Han Qian stayed at the county prince's palace to accompany the third prince to a banquet. He waited until the moon rose before leaving with Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Lin Haizheng, Zheng Tong and others.
Back at the Han family's mansion, Mr. Zhao came over and took the purple-maned horse away in a flattering manner.
Han Qian asked Zheng Tong to go back and rest first. He stood in the front yard and looked up at the crescent moon at the top of the tree. After a while, he turned around and said to Tian Cheng, Gao Shao and Lin Haizheng:
"In two days, you will officially have official status. In the past two days, you have been in the city and saw that there are no suitable vacant yards for sale. I will give you each a yard, and it will not be in vain for you to follow me.
field."
"If there is an empty yard in Lanting Lane, please give me a reward so that Tian Cheng, Gao Shao and Lin Haizheng can always protect you." Tian Cheng, Gao Shao and Lin Haizheng "thumped" to their knees and said sincerely.
"I have a bad temper, and sometimes my luck is bad. If you really want to follow me, you may not have a chance to get ahead." Han Qian said calmly.
"We don't seek to get ahead, but we seek to follow the master." Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng said.
Han Qian stared at Tian Cheng.
Gao Shao, Lin Haizheng, Tian Cheng, Zhao Wuji and Xi Rong had seen him meet Yong Wang Zhu Yu.
Although Han Qian has a clear conscience on this matter, and even Liang Jun's attempt to invade and destroy Jingxiang was mostly due to him, but if this matter really spreads and someone is deliberately manipulating the right and wrong behind his back, he really has a hundred
I can't even speak clearly when I open my mouth.
However, Tian Cheng's life experience was more bumpy than Lin Haizheng's, and he had already seen through many things. If his wife and children had not contracted the epidemic, fell into the rivers and lakes, and had to be recruited by the camp military government, he would have no intention of being loyal to Dachu.
Therefore, Han Qian believed that Tian Cheng could still be trusted.
"Okay, okay, don't say such disgusting words," Han Qian waved his hand, asking Tian Cheng and others to get up, and said, "The world is not peaceful, and it is always good to take care of each other. You must live in Lanting
Xiang, I will ask Zhao Laoguan tomorrow to see if we can free up three sets of courtyards."
"What's going on?" Zhao Ting'er walked out from inside and saw Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng kneeling there seriously. He was startled, thinking that something had happened.
"You all should go back and rest today. It's been a tiring day." Han Qian waved Tian Cheng and the others to leave first, and then he and Zhao Ting'er walked into the courtyard inside.
"Why did you suddenly call Lin Haizheng back in the afternoon and move all the accounts of the money shop to the county prince's palace?" Zhao Ting'er asked, not knowing what happened.
When Han Qian saw Du Qiniang and Du Jiuniang were still in the yard, he asked them to go down to rest first. He also called Xi Rong over and told them many things that happened when he went to the county prince's mansion today.
"The three of them still have some conscience. Before they got the official status, they forgot that everything was given to them by the young master." Zhao Ting'er was quite satisfied with the performance of Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng, and did not feel that they were successful today.
As an official, he was self-righteous and forgot about his roots. He thought he was a member of the county prince's palace from now on, and smacked his lips and said, "Is the imperial concubine really a powerful person?"
Han Qian has never met the concubine, and it is difficult to understand that he gave birth to a child at the age of seventeen, hiding such a big secret but struggling for a long time. Under the shadow of An Ning Palace, he was only thirty-two years old, and he was in the age of tiger and wolf.
Concubine, how has her temperament been distorted? I think this may be the most uncertain factor behind the death of the third prince, right?
Xi Rong didn't know what Han Qian was thinking. Her focus was mainly on Zuo Si's liquidation, and she complained: "You have worked hard to save the workshop, warehouse and money shop, and you should not separate them from Zuo Si."
Come out and return it to your own name?"
Logically speaking, the barracks and the Chazifang are indeed not the forces that Han Qian should control personally at this time. This time they were officially merged into the prince's palace, which is what the title implies. However, even Linjiang Money Shop is only borrowing three
He was a prince in name only, and the workshop and warehouse were run by Han Qian with his own abilities. In Xi Rong's view, Han Qian had made great contributions to guarding Jingxiang. Even if he was not rewarded, he should not take these away from him.
Take it from your hand.
At this time, Emperor Tianyou didn't even fart. He sent out two kittens and puppies to separate the workshop, warehouse, coal yard and even Qiuhushan Villa from the Han family. What's going on?
?
Is the farmland given by the concubine worthy of one tenth of these?
"People are most afraid of greed!" Han Qian said with a smile.
In fact, he was not summoned twice and went all the way back to Jinling from Xiangzhou. Han Qian was even more worried that he would get nothing after returning to Jinling and had to accept it with a smile.
At present, in addition to keeping his business in Xuzhou Boat Gang and Xuzhou, he can also have three hundred loaves of gold in circulation and a farm on the south bank of Qiupu River outside Dongcheng, which was rewarded by the concubine. He is still satisfied with today's results.
of.
