The misty bathroom, the huge bath, Qi Jin soaked quietly in it alone.

This is not Zhuang Hua's mountain mansion, but his mansion, his mansion in Shaoguang.

Those old ministers persuaded him not to go back to Zhuanghua, which had become the target of public criticism, and the forces of King Zhao, Prince Zhao, King Zhangliang, and King Yuyang were all watching "him".

Five days ago, after "he" "supported" King Yuyang in court to take over the military power in the northern border of Zhangliang, "he" was in a more delicate situation.

Everyone is waiting for someone else to make a move, or waiting for "he" to make a mistake himself, and then, suppress it to the end.

King Yuyang will not help Zhuang Hua, because "he" is labeled as the prince, and the prince will not help "him", because "he" has made the prince lose his military power, and King Zhao and King Zhangliang are purely watching from the wall.

Leave "him"? Qi Jin shook his head, Lu Yao knew that Ma Ma had been popular for a long time, if he left at this time, in the future, I am afraid that he would never have the opportunity to appear in front of "him" again.

Without leaving, "his" situation, his background, the combination of the two will make both of them more dangerous.

Qi Jin picked up a handful of water and splashed it on his face, and the droplets of water flowed down his cheeks and dripped down his chin. Bare chest.

He breathed deeply, his chest heaving, and the water that didn't reach his chest rippled slightly, as if his mind was not calm.

No, absolutely can't leave "him".

The bathroom door opened softly, and the sound of the woman's light footsteps came from far to near.

"Lord, Mr. He said that there is a distinguished guest visiting, please come forward to discuss the matter." The woman stood outside the screen, and her voice as light as a warbler clearly reached Qi Jin's ears.

"Hmm." Qi Jin stood up from the bath, stepped out of the water, the woman crossed the screen, wiped the water on his body with a cloth towel, and took clothes from the hanger on the side to dress Qi Jin neatly, as if she had done it thousands of times.

Qi Jin held down the woman's hand to arrange his belt for him, and the woman was stunned and hugged into Qi Jin's arms.

"Lord......" the woman murmured, and slowly wrapped her arms around Qi Jin's waist.

"Sister Jia." Qi Jin lowered her head and buried her head in the woman's neck socket, like a child.

The woman smiled lightly, her eyes were also dyed with tenderness, and she gently stroked Qi Jin's back. The little man who followed his brother and sister back then has grown into the size of a man, if it weren't for ...... Next year, I will marry him.

"Is the Lord in the house tonight?" The woman asked, with a touch of melancholy on her face. It's been several days, and every night he "goes back" to Zuo Xiangshanting's mansion.

Qi Jin's expression froze, "Let's talk about it." Then he gently pushed the woman away and left the bathroom.

The woman looked at the figure walking away from the door, and she didn't know what it was like.

Qi Jin didn't expect that the visitor turned out to be Zhang Liang Wang Baiti's person.

He Zhou, the former prince of Yangguo, the former prince of Yangguo, was not hostile to this unexpected visitor, and the two even talked happily, Qi Jin probably knew the meaning of this doctor Hou Xiu.

The crown prince and the king of Yuyang are fighting, and the king of Zhangliang, who is far away from the imperial capital, wants to profit from it. However, his manpower was not easy to move, so he had to seek foreign help. His own down-and-out prince seems to be the best choice.

"What does King Zhangliang mean, it's better for Mr. Hou to explain it directly." Qi Jin doesn't talk much nonsense, and the question goes straight to the point.

This Hou Xiu can come to the door, that is, their whereabouts have been mastered by the other party, and their side is completely passive, if the two parties can't get along, King Zhangliang will definitely not teach them to have a good time.

Controlled by others again, Qi Jin's eyes darkened, and the fists under his sleeves were clenched white, one day, he would not let himself fall into such a situation again.

