On the deck of the ship's house, there was a very elegant large table. There were more than a dozen beautiful maids serving the table. At this time, three people on the table were drinking and mingling. When Zhu Yuchen and others arrived at the ship's house, the three of them were Then he glanced over.
Yang Ning also glanced at the three people at this moment.
He saw that the person facing him was an old acquaintance, Dou Lianzhong, the son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance. The man on the left, whom he had just met before, was Ding Yitu, the chief bodyguard of the Rising Sun Escort Bureau. The man on the right was wearing a purple brocade coat. Wearing a white fox fur hat, he is about thirty years old, and his whole body exudes an aura of wealth.
Dou Lianzhong glanced at Zhu Yuchen and others with a sneer. When he saw Yang Ning, he was startled and his face changed slightly.
Yang Ning's eyes were not focused on the three people on the table at this time, but through these three people, he saw a man on the side of the boat not far away, facing the river, with his back to everyone. His hair was as black as ink and he was not wearing anything. The man's face could not be seen clearly due to the crown of his hat, but judging from the fact that the man was not tall and the side of the boat had reached his chest, he seemed to be a child of twelve or thirteen years old.
Zhu Yuchen and others glanced at each other, then finally took a step forward, cupped their hands and said, "Who wants to see us?"
Dou Lianzhong sneered and said, "Are you Zhu Yuchen?"
"This is Zhu Yuchen." Zhu Yuchen glanced at the man in purple brocade fur and said with a smile: "Isn't this Young Master Jiang? I haven't seen him for many years. How nice is he?"
Yang Ning thought to herself that this man was indeed Donghai Jiang Suiyun.
Zhu Yuchen and Jiang Suiyun are both wealthy businessmen in Dachu, so it is reasonable for them to know each other.
Jiang Suiyun just smiled lightly and said nothing. It was obvious that he did not take Jiang Suiyun seriously.
Chen Mukuan couldn't help but said: "Jiang, you are so arrogant. What do you mean by calling us here?"
Jiang Suiyun smiled faintly and said: "Chen Mukuan, I haven't seen you for many years. Your temper has not changed, and you are still so reckless and impatient. Who told you that Jiang came here to find you?"
"It's not your idea, then who is it?" Chen Mukuan said loudly: "If you have anything to do, please tell me quickly. After Brother Zhu held the flowers, he has the most luck now. We are not in a hurry. Brother Zhu is still in a hurry to do it. Here’s Shen Jiaonu’s guest, hahaha…!”
"I'm afraid that the guest who enters the curtain cannot do it, and will become a corpse in the coffin." Dou Lianzhong said solemnly: "You guys are so brave, and you dare to show off your power in the capital. Whose power did you rely on? "
Zhu Yuchen frowned and said, "We don't understand what this young master is saying. The choice of the Queen of Flowers depends on their own wishes. Whose power do we need to rely on?"
Dou Lianzhong's eyes were like daggers, and he said calmly: "As expected of the Zhu family, the leading one in Hangzhou Prefecture, they are quite courageous, daring to talk to me like this."
Jiang Suiyun held up the wine cup and said leisurely: "I'm afraid you don't know each other yet. This is Mr. Dou. Mr. Dou's father is Mr. Dou, the Minister of Household Affairs!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuchen and the others were like thunder, and their faces turned pale in an instant.
The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world's wealth. Zhu Yuchen and others are all merchants. Although they are wealthy businessmen, in front of the Ministry of Revenue, they are definitely like grandsons.
For these rich local gentry, they would go to the capital every year, mainly to find officials from the Ministry of Revenue and pay their respects secretly. The officials they found were only middle and low-level officials from the Ministry of Revenue, and it was difficult to have the opportunity to contact them. From high-level officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs to officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs, even wealthy people like the Zhu family would find it difficult to reach them.
They never expected that the man in front of them would be the son of the Minister of Hubu.
Chen Mukuan was a bit tough before, but now his face was pale and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Zhu Yuchen forced a smile and said: "It turns out... it turns out to be Young Master Dou. I... I'm disrespectful." But he regretted it in his heart. He secretly thought that if he had known that Jiang Suiyun was already involved with the Dou family, he would not have gone here anyway. The muddy water is flowing, making it impossible to clean up now.
When Dou Lianzhong saw that Zhu Yuchen and others had surrendered, he glanced at Yang Ning, with a proud look in his eyes. He slowly stood up and walked in front of a few people with his hands behind his back. He said calmly: "What do you mean by spending so much money just now? Show your wealth? Our country, Dachu, once resisted foreign invasion and consumed countless money, food, soldiers and horses, but you are not seen contributing to the country. Do you not have Dachu at all in your hearts?"
Zhu Yuchen and others couldn't help but think, Jiang Suiyun also spent a lot of money just now, and it was Jiang Suiyun who started this fight for wealth first. When the country was in trouble, the Jiang family had never heard of the Jiang family's generosity, so why didn't they say it? Jiang family? But at this time, no one dared to argue with the Master of the Ministry of Revenue. They just lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
"Hey, Brother Yuan is here too?" Dou Lianzhong walked up to Yuan Rong, pretending as if he had just seen him, and said with a smile: "Why are you hanging out with these people?"
