Early the next morning, after taking a bath and changing clothes under Guo Lianqing's service, Hou Shigui went down the stairs and found two masked people sitting on chairs in the hall.

You don't need to ask Hou Shigui to know who is coming.

The matter of perfume, because Guo Lianqing was all selling, Wang Zhen and Zheng Yang did not help much.

It stands to reason that these two people should not be entitled to dividends either.

But how can there be any reason in the world?

Hou Shigui became friends with these two, and it was not all about making money.

So they gave dividends to the two according to the old practice.

Today is the time for dividends, and the two came to Hou Shigui's residence early in the morning to wait.

Seeing Hou Shigui go downstairs, the two hurriedly got up to salute:

"Hou Gongzi is here."

Wang Zhen said with a kind face.

"Childe can you have breakfast?"

Zheng Yang asked with a courteous face.

Hou Shigui snorted, and after being polite with the two, he asked Wang Hou to bring a stack of silver tickets and put them in front of the two:

"The two of you are each with 20,000 taels of silver tickets in front of you, please order them."

Three hundred taels of perfume is a consumable, and in the past few months, Hou Shigui has earned a lot.

But he took out 40,000 taels at once, and still took out half of the money he earned.

When the two saw the silver ticket in front of them, their expressions were different except for ecstasy.

Zheng Yang was ecstatic, and did not forget to quietly take his eyes to see Wang Zhen.

found that Wang Zhen was also looking at himself, the two looked at each other, and they both looked at each other and smiled, but what was in their hearts was only known to the two of them.

"This ...... Hou Gongzi is really polite, originally our family thought that it would be great to be able to divide a few hundred taels of silver, 20,000 taels...... Hou Gongzi's kindness, how can our family repay it! ”

Wang Zhen had a grateful expression on his face, but he didn't reach out to take the silver ticket, and wanted to say a few polite words to Hou Shigui.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his words fell, Zheng Yang directly stretched out his hand and put the silver ticket into his arms:

"Childe is generous, our family will not be stingy, in the future, if our family can help, Childe will say hello!"

Dogs!

Hearing this, Wang Zhen couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Soon 20,000 taels of silver, which will send you like a dog sticking out your tongue to your master?

But he is a full man, but he does not know that a hungry man is hungry.

In the past, when selling perfumes in the palace, he took the big head and Zheng Yang took the small head.

He can divide five thousand taels, but Zheng Yang is just a few hundred taels and stuffed between his teeth.

This time, he and Zheng Yang shared the money equally, which made him resentful of Zheng Yang in his heart.

Seeing that Zheng Yang was so attentive to Hou Gongzi, he was about to compare himself, and he was even more annoyed in his heart.

Zheng Yang and Wang Zhen, Hou Shigui has already seen it clearly.

Although the two are greedy for money, they are also different.

Wang Zhen is greedy for money, but he still hides a piece of sincere loyalty to Nayang River in his heart, and this person has a bottom line.

is not like Zheng Yang, for some benefits, he can sell everything, and it is not enough to recognize himself as the master on the spot.

According to common sense, a friend like Zheng Yang is not worth befriending, but it is only right to make friends with Wang Zhen.

But Hou Shigui befriended the palace eunuch, and what he wanted was not to make a close friend.

Therefore, Wang Zhen's weight in Hou Shigui's heart is naturally not as serious as that.

So this action was also intentional on his part.

Zheng Yang bowed Wang Zhen in the palace, which is an indisputable fact, but outside the palace, it is better to give some benefits to win over first.

After another polite gesture, Hou Shigui nodded to Bao Ji and the others standing beside him.

Then Bao Ji, Guo Lianqing, and the Tang brothers walked out of the inn to check if anyone was eavesdropping around or on the roof.

And Xiang Xu, who was standing next to Hou Shigui, took out a letter from his pocket and put it in front of Wang Zhen and Zheng Yang.

"Hou Gongzi, this is?"

The two of them were puzzled, and were about to raise their hands to open the letter.

Unexpectedly, Hou Shigui stretched out his hand to stop it, and looked at the letter on the table with a puzzled expression:

"Huh? Where did the letters come from? The two of them should be carefully unpacked. ”

Hou Shigui's attitude made the two even more suspicious.

I thought to myself, didn't you bring out this letter from your guard?

How can you pretend you don't know?

But the two of them are not stupid people, Hou Shigui behaved like this, and the two immediately understood that this letter was what he wanted to show to the two of them.

But he was afraid that he would be implicated, so he pretended not to know.

Wang Zhen hesitated slightly, then picked up the letter and looked at it.

Then, as if his eyes were frozen, he could no longer take his eyes off the letter.

And Zheng Yang also leaned his head over to see what was written on the letter.

So they stared at the letter like two pieces of wood, and did not speak for a long time.

Knowing that Hou Shigui coughed lightly, the two of them suddenly woke up:

"Hou Gongzi, this matter is very high, can the matter of the Ministry of Rites mentioned in this letter be serious?!"

Hou Shigui asked with a puzzled expression:

"What is written in the letter? However, if the two of them want to ask about the Ministry of Rites, Hou has a cousin in the Ministry of Rites, and the two of them can go to him to ask. ”

No wonder he doesn't want to admit it!

If the things in this letter are serious, it will trip the Ministry of Rites, and this Hou Shigui will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

But if this matter is handed over to the two of us, and they are the internal prisoners of the palace, those people will not find trouble for themselves.

Wang Zhen looked at the letter in his hand, then looked at the 20,000 taels of silver tickets on the table, gritted his teeth, and accepted the silver tickets:

"Thank you Hou Gongzi today! There are still some important things in our palace, so I'll go back first. ”

Since you have received the silver ticket, it can be regarded as a promise.

Hou Shigui is not afraid that he will take the money and not do anything, after all, there is a Zheng Yang who also saw the letter next to him.

It's just a little sigh, these days, anti-corruption has to send money and bribes, alas......

After Wang Zhen and Zheng Yang walked out of the inn, they glanced at each other.

Without saying anything, he turned around and parted ways towards both ends of the road.

"Something like a dog, dare to fight with our family? Don't you look at yourself?! ”

Wang Zhen scolded and got into his carriage, and instructed the little guy on the side:

"Take our family's name card, go to the Ministry of Rites to find a scribe named Huang Jianyuan to see our family."

After Wang Zhen left, Zheng Yang said to the coachman:

"Go to the Ministry of Rites."

Then he took out the 20,000 taels of silver ticket in his arms and looked at it, holding it in his arms like a newborn baby.

Muttering:

"The surname Wang, I can't imagine that I, Zheng Yang, will also be on an equal footing with you one day, right? Hey, today is just the beginning! As long as I serve Hou Gongzi comfortably, I won't worry about not being able to press you in the future! ”

After the two left, Hou Shigui asked Xiang Xu to go to the household department to take leave.

After asking Bao Ji to summon Bao Sen over, he explained it carefully, and then let Bao Sen leave.

At the same time, Lu Xingan slowly walked out of the room holding the table and chairs:

"Childe."

"Why don't you rest in bed?"

Seeing Lu Xing'an, Hou Shigui hurriedly got up and helped him to a chair and sat down.

Hou Shigui's gesture moved Lu Xing'an:

"The subordinates are incompetent, not only have they not been able to help their sons in the past few months, but they have also received a lot of ...... for nothing."

Hou Shigui pretended to be displeased:

"What do you and my brother say? It's a white life, but you have a grudge against me in your heart? ”