Chapter 28 6. No matter how deep you hide, you will show your feet

"I heard that this time, the emperor sent to Hanoi County to inspect the affairs of the village and the people is the servant of the Huangmen, Yang Junyang?" Yuan Xiong scooped out the hot Bingzhou old wine from the bronze animal pattern wine bottle with a long wooden spoon. He poured it into the double-eared cup on the table in front of Du Chuan, and immediately a thick white gas rose up, misty in front of Du Chuan's eyes. "That's right!" Du Chuan's eyes were focused on the strong smell of alcohol rising in front of his eyes, as if he wanted to see through it all the time, "Du heard that this Yang Jun came from a clean background, has a chaste character, and is the most honest and upright person. That's right. The imperial court sent such a tough guy like him here, I'm afraid some of them are not kind."

"Hi! I, Yuan Hun, have dealt with so many people in the officialdom for many years. Those court officials who pretend to be honest and upright on the surface are actually less money-seeking in their eyes..." Yuan Hun raised his hand a little disapprovingly. He drank the wine in the double-ear cup in one gulp, ignored the white foam on his mouth, and said loudly, "Yang Jun pretends to be so clean and upright, after all, he is just trying to sell himself. It’s just a good price! Brother! Du Juncheng! You give him a box of gold cakes and sixty or seventy bolts of silk, I’m afraid he will be so happy on the spot to do business for us!”

Du Chuan listened, snorted coldly in his nostrils, squinted at Yuan Hun, and said in a teasing tone that was neither soft nor hard: "Master Yuan Er, if this old man Yang Jun can really do what you say It would be best to just dismiss it easily like this—what if he insists on being serious with us?” "Hmph! If he really wants to fight against us," Yuan Xiong put away the wooden spoon in his hand, put it in the bronze wine bottle and put it down, and then slowly stirred it in the wine bottle with the handle of the spoon, his mouth dark He said sinisterly, "Then let's find a few people disguised as bandits and kill him in the dark. If we do this, the court will find nothing without anyone noticing it."

"Inappropriate! Inappropriate!" Du Chuan pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "Mr. , Shang Shutai will definitely not let it go easily, but more incidents will arise instead." "Oh! Du Juncheng, you say 'this is not okay, that is not appropriate'," Yuan Hun couldn't help being furious when he heard this, "then you give us brothers a good idea! You say this What should I do?" "Master Yuan Er, don't be anxious or upset. Du has racked his brains so hard to find a perfect solution for everyone!" Du Chuan hastily softened his breath, and used words to confuse Yuan Hun's cannonball, and said slowly Said, "If you want to escape the on-site inspection by Mr. Yang Jun, you have to ask Ma Yi to appease the refugee tenants, and lead them to cooperate with us fully, and to perform this play of garrisoning the land and reassuring the people vividly and vividly." It’s good to have no doubts!”

"Hmm! That's a good idea!" Yuan Xiong slapped his palms together and couldn't help but praise him. When Yuan Hun heard this, he also became interested: "Since this idea is brilliant, let's quickly send someone to call Ma Yi over, and discuss this matter together in the Four Seas Tower!" Du Chuan chuckled, twisted his beard and said, "That's not necessary. Tomorrow, Du will go to the county mansion to show him something. A person who is so knowledgeable about current affairs will naturally know how to do it." After finishing speaking, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at his nephew Du He who was sitting at the end of the banquet, sighed deeply, and said, "Oh! If this nephew Du is half as smart as Ma Yi, Du He I'm somewhat pleased."

Du He was gnawing his head on the roast leg of lamb. Hearing his uncle's words, his face suddenly turned purple, and the veins on his neck jumped vigorously.He slammed the half-eaten roast leg of lamb onto the plate, with a resentful expression on his face, and the corners of his mouth turned aside. When Yuan Xiong saw it, he was afraid that his uncle and nephew would start arguing on the spot, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to smooth things over: "Du Juncheng's words are a little bit off! Du and his nephew have always been harmonious in life, and Yuan has always liked it very much—but that Ma Yi Although he expressed his kindness and warmth, somehow Yuan always felt as if there was a layer of separation between him and us, and he still couldn't completely stick together."