Yuan Rong smiled faintly and said: "These few people have come from afar and are familiar with me, so we have a few glasses of wine together. Mr. Dou, as the saying goes, he who doesn't know is not guilty, I think it's better to let them leave and don't care too much about it." ”
"Brother Yuan is wrong." Dou Lianzhong sneered: "These people got together and openly showed off on the Qinhuai River. This trend cannot last forever. I also want to check whether there is any conspiracy behind them." His eyes fell on Qiu Fang and asked, "Who are you?"
Qiu Fang was quite calm at this time. He cupped his hands and said, "I'm Qiu Fang!"
"Qiu Fang?" Dou Lianzhong said: "I have never heard of this name. From your accent, it doesn't seem like you are from Hangzhou."
But Jiang Suiyun smiled and said: "Mr. Dou, this person's accent is a Liaodong accent, Qiu Fang... If I remember correctly, Liaodong Shenwang is also surnamed Qiu, so Qiu Fang should have some connection with Liaodong Shenwang!"
As if he had caught something, Dou Lianzhong became excited and shouted: "You... are you from Liaodong? That is... that is from the Northern Han Dynasty!"
Qiu Fang knew he couldn't hide it, so he nodded and said, "King Shen of Liaodong is my grandfather."
"Yes, there are two top-quality old wild ginsengs in the prize gift given by Zhu Yuchen just now. Of course you gave it away in the name of Zhu Yuchen." Dou Lianzhong swayed like a mouse with its tail stepped on, and glanced at Yang from the corner of his eye. Ning glanced at him and continued: "Zhu Yuchen, I feel that something is wrong with you. It turns out that you want to collude with the Northern Han people to rebel."
This big hat really weighed more than a thousand kilograms. Zhu Yuchen and others all turned pale and argued: "Mr. Dou, that's absolutely not the case. Although Brother Qiu is from the Northern Han Dynasty, he is just a businessman. There has never been any relationship between the two countries." Private business transactions are prohibited, we are just business partners and have no intention of rebellion."
"You don't have any intention of rebellion?" Dou Lianzhong sneered: "You don't have any intention of rebellion, why do you collude with the Northern Han people? Hey, this guy named Qiu must be a spy of the Northern Han people, just using his identity as a businessman as a cover, you are him accomplices." He shouted, "Come here, arrest them all."
At this moment, a long sigh was heard, and then a voice said: "Dou Lianzhong, are you tired? You are jumping up and down, what do you want to do?"
As he spoke, Yang Ning had already walked out.
Dou Lianzhong's expression changed slightly, but he immediately raised his finger and pointed at Yang Ning and said, "Qining, don't be arrogant, you are also their accomplice."
"Who are you?" Yang Ning stared at Dou Lianzhong and asked.
Dou Lianzhong was startled. At this time, Jiang Suiyun had already come over with his hands behind his back. He obviously didn't recognize Yang Ning, so he just smiled and said, "Didn't you hear clearly? This is the young master of the Minister of Hubu!"
"It turns out you are the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance." Yang Ning looked at Jiang Suiyun, "Who are you?"
Jiang Suiyun frowned and said nothing.
Dou Lianzhong actually didn't know what kind of medicine Yang Ning was selling in his gourd. He frowned and said, "What tricks do you want to play?"
"You are not playing any tricks." Yang Ning said: "You are yelling here, and those who don't know think you are the official of the Ministry of Justice. Mr. Dou, of course I know that you are the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. I want to ask, besides With this identity, what other identity do you have? Are you the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment? The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment? The Governor of Kyoto? Oh, by the way, you are still from the Shenhou Mansion? Neither of these? Then what kind of official status are you?"
Dou Lianzhong opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
"And you, Jiang Suiyun, you are the eldest son of the Jiang family. Apart from that, what other identity do you have?" Yang Ning stared at Jiang Suiyun, his eyes like daggers, "What grade of official are you?"
Jiang Suiyun frowned and said, "I don't have an official status."
"It turns out that you are just a rich man." Yang Ning laughed, "Dou Lianzhong, you have no official status, so what qualifications do you have to make such a fuss here? Are you using your father's identity to show off? Okay, let's do that. Now go to see the Holy One and ask clearly whether a son of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who has no official status, is qualified to pull people over for interrogation on the street."
When Dou Lianzhong heard Yang Ning's words, he suddenly felt guilty and sneered: "I am a citizen of Da Chu. If I find a spy, I am naturally... naturally qualified to ask. Not only me, but any citizen of Da Chu. Qualified to protect the country."
"You said they are rebels and spies. Well, where is the evidence?" Yang Ning stretched out his hand, "Show me the evidence. If it is true, I will arrest these guys first."
Dou Lianzhong was stared at by Yang Ning's razor-sharp eyes. He felt uncomfortable all over, but he still said: "He... He is from the Northern Han Dynasty, of course he is...!"
"Fart!" Yang Ning immediately interrupted, "As long as you are from the Northern Han Dynasty, you are a spy? Did you say this yourself, or was someone else teaching you? I have never heard that trade between the two countries is prohibited. Qiu Fang is indeed from the Northern Han Dynasty. But if merchants from the Northern Han Dynasty do business with our Da Chu, they are all spies. Do you want to cut off the trade between the two countries? Even the imperial court has not banned it, but you are here to disrupt the national policy. Dou, do you know your guilt?"
Yang Ning's voice was extremely cold and stern. Dou Lianzhong was questioned repeatedly and couldn't help but take a step back. Sweat broke out on his forehead.