Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 760 The agency is too smart

People will always face many choices in this life, and there will always be all kinds of temptations in this world, which show people a broad blueprint for their future on the way forward.Whether you can resist these temptations, keep your own heart, and stick to your bottom line is the most testing place.

Some people persevere, even if they are in a corner, they are satisfied and look up to the world without shame.Some people don't persevere. Even if they occupy a high position and are full of glory and wealth, they are still puppets controlled by the desire for power.

Human intelligence is a double-edged sword. If you use it well, you can ride the wind and waves, hang the sails on the clouds, and soar up to [-] miles.If it is not used well, the mechanism's calculations are too clever, and it will cost Qingqing's life.

From the very beginning, Guan Zhicheng had a complete plan for his life.First of all, he had to get fame as a scholar, even if it cost a lot of money, because he knew that without fame, he would have no way out.Money and power are what he is most passionate about.

Secondly, he must find a way to marry a wife who can help him, and use the influence of the Yue family to go further on the road to future.

Again, when he got into the officialdom, he had to find ways to get in touch with the people above him.

Everyone can say that he is a villain who clings to the powerful and forgets righteousness, but so what?
After all, apart from this, he couldn't find any other shortcuts.He didn't want to go through too many detours.

Will you stand out if you study hard?That's an idea only a fool would have.

Who told him to be born in a poor village household?Even though he was smart and cunning since he was a child, how could he have a bright future in such a poor valley?

Then, he should be most grateful to his father and brother.

Yes, he is grateful to his father and brother.Seeing that he was smart since he was a child, he did not bury his talent, and let him study in a school. There are seven brothers and sisters in the family. He is the only one who has such an honor, and he has only spent so much money and expectations on him.

What he bears are the expectations of the whole family.

So even if the eldest brother hangs his life on his trouser belt for him to go out for darts, the second brother faces the loess and the sky every day for him, and waits for the crops under the stars and the moon, and the fourth brother is constantly looking for small jobs for him, just to give To create more income for the family... He felt that this was a matter of course.

When he is prosperous, can't his brothers and sisters follow him to eat and drink spicy food?
Even if it is the youngest sister, it is not difficult to let her go to the town to be a maid, and it is not difficult to seduce a certain male master with her appearance. Isn't it also an opportunity for her to have a quick meal?

His wishful thinking beads were dialed very loudly, but he didn't expect that everything he planned would start to go wrong after his elder brother married his elder sister-in-law and entered the door.

***
"Master, it's late at night, it's time for you to go to bed." The servant on the side said worriedly: "My wife's illness won't be cured in a short while, if the master doesn't take care of her body, the wife will be even more confused It's..."

The man who stayed up late at night to read the letter responded lightly, and the servants stood by helplessly. It took a long time before he heard the man ask in a low voice: "What did the doctor say?"

The servant hurriedly said: "The doctor said that the wife is trying to recall the past, but she is suppressed and can't remember it for the time being. If the wife doesn't put in the effort to think about it, her head won't hurt. The master still needs to persuade The wife is."

The man nodded slightly, thought for a while, picked up a pen and repaired the book, sealed it with sealing wax, and handed it to the servant, "Send it for me. In addition, I will draw up a list tomorrow and send some medicinal materials or something."

The servant looked down, he was illiterate, but he could recognize the name on it, it was my master's third brother, Shen Changjie.

The servant was a little hesitant: "Master, the third master is in Youzhou, and it's not a festival, so I'm afraid I won't be able to send home letters..."

The man smiled twice and said: "I know, you just need to send it, it doesn't matter if the third brother can't receive it, anyway, I wrote a letter." , but at any rate he didn't suppress him, he wasn't an eyesore in front of her, and mother could still say hello to him.

The servant was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, and bowed his head and retreated.

The man, Shen Siye Shen Changyu, after moving to Xiangzhou, felt that the climate here was suitable, and his wife had no symptoms of acclimatization, so he settled down here.Now he is the largest gem merchant in Xiangzhou.At the beginning, he relied on his own family's wealth. After becoming independent, the first pot of gold he dug was in the business of rough gemstones.Since then he has devoted himself to developing the gemstone business.He is bold, careful, and has a wide range of information. He won nine out of ten bets, and gradually gained the title of "Stone Gambling King" in the local area.

Fourth Master Shen stretched his waist, sighed softly, reached out and rubbed his forehead, and stared at the letter on the desk in a daze.

These letters...was only found in an inconspicuous small box after his wife lost her son and lost her memory. He took her and moved with his family a few years later.At the same time, there was also an exquisite puppet doll in the box. The little puppet was pasted with the person's name and birth date, and it was covered with dense silver needles.

When he first saw it, he was shocked.

