Let's say that Qianlong was in power, and in order to balance the power of the DPRK and China, the Minister of Military Aircraft has always implemented one man and one Han. In the early days of Qianlong, it was Zhang Tingyu and Ortai in the middle of the court. Ortai and Zhang Tingyu were originally important ministers of the Yongzheng Dynasty, and when Yongzheng was dying, he especially commended Ortai and Zhang Tingyu's political quality, and specially said to his son: I can ensure that he is always unswerving. Yongzheng can be said to have good intentions, and he was afraid that the new emperor would come up to persecute the old ministers, so he protected the two of them in the way of "the two ministers can enjoy the Taimiao".

In the early days of Qianlong, Qianlong abided by the last instructions of the first emperor, and still used Zhang Tingyu and Ortai as the first auxiliary ministers of the Military Aircraft Department. Zhang Tingyu's protégés are all over the world, and most of Ortai's subordinates are banner people, and there are many banner people who are officials, so those who come and go to Hubei are banner officials.

On this day, Wu Scorpion said in his heart, he is also an important minister in the court, and he can't be offended by both sides of the Prime Minister and Zhang Xiang, so he still goes to various prefectures to talk about his courteous attitude.

He came to the Prime Minister's Mansion first. At first glance, there was no small maid in this Prime Minister's house. At this moment, Wu Scorpion was taken aback first. Generally speaking, this is a rare phenomenon among ministers. You must know that the entrance of the big official mansion is full of people who come and go, and there are many people who come and go. This doorkeeper's job can be regarded as a hard errand, there is a ceremony when you enter the door, there is a gift when you go out, and you can earn dozens of taels of silver a day. For this reason, rushing to celebrate the New Year's holidays, there are many small houses who go on day and night, and they don't let the gatekeeper jump on the street and scold people.

How is this Prime Minister's Mansion different? Is there something else hidden in the relationship? He was thinking about it when a half-man-high wolfdog pounced on him. If it weren't for the rope, he would have almost bitten him to pieces. Ren Wu Scorpion is good at tricking behind his back. At this moment, I was also scared and sweated. The right leg and right foot that had just been lifted in were suddenly retracted and ran straight out. Run until the dog can't pounce. He took a long breath.

He was gasping for breath when a haha sound came from within, and then, a small guy came out of the courtyard, and said, "Who should I be?" It turned out to be Lord Wu from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

Wu Scorpion opened his eyes and saw that this person also knew him, he was a janitor, named Liang San'er, and he had met before when he came out and went in. Spoken. Wu Scorpion wiped a handful of sweat and asked, "In the Prime Minister's Mansion, when did you add a big dog?" Haven't seen it before. ”

Liang San'er said: "This is what Xiangye bought from the market a few days ago, and Lord Wu hasn't been here for a few days, so naturally he hasn't seen it." ”

Wu Scorpion smiled, took out more than one or two pieces of silver from his arms, and pushed forward to Liang San'er and asked, "What does Xiangye want this dog to do?" Feelings are to prevent thieves from stealing? ”

Liang San'er smiled: "My lord, but I deliberately pretended to be stupid? There are many guards in the house, and one or two thieves can still deal with it, so what's the use of this dog? Adults are so smart. Naturally, I understand what Xiang Ye means. ”

Wu Scorpion said: "San'er, don't fool me, how can I know what Xiangye means?" I want to have the mind of a master, and I will be a master too, right? Tell me about it. Why did Xiangye raise such a big dog? ”

San'er touched the silver in his hand, about one or two heavy, and said in his heart. The great officials only gave one or two pieces of silver. San'er didn't bother to pay attention to you. Thinking about it, San'er smiled. Zhengse said: "Adults don't know, and the slave is even less clear." San'er still has something to do, so take a step back first. With that, he turned around and walked into the courtyard.

Seeing this, Wu Scorpion hurriedly stopped him, knowing that he was too little, and touched a tael of silver from his bosom and stuffed it into him and asked, "Why is San'er's face similar to a dog's face, just turn it over." Old Wu, I haven't finished asking yet. ”

The three children took the silver, and when they touched it, it was more than one or two, and the boss was not happy. But recently, the prime minister placed this dog at the door, and the ministers who entered the door were far less than before, earning a little is a little, and there is no reason to see the silver and return to the customer. So, San'er stopped and said: "San'er heard that Xiangye raised dogs to thank guests, to prevent people from coming in to use their power for personal gain, to form a party for personal gain, and to prevent someone from entering the house to accept bribes." The meaning of arranging the big dog is very clear - that is, this is a private house, and the official court said that there will be no guests in the private house. If you want San'er to say, Xiangye is too, get such a big dog in, San'er's work has been done by dogs, what else is San'er doing? It's better to go home and farm. ”

Wu Scorpion pandered and said, "Who says it's not? This is a grievance. It's okay, if you have any difficulties, come to the house to find me, and I'll help you. ”

San'er also hurriedly said: "That's the best, but how do adults go to the mansion?" ”

Wu Scorpion didn't have much to do, it was easy to deal with people, but he didn't have any way to deal with beasts that were not taboo for people. He can't talk to dogs, and he can't communicate with dogs. San'er's eyes rolled three times, and he grinned: "Adults don't have to worry, the little ones have already thought of countermeasures." ”

Wu Scorpion hurriedly asked: "San'er, say quickly, what can you do?" ”

San'er said: "Although a beast is a beast, it is much easier to deal with it than to deal with people. I have three catties of beef here, and the adults just feed these three catties of fine beef to it, and make sure that it obediently enlarges people into the house. ”

When Wu Scorpion heard this, it was really true, and he hurriedly said to San'er: "Where is the beef?" Feed it to me. ”

San'er smiled and said, "There is beef, but San'er also bought it from the street, so adults won't ask for San'er's beef for nothing, right?" ”

Wu Scorpion didn't expect that Exiang raised a dog in order to prevent them from taking bribes, but these janitors actually had this way of making money, and they couldn't help but hehe. As the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures, there is no money for gatekeeping, and there is money for feeding dogs. However, at this time, Wu Scorpion had to suffer this dumb loss, and touched a few taels of silver from his arms to buy meat. After receiving the money, San'er brought the beef from the porter.

