Chapter 755: Comparison

Chen Ao touched his nose and smiled, "It turns out that this is the first time I know that Ruoer is so confident in me."

Zhou Ruoer looked at her with a smile and said, "Of course, you are my husband, right? If you don't even believe you, how can you be like a husband?"

Everyone talked for a while, and Zhou Ruo asked An Ning if she was used to living in the palace, and asked when the child was born. Chen Ao spread his hands and said, "I didn't ask about these."

Zhou Ruo couldn't help but glared at Chen Ao and said playfully: "I know you are careless and don't ask about such an important thing."

Mrs. Zhou still has lunch classes, so Chen Ao and Zhou Ruo, Zhou Heng withdrew from the Buddhist temple. After Zhou Ruo went for lunch, Chen Ao pulled Zhou Heng aside and said solemnly: "Do you want to save your father?"

Zhou Heng said: "Of course I want to."

Chen Ao said with a straight face: "Then I have something to leave to you."

Zhou Heng said: "My cousin told me to do it."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "You ask a few brothers to keep an eye on some of the Zheng family's houses in Bianjing. You can also understand which children have the temperament. Report it to me when the time comes."

Zhou Heng couldn't help asking: "Learn what this is doing?"

Chen Ao sneered coldly: "Let them die without a place to bury them."

A giant like Zheng not only has a foundation in the court, but also has a great influence in the palace. The empress dowager's ears are soft and easy to sway. At this time, she turned to Chen Ao, and she might be attracted by Concubine Zheng next time. Chen Ao was not afraid of Li Bangyan and others. If Zheng's power in the palace was not strong enough, she would have to make Concubine Zheng suffer a little.

If it were in the past, Chen Ao had no interest in calculating a woman, but today he would not tolerate anything else when it came to his close relatives. He wanted to let people know that once King Pingxi started his character, he would never be easy to mess with.

If you dare to pray to the Duke of the State and make disasters, you must bear the consequences.

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The residence of Zheng Mansion in Bianjing is not far from the imperial city. The large mansion covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres occupies a full street. Because it follows the architectural style of Huaizhou, the gatehouse uses grinding bricks to the joints and surrounded by a hanging mountain style. The two ends of the ridge are tall with simple-shaped twill kisses. Above the rafters, a row of triangular "drips" are neatly inlaid. Under the eaves are a dark red door painted. On the thick door leaf, there are pairs of brass door cymbals the size of bowls, and door knockers are hung.

This gate is almost open, and guests will come in and out from time to time, so they are too lazy to close. However, when passing through the door opening, there is a screen wall facing you, with patterns such as auspiciousness and wishes painted on the screen wall, which adds a bit of rural atmosphere to this magnificent mansion.

An eight-carrying sedan fell steadily in front of the door. The famous Li Bangyan, Li Bangyan, came out of the sedan chair. When the gatekeeper saw the sedan chair under Li, he hurriedly came over and supported him, saying, "Why did Lord Li come when he has time? Why don't you ask someone to inform me first, and the villain can also inform the Duke to come and greet him."

Li Bangyan had a gloomy face and said lightly: "Mr. is in the house?"

"Ah, here, the grandfather and the second master are having tea in Xianya Pavilion."

Li Bangyan said: "Take me there."

Seeing that Li Bangyan's face was not good, the men didn't dare to say anything. They carefully led the way forward, walked around the screen wall, passed through the attic, turned a moon cave, and a big lake appeared in front of them. In the middle of the small lake was an isolated island, and a loft on the island stood alone. It was early morning, and a faint mist rose on the lake, covering the attic, just like a fairyland on earth, making people linger.

Immediately a flower boat came over, took a sampan, invited Li Bangyan to board the boat, and rowed to the isolated island. Li Bangyan came to the Zheng family of the Duke's Mansion for no time and time. Every time he saw this, he couldn't help but admire him and admire him. But he had something to do today, so he always had a gloomy face. When the flower boat swam to the isolated island, Li Bangyan got off the boat, and a few beautiful maids on duty had come over and said blessedly: "Mr. Li..."

