On the afternoon of the fifth day of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Attack Village, the financial department located in the Hokage Building received a donation from the Mashu family.

Although the financial department of Konoha Village has long known about the wealth of the Masushi family - after all, every household in Konoha Village has to go through the Konoha financial department every year to file tax returns; But when he saw the thick stack of donations that had been handed over by the Hokage-sama of the fourth generation, it was said to be Miss Shinshu Tsutoshi, and a whole box of silver that had been escorted by the Shadow Department himself......

They were still shocked.

is worthy of being the head of the Zhenzhou family as a descendant of the aristocracy, and he is generous!

In fact, the financial department, which deals with money every day, is not shallow, you must know that Konoha's expenses during the Third Ninja World War were completely astronomical - but this is also the same for other ninja villages.

These donations may not be a lot for the total cost of Konoha Village for a year, but it is necessary for a family to come up with this money in a short period of time...... But it's not a simple and casual thing.

"Fourth, the fourth generation Hokage-sama ......" The head of Konoha's financial department said tremblingly under the indicative gaze of the entire financial department after Bo Feng Shuimen explained the source and purpose of the money, "This is really ......"

"Well, as you can see, it's a donation from the Mashu family, and according to Miss Jian Min's own intentions, all of these donations will be used to take care of the aftermath and repair of Konoha in this incident," Bo Feng Shuimen was actually able to understand why his subordinates were so shocked, after all, when he saw the people of the Mashu family bring these silver tickets and silver......

He was also blinded.

Because the amount is staggering, and the donor is Zhoujian Min, even if he is a fourth-generation person, he also personally embarked on that trip.

With that, he gestured to the people in the room to the woman who had been standing quietly beside him, "This is Miss Fuso, the representative of the Mashu family, according to Miss Jianwen's wishes, she will handle the formalities on her behalf."

Now that the negotiation with Bo Feng Shuimen has ended, Zhou Jianwen, who has always been frail and sick in everyone's impression, naturally has no need to personally handle the trivial matters in person.

The people from Konoha's finance department also understood this truth, so someone immediately stepped forward and led Fuso aside to handle the cumbersome formalities that followed.

"There is another matter," Seeing that Fuso was taken aside, and the silver tickets and silver were also carried aside for counting, Bo Feng Shuimen, who was supposed to leave, continued to the anxious administrator, "The people around the daimyo personally sent the scroll today, saying that Konoha was exempted from paying taxes for the next year. ”

If the donation of the Zhenzhou family solves the problem that the people in the finance department are struggling with recently, then the second news brought by Bo Feng Shuimen is enough to make the entire financial department ecstatic.

Although the nine-tails' attack on the village can't be said to be a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it can even be said to be a happy event after the rain.

Not only did someone send money, but now even the daimyo initiated kindness.

Probably overjoyed by this news, the head of the finance department seemed to have forgotten that the Bo Feng Shuimen who was standing opposite him had become the Hokage, and couldn't help but ask, "How can the daimyo be exempt from Konoha taxes?" ”

It stands to reason that the Nine-Tails broke the barrier surrounding the outside of Konoha Village and invaded the interior of Konoha Village, and the daimyo must have held Konoha higher-ups accountable after knowing about it.

Why did this time not only not have any accusations, but even show mercy?

As if waiting for this sentence, Bo Feng Shuimen immediately showed a smile when he heard this, "I heard that it was Miss Jian Wen who sent a letter to the Daimyo, saying that he was going to donate a year's Yulu for the restoration of Konoha work, and the Daimyo sympathized with Miss Jian Wen's kindness, so he also reduced his taxes for a year to express his gratitude." ”

Zhou Jian Wen can use silver to settle the turmoil that may occur in Konoha in advance without any psychological burden, but Bo Feng Shuimen can't use Zhou Jian Min's donation without psychological pressure to use the temporary peace she brings to carry out his own governmentPlan.

- Even if he really needs Zhou Jianwen's kindness now.

Although he could not bring the slightest benefit to Zhou Jian Wen for the time being—and Zhou Jian Wen himself said that she did not need any report from him other than peace; But Bo Feng Shuimen felt that he had to at least have a good reputation for Zhou Jian Minbo.

For businessmen, there is nothing more important than having a good reputation.

And Zhou Jian Wen is indeed worthy of it.

That's why he personally visited the finance department today.

Just as the fourth generation thought, the people in the finance department who got his hint quickly spread the word about the two things - but it was not a secret event in the first place, and it was indeed shocking......

