The mastermind behind the tax case was Shilang Zhou... Xu Pingzhi smashed the coffee table with his palm, stood up angrily, eyes widened, and opened his mouth to curse, but something seemed to be stuck in his throat.

Xu New Year glanced at his incompetent and furious father, his handsome face extremely serious, "Is the news reliable?"

Xu Qian nodded: "Chu Caiwei from Si Tianjian, one of the chief officials in charge of the tax and bank case, told me."

He paraphrased Chu Caiwei's words.

Xu Xinnian raised his tea cup, put it down again, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that what happened today was not an accident, but Zhou's deliberate revenge."

Yes, he is indeed a scholar who can pass the examination and has a very good brain.

Xu Qian was a little happy, knowing that this conversation would not be in vain.

If it was just Uncle Xu, he wouldn't bring up this secret conversation, it would be meaningless.

Because the second uncle was forced to panic, he would only say: "We are brothers, let me go and kill people."

There is nothing he can do. After all, he is a vulgar martial artist. He is good at killing people, but he is bad at catching people who are calculating. Their professional fields are different.

Xu Qi'an asked the school teacher: "What do you think of Erlang?"

Xu New Year glanced at his cousin and frowned, as if he was dissatisfied with the tone of his exam and said angrily:

"What to do? Of course, strike first to gain advantage, and strike later will suffer disaster."

Sure... Xu Qian was taken aback. It was hard to imagine that Xu Xinyin would say such decisive words.

Hearing this, Uncle Xu, who considered himself the head of the family and the backbone of the family, felt that he could no longer remain silent and scolded his son:

"Stop your ignorant and arrogant thoughts. Don't say that you are just a civil servant. Even if you win the first prize, you will not be able to offend the Minister of Household Affairs."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was ruthlessly rejected by his nephew: "I think Erlang's idea is right."

Xu Qian then said: "The person we offended was not Zhou Li, but Zhou Xianping, the Minister of Hubu. Zhou Li may not dare to retaliate again, but what about the Minister of Hubu?"

"We not only ruined his good deeds, but also injured his legitimate son. As long as he is a arrogant person, there is absolutely no reason to endure this debt. Besides, in the eyes of Zhou Shilang, the Xu family is no different from an ant.

?He has no reason to let us go."

Xu Pingzhi was dissatisfied: "No, we can't fight against Zhou Shilang. Ning Yan, you have met Si Tianjian's Bai Yi, and New Year's Eve is a student of Yunlu Academy. With these two relationships, as long as we stay safe, no one dares to provoke you."

Is it really?

Xu Qian reminded: "Second uncle, you may not know that Si Tianjian's white clothes do not interfere in court affairs."

Xu Cijiu continued: "During the tax-bank case, wasn't I also a student at Yunlu Academy? The reason my eldest brother came back today is because Zhou Li was unreasonable and his methods were too low-level. But if Zhou Shilang took action, there would be another tax-bank case.

, it is reasonable and legal to have everyone in the Xu family beheaded. Is it possible that Si Tianjian and Yunlu Academy can also rob the prison for us? Fight against Da Feng's law for us?"

Feeling that the majesty of the head of the family had been impacted, Xu Pingzhi frowned, "But, what are we going to do, deal with the Minister of Household Affairs, the fourth rank..."

I don't know either, I'm just a simple time traveler.... Xu Qian turned his attention to his handsome little brother:

"What do you think, Erlang?"

Xu New Year was silent. After a long time, when Xu Pingzhi was almost impatient, he slowly said: "I have been thinking about something just now."

"The tax money was robbed, and the emperor was furious. He obviously attached great importance to the money. He should punish the culprit severely."

"Didn't those two bastards commit suicide out of fear of crime?" Xu Pingzhi said.

After looking at his father, Xu New Year ignored him and continued: "I can think of two possibilities. One: The Minister of Tobe has a backer behind him. The other is: The emperor has concerns, such as maintaining a delicate balance.

"

"Eldest brother said that the Ministry of Revenue impeached Zhou Shilang for embezzling money and food from the Mo treasury. Why didn't he impeach another minister or the Minister of Hubu?"

Xu Qian's heart moved: "Zhou Shilang's political opponents are dealing with him?"

Xu Xinyin nodded: "Teacher said that from ancient times to the present, the core of imperial art has always been balance. The emperor did not touch Zhou Shilang, which shows that this matter is likely to involve party disputes."

"What should we do?" Uncle Xu asked subconsciously.

Xu Qian touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "The emperor's tricks may work in normal times, but now the Jingchao is around the corner. As long as we can seize the handle of Zhou Shilang, there is a great possibility to kill him. The Jingchao is an ancestral system, even if

Even the emperor cannot have his own way. The core of the Confucian dragon-slaying technique is the word "ritual". Therefore, Zhou Shilang's political opponents will not give up."