One of them should go to inform the news first, and the other led Li Bangyan to the depths of the attic. There was also a courtyard in front of the attic, which looked simple, but when you looked carefully, the stone piers under the big locust tree were all made of white marble, and the roof of the attic was even more carved and painted, which was dazzling.

When I arrived at the front of the pavilion, there was a plaque with gold and powder as the base, and the thick ink of black lacquer was written with three big words "Xianya Pavilion".

Li Bangyan stopped for a moment and couldn't help but call him a good word. These three words were obviously written by the emperor. The crane-shaped running script and this fairyland like Penglai are really in line with it. Even if it was Wang Youjun's running script, it might not make people feel so appropriate, but instead there would be a sense of incongruity.

Li Bangyan stepped in, and at the door were several beautiful maids standing beside the teapots, teacups, and pastry waiters, lowering their heads, and their pretty looks were so cute, especially the two beautiful maids in the innermost part, who were twins. They were wearing the same clothes and tied with the same strapless breasts. Even the beads on their hair were not as good as the masters here. I am afraid that even the masters here might not be able to distinguish them.

In this attic, there was an old man wearing a straw hat and a straw raincoat. He had white beard and white hair, and his skin was well maintained. His face was not wrinkled and his face was red. This person was Zheng Ke, Duke of Wu. Zheng Ke was originally a merchant. Although his family background was rich, he was nothing in this court. But he gave birth to a good daughter. Since he was sent to the palace, Zheng Ke gradually became rich. He was first appointed as the Marquis of Huaizhou, and then he was appointed as the Duke. Although the Duke of the Song Dynasty was not very valuable, it was a talisman for him, a big merchant, and many businesses could be blatant.

The Zheng family is rich in Jiangbei, and he is willing to make friends with ministers, especially the village party in Huaizhou. As long as he passes the exam, the Zheng family will always send some gifts during the holidays. If there are scholars who are short of money, as long as they speak, the Zheng family always wants to give as much as possible. Therefore, officials in Huaizhou always follow Zheng Ke. Not to mention others, even Li Bangyan, even when they see Zheng Ke, they will call Zheng Gong obediently.

Sitting under Zheng Ke was a young middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears, and always had a smile on his face, which made people feel close to him as soon as they saw him. This is Zheng Fu, the second master of the Zheng family. Everyone in Huaizhou knows that the Zheng family's business is managed by this second master, and it is precisely what Zheng Ke has never been involved in business.

"Mr. Zheng..." Although he was a hand-off manager, Li Bangyan did not dare to show any disrespect when he saw him. He saluted obediently and said, "Is Mr. Zheng's body still cool recently?"

Zheng Ke gently stroked his beard and jaw head and smiled at Zheng Fu: "Shimei is now prime minister. I still have a good mood to see me, an idle man in the early morning. I guess Shimei has entered the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. Come and sit down and talk."

Taking advantage of Li Bangyan's sitting down, Zheng Ke smiled and said, "I caught three fat fish here early this morning. I have already asked someone to make fish soup. Shimei can try it."

They all talked about the local accent of Huaizhou, especially Zheng Ke, who had a strong accent, but occasionally there were a few Beijing dialects mixed in. If they hadn't talked to him frequently, they might not be able to understand it.

Zheng Fu took the opportunity and said, "Li Da*** came here early in the morning. There must be something wrong. Let's listen to the serious matter first."

Li Bangyan smiled bitterly and said, "The news just came out of the palace that the tiger in front of Concubine Zheng was taken away, and it is still unknown if he lives or death..." He said lightly: "It is said that he was beaten thirty feet and the person died, so he was carried out of the palace directly."

The two masters of the Zheng family were still joking, and their expressions were sensational at this moment. Zheng Ke closed his eyes and thoughtful; Zheng Fu said, "Who is so brave? Then Liu Hu is the chief officer at least, and he is the close eunuch in front of Bier. How can he fight just by saying that?" As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that this sentence was a bit too much. Since he dared to fight, he must have a support, maybe...

Li Bangyan said: "It was Jingde of Jingtai Palace..."

Zheng Fu pursed his lips and stopped talking. Jingde... Who doesn't know this person? He is the personal eunuch in front of the empress dowager. Jingde takes action. It was the empress dowager's instructing him. Zheng Fu couldn't help but say, "Why did he suddenly get offended the empress dowager? Didn't the news in the past say that the empress dowager was very satisfied with Bier?"

