Jia Qing blinked his eyes and said, "Don't you know that the Taoist master is a great Confucian in the world, a grandmaster in the literary world, and a purple-clothed pavilion minister in the first class...... May I ask what is the official residence of the chief now, how many acres of fertile land is in the family, how much wealth is in the family, and how many wives are there? Okay, I don't need to answer the last question, but the first three still have to be told by the Dao Chief, so that I can weigh whether I should betray the sect and join the Dao Chief. ”

Ahem, ahem.

Chen Shou said quite embarrassedly: "This, the old man has no official or position now, there is no good land at home, and there is no family wealth, as for the wife, the old man has been alone all his life, so naturally there is no wife and concubine......"

It turned out that the old bachelor was one.

"Isn't it, on your terms, you still come to accept apprentices? You don't always look at me and want to pit me, right? ”

Jia Qing couldn't bear to look at him directly, so he almost pointed to his nose and said that he was a loser!

Qian Jingrun couldn't get over it, and said: "Jia Qing, don't be unreasonable, Mr. Chen is not an ordinary person, he is the person I respect the most." Astronomy and geography, arithmetic, I Ching, five elements gossip, feng shui physiognomy, all of them are all perfect, all of them are refined, and he is the first genius in the world. ”

Aren't these all deceptive things? The world's first genius? I think it's almost the same as the number one liar in the world!

Although Jia Qing didn't speak, his eyes already showed his thoughts. Qian Jingrun was angry and was about to speak again, but Chen Shou waved his hand to stop him.

"That's it, since Jia Linlang doesn't look down on the old man, then this matter will be put aside for the time being. I came this time just to see the son of the old man, today's trip, my wish is enough, so I won't bother much, Brother Qian, let's go. ”

Jia Qing pretended to hold back and said, "The two of you are leaving?" Would you like to stay for a cup of tea? ”

Mr. Qian stood up, looking sorry. looked at Jia Qing, who was unaware, shook his head, and left in parallel with Chen Shou.

Jia Qing sent them out of the house, and when they all got into the carriage, he stood in front of the door and sighed:

"That's not bad with a mustache, but it's a pity, it's a liar."

Jia Qing is not very interested in these Jianghu warlocks in his bones, if he asks for money, for the sake of Mr. Qian and Lin Ruhai, he will definitely be willing to sponsor one or two, but unfortunately, he actually wants to accept him as an apprentice? What are you kidding, if he goes to be a little Taoist priest, what will happen to the sisters in the Grand View Garden?

Wait, beard? Geezer? Isn't this the culprit who made up nursery rhymes to slander the Jia family?

"Second master, my lord is invited."

"Got it."

Mengpozhai is the important decision-making place of Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Zheng is here to study with the Qing guests or discuss confidential matters.

After Jia Qing arrived, Jia Zheng pointed to the long case and said to Jia Qing: "This is a drawing for the princess's mansion, can you show me if there is anything that needs to be improved or inappropriate?" ”

Jia Qing understands that this is because Jia Zheng has made great affirmation of his ability, so he will ask him to help refer to this kind of important matter. Speaking of which, aside from Jia Zheng's own lack of mobility, Jia Zheng has the qualities that a high-ranking official should have.

Jia Qing had seen the site selection of the princess's mansion before, and after taking a closer look at the drawing, he knew everything clearly, and he said: "Master, this drawing must have been made by a master, whether it is the layout or the design, it can be described as exquisite."

If the master builds a crossover according to this map, it will definitely be good, but it is also rare to have a dragon's heart. ”

"Why is that?"

Jia Zheng asked: "This picture is made by a number of skilled craftsmen in my Ministry of Industry, why is it difficult to make Longxin happy?" ”

"Sir, please see, if the princess's mansion is built in this way, what is the difference between it and the palace courtyard?"

Jia Zheng thought about it carefully, because of the abundant funds, the main hall in this drawing is not worse than the palace compound, and the rest is not much different from the layout of the palace, except that it is much smaller than the palace......

"Why not?"

