The heavens begin from the golden years

Chapter 393 Zheng Qingtian was forced to death
After chatting with Xiao Qinyan for a while, seeing that he insisted on killing Zheng Qingtian, the county magistrate of Qiantang, Yuan Xudong handed him the gold and silver deed of 20 guan that he received from Zheng Qingtian before and said:

"Since you insist on killing Zheng Qingtian, then you can help me return the 20 gold and silver contracts to him!"

After receiving the 20 gold and silver deed from Yuan Xudong, Xiao Qinyan only glanced at it lightly, then looked at Yuan Xudong and said with a smile:
"20 guan, are you really willing to give it back to him?"

"Taking people's money and eliminating disasters with others, since I can't do it for him, I can only return it to him. No question!"

"Okay, people can't stand without faith, it's really rare for you to understand this truth and strictly implement it!"

With that said, Xiao Qinyan handed over the gold and silver deed in his hand to the butler of the Xiao Mansion and said:
"Take the flying money of 25 guan and give it to Fan Er!"

"Yes, Xianggong!"

Housekeeper Xiao respectfully collected the 20 guan gold and silver deed handed over by Xiao Qinyan, and took out 25 guan of flying money and respectfully handed it to Yuan Xudong:

"Young master, this is the government's flying money, totaling 25 guan. When you return to Tokyo, you can go to the official bank to exchange the money!"

"I know, thank you Mr. Xiao, thank you butler!"

After receiving the 25 guan of flying money, Yuan Xudong's face was full of happiness. It doesn't matter whether the money is rich or not. He stood up and said:
"Okay, I still have business to do. Do you want to stay here, or go back to the station with me to rest for two days?"

"I'll just stay here, go get busy!"

Just after finishing speaking, Yuan Xudong seemed to have remembered something, looked at Xiao Qinyan again and said with an apologetic smile:

"Father, if you want to kill Zheng Qingtian, then he won't be able to help me. I have a small matter, how about you help me solve it?"

"What's the matter?"

"It's that Mrs. Song just now. She is a member of the Jiaofang Division and Pan'er's younger sister. Pan'er took me in before. I want to help her sister get out of the country and return to the right. Can you help me solve it?"

"Okay, this is simple, I can tell the official in charge of Jiaofang Division and I can solve it. By the way, what is her name Song?"

"Song Yinzhang, the number one pipa master in the south of the Yangtze River!"

"The number one pipa master in the south of the Yangtze River?"

After taking a look at Yuan Xudong, Xiao Qinyan stroked his beard and said with a smile:

"I went to Beijing to pay homage to the prime minister, and the government gave me a new house. I left you a garden. If you like that Song lady, you can take it home and keep it at home. It's better to listen to the pipa when you have nothing to do, than to fool around outside. !"

"Okay, I got it, you go and do your business first, and when Mrs. Song's business is done, I'll take her back to Tokyo immediately!"

"Okay, I'm leaving. I'll leave two guards for you. When the time comes, you'll go back to Tokyo first. I'll have to stay in Jiangnan for a few more days!"

"it is good!"

Xiao Qinyan left and left two black-clothed guards for Yuan Xudong, namely Xiao Yan and Xiao Li. Hearing such a domineering name, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but take a second look, but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary. , let them go to rest outside the tea house, and he mingled with Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, and Yinping girl.

While playing and playing, Song Yinzhang was caught in Yuan Xudong's arms and said with a smile:
"I've never heard of such a thing as flying money, Miss Pan'er, do you know?"

"I know!"

Glancing at Song Yinzhang who was held in Yuan Xudong's arms, Zhao Pan'er blushed slightly and said shyly:

"Flying money is only available to officials and businessmen who have obtained the permission of the imperial court. We ordinary people naturally can't use it, but when we arrive in Tokyo, we have to go to the official bank to exchange money!"

"Well, it's quite convenient!"

After hearing Zhao Pan'er finished speaking, Song Yinzhang looked up at Yuan Xudong and asked:

"Lord Xiao is a senior official in Tokyo, and the official even gave him a house. He only needs to say a word, and my low status should be solved, right?"

