Chapter 1928

When Qiyou arrived in Yangzhou, he began to play around. This reassures those who have ghosts in their hearts, but Chang Yongnian is very angry. He wrote a letter and sent it back to the capital. Pan Shengyuan couldn't stop it.

You can listen to the notes of the imperial envoy and his entourage directly. So this fold, a few days later to the hands of Kai Hao.

After reading it, Qihao said with a smile to Yuanbao, "go to Baihuayuan and tell the emperor and Empress Dowager that I will have dinner in the evening."

In the afternoon, Qihao went to Baihuayuan to show Yuxi the fold. Seeing Yuxi looking at him, Qihao said with a smile: "Niang, this is the complaint written by the officials who followed Qiyou to Jiangnan."

Yuxi then took the fold and said, "this method can only be used once."

Cloud engine did not understand, asked: "what is only one use?"

"Qi you, if Bai Zhenghu really has a problem, you will feel relieved to see him. Once people lose their vigilance, they are easy to show their feet. " But if Qiyou finds out that there is something wrong with Bai Zhenghu, it will spread out and everyone knows that he is not a real dandy. After going down to the local investigation, those officials did not dare to relax.

Qihao said: "Niang, Chang Yongnian said in the fold that Bai Zhenghu lived a simple life, and the servants in the family didn't invite him. He and Mrs. Bai do all the household affairs by themselves. "

Yun Qing had no interest in this matter, but after hearing it, he was very surprised: "I have such poor officials in my court?"

After hearing this, Yuxi laughed: "the magistrate's salary is sixty Liang silver. It doesn't cost much to buy a servant. You see Nie Xin's life is very simple. But even he has three or four servants in his family. " In Nie Xin's examination, the Jinshi was released to be an official. At that time, he got the magistrate of a county in Yunnan.

When he was an official, he was diligent, honest and devoted to the people, which was very popular with Yuxi. However, Yuxi didn't promote him very quickly. It's not a good thing that he promoted too quickly when he was young. So even if Yuxi liked him very much, he didn't deliberately promote him. Now, he is just a prefect of five grades.

Nie Xin didn't know that Yuxi had been paying attention to him. Without any background, he was promoted from magistrate to Zhizhou within ten years, and his promotion was very smooth.

Yunqing heard the meaning of Yuxi's words: "do you mean his simplicity is pretended?"

Yuxi shook his head and said, "I can't say that. Maybe it happened that his family needed a lot of money when they were in trouble, and he was not willing to accept other people's assistance, and then he sold the valuable things in his family to repay them. And Qiyou happened to visit him at this time. "

"Of course, maybe. It's easy to be suspicious of a magistrate pretending to be poor. " So Yuxi thinks it's impossible to pretend to be poor.

Cloud engine asks a way: "so say, he may be to have difficult to hide."

Yuxi said with a smile: "I'm not an immortal. How can I know if he's pretending or not. It will be known in a while. " If we find out the case, we'll know.

Yun Qing turns to look at Qi Hao and asks, "ah Hao, is this Bai Zhenghu really in collusion with the salt merchant?"

Qi Hao shook his head and said: "whether Bai Zhenghu colludes with the salt merchants is still inconclusive. But there is something wrong with Jiangnan. Not long ago, Lu Fei's men accidentally seized a ship of illegal salt. " This is why once Zeng Xinde impeached Bai Zhenghu, Qihao ordered Qiyou to go to Jiangnan to investigate.

"Did you tell Qiyou about this?"

Kai Hao shook his head and said, "no, I want to temper ah you with this."

Yuxi heard this, said with a smile: "that you can have grinding." The child's skills are not bad, but he is too lazy. I've been thinking about eating, drinking and having fun all day, and I'm not a bit motivated.

But as a prince, it's good. Too ambitious, easy to breed ambition. So I know that Qiyou is on duty for three days and fishing for two days. Yuxi never tells me about him and lets him go. Others say it's no use.

Kai Hao said with a smile: "don't worry, you can grind it slowly." Qiyou may have many shortcomings, but he has great respect for his elder brother. Let him do something, even if he doesn't like it, he will do it well.

This evening, Qiyou was having dinner with Pan Shengyuan in the box when he brought a young girl with a pipa.

Hearing that the girl is here to play music for them, Chang Yongnian looks directly at Qiyou.

Pan Shengyuan frowned and said, "we didn't want to play music." In the capital, some high-end restaurants will also provide piano playing, in order to activate the atmosphere.

Of course, some of these women do not sell themselves. Yes, they sell themselves. However, most of the men are just playing and will not really take it home. However, Qi you's comments in the court were not very good, which was just that he was not active in his duty. In his private life, Qiyou is famous for being clean, not to mention that I don't even have a room. Therefore, pan Shengyuan is very sure that this woman is not Qiyou.

