The three sent Liu Huan to the door of Liu's house, watched him wave goodbye to them with bright smiles before going home.
Because the two trips were delayed on the road, the sunset was already appearing in the sky when we got home, and Aunt Rong had almost prepared dinner.
Friday Lang is at home.
Man Bao asked, "Fifth Brother, why are you back?"
"Didn't you ask me to inquire about the purchase of the Yizhou Palace yesterday?"
Only then did Man Bao think of this, nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, did you find it?"
"I found it. I asked someone to introduce it. I said that I have two pots of rare flowers in my hand, and I have already handed them over. I will take the flowers to show them tomorrow. Have you set the price yet?"
"It's settled, chrysanthemums are two hundred taels a pot, Chang'e's flying to the moon is more expensive, three hundred taels a pot."
"How expensive is yours? It's half the price," Wu Wulang asked, "Can you really sell it at this price?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "These two potted flowers are very hard to come by. Brother Wu just yelled at the high price, and finally asked them to cut the price down. In short, it can't be less than this price."
The two people who are very good at reading said so, Zhou Wulang also felt a little more confident, nodded and said: "Okay, then I will try it tomorrow, by the way, I just came back and heard from Liu Gui that you were talking to me on the street this morning. Did someone quarrel?"
Man Bao and Bai Shan lowered their heads together, Bai Erlang looked left and right, tiptoed to slip away, Wu Wulang grabbed him by the back collar, "Tell me what's going on first, who did you quarrel with?"
It's true that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.
The three of them, especially Man Bao sighed sadly, and described what happened this morning in detail.
Zhou Wulang was stunned and asked, "Is that the daughter of a senior official?"
Man Bao nodded.
Wu Wulang frowned, and said disgustedly: "They are all high-ranking officials, don't their families teach their children to read and reason? There are people blocking the street, even those who have never read know that they can't do it."
Man Bao nodded again and again, and responded in a low voice: "I also think they are very rude, so I can't help but retort."
"Good answer," Wu Wulang said: "As long as you don't take the initiative to provoke people, by the way, how big is their family?"
Man Bao: "Their father is Jing Zhaoyin."
Zhou Wulang asked: "What kind of official is Jing Zhaoyin?"
Man Bao said: "It's the officials in charge of the entire capital."
Wu Wulang was silent for a moment and then asked, "Isn't the emperor the emperor who is in charge of the capital?"
"No, the emperor is in charge of the entire Dajin, and the capital city is also in charge of an official just like other states and counties."
Wu Wulang asked: "What are the officials in the street..."
"It's all under his control," Man Bao said, "If you think about it carefully, it should be under his control."
Wu Wulang swallowed his saliva and said, "Why don't you go and admit your mistakes to others."
"Fifth brother, that's not what you said just now. When did you learn to be like fourth brother?"
"Isn't this like the fourth brother, you know that a good man doesn't suffer in front of his eyes? Aren't I afraid that you will be taken away by the yamen servants when you walk on the street?"
Bai Shan comforted him and said, "Brother Wu Wu, don't worry, their family doesn't have the guts yet. This is at the feet of the emperor, and we are not without support at all. Bai Er and I are students of the Imperial College. If we are arrested , it will definitely alarm us to sacrifice wine."
Bai Shan paused and said: "Our officials who sacrificed wine are older than Jing Zhaoyin, and there is also Master Wei."
Man Bao nodded, "Yes, we know Mr. Wei, and we exchanged letters two days ago. He won't let us be wronged."
The Master Wei they knew was in the duty room at this time, reading the impeachment papers sent up by the first pass.
Looking at him, he felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help frowning slightly.
Seeing Master Tang coming in from the outside, he stood up and said, "You came just in time, I have something to ask you."
Old Master Tang glanced at the hourglass and said, "Have you come down to the Yamen, have you been on duty for three days and aren't you tired?"
Tired is tired, but things have to be done.
Master Wei pulled Old Master Tang aside, and showed him the booklet, "What's going on? Why do I look like Zhou Man and the others?"
Old Master Tang flipped through the pages, nodded and said, "You read that right, it's Zhou Man and the others."
Mr. Wei was on duty in the palace all day today, so he didn't know, but Mr. Tang was outside, and he was the censor Zhongcheng who impeached all officials.
Coincidentally, this note was written by his subordinates.
Old Master Tang looked around and saw no one around, so he briefly told Master Wei what happened outside in a low voice, and said: "This is already old news. When I entered the palace, the outside Some people say that Zhou Man, Bai Shan, Bai Erlang, and the grandson of Liu Shangshu's family kidnapped Yin Yu together."
Master Wei raised his eyebrows, "Abducted?"
Old Master Tang nodded, "However, after the hijacking got into the carriage, the carriage headed all the way to the Yin's house, and when he reached the gate of the Yin's house, Yin got out of the carriage and was unscathed."
Master Wei breathed a sigh of relief, then stared at Old Master Tang and said, "You old bastard, what's the use of scaring me and you?"
"This is a rumor from outside, and I didn't make it up."
Master Wei pondered and said: "Since they have reconciled, it is better not to submit such a note, otherwise it will be discussed at the meeting, and the three children will appear in front of everyone."
Mr. Tang, however, had a different idea. He said, "To cover up, I'm talking about your behavior. Today's incident is not small, and our Yushitai didn't respond at all. What do you want to tell the world?"
"Is it because Yin Li and I colluded? Or are those three people with special identities?" Old Mr. Tang said, "The more you hide something, the easier it is to be discovered, so it's better to leak it without waiting for anyone to check it, and tell them plainly. Things are still in my hands.”
"How much are you going to leak?"
"I withheld a letter that specifically stated that Bai Shan is the son of the hero Bai Qi, and the rest will be sent up as usual. Impeachment is impeachment, scolding should be scolded, don't worry, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang came because of the hero's subsequent kindness. Guozijian, Zhou Man is their senior sister, knowing this, who really cares who their parents and clansmen are? Isn't Yin Li better than them?"
In judging the case, in terms of grasping people's hearts, Mr. Wei is indeed inferior to Mr. Tang, so he hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
Old Master Tang lowered his voice and said: "Time is fate, and this is their luck. Before their identities are fully exposed, they should accumulate some reputation first. When things happen, they will be famous and protect them. It is better than being thrown away in white clothes." Is it better to block the sword in front?"
Master Wei nodded after a pause, turned his head to look at Old Master Tang for a while, and then nodded slightly.
Old Master Tang had a smile on his face, but he cursed secretly in his heart, if you hadn't impulsively missed Bai Shan's background, would he need to give his son the trouble of planning these things
It's just three children, it's impossible to really watch them die, right