"Oh, I really can't underestimate Chi Hong. Is this rich?" Bai Meng looked at Chen Haolin and then at Chen Cha, "Isn't he accused of being a scholar. He has always been noble and arrogant, and he is willing to be contaminated with the smell of money. I really didn't expect it!"

"What's unexpected? Scholars have to live, eat, drink, defecate, and urinate?" Dan Tai Pingchuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Scholars are more expensive. They have various names to hold banquets, only those you haven't heard of, and those they can't think of. Without additional income, they can't support their huge expenses."

"A penny stumped the heroes, let alone the weak scholars like them!" Xuanyuan Liang smiled faintly, "If you want to gain a real foothold in Xijing City, it is absolutely impossible to have some money. Isn't the case you are trying today just because of lack of money? The nobles, military generals, and royal children all have imperial gifts. They don't have to worry about food and drink, food and clothing, but civil officials are not allowed. If they don't do some business, they will not be able to support them at all. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Chi Hong will do business. However, after His Highness Ning ordered these restaurants, restaurants, and teahouses in the court, the business became not very good."

"Because of the income issue, he hated Uncle Ning even more?"

"It's not just affecting his income." Dan Tai Pingchuan waved his hand, "but for four consecutive days, all the impeachment was aimed at the Ministry of Rites and Old Man Chi. It was not intentional to target him. Old Man Chi just hit the knife of His Highness Ning. During that time, he was responsible for cleaning up the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue. The six ministries and other yamen had problems, but the Ministry of Rites was quite prominent, and the amount of deficit was large. It would be impossible for His Highness Ning to convince the public if he didn't speak to him. Therefore, Old Man Chi was depressed for a long time. On the one hand, it was the account of the Ministry of Rites and on the other hand, it was the problem of Chi Hong's account, which made him frustrated. Although he kept silent about what happened after he returned home, Chi Hong still heard some news from his friends and knew that his father had not been doing well during this period. The source was His Highness Ning, so he jumped even more."

"He thought Uncle Ning Wang didn't dare to face him head-on, and instead attacked his father?" Seeing Xuanyuan Liang and Dan Tai Pingchuan nodding at the same time, Chen Cha frowned slightly, "The deficit of the Ministry of Revenue is a major event related to the national treasury. How can it be related to personal grudges?"

"This is the difference in the pattern between people." Bai Meng held his cheek and sneered, "There have been rumors before that the young man from the Chi family was unexpectedly small. Now, he saw that this statement was not false. I guess this person had only the only one's heart..." He stretched out his own little brother, "The fingernail is so big."

"You still look up to him, the commander, it would be great if it is half big." Dan Tai Pingchuan snorted, "You can't think of what he did after knowing that Lao Chitou was in trouble. He became more and more serious in the small magazine he owned, and continued to spread rumors about His Highness Ning in the market. The previous rumors were at most, that His Highness Ning's knowledge was not very good. This time, he changed direction and began to attack His Highness Ning's character, saying that he had avenged his private revenge. Even though the Ministry of Revenue issued a special notice later, explaining the responsibility that the Ministry of Rites needed to bear in the matter of deficit, it failed to restrain Chi Hong."

"Don't Uncle Ning care about being slandered?" Chen Cha picked a glutinous rice dumpling made of matcha from the small plate on the table and took a small bite, "You can go to the Jingzhao Prefecture Office to sue him?"

"I didn't care much at first, but I did sue it later, but it was not Chi Hong who sued him, but the small magazine, restaurant, restaurant, and teahouse in his hand. Because the evidence is conclusive, these companies were ordered to close down."

"At this time, Old Man Chi felt that his youngest son seemed to be infatuated, so he asked him to give him a lesson. It is said that this is the first and only time that Chi Hong has been scolded by Old Man Chi in his life." Dan Tai Pingchuan shrugged, "Because he didn't want his father to get angry again, he temporarily stopped and stopped targeting His Highness Ning. The two sides entered a period of relatively peaceful and complementary interference. The two sides had another conflict, that is, three months before His Highness Ning had an accident, there were many rumors about His Highness Ning in Xijing City. The late emperor sent people to investigate the source of the rumors, the imperial guards and patrol camps, and His Highness Ning had an accident."

"Wait a minute!" Chen Cha interrupted Dan Tai Pingchuan's words. She suddenly thought of something. Although she was a little whimsical, her intuition told her that this was probably a speculation that was closer to the truth of His Highness Ning's case. She looked at the people around her who were staring at her and waved her hands at them, "Wait a moment, I'll sort out my thoughts, it's a bit messy now."

Chen Cha slowly stood up, slowly paced in the tea room, and sorted out her thoughts bit by bit. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her speculation was right. The tragedy suffered by Uncle Ning and the people involved in him might have only one source, and this source is not the so-called family feud, but in fact there is only one source, which is Chi Hong.

In her speculation, Mrs. Teng should have known Chi Hong for a long time. After all, the two people are still very similar in terms of appearance. Although there are people who look very similar in this world but don’t have any blood connections, there are very few opportunities to really encounter. They can meet them. These two people have a certain connection in the dark.

Chen Cha believes that since the Dan Tai family has laid a lot of eyeliners in Xijing City a long time ago, part of it is to get news about Xijing City, and a small part is probably that Mrs. Teng wants to find her younger brother. Moreover, Chen Cha guessed that the purpose of finding her younger brother was much more urgent than the previous one.

According to the information I have received now, Chi Hong was once quite active in Xijing. Mrs. Fuji must have seen him many times. Someone who knows the inside story should have sent his portrait to Mrs. Fuji.
Chapter completed!