Caifu held the brocade curtain, Bixiu panted sideways and came in, put the food box in her hand on the table, but saw her young lady sitting in front of the dresser, her willow eyebrows frowned, her cheeks were slightly greasy, her eyes were drooping, and her black hair was still scattered, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

She washed her hands in the copper basin, took a large square towel and walked behind Yuqiao.

"Mademoiselle, do you want to pull your hair up?" She asked, wrapping the towel around the ends of her hair and drying the wetness.

Yu Qiao responded, and she skillfully pulled the hanging hairpin, and only picked a water-green silk hairpin on the mustache.

Caifu had already arranged the side dishes and bowls neatly, and Yuqiao leaned over to take a look, all of them were fishy and greasy, and he had no appetite for a while. Bixiu looked at her with a sad expression, and hurriedly took a bowl from the food box and said with a smile: "Fang is in the kitchen, look at this willow leaf-wide noodles, simmering in the soup stewed by a small rooster, the meat is also lean, not greasy, Miss should eat some!" ”

Yuqiao saw that the soup was clear and bright, and there were indeed no oil flowers floating there, and he ate half a bowl of pickled sour cabbage.

"There are so many things that have not been moved, it is really distressing to waste them, you can eat them! If there are more, let the mother-in-law take them back. Tsefu and Bixiu hurriedly agreed, leaning on the table and eating the rest of the meal.

After rinsing, Yuqiao asked Bixiu to put the cake box given by Zhou Zhenwei on the table, and uncovered the lid.

Caifu's children's temperament, carefully screened the dumplings, and divided them into red bean filling, jujube paste filling, rose sand filling and taro filling.

Yu Qiao looked at her and smiled: "I just need to keep one of each of these Qingtuanzi, and divide the rest equally between my mother, aunt, brother and Yu Huan, and take the rest of the two of you!" ”

She thought for a while, and then said, "Don't say that Lord Zhou gave it, just say that we bought it ourselves!" ”

Bixiu agreed, put one by one into the food box, and sent it everywhere. I didn't ask for Caifu cakes, but I only took some marinated flavors such as duck tongue sauce elbow strips, and prepared them for Cao Huan to eat and drink.

"Miss, do you remember Wangcai's younger brother? worked as an errand boy in Lord Zhou's house! Seeing that the young lady was looking at the book, Cai Fu paused for a long time, but still couldn't hold back.

Yuqiao only has a jaw head, how can he not remember? There was a light smile on her lips, that time it was embarrassing for Zhenwei this week! Who asked him to spend twenty taels to buy a golden phoenix hairpin!

"Ding Gui, who repairs the garden in our house, is a neighbor of Wangcai's family. I heard that the eldest lady of the Zhou family and the young lady of the Fang family, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, are very close! Brother Wangcai often goes to Fang's house to walk around, and you give me some rare things, and I give you them, and the relationship is very harmonious! ”

Hearing Caifu say this, Yuqiao instantly lost the mind to read. remembered that when she went to the Spring Festival Banquet with Fang Yumu and rode in the carriage together, she clearly mentioned that the eldest lady of the Zhou family was waiting for the red media and wanted to go to her house to propose marriage.

Fang Yumu was a cunning person, and he inquired more about himself that day, and what he said may not be true. Yuqiao thought to herself, and couldn't help but think of Princess Xinyang again, the twilight outside the window was getting thicker, and she only felt that there were dark clouds coming, covering half of the brightness in her heart

Chen Rui was originally in the grain store, and he had just brewed a cup of the new Longjing tea that the man respected, and he was urged to the Taifu Mansion by the little guy sent by the Zhang family before he smelled the fragrance. He understood that the Zhang family was the big master of "Hong Changxing", and he was speculating about the reason for coming to him all the way, and what he did to do something unseemly.

As the guide boy passed through the porch and entered the hall, no one was there. He glanced around and looked secretly, the powder wall was hanging in the middle of the mountain mirror, the celebrities were hanging on both sides, the flat head case was set up according to the wall, and three pairs of white-glazed five-blessing Dengshou pattern porcelain vases and antique toys with different postures were placed on the top, and the eight immortal tables were placed in front, and ambergris was burned in the copper furnace. There are eight Taishi chairs on the left and right, and there are more than six inserts. All of them are made of yellow rosewood wood, which is rich and magnificent, and solemn and solemn.

