It is said that officials love power, but the officials in Jiangnan love money very much, and when they learned that Fang Yiai accepted Su Fang's gift, the officials in Yangzhou couldn't bear it, especially those who were not very clean under their buttocks, and they racked their brains to please Fang Yiai.

Begonia has been staying in the house for the past two days, dealing with the gifts that were sent. Begonia slowly counted the records on the ledger, because there were too many things, there were some beads of sweat on her forehead, Fang Yiai took a fan to fan Begonia, and asked with a smile, "Begonia, look at how Childe does this, you can easily get so many treasures!" ”

"Second son, aren't you worried at all?" Haitang frowned, touched Fang Yiai's forehead with her slender hand and squinted and smiled, "Second son, do you want the maid to write a letter to the young lady to say?" ”

"Begonia, don't make me happy, is this a bit of trouble for Changle?" Fang Yiai blinked and decisively rejected Haitang's proposal, with Changle's temper, if he knew, he would probably have to write a letter to warn him.

"Second son, it's good that you know, it's okay to count the servant begging you, this kind of thing will be done less in the future, otherwise the servant will have to worry about death!"

"Hehe, just this once, besides, Childe, I'm also thinking about the overall situation!"

Haitang shook her head secretly, it is estimated that the second son did not listen to it, it seems that it is necessary to tell Miss when she returns to Chang'an.

Fang Yiai has been waiting for Xu Hui, but it has been three days, and this woman still hasn't come, so Fang Yiai is a little unhappy, is this Xu Hui a little too ignorant. Fang Yiai leaned back in the chair and quietly thought about the affairs of the Xu family, while Haitang sorted out a stack of papers, which recorded the detailed information of Jiangnan officials, and Fang Yiai spent a lot of effort to take a general look at these materials.

"Haitang, if it's you, what official position do you think is the best in this Jiangnan?"

Haitang stopped what she was doing, her slender fingers nodded her red lips, and asked with a little teasing, "Second son, do you really let the servant say?" ”

"You girl, I'll just say it if I tell you!" Fang Yiai smiled and shook his head, this begonia also has such a joke.

Haitang thought for a while, held Fang Yiai's shoulder and whispered, "Second son, that maid can just say it." The maid thinks that if you want to be an official in Jiangnan, it is nothing more than to have fewer official affairs! ”

"Few official affairs?" Fang Yiai nodded thoughtfully, he thought back to the files he had read, suddenly opened his eyes and said with a smile, "If you say so, there are not many people who meet this requirement." ”

"Of course, second son, why did you suddenly talk about this, does this have anything to do with the tax and silver case?"

"Begonia, I can't be sure yet, but after talking about those people, I can understand!" Fang Yiai narrowed his eyes comfortably, this Begonia's kung fu is getting better and better, he smiled happily, "Begonia, I'm afraid this son can't live without you in this life, don't you know, you have spoiled this son during this time." ”

"Huh? The second son will make fun of the servant! Haitang listened to Fang Yiai's words, and her heart was very sweet, but her face was still faint, which made Fang Yiai speechless, it seems that Haitang is still too shy.

"Master, is it convenient now?"

This voice is rough and rough, as soon as I hear it, it is the guy Tie Jin, after listening to Tie Jin's words, Fang Yiai is nothing, Haitang is a little unbearable, what else can she do in broad daylight, she glared at Fang Yiai coquettishly, and said with a playful smile, "Second son, the maid will go down first." ”

"Fang Yiai feels that he is very wronged, does the trouble caused by Tie Jing have anything to do with him?

After Begonia left, Tie Jin walked into the house in a ghostly manner, and he saw that Fang Yiai's face was not very good, and then hurriedly said, "Master, you can't blame me, who knows what you do with Miss Begonia, if you don't ask, how dare you come in!" ”

"As long as you talk a lot, let's talk, what's the matter?" Fang Yiai also knew Tie Jin's cheekiness, so he didn't bother to argue with him.

"Master, today the tiger came with news that Tan Song, another family in Yangzhou, hanged himself!"

As soon as Tie Jing finished speaking, Fang Yiai's face darkened, and he slapped the table and said angrily, "It's time for this Tan Song to die, I just wanted to ask him, and he hanged himself!" "Fang Yiai can't be said to be hateful, he finally found a place to start after wasting all his strength, but he didn't expect that before he could do it, this person died first.

"Master, it's not Lao Tie who said you, according to Lao Tie's meaning, who dares not to listen to you, you just cut them down, why bother so much?"

"You rammer, you know how to kill and kill, you know a fart, if you cut it all, who will hand over this Jiangnan to manage, will it be handed over to you?" Fang Yiai angrily sprayed the iron elf with a spittle on his face, this iron elf couldn't tell what was the battlefield and what was officialdom. For this Jiangnan situation, Fang Yiai is extremely troublesome, and he can still play a scoundrel and pretend to be stunned against Cao Lin, but if he wants to wipe out all the moths in Jiangnan, then he needs evidence, otherwise even if he wants to do it, the court will not allow it.

