Chen Wuye of Jinyiwei is worried about the Tan family's unclear attitude and no one to help them.

And Chen Yumou, the person in charge of the side branch who received the fifth master of the Zong family here, also saw something.

He stopped the waiter from bringing tea and took it to Chen Fuyou's study himself.

"This tea is very fragrant. The fifth master will feel soothed after drinking it."

Chen Fu waved his hand, "What's the use of feeling soothed? If I can't catch anyone, I won't be able to do business when I go back."

As he said this, he muttered, "The Tan family also I don’t know what’s going on...”

Chen Yumou was waiting for this sentence.

"That is, the Tan family in Qingkan doesn't know what's going on. The other aristocratic families are all farming in various places. It's better for the Tan family. It's fine if they don't farm themselves. They don't allow others to farm. They have united with the nearby prefecture and county yamen to not allow others to farm. Low-priced land... No wonder the Tan family is getting worse and worse!"

Chen Yumou saw that farming was extremely cost-effective this year, so he took the opportunity to buy the fertile land from the common people that he had been optimistic about in the past few years. He was still a little stubborn. The man from Liuyang Village refused to sell at a low price, so he had to resort to some tricks.

Who would have thought that when the fertile land was about to be obtained, the Tan family suddenly appeared and asked the villagers to rent land to the Tan family and advance money to the villagers for the winter.

Chen Yumou's plan fell through immediately. This was not the end of it. He also prepared a lot of money to buy other land. Who would have expected that the government yamen would not allow the transaction of acres of land at a low price.

Behind this are all the opinions of the Tan family of Qingkan, and the wishes of the eldest son of the Tan family.

He didn't understand. Is the Tan family a noble family, or are they just ordinary people? !

Chen Yumou has been feeling angry for a few days. He just heard that the fifth master of the Zong family came to the Tan family for help. If he had said something bad about the Tan family at that time, wouldn't he be asking for trouble?

But it's different now.

He couldn't help but say, "Why don't Fifth Master find their own clan of the Chen family, suppress the Tan family of Qinghan, and then intervene in various matters of Qinghan, whether it is finding people or farming, isn't it easier?"

After all, the Fengling Chen family is one of the four major families today. How can it be compared to the declining Qingkan Tan family?

Unexpectedly, when he said this, the fifth master of the clan, Chen Fuyou, suddenly laughed mockingly.

"You really think about it. The powerful dragon has not conquered the local snakes. Do you think that the Chen family in Fengling can get a good deal from the Tan family when they get here?!"

Chen Fulou looked at Chen Yumou on the side branch, and suddenly remembered When I met the eldest son of the Tan family at that time, the eldest son of the Tan family suddenly mentioned about Liuyang Village.

He was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and glared at Chen Yumou.

"Are you also suppressing Liuyang Village and buying other people's land?!"

Chen Yumou was stunned when he was asked, and then he felt aggrieved. "Because of the intervention of the Tan family, all the good farmland was lost!"

He also said To complain, Chen Fuyouke understood everything.

When he was in the Tan family, he only thought about the daring and reckless actions of the common people. He never thought that it was his own side clan members who put the Tan family in danger.

No wonder he refused to help. It turned out to be because he didn't take care of his own clan members well.

Chen Yumou's head was buzzing after being scolded, and he wanted to say that his farmland could be transferred to the Zong family, but the fifth master of the Zong family called him coldly.

"Don't even think about farming! This year, no one from the local Chen clan is allowed to violate the government's laws and farm privately! Anyone who dares to farm at a low price privately will be arrested by the government. Don't blame the clan for not speaking up for you!"

Chen Yumou was stunned immediately.

Chen Wuye, Chen Fuyou, didn't want to see him anymore, so he quickly waved him away.

The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he swept the fragrant tea off the coffee table.

Because of this trivial matter in farming, his plan to catch people was almost ruined.

You know, if the thing in the Taoist's hand really comes out, it will have a huge impact on their family...

He secretly thought that he should take Chen Yumou to apologize to the Tan family, but he also thought of the eldest son of the Tan family. I was afraid that he would not give me face, so I thought about it, wrote a letter, and had people rush to send it to the capital.

A two-pronged approach was used to ensure that the eldest son of the Tan family agreed to catch people for him.

The Qing Dynasty Tan family.

