The Li family's mansion is located here. Although everyone nearby knows the power of the Li family, Maoyan Alley has always seemed quite peaceful.
At least compared to when Xie Qian was a cabinet minister and officials lived here, the whole Maoyan Alley can be said to be extremely lively with officials coming and going.
There was a rapid sound of horse hooves, and when they saw two servants standing behind the stone lions, their spirits were shaken and they looked in the direction of the sound of horse hooves.
The visitor got off his horse and turned out to be a soldier following Li Huan.
The soldier turned over and dismounted and immediately walked quickly towards the gate, shouting: "Go to Tongbing quickly, the master has returned to the capital, the master has returned to the capital."
With this shout, the originally silent mansion seemed to suddenly come back to life.
In the mansion, Mrs. Feng spends most of her time praying for her son Li Huan in her yard. As for the two ladies, they also live in seclusion. The huge mansion seems to be less lively because of the male owner Li Huan.
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In a quiet courtyard, Zhu Lin, who was wearing a skirt, was leaning on a sofa, holding a volume of classics in one hand and subconsciously twisting the snacks on the side and putting them into her mouth.
Such a leisurely posture makes people feel relaxed when they see it. It must be said that Zhu Lin's situation at this moment is really leisurely.
A burst of rapid footsteps came, but it disturbed Zhu Lin, who was engrossed in reading.
Her pretty eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and Zhu Lin slowly raised her head and looked at the visitor. Although she didn't say anything, when the maid who ran in panted and looked at Zhu Lin, her pretty face couldn't help but be filled with emotion.
She said with a bit of joy: "Madam, I'm back, the master has returned to Beijing...
The maid's words seemed a little unclear. Even Zhu Lin didn't react for a moment, but immediately Zhu Lin's hand that was holding a volume of classics trembled slightly, and her body that was lying there also trembled slightly.
He straightened up, and then his slender and beautiful body sat up straight from the slump.
Staring at the maid, Zhu Lin couldn't help but said: "What did you say? Your husband has returned to Beijing?"
The maid nodded repeatedly and said: "The master just sent his personal soldiers back to the house to convey the news. The soldiers have already gone to see the old lady. I don't know that there will be news soon."
Zhu Lin nodded slightly when she heard this.
Seeing Zhu Lin's calm look, the maid who had been following Zhu Lin couldn't help but said anxiously: "Madam, the master will be back soon, why are you so unhurried, why don't you clean up quickly?
, so as to welcome the master back home."
As she spoke, the maid couldn't help but push Zhu Lin to get up and walk towards the dressing table.
Zhu Lin smiled and said: "Why are you panicking? If my prediction is correct, my husband will definitely enter the palace as soon as possible when he returns to Beijing. If he enters the palace now, I will wait until the evening when my husband returns home."
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Just like Zhu Lin, Zhang Jin, who also lives in another courtyard, also received the news.
Zhang Jin's reaction was exactly the same as Zhu Lin's.
The two women are both exquisite and thoughtful women. Naturally, they knew that Li Huan would definitely go to see the emperor when he returned to the capital. Therefore, they both guessed that Li Huan would never return home early. Therefore, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least on the surface, they seemed
Very peaceful.
In the evening, the door of Li's Mansion was open. Right at the gate, a group of people were looking at the road outside the door. There were obviously fewer pedestrians on the road.
Many people passing by the door of Li's Mansion noticed that the door of Li's Mansion, with its big red lantern hanging high, was uncharacteristically open. Several servants were lined up on both sides in high spirits, giving the impression that they were welcoming something.
It’s normal for people to return.
In this era, the opening of the central gate can be said to be the highest treatment for welcoming people. As the head of the Li family, Li Huan went on an expedition for more than half a year. Now that he has returned home, the Li family naturally wants to open the central gate to welcome Li Huan back.
At this time, Mrs. Feng was waiting at the gate of the mansion, accompanied by Zhang Jin, Zhu Lin, and Forsythia.
It can be seen that there is a look of anticipation on Mrs. Feng's face. Even though she has been waiting for nearly a month, it seems that this time does not exist. Mrs. Feng does not look impatient at all.
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Feng was heard saying to Forsythia beside her: "Forsythia, have you ever sent someone to find out when Huan'er will be able to come back? (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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ah."
Of course, Feng didn't seem too anxious, but mentally she still felt impatient.
