Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 454 Differential Treatment (asking for monthly ticket)

Qin Yun gave gifts to the Zhang family.

When Zhang Luan returned home, he saw large and small boxes of things placed in the yard, and Qin Yun was still waiting in the main hall.

"Captain Qin, what are you doing?"

Zhang Luan walked into the room and looked around but didn't see his youngest son, so he had to come forward to receive Qin Yun himself.

Qin Yun smiled and said, "You have been kind to my uncle before, so my uncle sent me to bring you some gifts. I hope you don't mind."

"Eunuch Tan?"

Zhang Luan frowned and asked in confusion: "I was just about to go with him to investigate the case, why did he..."

Qin Yun was silent, thinking, perhaps if His Majesty had not arranged for you and my uncle to go together to inquire about Li Wenxiang's case, he would not have given you such a generous gift!
Zhang Luan said, "Oh, by the way, His Majesty also asked me to investigate Liang Fang's case... Has Liang Fang been sent to the capital? Is he also being held in the imperial prison?"

"what!?"

Qin Yun was surprised at first, then shook his head, "I haven't heard of this yet."

"Oh."

Zhang Luan nodded with relief.

Qin Yun suppressed the shock in his heart and asked, "I wonder how Lord Zhang will intervene in Eunuch Liang's case?"

Zhang Luan twirled his beard lightly, thinking, "Maybe I just want to ask who in the court is connected to him, and why he has the courage to plot against the royal family... Captain Qin, are you responsible for this?"

"Eunuch Tan hasn't given any orders yet... We don't know who will help investigate the case."

Tan Yun said quickly.

"Hey, isn't Tan Chang your uncle?"

Zhang Luan was a little confused. "You call him Eunuch Tan. Isn't that a bit too strange?"

"Nothing... nothing... I'm used to calling you that... and it's better to call you by your job title when you're working..."

Qin Yun finished his explanation reluctantly and couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly.

I was thinking to myself, you don’t know, it was not easy for me to see my uncle in the past.

Now, it’s only because of the influence of your maternal relatives, the Zhang family, that he regards me as a talent... Well, it seems that I have to get closer to your family in the future. Look, even my uncle has come to curry favor with you!

Zhang Luan said, "My son... I mean, where is Yanling, Captain Qin, do you know?"

"The Second Young Master must be busy with something important... If you want to find him, it would be better to ask your family." Qin Yun explained patiently, "I didn't see him after I came here."

"Go, go, go."

Zhang Luan nodded and said, "Just leave the things there for now. I'll ask Yanling and then decide whether to accept them or not... You can go and do your thing."

"I'll take my leave first."

Qin Yun walked out with a humble and respectful look, as if Zhang Luan in front of him was his uncle or even his biological father.

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Zhang Luan asked someone to temporarily put away the gifts sent by Qin Chang.

Then he went to look for his son in person, but met Zhang Yanling who was busy doing experiments in a private house not far from his home.

"Dad? What are you doing here?"

Zhang Yanling quickly put down the test tube in his hand and walked out of the room.

Zhang Luan looked inside and thought of the experiment he had seen his son do before. A bunch of unknown things were mixed together, and the liquid inside was bubbling. Sometimes there were even rapid changes in color. In the end, the liquid even turned into a solid. There were all kinds of magical phenomena, and there were countless of them...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a palpitation in his heart and quickly retracted his head.

"Isn't this your brother-in-law who asked me to look into the Liang Fang case? I have to ask for your opinion first to avoid making mistakes..." Zhang Luan introduced the situation, then looked at his son expectantly and urged, "Give me some advice quickly."

Zhang Yanling smiled faintly and shook his head, saying, "A eunuch like Liang Fang is nothing once he loses the emperor's protection. At this time, his status is even lower than that of Li Hua and Ni Yue who are in prison."

Zhang Luan asked curiously, "Is there any explanation for this?"

"One is a family servant, and the other is a farmhand or craftsman hired by the master. What do you think?" Zhang Yanling said.

"Oh."

