Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

In order to prevent accidents from happening, Xue Pan only stayed in the capital for three days before heading south to go home.When Xi Min met Xi Min, he heard Brother Xue that he occasionally mentioned, and immediately decided that that person must be the person who made gunpowder that he was very optimistic about.However, when faced with Xun Min's unreasonable look of not letting us meet, Xun sent him to the northwest with an imperial decree.

"If you really want to meet the man who made the firearms, I won't tell you who he is in the northern Sichuan camp. If you have the ability, you can find it yourself."

Xun Yan looked at Xun suspiciously, is this really the case, and it was not for the pretense of looking after those useless old guys. "Brother Huang is really not cheating younger brother? Let me go to Houmeng to cheat some money?"

Xun shook his head solemnly, "Just look at those old officials and let them know that you can only come back after negotiating enough silver. If not, you don't have to come back. This is your main task. For the rest of the time, You can go to Daying Camp in Northern Sichuan, but don’t make any trouble.”

Xie Min said that it is now time for reconstruction there, and he is good at destroying, but for construction, let's bypass him.

No matter what, even after Xue Pan left, Xi Yan also went west to find the legendary master of fire and thunder.

***

As soon as Xue Pan returned home, a large group of people came forward to welcome him. In order not to worry his family and the inconvenience of communication with the outside world at that time, he did not reveal that he was on the battlefield in northern Sichuan.But Xue's father passed the material transfer of Shanhai Pavilion and knew his son's whereabouts. He couldn't tell his wife and children, he could only bear it in his heart, and he was relieved until the safe letter was delivered to Xue's house.

The first thing he did when he got home was to wash himself clean. Father Xue also specially arranged a ritual to get rid of the mildew, such as crossing the brazier, and then everyone gathered together to have a good meal.Although Xue Pan is away from home all year round, even the custom of a gentleman staying away from the kitchen is also exempted. Both he and Danggui have good cooking skills, but the food at home really has a different taste.

After the meal, the kid who nestled in Xue Pan's arms and refused to come down was Xue Li. He had missed his brother for a long time, and he had always heard that Xue Pan was what others said. Today, he could finally be hugged by his brother. Brother sleeps.

Father Xue looked at their brothers, laughed and stroked his beard, "This kid has been waiting for you to come back after hearing Xue Biao said that he met you in Sichuan. Most of the things you left at home are in the back kitchen. From the recipes to the albums in the study, I have heard a lot and read a lot, so I miss you."

Xue Pan stroked the croissant braid on Xue Li's head. He didn't know that it was not only the youngest Xue Li who missed him, but also the rest of the family. "Father, I made you worry. After next year's spring test, let's go to the capital and settle down together."

After the imperial examination fraud case in Jiangnan a few months ago, all the candidates in the Jiangnan and Huaihe examination centers were unlucky, but at this time there was turmoil in the west of Daqing, and the two emperors alternated, so there was no re-administration Examinations, including general examinations and imperial examinations elsewhere, have also been cancelled.A few days ago, Xie made a clear decree that the imperial examination will be held at the beginning of the spring of the next year, and those who have passed the provincial examination in this session will enter the general examination together in the next year.This will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of passing, but this year's candidates can only blame their bad luck.

It is very likely that Xue Pan will pass the palace examination, it is a matter of ranking, staying in the capital is certain.He thought of the issue about Xue Li's education that was mentioned last time.After inquiring about the turmoil in Jiangnan, he found that after a sharp knife in Xunyan checked the ghosts and snakes here to the bottom, some forces disappeared, but this also gave the old forces an opportunity to take advantage of, especially the civil servants in Jiangnan. Group, they don't have those messy opponents, and they have their own place to use.

Thinking about the Lin family who used to have a close relationship, Xue Pan could only shake his head. According to Lin Hai's intelligence, how could he let Lin Yu take this exam? There must be unavoidable reasons behind it.He and Lin Yu also passed letters, but Lin Yu didn't say much in the letter.As Daqing has undergone some changes in invisible places over the past few years, his relationship with Lin Yu can no longer be as simple as it was when he was a child.

They can no longer talk about many things as before, even trivial matters at home, and they will no longer share them. The days when Xue Pan was invited to Lin's house to solve Daiyu's falling into the water will never happen again.