Hearing Yuan Xiong come out to smooth things over like this, Du He glanced at him gratefully, and suddenly thought of something in his heart, turned to Du Chuankang and said: "Uncle always thinks that other people's things are the best, even their cats and dogs. It's better than our own. But, uncle, you think that Ma Yi is a genius in the world, but he hasn't warmed up to you much? My nephew saw Zhang Wang, the county magistrate of Suyi, and Sima Chang, the magistrate of Wen county, arrive today. The Shanghai Planning Department came to find Ma Yi for work, and Ma Yi treated them with affection, just like a son treats his father, and after sending them off, he bowed to Zhang Wang and Sima Chang's backs for a while. .”

"Oh? Are Zhang Wang, Sima Chang and Ma Yi so familiar?" Du Chuan was startled, and couldn't help but put down the chopsticks in his hands, with a hint of suspicion flashing in his eyes, "Ma Yi's job is a gift from a father. This is a great tribute that cannot be paid without old friendship!" "Yes! Yes! From my nephew's point of view, the magistrate of your county is not as important to Ma Yi as the magistrates like Zhang Wang and Sima Chang!" Du He continued Laughed without sarcasm. "No! No!" Du Chuan frowned, his face showing deep thought.

"That's right! You value Ma Yi so much, but Ma Yi doesn't take you seriously. It's his fault!" Du Chuan was a little annoyed when he heard that, and turned his head suddenly, with an angry look on his face, he glanced at Du He coldly.When Du He saw it, he was so frightened that he hurriedly swallowed back the embellished words that followed. "This Ma Yi once told me that he was born in a lonely family in Hezhi County. He has no background or backing. He was selected as an official by the Hezhi County Government only because of his deep knowledge of Confucianism..." Du Chuan pondered Slowly he said to himself, "However, according to what you just said, Zhang Wang in Suyi and Sima Chang in Wenxian have such close friendships with him, which is a bit strange: They are all famous and famous families in this county, how could they have anything to do with such a humble kid like him? It seems that the origin and background of this Ma Yi is not simple..."

"What? The Sima family in Wen County? The Sima family in Wen County has always supported Han and Cao!" Yuan Xiong was also taken aback when he heard this, "How could this Ma Yi have such a deep relationship with them? Du Juncheng, this matter must be guarded against! " Du Chuan slowly twisted the "eight" mustache around his mouth with his hands, and nodded slowly: he always felt that Ma Yi's demeanor was full of grace and generosity, and he didn't have the narrow-mindedness of a poor boy when he was just a fledgling. This is obviously due to his well-cultivated family since he was a child.It seems that this Ma Yi is by no means an idle person!The more he hides his background, the more elusive everything about him becomes...

