〖Emperor〗 Don't lose prosperity

Looking at the big word "Qi Fu", Mo Zi couldn't help clicking his tongue twice.

Su Ye asked him, "Momo, what's wrong with you?"

Mo Zi looked at the sky, "Qi Lei, are you a road idiot? Your home is so far away from the inn where we live, where is the way? It's obviously a detour!"

Qi Lei smiled, "I don't say that, how can you give me the face to have lunch with me, right?"

For the sake of having something to eat, Mo Zi decided not to argue with him.

Qi Lei's mansion is quite big, it looks like a wealthy family.But it seems that there is only Qi Lei as the master, and the others are maids and servants.

There are more than a dozen peach blossom trees planted in the courtyard, and they are also competing to bloom when the flowers are blooming in the warm spring.When the breeze blows, the peach petals are brought down one after another, and the place where it lands is full of prosperity.

Su Ye wanted to pick a peach blossom to play with, so Qingling flew up a branch and gave him one.

Mo Zi nodded in admiration, "The yard is well decorated."

Qi Lei patted Su Ye's head and said with a smile: "The banquet will be set up soon, everyone wait here for a while, let me go back to my room and change my clothes."

Su Ye scratched his hair, feeling that he didn't hate it.

Qi Lei didn't come out wearing an indigo suit until several servants put on the table a banquet with all kinds of colors and fragrances.

After shopping all morning, everyone was also hungry, especially Mo Zi, who basically kept his mouth open after sitting down, and even Su Ye ate along with him.

Xiao Zixian was about to speak, but Qi Lei spoke before him, "Don't be cautious, just be casual."

Xiao Zixian looked at Qi Lei very seriously, and didn't understand why this person would suddenly stage such a scene, could it be that this time it was another uncle's trap?

"What's the matter, Master? Long time no see, miss me?"

"Cough cough."

Mo Zi choked for a moment, then glanced at Su Jiulian, but suddenly found that this person's expression was so natural, he didn't look jealous at all, what's going on?

Too weak!

At least raise your eyebrows!

Do you know what it means to be a beautiful woman?

Be careful playing a lifetime bachelor!

"How are you doing these days? Hangzhou City is very lively these days." Qi Lei put some vegetables in his bowl, "You have lost a lot of weight."

Qi Lei did not lie.

Xiao Zixian also had nothing to do with him, and only said: "It means that I maintain a good figure."

"puff"

Mo Zi beat his chest, this humor is not like Mr. Xiao, it's so unbelievable!

Xiao Zixian didn't care, but asked: "You are familiar with this city of Hangzhou, so do you know the character of this magistrate? Has there ever been any case of injustice in the city?"

Qi Lei was well prepared before, so he told him about the prefect Chen Qiu.

This Chen Qiu is not confused this year. He has been an official for more than ten years. Because of his integrity, he has been re-elected as the prefect of Hangzhou for many years.

In addition, Qi Lei also said: "You don't know that Chen Qiu doesn't want the people to say that he is an honest and good official. On the contrary, he is a corrupt official who only cares about money. More!"

"Impossible!" Mo Zi swallowed a mouthful of food, "How do you know how much money is in the treasury today?"

"Haha, brother Mo Zi is really funny. The point of my words is not here."

Mo Zi pursed her lips, "You know how much money the treasury has, isn't that the point?"

Qi Lei just smiled and took a sip of his wine, without answering.

Su Jiulian asked, "How do you know that he is not a good official? The official style here is upright, and it is not a situation where corrupt people govern."

"Brother Su, don't be fooled by false appearances." Qi Lei took out a roll of parchment, "This is the place where he hides gold and silver. I also found out after some twists and turns. You can go and see and you will know." Is what you said false? Maybe there are beauties from the Sannomiya and Sixth Courts there, just like the imperial palace."

After Qi Lei finished speaking, he glanced at Su Jiulian from the corner of his eye.

Unexpectedly, Su Ye replied immediately: "There are no three palaces and six courtyards in the imperial palace."