So in the next month or so, the content of the conversation between the villagers of Konoha Village after tea and dinner naturally changed from "the harm caused by the Nine-Tails attack on the village" to "Lord Jianwen of the Zhenzhou family really has a good heart".

"After all, this is also in Jianwen's calculations, right?"

It was mid-to-late November, and Bai Lan, who had heard that Zhou Jianwen had recently coughed again, left behind the tedious chores of the "roots" and came to Zhenzhou's house to visit the patient, and at this moment he was holding a fruit knife in his right hand and an apple in his left hand that was said to be "imported" from another village, and was carefully peeling the apple.

Zhou Jianwen, who was sitting in the kotatsu, took a book and read it with relish, and when she heard Bai Lan say this, she just smiled, "It's not my calculation, but it's expected." ”

She turned the page, and the sound of the paper being turned was particularly obvious in the quiet and room between her and Bai Lan at this moment, but it was so comfortable and pleasant, "The current Hokage is a kind person, although it is a little strange to use kindness to form a tolerant person, but he is definitely not the kind of person who can accept the benefits of others with peace of mind. ”

Bo Feng Shuimen is going to face all kinds of problems because of the Nine-Tails, and at this moment, he is too late to deal with these problems, and naturally it is impossible to give her any so-called benefits - not to mention that he is also a Hokage who has a clear distinction between public and private.

But it's okay to help her say some kind things because of Zhou Jianwen's kindness.

These kindnesses of Bo Feng Shuimen are already a benefit to Zhou Jian Min, after all, in Konoha Village, the most influential is not the daimyo or the family, but the Hokage.

If the Hokage has good intentions towards one of Konoha's families...... And it is also obvious goodwill, then this family will at least gain the goodwill and reputation of the people during the Hokage's inauguration.

"To put it mildly, this is a kind of politicsinvestment, "It's just as simple as that."

Bai Lan, who had finished peeling the apple, put aside the peel that had not been broken, and cut the apple into several petals, and only after the plate was finished did he push the plate to the right hand side of Zhou Jianwen, and attached a fork, "Then Jianwen, why don't you govern me |||." Invest in it. ”

Twice the amount of private property for one year, plus the general cost of building a shrine......

He never knew that Zhou Jianwen could be so generous.

"You?" Zhou Jianwen finally took his eyes off the book in his hand, and then looked Bai Lan up and down with a strange gaze, and then withdrew his gaze and put it back on the book, "It's no fun." ”

Bai Lan, who was vetoed by Zhou Jian Wen with two words of understatement, pouted, and was about to say something, when a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and after the hurried footsteps stopped, Sang Ran's voice also sounded-

"Lord Kenwen, Hinata Hinata asks to see you."

Zhou Jian Wen didn't show the slightest surprise after hearing Sang Ran's report, but just asked her to tell Hinata Hinata that he would arrive later, and then slowly added the bookmark to the book, and gently placed the book on the table.

Bai Lan glanced at her, but found that Zhou Jianwen's expression was unusually calm, "I remember that the Hyuga family and the real Zhou family have no dealings. ”

In Konoha Village, everyone who can be called a big family basically has special pupil techniques and secret ninjutsu, and among them, in addition to the exception of the real boat family, the most famous are the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan.

It's about a mountain that can't accommodate the relationship between the two tigers, although the two families don't have any contact on the surface, but they are secretly competing......

But anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

For the Uchiha and Hyuga family's secret self-truth, the original Mafune Kenwen has always adhered to an attitude of non-participation and non-support.

It's just that Zhenzhou Jianwen did this, but everyone knows that she has a companion named Uchiha Tanji, so even if she doesn't affect the family's position because of her personal relationship, she still helps Uchiha more in the eyes of others.

So the Mashu family and the Hyuga family have no intersection.

"Yes, it's because I don't have anything to do with it that I want to come forward at this moment," Zhou Jian Wen casually picked up a piece of apple, and after taking a bite and tasting the taste, he replied casually, "But I'm a little strange......"

She tossed the remaining half of the apple into her mouth, picked up the handkerchief on the side and wiped her hands, and then prepared to get up.

