Zhang Zhongping was surprised and said, "Seeing you, you still have to make excuses?" ”

Lu Kai smiled a little and said, "Why don't you need to, seeing me for no reason will definitely make people suspicious, don't forget that in the eyes of others, we are from the City Defense Division, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is high up If there is no special reason, it will be very strange to see me."

Zhang Zhongping nodded and agreed, "That's the same reason"

Lu Kai said, "I believe that the prince's reward will come down in the next two days"

Zhang Zhongping smiled and said, "No, this time it's to save the crown princess, and the reward must be not small."

Lu Kai looked at Zhang Zhongping and said, "It's all your fault for encountering this!" ”

Zhang Zhongping was stunned for a moment and asked, "Blame me?" What does it have to do with me? ”

I didn't see Zhang Zhongping early in the morning, if Zhang Zhongping was there, Lu Kai wouldn't be bored and go to the riverbank to scatter, Lu Kai asked, "Where did you go with Zu Shizhao early in the morning?" ”

Zhang Zhongping couldn't help but be stunned, "Me and Zu Shizhao? I didn't go anywhere with Zu Shizhao."

Zu Shizhao is not at home, and it can't be said that he is with Zhang Zhongping, Lu Kai has a preconceived idea, Lu Kai said, "Aren't you together?" ”

"It's really not together," Zhang Zhongping told Lu Kai about his whereabouts, "I went out today to write a letter to Lingsu to report safety"

Lu Kai nodded at first, and then suddenly felt that something was wrong, "Write a letter?" How can you write a letter if you don't know how to read? ”

Zhang Zhongping said, "Ask someone to write, so it takes more time"

At noon the next day, Lu Kai and Zhang Zhongping were eating, Lu Kai picked up a few grains of rice with chopsticks and sent them to his mouth

Lu Kai blinked, and his mind traced, "What do you say is Miss Yanyi's identity?" ”

Speaking of Yanyi, Zhang Zhongping wanted to go to the Water Pavilion, but he couldn't go on duty today, Zhang Zhongping had already said to Lu Kai, Zhang Zhongping was not too troublesome, and said, "I said that I don't need to think about this matter by myself, so I just asked her directly."

Lu Kai just mentioned it casually, and after asking, he smiled and said, "Don't say it, eat it quickly, and you have to be on duty."

Qin Chong didn't go out of the city but just went in and out of the palace, Shen Zhang didn't dare to make a move against Qin Chong in the city, he seemed idle for several days, and today Lu Kai said to Zhang Zhongping, "I haven't seen Zu Shizhao for a few days, go see him?" ”

Idle, also idle, Zhang Zhongping said, "Then go and see how well he does with planet watching"

Zu Shizhao didn't go out today, fortunately Lu Kaizhang Zhongping didn't run in vain, Zhang Zhongping wanted to come and see the planet, but the planet was not in the courtyard, Zhang Zhongping asked in a loud voice, "Zu Shizhao, where is your ball?" Demolished? ”

Zu Shizhao asked people to sit in the house, and Zu Shizhao said, "I was carried to the grass on the mountain a few days ago."

Zhang Zhongping: "Ahhh ”

Of course, Zu Shizhao has his own purpose, otherwise why bother with this effort, Zu Shizhao said, "The mountain is high, and it is convenient to measure the stars with a wide line of sight"

Only then did Lu Kai know that he hadn't found Zu Shizhao a few days ago, but he had gone up the mountain and the grass to look at the planet.

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Zhongping didn't expect Zu Shizhao to have another house, so he said curiously, "Your grass is not far away, if it's close, take us to see it another day."

Zu Shizhao smiled and said, "What's the problem with this, tell me when you want to go"

Lu Kai looked at Zu Shizhao's desk, saw thick books stacked on it, glanced at Lu Kai and asked, "What about reading?" ”

Zu Shizhao shook his head, took a few books, and spread them out for Lu Kai to read, "This is not a book, it's an account book."

Zu Shizhao is really mysterious, how can there be account books, Zhang Zhongping opened the account books and glanced at them casually, a bunch of numbers couldn't be understood, Zhang Zhongping asked, "Account books?" You're not going to open a shop again, are you? ”

Zu Shizhao immediately straightened his face and said, "What are you talking about!" How can my ancestor Shizhao be one of those philistine merchants! ”

Zhang Zhongping said with a smile: "Since you are not a businessman, where did you get the account books?" ”

Zu Shizhao looked distressed and said, "This is the account book of Jinghuai Water Pavilion, which was sent by Miss Yanyi."

"Water Pavilion Ledger!" Zhang Zhongping was amazed and said, "What did Miss Yanyi do when she sent the account book of the Water Pavilion to you?" ”

Zu Shizhao said, "This is not what Miss Yanyi herself meant, it is the bustard's mother, and the bustard's mother didn't know where she heard that I would settle the account, so she sent the account book over, and the girl Yanyi said at the time, the hands and feet of the previous account were not clean, let me recalculate it"

Seeing that Zu Shizhao looked distressed, Lu Kai smiled and said, "If you don't want to resign, what are you doing with this job?" ”

Zu Shizhao was distressed and smiled bitterly, "I also want to refuse, but as soon as I see Miss Yanyi, I won't be angry with this mouth, and I can't even say a word."