Qi Lei asked with a smile: "Young master is a child, how do you know if you are not? You have to know which one of the emperors from ancient times is not gentle and beautiful?"

Mo Zi glared at him, "Hey, don't teach children bad!"

Su Ye shook his head and replied: "Everyone in the world knows that the emperor has no concubine!"

Xiao Zixian was inexplicably nervous after hearing this, but Su Jiulian's expression did not change.

But Qi Lei was a little stunned when he heard this, he thought the rumors were false.As an emperor of the Qing Dynasty, even if he didn't have three thousand favorite concubines, he would still have those one hundred confidantes and beauties.But there is no concubine?It's hard to believe.But these words come from the mouth of the current prince, so it seems to be true.

Thinking of this, Qi Lei's view of Su Jiulian changed somewhat.

"Tell us, how did Chen Qiu steal people's money?"

"Okay." Qi Lei nodded and poured himself a glass of wine.

"Master, you know that the land in the south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous. Almost every household here is a family with food and clothing. There are almost no people who are too poor, but there are countless rich and noble families. If you encounter a case or something all year round, Chen Qiu On the surface, they will open a court for a fair trial, but in private, they send people to threaten their families. Those who have money are willing to spend a lot of money to get rid of their crimes, while those who can't pay that much money are not willing to accept it, clamoring to rely on The imperial court went to the capital, but in the end he suffered from flesh and blood, and half his life was lost. The shrewd ones calmed down and got a lot of benefits, and then this became a criticism. Whenever there is a rich man's case, Chen Qiu will That's how it's handled."

Mo Zi was puzzled: "Then this kind of sex hasn't been leaked?"

"If it leaks out, he will still have such a status today?" Qi Lei shook his head, "An official always has some means to silence the person who speaks. For example, if that Shier doesn't complain or make trouble today, he will be a prisoner obediently." Then go back to the Western Regions, then nothing will happen. If he is restless, it will be hard to guarantee that he will still be a person after ten days."

"Shi'er is a foreigner after all. Isn't Chen Qiu afraid of making enemies for the Qing Dynasty by doing this? That is a serious crime for destroying the Nine Clans!"

"This Chen Qiu is not serious. Anyway, he is a commoner, and there is no proof, who would believe it?"

The four people in the audience were silent after hearing this.Especially Su Jiulian's frown deepened.

Qi Lei took the parchment on the table and said, "I haven't looked at this thing since I got it, I don't know how much money he has hidden in it."

Mo Zi clenched his fists, "There must be several big boxes! Qing Dynasty scum!"

Changing her tone, Mo Zi blinked, "But show me, I'm very interested!"

"..."

"Child Su, do we want to go on a treasure hunt?"

"Okay, okay." Su Ye clapped his hands, "It must be fun."

Xiao Zixian hurriedly stopped him, "Don't go, wait until another day..."

"Master, don't worry, I will protect Child Su, and Qing Ling will go with us."

Xiao Zixian saw that Su Jiulian didn't object, and with Su Ye's longing eyes, he didn't say any more, and said: "Then you should be careful, and don't conflict with others unless it is absolutely necessary."

Mo Zi quickly nodded, "Yeah."

But the two didn't walk a few steps, Mo Zi fell back again, picked up a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the table, plus two chicken feet hugging Su Ye, and ran away.

There are three people left, Qi Lei is not embarrassed, he still drinks with Xiao Zixian to reminisce about the old days.

Su Jiu wasn't even annoyed, she just listened quietly.

……

Ye Shuang acted separately from his brother this time.He was in charge of investigating Wang Yuan, while Ye Yi was investigating the prefect Chen Qiu.

Wang Yuan's family was indeed wealthy, with a large mansion, many servants, several wives and concubines, and a couple of children. It seemed quite harmonious.

Ye Shuang watched secretly from the eaves, rolled his eyes, and thought of a more interesting idea.So I ran down and knocked out a servant and snatched his clothes. After changing them, I walked around the yard a few times.

"Hey! Over there! Hurry up and help! There are not enough people."

