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Chapter 845 Timber
The fishing net was cut off, and it was temporarily impossible to catch fish. In addition, Wang Gulin’s men dragged hundreds of rafts to muddy the water surface. According to the fishmonger’s past experience, this piece of fish today saw such a big movement. Coming here, the nearby fishmongers and fishermen have all returned home early, waiting to borrow fishing boats and nets to run back and forth, even if it is dark.

Ning Deyin heard that it was not good to keep Chen Xin, so he asked them to go back first, and wait until the fishmonger had a clue.

Luyao saw Wang Gulin's men push the raft ashore in a big way, and asked Ning Deyin in puzzlement, "Master Wang, what do you need so much wood for?"

"I heard that he is planning to renovate the mansion recently, and I think it will be used here."

Luyao was slightly surprised: "Master Wang's mansion was newly built the year before last, and now it is going to be repaired. It must be more luxurious than the imperial palace now."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Hearing Ning Deyin's scolding, Luyao quickly lowered his head, but Chen Xin smiled mockingly: "Miss Luyao is right, Mr. Ning is seriously ill and dying in bed, and he is unwilling to violate the etiquette to ask the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment, but a prime minister is so extravagant .”

Ning Deyin just sighed softly: "Lord Wang, after going through two dynasties, he has made great contributions, which the Ning family can't compare to."

Even if he knew that Wang Gulin was corrupt and perverted the law again and again, so what if he enriched his own pockets, the emperor would not do anything to him because of his old love and his achievements.

Li Xiruo looked at the people who brought the rafts ashore in the distance and said: "I heard that the late emperor cut down the mountains and forests around the capital because of successive years of conscripts, so the supply of wood is all provided by Qinlong and Longzhou. Because it is used by the royal family, private individuals are not allowed to cut it at will, and I don’t know where Wang Gulin got so much wood.”

Chen Xin immediately realized that if these timbers came from the Qinlong area, Wang Gulin would have to suffer. He quickly stepped forward and asked the wood mover: "Which timber merchant here actually took so much wood?" Timber, I want to discuss with your shopkeeper, buy some wood and go back."

The man untied the rope that tied the raft and said impatiently: "These are all for Mr. Wang, not for sale."

Chen Xin pretended to be surprised: "Wang Xiang's, it must be high-quality wood, and I don't know where it was shipped from."

"I'm just a log mover. I didn't know that I should be from Jingzhou, which is close to us."

Chen Xin smiled, "The trees and plants in Jingzhou have been cut down a long time ago, so where are these?"

Before, the leader on the raft was ordering people to be provocative, but when he turned his head, he saw Chen Xin sneaked in and was still inquiring for information, so he immediately shouted: "Where did you come from, a poor scholar, don't hurry up."

Chen Xin glanced at him, but he was not angry: "I heard that this is the wood Mr. Wang wanted. I thought it was indeed Mr. Wang, and he was able to pull so much good wood from the wasteland in Jingzhou."

Hearing this, the man drew out his knife cautiously: "What does this have to do with you? If you want to stand here again, I won't be polite."

Chen Xin smiled, turned around and walked back to Li Xiruo's side and whispered: "These people are all vague, I'm afraid the origin of the wood is not so simple."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Liu Yusheng running from a distance, and said to him, "Master He is sending people to look for you, brother Chen should go back quickly."

Ever since Chen Xin found the evidence about Xu Changze's corruption and fraud, He Wenzong liked to let him go to various celebrity banquets every three days, and would take him with him when he had time. Everyone in the capital now knows that He Wenzong intends to cultivate This move, as long as he is in high school this time, his future is boundless.

Li Xiruo said to Chen Dao: "I'll keep an eye on these timbers, you go first."

Chen Xin nodded, and hurried to the He Mansion, and saw Xu Enke, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, come out of He Wenzong's study. He had met Xu Enke at the banquet before, and immediately saluted Xu Enke. Xu Enke smiled, There is a bit of complacency in his expression.

Chen Xin was looking at his back and thinking, when He Wenzong's servants invited him in.As soon as Chen Xin stepped into He Wenzong's study, he saw He Wenzong threw a list on the table with a headache. Chen Xin looked forward and understood a little.

It said that Mo Anhua, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had a very close relationship with King Yu and had a very close personal relationship.

"Your Excellency, are you worried about Master Ning's condition?"

He Wenzong looked at Chen Dao: "You have been staying in Ning Mansion for the past few days, tell me the truth, Ning Shao has a slight chance of recovering."

"We found a way a few days ago, maybe it's worth..."

"Even the imperial physicians can't cure them, how can you cure the sick and save lives better than the imperial physicians?"

He Wenzong directly interrupted Chen Xin, seeing the anger on He Wenzong's face, Chen Xin asked cautiously: "Did something happen in the court?"

He Wenzong pointed to Mo Anhua's name: "Today, when King Yu went to play, Lord Ning has been ill for several days, and the servant of the door has been concurrently served by the officials below, which is always inappropriate. He sees that Ning Shao will not recover, so let Your Majesty do it as soon as possible." Choose other candidates, and Mo Anhua is one of them."