Lu Kaizhang Zhongping felt the same way, and with Yan Yi's appearance, he opened his mouth to ask someone to do something, thinking that few men in the world could refuse ruthlessly.

Zhang Zhongping saw that there were twelve or thirteen account books, not to mention that he was counting, and he looked big, "Are you all counted?" ”

Zu Shizhao sighed, "How can it be so fast, it's not that I don't know if I don't know, I know that the water pavilion still does a lot of good things."

"A good thing?" Zhang Zhongping asked curiously, "What's the good thing?"

Zu Shizhao picked up the account book with five written on it, opened it, pointed to a line of accounts, and said, "You see, this is the money donated by the Water Pavilion to repair the temple."

"The water pavilion also donated money to repair the temple?" This was unexpected.

Not only Lu Kai was unexpected, but Zu Shizhao also didn't expect it at all, Zu Shizhao said, "I also had the same reaction as you at that time, I asked Miss Yanyi about this, I asked you why did the Water Pavilion donate money to repair the temple?" This is not handled by the Du Branch, you see that there is a lot of money donated."

Lu Kai saw that the account did cost a lot, and Lu Kai said, "Some people who are kind and charitable also love to donate money to repair the temple, but after all, this water pavilion has to support many girls, and it is also a blessing for the bustard mother to have this action."

Zu Shizhao laughed, "I also asked Miss Yanyi that, Miss Yanyi didn't speak at the time, so Miss Leling grabbed the words, Miss Leling said that the bustard's mother didn't want to donate, why are these hard-earned money given in vain to those who spend their days knocking on wooden fish, and you can't raise idlers if you can raise anyone"

Treat the monk as an idler, and listen to the music

Ling's statement made Lu Kai laugh: "Since you don't want to donate, why donate?" ”

Zu Shizhao said, "If you don't donate, you can't do it, Leling said that this is the degree branch to donate, and the degree branch is in charge of Jingyue's large and small expenditures, and there are many places to use money.

There are some things that Lu Kai knows, and some things he doesn't understand, when it comes to the size of the branch's expenditure, I probably think there is an idea, if you want to say it in detail, I don't know.

Lu Kaidao, "The water pavilion is high and wide, if you don't say it, who would have thought that the bustard mother could still worry about this"

Zu Shizhao said, "Leling also said that this matter is not the bustard's mother alone, and Miss Yanyi is also worried about this matter in private, I think the bustard's mother has a little taste of Miss Yanyi's master."

"Won't it?" Zhang Zhongping said, "If Miss Yanyi wants to be in charge, she will become an old bustard in the future, I don't dare to think that Miss Yanyi will become an old bustard."

"It's a good thing to repair the temple, but it's also difficult for Miss Yanyi" Lu Kai said, "However, don't guess, the Lord is not in charge, she will have her own ideas"

Zu Shizhao said, "You don't know, just because of this matter, the girls in the Water Pavilion have complaints, you see that there are many big officials in the Water Pavilion, as long as Yan Yi opens his mouth in this matter, those big officials will not help."

Lu Kai said, "Miss Yanyi, I don't want to owe favors to others, if she owes such favors, those big officials may want her."

Helping such a favor, what do those big officials want to do Zhang Zhongping can know when he thinks about it, and sneers and says, "Yes, if Miss Yanyi speaks, those people will definitely make rude requests, and if you don't mention it, it's better not to get into trouble."

After two days, Zu Shizhao recalculated the account and told Yan Yi the total, Zu Shizhao shook his head and sighed, "This account book has been counted back and forth several times, and it can't be wrong, there is a total of 300,000 dollars less in the account of the Water Pavilion."

"Three hundred thousand dollars!" Hearing the number, Yanyi's face turned pale, "How can it be so bad?" ”

People can deceive people, and the accounts are really kept to deceive people, Zu Shizhao said, "According to the date of the accounts, your original account clerk has been working in the water pavilion for eight years"

Yan Yi remembered the honest face of Mr. Zhang Chuande, who was the bookkeeper, and never thought that his heart was so greedy, Yan Yi bit her lip in disbelief and said, "Yes, he is the cousin of the bustard's mother, so the bustard's mother is relieved to let him take care of the accounts, but if you take so much money, someone will definitely find out."

Zu Shizhao saw that Yan Yi was like this, and he was also anxious for her, "Judging from the date of the accounts, it is not that he took so much money at once, in the past eight years, he has secretly deducted it little by little, except for the monthly money of the girls in the Water Pavilion who dare not do anything else, there are problems in other places where the money is used, such as donating the account for repairing the temple, the cost of asking the qin maker to maintain the piano every month, and the total cost of making new clothes every month, the renovation money of the Water Pavilion last year, the repair of the carriage of the Water Pavilion, and the fat powder money"

(End of chapter)