Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 74

Lu Fang was still very peaceful: "The sage said, what you know is what you know, what you don't know is what you don't know, that's knowing. I'm here today to ask you something you know. Answer me if you know, and say you don't know if you don't know."

Gao Hanwen had no choice but to answer: "My father-in-law, please."

Lu Fang: "Did you copy Shen Yishi's house?"

Gao Hanwen: "Back to Eunuch Lu, it was copied by criminals."

Lu Fang: "Apart from those weaving workshops, shops, a hundred bolts of silk, and 1 taels of silver, is there anything else, such as some writing?"

Of course there are written things, that is Shen Yishi's last words to Gao Hanwen that "Hou Feihou Wang Feiwang".

Lu Fang: "What about the account books? Shen Yishi has been operating silk for more than 20 years without a single account book?"

Gao Hanwen: "There should be an account book. But the criminals don't know if they were all burned in a big fire."

There were eight boxes of Shen Yishi's account books, four boxes fell into the hands of Zheng Michang, He Maocai, and Yang Jinshui face to face, and the other four boxes were secretly sent to the palace by Yang Jinshui. Yang Jinshui reported all these details to Lu Fang and the emperor. .Lu Fang also asked at this time, just because she was worried whether Shen Yishi had given Gao Hanwen other account books before his death, or showed Gao Hanwen.

Lu Fang looked into Gao Hanwen's eyes, trying to tell from his eyes whether he was telling the truth or lying.Gao Hanwen's words were true, and the eyes he was looking at Lu Fang at this time were naturally frank.

Lu Fang: "You met Shen Yishi the second day after you arrived in Hangzhou. Where did he go with you? Apart from looking at the silk with you, he didn't show you the account books?" His eyes fixed on Gao Hanwen's again.

Gao Hanwen suddenly woke up. Could it be that the weaving bureau and Yang Jinshui had been found out about the case in Zhejiang, which alarmed the palace man, who called the old ancestor and secretly called the "inner minister" Lu Gonggong, to come in person in the middle of the night!
He immediately thought of someone, the Hai Rui who had reminded him in the back hall of Hangzhou prefect's yamen the night before he sent off to the capital.He froze there, Lu Fangxu in front of him disappeared, and gradually turned into Hai Rui...

Lu Fang saw that his eyes were blank, and said immediately: "I came here to meet you today, in order to save you. If you have anything to say, say everything, and you will be fine."

Human illusions are born from the heart!Or God's will, what Lu Fang said at this time was five sentences, 27 characters in total, and what Hai Rui said to him that night was also five sentences, 27 characters. The voices of Zhang and Hai Rui speaking the same words naturally turned into Hai Rui's voice: "Then I can't see you off either. When you arrive in Beijing, don't say anything. Only by being silent can you get out of prison."

"Speak up. If you tell me, I will exonerate you." Lu Fang still urged in a leisurely manner.

The Hai Rui in front of Gao Hanwen's eyes disappeared, and the same Eunuch Lu was still sitting there.

He knew what to say, but at this moment, there was a loud voice outside the house!

It was Yun Niang who seemed to be breaking away from others and shouting loudly: "What can he know after he has only been in Zhejiang for more than a month? You let me go there, and I will talk to Eunuch Lu!"

At this time, Lu Fang, who had always been as gentle as the wind, also looked at the door, and then at Gao Hanwen.

Gao Hanwen slowly closed his eyes at this moment.

The eunuch's voice came from outside the door: "Where is it, do you understand the rules? I'll talk when I ask you. Go back!"

"Let her in." Lu Fang spoke.

"Yes!" The eunuch's voice changed immediately, "Go in."

The door was gently pushed open from the outside, and Lu Fang slowly looked in that direction.

Wearing a coarse cloth blouse, with neatly combed black hair, only a copper hairpin, and without any makeup on her face, Yunniang at this time has no trace of dust, and she does not look like a poor girl. , but faintly revealed the demeanor of a lady.

