On Yu Tang's side, he and Miss Xu sat side by side in front of Mrs. Yang San, listening to Miss Xu excitedly talking about what had just happened.
Mrs. Yang San looked at the two of them tenderly, nodding her head constantly and praising Miss Xu by saying "You make sense", which made Miss Xu speak even more vigorously. Mrs. Yang San's doting on Miss Xu was almost overflowing from her eyes.
It can be seen that everyone in the Yin family likes Miss Xu very much.
Yu Tang was very jealous.
It turns out that there are people in this world who have a smooth life like Miss Xu's.
She secretly prayed that Miss Xu would continue to be well.
When Miss Xu finished speaking, Mrs. Yang San smiled and patted her hands, saying to her and Yu Tang, "Don't worry, the Pei family will not marry into the Wu family."
Yu Tang wondered if Mrs. Yang San knew something, but Miss Xu exclaimed in surprise, "I know, I know. Pei Yan and his second brother Jiang Hua are not on good terms."
Madam Yang San nodded and continued with a smile, "Not entirely. It is actually safer to put the eggs in different baskets. The main reason is that when Mr. Pei was alive, he offended too many people, and Pei Xiaoguang was too stubborn. He was favored by the emperor. When he was in the Shuji Academy, the emperor personally asked him to help write Qingci several times. That's why the Zhang family, the Li family and even the Jiang family valued him so much. Therefore, these aristocratic families in Jiangnan are jealous of the Pei family's revival after the old man's mourning period, and they are also afraid that he will not help when the aristocratic families in Jiangnan are in trouble.
Pei Xiaguang's marriage is very troublesome.
There is no need for anyone else to take action. Even the Peng family would probably not allow the Wu family and Pei Xiaguang to marry.
But the other members of the Pei family are not suitable in age.
Needless to say, Pei Bo's mother is a strong-willed person, and his marriage will definitely be discussed again and again.
Although we don't understand Pei Chan, the fact that he can stand on equal terms with Pei Bo shows that his parents are not fools.
Even if his parents are fools, doesn't he still have elders?"
Yu Tang realized belatedly and asked, "Which room is Pei Chan from?"
Mrs. Yang San said with a smile, "He is the second grandson of Yong Laoan. Pei Chan also has an elder brother named Pei Li, who is also a good scholar. If nothing unexpected happens, he should have no problem passing the imperial examination. However, he is not as smart as Pei Chan."
The image of Mr. Yong appeared in Yu Tang's mind, and he felt that Mr. Yong was also a smart man.
She couldn't help but admire Mrs. Yang San.
Mrs. Yang San also wanted to give her some advice, saying, "Sometimes we not only need to see what the relationship is between one family and another, but also know which outstanding children have come from each family. Moreover, what we hear is not as good as what we see. We must first understand the truth and the false. Let's not talk about the distant past. Let's take the Peng family as an example. The eleventh master of their family was also a famous scholar at a young age, but what happened to him in the end? It is said that he met bandits on the way to participate in the autumn examination and was disfigured.
The Peng family is the local tyrant in Fujian. The most promising son of the Peng family, Master Eleven, actually encountered bandits in Fujian. Who knows who Master Eleven Peng met?
The thing my family fears most is something like this happening.
You can be jealous and envious, but you can't cause a murder.
So what happened?
Killing people if there is a disagreement!
Who doesn't have some money to hire a killer?
After all the fighting, the violent ones survived, while the merciful ones died. What is the point of this family? This is not a chaotic world. Whoever has the strongest fists gets to have the final say? "
Yu Tang nodded repeatedly, but in his heart he was guessing, this must be the Yin family's art of physiognomy? Knowing which family has an outstanding son, in addition to understanding the opponent, it should also be possible to choose the aunt. Maybe this is the secret of the Yin family's long-lasting prosperity for so many years?
She smiled.
Miss Xu speculated: "The Wu family will definitely not be reconciled. Do you think the Wu family will marry into the Peng family?"
Mrs. Yang San smiled and said, "That depends on what the Peng family thinks."
If they wanted to have a relationship with Jiang Hua, they would definitely be willing to marry into the Wu family.
The fear is that they are not on the same path.”
Among the several cabinet ministers, Jiang Hua has the weakest foundation, but he is also the most shameless. For the sake of profit, he can do anything.
This is also the reason why those noble families do not like to marry into the Jiang family. They are afraid that they will not get to eat the mutton, but will get the smell of mutton.
Miss Xu said, "Why hasn't Gu Chaoyang married yet? He is not young anymore, right? If he doesn't get married, not only will Master Sun be unhappy, but the elders will also think he is frivolous."
Start a family!
People at this time feel that married people are more stable, have a stronger sense of responsibility, and can focus on their work.
Mrs. Yang San smiled but said nothing.
Yu Tang glanced at Mrs. Yang San suspiciously.
At this time, Gu Chaoyang was sitting with Pei Yan, talking to Mr. Peng and others: "I will not forget my roots. But everyone should not go too far. Although the river case in Gaoyou is an excuse, I have made no progress since I came to Jiangnan. Everyone should at least let me report to the emperor!"
Mr. Peng narrowed his eyes, thinking that neither Hangzhou nor Suzhou belonged to the Peng family, and they didn't care what the noble families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were going to do. He came here to abolish the Maritime Customs Office.
