Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 594

"My lord, Mr. Zhao from the Changzhou Mansion sent a letter, saying that the Lu Manor refused the invitation to come to Songjiang to talk about the project, and all the gifts were returned as they were.

Mr. Zhao said in his letter that the Lu family has always been a family heirloom, and has always disliked making friends with outsiders.Although Xueshi Lu now occupies the high position of the cabinet ministers, the Lu family has not become arrogant and domineering in the village because of this. The people of the Lu family keep a low profile in the countryside as always. Is there anyone else who has something to do with Lu, otherwise it will not be easy. "

In the study room of the Gu family compound, Gu Shun, the butler of the Gu family, saluted Gu Shenqing who was sitting on the chair, and then reported.

After agreeing to act with forbearance for the time being, Gu Shenqing and others communicated with Xie Ruyun in secret, thinking about starting from Lu Xiangsheng, trying to persuade Lu Xiangsheng to go to the emperor, saying that the Songjiang Mansion is actively cooperating with the imperial court's strategy to open the sea, and make every effort to promote the early release of the Shanghai Wharf. With the feeling of completion, I urge the emperor to get rid of the crime of treason, so as to ease the hearts of the people of Songjiang.

Considering that Lu Xiangsheng's clan is in the nearby Yixing County of Changzhou Prefecture, Gu Shenqing and others asked the local gentry in Changzhou Prefecture to prepare a lot of gifts to visit Lu's residence, thinking that several of Lu Xiangsheng's uncles would come forward or come directly. Go to Songjiang Mansion to meet Lu Xiangsheng, and persuade Lu Xiangsheng to agree to the above request.

According to the traditional concept of the Han people who pay attention to the love of hometown, as long as the elders of Lu Xiangsheng can come forward, no matter how high the official position and the stern face of Lu Xiangsheng, he will not be able to refute the face of the elders in the family. There is hope.

Since ancient times, wealth has moved people's hearts.

In order to achieve their goals, Gu Shenqing and the others spent a lot of money, and the gifts they gave out were quite heavy, and they planned to settle the Lu family in one go.

This time, apart from the 1 taels of silver each of Gu, Lu, Xu, and Zhou's family, there is also a thousand mu of Shanghao paddy fields in Yixing County, and a shop in a prosperous area in Changzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion, and Suzhou Mansion. There is one five-entry mansion in Changzhou Mansion, with a total value of more than 5 taels. These properties are enough to turn a small family into a leading local family.

Gu Shenqing and the others believed that no one in this world could refuse such a generous gift, not to mention that the requested matter was not considered a major violation of discipline, so this matter should be resolved smoothly and satisfactorily.

But what people never expected was that people from the Lu family would reject such a generous gift without hesitation, and did not say any nonsense at all. This made Gu Shenqing feel secretly annoyed, but also faintly Some admire: No wonder Xie Ruyun arranged for someone to give Lu Jiandou a gift but was rejected. It turns out that the people of the Lu family are also like this. If the court officials are like this, Ming Guozuo is really expected to last for a hundred generations.

"Okay, I got it. Now you take someone to Changzhou mansion to go to Changzhou mansion immediately, and find out what the people of the Lu family like and have close contacts with in daily life. Put all your energy into getting this done!"

Seeing that it was still early, Gu Shenqing pondered for a while and gave Gu Shun a new order. Gu Shun didn't say much, and left the study after saluting again.

Gu Shun, who was going to the front yard, didn't even have time to change his robes, so he ordered his servants to prepare the money and food needed for the trip, and then he took two servants, boarded a carriage bearing the Gu's official flag, and went straight to Shanghai County Water Transport Terminal.

Not far after Gu's carriage shop went out, a passerby dressed as a peddler picked up an empty bamboo basket and followed the carriage quickly, and then went straight to the alley where Gu's residence was located, and rushed towards a carriage parked by the side of the road. The coachman, who seemed to be waiting for a passenger, made a gesture, and the thirty-year-old coachman immediately cheered up and waved his whip. The carriage started slowly, hanging behind Gu Shun and winding away.

About an hour later, Gu Shun and his party got off the car at the water terminal from Shanghai to Changzhou Prefecture. After asking for instructions, the driver drove back with an empty car.

Gu Shun brought two servants to the crowded and noisy pier, and a medium-sized passenger ship that also flew the Gu Mansion's flag was docked by the water.

