Chapter 25 Mutual Computation

After closing the courtyard gate, Tan Zong entered the living room with all his thoughts, and three women with all his thoughts were waiting inside early. Seeing that Tan Zong was back, Lian Xiang opened her charming eyes and looked at Tan Zong for a while, and then swam on Su Jin and Qinghe again, her mouth seemed to be open. She obviously had something to say, but someone ordered her to do so, so she didn't dare to say it.

Qinghe looked worried, her beautiful eyebrows slightly frowned, and her face was a little solemn.

Su Jin's expression also showed a little hesitation, but compared with Qinghe and Lianxiang, he just looked at Tan Zong with his eyes, obviously waiting for Tan Zong to explain.

The official position of the sixth rank was not taken before his eyes, which made these three women uncontrollably have some bad ideas.

Tan Zong was too lazy to explain so much to these women. After all, this matter was too much involved, and most of them were speculations. One of them was not right, but it made several women worry, so he had to accompany him to coax a few women back to the room to sleep. Then he asked several maids to clean up the living room and walked into Su Jin's room.

When Tan Zong entered the room, Su Jin had already arranged things, short tables, teapots, and long candles. Obviously, he wanted to have a chat with Tan Zong. However, he didn't expect Tan Zong to make a more amazing work. The candle was blown, the teapot was poured down, and the short table was moved away, and he dragged Su Jin, who was dressed in single clothes, to the bed.

After wrapping a single quilt, Su Jin refused to sleep. She just turned her body and stroked Tan Zong's chest with her hand. She held back her shyness and took Tan Zong's hand into her single cloak, staring at Tan Zong's face.

Looking at Su Jin's shy look in front of him, Tan Zong teased: "Xiao Jin'er, are you going to listen now?"

Su Jin was tossed by Tan Zong for a long time, and seemed to be confused, but she was keeping the last bit of tranquility in her heart. At this time, Tan Zong was finally willing to say it, and quickly struggled to open his mist eyes, and his chin hit Tan Zong's chest and said, "As long as the husband is willing to say it, I will be willing to listen."

"Well, since you insist on listening, I will pick up some things to share with you." Tan Zong felt sorry for the woman's persistence, and even more distressed the woman's insistence on sharing the burden with him. Then he opened his mouth and said, "Let's talk, what do you want to know first?"

Su Jin is smart, so he didn't give Tan Zong a chance to fool him, and directly threw out the question he wanted to know the most: "Why didn't my husband agree to Lord Cao tonight? With King An present, I'm afraid that he would repent?"

"How can there be such a good thing in this world that a pie falls from the sky? You only saw him allowing me to guerrillas of the sixth grade, but what did he want me to do? Is this supervision so easy to do?"

Seeing that Su Jin seemed to want to refute, Tan Zong patted her back a few times and said again: "Besides, I am following the path of imperial examinations and becoming an official. This is the right way. I encountered only some official risks, and I am confident that I can handle it. But if I enter the supervision, I am afraid I will not be able to do some secret activities. You have encountered many people in the officialdom in Jiangnan. I believe I have heard that this Dashun Dynasty is now fighting for supervision. Do you think I will have a good life if I am exposed in the future?"

Tan Zong said something general, but Su Jin was also smart. After Tan Zong's guidance, he understood Tan Zong's thoughts: the only way to take the imperial examination in the Dashun Dynasty is to follow the path of imperial examinations. If he entered the supervision, he would probably delay his career.

But Su Jin didn't know that although Tan Zong was not very familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, he watched many novels, TV and movies about the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei. He knew the consequences of such people: Don't look at how rich they were in their lifetime, and they would be afraid that they would implicate their family after death. Moreover, such organizations, internal conflicts are probably even more powerful than those in the officialdom. If you are not careful, you will be destroyed.

Moreover, such organizations may have to help the officials do something shameful. It would be fine if they could enjoy the holy family for life, but if they fail one day, they are afraid that there will be more people who are under the knife.

However, these things are known to heaven and earth, and I know, but they cannot be told to others openly. Even people like Su Jin cannot say them, otherwise they will be afraid of causing an uproar - how did you, a scholar who has not yet come into contact with the officialdom, know these secrets? Is it because someone reported it? No? If you don’t, you will be beaten!

It was these concerns that made Tan Zong only choose something relatively easy to understand for Su Jin to know. Looking at Su Jin's expression that he understood a little, Tan Zong knew that he had successfully passed the test.

Su Jin digested Tan Zong's words, and seemed to remember something, and asked quickly: "Why is it a bit strange when you talk to King An and Lord Cao tonight?"

"Strange?" Tan Zong was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "I mean I'm sarcastic about them, right?"

Seeing a hint of unnatural flashing across Su Jin's face, Tan Zong felt funny and hugged the woman tightly and said, "You don't know yet. I originally planned to be more polite to these two people. After all, your husband still needs these two to recommend them to be officials in the future. But today they are not doing it well and actually sold me. How could I give them a good look!"