Hou Xiu's somewhat gray eyebrows curled up with the curvature of his eyes, revealing a kind smile that people who are close to the top six years often have, "Wang Zijin is decisive, and the old man is ashamed of himself." ”

He Zhou nodded secretly. This kind of straightforward words are not suitable for him, and it is just right for Qi Jin. First, Qi Jin is young, and it is not too much to say anything, and secondly, it can reflect Qi Jin's status as the master. He is a minister, and now he is a servant, and it is a taboo both internally and externally.

Qi Jin said: "Mr. Hou has won the award. ”

Hou Xiu stroked his long beard under his chin and said unhurriedly: "The intention of the lord of my family is to cooperate with the prince, and after the cooperation is over, the lord is willing to provide a county of land to lend to the prince to recuperate." ”

"I don't know how to cooperate." Qi Jin was not moved by the conditions offered by the other party.

"Do three things for my lord in Shaoguang."

"What three things?"

"This is not known at this time, please wait for notice. Please rest assured that it will not be difficult. ”

Three things, one county.

Qi Jin and He Zhou are both thinking that they will return to Yangguo for revenge in the future, and now they can be regarded as surviving at best, and they will not be able to become a climate. The conditions of that county were poking at their weakness.

However, I don't know why the three things, how much the harvest will cost, even if Hou Xiu said that it is not difficult, but the degree of this is not difficult is also very flexible.

Hou Xiu was anxious, sitting there quietly waiting for the results of Qi Jin and He Zhou's thinking.

After a long time, Qi Jin and He Zhou made eye contact, and Qi Jin said to Hou Xiu: "I hope that King Zhangliang can abide by the virtue of a gentleman and make a promise." ”

Hou Xiu said with a smile: "I will live up to today's alliance." ”

At the end of the day, it was completely dark.

The study room of the Mountain Mansion Forgetting the Pavilion was still bright, and there were guards patrolling back and forth outside the courtyard, and the servants were walking around, but no one dared to enter the Forgotten Pavilion easily.

Because as soon as everyone entered the house, they were told by the housekeeper Yanrong that the master's residence, except for the people who were on their turn to serve every morning, no one was allowed to enter and leave at will, and the master would be very unhappy. Even those who go to serve and clean are not allowed to enter the master's bedroom and study at will.

In addition to the Yan Rong Butler and the Huan Steward. There are also Yi guards.

As soon as the population is large, things are complicated, and Zhuang Hua is not reading at night for anything else, it is to check the income and expenditure account books of the house in November last month.

At this time of the month, Zhuang Hua's idea of making paper is even heavier, looking at the stacks of bamboo slips on the desk, she just wants to bump into it and faint to death.

It's not that there are no recording tools for convenience, such as silk, but is it so extravagant to use silk for bookkeeping? And the price of silk is very expensive (q_q).

She also has to complain about the way the bookkeeping is done here.

Look, look, what's all written here? On November 17, I bought a number of salt, 500 dollars, a number of ginger, 215 dollars, and green onions......

What does this mean? Can the money spent be on the so-called "some"? Fortunately, it was Yanrong who had been in charge of the accounts, so she didn't wonder if the bookkeeper was corrupt.

All of Zhuang Hua's property was given to Yanrong, and she believed in Yanrong very much, and it turned out that her belief was correct. Otherwise, with her reluctant character of checking the accounts once a month, Yanrong just ran away with the money, and she didn't necessarily know that she fled to a foreign country.

"Sir." Qi Jin's voice came from outside the door.

Zhuang Hua didn't raise his head and said, "Come in." ”

Qi Jin pushed the door in, and a cold wind also broke into the house, blowing the carbon in the carbon furnace red.

"Sit." Zhuang Hua still buried himself in the accounts, and his language was very concise.

For a person like her who can't do two things, it's really not easy to squeeze out a little thought to speak.

Qi Jin closed the door, warmed his hands by the carbon stove, looked at Zhuang Hua's bald head buried in the pile of books and couldn't lift it, and looked over curiously.

"Is it customary for a gentleman to check the accounts at night?" Qi Jin asked. When Zhuang Hua checked the accounts the first two times, he happened to be absent, so he didn't know Zhuang Hua's actual situation at all.

