A Clash of Gods - Chapter 116

[Chapter 116 Probing]

Director Qiu was shocked, and smiled awkwardly: “The prince is joking, I am looking forward to the prince and the third lady returning to the house day and night.” He shook his head and sighed: “If you say something that shouldn’t be said, the prince and the third lady will never come back. The Hou residence will be tossed around by Aunt Qiong.”

Yang Ning asked, “Director Qiu, I heard that you inherited your father’s business from your son, and your father was also the manager of Hou’s mansion back then.”

“Yes, my father and I have always served in the Hou’s Mansion.” Director Qiu said with emotion: “The old Houye and the generals are so kind to our father and son that it is difficult to repay in this life.”

Yang Ning smiled and said, “Director Qiu, who do you think is more suitable for me and Qi Yu to inherit the title?”

Director Qiu was stunned, and immediately said: “How can Qi Yu be compared with the prince? The prince is the heir chosen by the general, and it is the prince who should inherit the title.”

“Mr. Qiu, are you not sincere?” Yang Ning smiled and said, “Let me ask you, do you know Zhao Yuan?”

“Zhao Yuan?” Director Qiu was shocked, “Sir, I…I have never heard of this person.”

“Zhao Yuan is the accountant of the old house, and you have been in contact with the old house. You don’t even know the accountant of the old house?” Gu Qinghan finally asked coldly.

When Director Qiu heard this, he patted his head and said, “Yes, as soon as the third lady reminded me, I remembered that there was such a person. It was my negligence, I only knew that there was Mr. Zhao, but I really didn’t know the name. ”

“Since I know Zhao Yuan, of course I also know Qi Cheng.” Yang Ning said, “Mr. Qiu, I heard that Mr. Qi Hong had a stroke three years ago and was sent to Jingzhou City for recuperation. Now it is Mr. Qi Hong who is in charge of the old house. Guan’s son is called Qi Cheng, you don’t know this, do you?”

Manager Qiu frowned and said, “Is there such a thing?” He explained, “Sir, the third lady, every year the old mansion sends someone to deliver tax money, and I will check and check it myself, but I’ve never heard that the manager has suffered a stroke? ”

“How do you know about Zhao Yuan if you don’t know Qi Cheng?” Yang Ning said lightly, “Do you not know that Zhao Yuan is hired by Qi Cheng?”

“I really don’t know about this. It’s just that they sent the tax and silver. I reconciled with them. They mentioned that the accounts of the old house were handled by an accountant named Mr. Zhao.” Manager Qiu said without changing his expression: ” Third Madam, there are already many things in the Hou Mansion, and the old mansion is also negligent, it is my fault after all, and the Third Madam and the Prince will punish you.”

Yang Ning sneered, and suddenly roared, “Mr. Qiu, are you still honest?”

This life is full of anger, and the ground is shocking. Director Qiu was taken aback and fell to his knees, “Prince, I have been in the mansion for many years, I am loyal, and I will never deceive the words of the prince.” Turning to Gu Qinghan, said: ” Third Madam, you know my loyalty to the Hou Mansion over the years, if anything is wrong, you can punish me, but…!”

At this moment, Qi Feng came in and said, “The prince, the third lady, Aunt Qiong and the young master have gone out.”

“They left?” Yang Ning said, “Didn’t you go to Mrs. Tai?”

Qi Feng said: “No, they didn’t bring anything, I followed for a while, they seem to be going to the three old masters.”

“It turned out to be looking for a helper.” Yang Ning smiled and said, “That’s fine, I’m just about to find him. If he comes by himself, I don’t need to go there in person.” He added, “The person I brought here, Take care of it.”

Qi Feng was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly, “Don’t worry, Shizi, I have already…!”

Before Qi Feng could finish speaking, Yang Ning waved him to step back, and when Qi Feng stepped back, Yang Ning asked Director Qiu, “Director Qiu, do you know who I asked Qi Feng to take care of?”

“No…don’t know!”

Yang Ning smiled and said slowly, “Haven’t you met Zhao Yuan? I brought him this time, so you can get to know him.”

Gu Qinghan was startled next to her, but she was Bingxue smart and instantly understood Yang Ning’s thoughts.

Yang Ning asked Qi Feng to take care of the ugly man with a black cloak, but he used this to tell Director Qiu that he was bringing Zhao Yuan, which was obviously testing Director Qiu.

Manager Qiu’s expression changed slightly, but he still smiled reluctantly: “The prince brought Zhao… Mr. Zhao back?”

“But Zhao Yuan confessed, he knows you.” Yang Ning said: “By the way, I forgot to tell you, we encountered something in Jiangling, and this prince almost died there. Fortunately, God favored me and let me turn the corner. Do you know Who is trying to hurt me?”

“No…I don’t know.” Director Qiu’s eyes twitched, “The prince is auspicious, no…nothing will happen.”

Yang Ning smiled and said, “You don’t know that something strange happened in the old house, the boss is in charge of that son, by the way, it’s Qi Cheng, who turned out to be an impostor, and Mr. Zhao, it’s Zhao Yuan, it turned out that he was behind him. Commander. I escaped the catastrophe, mobilized the troops from the Jiangling prefect, and wiped out this group of rebels.” Leaning forward, he said with a smile: “Under the severe torture, Zhao Yuan honestly confessed. Young Master, do you know that they have been hiding from the Hou Mansion and actually collected 40% of the taxes in the fiefs, but in order not to make the Hou Mansion suspicious, they have handed over a lot of taxes to the Hou Mansion in recent years.”