Hearing this, Forsythia said with a smile on her pretty face: "Don't worry, old lady, we have already arranged for someone to keep an eye on her, but whenever her husband leaves the palace, our people will definitely come and report it as soon as possible.
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While speaking, Forsythia said to Feng: "Old madam, please sit down and rest for a while, don't tire yourself out."
It was at this time that I heard the faint sound of horse hooves coming closer and closer outside the house door.
The sound of the horse's hooves stopped suddenly outside the mansion's door. This movement immediately alerted Feng Shi, Zhang Jin, Forsythia and others, and also attracted everyone's attention.
Feng stood up with a look of joy on her face and said, "Could it be that my son is back!"
I saw a soldier rushing into the mansion and shouting: "The master has returned to the mansion."
Soon, a rapid sound of horse hoofbeats was heard. This time, the sound of horse hoofbeats was louder and denser, but it made Feng, Zhang Jin, Zhu Lin and others who had been waiting for a while look happy.
When Li Huan arrived at the gate of the mansion, he turned over and dismounted and saw a group of people surrounding Feng and coming towards him.
Led by Feng, Zhu Lin, Zhang Jin and others walked out of the house and looked at Li Huan and others with concern.
Li Huan's eyes swept over Zhu Lin and Zhang Jin, and then he strode forward, bowed directly to Mrs. Feng and said, "My dear, meet your mother."
Feng helped Li Huan up and looked at Li Huan carefully up and down, as if to determine whether Li Huan had been hurt in any way.
After confirming that Li Huan was fine, Feng took a deep breath and said, "Okay, okay, Huan'er, get up quickly."
At the same time, Zhu Lin and Zhang Jin also stepped forward and saluted Li Huan: "I have met my husband.
Li Huan nodded slightly towards the two girls and said with a smile on his face: "It's hard work for the two ladies to serve their mother at home."
When Li Huan returned to his home, everyone in the Li Mansion was naturally rejoicing. However, many people in the capital were restless and unable to sleep peacefully.
Sitong Guild Hall is located in the most prosperous part of the capital. It covers a very large area and is definitely a valuable place.
Not to mention other things, the land area occupied by that guild hall alone, if calculated, would probably cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Sitong Guild Hall is also a very famous place in the capital, and there are not a few wealthy gentry and powerful people who come here on weekdays.
If such a place does not have strong enough forces or people to support it, I am afraid that the Sitong Guild Hall has already been occupied by others, and it is impossible for it to be so safe in a place like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the capital.
some years.
As we all know, the person standing behind Sitong Guild Hall is not a certain person, but a force, Lianghuai Salt Merchants.
Generally speaking, the salt products of the Ming Dynasty were not in the hands of the Ming court, but to be precise, they were in the hands of a small group of salt merchants.
Relying on the salt quota issued by the government, these salt merchants colluded and accumulated extremely terrifying wealth.
And this Sitong Guild Hall was the place chosen by Lianghuai salt merchants in the capital to keep an eye on the goings-on in the capital.
When Lin Pingzhi, who was a member of Qianhu Jinyiwei, revealed the details of Chen Wenliang, the imperial censor of Zuodu, at the Dachao meeting, he already mentioned that the Chen family where Chen Wenliang belonged was one of the core forces of the huge Lianghuai salt merchants.
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Following the meeting of the imperial court, the news spread that Chen Wenliang was sent to prison because Li Huan failed to impeach him.
Not to mention anything else, Sitong Guild Hall was definitely the person or force who got the news immediately.
At this time, in a rather elegant room in the Sitong Guild Hall, several figures were sitting there with solemn expressions.
If anyone sees these figures, they will definitely be very surprised.
The Lianghuai Salt Merchants are an interest group. Since it is an interest group, there cannot be just one or two families, but an interest group composed of countless people.
At this time, those who can represent the Lianghuai salt merchants and send important members of the clan to the capital all year round are naturally the major families that really have the right to speak among the Lianghuai salt merchants.
The atmosphere in the room seemed endless (this chapter is not over yet!)
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The comparison was so solemn, even though a few people present could easily mobilize tens of millions of money, affecting the demand for salt for almost half of the people of the Ming Dynasty, but at this moment these people still seemed restless.
Finally, one person couldn't bear the depressing atmosphere and spoke up to break the calm: "Everyone, I think everyone has already received the news that Mr. Chen was killed by the traitor Li Huan."
