After sending away the three restaurant owners who were in a hurry, Shen Lie paced back to the private room with his hands behind his back, but his face looked a little dark.
Seems unhappy.
In the elegant room.
Tian Hong, who was drinking tea, looked innocent.
Yun'er also opened her eyes and stared blankly.
Miss Bai looked at Shen Lie's bitter face and finally couldn't help but burst into laughter, revealing a pair of small pear dimples when she laughed.
"Ah poof."
now.
The cute look on that little melon-seed face seemed to say, I never thought that Mr. Shen, who is so loved by everyone, would also be despised one day.
Shen Lie looked at each other angrily.
Little Miss Bai quickly covered her mouth and suppressed her smile.
Shen Lie then gave up angrily and cursed in his heart. It seemed that these three friend shopkeepers just wanted to do business.
I don't want to have close friendship with Dongchang villains like Shen Lie.
Even regarded as snakes and scorpions.
In the endless embarrassment, Tian Hong slowly put down the tea bowl and suddenly said: "We, Lao Huang, are not from Dongchang... we are Jin Yiwei."
The look on his face was that he was determined to cut ties with Shen Lie.
"Why?"
Shen Lie's face turned dark again.
Never thought about it.
Huang, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes, has also learned to make fun of people.
After a while of silence.
This time.
Little Lady Bai laughed even louder, making even Yun'er laugh out loud.
In laughter.
Shen Lie touched his head angrily and looked at the Dongchang official robe on his body. He felt that he could not go on like this.
Even if it is for the business of Bibiifang to become popular in Tongzhou as soon as possible.
We have to think of a solution as soon as possible.
So Shen Lie sat on the Taishi's chair, picked up the tea bowl, and softly discussed Dongchang's past and present lives with Tian Hong and Bai Zhenzhen.
Faced with this unsolvable problem, everyone has no solution.
Bai Zhenzhen spread her hands and joked: "The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade. The predecessors committed evil, and the descendants suffered... What's the solution?"
Tian Hong and Yun'er also looked helpless.
But Shen Lie suddenly said to Bai Zhenzhen: "I'm sorry for Shen's stupidity, but I don't know what outrageous things Dongchang has done that have made him notorious."
Bai Zhenzhen said immediately without thinking: "Do you even need to ask? Dongchang has done a lot of bad things!"
Shen Lie immediately said: "What about?"
Bai Zhenzhen pouted her lips and said: "Dongchang has exclusive power, traps loyal people, beats them into submission, and exploits the people..."
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shen Lie.
Shen Lie slowly picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of hot tea, and then whispered: "What about?"
Bai Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Yang Sheng, this is a big scandal in the Jiajing Dynasty. Yang Sheng, the admiral of the East Factory, collaborated with the traitors, engaged in illegal smuggling, and even forced people to death by lending money..."
Yun'er nodded and said forcefully: "Nunnu also heard about this. Later, Yang Sheng was sentenced to death. Rumor has it that on the day Yang Sheng was sentenced to death, the streets were packed with people and the whole country was celebrating."
Shen Lie nodded.
This was obviously a matter of the Jiajing Dynasty, but in the ninth year of Wanli it was still widely spread, and even Yun'er knew about it.
What a terrible thing!
During the conversation.
Bai Zhenzhen was filled with indignation and said: "Then you say, this is not a traitor?"
Shen Lie didn't refute, just clasped his hands and counted them: "Is Yang Sheng just smuggling illegally, lending money and exploiting the people?"
Bai Zhenzhen nodded vigorously: "Well..."
But talking and talking.
She seemed to feel that something was wrong, and her voice became softer and softer. Her eyebrows wrinkled slightly and she let out a soft cry.
"Huh?"
It seems, it seems...
Something is wrong.
Shen Lie took another sip of tea and said softly: "When it comes to smuggling, does Admiral Yang Sheng of the East Factory rank higher than those big merchants in Jiangnan?"
Shen Lie narrowed his eyes and said, "Those big merchants...hehehe."
Compare with them.
Yang Sheng, the admiral of Dongchang during the Jiajing period, was probably not even a small shrimp.
"If not."
Shen Lie said quietly: "If it weren't for rampant maritime smuggling, where did the huge amount of money that suddenly increased throughout the Ming Dynasty come from?"
Overseas.
This is to forcefully smuggle out a prosperous silver age!
There was a pause.
Shen Lie then sneered again and said: "When it comes to lending and exploiting the people, there are thousands of large and small banks, bank accounts, and pawn shops in Gyeonggi. Which one doesn't lend money?"
Is there anyone who knows this better than me?
Aren’t I the victim?
I originally mortgaged my ancestral home and borrowed dozens of taels of silver, but I was exploited over and over again, and even my ancestral home was almost lost!
Seems like all of a sudden.
The expressions of the two women, Bai Zhenzhen and Yun'er, were also stagnant. They seemed to be awakened by Shen Lie's few words. Their two small mouths opened slightly and they instinctively wanted to refute.
But he was speechless.
These principles are very easy to understand for Shen Lie, but for these two women, these are earth-shattering remarks.
The private room became quiet, and the atmosphere was a little strange.
a long time.
Shen Lie added: "Besides, does Dongchang dare to frame Zhongliang? How can Dongchang have such great ability? If you want to frame Zhongliang, it's just a sacrifice..."
You know.
Whose order did Dongchang follow?
But Bai Zhenzhen refused to accept it, and protested with a red face: "You are sophistry!"
But Shen Lie ignored him and said calmly and softly: "Then Shen comes to ask you, but I don't know if, apart from the court battles, Dongchang has framed any adults out of personal anger?"
Bai Zhenzhen was stunned.
His bright eyes widened, and his rosy little mouth opened even wider.
Shen Lie then asked again: "Has Dongchang ever brought trouble to the countryside?"
Bai Zhenzhen was even more unable to answer.
Shen Lie added: "Has Dongchang ever trafficked people, forced good girls into prostitution, robbed the common people, committed treason and lawlessness, and used food and grass for the enemy..."
One sound, one sentence.
impactful
Bai Zhenzhen's mouth opened slightly, obviously she was greatly shocked. She wanted to refute but found that she couldn't say a word.
The two women, Bai Zhenzhen and Yun'er, seemed to be awakened and seemed to understand something.
Think carefully.
Dongchang...
It seems that he is far from being as capable of doing bad things as popular rumors say.
In silence.
Shen Lie's faint voice sounded again in the private room: "All the evil things Dongchang has done have been done by adults, and the evils Dongchang dare not do, adults... I'm afraid they have also done it!"
Finished speaking.
Tian Hong said seriously from the side: "Well, the same goes for Jin Yiwei!"
Once again, the private room fell into deathly silence.
Bai Zhenzhen was speechless.
a long time.
Yun'er, who was a little confused, said sweetly: "Nunu was confused by what the young master said. If that's the case, then why is it that only Dongchang has a bad reputation? The Yang Sheng case really caused a storm in the city back then."
Shen Lie was silent.
Tian Hong snorted coldly. He was the Deputy Qianhu of Jinyiwei. He felt the same way. He still didn't know who created these public opinions.
The answer only has a few words.
Tian Hong sneered and said: "Shilin Qingyi."
Yun'er suddenly realized.
Bai Zhenzhen was also deep in thought, her dark eyes sparkling, and considering her intelligence, she naturally understood something.
The elegant room was silent.
Until Shen Lie stood up, stretched, and said with a smile: "It's noon, let's go... let's have dinner!"