Chapter sixty-ninth
Shangguan Qing didn't know how to explain to Shangguan Xun, and looked at Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng pondered and said, "I will know if you can come out in the next few days. If you have anything to say as soon as possible, I'll wait for you outside."
Shangguan Lie clasped his fists at Zhou Zhengyi and said in a serious manner: "Young Master Zhou, we will be a family in the future. If you have any questions, just give me instructions, and the family will not speak two families!"
Zhou Zheng was about to leave, but he couldn't help but twitch when he heard this. Shangguan Lie really couldn't speak.
Sure enough, Shangguan Xun suddenly stared at Zhou Zheng with wide eyes, then turned to Shangguan Qing, and said anxiously: "Qing'er, have you committed to him? Dad told you that this person is not a good person at first sight, so you must not be fooled..."
Zhou Zheng twitched again. It would be fine if Shangguan Lie can't speak, but I can't either.
After all, he was also a handsome young man, so why did he have a bad head?
Zhou Zheng was too lazy to pay attention to the family and walked out quickly. He had something else to do here.
Shangguan Qing looked at his father's anxious expression and just said softly: "I'll be out after a few more days."
Shangguan Xun watched Zhou Zheng leave, but he was still uneasy and advised with great sincerity: "Qing'er, I heard from my father that none of these officials are good things. Whether it is the eunuch party or the Donglin party, you stay away from them, they eat people and don't spit bones..."
Shangguan Lie couldn't help it at this moment and leaned closer and whispered: "Dad, this is true. Eunuch Li was arrested by Mr. Zhou."
Shangguan Xun was stunned, then suddenly looked up, looked surprised, and forced himself to suppress his voice, saying, "What did you say, Li Shi, have you been jailed?"
Shangguan Xun had dealt with Li Shi. This man was greedy, fierce, vicious and profound in background. He was an internal surveillance himself. Who could arrest him?
Shangguan Lie glanced around and whispered more and more: "Anyway, you have been arrested. Dad, you will be removed from the list of anti-party cases and will be able to leave this ghost place immediately."
Shangguan Xun knew that this son was unreliable, and he looked up at Shangguan Qing with disbelief.
Shangguan Qing nodded softly and said, "Dad, we are here to tell you about this, and the rest will be waiting for you to come out to say."
Shangguan Xun knew this daughter, and at this point he meant leaving, and hurriedly said, "Qing'er, you must be careful, don't trust them easily, hide, don't be found by them... By the way, who is that Zhou?"
Shangguan Lie leaned against the iron gate and whispered: "It's the Qingliu family, who has just entered the officialdom and is from Jiangyou."
Jiangyou, that is, Jiangxi.
Shangguan Xun frowned immediately, Qingliu family? Is the Donglin Party? The Donglin Party has been destroyed. Where can we get such great energy to save him from the eunuch party? Has he defected to the eunuch party?
Shangguan Xun's expression changed and his eyes flashed. He hated the eunuch very much. This time he was almost killed by Li Shi, so he naturally hated him even more.
He looked up at Shangguan Qing and said very seriously: "Qing'er, you have always been cautious and have a very accurate view of others. You can trust you for your father. You must take good care of your brother. Our Shangguan family is the only one who can... "
Although Shangguan Xun was tactful, Shangguan Qing understood it, but her father still didn't believe in Zhou Zheng, so he tried to persuade her to leave quickly.
Shangguan Qing knew that it was difficult to explain for a while, and said, "We will pick you up in a few days, so be careful."
Shangguan Qing said, pulling Shangguan Lie over and dragging him away.
Shangguan Lie wanted to say something, looking at the prisoner next door with a burning look at them, and quickly closed his mouth.
Shangguan Xun wanted to say something, so he could only lie on the railing, looking at the backs of the two siblings, wanting to speak but stopping, and his expression was entangled.
On the other side, Zhou Zheng sat opposite Wei Xizhuang. Wei Xizhuang stepped on one leg on the bench, and there was no such thing as a regular person. He was holding a teacup in his hand and whispered: "Li Shi has explained a lot of things. You may not know that he has more than a dozen censors under his command and eliminates dissidents at any time. His friends are all over the palace. If he hadn't been careless, we might not have done anything to him..."
Wei Xizhuang had a look of fear on his face. Zhou Zheng nodded slightly and said, "Are you really sure to control him?" Zhou Zheng naturally wanted to control a puppet with a high power and influential in the eunuch party, but the risk was higher than the benefit, so he had to weigh it again and again.
Wei Xizhuang sneered and said, "Don't worry, I have some means. If I don't help, I can tell his life and death at Jiu Qiansui!"
Zhou Zheng looked at his confident expression and said slowly, "How to deal with Shangguan Xun's case?"
Shangguan Xun is related to the matter of Wen Gu, and Zhou Zheng needs to give Tianqi and the government a reasonable and safe explanation.
Wei Xizhuang took another sip of tea and said, "This matter is simple. Shangguan Xun is just a businessman. Inconspicuous, no one will care about him. I will ask Li Shi to pick him out. Then you will write a repetition book. The emperor and the cabinet will not care about it. It is just an explanation and a formality."
Zhou Zheng thought for a while and said, "Well, try to be as low-key as possible. That person hasn't been found yet, so I don't want to mess with another one."
Maybe big guys like Wei Zhongxian wouldn't care if they snatch a businessman from Li Shi, but if someone is interested in him, it would be a problem again.
Wei Xizhuang said clearly: "I know this and will try my best to do it calmly. Let's not talk about this for now. How are you preparing for my 50,000 taels?"
Zhou Zheng had naturally thought about it and said, "I have more than 10,000 yuan in my hand, which is from Huzhou. Chengjin should be able to get 10,000 taels. Tomorrow I will take someone to copy Li Zhong's shops, plus some of Li Shi's, and within three days, you should be able to get 30,000 taels. If you think of a solution, it's almost done."
Wei Xizhuang frowned and said, "Only get 30,000?"
Zhou Zheng said: "The key is that you are too anxious. Let me deal with Li Shi's assets for five or six days, or mortgage my Zhou Ji's business with other big merchants, and you can borrow it."
Wei Xizhuang understood and nodded, "Then let's get 30,000 first, get it as soon as possible."
Zhou Zheng looked at Wei Xizhuang's anxious expression and asked calmly: "You gave it to Jiuqiansui not long ago, and Li Shi also gave it to him. Jiuqiansui is so short of money?"
Wei Xizhuang waved his hand and said irritably: "It's not Nine Thousand Years, it's what the palace wants."
Zhou Zheng looked thoughtful, and there was definitely no shortage of money in the palace, so it was necessary to use it outside the palace.
Is it the civil unrest in Shaanxi? It is the Liao Dynasty? It is the flood of the Yellow River this year?
Before Zhou Zheng could stop thinking, an Jinyiwei hurried in and whispered in front of Wei Xizhuang: "Sir, Governor Tian is back."
Wei Xizhuang's face changed slightly, and she was about to sit up. Then she waved her hand indifferently and said, "Just say I understand."
"Yes." The guard left quickly.
Zhou Zheng looked at Wei Xizhuang Qiang's calm expression and understood who the person was.
Tian Ergeng, commander of the Jinyiwei. Tian Ergeng, the "Governor" is not the empty title of Wei Xizhuang, but the left governor. Strictly speaking, it is the highest official position of the Ming army!
Zhou Zheng knew about this person's reputation in later generations, but he didn't expect that Wei Xizhuang would be so afraid.
Chapter completed!