Piercing Stories (36)

On the day of the fourth master's tea party, the weather was fine. In the flower hall, there are pots of spring flowers stretching their branches, adding a bit of spring.

The tea is a spring tea made by Lin Yutong himself, and when the boiling water is rushed into the tea bowl, the tea leaves stretch out. Like a four-leaf clover, rippling in the water, the faint fragrance of tea rises, which is really a unique taste.

These masters are all masters of tea tasting, and they can't tell the difference between good and bad. Although this is not a tribute, nor is it a famous product, but this taste alone is very rare.

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!" The third master tasted the lingering fragrance in his mouth, and said: "Fourth, I always say that you like to eat alone, this is not wronged you." "The implication is that such a good thing, why didn't you take it out and share it with your brothers earlier.

The fourth master smiled, "This is also what Fujin just fried this year." Brother, I taste good, so I invited all the brothers to come to the door? A cup of tea, as long as the third brother doesn't feel bland. ”

"It turned out that the fourth sister-in-law made it herself!" the fifth master was very surprised, "This is freshly fried, and there must be fresh tea." The light is transported from the south, but I am afraid that it will not work. ”

The fourth master nodded and said with a smile: "Two years ago, I asked someone to bring the seedlings of the tea tree from the south and bring them back to the house like a potted plant." Your sister-in-law has been raising it in the flower room, and she is raising it well. It's just a small output, just fried two days ago, and a total of half a catty. I tasted good, so I asked everyone to come and taste one or two. "It seems that this time it is just for tea, and it has nothing to do with the silver.

The eighth master smiled, "When it comes to life, the fourth brother is the most comfortable." None of our brothers asked Fu Jin to serve like this. Food, clothing, and all of them are thought-out. When you talk about it today, it's just two words, exquisite. ’”

As he spoke, he glanced at Jiu Ye and waited for him to answer.

The ninth master smiled, only nodded, and said no more words.

The fifth master raised his eyebrows in surprise, Lao Jiu, is this a little bit of a heart? He should be relieved that he has not been sold all.

Fourteen looked left and right, and then put the teacup on the table. Thinking of the fourth brother's strength in giving him silver, he thought that he was his own brother, and now he was in a dilemma, if he didn't pick this head, who could take the initiative to pick the head. So he said: "Fourth brother, just come over today, let's get down to business." Everyone knows that you are embarrassed about the arrears of the household. Our brothers, don't see each other. I'll give you the money directly today, and that's all it takes." ”

The corners of the fourth master's mouth curled slightly, and the old fourteen was not stupid. He nodded, "Yes." As he spoke, he glanced at Su Peisheng, and when he saw that Su Peisheng understood what he meant, he retreated, and then said, "It just so happens that several adults from the household department happened to come to discuss things today, and it can be regarded as a coincidence, so you can give them directly." ”

It turned out that even someone was invited. It's just for reconciliation and write-off.

Fourteen smiled and said, "That's just right." The provincial went to the household department and told people to see the joke. ”

This one sings and harmonizes, and this thing is done today.

Where are the people in the household department who are qualified to enter the flower hall, they are waiting outside. The lords sent the eunuchs with them over, and they did the work with them.

It's just a stick of incense, and the time is close to two million taels, and the silver ticket arrives in his hand.

Several officials held silver tickets, quite trembling. The fourth master had already borrowed someone from the Ouchi guards and escorted the silver ticket back to the household.

The fourth master didn't mention the silver in half a sentence, but the most difficult part of the silver to collect was just asked for it.

The dim sum is placed on the table one by one, and it is all fruit snacks made from canned food left over from last year. In the spring, the fresh fruit has not yet fallen. The treasury is not new. Made with canned food, it has a different taste.

Their brothers talked and laughed, as if they were really here for a tea party.

The two concubines in the Eighth Master's Mansion are pregnant, and he is also in good spirits on happy occasions recently, and he has eaten a good snack, so he wants to bring these two pregnant people back to taste. even took the initiative to ask the fourth master to get up, "...... It tastes good. If there is, I have to be cheeky and ask the fourth brother for some to take back. ”

The fourth master was stunned for a moment and said, "A little food, you don't need to see outside." Even if you want to eat it every day, there are still you. It's just that you're not a dessert person on weekdays, but now your appetite has changed. ”

Everyone was stunned, the fourth brother (fourth brother) still remembered the preferences of the eighth brother. Looking at it this way, the dim sum on this table is really a little different.

There are two plates of dim sum on Lao Ba's table, one plate is a platter of various fruit dim sums, and the other plate looks like shrimp faintly breaking out of the skin, which should be salty. That's the taste of taking care of him.

Individuals all looked at each other. The third master found that the snacks in front of the fifth child were wrapped in crushed almonds, while the ones in front of him were only wrapped in sesame seeds and walnuts. It's knowing that you don't like almonds.

