Steward Feng held his beloved purple sand pot in his hand, casually inspecting various places, the apprentices and handymen stopped their work and greeted respectfully, he enjoyed this feeling, although he knew that outsiders were afraid of him and had more respect than respect, but he didn't care, this feeling of holding the future of others in his hand made Steward Feng extremely happy.

He is in the prime of life, he still has an ambition to be displayed, it only took ten years from an apprentice to a manager, how much effort was put in during the period, and who knows, now he is expensive to procure the manager, which is naturally a lot of benefits, and now outsiders see him and call him Feng Ye, he is no longer the Feng Er who was shouted by the world when he practiced under the overpass with his eldest brother ten years ago.

"Steward Feng, the hall master asked you to go for a while, see that the hall master's face is not very good, you pay attention." A handyman hurriedly ran over and said something to him, which made the originally leisurely Steward Feng chuckle in his heart, secretly said that it was not good, could it be the ghost of those two boys yesterday? There shouldn't be any problem with the medicinal materials in the storehouse, what else can I do that will make the hall master angry, it's useless to think about it and take a look.

Steward Feng walked quickly to the main hall, only to see two people sitting under the big plaque of poverty alleviation in Jishi, the first one has beautiful facial features, about forty years old, wearing a square scarf, Shang'an gossip jade, embroidered double floating, wearing a cyan official uniform, pedaling cyan official boots, and no beard under the chin. The face is like a full moon, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and three locks of long hair, floating on the chest. is holding a tea bowl and savoring the taste, this person is Zhu Zhilian, the hall master of Qingzhou Yichun Hall, and the other person must be Cao Jian mentioned in the hall master's letter yesterday. Steward Feng saw the two of them chuckle in his heart, and wondered what made the hall master angry in front of the official family, so he bent down and bowed.

"Meet your lord, meet the hall master!"

Zhu Zhilian put down the tea bowl in his hand and said without being angry: "Zhijiang, you have been here for a long time, right?" ”

"Back to the hall master, more than ten years."

Zhu Zhilian picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip and said: "Ten years, it's been so long, it's incredible to think about it, such a long time is enough to change a person, such as from nothing can become a front and back hug, from a groveling Feng Er to a Feng steward who covers the sky with one hand!" ”

When Feng Zhijiang heard what the hall master said, he was so frightened that he knelt down and shouted, "Hall master, there is no such thing as a small one, and I hope that the hall master will see it!" ”

"According to you, someone has wronged you? But Hall Master Zhu didn't say what you did, you just shouted grievances and grievances, can you be an unpredictable prophet? Inspector Cao put down the ledger in his hand and asked in a deep voice.

"This, the small one has always been conscientious in his duties, and there is no violation of the rules, and it is absolutely unjust to say that the small one covers the sky with one hand."

Zhu Zhilian was furious when he heard this: "What a clever mouth, and he is still here to talk about it, so let me ask you what to explain about this hundred taels of silver and a pair of wild ginseng." With that, he took out a bag from under the table and threw it in front of him, Feng Zhijiang's face changed color after seeing the package. He fell to his knees with a thud and was silent.

Seeing that he was not quibbling, Zhu Zhilian continued: "What you did in the past, I really thought I didn't know. Even if he flaunts his power outside the banner, and uses such despicable means against his apprentices, I ask you what kind of grudge he has against you? Today, with the support of the Yichun Hall, the support of the Imperial Court, the unity of the people in the hall, and the trust of the people, there are today's little achievements, and outsiders slander us. “

"Hall master, what calculations, what grievances, the little ones don't understand." Hearing this, Feng Zhijiang was confused, couldn't help but raise his head again, and hurriedly asked.

"So far, I still want to deny it, the roof of the warehouse is leaking, just move it to other warehouses, why repair the tile house on a rainy day, isn't there a special person in charge, why did you send Wen Ziqi up, is it because his family is cold and has not been filial to you, so he intends to punish him, you also know that this church intends to cultivate him this year, seeing that the branch halls in Zhuzhou are about to have a big competition, in this time period, if there is any accident, you can afford it?"

"The little one has no such thoughts, hall master, you can see it."

"Mingcha, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it if you find out."

Feng Zhijiang still wanted to distinguish, so he heard someone behind him cough lightly, and when he looked back, there were three people outside the door, one in front of him was in his early fifties, wearing a longevity robe, his hair was white, his cheekbones were prominent, and the vicissitudes of life left on his face by the years were like ravines, this person was really Yao Binkun, the deputy hall master here, and Wen Ziqi and Ling Haoran were really standing behind Yao deputy hall master.

Deputy Hall Master Yao brought the two of them in, walked to Inspector Cao, turned around and said to the two people behind: The one sitting on the top seat is the Inspector Master Cao, who is in charge of the land of Qingzhou, come and see you.

Wen Ziqi and Ling Haoran saluted one after another: "Lord Cao"

Inspector Cao, who was sitting in the main seat, nodded, turned his face and asked Zhu Zhilian, who was sitting next to him: "These two are the candidates who are going to go to Beijing next year?" ”

"Lord Hui, exactly."