Perhaps this was the condition that Emperor Tianyou offered to his father and son, right?
Of course, compared to these, Han Qian's biggest headache at this time was that he was not sure how much Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei knew about the Xinchang Hou Mansion and Wanhong Mansion.
This is what is going to cost your life.
Han Qian seemed to have been separated from Wan Honglou at this time, and he did not need to obey the bullshit orders of Marquis Xinchang and the black veil woman. However, the secret of Wan Honglou was completely exposed. Not to mention that he could not escape unscathed, most of the third princes
He will also be deposed, and there is no hope of ascending to the throne.
"The Emperor of Chu has assigned Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei to the third prince. Now is Tiexin going to support the third prince to replace the crown prince on the throne?"
Loyalty, she thought in her heart, since Emperor Tianyou arranged Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei to be beside the third prince and obey the third prince's orders, it should be a quite obvious signal.
"How can it be that simple?" Han Qian shook his head and said with a wry smile, "The emperor's heart is unpredictable. Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei come to serve His Highness. Even if they are just loyal to His Highness in the future, they will only be loyal to His Highness.
It means that His Highness has just become qualified to fight for the heir, but it doesn't mean more. In the final analysis, Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei are just two chips and chess pieces in the hands of Emperor Tianyou. In the future, we can only rely on Emperor Tianyou's
As a chess piece, jumping up and down on the chess board, how can you really guess what the player is thinking?"
Xi Rong pursed her lips. She really didn’t know how many scheming forces would have to play in the fight for the heir, and Han Qian’s words were also garbled. I don’t know if he was stimulated by something or whether he was talking about it.
After the craftsman's shop, warehouse and money shop were zoned out, are you really so sad that you can't even talk about it?
Seeing Xi Rong's puzzled face, Han Qian smiled bitterly in his heart. The third prince used to be just an idle chess piece for Emperor Tianyou. Even Emperor Tianyou didn't have any expectations for the third prince at the beginning, so they were very flexible behind the scenes.
Big, but once Emperor Tianyou really has expectations for the third prince, who can and who dares to compete for dominance from Emperor Tianyou?
As the founding king of the country, Emperor Tianyou must have a strong character.
The changes here are difficult to explain clearly in a few words.
"Who?" At this time, Zhao Wuji's suppressed and clear scolding came from the side yard.
At the same time, the sound of several bow strings breaking could be heard clearly.
Han Qian moved the saber on his waist in front of him and stared at the direction where Zhao Wuji was responsible for vigilance. He didn't know who wanted to break into his house so late at night.
After a while, Zhao Wuji climbed over the wall and whispered: "It's Miss Yao and Chun Shisanniang who want to see the young master. Do you want them to come over?"
"I'm just looking for them, let them come over." Han Qian said.
After Zhao Wuji left, two figures quickly jumped onto the courtyard wall, but it was Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang who jumped in from the side courtyard instead of the main entrance.
"I was just about to send someone to invite Miss Yao over for tea, but I didn't expect that Miss Yao really had a close connection with me." Han Qian stood in the yard with his hands behind his hands, motioning to Zhao Wuji to look around and not let anyone else get close to him.
courtyard.
Seeing that there was no one else in the courtyard except Zhao Ting'er and Xi Rong, Yao Xishui asked directly: "Who are Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei from Jinyun Tower? Has Master Han figured it out at this time?"
Han Qian smiled slightly and said: "You didn't know until today that Jiang and Yuan are not ordinary scribes in Jinyun Tower. Aren't you too slow?"
"You are delaying returning to Jinling. Who can know in advance what kind of arrangements Zuo Si will get, and how will you notice such an inconspicuous corner of Jinyun Tower?" Yao Xishui said dissatisfied.
Han Qian didn't argue with Yao Xishui. Now was not the time to argue about this. There were too many loopholes that needed to be filled, so he said:
"Your Majesty has probably noticed the existence of Wanhonglou, but the only thing you can feel happy about is that your Majesty should now think that Wanhonglou is a force secretly cultivated by the Xinchang Hou Mansion. It is probably used for amassing money and setting up spies.
It's not that they are particularly daring - Jiang and Yuan were directly arranged by His Majesty to be worshiped by His Highness. In the future, Zuo Si will be under the direct supervision of Jiang and Yuan. What you are going to do next, I guess you don't need to
Shall I give some advice?"
Yao Xishui and the others have also clearly realized that under the auspices of Shen Yang, many actions of the Prince's Palace are directly restricting or even suppressing the Xinchang Hou Palace's control and infiltration of the Longque Army.
At this time, the identities of Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei were confirmed. Yao Xishui was even more shocked. He subconsciously lowered his voice and asked in surprise: "Are you sure that His Majesty's attention to Wan Honglou is limited to this?"
"This should be the case for now, but even if the traces of Wan Honglou are further exposed, it will not matter," Han Qian pulled up a chair and sat down, saying, "Before the new emperor ascends the throne, everyone is a bargaining chip and chess piece in the hands of His Majesty.