Lu Fang watched for a while, Yunniang stood at the door and lowered her eyes.

"Criminals avoid it first." Gao Hanwen didn't even look at Yunniang at this moment, he lowered his head and was about to walk out the door.

"No need." Lu Fang stopped him, and said to Yun Niang, "Come in."

Yun Niang walked in lightly and stopped on the other side of Lu Fang.

Lu Fang faced the door: "Everyone go out, stay outside the yard."

Several eunuchs outside the room door responded in unison: "Yes."

A person closed the door again from the outside, followed by the sound of footsteps, and everyone exited the courtyard.

"Are you the Yunniang who has been with Yang Jinshui for four years?" Lu Fang then asked Yunniang.

"Yes." Yunniang answered very softly.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of." Lu Fang's expression was very natural, "There are hundreds of thousands of eunuchs and maids in the palace, and there are hundreds of couples who eat each other. There are five relationships between people, and so are monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, husbands and wives, brothers and friends. You and Yang Jinshui Although there is no reality of husband and wife, after all there is still the name of husband and wife. Do you want to know how he is doing now?"

Yun Niang's heart seemed to be being cut by a knife, and she slightly raised her eyes to Gao Hanwen instead of looking at Lu Fang.

Gao Hanwen's eyes were still closed, but his brows were furrowed.

Only then did Yunniang look at Lu Fang: "Looking back at Mr. Lu, Yunniang and Mr. Yang have no name as husband and wife. I am just a servant who serves him. Later, Mr. Yang recognized me as a goddaughter, so I should call him godfather." .”

"You can call him whatever you want." Lu Fang's expression turned cold all of a sudden, "I ask if you want to know how he is doing now."

Yunniang: "Godfather is under the care of Eunuch Lu, no matter what, he will be safe."

After replying like this, Lu Fang looked at her, then at Gao Hanwen, and her face suddenly became serious: "No one can protect anyone. In my Ming Dynasty, there is only one solar energy that illuminates two capitals and one thirteen provinces, and that is the emperor. There is a greater master on this sun, and that is God. Let me tell you, no one can take care of Yang Jinshui now, and God has accepted him."

Shock flashed in Yunniang's eyes.

Gao Hanwen also opened his eyes suddenly, looking at Lu Fang.

Lu Fang: "The [-]-mile express delivery from Zhejiang arrived at noon today. Yang Jinshui is crazy."

Yunniang's eyes and Gao Hanwen's eyes finally met. It was the first time that the two of them faced each other since leaving the post station in Hangzhou.Gao Hanwen instinctively wanted to look away, but was caught by Yunniang's miserable eyes with tears in his eyes, whether he couldn't bear it or not, he didn't look away after all.

Lu Fang stood up gently: "Yang Jinshui wants to take care of you, and I want to take care of Yang Jinshui, but if he commits crimes, no one can take care of anyone else. I promised him that you will live together. Remember me If you don't, no matter who asks you, you don't know anything about the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. This is one of them."

The two looked closely at Lu Fang, waiting to hear the second.

Lu Fang: "Except for me, no one dares to kill you. They are afraid that you will find yourself short-circuited. No matter who comes to force you, you should ignore it and live well."

"Who are you living for?" Gao Hanwen finally couldn't help but ask back.

Lu Fang: "For the sake of the court. Some of the damned are already dead, and some are about to die. Those who don't deserve to die can't die. This is the second."

The two of them seemed to understand Lu Fang's reason for coming, and also seemed to sense why Yang Jinshui wanted to escort the two of them to Beijing together.As for the deep meaning behind this meaning, they still couldn't figure it out for a while, but after all, as today's "inner ministers", they can come here in person tonight, and they can have such an entrustment, and there are waves in the hearts of the two of them.Almost at the same time, Gao Hanwen and Yun Niang couldn't help looking at each other at the same time, this time their eyes met, and they both moved away quickly.They were all silent there.