Ye Shuang looked left and right, pointed to himself, "Call me?"

"Nonsense, just you standing there alone, don't you call me a soul?!"

The corners of Ye Shuang's mouth twitched, thinking that everyone is a servant, why are they so fierce!

"What are you still in a daze for? Get out of here!"

Ye Shuang took a few steps slowly, then grinned, and turned a few somersaults, knocking that fierce man into the air.His head hit the white tile wall, and he passed out immediately.

"Hey, I'm rolling over here." Ye Shuang clapped his hands, "Tsk, it's so big, it turns out it's something that can't be beaten. Tell you to kill me, hum, I'll leave if I have nothing to do, I didn't see anything .”

After saying that, Ye Shuang ran away proudly.

Smile very brightly!

Finally, Ye Shuang heard Wang Yuan's voice at the door of a room.

Wang Yuan sighed and said, "Tomorrow I will put my business aside and go to the Buddhist temple with you!"

"Master, I was really taken aback when Prefect Chen sent someone to the house this morning, but fortunately, it's not a big deal, so you don't have to worry about it, Master."

Wang Yuan said: "What do you know? Although I, Wang Yuan, have never done anything of great merit and virtue in my life, I would never do anything that would harm my virtue. You and I both know what Chen Qiu is like, let alone that businessman is from a foreign race." If this provokes conflicts between the two countries, then our Wang family will be finished!"

Wang Yuan's wife, Mrs. Zhang, was also worried after hearing this, "If you don't do this today, the master will go to jail too! What will our family do then?"

"Hey! I just hope that the foreigner doesn't reveal this matter now. I will give him some money tomorrow, hoping to settle this matter."

"Speaking of which, I check all the gold and silver in the house by myself. There has never been any fake silver. How could the master use fake silver?"

At this point, Wang Yuan regretted it again, so he told her about the matter.

Ye Shuang rubbed his chin, and felt that Wang Yuan was not a vicious person, but the magistrate, who turned out to be a corrupt official!I have to talk to my master when I go back!

Besides, with the map in his pocket, Mo Zi led Su Ye and dragged Qing Ling to the treasure place.After walking along this route for a while, they walked into the deep mountains.

Su Ye looked at the fallen tree and asked, "Momo, are we almost there?"

"Well, it's almost time, we are already in the deep mountains."

Su Ye nodded.

But after walking for a quarter of an hour, the two of them couldn't find the entrance to the treasure place, and it felt like they were walking in circles.

"Momo, have we lost our way? This seems to be the place we just walked through. Here, I have seen that big tree before."

"Impossible!" Mo Zi scratched her head, "There's no reason, I always follow the map! It's weird, it's weird!"

Qi Lei on the other side, after sending Su Xiao and the others away, murmured suddenly: "Hey, did I forget to tell my little nephew that there is a lost path in front of the treasure place, so don't get it wrong. If you don’t agree, you’ll be in trouble.”

Leaving the Qi Mansion, Su and Xiao were speechless all the way.

Xiao Zixian thought for a while and said, "I went to Huizhou once last year, do you still remember?"

Hearing his question, Su Jiu nodded repeatedly, "I remember. You didn't go to many places after you came to Qingchao, and I haven't forgotten it."

"Well, Qi Lei and I met at that time. His speech is sometimes out of tune. You, don't mind."

Xiao Zixian shook his head secretly, lying is indeed a bad thing.

Su Jiulian stopped suddenly, turned around and looked at him, "If I mind, how can you explain it to me?"

Xiao Zixian looked at him without answering.

Su Jiulian stroked his shoulder-hanging hair. In fact, Su Jiulian's inexplicable displeasure had long since disappeared when he heard him tell her not to mind. What was gratifying was that this person would say such words to show that he I still care about myself.

It feels good to be remembered.

Xiao Zixian surprisingly didn't dodge this time, but said: "Let's go back! Ye Yi and Ye Shuangxu have already arrived at the inn."

Su Jiu smiled and nodded: "Okay.