Bai Lan looked at Zhou Jian Min, who seemed to have a strange reaction, "Strange what?" ”

"It's strange that he didn't come here so late," hearing Bai Lan's question, Zhou Jianwen's face was full of reason, "I thought he would come to me after getting the news, but I didn't expect him to survive until now, it seems that the endurance of the head of the Hyuga family is much better than I expected." ”

Zhou Jianwen's words were basically saying that she had known that Hinata Hinata would come to her, "Do you know what he came to you for?" ”

Zhou Jianwen, who had already opened the sliding door and was about to leave, turned his head to look at Bai Lan, and then dropped two words and walked away-

"Of course."

She said.

In her opinion, Hinata Hinata was not important enough to be greeted by her, so she just wore a very homely kimono and slowly came to the reception room where Hinata Hinata was.

Hinata Hinata was dressed in a plain kimono and smoke curled from the tea bowl in front of her, who seemed to have been waiting for a while in the reception room.

Zhou Jian Wen nodded at Xiang Ran, who was serving on the side, and Xiang Ran, who understood Zhou Jian Min's meaning, immediately poured a pot of tea for Zhou Jian Wen and served a few plates of refreshments to the two of them, and then quickly left with the other maids.

"I've kept you waiting, Hinata-sama."

Zhou Jian Wen generously greeted Hinata Hinata Hinata who didn't have much intersection with him, although the other party didn't have good intentions, but Zhou Jian Wen pretended that he didn't know anything, "I've not been in good health recently, please forgive me." ”

Hinata Hinata Hinata, who is not worse than Uchiha Fugaku, nodded and reached in a voice as old-fashioned as his impression, "It's me who took the liberty to visit, and Mashu-sama doesn't need to mind." ”

A Mr. Hinata and a Masa-sama are enough to see how cold the attitude of Funaya and Hinata Hinata towards each other is.

However, the two sides are not necessarily willing to have a too close relationship with each other, otherwise the Zhenzhou family and the Hyuga family would not have had any contact with each other over the years, "It's okay, I also know that Mr. Hyuga has always been busy, and it is an honor for the Hyuga family to take the time to visit me." ”

Zhou Jianwen's words couldn't be heard praise or criticism, which made Hinata Hinata Hizoku not know how to respond for a while.

However, Zhou Jian Wen obviously didn't want to let the conversation end there, so she continued, only this time instead of the previous greetings, she asked very straight to the point, "May I ask what is the reason why Mr. Hinata came here today?" ”

Hinata Hinata Hinata, who was not good at greetings, obviously liked this approach of Zhou Jian Min, and he sat upright, looking directly into Zhou Jian Wen's eyes, and without the slightest detour, he replied directly, "I am here today for the affairs of the Uchiha clan, Masa-sama." ”

This is exactly the same as Zhou Jianwen's guess, Zhou Jianwen, who was not surprised in the slightest, did not answer, just quietly waited for the other party's next words.

And Hinata Hinata's next words really did not disappoint Funaka Min, "May I ask why Lord Mashu interfered with the punishment of the Uchiha clan in the Nine-Tails Incident." ”

This is really blameless, if it weren't for the confident and eloquent Zhou Jian Min, who was sitting opposite Hinata Foot, I am afraid that he would have been frightened and speechless by his majestic questioning voice......

In the end, it is the patriarch of the Hyuga clan, and the momentum is not something that ordinary people can bear.

But Zhou Jian Wen obviously did not belong to the category of ordinary people, she looked indifferently at Hinata Hinata who was accusing her of acting out of line, and then laughed instead of anger, "May I ask Mr. Hinata, what is the matter with this so-called interference in the punishment of the Uchiha clan in the Nine-Tails Incident?" I don't understand what you're saying. ”

She had long known that the Hyuga family would be dissatisfied with her favoritism for the Uchiha family - even if the ultimate goal of the village was the peace of the village, but in terms of the actual results, the result of the matter was indeed to save the Uchiha.

If it was someone from the Hyuga family who was sitting in front of Hinata Hinata at the moment, he might have been angry, but unfortunately Zhou Jian Wen was not the object he could scold, so Hinata Hinata could only suppress his dissatisfaction and anger, and try to say in a calm tone to Zhou Jian Min, who was obviously pretending to be stupid in front of him:

"Please don't play stupid, Mashu-sama," Hinata Hinata stared at Funakami's expression, as if trying to see something flaw in her face, "You first planned for the Uchiha clan, and then interfered with the decisions of the village's higher-ups without permission...... The Nine-Tails has nothing to do with you, so why do you want to wade into this troubled water? ”

Zhou Jian Min knew Hinata Hinata's character, but he didn't necessarily come here to question why she was interfering because he was hostile to the Uchiha family; Perhaps he simply felt that the Uchiha was not innocent in this matter, so he had to be punished accordingly.