Li Bangyan said: "The problem lies here. It is said that before Hu Zi was beaten to death, Shen Ao entered the palace to meet the empress dowager. There is also news that Your Majesty has issued an order to investigate the matter in Taiyuan by Shen Aoqin."

Zheng Fu sneered: "This man surnamed Shen seems to be trying to fight us!"

Li Bangyan said lightly: "No? I've just been back for a few days and I've got a gun and a stick. I'm not good, I'm afraid the news will be revealed."

Zheng Ke, who had not spoken, looked calm and looked calm. He just smiled slightly and said, "If you move Duke Qi, it means you will move Shen Ao. It is not unexpected that he will do this." He continued slowly, "The only thing Shen Ao relies on is just the holy family, the others..." Zheng Ke said with contempt: "There are scholars and beautiful people in the court, wealth and businessmen, and nothing can be compared with him. I am not worried about Your Majesty. With Bier here, no matter what, it will be impossible for you. At most, it is Your Majesty to come forward and settle the matter. Can you still kill our heads?"

Li Bangyan is also an old fox, but he is still lacking in some scheming. After hearing Zheng Ke's words, he couldn't help but say, "Yes, as long as His Majesty still cares about Concubine Zheng, what can Shen Ao do to us?"

Zheng Ke shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said lightly: "This may not be... The cleverness of Shen's surname is that he found another way to kill us."

Zheng Fu was relieved just now. After hearing what his brother said, a sip of tea was put into his mouth, and his hands couldn't help but tremble, saying, "Who else in this world can kill us except the emperor?"

"It's the Empress Dowager..." At this time, Li Bangyan finally understood.

Zheng Ke sighed tiredly and said in a deep silence: "If the Empress Dowager comes forward, what's the use of Concubine Zheng? So Chen Ao pointed directly at Jingtai Palace. This is why Chen Ao went from the palace to Hu Zi and Jingde was beaten to death..." He continued lightly: "The Empress Dowager is afraid that after listening to his words, he will teach our Zheng family a lesson."

Li Bangyan lived in the officialdom for a long time, and of course he knew the weight of the empress dowager. Sometimes the emperor could not disobey it. What's more, the harem was originally the empress dowager. If the empress dowager and Chen Ao stood together, once Concubine Zheng fell out of favor, the best card in their hands would lose its effectiveness. At that time, Chen Ao would use the Holy Family to deal with the Zheng family and him, Li Bangyan, which would be much lighter.

Zheng Ke said slowly: "Don't worry, the Empress Dowager did not go to find Bier, but instead attacked Hu Zi. This means that the Empress Dowager just had a rift and just warned Bier that things were not at the worst." He said slowly: "I heard that the Empress Dowager has always been frugal, and frugal people must be rich. As long as she likes gold, silver and jewelry, it is easy to deal with. If he is so arrogant, my Zheng family will deal with the wealth of thousands of yuan."

Zheng Fu said reluctantly: "Brother means..."

Zheng Ke said lightly: "How much cash is there in Bianjing?"

Zheng Fu said: "It's only 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. The business has been done so many years ago, and the money is placed in the place of profit. It's not easy to raise cash in a short period of time." He said lightly: "In addition, a few days ago, I bought a lot of grain. Who knew that the Duke Qi Guo was not aware of it and was still in the warehouse in Taiyuan to cash in. As for the caravan, it was even more impossible. The Jurchens were urging goods and there was no capital to turn around. If something happened, something would happen. But the hometown could still withdraw hundreds of thousands of yuan. Brother, is it enough?"

Zheng Ke smiled coldly and said, "How can this little money touch people's hearts? Without a million coins, this gift cannot be given."

Zheng Fu gritted his teeth and said, "Then please give me ten days. Within ten days, I will definitely raise the money."

"Ten days..." A trace of worry flashed through Zheng Ke's eyes, and then nodded and said, "Okay, ten days, and all I want is a hundred-yuan currency. I will send it to the Jin Palace at that time."

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Chapter completed!