"I have a habit." Lu Fang looked at the pair of beauties in trouble like a real elder like never before, "Aside from serving the emperor, I always drink all the tea in the bowl before going to bed at night. None left. Because I don't know if I'll wake up tomorrow morning and have another sip of tea."

When such a person suddenly uttered such words, the hearts of the two were moved again, and they all stared at Lu Fang in a daze.

At this moment, Lu Fang didn't look at them any more, but only looked at the door ahead: "As long as God lets you live, you will live for a lifetime, a year, and a day. My godson is worse than anyone else. It’s better than anyone else. He wrote me a letter before letting you come, saying that the two of you are the best match in the world.” At this point he paused: “I can understand what he said. This is what this person lacks in his whole life, and what he envies is also this. Sometimes he really hopes that others will be a good match. Gao Hanwen, you are the smartest and most foolish person. Let me teach you that Yunniang did not insult you. Don't think about the past, Don't think about the future, as long as you are still alive, you can spend every day with her in this yard." After saying this, he walked towards the door.

"Old ancestor!" Yun Niang burst into tears, calling out his name.

Lu Fang stopped.

Yun Niang knelt down behind him: "Since the little girl recognizes Eunuch Yang as her godfather, the old ancestor is also the little girl's godfather. I listened to what the old ancestor said just now. Willing to serve him. Please tell the old ancestor to Zhen Fusi, don't ask Jin Yiwei to deliver food every day, I want to open a kitchen in this yard and cook by myself."

Lu Fang turned around slowly, looked at Yun Niang who was kneeling there, and then at Gao Hanwen.

Gao Hanwen was heartbroken, but he didn't dare to look at Yunniang.

Yun Niang continued: "It doesn't matter whether it's name or reality, I will take care of Master Gao every day, until the day our ancestors tell us to die."

Lu Fang said to Gao Hanwen: "Gao Hanwen, did you hear everything she said?"

Gao Hanwen wanted to raise his lowered head but stopped there.

Lu Fang stopped looking at him and turned to Yun Niang: "From tomorrow onwards, you will move to Mr. Gao's room on the west side. The room you live in now will be converted into a kitchen by the Zhenfusi." After finishing speaking This sentence opened the door and walked out.

Only Yunniang who was still kneeling and Gao Hanwen who was still standing were left in the room.

From Beizhen Fusizhao Prison to return to Sili Supervisor's duty room, it was already midnight, not only the three Bingbi eunuchs were waiting, but Huang Jin, who was ordered to serve the emperor in the Yuxi Palace Abode, was already there Lu Fang is waiting here.

"Master is resting?" Lu Fang asked Huang Jin straightly.

Huang Jin looked worried, and knelt down: "Go back to godfather, Master Long Live has already guessed, my son dared not lie, did not reply as godfather ordered, and told the truth about Yang Jinshui's madness."

"You did the right thing. What is the will of the master?" Lu Fang's words and tone did not have the slightest reproach.

With relief, Huang Jin picked up a hollowed-out Hotan jade ball from the case: "Master just asked my son to show this ball to my godfather, and then told us to draw up a decree tonight, and send it to Hangzhou in eight hundred miles. "

Lu Fang solemnly took the jade ball illuminated by the lantern with both hands, and looked at it for a long time: "What do you think the master wants?"

With Lu Fang around, the others dared not speak up even if they had ideas, and shook their heads together.

Lu Fang looked at the night sky outside the door: "Master, this is telling us, 'the outside is more important than the inside'."

All four looked at him, waiting for him to speak more clearly.

Lu Fang: "Whether it's the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau or the Shangyi, Scarf and Hat Bureau in the palace, they are insiders, and they can't protect their weaknesses. What needs to be investigated must be investigated, and what must be done must be done! Only Hu Zongxian's fight against the Japanese is a big deal! Immediately The decree is that the Jinyiwei in Hangzhou will immediately escort Yang Jinshui to Beijing, let Zhao Zhenji act as the deputy of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and order him to spare no effort to raise military supplies for Hu Zongxian's southeast front!"

(End of this chapter)