"Almost, you can rest assured!"

Looking at Song Yinzhang, who was still a bit worried about gains and losses, Yuan Xudong hugged her and doted on her:

"Yinzhang is so good, I can't bear to leave you and go back to Tokyo alone. When I go to Tokyo, I'll buy a big house and you and Pan'er will live in the same garden, okay?"

"Okay~~"

The moon was dark and the wind was high, under the dark night, Zheng Qingtian stood in a remote house with a terrified expression. He was suddenly summoned here by Xiao Qinyan, but he hadn't seen anyone for a long time, and he couldn't help feeling a little panicky.

At this moment, seeing Xiao Qinyan's housekeeper approaching, Zheng Qingtian hurriedly bowed and bowed respectfully:
"Marquis Yu, Xiaoke Zheng Qingtian, has been waiting here for a long time to be summoned by the envoy. I don't know when I will be able to."

"Why, are you getting impatient?"

Looking at the dying Zheng Qingtian, Housekeeper Xiao said unceremoniously:

"You can go, anyway, my envoy can't control you, the county magistrate of Qiantang, Hangzhou, can you?"

"Don't dare, it's a small blessing to summon the prime minister!"

As he said that, Zheng Qingtian glanced around and saw that there was no one around, so he untied the white jade hanging around his waist, put it in his hand and quietly handed it to Butler Xiao, who did not know that Butler Xiao not only refused to accept it, but pulled it away from him Seeing Butler Xiao like this, Zheng Qingtian put away the white jade in embarrassment, and said in trepidation:
"Marquis Yu, Xiao Ke just didn't know what was urgent, so he asked the envoy to come to Qiantang in person and summon Xiao Ke in the middle of the night?"

"I'm only here to call the front station. What's the matter? When the envoy arrives later, you can ask yourself!"

"it is good!"

After a while, Xiao Qinyan walked into the courtyard surrounded by a group of black-clothed guards, and Zheng Qingtian hurriedly followed. When Xiao Qinyan entered the main hall without looking sideways, Zheng Qingtian took a deep breath, and followed Housekeeper Xiao entered the main hall behind him, glanced at Xiao Qinyan who was sitting in the main seat drinking tea, Zheng Qingtian saluted and said:

"The next official, Zheng Qingtian, sees the envoy. Since the last time I saw him at the Ministry of Officials, I haven't seen my respectable face for many years. Envoy, your body is in peace!"

"You magistrate of Qiantang County, you are doing well!"

Xiao Qin's tone was flat, he couldn't tell whether it was joy or anger, Zheng Qingtian hurriedly said modestly:
"The envoy's absurd praise, I'm ashamed to take it!"

Putting down the teacup, Xiao Qinyan looked coldly at Zheng Qingtian who was bending over and standing under the hall, and said in a flat tone:
"Because you did a good job, I specially gave you three gifts in person!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Qinyan clapped his hands, and a servant brought up a wooden box. Unexpectedly, Xiao Qinyan not only praised himself, but also gave himself three gifts. Seeing the sandalwood box held in his hand by the servant, Zheng Qingtian couldn't help being overjoyed, at this moment, Steward Xiao opened the box in front of him, and saw that there were indeed three gifts in the box, namely a white silk, a dagger, and a pot of poisonous wine!
Seeing these three gifts, Zheng Qingtian turned pale with fright, and was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy:
"Forgive me, I don't know where I offended you, please forgive me!"

Xiao Qinyan got up and walked down from the main seat. He looked at Zheng Qingtian who was kneeling on the ground and begged for mercy, and said coldly:
"You open the sea ban privately. I don't care about Xu Nanyang's businessmen coming to Hangzhou. I don't care if you want to kill Yang Zhiyuan to silence him. But you colluded with Lei Jing and want my son's life, so I have no choice but to do it first." Your life is over!"

"The son of the envoy?"