Of course, seeing the status of the Uchiha family, which has always been arrogant, plummeted because of this, how many people in the Hyuga family will be secretly happy because of this is another matter.

"Planning a countermeasure? Interfere with the decision? Funaka Min repeated Hinata Hinata Hinata with some amusement, while secretly sighing that this white-eyed and Hinata family heirloom technique is good, but the head of the Hyuga family is too upright in terms of personality in this situation......

I don't even know how to use the knife in my hand.

Zhou Jianwen looked puzzled, "Where do you start with these?" You're fooling me. ”

Hinata Hinata also knew that Zhou Jianwen was pretending to be confused - he originally thought that he had already spoken bluntly enough, and the other party would be more or less embarrassed, who would have thought that Zhou Jianwen would choose to pretend to be confused to the end.

But he was helpless against Zhou Jianwen - in terms of identity and status, it was obvious which of the two people was in a high place, and it was about force......

How could he possibly do it to a helpless woman?

Even the other party was famous back then.

"I remember that on the morning after the Nine-Tails incident, Uchiha Tanhi personally visited Mashu-sama," Hinata Hinata stated with a blank face, as if worried about Funaka's accusations, and he added, "Uchiha Tanhi entered the door of Mashu's house, and this incident has been witnessed by many people. ”

Zhou Jianwen almost shook his head and sighed when he heard this: Sure enough, even if the kung fu in his hands is first-class, it does not mean that he can be superior in terms of words.

Even if a person with a true temperament sits in the position of the head of the family and has to think about the family in various matters, in essence, he is still the upright existence that cannot tolerate any flaws.

That is, he is not cunning enough.

"The night the Nine-Tails attacked the village? Oh, I remember I was in a coma because I was frightened," Zhou Jian Wen took a sip of his teacup and gracefully said, "Tan Qi is my old companion, he came to visit because he was worried about my health, what's so strange about it, Bai Lan arrived a little before him." ”

The Uchiha Tanji is indeed running errands for the fate of the Uchiha clan, but what about Bailan...... Who would have thought that he would come on such a trip for the sake of the four generations of Hokage?

Not to mention that Hinata Hinata won't believe it, I'm afraid even Uchiha Fugaku won't believe it.

"But after that, Uchiha Tanji went to Uchiha Fugaku's mansion, and then Uchiha Fugaku gathered many powerful people in the Uchiha family, and finally Uchiha Fugaku went to the Hokage Building."

"After all, the masked man who attacked the village in the Nine-Tails incident has a chakran eye, and the Uchiha clan felt guilty about this, so they held a family meeting to discuss how to take the blame, which is not something that cannot be understood. ”

"It should be said that it is worthy of the Uchiha family, and the efficiency of action is so high."

"Then you go to the Hokage Building after that......"

Zhou Jian Min sneered, "Of course I'm going to donate, Konoha suffered this disaster, what's wrong with me doing my best for Konoha as a member of Konoha?" ”

What's wrong?

Of course not!

Hinata Hinata was so angry by the natural words of Funaka Mina that he almost opened "back to the sky"-

Yes, Uchiha Tanji's front foot just left the Mashu family, and it didn't take long for the Uchiha clan to take action, and even ran to the four generations to ask for guilt that afternoon, and the rhetoric of the guilt was full of subtleties that made people feel "not Uchiha at all".

Originally, there were still people in the upper echelons of the village who questioned the Uchiha family's statement, who knew that when Zhou Jian Wen went to the Hokage Building, the high-level Konoha never had the slightest voice of doubt at this time.

To say that Funaka Minu did not deliberately shield the Uchiha clan, Hinata Hinata Hinata was the first to disbelieve.

The Zhenzhou family has never interfered in any important affairs in the village since her mother, and when it came to the Zhenzhou Jianwen generation, she didn't interfere in any important matters except for donating materials in the war, why did she have to take action twice in this matter?

He originally thought that Zhou Jian Wen would say something, who knew that the other party would claim to be sick for more than a month, if he didn't bear Hinata's surname and be the head of the Hyuga family, he might not be able to enter the door of the real boat family today.

Hinata Hinata didn't have any ill will towards Funajian Min, but she felt that it was a bit too much for her to shelter the Uchiha, who was already at fault this time.