There is no doubt that this little man was pierced by his wife.A man's name was clearly written on it——Guan Zhicheng.

He knew this man, but he didn't understand this man.It is said that he was his wife's lover and the murderer who killed his father-in-law.However, all the Guan family hated him deeply. As his first friend who was willing to treat him sincerely, Guan Wen also never concealed his disappointment and disgust towards Guan Zhicheng, his own brother.

When his wife first married him, she lost her father and felt sad. She shed tears every day, which made him feel pity.But at that time, he still lingered at the fireworks venues. There was a tearful beauty at home, and only Xieyuhua went out, so he didn't pay much attention to his wife.

Later, his wife quarreled with him more and more, and his temper was so hot that he was not as gentle as he seemed at first, which made him feel that there was no peace at home, and because of his wife's natal relationship, his wife was eventually sent to Yuanguang Temple by his mother.

He also only felt that his wife should learn some lessons, so he didn't ask too much.

However, when his wife came back, he felt that everything was different.

She began to change back to her original appearance, gentle, kind, and careful like a little rabbit, making him feel pity for her docileness.But he still had doubts in his heart, and vaguely heard some rumors from An's former servants, so his attitude towards her was that he accepted her overtures, but still had some doubts.

He almost jumped up for joy when he learned that she was pregnant.

He is not young anymore, it is time to have a child.

But the child is gone.

And from then on, his wife's temperament changed drastically. When she woke up, she was like a newborn baby. She didn't understand anything, and she had to ask everything. extremely close and dependent.

This is the feeling of being needed that he has never felt in the past twenty years.

He started to treat her very well, and he never had any excessive entanglements with other women. Although he still went to and from the fireworks place, it was only for business. He would even think of those charming and enchanting women involuntarily. My own wife, imagine her waiting for me at home.

In order for his wife to recuperate well, he gave up everything in Hui County, took his wife and moved with his family, disregarding his father's insistence on staying, and set foot on other land very willfully.

Even after he learned about the past between his wife and Guan Wen's brother from Guan Wen, he was relieved.

He was so absurd in the past, if he really disliked him, it must be his wife who disliked him, right?What's more, in his opinion, his wife is just a poor person who gave all her trust for love, but was betrayed by her lover.

He loves him even more.

If the father used to love his biological mother so much, how good would it be?

Fourth Master Shen pressed his forehead, and folded the letters, pressing them evenly into a pile.This is the correspondence between her wife and Guan Zhicheng before she married her.Even Shen Siye had to admit that Guan Zhicheng's handwriting was good, and the sweet words between the lines made people feel blush and heartbeat after reading it.The wife was just a young girl back then, how could she resist the aggressive pursuit of a man?

It's just because the whole story is full of sweet words, it seems extremely untrue.

Fourth Master Shen put a stack of letters into the small box, looked carefully at the little doll in the box, thought for a long time before calling out to the people outside: "Bring a brazier and come in."

The servant quickly brought in the brazier. Fourth Master Shen walked up to the brazier and threw the letters in the box one by one. He watched the pages turn into ashes, but there was not much on his face. expression.

Xuan'er no longer remembers the past, these memories should be sealed up.

After the letter was burned, Fourth Master Shen looked at the little doll again.

He didn't know whether Guan Zhicheng was alive or dead, but he didn't see Guan Zhicheng at the funeral of the old man of the Guan family the year before last, and the entire Guan family never talked about Guan Zhicheng. not enough.What else has he to worry about?
Now that he wants money and power, even if Guan Zhicheng appears in front of him, is he still afraid that he will snatch his wife away from him?

That little baby must have been stabbed by his wife after she confirmed that Guan Zhicheng killed her father.

Thinking about it carefully, the wife was very docile and sensible at first when she married him, but it was only later that she became moody and her temperament became extremely weird.Presumably since then, she has identified her father-killing enemy.

For her feelings, she killed her biological father.There should be more pain and regret in her heart than anyone else.

The fire in the brazier gradually went out, leaving only a pile of ashes in the basin.Fourth Master Shen raised his voice, "Take down the brazier."

After the house was tidied up, Fourth Master Shen called the housekeeper and said, "Go down tomorrow and make arrangements. My wife and I will leave for Phoenix City the day after tomorrow to relax. You stay and take care of all the trivial matters at home."

The housekeeper was a little surprised, but still replied respectfully: "Yes."

Fourth Master Shen had a dream that night.In the dream, he saw the man he had never met before, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he knew very clearly that it was him.

The man stood ten steps away from him, and there was a layer of white mist in the middle, and he couldn't get close to him no matter what.

"Guan Zhicheng!" He called out to him, but he didn't respond.

