Self-cultivation of Male Supporting Role

Successfully evading Rong Anbo's claws, Shi Yan was free, and had to admit that the old lady's analysis was quite reasonable. Recalling the plot again, in the later period, the male protagonist Chu Huiyan successfully established himself in the court, and the emperor rewarded the male protagonist with unprecedented generosity. Marquis, or the kind of three generations who do not drop the nobility.

In this way, the male protagonist is the only one in the capital, a man with double titles, so the male protagonist is very sincere and wrote letters to the emperor many times, asking the emperor to take back the viscount that the Chu family passed down to his generation.

The two of you came and went back and forth a few times. The emperor was very moved, and reluctantly rewarded the male protagonist with countless treasures, and took away the title of Chu family safely and smoothly.

At the same time, there was also the lineage of Rong Anbo, the only remaining military power of the family of generals represented in the army.

The emperor successfully controlled all the military power in his own hands, and he was even more pleasing to the eyes of the hero, the hero.

As for the title of the male protagonist, according to Shi Yan's current view, it is just on the surface, looking at the glory for a while, but it is only supported by the male protagonist.

Once the male protagonist is gone, this title will look good, and it will not give any kindness to future generations, and it is completely incomparable with the title with military power in his hands.

Shi Yan guessed, does the male protagonist know the stakes in this? Or is the male protagonist just a **** for the emperor to take back his military power?

All in all, although the emperor's move is not bright, it is quite smooth.

You must know that Rong Anbo's lineage is very powerful in the army, and can even be hidden in the border areas. If the Chu family's title is passed on to the end, it will naturally turn over the military power, at least two generations will be needed. At that time, It is estimated that the emperor's grandson has been sitting in that chair for many years.

The emperor couldn't wait.

Naturally, Rong Anbo and his eldest brother Chu Zhaoyan would take care of these matters. They made bold speculations and carefully verified. Since the Chu family has taken precautions, they are not afraid of people secretly attacking them.

At least, the mastermind behind this incident must know that their plan went wrong and was noticed by the Chu family. If it is really related to the emperor, that person will never admit it.

He will definitely pick him up from this incident as soon as possible.

Shi Yan was also a former emperor, and he knew very well what the person in that position was thinking, no matter what tricks he made behind his back, but on the bright side, in front of the world, the person on the dragon chair must be the representative of Wei Guangzheng. .

After he figured it out, Shi Yan knew even more that he couldn't get involved in these matters now, someone at home was standing in front of him, and the eldest brother was so motivated to do things now, Shi Yan was naturally happy and relaxed.

He asked the housekeeper to come and said very unreasonably: "You go and find some fishermen and boatmen from the southeast coast for me, young master! In two days, young master, I will meet someone!"

The big housekeeper knew the temperament of his young master, and asked with a smile: "Master, I don't know what you are looking for with these people? You can tell the little one carefully, or the little one can follow your request and find the one you like!"

Shi Yan shook the "Fate of Love" folding fan in his hand, and said impatiently, "Master, I want to go to sea! Go treasure hunting! Anyway, I want to do a big thing! Earth-shattering big things! You don't understand the rest of what I've told you, don't do it. asked!"

The big butler really didn't understand, and even felt that the second young master of his family was locked up in the mansion for a while, and the tossing did not ease at all, but intensified.

In the past, I just went to Cuiyun Tower to drink flower wine and listen to small songs, and I spent a little money at most.

Shi Yan couldn't see the big housekeeper's thoughts, but showed an impatient look on his face: "You can do it, right? If it doesn't work, young master, I will find someone else! There are people in the capital who want to do things for you young master! Not bad for you!"

The big housekeeper felt bitter, and he should do it. When the old man and his wife found out about it, he had to punish him. If he shouldn't, the second young master can let him eat a pot now.

"Yes, yes, the old slave will look for you immediately. It just happened that a businessman from the south sent a message to the house in the past few days. The old slave asked someone to inquire in private, and I am sure to find some people who agree with you!"

Shi Yan waved his hand impatiently: "I just look at the results, I don't want to know what happened, why don't you need to report to me, go now! Don't delay the important affairs of the young master! I will see you later!"

Don't forget to remind me at the end: "If you go to my father to complain, don't forget to pass my original words to my father!"

The big housekeeper left with a wrinkled face, and Shi Yan happily continued to look at the painting book.