"Pull it down, master, Lao Tie is not that material!" Tie Jin just said it casually, he didn't have the heart to be an official.

"It's good to know!" Fang Yiai paced back and forth for two steps, then beckoned, "Go prepare the horse, follow me to the Tan Mansion!" ”

"Hey, master, I'm going to lead the horse!" The iron fart ran out in a hurry, and for him, having excitement was the most important thing.

Tan Mansion, at this time, there was a woman's wail.

"Husband, why are you so ruthless, you went, what should we do with women!" A woman in her forties, dressed in white, cried with empty eyes, and beside her were two crying young women. Fang Yiai saw this, and knew that these women were Tan Song's wives and concubines without thinking about it.

After Fang Yiai put a stick of incense on Tan Song's body, he retreated into the crowd and came to Qin Hu's side and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Hu, this Tan Song really hanged himself?" ”

"Young Master, I have checked Tan Song's body, he did commit suicide, not at the hands of others!"

Qin Hu also suspected the possible surname of Tan Song's killing, but after checking it himself, he didn't find anything unusual at all.

"That's weird!" Fang Yiai is a little confused now, is it really suicide? But why did he die so coincidentally, he just wanted to ask him about it, he went to see the king of Hades, Fang Yiai frowned and asked, "Uncle Hu, how is this Tan Song?" ”

"Young master, this Tan Song is usually quite good, he is an honest official and kind to things, but there is a shortcoming, that is, this Tan Song seems to be very interested in women!"

As soon as Fang Yiai heard this, he couldn't figure it out, he pointed to the two concubines behind Mrs. Tan Song and said with a wry smile, "Uncle Hu, you said that this Tan Song family has such a beautiful concubine, how can he commit suicide, is he willing to do it?" ”

"Young master, I don't know this!" Qin Hu frowned and shrugged helplessly, "However, since this Tan Song committed suicide, there must be a reason for him to commit suicide." ”

"Yes, Uncle Tiger, you're right!" Fang Yiai tried hard to think about the information about Tan Song, and suddenly he seemed to have grasped something, he touched Qin Hu's arm and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Hu, does this Tan Song only have one son?" ”

"Yes, but young master, it can't be his son who forced him to hang himself, is this possible?"

"I don't know, Uncle Hu, you go and find the housekeeper of Tan Mansion and Tan Song's son, I have something to ask them!" After Fang Yiai finished instructing, he found a room and sat up, at this time, the Tan Mansion was in a hurry, and no one noticed Fang Yiai's arrival. After waiting for a while, Qin Hu led an old man and a young man in.

"Two, Fang is the new Jiangnan Provincial Supervision Envoy, let you come with a few words, I want to ask you, if there is anything disturbing, please bear with me!" Fang Yiai didn't dare to hold it up, it must have been Tan Song just died, and he called someone over, which was indeed a bit too much.

"It turned out to be General Fang, forgive the old man for being clumsy!" Saying that, the housekeeper Tan Wang and Tan Song's only son, Tan Qiong, bowed to Fang Yiai, and Fang Yiai didn't say anything and accepted it with peace of mind.

"It's okay, Master Tan, this official wants to ask you, what's wrong with Don't Drive Your Excellency?"

Tan Qiong thought for a while, but still shook his head sadly, he said in a hoarse voice, "General Fang, my father has not done anything abnormal during this time, and my father played chess with me for a while yesterday." Who knows, just going out for one night, this kind of thing happened to my father! ”

"Huh? Tan Gongzi, weren't you at home last night? ”

Fang Yiai asked a little strangely, Tan Qiong didn't think much about it, but Tan Wang arched his hand and said, "General Fang, my son-in-law was indeed not at home last night, because several relatives and friends invited him to the restaurant for dinner, and after my son-in-law left, he didn't come back until this morning!" ”

"So that's the case, Master Tan, is what Steward Tan said true?"

"General Fang, what Steward Tan said is true, I did go to drink with a few friends last night, and I didn't come back until this morning, but as soon as I got home, my father was" Tan Qiong couldn't help choking up when he said this, he cried, "Father, children are not filial!" ”

Tan Qiong cried very sadly, Fang Yiai also had to be comforted, and after comforting Tan Qiong, Fang Yiai and Qin Hu came to the room where Tan Song died. But in the room, Fang Yiai found nothing except the paper ashes in the copper basin.

After returning to his mansion, Fang Yiai was still thinking about Tan Song's affairs, he felt that things would definitely not be so coincidental, there must be something wrong, but he hadn't found out yet.

If a person wants to commit suicide, there must be a reason, and no one will die for no reason.

(To be continued)