Xing'an Bo Mansion.

"Where is that evil son?"

Xu Mengmeng looked at Xu Mao with a little nervous look.

Xu Mao handed a letter uneasy: "Master, this is left by the young master."

After hearing this, Xu Mengchong's expression changed drastically. He quickly snatched it over and opened it and looked at it. He saw that the old face slowly turned gray. Before he finished reading it, he excitedly tore the letter to pieces and said, "This brat, do you have to piss me off before you can stop?"

Xu Mao hurriedly comforted him: "Master, don't worry. Didn't the young master say that in the letter? He went with King Lu, so there should be no danger."

Xu Mengchong said depressedly: "Who is worried about whether he is in danger? Don't you know? Now Guo Dan has offended all the officials and scholars in the world, not to mention our families, even those businessmen dare not go with Guo Dan. That bastard is just coming up with him. If you are not careful, you may compensate me, Xu's family."

Xu Mao frowned and said, "Do you want to send someone to chase him now?"

Xu Mengchong gasped and said, "If you send someone to chase him, wouldn't you tell everyone that the brat will go with you? I haven't heard that Lu Wang will go with Guo Dan. It seems that not many people know that they have gone."

As he said that, he sat down again and said, "It must be the profiteering businessman Guo Dan who interfered with him. No matter what bad things he did, he would take me. He was taking revenge on his first recommendation to His Majesty. Yes, I wanted to borrow his talents so that His Majesty would no longer borrow silver from Taipu Temple, but he did not lose anything, but made more money. He also took revenge on me. Unexpectedly, he still refused to let me go."

At this time, Xu Mengchong was like a resentful woman, chatting endlessly.

Xu Mao said: "Master, it's too late to say this now. Why don't you think of a way to put our Xu family out of trouble?"

Xu Mengchong said: "If there is a way, will I wait until now? Guo Dan is very sinister, and he colluded with His Majesty. I am not their opponent."

Xu Mao hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, why not get the eldest lady back? At least there is someone to discuss it."

Xu Mengchong was even more furious when he heard this: "Don't mention the unfilial daughter to me in the future. Since she returned to the capital, I have asked you to find her several times, but how she said it, you know best. I haven't done much enough. Humph, I just pretend that I have never given birth to this daughter, and this daughter cannot be passed on to the family line anyway."

It is not unreasonable for Xu Mengchong to be so anxious, because this matter is about to evolve into a zero-sum game.

Before Guo Dan left, Wanli told him not to make too much trouble and to forgive others. This is actually just to show confidence in him, because it is not Guo Dan's final say. No matter whether he is tormenting or not, the other party has to torment him hard.

Although the children of merchants in the Ming Dynasty could participate in the imperial examination and their status was improved, the children of merchants were just scholars, not businessmen.

The imperial examination is the basis of the official position and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

A businessman suddenly takes over a mansion, which is undoubtedly an impact on the official position, and naturally it will harm the interests of scholars all over the world. Not to mention a year or a day, this gap cannot be opened.

Don’t underestimate the scholars of the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhang Juzheng closed the academy and did not allow scholars to discuss current affairs, this trend has already formed, which has led to scholars of the Ming Dynasty who like to gather together. This trend has never stopped. Especially after Zhang Juzheng’s death, they gathered together in the name of developing various societies to discuss current affairs and criticize the court.

This is also why the Ming Dynasty officials dared to contradict the emperor. Even if they were resigned and returned to their hometown, scholars would support him. As long as they were famous, they would not have to worry about losing money.

When Guo Dan's team was in the capital, the situation was quite good. After all, it was under the feet of the emperor. There were only occasionally some scholars standing on the side of the road and sarcasm.

However, Henan Road is just below the capital, and the capital is next to each other. When the capital is out, it is Changde Mansion in Henan. If Zhangde Mansion goes down, it is Weihui Mansion.

But as soon as I arrived at the border of Zhangde Prefecture, the situation immediately became very bad.

It was a group of scholars who were blocking the road and cursing.

Although they would not scold "bride my mother" or "silly", they would also be very ugly. Anyway, they would be even worse than eunuchs.

Having said that, Guo Dan is indeed not as good as eunuchs. After all, the eunuchs still have official positions and ranks. However, Guo Dan is not an official, and he is still a son-in-law. He has power and namelessness. It is natural for scholars to scold businessmen. No one is afraid of them, and there are many people who come to scold them.

Of course, this is driven by public opinion.

Not only did Zhangde Mansion not send anyone to pick him up, he didn't care at all and let them scold him, but he had never seen the local official officer.

Although Guo Dan's guards were Wanli's personal army and they could not stop them from rushing over, Guo Dan did not choose to do so. Anyway, when he encountered many scholars in front of him, he would take a detour.

It has been several days since I left the capital, but Guo Dan's convoy was still roaming the border of Zhangde Prefecture.

It's very bitter.

