman and penman of Sinong Temple. On the order of Shaoqing Fan Ziyuan, I came to see Ye Shaoqing to go to Sinong Temple tomorrow to discuss matters."
Tieniu nodded and said: "Oh, that's it, then come in!"
Zhou Guangzu originally thought that he would be led to a side hall or a flower hall to wait for tea, but little did he know that Tieniu actually led him all the way to the backyard...
"How could you, a thief, harm me?!"
Seeing Zhou Guangzu standing motionless, Tieniu was stunned for a moment and then said angrily: "Aren't you looking for my Marquis? Why do you think I'm harming you?!"
"How can you lead people directly into the backyard!"
"The Marquis is digging a pond in the backyard. How can you see him if you don't go to the backyard?! Damn it, I have to do this hard!"
After Tieniu finished speaking, he reached out and grabbed Zhou Guangzu and headed to the backyard. How could his "iron hands" be something that Zhou Guangzu, a small official, could resist? He even dragged him to the backyard.
Ye An was digging a pond. Originally, he didn't know that there was a large pond in his house. Then he looked at the wasteland in the backyard and found something was wrong. Then he discovered that there was a large pond with a ditch.
Introducing a stream of live water from the Bian River.
However, due to years of siltation, the pond has disappeared and the running water has been blocked, leaving only a depression.
Just dig out the soft dust, and soon the appearance of a pond will be revealed, so Ye An went down to the depression and started digging the soil himself, and also hired a few people to help.
It’s not just a saying that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Almost all the strong laborers in Xinlingfang have come. After what happened to Widow Zhang and Uncle Ge Sans publicity, everyone in Xinlingfang knows that this prince has no airs and is a homely person.
He is kind-hearted, and when he heard that he needed to hire people to dig a pond, he naturally came.
Instead of giving the money to others, it would be better to give it to the neighbors who came to help. Ye An did not shirk it, but instead cooked and hosted a banquet for the neighbors.
Widow Zhang refused to let Ye An enter the kitchen to death, but Ye An kicked her out: "Can you still eat the food you cooked?! One pot of pancakes made my cheeks swollen from chewing!"
So she could only help Xuan'er outside and send the hot fragrant tea to Qingzhuang who was giving strength. When she saw Tieniu leading the man over, she stepped forward and patted the dirt off his body without saying a word.
"You idiot, I asked you to come over to meet the official, but you didn't know how to look good on yourself! You neglected the guests of the Marquis's house!"
Tieniu smiled naively and said: "Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, please don't blame me. She even tried to evade him in such a big way, saying that the female family members in the backyard are not allowed to enter, and we don't have a mistress in the Hou Mansion yet! Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, can you give me a cup of fragrant tea?
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Widow Zhang raised the red phoenix eye, but still reached out and handed the tea over. Then she turned to Zhou Guangzu and said with a slightly polite Wanfu: "The official saw the joke and shouldn't have come to the backyard, but this is not digging water in the backyard of the Hou Mansion."
Tang, there are no female relatives at home, so this is a bit casual, and the officials don’t need to care."
Only then did Zhou Guangzu know the whole story and quickly returned the gift: "Sister-in-law of the Zhang family said, I don't know Lord Marquis..."
"I'll tell you when I leave for the slave family."
"Good work!"
Tieniu raised his mouth slightly at the side. It turned out that this was the rule! Seeing Widow Zhang's appropriate response, he couldn't help but blush. In comparison, he really looked like a reckless fool.