"Xia Guan doesn't know that the pleasant people are coming, and he is disappointed to welcome from afar, Wanwang Haihan, Wanwang Haihan!" Li Xianling's voice rang from the other end of the corridor to this end, and just after he finished speaking, the person stood at the door of the flower hall.

This is obviously practice makes perfect, if you don't practice it a hundred times and thousands of times, there will never be such accuracy and ingenuity.

Shopkeeper Cheng lowered his voice and muttered: "Old fritters." ”

Zheng Xian'er elegantly put down the tea bowl in her hand, and the orchid fingers hooked the handkerchief and touched the corners of her lips, and raised her head.

Li Xianling's scrutinizing eyes have been staring at Zheng Xian'er. It wasn't until the distance was only two steps away that he hurriedly arched his hand: "I don't know what you have to do when you come to my small county office?" ”

Zheng Xian'er owed slightly, even if it was a return of the courtesy.

A trace of displeasure flashed on Li Xianling's face, Zheng Xian'er only pretended not to see it, sat upright, and said leisurely: "Lord Li said something wrong. It's not me who took the liberty of bothering me, but your fellow men who tied me up! ”

Li Xian Ling said with a smile: "Yiren said that it was funny, those little rabbit cubs are not that brave!" ”

Zheng Xian'er smiled and slowly picked up the tea bowl.

Compared with playing tricks, she can't play the old fritters who have been mixed in the officialdom for decades. Her only advantage is "identity".

A bowl of tea is about to cool down, and Zheng Xian'er hasn't finished drinking it yet.

In the end, it was Li Xianling who couldn't hold his breath: "Ahem...... I just heard the dog say that Yiren is here for the matter of the Jin Pavilion? ”

Zheng Xian'er finally put down the tea bowl, and the bottom of the bowl touched the small saucer, making a soft "ding" sound.

Li Xianling's fingertips moved slightly, and a smile quickly appeared on his face: "Pleasant forgiveness, Xia Guan really didn't know in advance that the Jin Pavilion was the property of the Lou family...... Today is the case handed over by the four officials of Lu, accusing the Jin Pavilion of poisoning people's lives. The people below are eager to handle the case, and if there is any offense, please take care of it. ”

Zheng Xian'er sighed softly, and then showed a faint smile: "I only took over the Jingjin Pavilion yesterday, and everything is complicated, and I haven't had time to report to the government, so I don't want such a big thing to happen today." - Shopkeeper Cheng, this is your omission, why don't you kowtow to the adults to make amends? If we had known the adults earlier, why did the poor men bother to make this extra trip! ”

When the shopkeeper Cheng heard this, he knelt on the ground without saying a word, kowtowing like pounding garlic.

Li Xian Ling hurriedly asked someone to help him up, and said a few words of comfort.

Zheng Xian'er took out the silver ticket she had prepared earlier from her sleeve, and pushed it all in front of Li County's order without even looking at the number: "I offended you in the Jin Pavilion today, and it is inconvenient for me to apologize in person, so I am bothered that Lord Li will compensate them on my behalf, and by the way, I will take this money and invite them to have a thin bar!" ”

Li Xian Ling remained silent, his fingertips flicked a few times on the stack of silver tickets, and he already counted them in his heart: the number of silver tickets was not large, ranging from one or two hundred taels to five or six hundred taels, and there were even a few fifty taels, but the number was large, and there were always three or four thousand taels in total.

It's a big deal.

Looking up and seeing Zheng Xian'er's calm and unwavering face, Li Xianling couldn't help but look at her with admiration.

When I heard that this widow was born in the market, I thought she was a shallow eyelid, but I didn't expect it......

Li Xian Ling immediately changed his face, and the wrinkles on his whole face jumped up with a smile: "Originally, those little rabbit cubs offended first, how dare they let Yiren break the bank?" ”

Zheng Xian'er smiled indifferently: "The adults and the gentlemen in the yamen have worked hard for our people, we are grateful, but it is rare to have the opportunity to thank us." Now that I'm here, of course, I can't just say the word 'thank you'. A few days ago, we chatted at home, and even the old lady praised Lord Li for his diligence and love for the people, and he was a rare good official! ”

"Haha, Brother Mengxi praised it falsely, solving problems for the people is also our duty as a parent official, and we don't dare to take credit!" Li Xianling smiled, and his attitude was too good to be kind.