"Ah?" Su Jin immediately puzzled: "What does 'sell' mean in my husband's words?"

"Hey, how to say this, the left and right are just slangs in my family, meaning they were betrayed." Seeing that Su Jin was still looking ignorant, Tan Zong thought for a long time and felt that the word was really hard to explain, so he had to directly say: "You know, now your husband is fair in helping the court investigate the current affairs of Wang Ren, the governor of Nanjing. Wang Ren has been in Nanjing for many years and must have set up a spy in the whole city. Even if he does not have the position of governor of the entire government, he must have mastered the green skin in Nanjing.

These green skins usually look like they are just some guys who are tyrannical, but if they make good use of them, they will be the most convenient to find out some information and find someone. This morning I took these two people to the teahouse and probably exposed their whereabouts. And they must have noticed this matter and led the eyeliner to me again."

When Su Jin heard this, he immediately reacted and said, "In the words of Xianggong, it means that King An and Lord Cao use themselves as bait to deliberately let the prefect Wang know. Are you involved in this matter?"

Seeing that Su Jin guessed, Tan Zong nodded. Tan Zong was about to continue to explain, but unexpectedly Su Jin continued to analyze and said: "According to my observation over the past few days, King An and Lord Cao have very much demands for their husbands. This move will definitely not be to trap their husbands in the midst of water and fire. Since that is the case, I am afraid that the purpose is to force them to bow to them so that they can protect them!"

"Jin'er is really smart." Tan Zong smiled happily, "These two hugged this purpose. However, they were too anxious. I guess that King An was unwilling to let me win a game. He didn't expect that these hands and feet would fall apart. If it were that Lord Cao, I'm afraid that not only wouldn't expose me, but would also cover up one or two."

Although Su Jin was smart, he didn't have much experience with the things in the officialdom, so he couldn't guess the profound meaning of Tan Zong's words, so he had to ask: "Why is this?"

"After saying that, it's still the word "face"" Tan Zong chuckled a few times, and Jiang Wu's expression of annoyance in front of him seemed to have appeared in front of him: "As a prince, Jiang Wu is afraid that this is the first time he has handled such a case. And this prince is afraid that the patience of Master Cao, the old Xingming, who has a little clue, thought that the case could be solved, but he didn't know that this was really a big mistake. However, it was precisely because he had such thoughts that he realized that he would not need me in the future, so he wanted to take this opportunity to force me to bow his head.

But if it were Lord Cao, he would be afraid that he would see the depth of the case at a glance. It was like the so-called clues today, but they would be cut off if they couldn't find them. At that time, they would still come to ask me. If I put me in danger for a moment, would you say I would be sincere in the future? The so-called "stay in everything and meet in the future" means that."

With Tan Zong's explanation, Su Jin understood the mystery. However, like Cao Qiaomu, she couldn't help but feel a wonderful feeling. She only felt that Tan Zong under her seemed to be very different from the Tan Zong before, as if she had been reborn. Not only was she quick-thinking, but she also had a deep understanding of this person's heart.

However, in Su Jin's eyes, Tan Zong was still the same Tan Zong. Although there were some unpredictable changes, he was still the same person. Therefore, Su Jin had to blame these things for Tan Zong's elders' support - Su Jin knew that Tan Zong was familiar with Sun Yan of Luming Academy, otherwise Tan Zong would not have asked this great scholar to write a marriage contract for his few despicable women.

Apart from secretly reveling that Tan Zong and Sun Yan had a deep relationship, Su Jin had no other thoughts.

Seeing Su Jin fall asleep, Tan Zong finally had time to think about his own affairs.

Although being quarreled by Jiang Wu like this today would arouse Wang Ren's suspicion, Tan Zong could conclude that even if Wang Renxin had doubts, he would definitely not be able to really attack him unless he was defeated. First, Tan Zong was still under the name of Yayuan, and second, it was the marriage contract between Tan Zong and Su Jin and others.

Things like marriage contracts seem simple, and they don’t even need to sign and seal them in person, but in fact they are not.

One is that Tan Zong’s name is right at this time, and the story of Su Jin, Qinghe and Lianxiang is spreading the whole city of storms, so it is inevitable that it will not be faked. In addition to the names of Tan Zong and the woman, the marriage contract also has a witness name, which should have been signed by matchmakers. But Tan Zong asked Sun Yan’s calligraphy, so he would not miss the opportunity to be a witness again. Therefore, it was precisely because of the signing of people like Sun Yan that Tan Zong was able to handle it so smoothly.

However, Tan Zong went to Sun Yan not to save trouble, but actually wanted to borrow Sun Yan's name. It was like some bag companies in later generations liked to visit a certain leader, or the photos of the boss meeting and shaking hands with a certain boss were hung high on the wall, which made people feel that the company was grand at first glance. But in fact, the boss himself might not know what the boss was doing, but was just asked to have a cup of tea.

After all, it is still a problem of raising the banner of the tiger.

