Yang Ning was stunned, Gu Qinghan had already frowned and said, "What did you say?" Why can't we see the Governor? She also spent a few days in the old mansion back then, and her memory was excellent, and she had some impressions of the little old man who opened the door, but she didn't know what his name was. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The little old man said: "The head of Qi Hong you said is no longer in the old mansion, so naturally I can't see it." ”

Gu Qinghan's surprise was not trivial, and he lost his voice and said, "Qi Hong is not here?" How is it possible, hasn't he been taking care of the old mansion all the time? "Before I even got started, I found that the old mansion was really weird.

"Don't talk nonsense yet, open the door and let us in." Yang Ning stretched out his hand to push them away, but the little old man blocked them and said, "I advise you to leave early, to pretend to be the prince of the world, and be known by the people in the house, you can't leave if you want to." ”

Yang Ning was stunned, secretly wondering how this old man knew that he was pretending to be the son of the world?

Gu Qinghan was a little annoyed, and said coldly: "Qi Hong is not in the old mansion, where is he?" Who is in charge of the old mansion now? Thinking of something, he took off his hat on his head, his hair spread out like a waterfall, stared at the little old man, and said, "Do you know me?" ”

The little old man looked at it, showed surprise, and said in a lost voice: "Yes..... It's the Third Lady! ”

Gu Qinghan thought to himself that your old man's memory is not bad, but the little old man had already opened the door and knelt on the ground: "The old slave is rude, ask the third lady for forgiveness!" ”

Yang Ning was still wondering if it was possible that he was pretending to be the prince of the world because he was seen through by this little old man, and when he saw that the little old man recognized Gu Qinghan, he knew that he had misunderstood, and secretly thought that even Gu Qinghan and Mrs. Tai didn't see their flaws, this little old man was afraid that he had never even seen the prince of brocade, how could he see through it.

"Get up first." Gu Qinghan walked past the old man and entered the courtyard, Yang Ning also followed, as soon as he entered, in this broad daylight, he actually felt a chill, and he didn't know if it was because there were too many old mansions and few people lived in them, so it would seem deserted.

The old man got up, closed the door, and followed from behind, only then did Yang Ning realize that the old man was limping when he walked, and he turned out to be a lame.

All the way in, I saw that the courtyard was deep, there were rockeries and flat grass, until I reached the hall of the old house, and I didn't see any other figures, Gu Qinghan's pretty face was solemn, he entered the hall, turned around and wanted to follow the old man behind and asked, "Where have all the people gone?" Why is it so deserted? ”

The old man hurriedly said: "Cheng Ye went to the city, saying that he would come back in the evening, and there were still a dozen or so people in the house, so the old slave went to call them over." ”

"Wait a minute." Gu Qinghan frowned and said, "Who are you talking about?" How come I haven't heard of it? Then he asked, "By the way, I see that you are familiar, but I can't remember your name." ”

The old man said: "Old slave Wei Dong, when the third lady passed the door, the old slave was in this old house, the third lady has a good memory, and she still remembers the old slave." ”

"You don't have a bad memory, you can recognize me." Gu Qinghan sat down on a chair, and Yang Ning also sat down on the side, his eyes sweeping around.

"The third lady doesn't know Cheng Ye?" Wei Dong was a little surprised, "Cheng Ye is the son of the chief manager, and Cheng Ye has been taking care of the old mansion for the past two years, and the old slave thought that the third lady already knew." ”

"The son of the Grand Master?" Gu Qinghan was even more strange: "You said that he was taking care of the old mansion in the past few years, where did the chief manager go?" What did you mean when you said we couldn't see the Governor? ”

Wei Tong explained: "The chief manager suddenly suffered a stroke three years ago, and he was paralyzed, so he could only lie on the bed and be served by others...... Not long after Qi Cheng came over, Qi Cheng temporarily took over the affairs of the old mansion. ”

Gu Qinghan was surprised: "Three years ago? Do you mean that in the past three years, the old mansion and the food town have been taken care of by the same person named Qi Cheng? ”