"Is this a no-brainer? If it is built in this way, His Majesty will inevitably reward the lord, and it is inevitable that the lord will be added to the official rank, but that's all. ”

"What's the explanation? Is there a better way? ”

Jia Zheng couldn't help but wonder. Since he took over the mission, he has been trembling every day, and he is afraid that he will do a bad job, not to mention criticism, and he will offend the royal family, which is really a very hot errand. That's why he was cautious and cautious, and asked Jia Qing to come to the staff officer.

"The lord seems to have forgotten that the princess's mansion is no better than the prince's mansion and the prince's mansion. The construction of the princess's mansion was actually because the emperor and His Majesty favored the princess, so they rewarded this Beppu for her leisure and play.

The princess is young, and she is the age when she is active and playful. Imagine, the princess lives in the palace all the year round, and a Beppu that is not much different from the palace can make Her Royal Highness the princess happy? Do you often want to go out of the palace to enjoy and play? ”

Jia Zheng thought to himself, yes. He has always been attentive to the errand itself, and all he thinks about is how best to give an errand to His Majesty and the Ministry of Works.

As for the princess's opinion, he really hadn't thought about it. Now that I think about it, although Jia Qing's words are not elegant, they are true.

"The princess's mansion, in the end, it must be the princess who stays, if the princess doesn't like it in the end, even if it is built well, the emperor and His Majesty will definitely not be happy.

Therefore, I think that the lord was ordered to supervise the construction of the princess's mansion this time, how much money was spent, and whether it was built well or not is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to make the emperor and His Majesty happy. And to make the second saint happy, you need to make Princess Xingyue like this newly built princess mansion, that's all. ”

After listening to Jia Qing's words, Jia Zheng kept frowning. He has always been thinking about how to do his best to build the best princess mansion to the satisfaction of the two emperors, but now when he heard what Jia Qing meant, the focus was only on how to please Princess Xingyue herself, such an opportunistic approach was not in line with his way of establishing himself.

But there was a voice in his heart telling him: What Jia Qing said was right.

In fact, he knew that the reason why Emperor Zhengqing ordered him to supervise the construction of the princess's mansion was also because their family's Grand View Garden was built well. But the emperor didn't know that Jia Qing was in charge of the Grand View Garden from beginning to end, so he let him, an "experienced" person, do the construction of the princess's mansion.

"Qing'er, why not, I will hand over the construction of the princess's mansion to you this time, you can do it according to your ideas, I will only mediate in the middle, everything is like you building the garden of the mother's mother, how about it?"

Jia Zheng's voice raised inexplicably, and his face was slightly excited.

Jia Qing was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "No, this is the envoy appointed by His Majesty to the master, how can I overstep my bounds, this is a great crime of disrespect, absolutely not." ”

Are you kidding. I helped to come up with ideas for the sake of the family, and I helped to help. But you can't beat the snake on the stick, just throw all the plates to me, and be the shopkeeper yourself, right?

What's more, Xingyue's girl, a princess with a disease, walks with her chin facing the sky, and she doesn't look at him well.

He didn't bother to wait!

"Well, that's it, since you don't want to, let's stop it."

Seeing Jia Qing's unhesitating refusal, Jia Zheng was obviously unhappy. However, he didn't force it, because Jia Qing said it well, the emperor's errand and fake hands on others can indeed be regarded as a crime of disrespect.

In this way, Jia Qing was a little embarrassed and said, "However, although I can't overstep my bounds, I do have some ideas. If you can trust it, you might as well hand over this drawing to me, let me make slight changes, and then hand it over to my lord for ruling? ”

Jia Zheng only paused for a moment, and then agreed.

When Jia Qing said goodbye and left, Jia Zheng looked at the Qingke staff in the room with some dissatisfaction and said, "Why do you regret your words like gold? ”

Just now, he and Jia Qing are not the only ones here. His Qing guests Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing and other four or five people were there, but for some reason, they did not express their opinions from beginning to end, and only occasionally echoed them.

Shan hired a humane: "The old man is discerning, the second brother is extremely smart, perceptive, clever and eloquent, and the students dare not disturb." ”

"Brother Shan is talking about ......"

How does Jia Zheng know. Because of Bu Guxiu's matter, his Qing guests all hated Jia Qing and stayed away, where did they dare to speak casually in front of Jia Qing? If any of the words are not right, and you are targeted by this master, then no one can be saved, and there are lessons from the past.