Director Qiu’s eyes twitched and he said, “Those people…they are really hateful, they should…just kill them all.”

“That can’t be done. If you kill them all, you won’t be able to ask the truth.” Yang Ning said with a smile: “They told me that in fact, this year’s tax silver has been sent to the capital and handed over to the Qi family, but it was not handed over to the family. It’s just Houfu.”

Manager Qiu: “Could it be… Could it be…!”

“What?” Yang Ning stared at Director Qiu.

Manager Qiu hurriedly said: “It’s nothing, Prince, where is the tax silver now?”

“Don’t worry, I will get all the tax silver back, but it’s just temporarily stored elsewhere.” Yang Ning said, “By the way, Zhao Yuan also mentioned you…!”

Director Qiu suddenly changed his color and said in a loss: “Sir, don’t believe what he said, he is a good person who framed him, I didn’t… I definitely didn’t contact him privately, sire, this kind of person should be killed with one sword, and definitely stay. Must not.”

“To frame a good person?” Gu Qinghan sneered beside him, “Mr. Qiu, you don’t know what he said, so how do you know he will frame you? What do you think he will say?”

Director Qiu was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, but made no sound.

Gu Qinghan sighed softly and said, “It turns out it’s really you, it turns out that Zhao Yuan’s eyeliner in the Hou residence is actually you?” Huo Ran got up and said angrily, “Qiu Yi, how can the Hou residence be sorry to you? Except for me, the Hou residence It’s all up to you, your father and son have served in the Hou Mansion, whether it’s the old Hou Ye or the general, there’s nothing wrong with you, why are you still eating inside and out and colluding with those people?”

Yang Ning made a test, although Director Qiu had not admitted it yet, but Gu Qinghan had confirmed that Director Qiu was a traitor who secretly colluded with Zhao Yuan.

The catastrophe in Jiangling this time, there is actually the shadow of Director Qiu behind this, which makes Gu Qinghan very angry.

Director Qiu hurriedly said: “Third Madam, I…I really didn’t communicate with Zhao Yuan privately, I just thought that those people would lose their conscience and would…will slander me maliciously.”

Yang Ning sighed: “Mr. Qiu, do you want to bring Zhao Yuan to you before you confess? Anyway, you have been in the Hou residence for many years, not because of your service for the Hou residence for so many years, but also because of your father. To save face, try to deal with this matter as low-key as possible. If you confess now, I promise not to hurt you, but if I wait for Zhao Yuan to confront you, I will only hand over the two of you to the government.”

Director Qiu lowered his head and remained silent. Yang Ning shook his head and said loudly, “Someone, ask Qi Feng to bring that person over…!”

“Sir, sire, wait a minute!” Director Qiu raised his head suddenly, with a look of horror on his face, and trembled: “I…I dare not hide it, in fact…in fact, this is all… This is all caused by the three old masters behind my back, I…I am also forced to help, please forgive me for this.”

“Third old grandfather?” Gu Qinghan raised his phoenix eyes, “Qiu Yi, don’t bite people here.”

Qiu Yi said: “Third madam, it is really caused by the third old grandfather.” He said anxiously: “The third old grandfather wants Qi Yu to inherit the title, so…so I have been targeting the prince, I do know Zhao Yuan, and I have long been there. I know that Qi Cheng takes care of the old house, but I really don’t know that they privately increase taxes there.”

“Why did the third old man want Qi Yu to replace me?” Yang Ning had already put away his smile, UU reading www.

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“Yes, Qi Yu… Qi Yu and Aunt Qiong promised the third grandfather that as long as he inherits the title, half of the fief’s tax revenue will be handed over to the third grandfather.” Qiu Yi said: “The third grandfather has only five hundred The household tax will increase to 1,500 when Qi Yu inherits the title, and in addition, half of the private fields of Jiangling’s several hundred hectares will be allocated to the three old grandfathers and one room.”

Gu Qinghan’s breath was short of breath at this time, his chest heaved and he said angrily, “You didn’t lie?”

“Don’t dare to deceive.” Qiu Yi said with a bitter face: “Aunt Qiong also promised that she would give me two hundred households alone, and give me eight hundred acres of land. I… I was temporarily blinded by lard. They were pulled into the water.”

“These were all negotiated after the general’s death?” Gu Qinghan frowned and said: “Otherwise, if the general is alive, even if you play tricks, Qi Yu will not be able to inherit the title. But you have been in private contact with the old mansion for three years. It can’t be negotiated recently.”

Qiu Yi said: “The third lady Mingjian is the third grandfather. Three years ago, the Northern Han people came over and the general went to fight the enemy. At that time, the third old grandfather said that the general was covered in injuries. If he cultivated for a few years, he might be able to survive. , but just like that, even if you don’t die in battle and work day and night, you will definitely not live long.” After a pause, he stopped talking.

“What else, don’t say it soon.”

Qiu Yi hurriedly said: “The three old masters also said that although the Qin Huai Army of Chu State is the commander of the generals, they are not monolithic. Although most of the soldiers are in awe of the generals, it is hard to guarantee that some of them have feelings for the generals. Dissatisfied, the general went on an expedition, and there was no return, so from the day the general went on an expedition, he was going to let Qi Yu take the prince to replace him.”