After hearing what Xiao Qin said, Zheng Qingtian hastily explained:
"No, there's no such thing. I don't have a son who wants to kill the envoy. I had a drink with Mr. Xiao Fan, and he asked me to help"

Before Zheng Qingtian finished speaking, Xiao Qinyan gestured with his eyes, and Housekeeper Xiao threw Gu Qianfan's sea arrest document and the 20 gold and silver deed that Yuan Xudong handed over to Zheng Qingtian. Looking at Gu Qianfan painted on the Haizhun documents, and the gold and silver deed of 20 guan that was given to Yuan Xudong earlier, Zheng Qingtian's face was as pale as paper. He knelt at Xiao Qinyan's feet, kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy:

"I didn't know about this matter before I was dismissed, and I didn't intend to offend my lord. Later, Mr. Xiao Fan pointed out that the official had already withdrawn the sea arrest document. Please be kind to the official and leave the official with a dog's life. It is still worth more than [-] guan, and I would like to dedicate all of it to the envoy, and the envoy will be merciful, and the envoy will be merciful!"

"Your life is too cheap, but no amount of money can buy my son's life!"

Looking at Zheng Qingtian who looked like a bereaved dog, Xiao Qinyan didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, and walked directly to the door. Zheng Qingtian quickly hugged his thigh and cried for mercy:

"Major Minister, please forgive me, spare the life of the officer, and the official is willing to be loyal to the Xiao family, please be merciful, Minister!"

"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense!"

Xiao Qinyan kicked Zheng Qingtian away, and continued to walk outside the door. After walking a few steps, he looked back at Zheng Qingtian, who was paralyzed on the ground, and threatened:
"Oh, by the way, counting from today's time, every time you delay for an hour, your Zheng family will become more barbarians. If you leave things behind, you can do whatever you want!"

After Xiao Qinyan left, the two servants stayed behind and looked at Zheng Qingtian by the side without saying a word. The room was silent. Zheng Qingtian wept bitterly. He glanced at the three gifts in the box and thought of Xiao Qinyan. Counting from today's time, every time he procrastinated, his Zheng family would have more barbarians. A trace of hatred, fear and despair flashed in Zheng Qingtian's eyes. After a while, he asked his servant for a pen, ink and paper Yan, wrote a letter of confession, took all the guilt on himself, and left a suicide note to his family, which roughly means that all the wealth of the Zheng family was dedicated to Minister Xiao, leaving only The old house and part of the land are enough for the family to live on.

After writing this, Zheng Qingtian hanged himself with great hatred and curse towards Xiao's family. Two servants hurriedly collected his body, put away his confession letter and suicide note, and prepared to give it to Housekeeper Xiao. Then housekeeper Xiao handed it over to Xiao Qinyan.

Xiao Qinyan, who had been running all night in the old house of the Xiao family in Suzhou Xiao Mansion, walked into the courtyard in a hurry. Even so, he still had the aura of a wild crane in the garden, not at all like he had just driven Zheng Qingtian to death. , in the post station, because Zheng Qingtian committed suicide by hanging himself, Xiao Qinyan felt that it was bad luck, so he decided to go back to the old house and visit Gu Qianfan who was recuperating in the old house.

Just like what Yuan Xudong said, Xiao Qinyan's favorite son has always been his eldest son, Gu Qianfan. Besides Gu Qianfan's own talent, he was admitted as a Jinshi, and because he was Xiao Qinyan's son who met Gu Shuniang when he was young. At that time, Xiao Qinyan and Gu Shuniang loved each other sincerely, and their relationship was not mixed with things such as family and power.

Walking into the room, Xiao Qinyan shouted happily when he saw Gu Qianfan who was being changed by the doctor's dressing:
"Qianfan!"

Compared with Xiao Qinyan's enthusiasm, Gu Qianfan's expression was indifferent, and he just sat on the chair without saying a word. Seeing him like this, the housekeeper who had been following Xiao Qinyan couldn't help but frowned. Compared to Gu Qianfan, he was more I like Yuan Xudong, but it's a pity that the master likes Gu Qianfan, and he can't disobey the master's wishes. Xiao Qinyan didn't care about Gu Qianfan's indifference. Instead, he looked at the doctor who changed Gu Qianfan's medicine and asked:

"Doctor, how is his injury?"

