After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

Manager Su lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Manager Chen understood immediately that this idiot hadn't even read it.

"That banknote is more important than your life. How dare you neglect it, huh?"

He kicked Manager Su hard and he fell to the ground. He struggled to get up and continued to kowtow and beg for mercy.

Manager Chen drank some cold tea and his anger subsided a little.

"Your worthless life was saved, but those two girls were burned to death, and no trace of their bodies was found." Manager Chen hinted.

Although it is reasonable and appropriate for Steward Wang and the others to rescue Steward Su first.

But it was such a coincidence that both girls died.

Manager Su didn't understand and looked up at him blankly.

"That Qiuyue, is she the one you chose? Or was she sent by the Wang family?" Steward Chen asked more thoroughly.

Manager Su swallowed and thought carefully.

"They said that the girl from Chunfenglou is the best in Huai'an Prefecture, so they asked someone to come and drink with her."

really.

Steward Chen stood up, half-knelt in front of him, lifted his chin with one hand, stared into his eyes and asked, "Then think again, was it the girl Steward Wang called, or Fang Jin?"

Manager Su's forehead was covered with sweat, and his mind was hardly clear.

"Yes, it was Butler Wang who suggested inviting someone to entertain the guests. Fang Jin recommended the girl from Chunfeng Tower, and Butler Wang listened to his son-in-law and went to invite the person."

Steward Chen stood up expressionlessly, and a maid handed him a handkerchief.

He thought as he wiped his hands.

This is consistent with what Butler Wang said.

Fang Jin, Chunfeng Tower.

"Drag him away." he ordered.

But Manager Su crawled forward on his knees, hugged his legs, and cried, "Brother Chen, please give me another chance, let me redeem myself from my crime and make meritorious contributions. I was also framed, Brother Chen, you trained me."

Chen Daguanshi lowered his eyes and looked at him with disgust. "So what if you were plotted against? I told you, as a slave, losing money in your hands is already a capital offense. And you dared to escape privately, which is an even greater crime."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards came forward, gagged the man and dragged him out.

Manager Chen watched quietly, sneering in his heart.

Do you think you are a big shot just because you are flattered by others? A slave is a slave.

Ordinary people have the opportunity to appeal for justice to the government, but servants do not have this opportunity in front of their masters.

If you displease your master, you will have to pay the price. A slave is just a plaything and not a human being.

He closed his eyes and suppressed all emotions.

Half a day later, the person he sent out came back to report.

"According to the owner of Chunfenglou, Fang Jin has been going there frequently recently, and his favorite girl is Qiuyue."

"The day Wang Fujiao divorced her husband in public, Fang Jin spent the night at Chunfeng Tower."

"I even went to see Mr. Chen, and he mentioned that Fang Jin hasn't been very keen on studying lately."

"On the contrary, I have been trying to curry favor with Master Zhu for the past few days."

Steward Chen frowned when he heard this: "Master Zhu?"

"Yes, I am a doctor from the Ministry of Revenue. I am on a business trip to inspect various places." The servant reported.

Steward Chen tapped his fingers on the table. "I remember that during this period, there was a great deal of commotion in the capital. His Majesty created several official positions that required donations and placed them under the management of the Ministry of Revenue. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to disagree and made several appeals to His Majesty."

The servant was silent.

Of course he didn't know about such things.

Only Manager Chen, whose brother is with the uncle, is more informed about the news.

"Master Zhu? Is he still in Huai'an Prefecture?"

"What a coincidence! He left the next day after the fire in the inn," the servant said truthfully.

Such a coincidence?

Steward Chen frowned slightly: "Do you know his specific whereabouts in Huai'an Prefecture?"

The servant shook his head. "That Lord Zhu is very low-key. He didn't even pay a visit to Prefect Lin when he entered Huai'an Prefecture. If Master Chen hadn't provided some clues, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to find out."

He is not a god, he is just a servant in the Bo Mansion.

Manager Chen understood it as soon as he thought about it.

Lord Zhu is an official appointed by the imperial court and deliberately keeps a low profile. Plus, he has guards with him, so it is normal that he cannot be found.

After all, they are working for the Ministry of Revenue.

Perhaps because the Crown Prince was against it, the Ministry of Revenue intentionally kept the donation matter very low-key.

These things are not his concern.

What he should think about carefully is Fang Jin.

Fang Jin used the excuse of doing business to deceive the landlord Wang, used the manager Su to set up a trap, got the money, and wanted to donate money to become an official?

Or maybe Fang Jin was planning to go all out and happened to be involved in the Wang family's business and saw 100,000 taels.

He also got acquainted with Mr. Zhu, and on a whim, he was tempted by the money.

No matter which one it is, Fang Jin is highly suspicious.

He has no evidence, but he is not a government agency. Does he need personal or physical evidence to do things?

He just needs to hand over what he found to the Bo Mansion.

If this matter might not involve the two young ladies of the Bo family, he could kill Fang Jin directly based on what he had found out so far.

Manager Chen was very patient. He wrote a letter and asked the guards to send it back to the capital as quickly as possible.

He stayed in Huai'an Prefecture, and Mr. Wang racked his brains every day to entertain him.

He also gave him a lot of benefits, such as money, shops, and beautiful women.

Manager Chen is not a very honest person. After taking so much, he is finally willing to give some face.

So after three rounds of drinks, he hinted that Mr. Wang had to apologize to the Bo Mansion and draw a clear line with Fang Jin.

After this incident, even if the Wang family is innocent, the Bo family will no longer cooperate with him.

In order to avoid the wrath of the Bo's family, Mr. Wang even had to pay something.

That's not right, cooperating with the powerful and wealthy is like this: when you make money together, it's good for you, it's good for me, it's good for everyone; at most, he gets a little more and you get a little less.

But if we have to pay the money together, that's impossible, only you have to pay it.

Mr. Wang was mentally prepared for this and was very generous, giving away most of his property to make up for the loss of the Earl's Mansion.

Manager Chen was very satisfied and felt that Mr. Wang had good judgment.

With the things offered by the Wang family, he would be able to curry favor with the emperor after returning to Beijing, which would be considered a small achievement.

The road to the capital was long, and it took five days to send the letter back and forth.

During these five days, Manager Chen was calm and composed, but Fang Jin was like an ant on hot pan.

He went to Chen's house.

I learned from Master Chen that Lord Zhu had returned to Beijing.

The reason why he was so slow was that he had to fill the vacancies of county magistrates and inspectors along the way so that he could report back to his superiors at the same time.

Lord Zhu wrote to say that the imperial edict should reach Huai'an Prefecture in three days at most.

Fang Jin also read the letter with his own eyes and felt completely relieved.

As soon as he returned home, he arranged for a thorough cleaning of the entire house so that he could present his best appearance to welcome the imperial edict.

After thinking about it, he persuaded Wang Fujiao to go back to her parents' home and stay for ten days or half a month.

"Husband, why?"

"Jiaojiao, your belly is getting bigger and bigger. There is a lot of dust in our house, which is not good for your health. Besides, you are worried about your father-in-law and always run back and forth. I feel very distressed. Why don't you live in your parents' home and I will visit you every day." Fang Jin said softly.

Wang Fujiao just felt that he was considerate and a little guilty. She always went back to her parents' home not because she missed her father.

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