Wu Scorpion took the beef and fed it to the big dog piece by piece. After the dog got three or five pieces of beef, he really shook his head and tail at Wu Scorpion, and seemed to be very affectionate. Wu Scorpion saw that the time had come, so he threw the remaining beef far away, and the dog went away with the meat, but Wu Scorpion entered the mansion alone.

Wu Scorpion and Ortai are not familiar with each other, after all, the people who intersect with Exiang are all high-ranking officials of the banner people, and Wu Scorpion is a Han who is like a fake, and it is not so easy to meet Exiang. However, Wu Scorpion and Erong An, the eldest son of Exiang, have a great relationship. Erongan has a clothing shop outside Donghua Gate, but it was sent by Wu Scorpion, so it is still very reliable to say that Wu Scorpion saw Erongan.

Wu Scorpion entered the hall, passed through the side corridor, and quietly came to the east wing where Erong lived. In front of the east wing is Erong'an's study, which is generally used by him as a guest, and after the east wing, there is a courtyard that is his bedroom. Wu Scorpion entered the study, and when he didn't see the people of Erong'an, he said in his heart that it would be difficult for him to stay in the backyard bedroom at this time. In the backyard bedroom, Wu Scorpion didn't dare to enter at will, and was in the planning room, only to hear one or two starlings outside the door. Wu Scorpion said in his heart, yes, Erong'an has arrived.

It turns out that Erongan doesn't know other skills, but he can walk dogs and birds, and most of the starlings and finches in the house are raised by him. Sure enough, Erong'an's voice sounded outside the door: "Ma Lao Wu, my parrot brother is so good to raise?" How do you feel weight these days? I can tell you, if my parrot loses a little more than one or two at the end of the month, you don't want your monthly money this month. ”

Then Ma Lao Wu replied: "I said master, you can spare me, this parrot brother doesn't eat, and the slave still has to eat." For the sake of this precious parrot, the slave took a lot of pain, and wanted to cut off his own flesh and feed it to eat, but this parrot brother somehow just didn't eat or drink. The slave has no other way, he is thinking, is the relationship to eat too much and accumulate food? ”

Erong An scolded: "Let go of your shit! If you want to accumulate food, you will find the imperial doctor to see, mash the hawthorn and stir it with honey water to feed it to drink, is it possible to starve it to death? ”

The old five horses said in their hearts, what about the honey water, the fifth child had no money to drink the honey water, so he let the bird drink it, but he replied: "Yes, yes, the slave will go to the imperial doctor." ”

Wu Scorpion hurriedly lifted the curtain from the inside, and said to Erong An: "Hello, master! ”

Seeing that it was Wu Scorpion, Erong An smiled and said, "Why are you hiding here?" ”

Wu Scorpion replied: "Old Wu has nothing to do in the future, so I came to see the master." Have you received the bird food I sent to my master the day before yesterday? It was Lao Wu who got it from the Westerners from the Li Fan Yuan, and it is said that our finches ate them, and they all looked like wolves. ”

A little guy lifted the curtain of the study, Erong An went in first, Wu Scorpion followed closely, and said to Wu Scorpion: "I don't dare to ask for that kind of bird food, the finch grows about the same size as a wolf dog, how can I walk it at that time?" Do you want it to sit in a sedan chair and be carried out by four people? ”

Wu Scorpion smiled and said, "What the master said is true." Since the Westerners can't eat birds, or how many foreign girls can I bring in from the West? That foreign girl has a high nose and deep eyes, yellow hair, and the smell of sheep all over her body, is the master interested? ”

Erong An snorted and said, "My father is in the house, so I'm afraid that it won't affect me?" ”

Wu Scorpion thought about it, and suddenly saw the official boots on Erong'an's feet, and hurriedly took out two shoe samples from his arms, bowed closer, and said to Erongan: "The concubine in the old Wu family is the best at sewing shoe patterns. On that day, I made a fine shoe pattern, how does the master look at the pattern? "Let's just show the shoe sample to Erongan.

E Rongan took it, opened the shoe, and saw that it was two silver tickets that were redeemed at sight, each two thousand taels, but the sum was four thousand taels. Erong An saw the silver ticket, and said with a smile: "These shoes are good, you have such a beautiful fortune, and there is such a clever sister-in-law by your side!" Dude, you're a good life, a good life! ”

Seeing that he had accepted the silver ticket, Wu Scorpion said: "It's good that the master likes it, I went back to see Ling Zun, and asked the master to say a few more kind words in front of Ling Zun, so that Lao Wu will admit his feelings." ”

Erong An put away the silver ticket and said, "It's a small matter, it's not a matter. You can be your Imperial Inspector in the middle of the history with peace of mind, even if the fire burns on both sides of the court, it will not burn on you. ”

Wu Scorpion thanked E Rong'an, and then bowed down and resigned. (To be continued......)