Wei Tong obviously didn't expect Gu Qinghan to react like this, and said strangely: "Does the third lady know nothing? Cheng Ye goes to Beijing every year, and the third lady hasn't seen him? ”

Yang Ning didn't expect such a change in the old mansion, and frowned: "Sanniang hasn't heard of Qi Cheng?" Does the chief have a son? What did Qi Cheng do before? ”

Gu Qinghan shook his head and said: "Qi Hong was originally a clan member of the Qi family, I don't know much about him, I remember that his hometown is in Jiangxia, and later defected to the old marquis, and he has been working in the old mansion, and I don't know that he has other family members." ”

Wei Tong said: "The old slave rarely hears the chief manager mention his family, but he also heard that the chief manager has also purchased some properties in his hometown Jiangxia, and it seems that he also has several children, which is ..... This Qi Cheng has been doing business in Jiangxia, and when he suddenly came to the old mansion to see the chief manager, the chief manager was also surprised at the time, but we don't want to ask too much about the chief manager. He lowered his voice and said: "But the chief manager seems to have a bad relationship with Qi Cheng, the father and son, some people heard that they seemed to have quarreled a few times, and once the chief manager suddenly had a stroke and couldn't get up again." ”

"The origin of this Qi Cheng is interesting." Yang Ning chuckled and said: "The chief manager has been doing well, this Qi Cheng came over, and he suddenly had a stroke, Sanniang, there shouldn't be something strange here, right?" He looked at Wei Tong and asked, "The chief manager has suffered a stroke and can't take care of the old house, do you send someone to Beijing to report it?" ”

Wei Tong said: "On that day, Qi Cheng sent someone to Beijing, but the chief manager couldn't get up, and there was no one in charge of the old mansion, so Qi Cheng temporarily took over the management of the chief manager." ”

"The Hou Mansion doesn't know about this." Gu Qinghan's beautiful eyes were full of surprise: "Qi Cheng takes over as the chief manager, and the rest of the old mansion has nothing to say?" What qualifications does he have to take over the affairs of the old house? ”

Wei Tong was also surprised: "This ..... This is the meaning of the Hou Mansion, Xiao Cui, who was sent to the capital, also brought back a letter from the capital, which told the old mansion that Qi Cheng would take over all the affairs of the general manager in the future, and everyone in the old mansion should obey Qi Cheng's orders. ”

"Sanniang, it seems that we don't know more things than we imagined." Yang Ning sighed: "The old mansion has changed the chief manager, and even you don't even know it." ”

Gu Qinghan calmed down, groaned slightly, and then asked, "You mean that Qi Cheng will come back at night?" ”

"He went out yesterday, saying that he went to Jingzhou City to visit the old manager." Wei Tong said: "After the old manager had a stroke, Qi Cheng sent him to Jingzhou City to recuperate, and the old slave has not seen the old manager for a long time, and he doesn't know what the situation is now. Before leaving, he only said that he would be back tonight at the latest. ”

Gu Qinghan sneered: "That's very good, I want to see where this Qi Cheng is sacred." Then he asked, "Do you know anything about the tax money?" The tax money on the Gangneung side has been more than a month late, why hasn't it been sent? ”

Wei Dong said blankly: "The old slave is just guarding the gate and ..... These things are not clear. He added: "Yes, Mr. Zhao is in the house, he is the account office of the old mansion, and the accounts in and out are in his hands, and the old slave went to call him over, and he should be very clear about the tax and silver matters." Just as he was about to call Mr. Zhao, Gu Qinghan shouted: "Wait a minute, Wei Dong, is there a steward surnamed Luo in the old mansion?" ”

"Steward Luo?" Wei Tong was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "There are only sixteen people in the mansion, in addition to the bookkeeper, kitchen and warehouse stable, there are only a few young men hired by Qi Cheng, and this time they all went to the city with Qi Cheng." The old slave remembered that there was no surname Luo in it, and in addition to the general manager, Mr. Zhao, who was in the accounting room in the house, was a scholar, and there was no manager, only a dozen people, and it was enough to have a general manager, not as good as the Marquis Mansion in the capital, and there was no need to manage things. ”

Although Gu Qinghan was smart, he only felt a little confused at this time, even Yang Ning also felt that the old mansion was full of weirdness.

