Chapter 516 Tang Gang is a fence-sitter
After leaving the imperial study and walking a short distance away, Tang Gang couldn't help but look back with a complicated expression.
After the spy left yesterday, he thought about everything again and called Manager Zhang to ask him a lot of questions. Only then did he realize that the Xin Family, which he had never paid much attention to before, had quietly established a foothold in the capital. First, they had tied up with the Xu Family, which could represent the Second Prince, through buying and selling. Then, the Second Prince and Liao Zhi became good friends, and the Second Prince's wife and Liao Zhi's wife were like sisters. In addition, General Zhang bought purchases from the military to the Xin Family. Manager Zhang got this information out of Xin Chang, and he knew nothing about it.
There are also the Mansion of Marquis Qing, the Mansion of Marquis Chang, the Mansion of Earl Yongshuang, etc., and the most important is the Mansion of Prince Jin. Tang Gang doesn't understand how Tang Mo and Xin An could be so good at scheming, and they have built such a great situation in more than a year. If he has the help of these people, the Second Prince will have a great chance.
On the other hand, the Duke of En's Mansion was already on the decline, and none of the generals in the court sided with the prince. Although the price the prince offered him was high this time, he was originally satisfied. However, as he found out more and more things, the prince seemed to no longer have the ability to fulfill his promise.
Then he thought about how they, father and son, had tried their best to get on board the prince's boat last year, but the prince actually abandoned their dignified marquisate like a piece of trash. Now that they came to him for help, Minister Xie was still arrogant, as if getting on board the prince was some kind of glorious thing for the family.
Do you really think he is made of clay? At the palace gate, Tang Gang met Fang Shilang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Fang Shilang wanted to find out the news, so he came forward to greet him. After a few words, Tang Gang stopped and said, "Pingshun Bo is really bold. I went to the prison last night to see if he has any remorse and is willing to confess something. Guess what?"
Minister Fang listened attentively. Tang Gang said, "The snoring is so loud that it doesn't look like he has been thrown into prison. He seems to want to stay there for a while. He seems to have nothing to fear."
Minister Fang followed this idea and scolded Pingshun Bo. The two of them walked out of the palace while talking. Tang Gang said that Pingshun Bo was clamoring to see the Crown Prince and the Duke of Enguo's Mansion, "What are you talking about? It's so important, and you keep yelling."
"What about the Marquis?"
"At this time, he still wants to curry favor with the emperor. I will do as he wishes. I just explained the truth to the emperor."
This was heard by the Second Prince that evening, and Minister Fang said, "Does Marquis Weiyuan want to do Your Highness a favor?"
"If I remember correctly, last year the Marquis of Weiyuan and his son wanted to board the prince's ship, and they were about to succeed, but their luck was ruined by two dogs."
The Second Prince sneered. The Crown Prince disliked them, so how could he? He was worse than the Crown Prince? "He's just a fence-sitter. Since he has this idea, I will ignore him and not reject him. You can just tease him occasionally."
What's the point of having someone who won't risk his life to work for him?
"The booklet of Earl Pingshun has not been found yet."
The book that Liao Zhi got was not important at all.
"Unless Pingshun Bo speaks up himself, or Ping Bo's mansion is dug up three feet deep, Liao Zhi has already been sent to prison, so there should be nothing for us to do."
This is most regrettable.
As he was speaking, someone came up to tell him that General Xu had arrived.
After General Xu entered the room, he handed the Second Prince a piece of paper with the names of more than a dozen court officials on it. The Second Prince raised his eyes and asked, "Father-in-law, what is this?"
General Xu said that this evening, the second young lady of Weiyuan Marquis's residence sent Madam Xu a plate of freshly made snacks, and this piece of paper came with the snacks. "The girl who delivered the snacks brought a message saying that someone had gone to great lengths to get a very good ingredient as a gift, and since the ingredients were rare, they were made into snacks."
Minister Fang laughed, "It seems that the people above are all people who have received gifts from the Earl of Pingshun."
The second prince looked at the paper and smiled, "It seems that Tang Mo and Liao Zhi have a special relationship."
Minister Fang took over the conversation and said that Xin An and Madam Liao not only did business together, but now the Xin family and the Xu family also helped Prince Jin raise funds for charity, "It can be seen that the relationship is very close."
"With the help of Mr. Tang, Your Highness will be even more powerful."
The Second Prince looked at General Xu and said, "The Crown Prince is keeping a close eye on me. I will try to see Tang Mo as little as possible. I'm sorry for the trouble, father-in-law."
"It's good that he's like this. It's good not to see him."
I wanted to promote Tang Mo, but he had just been promoted and was under Liao Zhi, so it was inconvenient for me to interfere.
At this moment, Tang Mo was taking a walk with Xin An, whispering about what happened outside today. Although the Pingshun Marquis's Mansion collapsed and he caught the Second Prince's eye, he couldn't be happy. "You didn't see it. There were dozens of skeletons in the well, most of them were teenage girls."
"The old man, the Earl of Pingshun, has a black heart. Not only that, Liao Zhi asked the servants in the mansion to report that many of the people in the mansion have killed people. Several weak-looking girls also beat and scolded the servants at will. One girl lifted her sleeves and saw that her arms were all bruised and purple, without a single piece of good flesh."
"The upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked!"
"Today, quite a few people came to the government office to look for their relatives, all shouting 'my son'. I asked around and found that most of those who came to look for their children had lost their sons. I'm afraid that the dozen or so girls will go unclaimed."
After all, he is still a passionate young man and cannot stand seeing such things.
Xin An sighed. His original intention of targeting the Pingshun Marquis's Mansion was just to gain merit, but now it seems that merit is not that important. "You keep an eye on them and see how they are settled in the end. If you can help, lend a hand, even if it's just to give them some money to send them back."
Tang Mo said: "There is no need to worry about this. Liao Zhi's people are watching them. He has many bachelors under his command. If those girls really have nowhere to go, his bachelors will not sit idly by."
"It's not easy to find a wife these days."
Xin An tilted his head, "Isn't it inappropriate for you to say this?"
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"suitable."
Tang Mo said that it was too difficult to marry a good wife, and it depended on what he met in his previous life. "I died once before I met you. By the way, what is planted in that lotus pond?"
There is a lotus pond in the mansion, which is not big. Although it is not the place where Tang Mo died in his previous life, it is of great importance to him. He is unwilling to set foot in that place even once in this life, and he must fill it up.
"I've planted a few peach trees, plum trees, and pear trees. I want to have some fresh fruit at home in the future. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"No."
He didn't even want to look at it. He felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.
The two were about to go back when Tang Gang appeared again. Tang Mo whispered, "Have you noticed that the old man has been coming to the garden too often recently?"
Xin An nodded, "I probably have something to talk to you about. I'll go back first. I've had a big appetite these past two days and I'm hungry."
Tang Gang approached, Xin An said hello and left. Tang Gang asked, "You two were talking and laughing, what were you talking about?"
He guessed that the couple was laughing at his eldest son.
"She said she had some fruit trees planted on the former lotus pond, waiting for fresh fruits to be eaten."
Tang Gang was unhappy when this happened. The lotus pond was filled without his permission. "You should know what you can and cannot say."
"Then father, tell me, what can't I say?"
(End of this chapter)
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