Zheng Xian'er turned around and praised him a few times, and finally went back to the topic: "I really haven't heard of Lu Siguanren's affairs before. It's just that with the small insight of my woman's family, some of them don't understand the trick - our Jinge is selling silk and satin, not food, how can we 'poison people's lives'? I have long heard that the adults are like gods in judging the case, and I want to ask the adults to find out the truth and administer justice for me. ”

With that, she slowly stood up by the corner of the table, and made a gesture to bow down.

Li Xian Ling hurriedly raised his hand to help him, and said "no" in his mouth.

Zheng Xian'er was as good as a stream, and she didn't really kneel, but only thanked her and straightened up.

After sitting down again, Li Xian ordered someone to add tea and said with a smile: "This case is actually very strange. Lu Siguan himself wrote a complaint to sue, saying that his wife bought satin in the Jinge Pavilion a few days ago, made clothes and wore on his body, and he had a rash in one day, and the doctor checked that it was a poisonous insect in the satin, and if the treatment was not timely, I was afraid that I would have to worry about my life......"

Zheng Xian'er listened quietly and did not interject. After a while, Li Xian ordered herself to pause, then she raised her head and said with a smile: "Good tea." ”

Li Xianling squinted and smiled, and then continued: "...... This is the plaintiff's side of the story. In the eyes of the lower officials, this case is full of doubts: first, if the silk has poisonous insects, there must be more than one person who is poisoned, but I have not heard of similar cases recently; Second, after the silk is purchased, it is transported, preserved, cut, and washed...... Poisonous insects can be provoked at any time, and Lu Siguan has no evidence to prove that poisonous insects were brought from the Jinge; Third, the Yue family of Lu Siguan also opened a silk and satin village, and his wife was very suspicious to go to the Jinge Pavilion to buy satin, and this matter is probably more likely to be framed in order to bring down the Jinge......"

He analyzed them one by one very carefully, and Zheng Xian'er nodded again and again when she heard it: "Master Li really knows everything, presumably this case will be revealed in a few days, and the shopkeeper Cheng and I can rest assured." After I go back, I will ask the guys to check carefully, and if there is a problem with the silk in the store, we will come to the county government to surrender and ask for guilt, and we will not embarrass the adults. ”

Li Xianling laughed: "Yiren is really reasonable." The Lou family is a family of poets, and the name of benevolence is known all over the world, which is still trustworthy to the lower officials! ”

Zheng Xian'er humbly said a few words, and then pointed to the shopkeeper Cheng and said, "I am a woman's family, and I don't go out often." If you have any instructions in the future, just send someone to call Cheng to come to the shopkeeper. ”

Li Xianling agreed with a smile, and Zheng Xian'er got up to leave: "It's really a sin to disturb adults for a little thing." ”

"Don't dare. Please ask Mr. Lou on your behalf, please Mrs. Hello. Li Xian Ling stood up and gave his hand again.

Zheng Xian'er responded with a smile, flicked her sleeves and walked out elegantly.

Outside the door, it was Lou Que waiting for her.

Zheng Xian'er suddenly saw the familiar figure under the corridor, and was a little stunned for a while.

Today is the first time in her life that she has seen an official.

For the first time, she put away her stubborn nature and pretended to deal with an old fox with a shelf, God knows what kind of panic she felt in her heart!

You must know that with her original identity, when she sees the county master, she has to kneel down and not look up!

In the flower hall, she maintained an elegant smile from beginning to end, but her hands hidden under her sleeves were full of sweat.

But when she went out at this moment, the first thing she saw was a tall, majestic man who could be her backer.

This feeling is so comfortable that Zheng Xian'er wants to slap herself awake.

So she really gave herself a gentle slap in the face.

In the end, I was not willing to exert myself.

This slap was to punish the glimmer of extravagance that she had just given birth to - just a little bit, she was about to tell herself that "she can rely on this man in the future".

Thankfully, it's still a little bit off.

Zheng Xian'er sorted out her mood, walked slowly in front of Lou Que, and saluted: "Fifth son." ”

Lou Que looked at her and frowned slightly: "Why did you beat yourself just now?" ”

"A bug flew past my cheek." Zheng Xian'er lied and said it without changing her face.