Tan Ting didn't know what Chen Fu planned.

He answered a few letters from his tribesmen who were far away in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places and could not come to pay New Year's greetings. It was getting late.

A crescent moon hangs in the sky.

Well, today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

There were many things going on in the twelfth lunar month, so Xiang Yi went back to her parents' home. On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, she felt a bit windy that day, and she was very tired at night. Tan Ting saw him and took the initiative to go to bed early.

Today, she is in good spirits.

Tan Ting left the study and went to the courtyard. He glanced across the corridor and saw the shadow of her bowing her head doing needlework reflected on the window paper.

He couldn't help but lighten his steps and quickly entered the room.

She was making a sapphire blue brocade robe for him under the shadow of the lamp, stitch by stitch. She didn't hear his footsteps. At this moment, she had just gone through the needlework, took the scissors in the small basket, cut off the thread, and then Narrow your eyes and prepare to continue threading the needle.

Thinking of her recent busyness, Tan Ting couldn't help but step forward.

"Don't do anything after dark. Look carefully."

Only then did Xiang Yi realize that he appeared behind him like a ghost.

For some reason, he had been walking silently recently, and suddenly he was next to her...

Xiang Yi wanted to say it was okay, but suddenly remembered that today was the fifth day of the lunar month.

She glanced at the man, and his eyes also fell on her face.

Xiang Yi understood immediately.

He nodded in agreement, collected the clothes and sewing basket, and asked someone to fetch water.

The servants are also governors and have already boiled the water.

The couple washed themselves up quietly. It was getting late, so they both went into the tent.

Xiang Yi originally slept outside, but after spending the night at Liuyang Manor, the man let her sleep inside.

He never needed anyone to wait on him at night, and Xiang Yi slept inside and outside. Now she came inside, waiting for official business on the fifth day of the lunar month, but she saw that for some reason, he did not lie down, but read a book with the lamp on.

Xiang Yi glanced at him in confusion, and found that he still wanted to really read, so he raised his hand and turned the page.

She couldn't figure it out, but if she continued like this, she might almost fall asleep...

Tan Ting was still reading, or turning the pages.

He secretly glanced at his wife with his peripheral vision and found that she had already laid down. Although she had closed her eyes, her eyelids were trembling slightly and she was not really about to fall asleep.

It can be seen that she also remembered that today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

It's just that they haven't been like this for some days. Tan Ting's heart beats faster at the thought of having extremely private contact, and he doesn't know where to start.

However, the wife beside the pillow always fell asleep very quickly...

Uncle Tan hesitated for a moment and blew out the candle.

The room seemed to be covered in a huge curtain, dark, warm, and airtight.

In the curtain after curtain, Mr. Tan's heart beat a few beats faster.

But although his heartbeat was fast, his movements were slow and unsteady.

The hand that used to fall on her waist stopped now before it crossed the gap between the two of them.

Although she remembered that today was the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, what did she think outside of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year?

Tan Ting glanced at his wife quietly. He could not accurately grasp her thoughts, but he was always the one who took the initiative. She could not take the initiative in this kind of thing.

Besides, she seemed to be falling asleep...

Tan Ting made up his mind, and his big palm finally crossed the center line.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xiang Yi, who was sleeping next to him, suddenly raised his hand to lift away the tangled hair on his temples.

She raised her arm and hit the palm of the man who was standing above her arm with a snap.

Both of them were stunned.

Tan Ting's hand froze.

She didn't want to...

Xiang Yi didn't expect such a coincidence. She looked at the Tan family uncle and saw that he was stiff. She felt a little embarrassed. She lightly touched her hair with her hands. When she put her hands down, she silently He took off his belt.

Tan Tingcai finally came to his senses.

It turned out to be a coincidence.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and saw her white shirt slipping quietly off her snow-white shoulders. Without any further hesitation, he immediately followed her movements and responded to her, and silently untied his own clothes.

...

Between the heavy curtains, the warmth rose rapidly, and beads of sweat formed on Xiang Yi's forehead.

The old man seemed to have some scruples today for some reason, or for some other reason, every movement was much slower than before.

Xiang Yi started to pant at that slow speed and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at him.

Unexpectedly, the man was becoming more and more confusing to her, so under her gaze, he cleared his throat slightly and slowly turned his face to the side.