Twenty years later in this world, the male protagonist presided over the affairs of going to sea and discovered a large number of silver mines in the southeast waters, obtaining huge wealth for the court and laying the foundation for the male protagonist to be enthroned. The secret chart drawn afterwards is now available. It was mixed in countless painting books by Shi Yan, and it was placed in the courtyard at will as a pastime.

And the entire Chu family, so far, until a long time later, no one dared to believe that Shi Yan relied on such a painting book to force the Chu family out of another way.

Shi Yan pouted and felt that being a dummy was really easy. Thinking about the years when he was an emperor and a powerful minister, he had lived like a model worker. As long as he was a little slack, countless people would jump out and care about your body. Twelve hours a day is good at work.

The big housekeeper did not dare to hide from the owner, he explained Shi Yan's request to Rong Anbo one by one, and waited anxiously for the owner to reply.

After Rong Anbo listened to the report of the big housekeeper, his cheeks twitched involuntarily, and he thought that there was still no end to it. Are you still having fantastic dreams?

The big butler looked at the old master and said weakly, "Master, the second young master asked the youngest to give you a message."

"Speak." Rong Anbo's tone was not emotional.

The big housekeeper was uneasy: "Second Young Master said, if you don't agree, he will climb over the wall and drill a dog hole to go to Cuiyun Tower for entertainment. Anyway, no one at home is willing to play with him anyway."

The steward's voice became smaller and smaller under Rong Anbo's gloomy eyes.

"What else did the boy say?"

The manager's waist bowed lower and lower, thinking that as long as he was attached to the second young master, nothing would be good, his heart was bitter, and he had to report conscientiously: "The second young master said, if you don't agree, he will do it. Take Miss Min'er to the dog hole to drink flower wine."

"presumptuous!"

Rong Anbo was so angry that he threw the teacup in his hand on the ground, and it was torn apart in an instant.

Rong Anbo first asked the big housekeeper to personally lead people and block all the dog holes in the house before he felt relieved.

But no matter how angry Rong Anbo was, there was only one thing. He knew that his son, who had been out of control since he was a child, could really do what he said in terms of fun. Flower wine.

If this reputation spreads, their family will not have to be human.

So, Rong Anbo blackened his face, gritted his teeth, and waved his hand to let the steward take care of the second young master. Whatever the second young master wanted, the mansion would find someone. As long as he didn't think about going to sea by himself, he could stay at home. Just do it.

Shi Yan got his wish, and in the evening of the second day, he met a few businessmen from the southeast coast. He had dark skin and glowing teeth when he smiled. It is said that he has rich experience in salvaging at sea.

A few people don't know Shi Yan's reputation as a **** in Beijing, and they are very in awe of the young son of Rong Anbo's family. For the first time he entered Beijing, he was very lucky, and he was in a relationship with a family like Rong Anbo's house. Appears very excited.

In the eyes of these businessmen who came to Beijing for the first time to see the world, Shi Yan's inconspicuous temperament was unique and laid-back, a noble temperament unique to nobles.

No one knew what Shi Yan and these merchants said in the courtyard that afternoon, and no one thought that on such an ordinary afternoon, Shi Yan was eating melon seeds and talking to a few merchants who had never seen the world. It's that easy to start a new chapter.

Only the big butler vaguely remembered that when the businessmen invited by him left that night, the expressions on his face were admiration, admiration, respect, etc., towards the second young master, who was indifferent to his family. , as if they were going to do something big.

And the second young master of his family was holding the fan of "Fate of Destiny" in the other hand behind his back. He fanned it one after another, and he didn't seem to care much about the respect of several people.

However, when the merchants saw such a second young master, their attitude was even more respectful, and they were about to make offerings in the temple, lit three sticks of incense and bowed their heads devoutly.

Because the big housekeeper who witnessed this scene felt very mysterious, so when he thought about it in the future, he would have a particularly deep memory.

Now, after Shi Yan casually asked the big housekeeper to see off the guests on his behalf, he carefully confirmed that his plan was correct, and let go of it with confidence. I'm not at all worried that those businessmen will embezzle credit.

You must know that the status of businessmen is very low these days. They can't wear silk and satin. They can't ride a horse and carriage when they travel far, and their children can't participate in the imperial examinations. They are truly fourth-class citizens.