Don't be afraid of [-], just in case, both Xue Pan and Lin Hai know that they are already guarding against each other, and they are afraid that one day in the future, some things will become the basis for attacking their opponents.

The Lin family has no clear relationship with the old Jiangnan civil servants, but Xue Pan and Song Quan have raised Fujian's economic strength to a higher level.

Don't say that the old-fashioned civil servants are clean officials. No matter how clean the officials are, they also have their own groups.Oolong tea is produced in Fujian, and green tea is originally produced in Jiangnan. These two kinds of tea are essentially different, but when people choose more, they will have biases, and with biases, there will be competition.Not only tea, but the craftsmen in Daqing are actually very skilled. What can be made here, can also be made in other places.With Song Quan's Fujian and the wiped out Canton, they are all working hard, and Jiangnan no longer has the possibility of a single family dominating.

If it weren't for controlling the lifeline of water transportation, the land in the southeast would probably surpass the land in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, the places that directly do business with foreign hair are in Fuzhou and Chaozhou.

Xue Pan knew that Lin Yu was a gentleman, but it was a pity that a gentleman's friendship had nothing to do with a gentleman.When they no longer represent the two identities of Xue Pan and Lin Yu, they can't do whatever they want.In particular, the Supreme Emperor stood behind the Lin family. The Supreme Emperor was not to support the Lin family, but to check and balance the court, and there would be no situation where one family would dominate.There will be a day when Xue Pan and the conservative forces in Jiangnan will confront each other.

Because Xue Pan thinks farther than the Supreme Emperor, water transportation is river transportation, but if Daqing wants to go further, he must get out of the river and take his own steps towards a larger sea transportation.At that time, Jiangnan will lose the advantage of river transportation. In the transition from river to sea, some places will rise, such as Huating, and some places will lose their unique advantages, such as Suzhou and Hangzhou.

At that time, they reacted quickly and boarded the new big ship, but those who were tied to the old ship could not retreat if they wanted to.It is not simply because of politics, but also because of the thinking of scholars.

As a result, the relationship between the Xue family and the Lin family would not be as good as when he was a child, and Xue Li needed an environment that had nothing to do with it when he grew up.

During the conversation between Xue Pan and Xue's father, Xue Li had already fallen asleep, and after being carried down, the father and son confessed to each other.After listening to what Xue Pan said, Father Xue was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Pan'er, the world is like this, it doesn't mean that if you are together for a long time, you will be divided for a long time. Don't hesitate to protect the people around you, and don't worry too much about others."

Xue Pan didn't feel sad about it either. Not all friends can make it to the end. More often than not, they get together and break up halfway. Everyone has their own way. It's not that you can retreat if you say no willfully. After.

"Father, this matter is not the most important thing. This time in the capital, Fifth Brother told me something about Nanny Qu back then. Father, can you tell my son whether our family is really the same as before?" North Korea is related."

When Father Xue heard that the emperor knew about this, his heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, the person behind Nanny Qu was the royal family. This would explain who had the ability to put someone into the Wang family, and then It would not be surprising if she was allowed to enter Xue's house with Xue's mother.However, looking at Xue Pan's appearance, the emperor should not care about it.

Father Xue still remembers Xie's appearance. When that person was recuperating at Xue's family, Father Xue only had one feeling. That person was a little strange, and something was missing from him.Later, recalling the way Xue Pan's grandfather got along with the princes of the previous dynasty, Xue's father realized that what is rare is the inherent pride of the royal family.

No, think about it again, will the relationship between my child and the emperor be too good, so that the emperor can trust it to this point.Although he also knew that before Xun ascended the throne, their relationship was good, and they kept communicating, but could they reach this level? Could it be that they were cheated?But now he has been deceived, and the Xue family's affairs related to the previous dynasty have been exposed to the emperor's eyes. The best way is to confess honestly.

Seeing his father's expression changing again and again, Xue Pan knew that he must have made up something in his head. He didn't know how to speak to his father about his relationship with Xun Shi.Xue's father and Xue's mother did not require him to get married early because of orders, but it does not mean that they can accept their son to have a male lover.