There seemed to be an indescribable air of shyness in the room.

It's just that Xiang Yi was not used to the grinding and rubbing. He became more breathless and sweating, and his whole body became limp and weak.

But he was still as cautious and tentative as ever.

Xiang Yi couldn't resist anymore, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only look at him with a frown and panting, and cleared his throat gently.

She was clearing her throat, but the sound of clearing her throat was slightly out of tune at this moment.

She had always been quiet, but as soon as she cleared her throat, Tan Ting felt that the hair on her entire back stood up.

He understood what she meant.

The next breath, a pair of big palms completely supported her back.

Xiang Yi took a breath, and all the dillydallying disappeared. She was trapped in someone's arms, and the world was spinning for a while. She couldn't tell whether it was cold winter or hot summer...

it took a long time.

But after stopping, Xiang Yi was still surrounded by others.

She was not used to this kind of posture, so she pulled away and prepared to leave, but in the next breath, the arms tightened and she was suddenly picked up.

She looked at the man in disbelief.

Under her surprised look, Tan Ting turned his face slightly sideways again. This time he did not clear his throat, but whispered something.

"Thank you for your hard work."

...

When she came back from the bathroom, she did not lose sight of her surprised and complicated eyes, as if what he was doing today was very inconsistent with the rules between them.

Tan Ting sighed quietly under this look.

He suddenly wanted to call her name and tell her that he would always get along with her like this in the future.

But when he was about to speak, Tan Ting suddenly realized something.

He didn't seem to know her maiden name.

Tan Ting was stunned by this knowledge and couldn't say anything else.

But he didn't dare to ask her rashly. After all, they were actually a couple who had been married for three years...

But while Tan Ting was thinking about it, Xiang Yi was already tired and sour, and with his heart full of thoughts, Closed his eyes.

In the days that followed, Uncle Tan's outer study was really idle for a few days, and he stayed in the inner study in the main courtyard for these days.

It's just that he has never been able to find out his wife's maiden name from various sources, as if her maiden name really stayed in her boudoir.

He could only think of other ways.

However, Chen Fuyou came to the door again and activated the outer study room of the Tan family.

Tan Ting did not turn him away, because just the morning before Chen Fuyou came, he received a letter from his uncle Lin Da in the capital.

He has always respected his uncle, and as the eldest son of the chief minister, Mr. Lin has always taken good care of him.

In this letter, the uncle only seriously mentioned one thing, and that was to ask him to help Chen Fuyou.

At this time, when Chen Fuyou came to visit again, Tan Ting knew more and more that the person they wanted to arrest this time was no ordinary person.

Chen Fuyou also lost his eagerness last time and asked Chen Yumou to apologize to Tan Ting for what happened at Liuyang Village.

But what he wanted to plot was not Tan Ting's land, but the land of the people of Liuyangzhuang Village. Tan Ting didn't apologize to him and only asked about the farming.

This time Chen Fuyou was very resolute and stated his determination in the local Chen family branch.

No one in the Chen family, like the Tan family in the Qing Dynasty, is allowed to farm land at low prices.

When he said this, Tan Ting nodded inwardly.

The Chen family has quite a few people on this side, and there are quite a lot of people with money in their hands. With them suppressed, the other small clans don't dare to stand out easily.

Chen Fu saw the warmth in his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. He sent Chen Yumou down and talked about the arrest again.

This time, with full sincerity, he directly told Tan Ting the identity of the man in a low voice when he saw no one around.

"...so that Mr. Tan will know that what I want to capture this time is the demon next to the prince!"

After the words fell, the study room fell silent.

Tan Ting made many guesses, including the guess that it would be the Taoist priest next to the prince. But what kind of crime could this Taoist priest commit such as a bandit that requires them to hunt him down like this?

He glanced at Chen Fu calmly.

Now that Chen Fuyou had opened his mouth, he didn't care to say a few more words.

At that moment, he told the Taoist to go to Jiangxi to investigate the case. He wanted to investigate the case, but in fact he wanted to take the opportunity to cause chaos and confuse the prince.

The prince had great trust in him, and the Jin Yiwei came to take the person at the request of the palace, so that the demon would not know what he had in his hand, and he would confuse the prince and interfere with the imperial court when he returned to the capital.