The chief guard couldn't stand it anymore. You are too bullying. You really think that the knife in our hands is made of paper, and we all have a "killing license". He once suggested that Guo Dan rush over and forget about it. The more you retreat, the more they scream. If you attack him for a few waves, they will not dare to be so arrogant anymore.

But Guo Dan always chose to avoid it.

"Person Guo, there is another scholar blocking the way in front of you."

The escort came to the carriage and reported.

I heard someone in the car say, "Didn't I say that if a scholar blocks the road, then take a detour."

The chief guard said, "But if you go around again, you will enter Shanxi."

The person in the car said, "Can't you go in?"

"That's not, we have your Majesty's handwriting, you can go wherever you want."

"Then let's go around Shanxi."

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There is no way, the team can only go around Shanxi

The west of Zhangde Mansion is Shanxi, and the east is Daming Mansion. This Daming Mansion is a brilliant mansion, has a profound cultural heritage, and the city is also very prosperous and lively.

On this day, a group of passers-by came from Daming Prefecture City. Three young people were walking in front of them. The largest one was in their early twenties. Each of them had a folding fan and walked side by side, with a coquettish pussy.

I saw the folding fan in the middle of the person with four big words written on it, "I feel so tired"!

On the paper fans of the left and right digits is an indescribable painting.

These three are Guo Dan, Zhu Yiliu and Xu Jirong.

It turned out that Guo Dan did not follow the convoy. At this time, the person sitting in the car was the little Chenchen who was walking in the car. As soon as he left the capital, Guo Dan secretly disguised himself, and then took Yang Feixu to find Xu Jirong and Zhu Yiliu. The few of them were walking along the water and went down the river. They had just gotten ashore today.

"Heyi Tower?"

When he arrived in front of a building, Guo Dan stopped and said to the two idiots: "Or what if you want to have a meal here."

Zhu Yiliu glared at Guo Dan with his eyes bulging and said, "What a fuck, hurry up and find a place to fight for the landlords. I want to make a comeback."

It happened that a middle-aged man with a big belly and a big belly appeared in the building, with a fat head and big ears, a red face, and two strong idle men following him. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Yiliu, walked over, pointed at Zhu Yiliu and said, "What did you say just now?"

Zhu Yili glanced at the middle-aged uncle and wondered: "What did I say have to do with you?"

Guo Dan was also confused.

The middle-aged man said, "Did you just say you want to fight against the Landlord?"

"So what?" Zhu Yiliu said.

The middle-aged man snorted, "I am a landlord. Go and inquire about the old Huang family in Tiekou Village, Daming Prefecture."

It turns out that this is the case. Guo Dan was so amused and crying that he suddenly remembered that this was a landlord era and he really couldn't fight. Just when he was about to explain, Zhu Yiliu said angrily: "What kind of landlord are you? Do you have Red Heart 3?"

Xu Jirong immediately shouted, "Brother said, you can't call the landlord without Red Heart 3."

"Red Heart Mountain?"

The middle-aged man wondered.

Guo Dan immediately burst into a cold sweat and quickly explained: "This uncle, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, we are talking about the landlords who grow beans." He glared at Xu Jirong and Zhu Yili at the same time.

"It turned out to be a landlord who grows beans."

The middle-aged man suddenly realized and asked again: "What is Red Heart Mountain?"

Why don’t you have so many? Guo Dan was also drunk and said perfunctorily: “We are talking about a game, which means who can grab this Red Heart Mountain and who is proud of the local owner.”

"So that's the case."

The middle-aged man suddenly burped, glanced at them, and then left staggeringly.

Guo Dan looked at Zhu Yiliu and Xu Jirong again and said, "Do you understand low-key?"

Zhu Yiliu said excitedly: "It was him who came to cause trouble for me, but I was not asking for trouble for him. If he had to beat him up and search for teeth on the ground, I would have been very low-key."

Guo Dan rolled her eyes and said, "Okay, okay, I won't talk about it anymore. Have a meal first, and then discuss what to do after the meal."

Zhu Yili said arrogantly: "I don't even eat here."

Guo Dan asked, "Where are you going to eat? Do you have a familiar restaurant here?"

"Of course it's a brothel." Zhu Yili looked at Xu Jirong again and said, "Brother Rong, do you think so?"

Xu Jirong shook his head and said, "I just got rid of the concubines at home. You asked me to go to the brothel again. If you don't go, don't go, I want to be with the man now. I think I'll eat here."

“Two to one.”

Guo Dan was too lazy to talk nonsense to Zhu Yili, so she walked in and took these two idiots to the brothel. It would be a miracle if she didn't mess with her.

"What two to one, and Xiaofei."

Zhu Yili turned around and looked at Yang Feixu, who was dressed as a man, but his two cold gazes almost made him impotence, so he quickly followed in.

Now that the meal has just passed, there are not many people in this restaurant.

Soon, a bartender came over.

Without saying a word, Guo Dan threw a ingot of silver to him, "Give us a private room."

