Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 798 Speculation that is closer to the truth

"Hey, you really can't underestimate this Chi Hong, he's so rich?" Bai Meng looked at Shen Haolin and then at Shen Cha, "Isn't he known as a scholar, he has always been very arrogant, and he is willing to be tainted with copper stink, really shameless Think of it!"

"What's unexpected? Don't scholars have to live, eat and drink too?" Tantai Pingchuan slightly raised his eyebrows, "Scholars spend more money, they have various names to hold banquets, only you haven't heard of them, There is nothing they can’t think of. If there is no extra income, there is simply no way to support their huge expenses.”

"A penny is hard for a hero, let alone a weak scholar like them!" Xuanyuan Liang smiled lightly, "If you want to gain a real foothold in Xijing City, you can't do without some money. The case you are trying today , Isn’t it just because of lack of money? Nobility, military generals, and royal children are all Zhuangzi with imperial gifts. They don’t have to worry about food, drink, and food, but civil servants can’t do it. If they don’t do business or something, It can't be sustained at all. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Chi Hong will do business. However, after His Royal Highness King Ning ordered the names of these restaurants, restaurants, and teahouses in the court hall, the business became unsatisfactory. Great."

"Because of the income, he hates Uncle Ning even more?"

"It's not just affecting his income." Tantai Pingchuan waved his hand, "It's that during the four consecutive days of the morning court, all the impeachments were directed at the Ministry of Rites and old man Chi. It's not intentional targeting, just happened to Chi The old man hit His Highness King Ning on the knife edge. During that time, he was responsible for cleaning up the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts. There were problems with the Sixth Department and other yamen, but the Ministry of Rites was more prominent, and the amount of deficit was huge. His Highness Ning Wang did not take him It is impossible to convince the public when you open your mouth. Therefore, old man Chi has been depressed for a long time. On the one hand, there are problems with the accounts of the Ministry of Rites, and on the other hand, problems with Chi Hong, which made him very anxious. Although he returned home After that, he kept silent about what happened, but Chi Hong still heard some news from his cronies, knowing that his father was not doing well during this period, and the source was His Highness Ning Wang, so he jumped up and down even more. "

"Does he think that Uncle Ning dared not confront him head-on, and instead attacked his father?" Seeing Xuanyuan Liang and Tantai Pingchuan nodding at the same time, Shen Cha frowned slightly, "The deficit of the household department is a major matter related to the national treasury. How can it be related to personal grievances?"

"This is the difference between people." Bai Meng sneered, holding her cheeks, "There have been rumors before that the young master of the Chi family was unexpectedly small-minded. This statement is true, I guess this person's mind is only..." He stretched out his own little thumb, "The fingernail is so big."

"You still think highly of him, Commander-in-Chief, it's pretty good to be half as big." Tantai Pingchuan snorted, "You can't imagine what he did after he knew that the old Chitou was in trouble, and he got worse. He blamed Sang and scolded Huai in his own small magazine, and continued to spread rumors about His Royal Highness Ning in the market. The previous rumors were mostly that His Highness Ning’s knowledge was not very good, but this time he changed direction and began to attack His Highness Ning. Even if the Ministry of Household Affairs issued a special notice later, explaining the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites for the deficit, it did not make Chi Hong restrain himself."

"Doesn't Uncle Ning care about being slandered?" Shen Cha picked out a glutinous rice dumpling made with matcha from a small dish on the table, and took a small bite, "You can sue him at the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. Bar?"

"I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but later I did sue, but it was not Chi Hong who sued, but the small magazine, restaurant, restaurant, and teahouse in his hand. Because of the solid evidence, these companies were ordered to close down gone."

"At this time, old man Chi felt that his youngest son seemed to be insane, so he got him to teach him a hard lesson. It is said that this was the first and only time in his life that Chi Hong was scolded by old man with a headache. "Tantai Pingchuan shrugged, "Because he didn't want his father to get angry again, he temporarily stopped fighting and stopped targeting His Highness King Ning. Three months before His Highness King Ning's accident, there were suddenly more rumors about His Highness Ning King in Xijing City. The late emperor sent people to track down the source of the rumors, and the Imperial Army and the patrol battalion had no clue, and something happened to His Highness King Ning."

"Wait a minute!" Shen Cha interrupted Tantai Pingchuan. She suddenly thought of something just now. Although it was a bit whimsical, her intuition told her that this was probably a conjecture that was closer to the truth of His Highness Prince Ning's case. .She looked at the few people around her who were staring at her, and waved her hand at them, "Wait a minute, let me clear my mind, it's a bit messy now."

Shen Cha stood up slowly, paced slowly in the tea room, and cleared up his thoughts bit by bit.The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her speculation was correct. The tragedies suffered by Uncle Ning and the people implicated by him may have only one source, and this source is not the so-called family feud. In fact, there is only one source. It was Chi Hong.

In her speculation, Mrs. Teng should have known Chi Hong's existence a long time ago. After all, the two people are still very similar in appearance.Although in this world, there are people who look alike but have no blood relationship, but the chances of actually meeting them are very few. If you can meet them, there is a certain connection between these two people .

Shen Cha thought that since Tantai's family had placed a lot of eyeliner in Xijing City long ago, part of it was to obtain news about Xijing City, and a small part was probably because Mrs. Teng wanted to find her younger brother. This purpose is much more urgent than the former.

According to the information we have now, Chi Hong was quite active in Xijing, Mrs. Teng must have seen him many times, and someone who knew the inside story should have sent his portrait to Mrs. Teng.

Shen Cha couldn't guess how Mrs. Teng would react when she got the portrait or received the news, maybe she would send someone to look at it secretly, maybe she would come to see it in person, in short, there would be any kind of possibility.If she had confirmed at that time that Chi Hong was her younger brother who had been lost for many years, then Chi Hong's every move, food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., would be under the control of Madam Teng. The ridiculous love and hatred between them.

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