Lou Que believed it, but she always felt that her expression was a little wrong.

Li Xian Ling said with a smile: "I was saying that I would send someone to escort Yiren back to the house, and I didn't want you to come to Tongjie." - Did you come to pick up your third sister-in-law? ”

Lou Que bowed and made a gesture, calmly: "My mother heard that the third sister-in-law had caused trouble, and she specially ordered her late life to come here to ask for the guilt." Rest assured, if the third sister-in-law is at fault, the Lou family will never cover it up! ”

"The virtuous nephew is serious!" Li Xian Ling said with a smile, "Today is a pleasant person who has been wronged, and the county has not had time to accuse himself!" Please rest assured that Mr. and Mrs. Lou will find out the truth as soon as possible, and it will be pleasant to be innocent! ”

"So, thank you, sir." Lou Que bowed again, very thoughtful.

Li Xian Ling looked at it, smiling, but his eyes narrowed extremely small, not knowing what he was thinking.

After leaving the county office, the shopkeeper Cheng took the carriage of the Jingge Pavilion back, and Zheng Xian'er followed Lou Que into the carriage when he came.

The car door closed, and the two spoke at the same time: "The matter is settled?" ”

The words fell at the same time, Lou Que smiled bitterly and patted his head, and Zheng Xian'er reached out and pinched her cheeks.

Then Lou Que first explained: "There is nothing big in the academy. It was Mr. Chu who looked at the sample book sent from the bookstore and found that there were two or three changes in it, and a few poems were added to the back. Mr. Chu was afraid that something was wrong, so he asked me to go back and check it. ”

"Is it really okay?" Zheng Xian'er was a little worried.

Lou Que reached out and took her into his arms, and said with a smile: "No problem." Later, it was verified that those changes were Mr. Lin's idea. His old man is a famous person in Jiangbei, and it is good to borrow the name of his old man in this poetry collection. ”

Zheng Xian'er didn't understand the matter of the poetry collection, so she didn't ask anymore at the moment, and roughly told Lou Que about the Jingge, and at the same time didn't forget to praise herself: "The shopkeeper Cheng was afraid that I would suffer a loss when I saw the official, but the result was - I was responsible for the scary shelf, he was responsible for kowtowing to make amends, and the matter was solved in a few words!" Do you think I'm awesome? ”

"You think you're amazing?" Lou Que asked with a smile.

Zheng Xian'er held her head proudly: "Of course! What can be solved with money, only fools have to go to court to suffer! ”

"You're right." Lou Que reached out and rubbed her hair and sighed lowly.

Zheng Xian'er immediately became nervous: "What's wrong?" Still in big trouble ahead? ”

Lou Que patted her on the ground, and a smile appeared on her face again: "It's not a 'big trouble', but there is indeed a little 'thing that can't be solved with money'." ”

As for what exactly happened, he did not explain in detail.

But Zheng Xian'er didn't doubt it for too long. When she returned home, she quickly figured it out.

In Ning Xuan's hall, Mrs. Lou sat upright, looking at the two people who had been sitting next to each other since they entered the door.

These two are not worried, they just promised her yesterday that they would not cause trouble, and today they will cause trouble in the yamen, is this because they are afraid that the Lou family will die slowly!

The more Mrs. Lou thought about it, the more angry she became, and the more unkind her gaze became when she looked at Zheng Xian'er.

Zheng Xian'er noticed it, and she also felt a little weak: "Mrs. knows everything? ”

"You're so daring!" Mrs. Lou shouted angrily.

Zheng Xian'er shrunk her shoulders and squeezed out a smile: "Mrs. is angry!" It's just a trivial matter in the Jin Pavilion, and I have already solved it myself, and I won't implicate the Lou family. ”

"The daughter-in-law of the Lou family is doing business outside, you say that the Lou family will not be implicated?" Mrs. Lou felt that sooner or later she would be mad at her.

Zheng Xian'er bit her lip and looked innocent: "Outsiders won't know!" The business in the store is taken care of by the shopkeeper, let's just count the money at home, and we don't have to show up in person, what's there to be ashamed of? ”

"Do you think today's Li County Order is selling your face, or selling the face of the Lou family?" Mrs. Lou gritted her teeth and asked angrily.