In addition to the low-level industries, these businessmen have the lowest status. To be fortunate to have a relationship with the uncle's family is a dream that can wake up with a smile. It is no joke that you can work hard to change your class status.

Shi Yan, who had nothing to do with his body, finally set his sights on his niece Min'er again. In Shi Yan's opinion, Min'er is really a too smart child, and the whole family knows this.

But everyone only thinks that Min Er is a smarter child, a girl who can only marry in the future. The gender alone kills the countless possibilities of this child.

When Shi Yan found Min’er, Min’er was drawing red strokes in the small study. Shi Yan pulled the brush out of Min’er’s hand through the open window. Min’er frowned and saw someone coming. When it was the second uncle, his face showed the expression of looking at the bear child.

Shi Yan stretched out his arm towards Min'er across the window: "Come on, the second uncle will take you through the dog hole, let's go out to the house to see the excitement! I heard that the whole street in the West City is full of various delicacies, and at noon , the fragrance can be smelled across three streets!"

Min'er's eyes lit up when she heard it, and her face was hesitant: "Grandpa knows if it will be bad? And isn't the dog hole in the house blocked by the big housekeeper?"

Shi Yan said indifferently, "At most, hit me once, what else can I do?"

Immediately, he said proudly: "Is the dog hole something that they can block all of them if they want? It's too much to look down on the dog, right?"

Min'er stepped on the small bench and climbed to the table, jumped over the window, and threw herself into the arms of the second uncle, and said softly, "If Grandpa hits you, Min'er will help you to intercede."

Shi Yan hugged Min'er with one hand, and the two quickly left the yard: "What if pleading doesn't work? Does the old man want to close the ancestral hall?"

"Na Min'er will send you wound medicine, food, quilt, and futon."

"Hey, you have no conscience, why don't you say that you will be beaten with your second uncle?"

"If we were beaten together, no one would give us medicine, food, quilts, and futons."

"Hey, okay okay, for the sake of your conscience, I reluctantly accepted your words."

Miner only heard the second uncle say that there is a dog hole in the house that can be drilled outside the house, but she has never seen it with her own eyes. Now I have experienced it myself, and the feeling is so fresh.

The dog hole of Rong An Bo Mansion is located next to the courtyard of the late Rong An Hou's favorite concubine. It is uninhabited all the year round and it is extremely desolate. No one can tell when the dog hole was opened. Shi naturally didn't want to come here, so Shi Yan discovered and used it a few times.

There is a narrow alley connected to the outside of the dog hole. Because it is near the courtyard wall of a large family, no one usually passes by. When you walk out of this alley, you will find a lively street outside, full of fireworks.

Shi Yan held Min'er in his hand, Min'er opened her mouth in surprise as she watched the scene of people coming and going and the small merchants shouting.

A few children in the distance were chatting happily around a candied fruit vendor. Min'er pointed to the place and said to Shi Yan, "Second Uncle and Second Uncle, look over there, what is that?"

Miner grew up so big, and the only few times she left the house, she was tightly guarded by a bunch of servants, and she glanced at the carriage from a distance. Where did she experience such a battle, her eyes were full of curiosity. .

Shi Yan didn't explain, holding Min'er's hand, shaking his "Fate of Love" fan, strutting up to the hawker, took out a piece of broken silver from his purse and threw it to the hawker: "I want two strings of candied haws. , the reddest, sweetest and brightest!"

As soon as the hawker looked at Shi Yan's clothes, he knew that he was someone he couldn't afford to offend. For the sake of money, how could he care about Shi Yan's attitude? Miner's hand.

Unexpectedly, a bunch of them were kidnapped by Shi Yan halfway through.

Shi Yan said to the hawker in a natural tone: "Why are you so blind? Didn't you see the young master and I'm waiting here?"

The hawker was stunned. He didn't expect to see the elders who were fighting for food with the children. As expected of a hawker with rich experience walking the streets all the year round, who hasn't seen it before? For a dude like Shi Yan, he has never eaten pork or seen a pig run? Know what to do.

He apologized again and again: "I'm really sorry, I'm sorry, or you can choose the candied haws here, and I'll make amends for you as a small one!"

Shi Yan said angrily, "I'm stupid to be the young master? The money that the young master gave you is enough to buy a truckload of candied haws, so you can choose at will? The tone is big enough!"

