Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 469: My son-in-law asks for everything

Xicheng Square,

When you came to the private room on the third floor of the restaurant, Qin Ye sat calmly aside, picked up the chopsticks to pick up the food, and ate slowly and elegantly. Although he didn't say anything clearly, he looked over with interest.

Seeing the mysterious look of the waiter, he was very interested. Is there any hidden secret? He asked,

"Then tell me, what should we know? Is it possible that they happened to have something to do at home today, so they stopped coming to eat, or did they work hungry?"

It was originally a joke, but the waiter nodded seriously and replied seriously,

"This gentleman is very considerate. You are right. There is really something going on at home today. If we don't handle it well, we may really go hungry."

Qin Ye was puzzled, looked over in confusion, and stopped holding the chopsticks in his hands.

Zhang Jinyu suddenly smiled. Looking at the serious look of the waiter in the store, I'm afraid he was exaggerating. If you don't deal with anything, you will be hungry. It just happened to be something. Not to mention how you knew it, even your guess was too outrageous. Out of teasing, he asked,
"Haha, you are really interesting. Then tell me, why is it such a big deal that you can still go hungry in the capital?"

"Back to the young master, I want to tell you that the main focus of our restaurant is to provide benefits. Although there are many dignitaries and nobles who come here to eat, most of them are ordinary people. The reason why no one came today is that they all went to the grain store to buy food. , I heard it was still dark, so we were all waiting at the door of the grain store."

The waiter stood there and replied frankly. As soon as he said this, Zhang Jinyu and Qin Ye were shocked. They looked at each other. How could it be possible that the capital was still short of food and they went to grab food.

How could Zhang Jinyu believe it? She frowned and asked,
"What you said is true. They all went to buy food. Why?"

"Sir, you really don't know, or you are pretending not to know. Last night, a fire broke out in the capital's warehouse, burning a large amount of grain. This matter has spread all over the world. This morning, the people who went to the grain shop to buy grain from the restaurant came back and said , the price of food in various food stores is three times the usual price, and there is a limit, so you said, if you don't buy more now and store food, I'm afraid you will really go hungry."

As he spoke, the waiter was still a little scared. Fortunately, the owner here was very powerful. Although he had never seen the owner behind him, he knew that the shopkeeper and the others were not simple. This morning, a large amount of food was transported by truckloads from nowhere. Otherwise, he would be really afraid of following him. Later, the fellow villagers who came with me were working as waiters and had no food to eat.

"Okay, don't spread this word around, I'll reward you."

"Thank you, Young Master, for the reward."

After taking the broken silver, the waiter went down with the waiter without stopping.

then,

Zhang Jinyu personally refilled the cup of tea for her father-in-law Qin Ye, then handed over the chopsticks.
"Father-in-law, don't think about these things. It's nothing more than the fire last night, which was taken advantage of by someone with intentions. As for the food, I can't even finish the food produced by Zhuangzi in my house. Come and try this."

After speaking, he picked up some dishes for his father-in-law and placed them in the bowl in front of Qin Ye.

Qin Ye knew his son-in-law's good intentions and refused to let himself get involved because he was frightened.

Looking at the mutton in the bowl, he was not polite, picked it up with chopsticks, and put it into his mouth. Not to mention anything else, just this spice, I don’t know where it came from, it was really delicious.

After eating, he took a sip of tea and said with admiration,

"Sure enough, it still tastes the same. Ever since I ate the food from the Houfu Restaurant, I feel uncomfortable eating anything else. I understand what you just said and know how powerful it is. Don't worry about me. I'm in the Ministry of Works. Now that I am free, I have no time to care about their nonsense. The intrigues are nothing more than cabinet members, presumably for the position of chief minister."

Qin Ye was not polite about the affairs of the court and directly told the great things about this place. However, Zhang Jinyu was curious. Logically speaking, civil servants should not have a stable position now. Why should they fight with each other like this, or be in a quarrel? , a position of chief assistant, could it be that, cough!It is indeed a bit important, but now the chief minister of the cabinet, who is his name, has not done anything, so he cannot be seen, but he is indispensable everywhere. He can be regarded as an old fox.