The second child respectfully said, "it's the guest in the next room who ordered it. Please listen to me." It was also the guest nearby who gave him a reward of ten taels of silver, which was rare. After consulting the manager, he brought the man. But if the guests don't want it, he'll take it.

Qiyou asked the woman, "which of these famous songs do you know?"

The woman held the pipa for a gift and said, "I can play it all..." the sound was like a clear spring, which made people feel very comfortable.

"Then you play a song of mountains and rivers."

Although Qiyou didn't learn the melody, he often listened to Liu Er play the piano with Huang Siling. Under the influence, they also have a certain ability to identify. So after listening to this woman's song, Qiyou found it very interesting and asked, "I played it very well. Have you studied it for many years?" With such a standard, it is impossible to be a singer in such a restaurant. The guests next door are intriguing.

The woman got up and gave a blessing: "I've been learning to play Pipa since I was three years old."

"No wonder." This level can't be reached in more than ten years.

With that, Qi you waved and said, "go down!" If she is seen by her second sister, her temperament will help her. However, he was not interested in it.

The pipa girl took a look at Qiyou, then lowered her head and said, "yes, my guest." She was still a little nervous when she was ordered today, but she didn't expect that the noble people didn't even look at her.

Xiao Er also quit with interest.

Pan Shengyuan asked, "Mr. Wang, would you like to meet the guest next door?" Let's see what the purpose of this man is.

Qi you said with a smile, "I'm tired. I have to go back to the inn earlier to have a rest."

From childhood to adulthood, there are countless people who flatter him. Even, there are many big businessmen giving him money. Joke, is he short of money. Not to mention that the annual income of his three shops is very considerable, but to say that the grange and other things given to him by his parents are enough to make him live a happy life.

Next door is Rong Tongji, the richest salt merchant in Yangzhou.

When Qiyou left the restaurant, a stout man pushed his way into the box next door: "brother, they're gone."

Rong Tongji said with a smile: "you wang is a noble. How can you see me just because of a singer. That would be too much of a loss for him. "

Yan Simao didn't understand and asked, "brother, since I know I won't see you, why send a singer over?"

"Just to test the king's reaction." Speaking of this, Rong Tongji said with a smile: "you Wang, it doesn't look like a difficult master." It's good for them that you wang is easy to talk.

"Brother, you are just too cautious. But he's just a little boy. He's only left servant of the Ministry of punishment because of his good family background. How can he have real skills? " Like his elder brother, he fought for his life for half a lifetime to have a good day today.

Rong Tongji said: "be careful, there is no big mistake." There are still some things that he didn't say, and the one who sent a message specially asked them to be restrained recently and not to change again.

Yan Simao is a straight hearted man. He doesn't understand the twists and turns. He directly asks, "brother, what should we do next?"

Rong Tongji said, "wait." If we can take this master, there will be no worries. However, there must be enough assurance to act. Otherwise, a careless person will have to fold in.

Back at the inn, as soon as Qiyou sat down, he heard the guard saying: "Lord, Lord Chang, please see you."

Qiyou is a little impatient: "I'm tired. What can I do for him tomorrow?"

Chang Yongnian originally wanted to talk about today's affairs. Seeing Qiyou, he could only go back.

After taking a bath, Qiyou lies on the bed with both hands and feet spread out.

Zhao Qian handed over a pamphlet: "Lord, Ning Yi sent some things back." Ning Yi is one of the guards that disappeared after landing. He was born in Yangzhou and spoke Yangzhou dialect, so Qiyou sent him to inquire about the news.

Zhao Qian shook his head and said, "yes."

Hearing this, Qiyou immediately gets up and takes the pamphlet from Zhao Qian. In addition to recording the life background of Yangzhou magistrate, Tongzhi and other officials, as well as the top ten rich businessmen. Among the ten rich merchants, five are salt merchants.

After reading the pamphlet carefully, Qi you's eyes fall on Rong Tongji's name. I will pay special attention to this man because he was in Yangzhou eight years ago. When he came, he was just an ordinary businessman. The other four salt merchants were more or less related to local elite families or former governors. The remaining five rich businessmen, four of whom are local, have accumulated wealth for two or three generations; In the end, the rich businessman was a business genius. People in Yangzhou know that he made a fortune, and now he is talked about by many people.

In other words, only Rong Tongji, without relying on anyone, spent eight years jumping from ordinary merchants to the top ten rich merchants in Yangzhou. There's nothing fishy about it. Qiyou doesn't believe it.

After half a sound, Qi you said to Zhao Qian, "tell Ning Yi to thoroughly investigate Rong Tongji." He felt that there must be a gap in this man.

Zhao Qian nodded and asked, "Wang Ye, how are they doing about Bai Zhenghu?"

Qi you shook his head and said, "I haven't found any problem with Bai Zhenghu yet." Maybe it's really honest, maybe it's hidden deeply. But he'll figure it out.