The bartender took the silver and immediately looked flattering and enthusiastically invited them to a private room upstairs.

"A few distinguished guests are from Beijing."

The bartender smiled flatteringly.

"A native of Tongzhou, I'm going to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to do some business."

Guo Dan asked again: "By the way, from here to Kaifeng Prefecture, where is the closest way?"

The bartender heard that they were businessmen, and his face was much more relaxed, and said, "If you want to talk about the nearest road, of course, you can go southwest. You can reach Kaifeng Mansion through Zhangde Mansion and Weihui Mansion. But I advise you not to go there and take a little road south, but it is not much farther away."

Guo Dan said curiously: "Why do you need to take a detour?"

The bartender immediately said: "The Weihui Mansion is now in turmoil and chaotic, but it is not safe. Many businessmen are heading south to Kaifeng."

Guo Dan was even more curious: "It's a peaceful and prosperous era now, why is the Weihui Mansion in chaos?"

The bartender glanced left and right outside the door, then closed the door and said, "The three are from Tongzhou. You should know that the emperor chose to build the Luwang Mansion in Weihui Mansion."

Zhu Yili glanced at him with a slanted look and said, "So what if you know?"

Guo Dan hurriedly stopped Zhu Yiliu and smiled and said, "Of course I know this, but I don't know what the connection is?"

The bartender said, "The three don't know that the Lu Wang Mansion is really harmful. They have been built for three years and have not yet been completed. During these three years, the officials used the name of the Lu Wang Mansion to ask for money everywhere. Not to mention the Weihui Mansion, even our Daming Mansion and Hejian Mansion have taken a lot of money to go, but our restaurants have been asked for a lot of money.

The Weihui Mansion was even more miserable. In recent years, the crops were already poor every year, and the people had no spare grain after paying the tax. However, those officials tried every means to increase the tax. If they could not pay the tax, they were taken to the Luwang Mansion for labor. Many people were exhausted. Recently, the magistrates of Xinxiang County were forced to hang themselves."

Speaking of this, he whispered: "I heard that during the Chinese New Year this year, what were the people of Weihui Mansion praying?"

Guo Dan hurriedly asked, "What are you praying for?"

"They are all praying that King Lu will die sooner. If King Lu dies, then the Lu Wang Mansion will not need to be built."

Bang!

Zhu Yili slapped the table, stood up and came to: "What did you say?"

The bartender was shocked.

"It's really outrageous. Then King Lu deserves to die!"

Guo Dan also slapped the table and angrily scolded.

"Ouch!"

The bartender hurriedly said, "You should keep your mouth shut, don't let the spies from the East Factory give them to you."

But when Guo Dan heard that scolding like this, he felt relieved.

Zhu Yili glared at Guo Dan with anger, then sat down and gasped.

Xu Jirong looked at Zhu Yili with wide eyes.

Zhu Yili couldn't hold back his face and whispered: "What do you think I'm doing?"

Xu Jirong smiled and said, "Brother, don't be angry, I just think that praying to the people of Weihui Mansion is useless."

Zhu Yili almost cried when he heard this.

Guo Dan continued to ask, "The magistrate has hanged himself, does the court care?"

The bartender snorted softly, "If you know that this is the result, the court might as well ignore it."

Guo Dan said curiously: "How do you say this?"

The bartender said, "It's not that the court didn't care, but I heard that a businessman was sent to take over Weihui's mansion."

"The businessman is here to take care of it?"

Guo Dan said in surprise: "This is really strange."

The bartender said: "What's so strange about this? It must be that the court wants to shelter King Lu and dare not send officials to investigate the case, so he sent a businessman to continue making money. I heard that the businessman is still a slut, so he knows that it is very treacherous. Now, let alone Weihui Mansion, even Zhangde Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion have started to make trouble. Many knowledgeable people have submitted a report to the court to take back the imperial court."

It seems that their public opinion propaganda is done very well. Guo Dan nodded.

Zhu Yili immediately said: "You are right, Yaren deserves to die."

Guo Dan smiled and said, "Everyone deserves to die, all deserves to die."

Xu Jirong said, "If this official doesn't manage it well, sending a businessman might have a miraculous effect."

The bartender hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I don't have any objections to the merchants. Many of the people who come to our place for dinner are merchants. But the local officials are not wrong. They have no choice. They are all done by the Lu Wang Mansion. Now that the mansion has just been built, it has already caused trouble for the people of Weihui Mansion. When the Lu Wang comes, we will all have to suffer. This is not the first time. As long as a vassal king comes from Henan, the people of our Daming Mansion will be skinned."

Zhu Yili shouted: "You are so naughty, but you can't serve food or eat it. We'll eat somewhere else."

"Sorry, sorry, the villain is too talkative."

The bartender shivered in fear.

"It's okay, it's okay. He's just hungry."

Guo Dan took out another ingot of broken silver and smiled and said, "Please trouble you."
Chapter completed!