"Father-in-law, let's look at it now. There are quite a few disciples of the Minister of Civil Affairs. If the emperor hadn't favored Mr. Gu Ge, I'm afraid someone in the Ministry of Revenue would have been unlucky today. As for the chief minister of the cabinet, my son-in-law has never seen him speak. , why is this?”

"Haha, what do you want him to say? He can still be as competitive as the Minister of Rites. He has been the chief minister for seven years and is nothing more than a mouthpiece. Now that he is old, he can retire and return home at any time, so why should the cabinet fight? , it’s not just for the position of chief assistant, so it won’t be chaos, but once they are in chaos, the people below will naturally be in chaos."

Hearing his father-in-law's explanation, Zhang Jinyu had an idea in his heart. It was not because of power. Looking at the table full of dishes, his appetite was whetted. He stopped thinking about it, took a sip of tea, picked up his chopsticks, and ate with Qin Ye. Get up, after being half full.

Suddenly he remembered what Li Wan had told him and wanted to ask for Enke's letter of recommendation for Jialan. He almost forgot about it. He put down his chopsticks and asked casually,
"Father-in-law, my son-in-law has something to ask of me. Have you used Enke's letter of recommendation?"

"Well, why do you think of asking this? Of course it's useless."

Qin Ye was old and couldn't eat much. He only tasted lightly and stopped. He felt full and couldn't eat more. Hearing his son-in-law's question, he was a little surprised that he asked about this.

Zhang Jinyu opened her mouth, thinking twice but couldn't speak. She didn't know how to explain the ins and outs of it. She was fidgeting in embarrassment. Could it be that she slept with the widow and gave her son to God?
As if seeing Zhang Jinyu's embarrassment, Qin Ye smiled and said,

"Okay, one of your nephews must have asked you for it. It just so happens that I have been carrying it with me for a long time. It was originally prepared for those colleagues. This will be an advantage for you. Here it is."

After saying that, he took out an envelope from his arms and handed it over. Zhang Jinyu reached out to take it, opened it and saw that it was a letter of recommendation from a foreign minister of the Ministry of Industry. He was somewhat moved by his father-in-law's understanding and put it in his arms.
"Thank you, father-in-law. My son-in-law agreed to this matter and was entrusted by others, so he is in trouble. This is for the eldest grandson of the second room in the Rongguo Mansion."

"Well, Rong Guofu, no, right? They can issue a recommendation letter anywhere, right? Why is that?"

Qin Ye pointed to Zhang Jinyu's arms with some confusion. It stands to reason that Jia Zheng and Jia She from the Duke of Rong's Palace are qualified to write, not to mention that they can be recommended by the Duke of Rong's Palace, so why not use them.

Zhang Jinyu came over and explained,

"My father-in-law doesn't know that Jia Baoyu of Rongguo Mansion said that he wanted to end Enke, so in order not to affect him, he stopped other people's imperial examinations." "Nonsense, really, the old lady is also dim-sighted, how could she act like this! "

Helpless, Qin Ye could only say this. Blocking the scientific research path of other clansmen for the sake of one person is a taboo in the clan and an act of jeopardizing their future. The old lady of Rongguo Mansion has also seen strong winds and waves. How could it be like this? Short-sighted.

Just when Qin Ye felt a little regretful, the captain of the imperial army who was chasing downstairs and the people of the imperial army rushed to this place anxiously. They got off their horses and led people to rush in. Looking at the empty lobby, they were heading towards The front desk shouted,

"Where are you, shopkeeper? Did Marquis Luo Yun come here for dinner just now?"

When the shopkeeper saw that the Imperial Guards were coming, he looked extremely panicked and hurriedly came out to greet him. When he saw this question and heard that it was Marquis Luo Yun, he knew it was his boss's boss, so he glanced at the waiter and asked;

"We have some distinguished guests here for dinner just now."

"Go back to the shopkeeper, yes, it's in the private room on the third floor."