After a long time, the white mist began to dissipate, but he still didn't see Guan Zhicheng's face, only then did he realize that his back was facing him.

A whimper sounded from his chest.

The next day, Fourth Master Shen woke up and stayed for a while. He first told his wife the news that they were going on a trip, which made her very happy and comforted her for a while. The dream interpreter explained to him the meaning of his dream in detail.

The dream interpreter thought for a long time, looked at his forehead and nose, then looked at his eyes, and said: "I think about it every day and dream about it at night. Did you do any unusual behaviors or actions the night before your dream? ?”

Fourth Master Shen nodded: "Something was burnt, which is related to the person in the dream."

"Are you familiar with that person?"

Fourth Master Shen shook his head.

The dream interpreter stroked his beard, nodded and said, "Judging from your dream, although you are not familiar with him, you must have a deep relationship. Maybe you all have a very close relationship with a certain person, so the dream Connecting you. Let me ask you, you just said the last time you saw him face you and heard him whimpering in his chest, do you remember what happened after that? How did you wake up, do you still have the memory ?”

Fourth Master Shen tried his best to recall, shook his head and said: "I don't remember, I only remember this dream when I woke up in the morning, and this dream lasted until I heard his chest whimpering."

Taoist Dream Interpreter sighed: "He refuses to face you, which means that in your heart, he feels ashamed of you. He whimpers, which means that you think he should feel remorse."

Fourth Master Shen breathed out, nodded lightly, and said, "What the Taoist said does make sense."

"This is the most obvious thing." Taoist Meng Jie smiled modestly, and asked again: "Is this person dead or alive?"

Fourth Master Shen was startled, frowned and said: "I don't know either. I guess he is a deceased person, because I have not heard any news about him. But it is also because I have not heard any news about him, so it cannot be said that he is a dead person." dead."

Taoist Mengjie pinched his fingers and calculated silently for a moment, then said: "According to Fourth Master Shen, there is no news about him, and you have such a dream again, come to think of it...he must be dead."

Fourth Master Shen was slightly surprised: "Why does the Taoist make such an assertion?"

The dream interpreter Nian Xu smiled and said: "Your Yintang shows no signs of blackening, and there is a faint sweat on the nose, but it is harmless. Your complexion is rosy, and you are walking and sitting as usual. If you think that this kind of dream has no effect on you. Since you think he is You feel ashamed and feel that he should feel remorse, which means that there is some kind of hatred between you and him. In the dream, since you have no contact with him, he can't do any aggressive behavior towards you. This shows that he can't hurt you. The dream shows some kind of omen, he is whimpering, which means that his situation is very bad. And you said that there is no news of him, and nine out of ten, he is already dead. "

Fourth Master Shen let out a low breath: "Maybe... In fact, whether he lives or dies, it doesn't have much influence on me."

The dream interpreter asked with a smile: "Then why did Fourth Master Shen ask me to interpret your dream?"

"Just for peace of mind."

Fourth Master Shen looked out of the window and said calmly: "Even if some people are dead, they are still in other people's memories and cannot be removed. Since the Taoist says he is dead, then I believe that he is dead." Alright."

Taoist Jiemeng nodded, and said softly: "There is no need to study too much about everything in the world. It is common sense to cherish the present life."

"The Taoist's words are justified."

After that, Fourth Master Shen had someone sew tea pillows for him. He slept on the tea pillows every day and slept extremely peacefully. He never had any dreams about Guan Zhicheng again.His wife's amnesia has never been cured, but his wife has a cheerful personality and loves to laugh very much. The two live like a fairy couple and envy others.

***
Chunyu read the secret letter and threw it into the brazier.

"Shen Si can be considered a smart man." Chunyu cupped his hands respectfully to the man in bright yellow clothes sitting on the seat.

The man chuckled, but did not say a word. The ink-stained pen was dancing on the desk, and he stopped writing after a long time.

Chunyu couldn't help admiring: "Your Majesty's painting skills are becoming more and more exquisite, I'm afraid those national players will feel ashamed."

The man was the current Holy Majesty, he laughed, stretched out his hand and nodded at Chunyu: "You're flattering too."

The emperor threw away the pen in his hand, stepped into the back of the desk, sat down on the high chair, drank a sip of tea and asked, "Is everything about Guan Zhicheng settled?"

Chunyu nodded and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, there hasn't been any rumors in the past few years, and it seems to have subsided."

Seeing that the emperor was in his prime, his voice was full of anger and prestige without anger: "It's good to calm down, this country can't be played by a little-known scholar like him."

After a pause, the emperor said: "All the people he came into contact with back then were dealt with, and one fell?"

Chunyu still nodded.The "disposition" in the emperor's mouth means to kill and silence.