The dandy's aura can't be lost, but he doesn't want to bother with a hawker who wants to make a living. After Shi Yan said that, he took Min'er and turned to leave.

Min'er smiled and licked the sweet candied haws, raised her head and asked Shi Yan, "You know that a piece of silver can buy a carload of candied haws, why don't you let the hawker find you money?"

Shi Yan replied as a matter of course: "This is a gangster's platoon! If you come out and mix, you can have nothing, but the platoon and momentum can't be weak! Do you understand?"

To be honest, Min'er didn't quite understand it, so she told the truth: "I think you just don't want to hang a bunch of copper coins on your body. The ding ding is heavy, and it's just troublesome."

Shi Yan choked, thinking that this niece is quite sharp, and she sees the problem straight to the point.

So he bent down and picked up Min'er with one hand and strode towards the west city: "Don't worry, the second uncle has money. Today our uncle and nephew can open their stomachs and eat enough."

After walking a few steps, he took only one bite in his hand, and the candied haws that Miner had licked in his hand were handed to a few children on the street corner who stared at them for a while with bright eyes.

The children were so happy that they ate them one at a time, chattering and lively, pure and innocent.

Shi Yan turned his head to take a look, and said to Min'er, "Just have a taste. I'm not used to eating things outside. If you eat too much at one time, you may have a bad stomach!"

Min'er nodded obediently: "I know, just looking at the sweetness of other people's food, when I eat it myself, it is not very delicious."

Shi Yan blew a loud whistle: "Okay, my niece has grown up and is better than your second uncle and me!"

Min'er showed her eyes like a child at home again. In Shi Yan's arms, holding Shi Yan's neck, she whispered seriously, "No, second uncle, you are the best!"

Shi Yan was noncommittal, the two of them had a clear goal and headed straight to the West City.

I don’t know who in the capital can do business like this, and they took down a street in the West Market. All the vendors who used to make a living here became the collaborators of the owner of this street, and were hired to set up stalls here to sell food.

With a fixed income and a commission, there is no need to worry about being charged protection fees for no reason. The vendors live a much more comfortable life than before. Therefore, the food street vendors here are very united and are very grateful to the bosses behind them.

But for people who already have a storefront, no one knows whether it is a good thing or not. Anyway, everyone can see that the owner behind this street has a lot of power in his hands. After this action, it is obvious that Losing money and making a profit is just buying people's hearts.

But for ordinary people, it is indeed a rare and cheap place.

As soon as the food street opened, it caused a great sensation in Beijing. Shi Yan, a person who was locked at home, also heard people talk about it.

Near noon, sure enough, the smell of the food street can be smelled from two streets away. It is a little chaotic, and it smells of fireworks. It has the feeling of the food street of later generations.

Shi Yan, who was rich and powerful, brought his niece to the stalls he was interested in, and went to eat them one by one. Each stall still had a piece of silver, and the lavish behavior of taking two bites and giving it up quickly attracted a lot of people. human sight.

Although this is a food street, at present, most of the people who come here to consume are commoners. The real nobles like Shi Yan are unwilling to surrender their status and live in the same room with the pariahs.

Soon a few people set their sights on the leftover food that Shi Yan and Min'er had eaten. The two left on their front feet, and a few people on the back were able to fight to bring back the food that had barely been touched.

Min'er looked back and was very puzzled: "Second Uncle, are they hungry?"

Shi Yan looked back and saw that a short man with a black and thin stature and a ruthless shot quickly defeated the others, disregarding the wound on his face, carefully protecting his food in his arms.

"Well, I can't eat enough."

Min'er was held by the second uncle's hand and felt very at ease, so she unconsciously asked her doubts: "Are there many people who can't get enough to eat?"

Shi Yan nodded: "There should be a lot!"

"should?"

"Oh, you're so annoying. If you want to know, you can ask your father if you want to know. Your father works in the Ministry of Housing, and he knows these things best.

Why don't you ask your uncle what's going on? Second uncle, I'm a dandy! Do you think that as a dandy, you should know so many important matters in the court? "

Shi Yan looked annoyed.

Min'er didn't speak, grabbed Shi Yan's sleeve and stood still. Shi Yan took two steps and found someone was pulling his sleeve. When he looked back, he knew that the little girl had lost her temper.

