When Xue Yan was in front of Jun Huailang, he still had a posture that he couldn't walk without anyone helping him. When Jun Huailang was far away, he walked fast and walked all the way back to his yard.

He passed by the bedroom without even glancing in, and walked straight to the study.

"Everything was brought to my table," he said.

Jin Bao responded quickly, trotted all the way, and greeted the two Jin Yiwei to send the important news sent from various places over the past few days to Xue Yan's study together.

Xue Yan pressed the table with one hand, and picked up the book on top with the other hand. His movements were smooth and natural, and it didn't look like he had been injured.

Jinbao waits on the side.

He was not surprised at all. He knows better than anyone how much his master's body is going through a lot of tossing.

A year and a half ago, he was beaten 50 times by the emperor, and he could not be called the imperial doctor. He gave the medicine himself, and fetched water and cleaned every day without using human hands.

Although the master was seriously injured this time, he received such meticulous medical treatment, and let His Royal Highness accompany him, and he cultivated for several days.

Jinbao knows that the master is all right, that is, pretending to be pitiful in front of His Royal Highness and asking His Highness to come and see him again.

That is, His Royal Highness has a good heart, so he can be fooled by his master.

Over there, Xue Yan glanced at the letter in his hand.

This letter is from Dongchang. In addition to the daily fragmentary news of the DPRK and China, a lot of space is written about the Xu family.

One is that the position of the provincial governor of Shandong was vacant, and the Xu family strongly recommended a little-known official. That position was originally a dispute between the Jiang Xu family and the emperor. He was hesitating at first. Seeing that the Xu family suddenly recommended such an official with no background, he immediately agreed.

There is really nothing outstanding about the official, that is, the rich family gave the Xu family a large sum of money, which is considered to be the purchase of this official.

Xue Yan's eyes paused on that.

Why is the Xu family so short of money?

He knew that since he took this position, the Xu family would not be as peaceful as before, and the entire faction had been tossed over because of him.

It is precisely because of this that the Xu family's daughter-in-law can't speak, and Xu Xiang and several sons are overwhelmed, so they let their only grandson go south to play.

However, even so, the Xu family has a great career and a deep foundation, and will not give up the game with the Jiang family for the sake of money.

That being the case, there is only one possibility.

The official showed his sincerity and will definitely use it for them in the future, and the Xu family is really short of money, and they don't know what to do with the money.

Xue Yan turned to the next page.

Emperor Qingping received the memorial from the Yongning Court, and he took it seriously, and invited the ministers to discuss it. Unusually, the Xu family did not object, but instead supported the Qing Ping Emperor to allocate some money to prevent floods in the south of the Yangtze River.

Emperor Qing Ping readily agreed, and following closely, the Xu family went back and sent a secret letter.

As for where the secret letter was sent, the power of the East Factory is only in Chang'an, and if there are too many, it is impossible to detect it.

Xue Yan hooked the corner of his lips.

He could naturally guess where the secret letter came from.

It must have been sent to Jiangnan and delivered to Guo Rongwen.

He came out of the Ministry of Accounts to manage the accounts for Yongning. Gong Yongning is kind to him and trusts him, so he will naturally leave the chores on the account to him.

Then, it is easy for him to be greedy for ink.

I just don't know what the Xu family wants to do to make money.

Xue Yan turned back again.

For a moment, he smiled faintly.

"It seems that Dongchang is really afraid of the Xu family. Even if Jieyi Jieyu is dead, they are not at ease." He put the letter on the table, and lightly tapped his index finger on it. "Want to use my hand to kill them, so that I can destroy the corpses and traces of what I have done?"

The people from Dongchang killed Concubine Rong, which Xue Yan knew for a long time.

His kinship was indifferent, and he didn't take it seriously, but when they met him, these eunuchs thought they were clever and tried to play him around.

Xue Yan sighed lightly.

"Duan Fourteen," he said. "Work hard, and when you return to Beijing this year, Duan Chong's head will be taken by yourself."

Duan Shishi in the dark led the order with a knife.

Xue Yan picked up another letter.

This letter was given to him by Duan XIV. Several days ago, he sent Duan Shishi back to Jinling in advance.

Sure enough, Guo Rongwen moved a lot while they were away.

He asked Duan Shishi to trouble the young master of the Xu family. Duan Shishi was not ambiguous at all. It didn't take long for this young master to cause a life lawsuit and owe gambling debts. Xu Cong'an was alone in Jinling, and it was naturally more difficult to ask for money when he went home, so he went to find his father's lackey.

It was Guo Rongwen.

Guo Rongwen is only a small household official. He got on the Xu family's car a few years ago, and only then did he improve. The Xu family is the only young master, so he naturally did not dare to offend him, so he used his power to exploit the money he had passed several times, and this blocked the hole for Xu young master.

However, this was all within his power, so no trace was left.

What Xue Yan wanted was not a trace.

Now Guo Rongwen has no money that he can move. Next, when Master Xu asked for money again, he could only take the risk.

Once you take a risk, more and more obvious handles and legs will naturally be revealed.

This is what Xue Yan wants.

"Have you finished the Hualou you went to look for?" Xue Yan asked.

Duan Shishi responded: "Go back to the Lord, it has been done. Hualou is one of the best in Jinling City and has a good reputation. We found a woman named Yujing, and she has become one of our people. Just waiting for the Lord's order, It will be picked up in the building.”