This Xue Pan still doesn't know when to confess, but Xue's father has already made a big circle in his brain, and he suddenly asked, "Pan'er, do you have that kind of relationship with the emperor?!"

"Ahem——" Xue Pan couldn't swallow a sip of water and choked, then said how he should speak clearly, he didn't expect his father to be so sharp.

Father Xue looked at Xue Pan's appearance, and the guess in his heart was confirmed, hey!What are these things.Xue Pan didn't like to be in contact with girls since he was a child, and he was served by all male servants. He could feel that, apart from his family, Xue Pan didn't like to be close to women, and he also had a kind of jealousy.

After getting the orders from Taoist priests and verifying them one by one, Father Xue knew that Xue Pan would never be destined to be a husband and wife in this life.Father Xue is tolerant of this child who was seriously ill at an early age and later became sensible and precocious, as long as the child is happy.If he really likes men, he likes it, but he is an emperor. If he is wronged in the future, he can't copy the guy to beat him up. Thinking of this, he is not happy.

If Xue Pan knew Father Xue's thoughts, he would definitely praise his good eyesight.In fact, except for Xun Shi, it was difficult for him to accept anyone.To accept a person next to your pillow, to put someone by your side in your sleep, is to be honest with another person who has no resistance. This requires trust and affection, which is too difficult.

In his previous life, he had a political marriage, and he only timed himself to look down on ancient women at that time, and suffered a great loss from them. The feeling of being stabbed in the back is still too unforgettable until now.Later, when he was working under Cixi, he realized what it means to be unfathomable. A woman who can control a country is definitely not something a young time-traveling man can fight against. What she masters is the rules of that era, and you just It is because they have seen some trajectories in the future. Can normal people know where there are arms sales and where are the structural diagrams of aircraft carriers?That was just an assumption in Shuang's text, and he didn't realize how naive he was at that time until he was immersed in everything in the officialdom.

Time does not wait for me. For the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, it is due to unfavorable weather, unfavorable land, and disharmony among people. It is also a fate that a person cannot compete with history.

Therefore, after coming here to Daqing, Xue Pan was very grateful, because this time the great luck finally stood by his side, and the right time, place and people finally gathered together.

Father Xue looked at Xue Pan's gloomy face after being exposed. In fact, Xue Pan felt a little sad when he remembered the past. "Hey——, I don't care what happened to you, but Pan'er, there are still many things to be careful in life, you know what people say!"

Xue Pan came back to his senses, nodded his head desperately, and changed the subject, "Father, I just talked about the previous dynasty, is it related to the treasure?"

Father Xue didn't even know the number of times he sighed that night, "Actually, being a father is too unclear. Remember the ghost thing I told you before. If you don't want people to die, you can borrow your life from the king of Hades. Changing lives. Your grandfather was involved with Wang Luoxie from the previous dynasty, and it was a life-changing friendship. After Wang Luoxie died, your grandfather passed away shortly after. Wang Luoxie was an orphan from the previous dynasty. His death was related to the secret treasure of the previous dynasty. When the Luo family dynasty fell, a large sum of money was left behind, which would only be available for future generations to return to the country one day.

Because the news that he was holding the treasure leaked out, he was killed.However, the clues to the location of these treasures were actually divided into three parts, one was passed to Wang Luoxie, and the other two were in the hands of two former court officials.Before Wang Luoxie died, he handed over the token in his hand, the key, to your grandfather, but he didn't know where the other two were, he only knew that they might be in Jiangnan. "

"Don't you have any clues?" Xue Pan didn't expect this treasure to be real, but the Luo family emperor actually divided the clues into three parts.

"Actually, several forces searched for it decades ago. After Wang Luoxie's death, everyone gave up. Because Wang Luoxie set up a trick before his death, he created a batch of fake treasures. Some of the things in it were filled in by your grandfather's private property." Father Xue thought of his father's words before his death, and he seemed to see the complicated relationship between his father and a man. "This is also the matter of Wang Luoxie's relationship with the Xue family in order to protect the Xue family. After careful investigation, there are still traces. Those treasures should have been acquired by the Zhen family."

"The Zhen family!" Xue Pan mentioned that family in a bad tone. Although Master Zhen is dead, he still remembers the fact that he wanted to poison his father. "They are richer than the Jia family."