Thinking of this, he suddenly turned his eyes, put on a smiling face, and looked sideways at Du He: "My dear nephew, it's really great that you reported Ma Yi to Uncle Wei today. That's it! After you go down, let Uncle Wei check out Ma Yi's family background, background, and origins. Don't you have a few trustworthy friends in Hezhi County, Wen County, and Suyi? Please also ask them to help you check it out. .Try to find out all the real things about Ma Yi. As for the baht money spent..." He looked up at the Yuan brothers, saw that they were both nodding, and then said: "What are you doing? This matter can be spent as you like, the two masters Yuan are free to confess as you please. But, we must find out all the details about him!" Du He felt that he had made a great contribution by inadvertently exposing some abnormalities of Ma Yi, so he couldn't help but exclaimed proudly: "Master Uncle! How is it? If it wasn't for my nephew who has always been meticulous in handling things and observing people meticulously, you would have Still kept in the dark by this unknown Ma Yi, you...you still say that your nephew is worse than others..." He was talking to himself, and seeing Du Chuan's face gradually darken at a glance, he hurriedly changed the subject: "Oh! Don't worry, uncle, my nephew will check his family background after returning today. I'll let you find out everything about the eight generations!" After Yuan Xiong waited for Du Chuan to calm down a bit, he asked cautiously: "Cheng Du, this matter of thoroughly investigating Ma Yi's ins and outs and intentions, Yuan naturally believes that Du and his brother will be able to complete it smoothly. However, now that Yang Jun is going to inspect Hanoi County's farmland security affairs, I don't know how you can resolve this imminent difficulty." Du Chuan tightly twirled the beard at the corner of his lips with his fingers, so hard that he almost pulled out a few beard stems!After pondering for a while, he said in a muffled voice: "This...there are countermeasures against Yang Jun's on-site inspection—Du has already planned two strategies in his mind, one is the best strategy and the other is the worst strategy, but he doesn't know the two strategies. Which one will Master Yuan decide to take?" "What's the best strategy? What's the worst strategy?" Yuan Xiong's eyes lit up, and he stared at Du Chuan's reaction without blinking. "The best way to deal with Yang Jun's on-site inspection is: I hope that the two masters of Yuan will lose their hearts and minds, and immediately hand over the extra private land and tenants to the county government, and turn them all into official land and customers under the name of the county government. In this way, why are we afraid of Yang Jun coming to inspect the site? As long as the two Yuan masters dare to compromise their own interests and make compromises, Yang Jun will have nothing to do with us, and he will have nothing to do with us!" After hearing Du's rumor that this best policy was finished, the pavilion was completely silent on the spot!Yuan Hun took a big gulp of Bingzhou old wine and was about to swallow it, he burst out laughing: "I thought it was some brilliant strategy, it turned out to be such a bad idea. Oops! I laughed so hard It hurts..." "Is Du Juncheng joking? Although your plan can escape the on-site inspection by Mr. Yang Jun, it is really unwilling to use it! We have worked hard in Hanoi County for so many years. It is easy to occupy these thousands of hectares of land, how can we give up all of them to the county government because of this patrol envoy sent by the imperial court?" Yuan Xiong also shook his head with a smile, "Even if we brothers dare to harm ourselves, Begging for perfection', you, Du Juncheng, are you willing to watch the big bet you made in my Yuan Mansion go to waste overnight? Are you really willing?" How could Du Chuan be willing to cede his vested interests so freely?He threw out that best policy just to take the opportunity to test the details of the Yuan brothers.Now seeing that the Yuan brothers are as steadfast as myself, I am secretly happy in my heart, but I don't show any signs of expression. Instead, I pretend to be deep and say: "Alas... since the two masters Yuan have such intentions, Du is naturally willing to give up his life." I agree. This is another strategy... I have to thank the two masters Yuan to quickly write a letter to General Yuan Yuan in Yecheng, and to say "strike first is the best", and say that the imperial court Sikong Mansion and Shangshutai will deliberately find him. The fault of our Yuan family, specially sent the stubborn and eccentric Yang Jun to suppress our Yuan family, deliberately not to take General Yuan seriously..." "Such a letter, my brother and I should have written it without worrying about Du Juncheng's words." After hearing this, Yuan Xiong felt that Du's preaching of this strategy was nothing more than that, so he interjected, "I'm afraid that our family——Yuan The General has always been slow-tempered, and he is busy sweeping away the remnants of Gongsun Zan's party, so he won't lend a helping hand in time." Du Chuan stared at Yuan Xiong for a moment, then touched the "eight" mustache on the corner of his mouth, and said slowly: "General Yuan Yuan's character is slow, but at this critical juncture, he has nothing to do with the interests of Hanoi County." There should be no mistakes in the calculation of gains and losses. Du is willing to attach another important gift to this letter from the two masters of Yuan. Heart-pounding..."