Zheng Xian'er hurriedly put up a sneer: "Of course, it is the face of the landlord and the face of the old lady!" Li County ordered me to bring it to the second elder several times! ”

"Humph!" Mrs. Lou's anger did not subside, "You still know that it is the face of the Lou family!" The Lou family has been farming and studying for generations, when did they ever mess with those lowly people? You are now the daughter-in-law of the Lou family, don't think of yourself as a faceless and skinless citizen in the market! You are limited to three days to put the brocade pavilion out, otherwise the family law will be punished! ”

"I don't say yes!" Zheng Xian'er stood up anxiously.

"I'm sorry for you!" Mrs. Lou is also on fire.

Zheng Xian'er was angry: "Mrs., can we be reasonable......

"Xian'er!" Lou Que hurriedly grabbed her hand and cut off her unspoken words.

Zheng Xian'er glared at him.

Lou Que gave her a "don't be impatient" look, and he raised his head and smiled at Mrs. Lou: "The matter of decorating the Jin Pavilion is actually my son's idea. If the mother is angry, she might as well punish her son. ”

Mrs. Lou was even more angry when she heard this: "You have to bear such a big matter for her?!" ”

Lou Que smiled and shook his head: "It's not that I have to bear it for Xian'er, but there is a heavy task right now, and Xian'er needs to bear it for the Lou family!" ”

"What?" Mrs. Lou didn't understand.

Lou Que let go of Zheng Xian'er's hand, sat up straight, and looked serious: "Mother, we have been in Sangyu County for 20 years, and every drink and food in the house can only rely on the income of those granges outside the city. If we continue to live like this, we won't be able to see the decline in ten or eight years, but we are going back to the capital, and when the time comes, the house, the house, the slaves, and the human relations...... There are too many places to use money, we can't drag an empty shell back! ”

"Back to Beijing?!" Mrs. Lou looked so excited that she couldn't help but stand up.

Lou Que didn't stand up. He just raised his head slightly and met the gaze of Mrs. Upstairs: "Yes, go back to Beijing." ”

Mrs. Lou moved her mouth, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

Lou Que lowered his head and played with Zheng Xian'er's fingers, waiting unhurriedly.

After a long time for tea, Mrs. Lou finally opened her mouth again, but her voice was a little dry: "So, the matter of the Jin Pavilion is really your idea?" ”

Lou Que smiled indifferently: "Actually, it was Xian'er's idea, but I think it's very good." At present, the downstairs family is in urgent need of money, and doing business is undoubtedly the fastest way to make money. ”

Mrs. Lou still felt that it was inappropriate, but her tone slowed down a lot: "But we are scholars, and going out to do business is hindering our reputation after all." Let alone...... Isn't it too child's play? ”

Pinning the hopes of the whole family on Zheng Xian'er, isn't it too child's play? - Mrs. Lou still didn't say this sentence completely.

Lou Que held Zheng Xian'er's hand and smiled slightly: "Besides Xian'er, who else can this matter be handed over?" She has this ability, and her mother can rest assured. ”

Mrs. Lou will be skeptical.

But as Lou Que said, the Lou family has no business talents. If she wants to earn enough money to move to the capital in a short period of time, she can't do it.

Mrs. Lou had to start looking at Zheng Xian'er again.

The latter only looked at Lou Que with an angry face: "Isn't it a little unkind for you to put such a heavy burden on my shoulders without saying a word?" ”

"I believe in you." Lou Que smiled like an old fox.

Zheng Xian'er still stared, undisguised her dissatisfaction.

She was upset.

In the matter of doing business, she is purely for her own pleasure, and by the way, she gets some private money to spend. Now that Lou Que is so troubled, she has suddenly become an errand runner for the Lou family, why should she?

Is she really idle?

Even if she is very idle, there is no reason to use her own private house to subsidize this big family!

"But I don't believe in myself. Fifth son, I can't carry such a heavy burden, so you better ask for another master! Zheng Xian'er gritted her teeth and stood up.

"Don't make a fuss, come back!" Lou Que grabbed her wrist and pressed her back into the chair without saying a word.

Mrs. Lou looked at it coldly, and couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.

- These two people, I'm afraid they can't be separated!