The Pei family could hide it from others, but they could not hide it from the Peng family.
Now Pei Yan and Tao Qing have colluded with each other and are planning to jointly set up a shop in Guangzhou to monopolize Guangzhou's maritime business. By then, regardless of whether the Maritime Customs Offices in Quanzhou and Ningbo are withdrawn or not, the Pei family will be able to remain invincible.
He just kept wondering how the Pei family convinced the Tao family.
Logically speaking, Guangzhou is the Tao family's territory. The Pei family is taking food from the Tao family, and the Tao family should not agree to it no matter what.
The Tao family can only bow their heads unless... there is a prince standing behind the Pei family.
I just don’t know who is standing behind the Pei family, the second prince or the third prince?
Mr. Peng was a little anxious.
The Pei family used to be too low-key. When he felt something was wrong and wanted to talk to the Pei family, he could not find a chance.
This is also the reason why their family could tolerate the Song family for such a long time.
He glanced at Gu Chang.
I wonder if we can start from Gu Chang?
Gu Chang is also a wolf cub. Should he lure him with benefits or suppress him with threats?
Mr. Peng tapped lightly on the back of his subordinate's chair.
But Fourth Master Song thought this was an opportunity. He immediately said, "Why don't you just tell us what you want us to do? Who has the time to guess? If we guess wrong, it will be even more troublesome."
Master Wu thought that what Master Song said made sense. He stared at Pei Yan, wanting to hear what Pei Yan would say.
Pei Yan said nothing.
There are many "capable people" here, and he is not prepared to be in the limelight.
Gu Chang has his own little plan.
The Gu family had been losing a lot of money in the past few years, and he wanted to use this incident to make more money for the Gu family. Moreover, this incident was planned by his mentor. If the truth came out, how could the Gu family still have the face to stay in Jiangnan?
He thought of Sun Gao's thin and somewhat mean face, glanced at Pei Yan and Tao Qing, then glanced at Master Peng, and then whispered: "Two years ago, the second prince was assassinated, but the Jinyiwei and the East and West Factories were unable to find out who was behind the assassination. The second prince was just alarmed. In addition, there was a severe drought in the northwest, and the emperor wanted to rebuild the Daxiangguo Temple. The court could not spare more manpower, so the matter became an unsolved case and was never resolved. But a few days ago, when Lord Sun was checking the funds for the Gaoyou Canal, he suddenly found that someone had given 200,000 taels of silver to the Third Prince's Mansion under the pretext of repairing the Gaoyou Canal, and found that the money was sent from Jiangnan to the capital via the canal. The emperor was furious and sent Wei Sanfu and me to investigate the matter. As for when did Wang Qibao leave the capital? Why did he leave the capital? Is it related to the case we want to investigate? Wei Sanfu and I have no idea. "
At this point, everyone's eyes fell on Pei Yan.
Among all the people present, he and Wang Qibao are best friends.
Because it involved the grain transport, Master Wu was the first to get restless. He said anxiously, "How could I not know about this? Two hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. How could it be brought to the capital without anyone noticing? Someone must be trying to frame our Wu family. Xiaguang, when are you going to Hangzhou? I will cover all your expenses for the trip to Hangzhou."
Fourth Master Song was not afraid of the stage, and he also thought that it would be great if he could establish a relationship with Wang Qibao through this matter, so he simply smiled and said, "Since Chaoyang has made it clear, I think we should go to Hangzhou together, or invite Lord Wang to Lin'an. It's a good opportunity to visit Zhaoming Temple and listen to the great ideas of Master Wuneng."
Mr. Peng's closed eyes suddenly widened like cow eyes, but he did not say anything. Instead, he looked at Tao Qing.
Tao Qing hesitated for a moment and whispered to Pei Yan, "Xiaguang, this matter is not simple. Just as Master Wu said, two hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. How was it transported into the capital through the canal? I'm afraid this is a trap from beginning to end, waiting for us to fall into it!" As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Chaoyang.
He suspected that this was Sun Gao's trick.
Sun Gao was born in a humble family and had a bias against the powerful. When he was the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, if there was a lawsuit between a poor person and a rich person, he would definitely side with the poor person, and if there was a lawsuit between a powerful person and a rich person, he would definitely side with the rich person. Some people took advantage of this and pretended to be poor people to go to court.
But since Gu Chaoyang was here, he couldn't say it out loud.
The fact that Gu Chaoyang said this showed that he was ready to turn against Sun Gao.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Tao, there is no need to flatter me. I have read the case file that Lord Sun gave me, and Lord Sun did not wrongly accuse anyone. I am afraid that the families in Jiangnan will not be able to settle this peacefully."
While speaking, he kept looking at Master Peng.
Mr. Peng's heart began to beat wildly when he looked at him.
The Peng family would not put all the eggs in one basket.
Some of the Peng family's sons supported the second prince, while others supported the third prince.
But in his heart, he was more inclined towards the third prince.
This has nothing to do with the two men's moral character, but according to the law, the second prince is the legitimate successor, and even if these noble families support the second prince, it is appropriate. If they support the third prince, it will be different.
If the third prince succeeds to the throne, they will have the merit of following the dragon.
It can ensure the glory of the Peng family for at least three generations.
Who wouldn’t be moved?
Who wouldn't be jealous?