, I, Jiang Huo, Yuan Guowei, Mr. Li and even Shen Yang, His Highness, are all like this. It doesn’t matter whether we are willing or not, at least His Majesty thinks so in his heart. And in His Majesty’s chess game, everyone
All the chess pieces should be to maintain the long-term peace and order of Chu, and to protect the Yang family's descendants who will always sit in the country of Chu. Even if Wan Honglou is further exposed, as long as he is willing to jump into His Majesty's chess game and become the chess piece, there will be nothing? Who said?
Can’t the third prince ascend to the throne with the help of forces outside the court? Even these external forces have their own ambitions and intentions. It’s not a big problem, as long as they don’t overturn His Majesty’s chess game. Only those who are likely to overturn it
In His Majesty’s mind, those who play the chess game are the ones who deserve death and death by a thousand cuts!”
"You traveled all the way and delayed returning to Jinling for more than a month. Is this what you have learned?" Yao Xishui asked, staring into Han Qian's eyes.
"Your Majesty doesn't mind that the Han family and his son have a little bit of ambition. Isn't that enough to prove this?" Han Qian asked, "The bridges His Majesty has walked are longer than the roads we walk, and the salt he has eaten is more than ours."
He has eaten a lot of rice, so he will not be so naive as to think that there is really no reason for loyalty in the world. In the eyes of His Majesty, all the forces and powers are probably only controllable and uncontrollable. Let me put it this way, Miss Yao is both
Understood?"
In Han Qian's opinion, Wan Honglou should not have been completely exposed yet. This is directly related to Wan Honglou's deliberate blurring of the boundaries with Xinchang Hou over the years.
For example, Li Zhigao, Chai Jian, and Zhang Ping all have official official status. After so many years of integration, the backbone members of Wanhonglou have almost become the elite soldiers of the Xinchang Hou Mansion. This makes the existence of Wanhonglou,
Hidden very deeply.
This also made Emperor Tianyou's informants, even if they had noticed the connection between Xinchanghou Mansion and Wanhong Mansion, at this time only regard Wanhong Mansion as a tool for Xinchang Mansion to make money and arrange spies to find out information.
Of course, Han Qian guessed that it was probably after he sought an official position in Xuzhou for his father that all aspects surrounding the Dragon Bird Army really attracted the attention of Emperor Tianyou.
The day before that, the third prince got married, and Yao Xishui almost exposed his identity in front of Zhao Mingting and Wang Wenqian. Later, with the persuasion of Han Qian and Li Zhigao, Wanhonglou further hid all the hidden stakes and sent the scouts and others to
Everyone gathered at Zuosi.
This should also be the key reason why Wanhonglou was not completely exposed.
However, at this time, Zuo Si was already directly under the supervision of Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei, and Jiang and Yuan would further assign several direct disciples to Zuo Si in the future.
The existence of Zuo Si will not only monitor the outside, the An Ning Palace, and the movements in Prince Xin's Mansion in the future, but will also monitor the movements within the Prince's Palace and the Longque Army.
This is the meaning of the existence of a hidden force.
If Wan Honglou doesn't pay attention to restraint at this time and doesn't erase some traces, it will be difficult to hide it from the extremely sophisticated eyes of Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei.
Although Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei claimed that after being transferred out of the Internal Affairs Bureau, they would only be loyal to the third prince personally, Han Qian would not believe such words.
After all, the third prince is not a chess player yet, he is just a pawn in the chess game played by Emperor Tianyou. When everyone stays in this chess game and competes for power, Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei are loyal to the third prince.
, other than that, it’s hard to say anything else.
Yao Xishui pondered for a long time before digesting what Han Qian said and asked: "Since Zuo Sidu will be under the supervision of Jiang and Yuan, what will the thirteenth mother of spring do?"
Han Qian said: "You can only report it truthfully, otherwise the loopholes will be even bigger - now your Majesty should think that Zuo Sinai and I were secretly planning it together with Mr. Li. Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei also clearly asked me to hand over those who were not on the military roster."
The list of people listed is also an opportunity for Wanhonglou to turn darkness into light, so not only Chun Shisanniang, but also Miss Yao, you will also follow me to see Jiang Huo and Yuan Guowei tomorrow."
"What about his adoptive father?" Yao Xishui asked in surprise.
"Master Zhang cannot be exposed. If His Majesty knows that Lord Li has gone to the palace, that the concubine has been surrounded by people, and that he even knows that the concubine is from Wanhonglou, all of us will be guilty of death," Han Qian said calmly,
"Master Li arranged for Miss Chun Shisanniang to be with General Kong, and I conspired with Master Li to arrange for Miss Yao to be with Lord Zhang. My thoughts were a little softer, but considering the situation where the third prince was isolated and helpless, it was also
It’s a matter of fate!”
"I have to go back and tell Madam about this." Yao Xishui said with a heavy pressure on her beautiful eyebrows.
"I will hand in the list of hidden personnel tomorrow afternoon at the latest." Han Qian said.