Shi Yan couldn't help but wanted to tease her, bent down and hugged Min'er with one hand, and whispered in Min'er's ear: "When you're tired of walking, just say, Second Uncle hugs you! It's still embarrassing, what's the embarrassment? said?"

Min'er glanced at the second uncle, then glanced again, and finally hugged the second uncle's neck and whispered: "Second uncle, you are not a scoundrel, you are amazing!"

Shi Yan recalled the experience of Yuanshen and Miner getting along, there is really nothing to show off, I don't know how this child has this idea, but Shi Yan is not the temperament to break the casserole and ask to the end, let her go.

The two were whispering in the crowd, when they heard a slightly immature voice from the opposite side: "Oh, isn't this Brother Chu! I haven't seen you for a long time, and even the child is so old?"

When Shi Yan looked in the direction of the voice, he saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with a face full of laughter standing across from him, swaying his fan in a pretentious manner. Followed by a few oil-headed and noodle-noodled sons and brothers, at first glance, he is a model of idleness and nothing to do.

Shi Yan said with a displeased face: "What nonsense? This is my niece! Lai Min'er, the second uncle will introduce to you, this is your uncle Zhang family, and the second uncle is the mainstay of the junk circle in the capital, and it is considered to be working together. !"

In Shi Yan's arms, Min'er called out obediently, "Hello Uncle Zhang, niece Min'er is polite!"

The surnamed Zhang saw that he had misunderstood, and when he heard that Min'er's identity was the eldest granddaughter of Rong Anbo's house, this identity was very precious, so he quickly took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Min'er with a painful face: " Come on, Min'er, this is Uncle Zhang's gift to you, don't dislike it! Uncle Zhang is a scoundrel, and he can't keep good things on weekdays! This is the only valuable thing on his body!"

The corner of Min'er's mouth twitched, thinking that Uncle Er's friend is just as informal as Uncle Er!

She accepted the gift with a smile, and quietly said to the second uncle: "Min'er keeps it for you. You will use it as pocket money in the future, and Min'er will keep it for you first!" Then he tucked the jade pendant into his waist in front of several people. in the small purse in the room.

Shi Yan was teased by the little girl and couldn't help laughing, and the man surnamed Zhang on the other side was busy saying to Shi Yan, "I finally met once, let's go, just at noon, Wuweiju has a new big dish, which combines the methods of fish from the north and the south. , It is said that it is very delicious, let's try it together!"

Shi Yan agreed without thinking about it, dandy! Isn't it just eating, drinking, playing around, doing nothing all day, not producing!

Min'er said coolly, "Second uncle, you probably forgot, we ate all the way, and the purse was already empty!"

Shi Yan was exactly the same, and sure enough, his purse was empty, and he looked at each other with a few dudes across from him.

Seeing this, the surnamed Zhang laughed loudly: "Come on, I'll treat you! Don't lose the gang face!"

Unexpectedly, a few people behind the surname Zhang reminded coolly: "Brother Zhang, you are afraid that you forgot, we were just kicked out by the girls from Cuiyun Tower because our money bags were empty!"

The surnamed Zhang was stunned for a moment. Now both sides have no choice. Everyone's eyes are on Min'er in Shi Yan's arms. To be precise, it is the small purse around Min'er's waist.

There, there was a piece of jade pendant that Zhang had just given to Min'er, worth at least a few dozen taels of silver.

Miner covered her small purse in fear and sought help from her second uncle. Who knows, when she looked up, she found that her second uncle was also staring directly at her purse.

Min'er pouted, and reluctantly handed the purse to the second uncle: "For the second uncle's sake!"

Shi Yan took the purse with a smile, rubbed Min'er's head, and said to the other people, "Let's go, Wuweiju! My niece's treat! Let's go!"

A group of playboys happily surrounded Shi Yan and Min'er in the middle: "The eldest niece is mighty! She has a lot of money, and it looks like she will do great things in the future!"

"Like Brother Chu! Righteousness!"

"How can it be? The eldest niece must be more promising than Brother Chu. If you are like us, wouldn't you be a dummy? What's so good about this?"

"That's right, dandy is useless, it's not good, let's not be like Brother Chu!"

Min'er listened to the clamor of several people, and said in her heart that the second uncle's friends, like the second uncle, are very interesting people.