Zhang Luan nodded and said, "One is to work for the royal family, and the other is to work for the imperial court... It makes sense! Now I can't figure it out, am I working for the royal family or the imperial court? Am I a family servant, or a farmhand or a craftsman?"

Zhang Yanling rolled his eyes at him and pouted, "Dad, you really have the leisure time to think about this kind of thing?"

"hey-hey."

Zhang Luan smiled and said, "You mean, I don't need to care about Liang Fang, and let Qin Chang do whatever he wants? However, I feel that your brother-in-law wants to get some information from Liang Fang to punish some people... What do you think?"

Zhang Yanling said, "Dad, you have to stay away from interrogating eunuchs. Don't get involved. Let Qin Chang decide the situation. You can't handle it well."

"Don't I have your help? Even if I can't do it well, you should be fine, right?" Zhang Luan said.

"No."

Zhang Yanling shook his head decisively, "I'm not sure either... Logically speaking, given the severity of Liang Fang's plot to depose the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince should have chopped him into pieces after ascending the throne... But because he was working for the late Emperor, given the character of your Majesty, it's unlikely that he would be killed... How do you think we should judge a man like him?"

"do not kill?"

Zhang Luan seemed very confused.

Even if he didn't annihilate the nine clans, why didn't he even kill people?

"Yes, basically they won't kill."

Zhang Yanling said firmly, "This is due to the prince's temperament... He will pardon basically anything that can be forgiven. And Liang Fang had always obeyed the late emperor and acted almost according to his wishes. In the eyes of the prince who values ​​loyalty and filial piety, punishing the eunuchs favored by the late emperor is equivalent to his betrayal of the late emperor... The prince is unlikely to seek a reputation for being unfilial."

Zhang Luan shook his head and said, "You are totally wrong... Killing a traitor, what's the point of talking about filial piety or unfilial piety?
"Besides, Deng Chang'en, Zhao Yuzhi and others were still favored by the late emperor, but now they are also imprisoned. I heard that they will be sentenced to death! Oh, by the way, there is also Monk Jixiao... Many people have suffered! I think your brother-in-law is quite decisive in doing things."

"Haha." Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "That's because you, father, don't have much contact with His Majesty and don't understand his personality. Do you think he is the kind of person who is decisive in killing people?"

"This……"

Zhang Luan felt it was unreal when he thought about how friendly his son-in-law was to him.

Thinking about his son's words again, he finally realized that his son was not lying to him.

"Okay, Dad, go do your work first. Once you've met the person and found out something, we can analyze the specific issues." Zhang Yanling said, "My experiment has reached a critical stage, so please don't come and disturb me... I'm still waiting to earn some pocket money for my sister and brother-in-law."

"Hey, your brother-in-law is the emperor, and your sister will soon be the empress. Do you really need to make money? Don't worry about it! Even if you make as much money as the Huizhou merchants, it will not be of any substantial help to the Ming Dynasty court... Your father really doesn't want to discourage you. The income of a country is far from comparable to that of a mere merchant. You must face the reality, son!"

Zhang Luan now adopted a sophisticated tone, speaking as if he had a lot of life experience.

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Inside an official residence in the city.

Liang Fang and Wei Xing were held in solitary confinement. They were both grief-stricken and knew that their time was up. They each pondered how to save their lives.

On the afternoon of the day they arrived in Beijing, near sunset, Zhang Luan and Qin Chang came to this place.

"Mr. Zhang, these are just a small token of our appreciation. I hope you don't mind."

Qin Chang smiled flatteringly and said, "Thanks to your kind words in front of the Empress Dowager and His Majesty, and in front of the late Emperor... this is how I can continue to work for the court and be loyal to His Majesty."

Zhang Luan thought to himself, I helped you back then, why do you only remember to give me a gift now?
But thinking about it again, it seems that the time interval was not that long. Before that, everyone was busy arranging the funeral of the deceased emperor and selecting a mausoleum, so they probably didn't take care of these things.

