Yang Ning's eyes widened. He thought this kid was just talking casually, but when he saw that he really wanted to take off his pants, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Your grandfather is the Minister of Rites. Taking off his pants in the hall is an insult to politeness. This must be spread out." , next time your butt will leave more than just scars."
When Yuan Rong heard Yang Ning finally speak, he straightened his clothes, put a smile on his face, came forward and said, "I knew my brother would not misunderstand me."
"Are you my adopted brother?" Yang Ning stared at Yuan Rong.
Yuan Rong thought Yang Ning was mocking him, and thought to himself that this guy who used to be a bit slow now knew how to mock people? But there was a bitter smile on his face: "Brother, are you still blaming me? Hey, no wonder you are unhappy. After Jin Yihou passed away, I never came to help. It is indeed my fault."
Yang Ning thought that there could be no real feelings in the relationship between these dandy boys. They were just fair-weather friends who occasionally used each other's resources.
After Jin Yihou passed away, there were quite a few princes, nobles, high-ranking officials and ministers who became estranged during the mourning period. Yang Ning was actually not very angry. After all, human nature was like this, so there was no need to be too harsh.
"What do you want from me?" Yang Ning asked lightly.
Yuan Rong laughed and said: "Brother, do you know how many new boats have been added to the Qinhuai River recently?"
"What does it have to do with me?" Yang Ning calmly said, "Brother Yuan likes to play with the wind and the moon, you can go and learn a lesson."
Yuan Rong was startled and felt that today's Yang Ning was weird in everything. He was very different from the Jinyi prince he was familiar with before. He was a little embarrassed and said: "Brother used to like to go boating. I wanted to come over to say hello and invite brother to go out for a walk." Relax, it turns out...!"
"Brother Yuan, my father has just passed away. Don't you think it's quite the wrong time for you to start mentioning these romantic affairs to me now?" Yang Ning said angrily: "The requiem ceremony in the house has not been completed yet. If I go out at this time, Is there any humanity left in taking a boat ride?”
Yuan Rong was startled, then slapped his forehead and said with an annoyed look on his face: "Blame me, blame me, it's because of my brother's fault, I'm so confused. Brother, don't be offended, I have absolutely no bad intentions, I just thought that my brother was kidnapped and was frightened. , I am too tired from attending funerals these days, so I want to take my brother to relax."
"Let's talk about it later." Yang Ning stood up and said, "If you don't have anything else to do, I'll go do other things first."
Yuan Rong hurriedly reached out and grabbed him, saying: "Brother, don't worry."
"Anything else?"
"It's a little trivial." Yuan Rong said with a smile: "Brother, sit down and talk first."
After Yang Ning sat down, he asked: "It's a trivial matter? What kind of trivial matter does it require you to come and talk about it?"
"This...!" Yuan Rong took out a paper fan from his arms, opened the folding fan with a flick of his left hand, "Did my brother encounter an assassin in the Zhongling Villa?" After saying this, he shook the folding fan lightly, pretending to be elegant.
Yang Ning thought to herself that it was already October and the weather was getting colder, but you were still pretending to be elegant with a folding fan and you were not afraid of dying from the cold.
"So you know about this?" Yang Ning glanced at Yuan Rong, "I heard that although Zhongling Villa is a royal palace, it is under the control of the Ministry of Rites. Your Lord Yuan is the Minister of Rites...!" His eyes turned cold. , said in a deep voice: "Tell me, does the assassination in another courtyard have anything to do with your family?"
Yuan Rong's face changed drastically, he jumped up from his chair and said in horror: "You can't say this nonsense, brother, our old Yuan family really can't afford your words."
"I almost died there, do you know?" Yang Ning sneered: "Whether you can afford it or not, you have to bear it first. Before the real culprit is found, I can only go to the Yamen in charge of other courtyards, that is, the Ministry of Rites, and tell me In the end, it’s your Yuan family.”
Yuan Rong said with a cry: "Brother, don't everyone in your house say that? You don't really think it's an assassin sent by our old Yuan family, do you?"
"Everything is under investigation. Until the investigation is clear, everyone is suspected." Yang Ning said lightly: "Tell me, what is the trivial matter you mentioned?"
Yuan Rong was sweating on his forehead at this time, and he folded the fan faster, "Brother, I, Yuan Rong, vouch for my character. Our old Yuan family really knows nothing about assassins. And you also know that our old Yuan family and your old Qi family We have always been good friends, but don't forget that your father was my grandfather's professor of poetry back then, and your family and I are family friends."
"Oh?" Yang Ning thought to herself that there is still such a relationship between the Jinyi Hou Mansion and the Yuan family.
Seeing Yang Ning's unkind expression, Yuan Rong smiled bitterly and said, "Let me tell you the truth, Manager Wu of the Zhongling Villa is the nephew of my mother's second uncle's second aunt. This time you were stabbed in the courtyard. She was so frightened that she finally found my mother, and then my mother begged my grandfather and other elderly people to come forward and try to make this matter as minor as possible."
"Oh?" Yang Ning smiled lightly and said, "After all, you came here today to intercede for Manager Wu?"
"Of course I came here to see you." Yuan Rong said immediately: "I'm just talking about this in passing." He leaned over and whispered: "Then Manager Wu will be here in one more year." You can be transferred to the Ministry of Etiquette to be the chief, which is considered to be the end of it, but who knows that there will be nothing else but such a mess at this time." He shook his head and sighed: "Of course my grandfather will not come to your house for this matter, my mother knows that we are life and death. We are close friends, so... So let me come over and talk about it."
