The next day, Chen Xiao went to the household department and asked the little official to give him the salt industry that he was going to start next, and after filing it, he immediately became idle in the main hall of the Ministry of Household Finance.

At this moment, Chen Xiao was sitting on a chair, humming a little song boringly, when a small official from the household servant came in and said to Chen Xiao:

"My lord, Lord Tobe Shangshu said before, in the afternoon, I will come to you to check the accounts, please get the accounts that should be done!"

Chen Xiao was indifferent when he heard this, and said, "Got it! ”

"My lord, Shang Shu said that if you don't figure out the account, he will impeach you, and even, submit it to His Majesty......"

The little official saw that Chen Xiao was indifferent, so he said again.

Chen Xiao waved his hand impatiently: "Got it......"

Seeing this, the little official sneered and left.

Back in the hall, Shangshu asked, "Told him?" ”

"Told it!" The clerk replied.

"What's the reaction?" Shang Shu asked.

"Director Chen is careless and doesn't care."

Shang Shu sneered: "It seems that he is a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and the broken jar is broken!" Okay, in the afternoon, I have to ask him to figure out all the accounts for me, let him take back all the external accounts, and I'll see what he does! ”

"My lord, what if you don't get it right......" the little official asked.

Shang Shu sneered: "Then deal with him, after all, I have received the benefits of Qingyuanhou!" ”

The last sentence was audible only to himself.

On the other side, Chen Xiao leaned back in his chair and began to doze off.

It seems that he didn't take the matter of Shangshu to check the accounts to heart.

In this way, after a day of playing, it was finally afternoon.

The sun was about to set, Chen Xiao looked at it, and the time was almost up, so he called a few officials from the main hall and said to them:

"You guys, come with me and count the money you have collected!"

One of the officials was puzzled: "My lord, haven't you already counted it clearly?" ”

"Again, don't really count, pretend to count, before long, someone will come to help, and we can go!" Chen Xiao said.

"But my lord...... Immediately let go...... I'm still in a hurry to go back to dinner......" the other clerk asked tentatively.

"Don't worry, it won't delay you!" Chen Xiao said.

So, with a few small officials and the account books of foreign debts, they ran to the room where the silver bullets were kept, and began to count them together.

"Uncle Dingyuan...... Five hundred taels ...... One tael, two tael...... Three-two......"

Outside, the officials of the household department have basically let go of the government.

At this time, the head of the household department also took care of the matter, called the left and right attendants, the three chief officials, and came to the main hall of the Golden Ministry Division.

As soon as he entered the main hall, the head of the household department said: "Director Chen? ”

As soon as he saw that there was no one, he frowned, and heard the noise of the room inside.

"Hmph, the official said that he was going to check the accounts, but he didn't pay attention to it so much? I hid and shouted noisily, I don't know what to say! "Tobe Shangshu shouted angrily!

As he spoke, he and the two waiters walked outside the room, and immediately the head of the household shouted: "Chen Xiao, get out!" ”

In the room, Chen Xiao did not react.

Hubu Shangshu was angry: "Director Chen, the official is here to check the accounts, come out!" ”

Inside, Chen Xiao still didn't react.

Tobe Shangshu was angry, so he stepped forward and kicked the door open, and he was about to go crazy.

But then, the scene inside stunned him.

I saw that in the house, there were countless pieces of silver in a mess, some large and some small, placed everywhere, very messy.

This was deliberately messed up by Chen Xiao, and at this moment, he deliberately made a surprised expression and looked at the Hubu Shangshu who came in, and said:

"Hello, Lord Shangshu......"

Tobe Shangshu was stunned for a moment and said, "You...... Hello ......"

"Lord Shangshu is here to check the accounts, right? We've counted the money, and it's been collected from the adults who have been in debt for years, but after counting it, it doesn't feel right, so ...... I'm going to count again! ”

Chen Xiao said, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Shangshu with big eyes and a blink.

Shang Shu was surprised and said, "All this silver is ...... What do you collect? ”

"yes, we've been counting for a day. Hey, Lord Shangshu and the two squires, are here to help us? Chen Xiao said.

Shang Shu thought to himself, help you with a hammer and fix you.

But I can't say that, because people have collected so much money and put it here?

"Wait, you just said, don't you think the inventory is right?" Shang Shu spoke.

Chen Xiao hurriedly said: "That, it should be right!" ”

"Director Chen, how can you say that it should be? There can't be any problems with this account! Shang Shu said.

When he saw so much silver at the beginning, he thought to himself, now, in the external account, he couldn't find trouble with Chen Xiao, and after receiving so much silver, it was not possible for Chen Xiao to be meritorious.

So, I was a little disappointed.

But now, he felt hopeful.

If the silver received and the silver lent do not match, then Chen Xiao has not completed the task.

That's why he said that!

Chen Xiao knew that he had also been fooled by the Hubu Shangshu, so he continued: "My lord, the account should be right, it won't be wrong, it will definitely not be wrong." ”

When he said this, he deliberately showed a panicked and frightened look.

Seeing this, Hubu Shangshu was even more sure that there was a problem, and he sneered: "Chen's master, being a man and doing things, must be rigorous, this account, the official will let people count it." ”

"But at this time, let go, my lord!" Chen Xiao said.

Tobe Shangshu said, "Then tomorrow!" ”

"Okay, okay, the three of you will count it tomorrow!" Chen Xiao couldn't wait.

Hubu Shangshu was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that you want to count it tomorrow, do you plan to fill the vacancy yourself tonight?

No, Chen Xiao can't be allowed to succeed.

So he snorted and said, "Let's count it tonight!" ”

"But...... There is no one tonight, these little officials are tired for a day, besides, they are my people, don't you worry? Chen Xiao said.

Hubu Shangshu squinted his eyes and said, "This official and the two waiters will count together, Master Chen, you can go back to rest with your subordinates." ”

He firmly believes that Chen Xiao's account will definitely not be right.

As long as he counts the problems, he can clean up Chen Xiao.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to personally go into battle to count.

However, he didn't know that this was exactly Chen Xiao's conspiracy!

I saw Chen Xiao look worried and said, "My lord, you ...... Won't you have too much hard work......"

"Don't worry about Director Chen, Director Chen, please come back, the official is going to start counting, in order to prevent you or others from bringing money in to fill the loopholes, so after you go out, please lock the door, put a seal, and open it again when tomorrow comes!"

The reason why Tobe Shangshu did this was because he was worried that when they counted, someone would quietly send in the silver to fill the vacancy.

With so much silver, it would take a night to count it, so he naturally didn't mind staying in it all night.

However, Chen Xiao was also very happy, because the door was locked, and he was not worried that Shangshu would take the silver out, and then framed him and said that the silver was not enough.

So, Chen Xiao and the servants exited the house and went out to lock the door and put a seal.

Then Chen Xiao sneered: "Stupid, count it in it, I want to fix Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will let you count the money until your hands cramp!" ”