The prince must be secretly escorted back to the capital before he is deceived by him.

With Chen Fu's words, Tan Ting finally understood why the government offered such a high price for a clue.

But, is this what the palace means...?

Tan Ting looked at Chen Fuyou, then picked up the tea cup and lightly picked up the tea leaves.

He thought to himself that no matter what, Chen Fu was willing to say this, and Uncle Lin's letter was in front of him. Whatever his intentions, it would not prevent him from finding someone for them.

And then again, it is true that the Taoist was meddling in government affairs around the prince. Such a person with unknown origins is indeed not suitable to stay in the East Palace.

Tan Ting drank the tea and didn't ask any more questions.

He responded neatly to Chen Fuyou's request for help.

...

The main house of the Tan family.

Xiang Yifu felt bad when he heard that Chen Fu came to the door with his clan members.

When she saw Tan Ting again and had a serious conversation with him outside the study, she felt something was wrong. However, the two of them spoke in extremely secretive ways this time, and no one was allowed to come close.

Xiang Yi thought about it and called Chun Bamboo over to give some instructions.

Chun Bamboo got Xiang Yi's order and immediately drove to the farm.

Her sister had been transferred by Xiang Yi to Zhuangzi where Gu Yansheng was recuperating. She just followed the instructions of taking care of the tiger-fighting hero and helped in the kitchen. Chun Sun went to look for her sister, but no one suspected her.

Just outside the study room.

When Chen Fu saw that Tan Tingying had offered to help find the person, he immediately raised the issue.

"Master Tan, what is the origin of the tiger-fighting hero at the farm?"

Seeing that he asked in detail, Tan Ting didn't hide anything. He directly said that he was invited to the farm to save his little sister.

The tiger-killing hero was not very similar to the person in the arrest portrait. If not, Chen Fu would have been unable to hold himself back for a long time.

But he still said, "Although it doesn't look like it, the man is very strange, and it is possible that he can change his appearance. If Mr. Tan doesn't mind, I would like to go and check it out for myself."

Tan Ting naturally has nothing to do with it. After thinking for a moment, he got up together with Chen Fu.

"Tan also went with Qianhu."

If that Sheng Gu was really a Taoist, the Tan family only took him in and had no intention of protecting him, so that they could easily pluck out the Tan family.

Chen Fu saw that he acted so thoughtfully, and secretly admired him for being the eldest son of the clan.

If the eldest sons and patriarchs of these aristocratic families are extremely stupid, then the whole clan will be in trouble, and other clans will not have too much contact with them.

But this young Tan Zongzi is not like that. He is a smart man. The Chen family will be able to interact with the Tan family in the future.

Helping each other is the long-lasting solution for aristocratic families.

The two of them said this without much delay, and quickly went to the farm with their men.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the farm, they heard that the grandson had left half an hour ago.

It's not that he hasn't been out these days, he just usually goes when it gets late, but today, he went out early.

Tan Ting and Chen Fuyou couldn't help but look at each other.

Before Chen Fu could say anything, Tan Ting asked someone to lead them to the courtyard where Sheng Gu stayed.

There was no change in the courtyard, but upon closer inspection, all the belongings of this person were gone.

Tan Ting's face darkened.

Fortunately, he came with Chen Fu at the first time, otherwise the Tan family would really be in trouble.

But Chen Fuyou had an ugly look on his face and couldn't do much at the moment, so he quickly ordered people to search for traces of the famous man nearby.

There were several bottles of healing ointment in the room that he had used. Chen Fuyou almost crushed those bottles.

"This demon must have changed his appearance to deceive people and used the Tan family's place to recuperate. We have been deceived by him for many days!"

Who would have thought that the tiger-fighting hero invited by the eldest lady of the Tan family would also specifically give the lady this instruction I want to tell my wife that Mr. Sheng is the demon secretly captured by Jinyiwei?

Chen Fu had his own miscalculation, so he couldn't blame or doubt the Tan family. After all, he still had to rely on the Tan family for help.

Upon seeing this, Tan Ting carefully gave instructions on how to find the person in front of him.

Chen Fu thanked him and left someone to contact him at the farm, and then he left.

Whether Chen Fu had doubts or not did not mean that Tan Ting had no doubts either. He directly called the steward of the farm and asked who was coming to the farm today.

