Chapter 436: How to Control a Man

Yi Ziyan put down the last stroke, blew on the ink, picked up the letter, and handed it to Xiao Jinxuan, "This is the remaining half of the list."

It was incredible that he could write the list so clearly and accurately even though he was blind. After Xiao Jinxuan took a look at it, he handed it to Xie Zhuoning.

Xie Zhuoning took it and looked at it. The names on the list were really varied. There were important officials of the third and fourth ranks, unknown minor officials, and even maids around concubines and eunuchs in key positions...

"I thought you only targeted officials."

Yi Ziyan said: "The number of people is not important, the key is to be able to play a role at the critical moment."

The network they laid was very large and was supposed to play a huge role.

As a result, one mishap after another happened...

Xie Zhuoning continued to read and finally saw the name she wanted to see the most, her second uncle Xie Heng's name.

Next to them were two other names, "He Xuanniang, Bao Ge'er... who is this?"

Yi Ziyan said, "Is she his mistress? Bao Ge'er is their son, and he must be almost twenty years old now."

"What!" Xie Zhuoning was a little shocked. "My second uncle doesn't value sexual desire. He has very few concubines at home and is also very indifferent to his children..."

She really couldn't imagine that her second uncle would be willing to be controlled by Qianjinlou for a woman.

Yi Ziyan sneered, "Princess, you still don't understand men. There are thousands of beauties in this world, and it is common for those in high positions to do so. Guess what we in Qianjinlou use to control them? Of course, we give them what they want but cannot get."

Xie Zhuoning quickly said, "I'd like to hear the details."

She also listened to how to control men. Maybe she would be able to control Xiao Jinxuan in the future.

Yi Ziyan said: "This He Xuanniang is not some great beauty, but the daughter of Teacher Xie Heng."

The Xie family had fallen on hard times, leaving only an orphan and a widow, and Xie Heng could barely afford to go to school.

Xie Heng's teacher was afraid that his talent would be buried, so he not only paid for his studies, but also provided him with food and accommodation.

Xie Heng and He Xuanniang were together day and night. They were young and ignorant, but their love was as passionate as fire.

"It's a pity that He Xuanniang was a few years older than Xie Heng. When she reached a certain age, her family promised her to a county official. A few years later, the county official's house was searched for corruption and his head was beheaded and she was sentenced to exile to Lingnan."

"Your second uncle got the news around the same time. On the eve of the Spring Examination, he sat there all night long, then packed up his things and went to the examination hall the next day."

Xie Zhuoning couldn't help but sigh, "He is really so calm that it's scary."

Who wouldn't be affected by such news?

But he was able to concentrate on the exam and even got a top ranking!

"Yes, because he knew that only by getting a good ranking would he have the capital to negotiate with others." Yi Ziyan said slowly, "After high school, Xie Heng took the initiative to find the prince and asked for his help to bring He Xuanniang back to the capital. He was willing to follow the prince and serve him for the rest of his life."

The new noble who just passed the imperial examination voluntarily surrendered. How could King Yong push him away?

Besides, bringing back an exiled female prisoner was not a difficult task for King Yong.

"Of course, after we got her back, we were also cautious. We added some other things to He Xuanniang's tonic medicine on the pretext that she was weak. It can be said that it was because of He Xuanniang and Xie Heng that the prince and I came up with the idea of ​​building Qianjinlou and using women or pedophiles to control officials."

Xie Zhuoning became more and more shocked as he listened.

So it was the second uncle who took the initiative to surrender to Prince Yong?

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that everything has a traceable path.

When my second uncle passed the imperial examination, he was selected as a son-in-law by many dignitaries. If he closed his eyes and picked any one of them at random, he would have a powerful backer.

But he married a woman named Liang who had no background.

The reason he told the outside world was that he was grateful to Liang's brother for saving his life, so he took care of their whole family.

But if you can just take good care of her, why do you have to marry Liang?

No, it's more than that.

If he married a daughter of a rich family, once the fact that he kept a woman who was an exiled prisoner was exposed, both he and He Xuanniang would be finished.

But marrying Liang would be much simpler, as the Liang family would have to rely on him as a big tree and would be easy to control.

In this way, he not only had a perfect disguise, but also earned himself a reputation of repaying a drop of kindness with a spring of water.

Therefore, he was extremely indifferent to Liang and her children. He did not worry about their lives, but only cared about whether their actions would affect his own reputation and career. He broke off the relationship without any mercy, and was not like a normal father at all!

But how much does he care about He Xuanniang and his child?

Bao Geer...

Like pearls and treasures.

This was the nickname he gave to their child.

Her second uncle was really a very secretive person. Even the people in her family had never really understood him or seen him clearly!

Xie Zhuoning came back to his senses from the shock, "What about them? Where are they now?"

"Uh..." Yi Ziyan's face was embarrassed for a moment, "I don't know."

"have no idea?"

"You should know that there is a traitor in our Qianjinlou. I am now nothing but a homeless dog."

When he escaped from Prince Yong's Mansion, he wanted to gather a group of people and go back to rescue the prince.

But when he came out, he found out that Yan Hongyue had already transferred all the remaining people.

All he had in his hand was that list.

"If all the people were alive, how could King Xuan capture me so easily?" he muttered softly.

Xiao Jinxuan vaguely understood something, "It seems that the waves of assassins we encountered on the way back to Beijing were all here to kill people."

As long as Yi Ziyan is killed, no one will know the other half of the list of Qianjinlou, and those people can hide in the dark and be used by others.

He thought for a moment and said, "The traitor you are talking about is the woman in red who assassinated the little emperor's grandson?"

Yi Ziyan's face turned cold, and he said, almost gritting his teeth, "Yan Hongyue, it's her!"

"Oh~" Xie Zhuoning also remembered, "She was the one who led Xiao Jinxuan and me to destroy half of your Qianjinlou. I felt something was wrong at the time. Who does she belong to?"

"I don't know." Yi Ziyan shook his head and smiled bitterly. "To be honest, I don't even know when she betrayed me, let alone who she belongs to. She had already secretly transferred the people who were useful to her in Qianjin Building, and she led you to destroy those who were useless to her."

He played with eagles all his life, but he never expected that when he died, his eyes would be pecked out by an eagle.

Xie Zhuoning glanced at him and said, "You are blind to begin with, so it's normal that you can't see."

Speaking of this, Yi Ziyan remembered, "Oh, I forgot that you were the one who blinded my eyes."

Xie Zhuoning snorted, "Same here, didn't you also kill half of me back then?"

Yi Ziyan said: "Who told you to say that you wanted to marry Prince Yong..."

"Oh?" Xiao Jinxuan's eyes fell on Xie Zhuoning's face, and suddenly became dangerous, "You said this again?"