Jiang Chao couldn't sleep at night during this time and was mentally exhausted. Naturally, he lost the insight of seeing all directions and hearing all directions. What's more, he just discovered a way that might save him. He was inevitably a little excited, so he didn't notice it. When Mr. Wu asked him, he faintly showed cautiousness and temptation.
"No, no, no." He said excitedly, "Boss Wang will have an accident, isn't it because of the protection of officials? Sometimes it is like this in business, and there will be a lot of trouble if you don't have the protection of officials. I knew Xiaomei in Lin'an City before. Xiang Pei's family, but they only know that their family has a family of four Jinshi, but they don't know much. Until last year, the Song family had a boat detained in Huai'an. You should know our Song family in Suzhou Prefecture? Their family is also Several generations of officials have been the most prominent wealthy family in our Suzhou prefecture. Think about it, the boats of such families have been detained in Huai'an. I was asking for the Pei family in Lin’an City. I was surprised when I heard it for a long time. I know the four major surnames in the south of the Yangtze River, and you have three families in Hangzhou City, but there is no Pei family among the four surnames, and I don’t take it seriously Go up. Later, after the Song family's matter was settled, I inquired about the Pei family carefully. I didn't expect that almost every generation of the Pei family would go into official positions, and their reputation was not obvious, which is amazing."
Has anyone become an official from generation to generation
Neither Yu Wen nor Master Wu noticed.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that every generation of the Pei family has been an official, but whether the Pei family is an official or won a Jinshi, they seldom celebrate with great fanfare. .
A four Jinshi? !
In their memory, the three brothers of the Pei family were all awarded Jinshi. Yi's son is named Pei Wanglai. However, Pei Yi didn't care about anything, and seemed to be living on the money from Pei's father-in-law. After Pei Wang won the Jinshi, he went to Henan to be an official. Because across the house, Pei Wang didn't come back when Old Master Pei died. At the old man's funeral, Pei Yi didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. When Pei Yan took over the Pei family, he didn't even exist, so that people in Lin'an City didn't have any impression of their house.
Master Wu and Yu Wen couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.
They were from Lin'an, they had to be reminded by a Suzhou native before they remembered.
But they are locals after all.
Yu Wen couldn't help saying: "I remember Pei Wang being several years older than the elder of the Pei family, and he was awarded a Jinshi a few years earlier than the elder of the Pei family, and he has been working as an official outside since then, I don't know what rank he is now? Where is he an official? But I remember clearly that he has a son. He is only half a year older than our girl. When his son was born, he sprinkled money at the entrance of Xiaomei Lane. I happened to accompany Zhuo Jing there that day. In the shop beside the Meixi River to buy needles and thread, Zhuojing still sighed, saying that the child will be reincarnated, and when he arrived at Pei's house, he touched his stomach and said that he didn't know if it was a girl or a boy."
Jiang Chao's eyes lit up, and he said, "Master Pei from the Pei family is now the magistrate in Baoding Prefecture."
Master Wu and Yu Wen were taken aback.
Although the prefect of Baoding is only a fourth-rank magistrate, Baoding prefecture has a special geographical location and is the only place to go from north to south when entering Beijing. Among the officials released to the outside world, the prefect of Baoding is the closest to the capital and the prefect who is the easiest to be promoted to a capital official.
Although there is a saying in the court that non-scholars should not join the cabinet, but if anyone can break this saying, it must be someone who can be the magistrate of Baoding.
Lin'an City not only has no news of Master Pei, but is promoting the Li family's Li Yi who used to be the magistrate in Rizhao everywhere.
Yu Wen looked solemn, and said: "If I remember correctly, Mr. Pei Yipei seemed to have been a magistrate in the past, but later he heard that he was not suitable for the climate of the area under his jurisdiction. He suffered a serious illness and almost died, so he returned to his hometown. He was recovering from illness. And since then, he hasn’t been out much. Even Qiantang Academy asked him to be the head of the mountain. He flatly refused. I was still young at that time. I once discussed it with my classmates, saying that if Mr. Pei Yipei could go to Qiantang Academy to be the head of the mountain, wouldn’t it be more convenient for us scholars in Lin’an City to enter the academy? After he rejected the post of mountain head, everyone guessed Is he sick in bed, he will die soon."
Unexpectedly, he lived longer than Mrs. Pei!
No, they really don't know whether the old Mr. Yi of the Pei family is dead or alive.
Yu Wen glanced at Master Wu.
Master Wu obviously wanted to go with Yu Wen. He hurriedly said: "It's still there! When the old man of the Pei family went, I saw him at the funeral. His hair was all gray, but he was still in good spirits. He didn't have a crutch, and he walked quite well."
Jiang Chao said: "Their family is too low-key, I didn't even think of their family for a while."
Master Wu and Yu Wen thought about it at this moment, and suddenly became in awe of the Pei family.
The Pei family is a real aristocratic family. Not only does it benefit the hometown, but it is also humble and low-key, and it is indeed not comparable to ordinary families.