Xu New Year was surprised. He didn't expect that the word "dragon slaying technique" would come out of his rough cousin's mouth. Is this the same Kuaishou cousin?

....I just watch a lot of costume dramas! Xu Qianxin said.

Of course, part of the reason is that I study more history.

History books are the essence of human culture. If you study history carefully, you will learn a lot from it.

History books are also the most useless things, because the only lesson humans can learn from history is that humans cannot learn any lessons from history.

Xu Qian, who likes to read history, initially scoffed at this sentence, but later found out that there was some truth to it.

The reason is that when he was studying, his parents and teachers always said earnestly: You must study hard and study hard, otherwise you will regret it in the future.

No one takes it seriously.

It wasn't until I experienced setbacks and was severely beaten by society that I finally woke up.

Xu Qian's cousin didn't like to study. After he failed in business, he once blurted out: You must study hard, otherwise you will regret it in the future.

After saying that, he suddenly froze.

Xu Xinyin raised his chin and said in a test-oriented tone: "Then what do you think we should do?"

You are really unwilling to admit defeat... As a heroine, this arrogant character is not very lovable... I prefer the 36d coquettish and cute Yujie... Xu Qian complained in her heart.

, said with a calm expression:

"Why did Zhou Shilang create a tax and bank case? It's definitely not corruption, because corruption can happen at any time, so why bother with the Beijing police?"

"Unless he urgently needs a sum of money and needs this money to fill the hole, and the reason for filling the hole is precisely to deal with the Beijing police." Xu Qian gave full play to his logical reasoning ability.

"So?" Xu New Year raised the corner of his mouth.

So we need to find out the real reason why Zhou Shilang embezzled taxes and money. We need to solve the case so that Zhou Shilang can escape and plead guilty and be punished... Xu Qi'an was about to say this when he suddenly saw Xu Erlang's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

He didn't say anything.

"I understand!" Second Uncle Xu slapped his thigh, saliva flying in excitement: "So we have to expose this matter so that the person named Zhou can't hide."

He was so excited that he felt like his brain finally had an idea.

I'm not stupid either...Secret Xu thought proudly.

Xu New Year said "ha": "Father, do you think that with your status as a sword guard of hundreds of households, you can openly investigate the household affairs department and have access to the household affairs files?"

Xu Pingzhi's face instantly stiffened.

Xu Dalang said "ha": "Of course it's impossible."

Thank you, Uncle Er, for taking the trip.

Xu New Year, who was unable to suppress his cousin intellectually, was a little dissatisfied and asked, "What do you think the elder brother should do?"

Xu Qian's fingertips lightly touched the table, "We are not the main force to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf, and deal with Zhou Shilang. What we have to do is the straw that breaks the camel's back."

As for how to do it, he hasn't figured it out yet.

Not bad... Xu New Year nodded approvingly and said: "If we take a step back, we don't have to deal with Zhou Shilang, a dignified fourth-grade official with all his scheming skills. We can't deal with him now, but people

There are weaknesses."

Xu Qian's eyes lit up and he high-fived excitedly: "Zhou Li!"

"Yes, compared to Zhou Shilang, that dude Zhou Li is easier to deal with. The charges for impeachment are not sufficient, so we will create charges. Give knives to Zhou Xianping's political opponents and ask them to help us kill Zhou Xianping." Xu Xinnian Canruo.

A sinister look flashed in Xingchen's eyes:

"The capital police are about to come. If Zhou Shilang's son does something outrageous and resentful, as a father, Zhou Xianping cannot escape the blame. The emperor is willing to protect him once, but he may not be willing to protect him a second time."

Having said this, Xu New Year frowned and said, "Although this is a good starting point, I am not a fool, and framing someone to blame may not work."

Second Uncle Xu listened to his son and nephew talking to each other, and suddenly realized that he, the head of the family, had been pushed to the edge of this secret conversation and could not get a word in at all.

But as his son analyzed it layer by layer, Uncle Xu's thinking became clearer and clearer. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed possible. He couldn't help but slap the table with excitement:

"My son has the qualifications to be the first assistant after leaving the old age."

Don’t you, your nephew, have the qualifications to be the chief assistant? Xu Qi’an glanced sideways at his second uncle and took the opportunity to diss Xu Erlang:

"Erlang, so if you say that scholars are ruining the country by talking empty words, you can't escape from it."

Xu Erlang twitched the corner of his mouth and said sarcastically: "Brother, please give me some advice."

Xu Qian didn't panic at all, "I can't give a ready-made solution, but I can provide an idea."
Chapter completed!