"Your Majesty, I have checked carefully. After Guan Zhicheng left his hometown, his relatives hated him. Even if he returned to his hometown, he was kicked out by his elder brother. Your Majesty can rest assured."

"My dynasty governs the world with filial piety, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness are naturally put first, and I am not the kind who kills emperors indiscriminately." After a pause, the emperor said meaningfully: "Besides, the Guan and Li families also involved Xue, Li and others. Su and other families are all good officials in the court, they obey the law, why should I make myself uncomfortable."

Chunyu nodded and smiled, "Your Majesty is right."

"You go down."

The emperor waved his hand and told Chunyu to leave.

After the people left, the emperor just turned the inkstone and pressed the mechanism under the inkstone, and the wall of the Bogu rack behind the book case suddenly moved.After a while, a square concave cavity the size of a person's arm appeared.

The emperor walked over and took out the things wrapped in silk.

If the old man was still alive, his eyes would widen and he would exclaim in surprise: "Aren't these the three treasures that my old wife and I snatched back then and couldn't figure out what they were?"

The emperor didn't look at the smallest and the middle ones, but took out the largest one, looked at it carefully for a moment, and murmured: "This is not something that should appear here. I am reluctant to destroy it; keep it. And I'm afraid it will become a serious disaster, if I hadn't been vigilant, it might have become a serious disaster..."

The emperor watched in silence for a long time, and finally made a decision.

Taking advantage of going to Mount Tai to practice Zen and pray for blessings, the emperor secretly brought these three things, quietly smashed, destroyed, and burned them, and then wrapped the powder into a bag and ordered people to bury them at the foot of Mount Tai.

After returning to Beijing, a minister made a statement, imploring the emperor to forgive the relatives of Lord Yasukuni for the case of Lord Yasukuni, as a show of kindness.After all, several years have passed since the Yasukuni incident.

After two days of court discussion, the emperor agreed.

The emperor's confidant minister frowned and asked: "Duke Jingguo almost rebelled back then, relying on the weapon making map sold to him by a group of merchants. He thought he had a siege weapon, but in the end he was discovered by His Majesty before he had time to raise his troops. Let people arrest them first. If His Majesty hadn't been astute, I'm afraid that the country will lose the country, and the people will lose the people. Lord Yasukuni's crimes are heinous, how could His Majesty release his relatives so easily?"

The emperor laughed loudly: "Duke Jingguo is dead, and the rest are old and weak women and children. Since someone has suggested that I should show mercy, if I refuse to pardon them properly, I think it will be difficult to block the mouths of the world. "

"But if there is anyone among Lord Yasukuni's relatives who has seen those magical weapons?" The confidant minister was very worried: "Your Majesty has seen the power of those things made by Lord Yasukuni, although those weapons were later secretly incorporated into iron by His Majesty. The guards have gone, but there is no guarantee that the map is still in possession, after all, the person who gave the map is still not found..."

Back then when Yasukuni was imprisoned and saw his sons fall one by one in front of him, he had no choice but to reveal that the person who sold him the map of sharp weapons was a powerful businessman.The emperor followed the clues, and finally found Guan Zhicheng.

He actually figured out how to open the thing that is not of this era, and he also extended the map of the various siege weapons in his collection, and because of his greed, he sold the map to a merchant who wanted to make friends with the powerful .

He was going to sell the atlas again, but two days later, the merchant came back and was willing to pay ten times more than before to buy another one.

Guan Zhicheng became suspicious and refused to sell to each other, but the merchant continued to raise the price again.

Guan Zhicheng thought, maybe the business opportunity will come, and he is even more unwilling to sell the atlas. Instead, he locks himself in the house every day, not even close to his own father and the concubine he bought to serve him. A weird gadget stolen from his grandpa.

Fortunately, his greed did not cause him a greater disaster.Otherwise, he might kill the entire Guan family without a place to bury them.

The emperor stroked his forehead, pointed to the map of mountains and rivers spread out in front of him, and said to his confidant ministers: "Even if there is such a map, how can we make such sophisticated weapons without skilled craftsmen? Duke Yasukuni liked to play with machines since he was a child." , so he can guide the craftsman to make those weapons. Now that he is gone, even if the blueprints are reproduced, it will not be successful."

"Wanli Jiangshan, as an emperor, you shouldn't focus on those little details."

The minister should be respectful.

The emperor said: "Nowadays, the power of the aristocratic family is not as good as before. The former dynasty, the harem, and all kinds of forces are contending. My world and my subjects are still waiting for me to plan a better future for them."

The emperor got up and stretched his waist: "Looking back, be light-hearted. The important thing is the present and the future. Aiqing, follow me to the imperial study to approve the papers."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)