"Report to the envoy, your son is seriously injured!"

"The injury is serious?"

Hearing the doctor say that Gu Qianfan's injury was serious, Xiao Qinyan frowned slightly and said:
"Then when will we fully recover?"

"It will take at least fifteen days!"

"Fifteen days?"

Glancing at the doctor, Xiao Qinyan waved his hands at the butler who had been following behind him directly in front of him, and said:
"Go, change the doctor!"

"Yes!"

Housekeeper Xiao took the doctor out of the room, and only Xiao Qinyan and Gu Qianfan were left in the room. Looking at the expressionless Gu Qianfan, Xiao Qinyan sat down beside him and said with concern:
"These days, no matter what, you have to stay with me to recuperate well, and you are not allowed to go to other places!"

Seeing that Gu Qianfan still refused to say a word, Xiao Qinyan sighed slightly and continued:

"Qianfan, my father saw you hurt so badly, really."

Before Xiao Qinyan finished speaking, Gu Qianfan got up and left, unwilling to sit with him, looking at the eldest son who was still indifferent, Xiao Qinyan took out Zheng Qingtian's handbag from his cuff as if offering a treasure. The copy of the confession said with a smile:

"The transcript of Zheng Qingtian's confession, do you want to read it?"

"He is dead?"

"I went there myself, does he dare to die?"

Smiling, Xiao Qinyan handed the copy of Zheng Qingtian's confession to Gu Qianfan and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, I've sent someone to investigate at the port of Hangzhou. I've also had someone record the county captain's statement. The dirty water on your body will soon be washed away!"

"It's work!"

After hearing Xiao Qinyan's words, Gu Qianfan returned Zheng Qingtian's copy of confession letter to him without even reading it. He thought that Gu Qianfan would be happy, but he still had a calm face and said polite words to himself. , Xiao Qin couldn't help saying:

"What's the matter, do you and my father need to be so lucky? I, I wish I could do something like this for you every day!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Zheng Qingtian's copy of the confession and said with a smile:
"This Zheng Qingtian was a fool when he was alive, but when he died, he was quite knowledgeable. He knew that he had taken over all the crimes in the booklet. No one who took money from him was implicated!"

"Xiao Xianggong made a move, it is extraordinary!"

"Why, don't you still want to call me daddy?"

Seeing that Gu Qianfan was silent, Xiao Qinyan gave up and said:

"Forget it, I won't force it. Your stubborn temper is just like your mother's. However, it's fine if you can visit me often, but don't be so injured like this time. It hurts me to see it!"

As he spoke, Xiao Qinyan changed his voice and said:

"By the way, I went to Beijing to pay homage to the prime minister, and the government gave me a new mansion. I left you a garden. Would you like to move here?"

"No, whether it's the garden or the wealth, let's leave it to the young masters!"

"How can they compare to you?"

After hearing Gu Qianfan's words, Xiao Qinyan said without even thinking about it:

"I didn't pass the Jinshi examination until I was 24 years old, but you passed the examination. This is called the sound of the young phoenix and the old phoenix!"

As he said that, thinking of what Yuan Xudong said, Xiao Qinyan's eyes flickered slightly and continued:

"If you hadn't insisted on going your own way and transferred to the imperial city secretary, at least you would have been an important position like a Hanlin bachelor now, so why did you end up in such a wounded situation?"

Hearing this, Gu Qianfan remained indifferent and said:
"Uncle, he was born as a general, and he always wanted someone to inherit his mantle!"

"What about my mantle?"

Looking at the eldest son who was still alienated from him, Xiao Qinyan said excitedly:

"You are my eldest son, you are my most important thing!"

"My surname is Gu, not Xiao!"

Looking at the excited Xiao Qinyan, Gu Qianfan drew a clear line with him expressionless. He hated Xiao Qinyan for abandoning him and his mother since he was a child, causing his mother to wash her face with tears all day long and die of depression. Adoption was given to his uncle's family, and Xiao Qinyan was also known as a traitor, bringing disaster to the country and the people, he really didn't want to be with such a person!

(End of this chapter)