"The family was made with that sum of money, but the Zhen family is not clean. If someone is really investigating this treasure case carefully, they will definitely be involved. This is considered to have embezzled the treasures of the previous dynasty without confiscating them. It is considered to be copying the house." Father Xue did not sympathize with the Zhen family, after the death of Master Zhen, they became more and more helpless, but lived on their laurels. "Having said that, Wang Luoxie only got two poems by Lu You about the clues of the other two families."

Father Xue took out an old letter and handed it to Xue Pan, "This is Wang Luoxie's last letter to your grandfather."

Xue Pan saw that there were two poems about Fang Weng on it, which were not very popular.

A "Six Words": The autumn wind enters Shan with a full hat, and the half-sail travels to Wu in the cold day.Where is the luggage?Point to gourd with a smile.

Another song "Viewing the Village Children Playing on the Stream": After the rain, the stream sweeps over the embankment, and I watch the village children Xie Wanqing.Bamboo horses stagger to rush to Nao, paper kites domineeringly carry wind.Sandong studied Confucianism for a while, and Qianqiu was still farming with his elders.Literacy is rough enough to be used as a tax, so you don't have to work hard for Mu Gongqing.

At the end of the letter, there are four words left, 'Only in the next life. 'I think this is the last word and farewell.

Xue Pan frowned. The clues hidden in poetry are the most difficult to judge.Since his grandfather, who was well-versed in poetry and books, couldn't figure it out, Wang Luoxie, the orphan who was familiar with the previous dynasty, didn't know about it, and even Wang Taiyi, who survived, didn't know about it, so he himself could only rely on luck. "Father, this matter still needs to be discussed in the long term. It will take half a year for me to prepare for the exam at home."

***

In the twinkling of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month, and Xue Pan received the good news from Xun Shi. Under Xun Xun's strong supervision, the peace talks of silver and compensation went very smoothly, which is the same as Xun Xun's boldness to take Xia Gui around in Houmeng again. Among the people that the Prince of Houmeng least wants to see, Xia Gui has been at the top of the list in recent years, and they will never forget this murderous appearance.

Xue Pan also received Xia Gui's letter, except that there is a person with a sly smile all day by his side, everything else is fine.Maybe we can meet in the capital next year, so he doesn't have to worry.

Several families were happy and others were sad. He heard that Jia Min's health was getting worse and worse. For this reason, Lin Hai even hired Doctor Wang, but Doctor Wang could only let her delay for another year or two.The incident of falling into the water back then made Jia Min give up her heart to Jia's family. She was most worried about her daughter. No matter what she wanted to lose her breath, she saw Daiyu make an appointment.

Xue Pan dismissed the trifles in his mind, he is going out with Baochai today, it is rare that there is still a warm sunny day in winter.

"Brother, can we go to the bookstore, and I'll pick a book for Xiaozhi?" Baochai raised the curtain of the car, she didn't have the idea of ​​going to a crowded place, and the bookstore was a good choice.

Xue Pan nodded naturally. He saw that Baochai had really grown up. I don't know which brat will be cheaper in the future. Maybe he can start to make Dad think about marriage?Their whole family is going to the capital, and it is better for Baochai to marry in the capital in the future. The environment in the man's home should be simple, the mother-in-law should be easy to get along with, the man himself should be motivated, and he should be broad-minded, and...why do you think about it, you still don't want to marry good.

At this moment, there was a scene ahead, a scene of chasing each other.I saw a thug trying to catch a girl, while another teenager stepped forward, "Just tell me how much money you want. This good guy will be disabled in your hands. Today I must take her away." .”

What the man said was quite imposing, but it should be that during the confrontation with those thugs, dust stuck to his body and his face was also a little dusty.

Xue Pan's frame was forced to stop because of this incident. When he looked out, he found a girl hiding behind the man. She had a good appearance and a vermilion grain between her eyebrows.

However, Xue Pan's eyes swept over the girl, and still fell on the man. For some reason, maybe because he has been pondering the relationship between Lu You's two poems these days, he suddenly feels that the man looks a bit like a "bamboo horse staggering to rush to Nao". .

"Danggui, go and ask what happened. Is there any sense in broad daylight?"