The old man of the Pang family's eyebrows twitched.
The old man is now over seventy years old, and is considered old among the nobles. He just gave the title of Duke to his eldest son two years ago and enjoyed a few days of leisure at home.
But everyone knows that the one who can make the final decision in the Pang family will still be the old man.
The old man of the Pang family has a pair of extremely special eyebrows. His eyebrows are similar to those of an old centenarian. They are very long and almost hang down to his chin and are level with his beard. People outside say that this is an excellent appearance. Old man Pang is the reincarnation of the old centenarian, who has reborn into the human world.
Because of this, Mr. Pang's eyebrows have never been moved, and he takes better care of them than his teeth.
Now when his eyebrows twitched, everyone's heart trembled as well.
"What do you think?" Mr. Pang stroked his beard, which was wiggling. He quickly calmed down, as if he had never been angry before. He asked the guests, "Do you have any ideas?"
At this point, it's time for everyone to perform.
Mr. Chu, who had the most seniority, nodded and said, "Although the tribute satin of the Weaving Bureau has to be stored and counted every year, there has never been a mistake in previous years. But this year, there was a problem. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and even the Weaving Bureau, I'm afraid there are people watching these three places!"
Everyone couldn't help but nod.
Yes, the governor of Zhejiang was replaced this year, and this incident happened right after.
It's really aimed at the Pang family.
Master Pang Er snorted, and his round body moved on the chair, his whole body filled with hostility: "Damn it! If I knew who was behind this, I would eat him alive!"
The Third Master was much thinner than the Second Master. The Second Master looked like a fat pig, but he looked like an overly skinny monkey. When he heard the Second Master talking about eating him alive, he glanced at his Second Brother, coughed, and clenched his fists and said to Mr. Chu, "Sir, this is inevitable, but why did those people start with He Er? He Er is just a transport envoy. Logically, if they had intended to go after us from the beginning, wouldn't it be more straightforward to go after my eldest brother?"
Mr. Chu smiled and shook his head: "The third master doesn't understand this. He Er's official position is indeed not high, and it seems that he has nothing to do with us. But because of this, what he said is particularly credible. First, he is in charge of the transportation of grain transport. The things of the weaving bureau were lost in his place. Arresting him will not arouse our vigilance. Secondly, and most importantly, have you forgotten his identity? He is a member of the He family! Mrs. He has also arrived in the capital in recent days. I heard that she will attend the birthday banquet of the Wang family. He is not important. What is more important is Mrs. He. If Mrs. He goes to the palace to ask the emperor..."
It is obviously impossible to let Mr. He be the scapegoat in this matter.
If we continue investigating, the Pang family will definitely come to light.
Not to mention all this, Mr. He was the transport envoy. He might not know that the tribute satin would eventually go to the Pang family, but he could definitely find out some of the people who were connected with them. Those people were closely related to the Pang family, and in the end the Pang family still couldn't get away.
"Damn it!" Master Pang Er angrily slammed the table and looked at the old man of the Pang family who had been silent all the time: "Dad, please say something, the situation is urgent! What should we do about this? We can't just wait like this, can we?!"
The old man of the Pang family focused his attention on Mr. Chu and his group.
Mr. Chu met the gaze of the old man of the Pang family and made a killing gesture: "No matter who set up this vicious plan, maybe they want to use us to get rid of the He family, or maybe they just want to kill two birds with one stone and come at us and the He family together. For now, silencing us is indeed the best way."
Kill him and be done with it.
Even if the Pang family is suspected by everyone, without evidence, suspicion is just suspicion.
After all, there are still the Queen and His Highness in the palace.
Even if His Majesty feels pity for Mrs. He, he has plenty of ways to deal with it.
The old man of the Pang family was about to nod when there was a knock on the door. He had just finished talking about silencing someone, and everyone's emotions were inevitably affected. When they suddenly heard such an anxious knock on the door, they couldn't help but perk up.
The old man of the Pang family also frowned slightly, but when he heard someone outside say that Mr. Wei had returned, he relaxed his brows, hummed, and said in a friendly manner, "Please ask Mr. Wei to come in."
Mr. Wei is Pang Qingping's man, an aide found from Zhejiang. He is an extremely talented person, but because of his background, he could never enter the officialdom and always felt that his talent was not appreciated.
It was not until Pang Qingping went to Zhejiang and visited him five times in person that he was finally able to invite him to be his aide.
This person is also known as the first aide of Zhejiang.
Because of him, the memorials written by Pang Qingping were often commended by the emperor, and he also made many outstanding achievements in fighting against Japanese pirates in Zhejiang. Therefore, everyone in the Pang family respected him very much.
He usually stays in Zhejiang, and now he comes back, it must be something important.
Even Master Pang Er couldn't help but sit up straight.
Mr. Wei holds a special status in the family. The old man respects him as a distinguished guest. He has no taboos and will speak directly if he sees something that makes him unhappy.
Master Pang Er had initially looked down on this short old man because of his appearance and had ridiculed him, but he was given a good lesson by his father. In the end, the old man even beat him up, and the eldest brother also scolded him.
From then on, Master Pang Er behaved himself in front of Mr. Wei.
The door opened, and Mr. Wei, who looked disheveled, came in with a gust of wind. His face was solemn, and he asked as soon as he opened his mouth, "Did something happen at home?"
The old man of the Pang family had already stood up and personally went to shake Mr. Wei's hand: "Qingping said in the letter that a month ago, two eunuchs in charge of Japanese tribute satin died in the Weaving Bureau. Did this matter start from that time? It's just that the other party is too cunning, and I don't know how they did it. First, they locked up He Er, and we thought they didn't know that we were behind it and were targeting the He family, so we relaxed our vigilance. This time, Shao Wenxun made a fuss in public in the court, and we realized that their biggest target might still be us... Sir, this matter has become so serious now, and we have no choice but to be ruthless this time."
Mr. Wei immediately blew his beard and glared at me, cursing, "Who came up with this bullshit idea? Bullshit! We must not touch He Er, otherwise it will really harm the adults, and the Pang family will be finished!"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect him to be so rude and started scolding on the spot. They were immediately embarrassed.
Especially Master Pang Er and Mr. Chu, they just felt like they were slapped on the face and felt burning.
Mr. Pang adapted quickly and asked him, "What do you mean?"