After a servant yelled, the resting boatman hurried to the side of the boat and stretched out his arms with a smiling face. Gu Shun took the boatman's arm and boarded the bow, and the two servants boarded the boat one after another.

The boatman untied the cable tied to the shore and returned to the boat. He picked up the long bamboo wormwood and was about to push the passenger boat away from the pier. Suddenly, several men in gray cloth robes rushed out from the crowd. So he jumped on Gu's own passenger boat.

"Hey, hey, where did the country turtle come from? This boat is for the Gu family's own use, and no outsiders are allowed on it. Get off the boat quickly!"

Except for Gu Shun who had already entered the cabin, the two servants of the Gu mansion and the boatman were all taken aback by this sudden scene. A servant was furious, and raised his arm to point at the few people rushing up. He shouted and cursed loudly.Another servant rolled up his arms and sleeves, making a gesture to step forward to drive them away.

At this time, there was a lot of voices on the pier, and everyone was busy with their own affairs, so no one paid attention to this trivial matter.

Before the cursing servant could put down his arm, a man leaned forward and cut his ear with a palm like lightning. The servant fell limp and fell on the deck. A servant knocked over.Another man reached into his pocket and took out a wooden sign. He threw it in front of the stunned boatman and shouted, "You are an official! Punt the boat!"

Gu Shun, who was resting in the cabin at this time, heard the movement outside, and was about to get up to investigate when a man with two servants under his armpits rushed in and left them in a corner. The middle-aged man with a steady demeanor stepped into the cabin, looked Gu Shun up and down, and then asked, "Gu Shun? Someone is from the Fusi of Beizhen! My family's Fushi has something to ask you! Come with XX? !"

At about [-]:[-] in the afternoon of the same day, the sky had already begun to darken. Gu Shun's passenger ship arrived at the wharf outside Changzhou Mansion. A carriage had been waiting at the pier for a long time, and the captain who was driving the carriage waved his whip, and the carriage slowly started and drove towards Changzhou City not far away.

"Gu Shun, right? I heard that many of your master's secret affairs are all entrusted to you. It just so happens that I want to inquire about some secret history of the Gu family, so I brought you here. How? Tell me? When you attacked and killed the court Where are the officials and those rebels?

If you are good at recruiting, then the Zhen Fusi will avoid some tricks, if you insist on not saying it, ha ha. . . . "

Jin Yiwei's second office hall in Changzhou Fucheng was brightly lit. Li Lie in casual clothes stared at Gu Shun with disheveled hair and asked in a solemn voice. Two Beizhen Fusi Baihu who were also in casual clothes stood aside indifferently. , looked at Gu Shun who was kneeling in the hall with mocking eyes.

In order to avoid arousing the vigilance of Gu Shenqing and other local snakes, and to prevent other uncontrollable things from happening, under Li Lie's instruction, Captain Fusi of Beizhen took Gu Shun away after he left the city without anyone paying attention. Changzhou Prefecture.

"Officer, I am wronged! I don't know what you are talking about. My master is a family of officials and gentry in Songjiang Prefecture. He obeys the law and abides by the law on weekdays. He has never done anything against nature, let alone attacking and killing officials ordered by the court!
Please don't frame my Gu family at will, if not, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will not agree!If there is a trouble, once the civil uprising occurs, even if the officials take down the capital, it will be difficult to do it then! "

Gu Shun has seen many big scenes with his master, met many high-ranking officials, privately he was ordered to support many people from the world, and did many shady things for Gu Shenqing. Therefore, he didn't feel very afraid of Li Lie's words. On the contrary, there was a hint of threatening Li Lie in the words.

Seeing this, Li Lie didn't bother to argue with Gu Shun anymore. He leaned back on the chair, raised his right arm and waved it. Two school captains standing under the hall carried a simple wooden bed to the second floor the center of the hall.The two captains beside Gu Shun dragged him to the bedside, and the four dragged his limbs and put him on his back on the bed, and then firmly fixed his limbs and head on the bed.

Immediately afterwards, the two carried a water tank filled with clean water and put it on the head of the bed. A school captain came to the water tank with a stack of yellow bamboo paper. Gu Shun, who was already baffled, felt a burst of panic in his heart for no reason.

　Thanks shajia for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)