Shortly after Su Shi left Quanzhou, his condition became worse and worse, and he finally fell ill in Changzhou.

After receiving the letter from Su Guo, Li Sanjian set out overnight to Changzhou. People stayed away from his saddle. He traveled day and night. He arrived in Changzhou nearly ten days later. However, Su Shi had already died of illness at the age of 65. Before his death, Su Shi left his last words to ask to be buried in Shangruili, Juntai Township, Jiacheng County, Ruzhou.

After Li Sanjian arrived in Changzhou, he heard the bad news and felt very sad. He bowed to Su Shiling and cried so hard that the sky was dim and the earth was dark.

Li Sanjian lost his father since childhood and had already regarded his mentor Su Shi as his father. At this time, he suddenly heard bad news, so why isn't he so sad?

At the same time, Li Sanjian had complaints about the court and Zhao Ji for the first time.

Why did the court trouble him so much for such a seriously ill old man? Li Sanjian was extremely angry.

After Su Shi's mourning period, Li Sanjian wanted to carry the coffin north, but was persuaded by Su Shi's son Su Guo in all kinds of ways. Then he had no choice but to return to Quanzhou and ordered Quanzhou to wear mourning clothes for three days.

At the same time, Li Sanjian's move was criticized for this.

It is not allowed to mourn the whole province if it is not the mourning of the king and the father.

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"Bitch, I will beat you to death, and I will beat you to death, the shameless bitch!"

In a different house in the Zhu family in Hangzhou, Zhu Xie waved his whip at a servant girl, and cursed with gritting teeth while whipping.

Zhu Xie's servant Ji Yi's body was covered with whip marks, and she was dying. She was about to be beaten to death if she wanted to see her. Others wanted to persuade her but didn't dare to persuade her.

Song Lu did not allow the killer to beat the dead girl, but this kind of thing is not sued by the people or the officials will not investigate. Even if the matter is caused by the government, the person who beats people will be beaten will be a stick or a punishment, and in the end it will be a fine for redemption of copper.

The Zhu family was a family of wealthy merchants and the most important thing was money, so Zhu Xie was so unscrupulous.

"Stop!" At this moment, Zhu Chong, the father of Zhu Xie, walked in from outside, frowned and shouted when he saw this.

"Dad, why are you here?" Zhu Xie saw his father coming in, so he had to stop and look at Zhu Chong and ask.

When several servants saw that Zhu Xie stopped beating, they quickly helped the servant girl out.

"Go and find a doctor to have a good look." After Zhu Chong gave the order, he turned around and said to Zhu Xie, "Zhier, what are you doing? Why are you doing?"

"Dad, I really can't swallow this." Zhu Xie said hatefully.

In June, Zhu Xie went to Kaifeng Mansion to welcome the bride with joy, but in the end, the building was gone, and his bride, Li Wanting, actually elopes... A petite lady who is as beautiful as a flower, disappeared, and Zhu Xie was flew away...

How could Zhu Xie bear such humiliation?

Zhu Xie was determined to spend money to get Li Wanting back, but Li Wanting eloped to Quanzhou and defected to Li Sanjian, which means that Li Wanting's "adulterator" was Li Sanjian, a sixth-rank official of the Song Dynasty and a dignified Quanzhou magistrate.

Quanzhou is Li Sanjian's territory. When you go to Quanzhou to catch people, no matter what the result is, you will make it boring for yourself and humiliate yourself.

It is not like Zhu Xie to capture people in this way, nor to go to court. He fought a company with an official from the Song Dynasty who was favored by the emperor, and the result is self-evident.

At the same time, if Zhu Xie and Li Sanjian go to court, wouldn’t everyone in the world know about such a scandal? The entire Zhu family will be disgraced.

Therefore, Zhu Xie

It was a dilemma and was so crazy that Zhu Xie often took down people and vented his anger with his servant.

"What's the point of taking down someone to vent his anger?" Zhu Chong sighed and said to Zhu Xie: "Isn't that person just an official, isn't he so popular with the emperor? What's so amazing about this?"

"Yes...but..." Zhu Jie stammered.

"Although my Zhu family is a merchant, I am not afraid. Dad will not let them have good results when humiliating the dogs and women of my Zhu family like this." Zhu Chong said angrily.

"Dad, do you have a way?" Zhu Xie asked happily when he heard this.

"Well, you're so smart, ya'er." Zhu Chong praised and said, "Dad got a piece of information."

"What is the news?" Zhu Xie asked.

"The children in the palace are about to go to Jiangnan to purchase goods in the palace." Zhu Chong replied.

"Child worship? Which child worship? What does this matter have to do with my Zhu family?" Zhu Xie asked in confusion.

"You are so smart, but you... don't you understand this principle?" Zhu Chong glared at Zhu Xie and said, "Tong Guan, the Tong Da Guan in the palace, is a popular man in front of the upper house, otherwise the upper house would not have sent him to the south of the Yangtze River. You think, they want to buy goods from the palace, and my Zhu family has been doing business for many years, so we have whatever they need, at this time..."

"The child understands what Dad means, but... but my Zhu family gives it to him, will they accept it?" Zhu Xie asked again.

There are too many wealthy businessmen in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Not to mention that there are so many as a cow, they are also grabbing a lot. Therefore, when the palace comes to Jiangnan to purchase goods from the palace, they may not necessarily find the Zhu family. If the Zhu family comes to the door, they will definitely use the Zhu family's goods in the palace.