Although Ning Shao did not belong to He Wenzong's faction before, at least he would not collude with King Yu Wang Gulin, but Mo Anhua was different. There was another hand in the hall.

"So you want Master Xu to take this position?"

He Wenzong snorted coldly: "This Xu Enke is an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. He has been sitting on the mountain watching tigers fight for so many years, waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman. I don't know if he will be bitten by helping him to the top."

Chen Xin looked at He Wenzong and said, "Perhaps Mr. Ning can survive this time."

He Wenzong shook his head: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that his illness is so strange that the emperor sent people to investigate. If he didn't know that he was about to die, King Yu wouldn't dare to go to the hospital directly."

Chen Xin thought about the black carp, but he still didn't say it out loud. If it was just nonsense, it would hurt the relationship he had finally established with He Wenzong.

He Wenzong sighed and said: "If Wang Gulin can be caught at this juncture and make the emperor displease him, Mo Anhua will definitely not be able to sit in the position of servant."

Chen Xin just wanted to talk about the wood he found, but when he thought about the matter of Deng Wenyuan before, he suffered from being dumb because he didn't inquire clearly, so he never mentioned it, but said to He Wenzong: "The late student must pay attention to it, and he must not let it go. Wang Gulin succeeded."

He Wenzong didn't expect that Chen Xin could catch Wang Gulin's mistakes with a small move, he just asked him to pay attention to the palace examination and strive for the top three on the list.

When Chen Xin came out of He Mansion, he went to the tea house that he had agreed with Li Xiruo. Outside the window was the courtyard of Wang Mansion. He couldn't see the scenery inside. How much worse is the palace.

"Brother Li, you asked me to come here to see the Wang Mansion?"

Li Xiruo turned his face to the brilliance, closed his eyes and asked Chen Daodao: "Did you smell anything special?"

After being reminded by Li Xiruo, Chen Xin noticed a faint fragrance in the air: "It should be some kind of floral fragrance, is there anything special about it?"

Li Xiruo pointed to the back door of Wang Gulin's mansion and said, "It came from there."

Chen Xin looked down, and in the back alley, several servants of Wang's mansion were carrying something. The housekeeper repeatedly called out to be careful, but one of the servants was urged to be more nervous, and still fell a somersault while wearing a black mask. The cloth thing fell out.

The housekeeper's heart tightened, and he rushed forward to catch it with his body, so he didn't break the thing, but the thing showed its true appearance, Chen Xin took a closer look, and was quite shocked: "Purple gold peony."

Li Xiruo looked at him, but Chen Xin couldn't hide the surprise on his face: "This purple gold peony was born in the northwest. It is not afraid of dry land and severe cold. Even if the cold weather is not over now, it can bloom like a flower of spring dawn. The fragrance is particularly strong, when the imperial concubine heard that there was this rare flower in the northwest, she begged His Majesty for a long time to get ten flowers, now..."

Under this black cloth, I'm afraid it can fill the garden.

Purple gold peonies are not particularly valuable, but they are very easy to wither in water transportation, so they need to be roasted continuously to keep them in full bloom, and they must be nourished with specially prepared potions, so that they are carefully guarded, and they are transported to the capital. The cost has long been higher than the value of Zijin Peony itself.

Chen Xin felt it was ridiculous: "Master Wang is planning to use these flowers to curry favor with the imperial concubine?"

"His grandson-in-law is King Yu. King Yu's mother concubine Concubine Rong has been at odds with the concubine for a long time. Wang Gulin will definitely not slap his in-laws in the face to please the concubine, but I heard that the wife of his mansion is also with the concubine. I also love peony very much."

Chen Xin looked at the servants coming and going with a serious expression: "If the noble concubine finds out about this, I'm afraid she will be furious. A prime minister's wife actually gets something more noble than her."

Li Xiruo looked at Chen Xin and smiled, Chen Xin understood: "You want me to release the news so that the noble concubine can attack him."

"Not only that, you just said that the Zijin peony is only found in the northwest, that is, in the Qinlong area. The Zijin peony just arrived today, and it happens that Wang Gulin's wood also arrived. If it is said that his wood came from Jingzhou, it is really shocking." It's unbelievable."

Chen Xin's expression turned cold: "Your Majesty Wang is really courageous. My wife has the dignity of a noble concubine, and the wood for my house is cut for the royal family, but I really don't treat myself as an outsider."

Chen Xin poured a cup of tea, but said with some hesitation: "It's okay to say about the peonies, but the wood, firstly, just a few peonies can't prove that the wood also comes from Qinlong and Longzhou, and secondly, even if it is really from the Coming from these two places, I am afraid that the emperor will not say much if he cares about friendship."

"Your majesty must be thinking about it in private. Sparing Wang Gulin this time will allow him to accept his love and gain his loyalty. But if we make a big fuss, let the world know that Wang's mansion is just a small palace. Even if the emperor cares about the elders of Wang Gulin's two dynasties, he must first protect the face of the royal family."

(End of this chapter)