"You go and ask Mr. Zhao first." Gu Qinghan raised his hand and motioned for Wei Dong to call someone first, and Wei Dong bowed and retreated.

Gu Qinghan rested his elbows on the handle of the chair, his jade hand supported his cheeks, his pretty face was solemn, thoughtful, Yang Ning knew that Gu Qinghan must be full of doubts at the moment, so he leaned over and asked softly: "Sanniang, is there nothing missing in taxes in the past few years?" ”

"Except for this time, although there were occasional delays in the previous tax money, it was not missing." Gu Qinghan raised his head slightly, frowned, and said: "Wei Tong said that after the chief manager had a stroke, he sent someone to the capital to report the news, but I didn't know anything, if it wasn't for the delay in the delivery of the tax money this time, we wouldn't have come back to the old mansion, everything that happened here, I was kept in the dark." Annoyed: "Mrs. Tai left all the housework to me to take care of, but I ..... Hey, I'm useless. ”

"The emperor is far away, and there was no delay before the tax silver, how could Sanniang think that there was an accident here in the old mansion." Yang Ning said softly: "But there is one thing that is certain now, if the old mansion really sends someone to the Hou Mansion and reports everything here, but Sanniang doesn't know anything, that is, someone deliberately sealed the news and didn't let Sanniang know." ”

"Then it can only be Manager Qiu." Gu Qinghan said: "There are people from the old mansion who enter Beijing, and the Hou Mansion will never refuse to leave, don't say that it is the old mansion, even if someone from Jiangling goes over, the Hou Mansion will also receive it." However, when receiving foreign guests, it has always been Mr. Qiu who came forward, and Mr. Qiu naturally knew about the people who passed by the old house, but the chief manager had such a big stroke, why did Mr. Qiu hide it? Doesn't he know that paper can't hold fire, and I will know this kind of thing one day, and how will he explain it to me when the time comes? ”

The more Gu Qinghan thought about things, the more strange they became, and he frowned.

At this moment, he heard footsteps outside, and a person hurriedly entered the door, Yang Ning didn't see the person's appearance clearly, the person had already knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "Villain Zhao Yuan, meet the prince and the third lady!" ”

Yang Ning saw that this person was dressed in a long shirt and a green cloth hat, and at first glance he was dressed as a scholar.

"Are you Mr. Zhao? Get up and speak first. "Gu Qinghan deals with family affairs all the year round, and he is from a noble family with an outstanding temperament, so he is calm and calm at this time.

Zhao Yuan, the bookkeeper, got up, with a thin figure, a beard, a lock of green beard under his chin, in his early forties, he looked quite elegant, elegant, but with a hint of shrewdness, at this time with a smile on his face, full of respect, and said: "I really didn't know that the prince and the third lady would come back suddenly, I didn't make any preparations here, and I ask the prince and the third lady to forgive me." ”

"Zhao Accounts, let me ask you, why hasn't the tax money from Jiangling been sent to the capital for a long time?" Gu Qinghan said with a cold face: "What happened?" ”

"Tax silver?" Zhao Yuan's face showed a look of astonishment, "Third Madam, when are you talking about the tax silver?" ”

"Of course, it's this year's autumn silver." Gu Qinghan frowned and said, "Can I still ask you for next year's tax money?" ”

On the side of the old house, tax silver will be sent to the capital twice a year, once during the spring and summer handovers, and again in the autumn and winter.

Zhao Yuan immediately said: "The third lady said that it was funny, Qiuyin left to send it over as early as the end of September, and Qiuyin was delayed for a few days last year, so this year it was specially sent over early, so as not to worry about the Hou Mansion, it stands to reason that it should be sent to the Hou Mansion in early October, and it will never be delayed." ”

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