Because it was the Chinese New Year, there were still some relatives and friends coming and going, so there were not many people coming and going.

"Is there anyone who came from Qingkan?"

The steward mentioned several relatives.

Tan Ting listened with his hands behind his hands, and simply asked the steward to write down the time of entry and exit of these people with a pen and paper.

The manager didn't dare to be careless, so he called a few people to come over and reminisce together, and wrote half a piece of paper carefully.

Tan Ting got the paper, counted the time, and after just one glance, he saw a person's name.

He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Chun Bamboo? That maid next to Madam?"

Chun Bamboo was just one of the many people who came in and out of the farm today.

But her time is different than others.

Tan Ting slightly calculated that the time she left the Tan clan's clan was just after Chen Fuyou came to the Tan family, and not long after she arrived at the farm, Sheng Gu and the boy left the house.

She didn't stay too long, and returned to the mansion shortly after Sheng Gu left.

Tan Ting took people back to the mansion directly.

He was not suspicious of Xiang Yi. If Na Shenggu was really a Taoist around the prince, what relationship could she have with the same Taoist?

It's just that although Chun Bamboo is a son of the Tan family, he doesn't rule out the possibility of being bribed.

Tan Ting returned to the main courtyard, thinking about asking about spring bamboo shoots, but he also wanted to tell his wife first.

He entered the room and found that she was not sewing under the window today, but was sitting in front of the desk with a carving jade in her hand, but did not move. He did not know whether she was thinking about how to perform the knife or something else.

Tan Ting couldn't help but think that Tan Rong and she had both met that grand old man, and felt a little scared.

He walked forward slowly, and she saw him and quickly put down her things and stood up.

"Uncle is back."

Tan Ting nodded to her. Seeing her eyes looking over him, he knew that she was questioning about the farm, so he whispered to her.

"That grand reason is most likely the person Chen Fu wanted to arrest, but this person was very vigilant and left before Chen Wu arrived."

After hearing this, Xiang Yi's heart beat a few minutes faster, but she didn't dare Showing something, pretending to be surprised.

"Mr. Sheng is actually a wanted bandit?"

Tan Ting saw that the tip of his wife's nose was sweating a little, so he said don't be afraid and comforted her.

"This person has left the Tan family. People from the government and Jin Yiwei are searching for him. I think he will catch him from time to time."

He said this, but saw that his wife's expression did not relax, but was determined.

Tan Ting secretly felt that he shouldn't tell her these thrilling things, so he told her why he came.

"...This person left strangely. I have asked people to inquire about the people who came and went to the farm today. The spring bamboo shoots next to you have also gone? Can you call her over and ask her?"

He said, Seeing his wife nodding directly, Qiao Yun called Chun Bamboo over.

Tan Ting felt slightly relieved.

The spring bamboo shoots arrived quickly, and without Tan Ting's instructions, he told them about their trip to the farm.

She told her wife two days ago that she wanted to see her sister and her newborn niece when she had time.

Chunsun's sister was sent by Xiang Yi to cook on the stove because of her good skills. Tan Ting also knew about this.

Chun Bamboo said that because she was busy, she couldn't find the opportunity. Today, her wife suddenly asked about her sister's situation. Before she had time to go, she and her wife took leave and went there today.

She kowtowed on the ground and said, "Madam always takes care of my family. I was grateful for Madam's kindness and didn't dare to delay. I went right away. Seeing that my sister and child were fine, I didn't stay too long and returned to the house."

She finished . , didn’t even dare to raise their heads.

"If your servant breaks the rules, please ask me to punish you. It has nothing to do with my wife."

In these words, Tan Ting suddenly thought of the many times he had wronged Xiang Yi when he first came home...

He He couldn't help but look sideways at her.

She didn't look at him, but stood up with her head half-bowed and bowed slightly to him.

"Chunsun did tell me about this today, and I actually allowed her to come over."

At this point, if Tan Ting continues to ask, is he questioning Chunsun or his wife?

He could never do anything suspicious of her again.

And he also believes in her. The relationship between them is not the same as before, and she will definitely not lie to him because of this.

Tan Ting immediately made Chunsun stand up and helped Xiang Yi with his own hands.

"Don't be afraid. Since we've already said it, it won't be a big deal."