Well, it's not good for them to disturb others like this, right
Master Wu and Yu Wen exchanged another look.
This time it was Yu Wen who spoke first: "Several masters of the Pei family are still keeping their filial piety, we ask the Pei family for help on these matters..."
Jiang Chao was like being drenched in cold water in the cold winter of March 9th, and instantly withered, he said: "I also know that their family and the Song family are still related by marriage. I am looking for someone to invest in Suzhou City, and the Song family has always been unhappy. Take away their family's business. How could the Pei family help us?"
Are the Pei family and the Song family related by marriage
In Master Wu's impression, the relationship between the two families doesn't seem to be very close.
He asked curiously, "What kind of in-laws are the Pei family and the Song family?"
Yu Wendao: "The old An of the Pei family and the old An of the Song family are cousins."
Master Wu and Jiang Chao looked at him with piercing eyes.
It was only then that Yu Wen realized that not many people in Lin'an City knew that the Pei family and the Song family were related by marriage.
Did he accidentally get into trouble
Yu Wen smiled wryly in secret, and hurriedly said: "I also heard it from someone, I don't know if it's true or not."
Jiang Chao said: "It's true! I have a good relationship with a manager of the Song family, he told me."
He also knew that although the old Anren of the Song family and the old Anren of the Pei family were cousins, they were almost twenty years apart. When the old An of the Song family left the cabinet, the old An of the Pei family was still not born, and the two didn't have a deep relationship. Later, it seemed that something happened, there was a rift between the two families, and the relationship in the early years was just a matter of face. Later, the three sons of Pei Lao'an all became Jinshi one after another, but only one son of the Song family was an official outside.
Even so, when something happened to the Song family, when the Pei family came forward, they still fished out the people and the boat.
"There are people in the imperial court who are easy to handle!" He sighed a long time.
Both Master Wu and Yu Wen didn't answer.
It was only then that Jiang Chao felt that the attitudes of the two were prevaricating.
He secretly smiled wryly.
He owed them so much money, they didn't press him for debts, they saved his mother, and now they took him in who had nowhere to go. It was his fault to recommend someone from the Pei family.
He should think of another way.
Jiang Chao thought about it, changed the subject, and asked about the origin of Zhaoming Temple.
Master Wu and Yu Wenqi both showed smiles.
Regardless of what they thought in their hearts, the three of them talked and laughed all the way around Zhaoming Temple for a day. When they went down the mountain, the three of them had already started calling each other brothers.
When he returned to Yu's house, Jiang Chao went back to the guest room to rest wearily, but Master Wu took advantage of Yu Wen to send him out and dragged him to talk at the door: "Brother Yu, tell me the truth, how do you know that Pei Yu is the only one in the house?" Are the Song family and the Song family related by in-laws? I can be considered a person in Lin'an City, but I have never heard of it."
Yu Wen showed hesitation.
Master Wu immediately said: "Don't fool me with the trick you fooled brother Jiang, I'm not his kind of little brat who doesn't know anything."
Yu Wen touched his head, not knowing what to say.
Master Wu simply said: "I won't force you anymore, you just tell me, how is your relationship with the third master of the Pei family? If you ask the third master for the Wang family's affairs, will he see us?"
Yu Wen seemed to be relieved, and said the truth: "I really don't know! The third master, he looks young, but actually he has a bit of a temper. I have never troubled him like this before."
He felt that the Pei family could benefit from the auction of the map, so he dared to ask for it.
But if the Pei family intervenes in this matter, it will be purely helping.
He didn't know if he had the face.
"Could it be that you want to help Brother Jiang lead this line?" Yu Wen said, "Businessmen value profits and neglect parting..."
Master Wu shook his head, lowered his voice and said, "This is also a win-win thing! I think there are nine out of ten chances that our money will not come back, but you know Brother Jiang, he can speak well, and he is very easy to impress people. If Introduce him to Mr. Pei San, maybe another village will be brightened, and he can stand up again with the power of the Pei family!"
After all, I still want to let Jiang Chao earn back the money I invested before.
If this matter only involved himself, Yu Wen would definitely not agree, but he caused Master Wu to lose a lot of money, and Master Wu begged him like this, so he had to consider whether this matter was feasible.
"How about I try?" Yu Wen hesitated, "I don't know if Master Pei San will agree?"
There is a chance if you can try.
Master Wu was overjoyed and said: "The third master can take over the Pei family and make everyone in the Pei family silent, then he is not a noodle man! Even if he is a noodle man, he is still hiding his knife behind his smile. Don't think that I am For those few coins, I mainly want to walk around more with the third master."
If you have nothing to do, you have to find something, let alone something really happened now.
Yu Wen could understand his mood and kept nodding his head.
Master Wu told him: "Don't tell brother Jiang about this matter, the third master will tell him when he is willing to see us." After finishing speaking, he even winked at Yu Wen.
Yu Wen thought he was afraid of losing face, but actually Master Wu wanted to mislead Jiang Chao, making Jiang Chao think that they had a good relationship with Pei Yan, so that Jiang Chao could find a way to earn back the money they invested.