No one spoke, and the man was not upset at all. He just looked at the crowd with a straight face and said, "Master Chen is one of the representatives of our Huaihuai salt merchants who spent a great deal of money to promote him. He is above the court."
If we are in charge, then our interests do not have to worry about being greatly affected. But now that Mr. Chen has unfortunately suffered this disaster, I am afraid that not only will he not be able to bring us shelter, but he may also bring harm to our two Huai salt merchants.
It’s a huge harm, let’s talk about it and see how we can deal with it.”
The person who spoke was the Xu family of Yangzhou. The Xu family of Yangzhou and the Chen family were both major salt merchants in the Lianghuai River. There was no difference in the foundation and strength of the two families. They had always been fighting openly and secretly in the Lianghuai salt industry, or in the Lianghuai salt industry.
The two families above the court were also fighting constantly.
However, the two families always fight, but whenever the interests of the entire salt merchant group are involved, the two families will work together as soon as possible to deal with it together.
Just like this moment, Chen Wenliang was ordered to be imprisoned by Li Huan. Under normal circumstances, the people of the Xu family would be happy and gloating about their misfortune, but Xu Wenchang, the elder of the Xu family, showed concern for the Chen family at this moment.
Naturally, the Chen family has an elder sitting in the Sitong Guild Hall. At this time, Chen Wenbang, the elder of the Chen family, was sitting there with a gloomy expression.
Chen Wenliang is the backbone of the Chen family. If the Chen family had not produced a person like Chen Wenliang, it would have been impossible for the Chen family to gradually grow from an ordinary salt merchant family to a giant salt merchant clan.
In just a few decades, with the rapid rise of Chen Wenliang in the officialdom, what was originally a small salt merchant family has now become one of the top salt merchants controlling the salt industry in Lianghuai.
It can be said that without Chen Wenliang, the Chen family would not be as prosperous as it is today.
But Chen Wenliang was suddenly imprisoned, which was naturally like being struck by lightning for the Chen family. When such bad news came, we can imagine that the situation of the Chen family will become extremely difficult in the future.
Even if the imperial court attacks the Chen family and without Chen Wenliang, the backbone of the family, the Chen family will have to give up a lot of interests. After all, the internal strife within the salt merchant group is not light at all.
There are still two or three families like the Xu family and the Chen family, but the representatives of those two or three families are sitting there with no intention of speaking.
Chen Wenbang frowned, raised his head, glanced at the crowd, and slowly said, "Everyone, does anyone have a way to help my brother escape this disaster?"
When everyone heard what Chen Wenbang said, they knew clearly what Chen Wenbang meant, but everyone was silent for a while.
Saving Chen Wenliang from Li Huan is somewhat impossible no matter how you look at it.
Who was Li Huan? Chen Wenliang impeached Li Huan for treason in the imperial meeting. It can be said that he completely offended Li Huan to death.
In this case, the relationship between Li Huan and Chen Wenliang is a life-and-death situation. Since Li Huan seized the opportunity to send Chen Wenliang to prison, it would be strange if Li Huan was willing to let Chen Wenliang go.
Chen Wenliang is dead and the Chen family is finished!
It can be said that this was everyone's instinctive thought after learning that Chen Wenliang had offended Li Huan and was sent to prison.
No matter if there is any way at this time, even if there is, I am afraid that no one may speak up.
At this time, Xu Wenchang suddenly said to Chen Wenbang: "Brother Chen, Mr. Chen is probably hopeless. You must know that if you cut it off, you will suffer chaos.
When Chen Wenbang heard this, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, and glared at Xu Wenchang. What did Xu Wenchang mean by this? How could he not understand? Didn't he just want the Chen family to completely abandon Chen Wenliang?
If it were someone else, they would have given up if they were given up, but that person is the person that the Chen family can have today's Kang Ding. It is precisely because of the other person that the Chen family is in today's grand situation. In addition, Chen Wenliang is the brother of Chen Wenbang's mother.
, asking him to make a decision to abandon Chen Wenliang in order to preserve the Chen family. Chen Wenbang really couldn't make such a decision for a while. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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There was a slight cough, and Zhao Anmin, who looked like a rich man in rich clothes, slowly said: "Everyone, we can actually try to get to know and communicate with this emperor's favorite. After all,
Li Huan is not a scourge, is he?"
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