Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 744

Back then, Yan Mu, as a treacherous official, used his power to lure others with intimidation or power to deceive others. In short, he enlisted a lot of resources to make huge profits.

Banks, iron smelting workshops, cargo ships going out to sea, caravans, etc., he has a lot of properties under his name, but he doesn't really love money, after all, he didn't even care about his own life at that time.

Although these industries are controlled by him, in fact Shangguan Xu has placed a lot of his own people. Yan Mu probably knows about it, but he doesn't care.Therefore, when he fell into the hands of the imperial court and was about to be sent to Beijin, these properties were immediately taken over by Shangguan Xu.

"He took so much from you, as long as we go back to this orchid garden, he won't give it back." Liu Yunxiang said so, but in fact he didn't know what to do.

She didn't know Shangguan Xu well, but felt that he was contradictory.As the governor of the West Factory, he is feared by everyone, but he always smiles and looks very kind.He raised Yan Mu and loved him very much, but he designed to frame him and even killed him time and time again.And when he was with Qin Fei, as an uncle, he really tried his best, but once when she saw Shangguan Xu and Qin Fei together, his face was cold, and there was even a bit of disgust in his eyes.

This person is hard to see through.

"To this day, I still can't figure out why he saved me when the Yan Mansion was raided."

Moreover, he taught him scheming, tempered his will, and gave him room to display. If it was to clear up some obstacles for Qin Feishi, he taught him too much, so much that he could not be controlled by him.

After Yan Mu said this, his eyes became a little colder. What is more terrifying than betrayal and framing is the betrayal and framing from the most trusted and closest people.

When they came to the Duke's Mansion, the concierge saw Yan Mu and subconsciously called out: "Master Qi."

After being taken aback for a while, he quickly changed his words and saluted, and asked them to wait outside the gate of the mansion, and he went in to report.

Yan Mu hugged his shoulders, "This old thing is always sick recently, half dead, so he may not be willing to see us."

After a while the concierge came out and invited the two of them in.

After entering the door, the concierge said: "The governor is in the Haitang Pavilion, His Royal Highness Seventh... Seventh Highness, I can't do without this servant. You know the way, so go there with the princess on your own."

Yan Mu glanced at the concierge, his hair was already full of white hair, at least half of his head was still black when he entered the mansion.

He didn't say anything, and walked inside with Liu Yunxiang.

The embroidered household of Zhumen in the Duke's Mansion looks very luxurious, but when you walk inside, you find that the front yard seems to be deserted. There are many weeds growing in the garden, and dead leaves are piled up on the road.Walking all the way to the backyard, the huge mansion was actually empty, and no servant could see it.

"No wonder the concierge said he couldn't leave." Liu Yunxiang looked around again as he spoke, but still saw no one, "Why is there no one in the house?"

There is a study room, a martial arts training ground, and a stable in the front yard. Yan Mu thought that apart from the beggar and the fourth child who hadn't shown up until now, the other five of them practiced martial arts or competed in this front yard every day.

At that time, when I was young, I would run around the yard, fight around, and go to the house to uncover tiles. In order to serve them, there were many servants in the house, and if I ran in a hurry, I would bump into people.But as soon as Shangguan Xu came back, they would be honest, and they would obediently come forward to say hello.

At that time, Shangguan Xu's favorite sentence was: "See if you can do it, just demolish this Dugong's mansion!"

After passing the veranda, passing through the hall, and coming to the backyard, Liu Yunxiang turned around and asked Yan Mu: "Where is the Haitang Pavilion?"

Yan Mu was silent for a while, and took Liu Yunxiang up the veranda to the west, passed through the hanging flower gate, passed through a small garden, and finally came to Haitang Pavilion.Begonia trees were planted all over the Begonia Pavilion, and when he got to the door, Yan Mu stood in front of a begonia tree.

"This is a Xifu crabapple. When it blooms, it is very prosperous, like clouds and brocades. It was planted when I first entered the mansion. I was ten years old that year, and I was clamoring to visit the Yan family. I said, plant this tree, it can take root here, and so can you. At that time, this crabapple was thinner than your little finger, and the leaves were still dry. I didn’t expect that after planting, it miraculously survived. Now it has He looks so tall." Yan Mu said with a lot of emotion.

Many years have passed, the tree has grown taller, people have changed, and the world has become more impermanent.

When Yan Mu was feeling a lot of emotions, Shangguan Xu came out, wearing a light blue robe, his face was a little haggard, he was also much thinner, and he looked very listless.

He glanced at Yan Mu first, then looked at the crabapple, and said, "Actually, the crabapple you planted is dead."

Yan Mu frowned, "What do you mean?"

Shangguan Xu coughed dryly, "Death is death. I was afraid of you crying and making trouble, so I secretly moved a tree and planted it here at night. But it was too dark at night, so I didn't see it clearly, so I planted it into another species. This is not Xifu Begonia, but Chuisi Begonia."

Yan Mu's face darkened, "At that time, Shen Yunzhou said that I was Chuisi Haitang, and I argued with him, our faces were flushed and we fought."

"Yunzhou was wronged, so I coaxed him to say that this new brother is not very smart, so I asked him to let you more in the future."

"He later called me stupid old seven. He didn't dare to call me that way until I was better than him and beat him up hard."

Shangguan Xu smiled and said: "That's why I have taught you since childhood, don't trust anyone, even the person you feel closest to, if you kiss him, he may not be honest with you."

Yan Mu snorted coldly and sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard.

Liu Yunxiang took two steps forward, rushed to Shangguan Xu and nodded, "Shangguan Governor, we are here today for business..."

"Princess, sit down first, and taste the filial Dahongpao below."

Shangguan Xu interrupted Liu Yunxiang, greeted a little maid at the door, and then sat down opposite Yan Mu.Soon the little maid came over, carrying a teapot and cups.

Shangguan Xu asked her to put it down, then poured three cups of tea himself, pushed one cup to Yan Mu, and one cup to Liu Yunxiang.

"Try it, you two. The annual output of this Dahongpao is very small, and there are not many filial piety from below. I still can't bear to drink it on weekdays." He said and looked at Yan Mu.

Yan Mu picked up the cup of tea in front of him, and twitched the corner of his mouth, "No matter how bad the tea offered by others is, this king will not dislike it. But no matter how delicious the tea delivered by the governor is, this king dare not drink it."

Shangguan Xu smiled, then picked up the cup of tea in front of him, and took a sip carefully.

"Your Highness the Seventh Prince has a high status now, if something happens to the servant's house, even a hundred heads of the servant are not enough to chop off."

Yan Mu snorted, and then took a sip, "You are a widow, you only have one head, and it's not worth much."

"The family was so lively in those years, and then they left one by one, and the house became clean. It doesn't matter if it's clean, I love cleanliness, but it's probably because I'm getting older. I always feel lonely in the past two years, and I want to listen to it again. That noise." Speaking of this, Shangguan Xu shook his head and smiled wryly, "But you are destined not to be the crabapples in this courtyard, and you are not in the Duke's Mansion at all."

Yan Mu frowned, and said impatiently: "When you started to kill me, you were straightforward and quick. Don't you think it's ridiculous to say this now? It's okay, I won't talk nonsense with you, I'm here today to ask you Please give me back my things."

(End of this chapter)