Xue Yan nodded: "It's almost there, let's start."

Section 14 should go down.

"To hold back and hold, you must be hyped, but you can't show your face easily." Xue Yan said. "If Duan Chong didn't teach you the truth of how rare goods can live, I'll teach you today."

Duan Fourteen nodded yes.

"Go down." Xue Yan put down the secret letter and said.

Duan Shishi was like a shadow, and disappeared in a flash.

Xue Yan raised his eyes and looked at the beating candle in front of him. For a moment, his eyes softened, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised.

Such a soft expression was extremely rare to see on his face. But it was short-lived, fleeting, and then disappeared.

At that moment, what he thought of was Jun Huailang.

There was an informant buried by the Xu family beside his father, and Jun Huailang naturally didn't know.

However, he didn't have to know.

I will let the informant buried silently disappear silently, together with those behind him who are eager to harm the Jun family.

Xue Yan withdrew his gaze and refocused on other letters.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Everyone under Xue Yan has rules, and it is not the most important thing. It is absolutely impossible to disturb Xue Yan when he is in the study.

Jinbao hurried to open the door.

A young servant stood at the door with a worried expression on his face.

"If you have something to say, what do you do hesitantly?" Jinbao scolded.

As soon as the boy raised his head, he saw Xue Yan also looking up at him.

His legs softened and he almost fell to his knees.

"Go back to the lord." He said tremblingly. "Just now, Fu Yi, who was beside His Royal Highness, came by..."

"What?" Xue Yan asked.

The servant continued: "...Say, His Royal Highness asked the prince to take good care of his injuries, and he won't come in the next few days."

Xue Yan held the letter's hand for a while.

Unexpectedly, the little servant hasn't finished speaking yet.

"His Royal Highness also said that if there is nothing important, please ask the prince...don't look for him."

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Jun Huailang didn't sleep all night.

He held that page of paper and didn't dare to look at it again, but he still held it in his hand and couldn't let it go.

Perhaps because this life has changed too much and lived too peacefully, perhaps because he focused his attention on his father's affairs, he gradually forgot his previous life.

He forgot Xue Yan in his previous life, what was his relationship with him, and what was his relationship with Ling Huan...

He could not pursue Xue Yan because he had done nothing in this life and was an innocent person, but he... couldn't like him.

Even if all kinds of things in the past life have never happened and no one else knows about it, he is aware of it.

He can't have such feelings for the other party without his own knowledge.

...but he still did it.

He must not be so disobedient, contrary to his conscience and nature.

He knew that although he was soft-hearted, he had always been very principled.

Under his own moral principles, he will never fail to do what should be done, and he will immediately terminate what should not be done, and will never touch it again.

But this time is different.

messed up.

He knew that he shouldn't like Xue Yan, he should stop himself in time, cut off contact with the other party, or put away such thoughts.

But he never liked people, he didn't know...

This kind of thinking, once born, does not mean to put it away.

He always knew that even if he couldn't control others, he could definitely control himself.

But now... his own heart seems to be uncontrollable.

The more he knew what to do and the more he wanted to force himself, the more uncomfortable he felt. It was as if a ball of wet cotton had been stuffed into his heart, which made his chest hurt so much that he could hardly breathe.

Although he is gentle, his nature is cold. For more than 20 years in the past and present, he was the only one who was moved by this person.

But it is the one who should never be tempted.

Jun Huailang lay in the tent alone, holding the scrap page in his hand. Unconsciously, the rising sun fell on his bed through the gap in the bed tent.

A light shone on the back of his hand.

Jun Huailang looked at the ray of light, and then spread out his hands, looking at the line of words quietly as if he was abusing himself.

[The corner of Xue Yan's lips evokes a cold arc...]

Jun Huailang frowned.

He suddenly discovered that the Xue Yan described on this note was extremely unfamiliar.

The Xue Yan he knew would never show such an expression or say such a thing, nor would he take revenge on the other party in such a way because the other party had been kind to him and took back his goodwill.

Jun Huailang tightened the hand holding the piece of paper slightly, facing the light, and slowly sat up.

In an instant, he began to suspect that what was written in the book was fake.

When Fuyi outside heard the movement, he quickly set up the bed tent for him and waited for him to get up.

Jun Huailang didn't say a word, but Fuyi saw his face first.

"Master didn't sleep well last night?" he asked. "Why is there no spirit?"

Jun Huailang hummed, his voice a little hoarse.

"It's all right," he said.

"What's in the young master's hand?" Fu Yi saw that he was holding a piece of paper in his hand again, and hurriedly asked when he saw that it was crumpled. "Did I throw it for you?"

Jun Huailang moved his fingers and put the piece of paper into his palm.

"No," he said.

Fuyi also saw that he was not in good spirits, so he didn't say any more. But he was also worried about his young master, and it would be so abnormal only when he had a nightmare.

That being the case, he had to say something to divert his attention.

Fuyi racked his brains and suddenly remembered Jinbao whom he met under the corridor this morning.

Yes, the young master has always had a good relationship with His Royal Highness King Guangling.

Fuyi quickly said, "By the way, young master, this morning, the slave met Eunuch Jinbao."

Jun Huailang's eyelashes trembled.

I heard Fu Yi say: "Eunuch Jin Bao said that the lord was busy with his duties, so he went to the yamen early in the morning regardless of his illness. He said that he couldn't persuade him, but he was worried, and wanted you to be free, so he went to persuade the lord."