"Hinata-sama, I can understand your dissatisfaction, but what you just said is nothing more than speculation," although these speculations are not wrong, but ...... "You don't have the slightest evidence that I helped the Uchiha clan or interfered with the punishment of the Uchiha by Konoha's higher-ups. ”

"If you don't think the Uchiha are innocent in this matter, then find a hole in their story. Then tell everyone who believes the Uchiha clan's claims and thinks they are really innocent, and the culprit behind this incident is the Uchiha family. ”

"If you can't find any explanation, it's not impossible," Funakami smiled and said to Hinata Hinata who was already speechless, "yes, like grabbing the masked man, lifting his mask, and revealing his true identity." ”

"I think the entire Konoha Village would be grateful to you for that alone," if he hadn't been killed before then.

Hinata Hinata opened her mouth slightly, but she couldn't find a way to refute Funaka.

"It would be even more ridiculous to say that I was able to interfere with the punishment of the Uchiha by the high-level of Konoha Village," although it was ridiculous, there was no smile on the face of the Funaya Min, "If the high-level of Konoha could easily □□ it, then the high-level of Konoha Village would have been eroded by various forces a long time ago." ”

"The Uchiha clan won't be where they are today."

Zhou Jian Min stared into the other party's eyes, "Or do you prefer to believe that the top of your village is a fool who can be bought and even controlled?" ”

Speechless, Hinata Hinata Hinata was originally here to question and reprimand Zhou Jian Min's meddling too much, but he was shocked by the other party's strict logic and the rhetoric that couldn't find any loopholes, and he didn't know how to respond.

He thought that he would be able to say that this rare and confused "Lord Zhenzhou" was truly repentant today, after all, the other party had not done anything out of the ordinary for so many years.

But who knew that Zhou Jianwen's mind was actually very clear, no matter how reasonable and even close to the truth other people's speculations were, but she didn't leave the slightest handle from beginning to end, so anyone who came to question her like he did today could deal with it easily.

Hinata knew that he couldn't talk about it anymore, and he looked at Zhou Jian Min, who didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong with his behavior at all, and finally brushed his sleeves away.

Before leaving, he still didn't forget to leave a kind reminder to the other party, "Lord Zhenzhou, even if you make a move to whitewash some things, you can't change the fact that he is still black in nature." ”

"Then I have something I want to say to you," Minru Funaya, who was sitting in the seat, smiled at Hinata Hinata who was already standing at the door of the Japanese room, "Even if I really help the Uchiha this time, you can't guarantee that the Hyuga family will not have something that will affect the entire village." ”

Zhou Jianwen's words were really a sincere reminder, but they were regarded as sarcastic and cursed by Hinata Hinata Hizo, so he dropped the indifferent word "farewell" and left directly, but Zhou Jianwen called Xiangran and sent the other party to the door.

Hinata Hinata can lose her mind because of anger, but she, the master, can't lose her etiquette.

"Sure enough, it's a boring man," seeing that there was no one else in the corridor, Bai Lan didn't know where to come out, he leaned on the door frame and clasped his arms with his hands, and there seemed to be something pinched in his right hand, "Although it wasn't that I couldn't understand his thoughts, I still felt bored." ”

"He's not wrong, it's just that he's too upright, so he only sees right and wrong and family interests, and doesn't take into account the situation outside the Hyuga clan and the potential problems that may occur in the future."

In the matter of the Hyuga family, Hinata Hinata can be very sharp - for example, he realizes that if the Uchiha family is declared not primarily responsible this time, the Hyuga family may have to continue to fight with the Uchiha family for a long time.

But they didn't think about what kind of seeds would be planted in the hearts of the Uchiha clan if they were really convicted.

"It's not that Hinata Hinata doesn't have a long-term vision, it's just that he puts it on the Hyuga clan," Zhou Jian Min drank the tea in the cup, and then stopped his gaze on the book in Bai Lan's hand.

Realizing Zhou Jianwen's gaze, Bai Lan pinched the book in her hand and shook it, "I read it for a while when I was passing the time just now, and it seemed to be quite interesting, so I borrowed it." ”

Zhou Jianwen looked at the hardcover book, and the big words "Strong Perseverance and Endurance" on the book cover were particularly obvious, and it was the one that Zhou Jianwen had just read in the tea room.

She withdrew her gaze, and then replied to Brand, who seemed to be preparing to leave—

"Whatever you want."