The fifth master looked in front of him, most of them were yellow peach-flavored, and some of the others were one or two of each, so he should have tasted fresh and knew what he liked to eat.

Turning his head again, he saw that the seven on the table were different, so he said in surprise: "Why does the seventh love to eat flower cakes?"

The seventh master's face was a little embarrassed, and the snacks in front of him were really filled with roses and chrysanthemums.

The tenth master shouted: "What's wrong with the flower cake? Today's sam, a little osmanthus is added to the fruit, and it is just right. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the Ninth Master again, frowned, and said, "Raisins and red dates?

The ninth master's face turned red, "Go! What do you care about me?" Even the tenth didn't know his little hobbies, but the fourth one knew. How many meanings does this have?

Fourteen glanced at the fourth master in surprise, this person not only knew his hobbies, but also knew and remembered the hobbies of his brothers. As he spoke, he took a bite of the twelve dim sum, and it looked the same on the outside, but the filling inside was still different. Brother Twelve has honey added to this. I took the thirteenth one and tasted it, and it was wrapped in wine, which made his eyes light up.

Each of them held a snack, but their hearts were a little different. It's really rare to have a heart like the fourth child. From an early age, they learn not to show their preferences. Anyone who hasn't paid attention to it won't notice these little details.

Thinking like this, it wasn't until they returned home that they felt that the fourth child was not so annoying. The unpleasantness that had arisen because of his debt collection has also dissipated.

"Ye really has a virtuous helper. The fourth master sighed. In fact, where did he know so many small details, but these were all inquired by Lin Yutong when he was gossiping with everyone Fujin and the ladies in the palace. You don't need to know too much about these little preferences, just remember one or two. When it is critical, it can work wonders. A brother who remembers his little preferences, who rests on him, will inevitably be tolerant in his heart. Just like this time, if you don't say anything, you can use it more than any big reason.

Lin Yutong smiled: "I don't know until now." ”

The fourth master pulled Lin Yutong and said with great emotion: "Without you, things can't be so successful." I still thought that I would offend at least half of the people, but now that I look at it, I haven't even complained about it. Just stopped and stopped, and ended the matter decently. Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. ”

"Don't praise me so much. How much is this? Clansmen, nobles, ministers, this is the big head. Lin Yutong didn't believe his sweet words.

The fourth master laughed, "You don't know this." As long as the brothers' affairs are taken care of. The emperor was happy in his heart. The rest of the people are just slaves, no matter how they are disposed of, at least they don't have much to do with the emperor. This errand was originally an errand that did not seek merit, but sought no fault. The master is upright in his heart, and he is not afraid of offending people to take this errand. Solid work, the emperor is clear in his heart. He didn't complain among his brothers, but did he complain about others? No matter how much he complained, what would the emperor think? Even if they collected their own son's debts, why didn't they pay them back? Do you dare to complain?"

"So, now, can you show your strength?" Lin Yutong asked.

No!

The fourth master smiled and stopped talking.

Kangxi was outside the plug, and the fold in his hand rubbed his forehead.

The fourth child did this very neatly. First cut on the prince, shocked everyone, and told them that this silver must be returned. This is the right way to go.

But it's not enough to have a prince alone, because above the prince, there is still pressure on the king and the crown prince. The people on these two sides are afraid that they still have no fear. In addition, Jiangnan took over several families, and the silver owed was spent on him, the emperor. In other words, he, the emperor, was also in debt. It's just that no one dares to say that.

The temper of the fourth child is a bit more serious. Further down, it's the Cao family and the Li family. It's really noisy, but it's not easy to clean up.

It is impossible to get all the money back at once. asked the fourth child to do it first, just to ask him to use thunderous means to deter him. Tell the people below to see the determination of the imperial court. They will not dare not pay it back.

But then, using thunderous means will not only make people resentful, but also easy to intensify contradictions. When the time comes, the money may not be recovered.

Therefore, it is time to change to a gentle and delicate person to do the next thing.

And this candidate is none other than the old eight.

Of the two sons, the fourth is too hard, and the eighth is too soft. He often thought that if he could neutralize it, it would be fine.

Now that I look at the old things, it has softened a lot. If the eighth child can also be soft and rigid, then this time the matter can really be regarded as complete.

In the capital, they were waiting for the fourth master to come to ask for debts, but the fourth master only asked the princes to write off their debts. But he never left the house again. Everyone couldn't figure out what this fourth master was thinking.

This was the case for several days, and it made everyone even more worried.

On this day, the royal came to give a decree and gave it to the fourth master. praised him for doing a good job, and rewarded the fourth master with a garden, and personally named it 'Old Summer Palace'. He also gave the Thirteenth Master a Huangzhuang as a reward. And in the holy decree, he said that he missed the fourth master and the thirteenth master, and asked them to hand over the matter to the eighth master, and then quickly rushed to the palace to see the driver.