"Oh, it's settled so early, I guess these two are set and outstanding, I don't know what it is...

Zhu Zhilian smiled and replied: "If these two people are trained by me, their abilities will no longer be below me in time." Why don't you want Lord Cao to dial and dial? ”

When Inspector Cao heard this, he looked at the two people standing in front of him and said, "Since Hall Master Zhu is so confident, then I also want to see what the strength of the two is?" ”

After saying that, he was silent, and Inspector Cao, who was half a cup of tea, said slowly: "It is said that in ancient times, there was a great general, he had a special hobby of eating three meals a day without meat, he liked to eat beef, and he liked to drink in large bowls, and when he was drunk, he often beat and scolded his subordinates, one of the reasons was his irritable personality, and the other was for what? On this day, when he returned to the station from the capital, his good brother received the wind and washed the dust for him in the evening, and the bowl of beef at the banquet was feasted, and the roasted yellow wine was also a few jars. After the feast was over, he returned to the mansion and scolded and beat his soldiers, and ordered his subordinates to hurry up to buy him wine, and one of the attendants was clever and hurriedly ran to buy wine, it turned out that this waiter had practiced medicine with his grandfather everywhere before joining the army, so he knew why the general was always drunk and beating, and the more he drank, the more irritable he became. In order to avoid being beaten, he went to the pharmacy and bought half a catty of black herbs, came back and boiled them into water and mixed them with some wine for the general to drink. A few days later, the general did not beat his subordinates in drunken anger. Let me ask you two why? “

Everyone present bowed their heads in contemplation, and there was silence. After a while, Inspector Cao pointed at Ling Haoran with his hand and asked, "What is the reason?" ”

Ling Haoran leaned over and replied, "I am only a shallow learner in the lower class, and I am not able to answer." ”

Inspector Cao smiled slightly, and then pointed at Wen Ziqi, who was calm and relaxed, and said, "Do you know what the reason is?" ”

Wen Ziqi hugged his fists and bowed back: "Lord Hui, beef is warm but wine is dry, and short-tempered people are generally hot-tempered, if there is no meat all day long, and spirits must be on fire, and people with strong hearts must be extremely irritable and irritable, which explains why they are irritable after being drunk, the first reason is because their hearts are irritable and irritable." Let's talk about the second black herb, after boiling the soup, you can use wine to serve it, and there is only one herb that has the effect of purifying the heart and fire, and the color is black, that is, Xuanshen. I don't know if that's right? “

Inspector Cao nodded and asked, "Well, yes, it's this thing, it seems that you still have something." But what about you? As soon as Inspector Cao wanted to count it, Ling Haoran found that Zhu Zhilian next to him shook his head slightly.

How can a person who has been in the officialdom for a long time not understand what this shaking of the head means, and suddenly his tone became gentle and drizzle: "Although you didn't answer, it made me feel more good about you, you know how to be humble, and you are a great talent!" ”

When Ling Haoran first heard him turn his head and ask himself, he thought that he hadn't made a good impression on this adult just now, which was not easy to do, but then he suddenly felt funny with these few words of praise with a sudden change in painting style. When I thought about it, I was relieved that I put gold on my face like this. If he didn't give this Master Cao a step, wouldn't he be ignorant of lifting. Hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his fists and saluted: "The adult has tormented the villain, just because the adult's question is too profound, the villain doesn't know how to answer for a while, and he is afraid that the wrong thing will make the adult laugh, if you answer randomly, isn't this a shame for Hall Master Zhu?" Both of us are under the master of Zhu Tang, and I still trust my senior brother Wen, and I am sure he will be able to answer, so... It's no wonder that Lord Cao is still there. ”

Inspector Cao smiled happily after hearing these words, and Zhu Zhilian said when he saw this: "Okay, don't be so cunning, Master Cao is not an outsider, but my best friend, and I won't take it to heart." He came here today for business, and the two of them renewal, so don't be too nervous. ”

After that, he picked up the teacup on the table and saluted Cao Inspector's mouth, and said: "Good hairy tips, don't let it cool, the taste will be unsatisfactory if it is cold." ”

Inspector Cao Ha Yile said: "Drink tea, drink tea, and see how scared your two apprentices." ”

Yao Binkun, who was sitting on the side, saw this and said haha: "Hall master, these two boys said that it was a bit urgent to find the hall master, and when they came in and saw this picture, they forgot to report to the hall master, you see?" Isn't it listening to them tell me what is going on. ”

Zhu Zhilian raised his eyelids and glanced at Yao Binkun, slowly put down the teacup in his hand and said to Wen Ling and the others: "Say something!" ”

Ling Haoran looked at Wen Ziqi and Feng Zhijiang, who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Recently, it has rained for several days, and Steward Feng is worried that the herbs that will be paid tribute this year are damp and moldy, so he sent the two of us to the warehouse yesterday to take care of the herbs, but the two of us found a little problem in the process of taking care of the herbs, and after thinking about it for a long time, I felt that it was better to return to the hall master." ”