After standing for a while, he heard the crisp sound of footsteps and skirt rings coming from the porch outside the door, mixed with the sound of low voices. As soon as I took a tea break, I saw Zhang's stomach upright and the maid carefully helped him to sit on the Taishi chair on the left side of the Eight Immortals Table, and the maid came in and placed some white porcelain bowls on the table and poured boiling tea.

Chen Rui originally saw that only the Zhang family was coming, but he felt so confused, and his heart just let go, but he saw that there were a lot of tea bowls, and there were many people who thought that they would come.

As he thought, Chu Yu came in first, found a chair on the east side and sat down, and only waved his hand perfunctory when he saw him.

The people who came in later were even more frightened, his legs trembled like chaff, Yutian Qingzhuang Wu, Houhu and the surrounding rice stewards, Lingnan, Huainan, Hexi, Hanzhong agricultural grain procurement stewards, and even remote to Jiannan stewards were all carried by the entourage with the account book into the door, and sat down according to the humility.

The last one came was Zhou Zhenwei, who was wearing a crown of loyalty and a navy blue cloud goose flying official robe, with a dignified face and a strong momentum. Carrying the knife patrol envoy two people to the door, everyone got up to greet him, he bowed slightly, saluted to the Zhang family, that is, on the right side of the Eight Immortals table Taishi chair sat down in all directions, the patrol envoy two sides of the knife and waited.

Chen Rui had never seen this kind of battle, and immediately his legs were weak, and he knelt in the center of the hall, shaking his body, and he couldn't speak.

Only then did Zhang Shi speak in a deep voice: "Chen Rui, are you the deacon of the account of the grain shop headquarters?" Are you in charge of all this pile of ledgers? ”

Chen Rui raised his eyes and saw that the account books he locked in the cabinet were all spread out on the table of the Eight Immortals, and he said tremblingly: "The account books are managed by the lower office, but Steward Zhang submits them for inspection every time he comes to the store, and he will also report to Grandma every month, and there has been no half-point difference." ”

Hearing this, Zhang sneered and scolded: "You and Zhang Yan are just uncomfortable with peeping at my body, and they do some things like chickens and dogs, thieves, and deception in the dark." Let me ask you first, last month, more than 10,000 stones of Changmi and 5,800 Hu of variegated Liang Gu were personally escorted into Beijing by Steward Feng of Lingnan, how did it arrive in your account, but it was recorded as more than 8,000 stones of Changmi and 4,800 Hu of variegated Liang Grain? Steward Feng showed him the account book! ”

Steward Feng hurriedly took the account book to Chen Rui, turned to the title page, and sure enough, Chen Rui and Zhang Ting received the painting.

Chen Rui argued with a white face: "It was Chen Mou's body that day, his body was not safe, his eyes were dizzy for a while, and the guide was wrong, and he asked his grandmother to punish him." ”

"Even if you didn't mean to." Chu Yu picked up the account book and threw it in front of him, and said coldly: "Look at it again, there are 500 stones of rouge rice on it, and 400 stones are registered in your account book." This is the imperial court tribute rice, how can you not know how powerful it is, how can you explain it? ”

Hearing this, the Yutian rice steward was even more obedient, and hurriedly presented the account books he brought, and there were also two of them to receive the paintings.

Chu Yu turned his head to look at Zhou Zhenwei and asked, "Lord Zhou, what crime should I be guilty of embezzling the imperial court's tribute rice?" ”

Zhou Zhenwei raised his eyes to Chen Rui, not lightly, and said coldly: "According to the Law of the Yamato Dynasty. Article 20 of the Law of Fraud and Hypocrisy stipulates that if you embezzle official property or embezzle or defile or divert it for other purposes, you will be sentenced to 50 canes and one to three years in prison, and in the worst case, you will be beheaded, your family members will be exiled, and you will be sent to a place of hard labor. This rouge rice is the inner courtyard of the Shanggong Palace, and the crime must be serious. ”

Zhang Shi sneered, and said sharply: "Chen Rui, these alone are enough for you to be in a different place, this time the stewards from all over the country have gathered here, and they are clear to you, not counting a number of silver taels in other account books." You still haven't recruited from the truth? ”

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