Yang Ning touched her chin and said, "That's it."
"Brother, I rarely ask you to do things." Yuan Rong said solemnly: "But this time, my mother said it very powerfully. She also said that if I were really as close as flesh and blood to you, there would be nothing I couldn't do. No, I think about our lifelong friendship, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
"Master Yuan, you are speaking lightly. Do you know that because of the negligence of those people, I almost lost my life." Yang Ning said coldly: "You come here now and say a few words to let this matter go. ? Are you treating my life as a child's play?"
"Don't worry." Yuan Rong heard the looseness in Yang Ning's words and whispered: "It's not easy for Manager Wu to get to where he is today step by step. In order to get the position of the head of the Ministry of Etiquette, he took the initiative to go to another hospital two years ago. There is still one year left before he can enter the Ministry of Etiquette and become the chief. If his future is ruined because of this incident, what will happen? So...!" He looked around, then leaned into Yang Ning's ear and said, He lowered his voice and said: "As long as your Jinyihou Mansion doesn't pass down the matter and downplay the matter, and the Rites Department spends more effort to minimize the matter, Manager Wu and the guards will not be punished too severely. Of course, , they are all willing to help you."
"Suppressing the shock?" Yang Ning frowned and said, "What does this mean?"
Yuan Rong smiled mischievously and said, "They are willing to give you some money as compensation for your shock. Brother, what do you think?"
"Are you going to bribe me?" Yang Ning glanced at Yuan Rong, who was very close at hand, "Don't you know that starting from my grandfather, there is a rule in the Jinyihou Mansion that does not allow...!"
"I know, I know." Before Yang Ning could finish speaking, Yuan Rong smiled and said, "You are not allowed to have monetary transactions with other officials."
"Since you know this, why do you still come up with such a bad idea?" Yang Ning was calm and collected, but she was thinking about how much money Manager Wu and his gang could offer.
Yuan Rong said seriously: "Brother, I have misunderstood. They are not bribing you, but thanking you for saving my life. It is said that the assassin is very good at martial arts. If it weren't for you, the guards of other courtyards would have suffered. Since the assassin killed Those guards from other courtyards will not stop doing anything and kill Manager Wu as well, so you are the savior of all of them. The rules of your family's life are that debts must be paid. Since they owe their brothers to you Yes, of course you have to repay it."
Yang Ning opened her eyes wide, and Yuan Rong talked nonsense seriously, which was breathtaking.
Yuan Rong chuckled, leaned closer and whispered: "And as long as you agree, I will transfer the money from you, without anyone noticing, and no one will know."
"Every debt must be paid...!" Yang Ning nodded slightly, "Our Qi family does have such a rule." He leaned slightly and said, "Manager Wu, they also understand the rules of our Qi family?"
Yuan Rong secretly thought about how the Jinyi prince seemed to be a different person after not seeing him for a few days. Not only was he not dull, but his speech and behavior were shrewd and capable, and his words were also witty. He was confused, but he had no time to think too much. I understand. Yang Ning stretched out a hand, first raised five fingers, then put down two, and said: "They are willing to come up with this number." He added: "Three hundred taels!"
"Our Jinyi Marquis Mansion has been clean and honest for generations." Yang Ning said coldly: "Since the old Marquis has said that he will not have any monetary transactions with any officials, I will naturally stick to this rule and prepare to see guests off when they come...!"
"Five hundred taels!" Yuan Rong raised five fingers and sighed: "They are willing to give out five hundred taels!"
"Where are the people?" Yang Ning looked outside and said, "Master Yuan is leaving, see you off!"
Yuan Rong's eyes twitched, and he stretched out his hands: "The five hundred taels were paid by Manager Wu alone, and the other guards collected a hundred taels of silver...~!"
Yang Ning said calmly: "My father fought on the battlefield, but the rewards were given to his subordinates. Our Qi family has never been interested in money... Mr. Yuan, do you know that I don't care how much money you have, but the dignity of Jinyi Marquis, I Can’t help but defend.”
"One thousand taels!" Yuan Rong gritted his teeth and said: "That little brat, that's all he has. Think about how much money he can get from just a small steward of another hospital? The one thousand taels of silver these people have collected is already a lot." It’s not easy. Chartering the best painting boat on the Qinhuai River and sleeping with the most beautiful boat owner for a day only costs one hundred taels of silver. Ordinary ones cost half of that. Three to four hundred taels of silver can buy a nice yard in Beijing. Don’t push yourself too far.”
Yang Ning looked Yuan Rong up and down and said with a smile, "They can really only take out so much?"
"There's only so much." Yuan Rong's face didn't look good. "No matter what, you have to give me a share of these one thousand taels of silver, otherwise I'll spend so much time talking about it and get nothing out of it." Picking up the tea cup, He drank more than half of the cup in one gulp, raised his finger and pointed at Yang Ning, "I really didn't see it, you are very dark."
Yang Ning knew in his heart that one thousand taels of silver was actually not a small amount, and the assassination had already happened. Of course, the real culprits behind the scenes could not be Guanshi Wu and his gang. Even if they were punished by the court, it would not do him any good. , On the contrary, not only did he get money, but he also gave Yuan Rong a favor.
"Don't worry, money. Please accompany me to a place." Yang Ning stood up, "As long as we cooperate well, I will give you face for your busy work today."