Lou Que Qiang grabbed Zheng Xian'er, looked up to Mrs. Lou and said, "Mother saw it, Xian'er was actually very reluctant to worry about it, but I thought that she had to do this matter, so I asked her to come forward after several twists and turns." This matter is very important to the Lou family, and I hope that the Lou family will give her some due support. ”

Mrs. Lou did not answer.

She was thinking.

A store the size of the Jinge Pavilion needs at least tens of thousands of dollars.

This money can't be from the Lou family. How much money can be supported in the Lou family's account, she still has a number in her heart.

Zheng Xian'er's own worth is there, let alone tens of thousands of dollars of silver in her hand, I'm afraid she may not even have a few dozen taels.

So, where did the money come from, there is no need to ask anymore.

"Que'er, in the capital...... Moving? Mrs. Lou used all her strength to finally ask this sentence.

Lou Que looked indifferent, and was not infected by Mrs. Lou's nervousness at all: "Mother rest assured, this is a good thing." ”

"Good thing." Mrs. Lou sighed, and raised her head again after a long time: "What should I do?" ”

This sentence seemed to be asking Zheng Xian'er, but Zheng Xian'er didn't know how to answer at all.

She couldn't even understand what Lou Que and Mrs. Lou had just talked about.

What capital? What "movement"? Looking at Mrs. Lou's appearance, it seems that it is a matter of future and fate!

She is just doing some business in a small way, why did she make Mrs. Lou nervous like this?

Zheng Xian'er couldn't say it, so Lou Que said for her: "The Jin Pavilion is Xian'er's personal property, and there is no capital for the Lou family, although it is said that the name of the Lou family will be borrowed from the government in the future, but this is also earned by Xian'er herself." So ......"

"Don't worry, my lord and I won't rob a daughter-in-law!" Mrs. Lou's face was a little ugly.

Lou Que smiled slightly: "The mother is angry, and the son has no offense." The son meant that a small pavilion could earn a limited amount of money, and even if Xian'er was willing to use it to subsidize the family, it would be a drop in the bucket. If you want to make a profit in business, human and financial resources are indispensable......"

Mrs. Lou closed her eyes and pondered for a long time, and finally sighed: "The stakes are very high, when the master comes back, I will discuss with him." For now, you should take care of the Jin Pavilion first, and in the future, where there are people and money, just look for me. ”

Zheng Xian'er listened for a long time before she understood that the Lou family was willing to support her, and hurriedly got up to thank her.

Lou Que smiled at her in a low voice: "Don't worry, I won't let you be busy in vain." ”

Of course, Zheng Xian'er knew that she would not be busy in vain, but ......

Running for yourself and running for others are completely different feelings!

However, it is obvious that she can't help herself at the moment. After the matter of the Jin Pavilion was revealed, it was impossible for her to hide her own opinions from the mansion.

It's good to get the support of the government, it's always better for her to use the identity of "Tongjun girl" to support herself.

In the future, we may be able to grow our business even bigger!

- Zheng Xian'er thought about it for a while, and soon became happy again.

"Ma'am, ma'am! Oh no! Outside, an old woman's voice came from afar.

Rui'er recognized the person who came, and hurriedly came in and said, "Madam, it's someone from Shensi Garden who is here." ”

Zheng Xian'er hurriedly changed her position, separating her from Louque a little distance, and then saw the mother-in-law rushing in recklessly: "Mrs., second grandmother...... Second grandma, she's not good—"

"What's going on?!" Mrs. Lou stood up with a calm face.

The mother-in-law knelt on the ground and said, "The second grandmother had a fetal gas before, and she has been feeling weak in her body for the past two days and dare not move. Just now, the doctor came in to see Miss Chen's illness, and the second grandmother got up and said a few words, and after coming back, she fainted somehow......"

Mrs. Lou stood silent for a while, then turned to Lou Que and said, "I already understand what you said." When the master returns, you will tell him what you need to say, and he will be happy. - Zheng will accompany me to see your second sister-in-law. ”

Zheng Xian'er was very reluctant to deal with Shen Siyuan, but since Mrs. Lou asked her to accompany her by name, she didn't seem to have any reason to refuse.

Lou Que lowered his head and glanced at her, and Zheng Xian'er nodded quietly.

Shen Siyuan, it's really a wave of unsettled waves.

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