Before he finished speaking, the Colonel of the Forbidden Army ignored him and ran upstairs with his men. The shopkeeper also hurriedly chased after him. When they reached the third floor, the guard at the door was General Ningbian. The Colonel then relaxed. After taking a breath, I finally met the Marquis's people. I took a breath, walked forward and gave a military salute.
"I've seen you, General Ning. I have something important to report to the Marquis."

"Wait a mininute."

Ningbian asked the captain of the imperial army to wait here, then turned around and knocked on the door of the box.

"Dong dong!"

inside the house,

Zhang Jinyu, who was having a meal and chatting, heard a knock on the door outside the house and asked casually,
"what's up?"

"Back to the Marquis, the captain on duty at the palace gate of the Forbidden Army is here."

Hearing Ning Bian's words outside, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Wasn't this the meeting just after the court meeting? Could it be that the emperor had something to report again, but why he didn't inform him before? He was confused.
"Let him come in and answer."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Immediately, the box door opened, and Ning Bian led someone in. He was a middle-aged man, wearing the armor of the Forbidden Army, with an anxious look on his face. When he entered the room, he was given a military salute.
"Reporting to the Marquis, I hold the humble position of captain of the city gate of the Forbidden Army. Under the orders of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Master Shen asked you to go to the imperial prison to review last night's report."

Zhang Jinyu, who was sitting in front of the table, looked at the words of the imperial guards. She didn't know that Shen Zhongxin was in a hurry. He might also be aware of the disturbance of food grabbing in the city. Isn't it just a corrupt official? He would be ruthless and ruthless. There was no one who did not admit his guilt. When civil servants work, it is trouble. .

Looking at the uneasy Forbidden Army Colonel in front of him, with a trickle of sweat on his face, he must have traveled a lot in vain, he took off the cloth bag from his waist, took out a piece of silver, and threw it over.

"Thank you for your hard work. Take it and invite the brothers to drink tea. I know about this and will be here soon."

The captain of the imperial army happily took it in his hand and saw that it weighed 20 taels.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for the reward. It's not hard to be in a humble position. It's just that it seems that Mr. Shen may have something to hide. But Mr. Shen didn't say it. It's not hard to talk about a humble job."

"Well, you did a good job, come back."

"Yes, I will resign from my humble position."

After bowing again, the captain put away the money and then turned around and went out. Ning Bian followed behind and closed the door.

After seeing someone leave,

Seeing this scene, Qin Ye smiled helplessly and said,

"You, you still can't escape. Indeed, there are some things that you can't avoid even if you want to, but if you pay attention to everything, there must be something big inside."

"What my father-in-law said is, in fact, it's very simple. Those corrupt officials have embezzled money, and then when the higher authorities investigated, they tried every possible means to fool them. If it didn't work, they would be burned with fire. There was no real evidence in the investigation, so they asked the son-in-law What do you mean, there are so many things, they just ransacked their homes, and they put so much effort into interrogating them, and a few of them admitted it."

Zhang Jinyu went to Jiangnan and knew that those people would not tell the truth even with a knife on their necks. They would not shed tears until the coffin was dropped. No, they would not open their mouths even if the coffin was dropped. They are all bosses who want money rather than their lives. Damn it, they don’t even have to eat. Uneasy to eat.

Qin Ye tasted it carefully and realized that his son-in-law's words made sense, but how can this be done in the officialdom? If he offended too many people, he might end up in a bad situation. He comforted him,

"Jin Yu, you can't say this. If you do, I'm afraid there won't be many people above the court. It's just a matter of finding a few scapegoats. Although you are among the nobles, your civil service momentum is increasing day by day. , so just turn a blind eye to some things. As long as you don’t lose anything, don’t ask.”

"My son-in-law has remembered what my father-in-law said. The Ministry of Household Affairs took the lead in this matter. Let them go to trial first. I didn't have enough fun with my father-in-law today. I will apologize to my father-in-law someday."

"It's okay! It's time for me to go back and rest. I didn't sleep well yesterday!"

"Father-in-law, be careful. Someone is coming, Ningbian. You arrange for my own soldiers to escort my father-in-law back to his home."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

(End of this chapter)