This time, Tan Zong pulled Sun Yan's tiger skin and pulled Sun Yan's banner. With Sun Yan's name outside, even if Wang Ren wanted to touch him, Tan Zong must think twice before acting. As for whether Wang Ren would not know, Tan Zong was not worried - Sun Yan's name was too famous, and he would stomp his feet and even sway for a few times in Nanjing. This time he was a witness, it would be strange if the guards dared to hide it from him, but I was afraid that the early report would be reported!

However, Tan Zong also knew that Sun Yan's tiger skin was not easy to pull, and it could only be regarded as a protective thing. When Wang Ren was really unable to save himself, how could he take care of Sun Yan's face? Therefore, Tan Zong asked Cao Qiaomuke for his preparation for a retreat.

And when we got here, the two naturally had differences.

Jiang Wu and Cao Qiaomu naturally wanted to take advantage of the situation to force Tan Zong into the supervision, but Tan Zong was unwilling to do so. Therefore, Tan Zong lost a talisman and might as well take the opportunity to leave Nanjing Prefecture.

However, how could Tan Zong be so fond of him? Since Jiang Wu and Cao Qiaomu were on the first day of the first lunar month, Tan Zong naturally didn't mind going back to the fifteenth. He couldn't say that Tan Zong would muddle the water a little more, at least he had to drag the people watching the show in Nanjing into the water and everyone would catch them together.

"Did you see clearly?" Chun Er put down the wine bowl in his hand with a bang, and the clear yellow wine spilled half of the table, pouring the sauce-flavored meat in the plate into a thorough understanding, and a greasy meat fragrance suddenly spread.

Datou secretly swallowed his saliva, then took back the thief staring at the sauce meat, and then smiled and said, "Chuntou, although he is far away, Xiao is definitely not wrong. Those two people must have entered the yard. I also saw that it was the door opened by the scholar who was suffering from plague. It took a while before he came out."

"Oh, this is so evil. How could these two men get together!" Chun Er pondered, picked up two silver saps from the table and threw them on Datou, and waved his hand to drive Datou out.

Datou was retreating halfway, Chun Er suddenly shouted again, "From tomorrow, you will focus on Tan Zong. No matter where he went or whoever he had seen, you must report it to me. If this matter is done well, you will naturally have your reward. If it delays the matter, you will be ready to go back to the countryside!"

Datou nodded and replied, and then came out of the room, but was immediately stopped by two people. The head was thick, naked, and a rosacea nose was red even at night. The thin one behind him was wearing patched rag clothes, and his hands were huddled in the sleeves, and now he was stomping his feet in the wind.

"Bigou, how much did Chuntou appreciate?" The bald man grabbed Bigou's shoulders and exerted force on his arm, unconsciously lifting Bigou up.

"Bald, let me go." Big Head hurts, and this time he changed his face. He didn't dare to amplify his voice and disturb Chunji's interest. He had to speak in a hoarse voice: "If you don't let go, you will have no share tonight."

The bald man was threatened by the other side. Not only was he not angry, but he was very obedient. He rubbed Datou back his shoulders, and then asked Datou flatteredly: "Brother Datou, how much did Chuntou really appreciate?"

"Hehe, look at what this is!" Datou raised his hand and immediately took out a silver nude son, which shone brightly under the moonlight and the thin squid stalk's eyes.

"Chuntou is indeed very generous. He actually rewarded the silver directly. It seems that the money for wine tonight has been settled." The bald man was happy and directly put a palm on Datou's shoulder, pushing Datou staggered, almost unable to stand.

When Shoumaogan saw the silver, his eyes lit up, but he was not as reckless as the bald man. He just stamped his feet and said, "Brother Big Head, give me the silver quickly. I'll go and sell you wine."

"Don't steal the debt for me, I'll ask tomorrow."

"Don't worry, when did I hide something secretly?" Shoumagang quickly swore to the sky and the earth.

Big Head was suspicious for a while, but finally believed him. Then he carefully handed over the acupuncture: "You kid is quick, it's almost a curfew. Don't be caught by those soldiers and squatted all night!"

"Just wait, see you in the old place." After getting the money, Shoumaogang didn't feel cold anymore, so he pulled away and quickly disappeared into the darkness with three strokes and two turns.

Chun Er didn't get a good rest this night. The green skins under his hands came back to report the news one by one. Some were still injured. Not only did they use up more than a dozen silver stalks placed on the table, but those injured silver ingots that were a little dazzling were even given by Chun Er Haosheng.

It was not until midnight that two jars of water and wine were gone, and two pounds of braised meat and half a pound of pork head meat also entered his stomach. Chun Er patted his butt and stood up. After putting on his clothes and taking the waist card, Chuner quickly flipped onto the horse's back and then went to the villa of the royal palace. At this moment, although Wang Dong's singer lived in the villa, Wang Dong was banned and could not leave the palace at all, so only Wang Fengxian was in charge of the other side of the villa.
Chapter completed!