Zhuang Hua rushed to the top of his head with a sense of grievance, looked up at Qi Jin, whose temperament was getting closer and closer to Tang Qi, and spread his hands, "If I say that I have been checking the accounts since I came back from the early dynasty, what do you think?" ”

It was rare to see Zhuang Hua's vivid but helpless side, Qi Jin covered his mouth with his fist, and said with a smile: "It's better for me to help Mr." ”

"Can you help me?" Zhuang Hua asked uncertainly.

"Hmm."

"Great." Zhuang Hua wanted to stand up with his hands on the bookcase, but because he had been sitting for too long, his legs were numb and he didn't stand up.

Qi Jin immediately went over to help her.

Zhuang Hua, who barely stood up, still couldn't stand on his own, he could only rely on Qi Jin's support, and he could only frown slightly and purse his lips on his face that couldn't make an expression for a while.

"What's wrong with sir?" Qi Jin noticed Zhuang Hua's suspicious and strange expression reaction, and hurriedly asked.

Zhuang Hua said truthfully: "My legs are numb, I really want to laugh." ”

Qi Jin was puzzled, "Sir, just smile." ”

Zhuang Hua looked sideways at Qi Jin, and thought, if I tell you that my facial nerves are unresponsive, can you understand? So she had to say, "I won't." ”

Qi Jin was even more puzzled, he hadn't seen Zhuang Hua smile, how could he say that he wouldn't?

Zhuang Hua also knew what Qi Jin was thinking, so he explained: "I won't laugh. And, I laugh, it takes a long time to prepare. "It must also be when the emotions are in place, and it is difficult for her to express this kind of expression change caused by physiology.

"Sir, you ...... It's true? Qi Jin looked at Zhuang Hua, who had slowly recovered his expressionless face, in disbelief.

If you can't express your emotions, then you can only feel your emotions alone.

No wonder I have to see "him" frightened, and I have never seen "him" happy, it turns out that it is not that there is nothing but that it cannot.

"Oh. It's nothing, at least there is a benefit, no one else can see through me. Zhuang Hua joked, but his indifferent expression was matched with this sentence, and there was a bitter taste.

Qi Jin sighed and said, "Sir, you can tell me anything in the future, and I will definitely be able to help Mr. solve it." It seems that in the face of "him", he always has a sense of powerlessness that arises spontaneously from the bottom of his heart, a sense of powerlessness that cannot be approached.

"Now, just check my accounts." Zhuang Hua said.

"Okay."

So, after Zhuang Hua's legs returned to normal, the two of them put their heads on top of each other and checked the account that Zhuang Hua thought was very nonsensical.

It wasn't until Yan Rong came in with a supper for the two of them that he interrupted the progress of the audit.

"When I heard the report from the guard, saying that Yi was back, I knew that it must be Mr. here, so I prepared a supper for the two of you." Yan Rong came in with a food box, set up a supper on the square table in the study, and summoned the two, "Don't be busy yet, let's eat something." ”

Two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, two suppers, one with meat and one vegan.

Qi Jin and Zhuang Hua came to the table and sat down, Zhuang Hua greeted Yanrong, "Yanrong, you should come along." ”

Yan Rong refused: "The two little girls who just entered the house yesterday made a mistake during the day, and I punished them for washing their clothes, and now I want to go and see if they have finished washing." ”

It's the first time Zhuang Hua has heard of such a thing, but she has never had it before, and she didn't bother to care, she just said from a humane perspective, "Since it's a little girl, forget it, wash the clothes until now, they will have a long memory." ”

"Yes! Mr! Yan Rong said in a strange voice: "Sir, you are soft-hearted, and when everyone in the world bullies you, I don't care." ”

"If Yanrong doesn't care about me, I can only go begging on the street." Zhuang Hua pretended to be pitiful and said seriously.

Yan Rong snorted and laughed, "How can you ignore Mr." You're my food and bread parent! ”

Qi Jin watched the interaction between the two, and the burden on his shoulders seemed to be less heavy.