Zhang Luan said, "I really don't deserve it! How many people in the court can be as mature and steady as Eunuch Tan? How can you have such a deep network and ability during the transition period? In fact, I should be the one giving you the gift. Thank you for your care before... I will have someone send the gift back to you."

"Don't."

Qin Chang hurriedly stopped him, "If you retreat, I will be too embarrassed to raise my head in front of you in the future."

"Eunuch Tan, you too... Alas!"

"Mr. Zhang, just accept it. It's just a personal gift. Our family has absolutely no other intentions, and others will not say anything casually."

Qin Chang was afraid that Zhang Luan was too upright and would not even dare to accept any personal gifts, so he felt uneasy.

Zhang Luan sighed, "Then I will be disrespectful to refuse... In the future, if you have any problems, just tell me. I will definitely serve you if I can do it."

"Okay, okay. From now on, I won't be polite to you."

Qin Chang thought to himself, this is exactly what I want you to say.

I'm going to work with you right now, and if you don't cause me any trouble, that will be the greatest reward you can give me.

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The two men entered the official residence and talked there.

The factory guards who were watching this scene nearby thought that the two big men were discussing something important, but they didn't know that they were just arguing over a small matter of gift-giving, and the final result was that you gave it to me and I had no choice but to agree to accept it, and they lived in peace with each other.

"how's it going?"

Qin Chang walked into the main room and wanted to call the Northern Pacification Commissioner to ask about the situation, but he saw that the person who came out was Zhu Ji, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and he couldn't help but feel curious.

Zhu Ji hurried forward to greet them: "Greetings to Eunuch Tan, and to Minister Zhang."

Zhang Luan stretched out his hand to gesture, meaning, Eunuch Qin, you have more experience, so you go ahead and speak.

Qin Chang nodded slightly, then walked forward slowly and asked, "How is it? Did you ask any questions in advance?"

"not yet."

Zhu Ji said cautiously, "Because I don't know what to ask, and to what extent... Previously, I just sent someone to keep an eye on him to prevent him from doing anything wrong."

Zhang Luan asked with a smile: "How bad can it be? Are you afraid that they will commit suicide?"

Zhu Ji said: "What Minister Zhang said is absolutely right. He is afraid that they will commit suicide out of fear of crime... It is also possible that they are afraid of implicating other accomplices, so they simply sacrifice themselves for their families and let those who are under his protection protect their families."

"Serious words, serious words."

Zhang Luan quickly waved his hands and looked at Qin Chang apologetically.

Qin Chang said, "How about this, you arrange it first and ask Wei Xing to come over to meet us. Actually, seriously speaking, my family and Wei Xing used to have some friendship, and I really can't bear to see him fall into such a situation."

"Yes."

Zhu Ji then went to make arrangements.

When Zhu Ji personally went to bring people over, Qin Chang did not forget to ask: "Mr. Zhang, you see, this Wei Xing is also a heinous crime, should he be tortured?"

"No matter how serious the crime is, I am still following orders."

Zhang Luan said, "Besides, no matter what, his crime doesn't deserve death, right?"

“Does sin not lead to death?”

Qin Chang seemed to understand something and smiled, "You are really magnanimous. They have hurt you before."

"It's fine with me. They can do whatever they want to me, but they shouldn't do anything to the Crown Prince... His Majesty... "

Zhang Luan kept in mind what his son said and tried to be as tolerant as possible towards Liang Fang and Wei Xing, instead of acting like a nagging woman and thinking about how to take revenge right away.

After hearing what Zhang Luan said, Qin Chang immediately felt that Zhang Luan was tolerant and open-minded. He smiled and said, "You are truly a man of high moral character. But I still have to ask, why do they dare to use conspiracy and trickery against the Eastern Palace so frequently? Such treason!"

Zhang Luan asked hopefully, "Can they tell the truth?"

Qin Chang smiled and said, "In order to protect themselves, they may push the responsibility onto others. It depends on what they say. These two guys have followers all over the government and the country, so don't expect to get any results in a short time... Take your time, the truth will come out one day!"

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