At this time, the Zhu family couldn't find the door to give gifts, and even the feet to carry shoes...

"Yi'er, you're asking this question well." Zhu Chong said after thinking for a moment: "The difficulty lies in the fact that my Zhu family has never dealt with Tong Guan before, and has suffered from no one introducing him. But it doesn't matter, Xiao'er, dad suddenly remembered someone. Through this person, my Zhu family will definitely be able to get in touch with Tong Guan."

"Who is it?" Zhu Xie asked.

"They used to be the authorization. Now this person is appointed as the Dongxiao Palace, and he is in Hangzhou at this time." Zhu Chong replied.

"Dad, who is this person?" Zhu Xie asked anxiously.

"This man's surname is Cai, his name is Jing, his courtesy name is Yuanchang, and his son of Cai Zhun, and his elder brother is Cai Bian." Zhu Chong replied: "Cai Jing has always had a good relationship with the palace. At this time, Tong Guan went to Jiangnan. How could he not know? Since Cai Jing was demoted to Hangzhou, he always wanted to return to the capital, so how could he not take advantage of such a good opportunity? He bribed Tong Guan to pave the way for him to return to the capital and take power again."

"But...but...even so, what does this matter have to do with my Zhu family?" Zhu Xie asked again after hearing this.

"Hey, 杨, in the Suzhou and Hangzhou area, who can compare with my Zhu family in terms of rare treasures, antique calligraphy and paintings? Cai Jing wanted to bribe Tong Guan more, and he was inseparable from these objects. Another important thing is that your father, I once built a garden for the Cai family. Cai Jing once helped my Zhu family a little bit, so I had some friendship with Cai Jing. At this time, I can get through Cai Jing, and my Zhu family can get a relationship with Tong Guan."

"Cai, Cai, Cai!" Zhu Xie was overjoyed and said three words "Cai" one after another, happily: "As long as you can get a relationship with the children's worship, it's better.

If you serve him well, you can ask him for his punishment and take down the dog, man and woman."

"Oh, yeah." Zhu Chong sighed after hearing this, "Can you look at it longer? That pair of dogs and women will lose face for my Zhu family and will sooner or later be punished. I won't pay attention to them at this time. Children worshipped in Jiangnan. This matter is not only an opportunity for Cai Jing, but also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for my Zhu family. yeah, think about it, my Zhu family does not lack food or money, but also a lack of officials, and people who can speak for my Zhu family in the court, or even..."

"Dad means..." Zhu Xie asked.

"That's right!" Zhu Chong nodded and said, "Dad, I hope that in a few years, my Zhu family can become a real family of officials, and have a place in the court. You will become the first court official in the Zhu family who holds real power. By that time..."

The main way for the Song Dynasty to enter the officialdom was of course the imperial examination. In addition to the imperial examination, there were other ways to enter the officialdom, such as favor, recommendation, and gift. It was completely impossible for Zhu Xie to rely on the imperial examination to enter the officialdom, so he had to find other ways.

Officials who entered the imperial examination in Song Fei generally had military positions, and basically had no real positions. However, no matter what, no matter what the official position was, as long as they could get the emperor's favor, they would definitely be on the rise and hold real power.

For example, Tong Guan, an eunuch in the palace, was just a wise eunuch, who was a wise eunuch, and was just a magistrate in the palace. Because he was favored by Emperor Zhao Ji of Song, Tong Guan was not only able to call the wind and rain in the palace, but also showed off his power outside the palace. Even the important officials of the court should respect him three points in person.

The world is the world of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty has the surname Zhao.

"At that time, the child will search the dog and the man and the woman and kill them into meat sauce!" Zhu Xie said hatefully.

Li Sanjian, Li Wanting, you guys and men will sooner or later fall into my hands. Zhu Xie then looked south and thought to himself hatefully.

Li Sanjian and Li Wanting? Both of them have the surname Li, so can we make a fuss about this at this time? If they are the same clan and even go further, if Li Sanjian and Li Wanting are brothers and sisters of the same clan, wouldn’t they commit serious crimes?

At this time, Zhu Xie was still extremely unwilling to let Li Sanjian and Li Wanting go temporarily.

"The only thing is... the only thing is that if this move is done, it will consume a lot of money from my Zhu family and countless treasures from my Zhu family. If it is done, it will be fine, but if it is not..." Zhu Chong then said to Zhu Xie with heartache.

This is true for everything in this world, the richer you are, the more stingy you are.

The Zhu family had never finished the money accumulated at this time. It was a wealthy family and wealth could rival a country. But Zhu Chong was still moved and heartbroken.

At this time, if you want to bribe Cai Jing and Tong Guan, you will definitely spend a lot of money, rare treasures, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc. If it is effective, it will be fine. If it is ineffective, if it is paid and does not do anything, wouldn’t it be that the meat bun is going to beat the dog but not returning?

"Dad, don't worry!" Zhu Jie advised: "With money, can they still not do anything after they collect money? Also, Dad, don't you advise your child to take a long-term view? So the child thinks so. This time, we just think about it, we just invest some capital in business. After a period of time, we will definitely be able to recover the capital and profit. Besides, isn't Tong Gong buying goods in the palace this time going to Jiangnan? In this way, my Zhu family may be able to make some money."

"Haha, what my son said is great!" Zhu Chong was overjoyed when he heard this.
Chapter completed!