Early in the morning, Zhang Huan went to the academy first, handed over the policy he wrote to Mr., and then hurried back to Zhang's mansion, but as soon as he entered the door of the tent, he almost collided with a person.

"You're blind... Oh! It's the eighteenth brother! ”

Standing in front of Zhang Huan is a man about thirty years old, dressed in brocade and jade robe, and his skin is a little more delicate than that of a woman, he is Zhang Huan's starling brother Zhang Can, that is, Zhang Huan's father Zhang Ruojun's only son-in-law.

He failed the imperial examination four years ago, and has been idle at home, chanting the wind and moon, reading poetry and books, receiving 20 times a month, and living a good life, just waiting for his father to be promoted to another level, he can be a eight-grade official, and he can be regarded as officially stepping into the officialdom, but his father seems to be unsuccessful in officialdom, a Fenyang county magistrate Shi has been for six years, and now his son is going to private school, but he is still an idler, and he is also starting to be a little anxious.

He was also present on the day when Jang Hwan was appointed by his family to appoint him in charge of financial power, and among the various eyes at that time, his gaze belonged to the category of jealousy, and he was a little better than others.

But he is not a stupid person, while he is jealous, he also finds that after Zhang Huan is promoted, he can bring him benefits, such as Zhang Xuan, the eldest son of Zhang Xuan, who has always been unpopular, specially invited him to Jasper Fang last night to drink flower wine, and promised to ask the head of the family to arrange a real shortage for him, which has never happened, of course, Zhang Xuan has something to ask him.

"Huh! The eighteenth brother can raise his eyebrows for our family! Zhang Can's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said with relief: "I have given this matter to my father yesterday, so that he is also happy." ”

Zhang Huan also arched his hand and smiled: "Thank you starling for your kindness, you came to me today?" ”

Zhang Can nodded, he looked to both sides, then put his arm around his shoulders and whispered, "Go!" Let's talk outside. ”

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"Starling is saying that Zhang Xuan wants to buy a house?"

Zhang Huan saw him go around for a long time, and finally said his true purpose, he actually wanted the house to pay Zhang Xuan to buy a house outside, which naturally belonged to the category of not allowed expenses, so Zhang Xuan asked the starling to talk.

Zhang Can scratched the back of his head and said helplessly: "Hey! Naturally, it was for Hua Erniang's business, and the head of the family allowed him to leave the housewife, but he didn't say a word about buying the house, which meant that he wanted him to pay for it himself, but how could he have so much money in his hands? If there is, how can this kind of money come out by itself? ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Can bowed down and saluted him: "But for you, this is a trivial matter, so the starling can only beg you to help with this." ”

Zhang Huan was silent, after Zhang Erliu was killed with a cane, he didn't care about Zhang Xuan's little thing for a long time, and it didn't hurt to approve it for him, but as the master said, he was in charge as a concubine, once Zhang Ruohao was not there, there were not a few people who troubled him, especially these sisters-in-law needed to be guarded against, so this matter might be a trap set by Zhang Xuan, so he would approve money in violation of regulations.

But if he refuses, it is also inappropriate, he doesn't want to have a deep grudge with Zhang Xuan for this trivial matter, after all, he is the heir of the head of the family, and there is no need to deliberately offend him.

This matter really made him a little embarrassed, if only there was a house that didn't cost money.

Suddenly, Zhang Huan seemed to think of something, and something flashed in his mind like lightning, didn't Second Uncle Lin tell himself? Mihang's shopkeeper Qiu wanted to use the old house of Qianyunfang in exchange for the priority of the land by the river in Nanshi.

This is a good way, but it is best to let the head of the family know and nod his head about this matter, so that even if this matter breaks out in the future, it can block everyone's mouth, thinking of this, Zhang Huan smiled and held Zhang Can's hand and said sincerely: "Starling brother came to intercede in person, the younger brother can not give face, but the family rules are strict, and the money cannot be approved indiscriminately, but I will solve the matter of the house for Zhang Xuan." ”

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Today is the last day of Zhang Ruohao's provincial relatives, and he will return to Chang'an early tomorrow morning, at this moment he is leaning on the soft couch to read, and not far away, Mrs. Wang is repeatedly confirming one thing to him, that is, after Zhang Huan enters Beijing to catch the exam, who will hand over the financial power of this Zhang mansion? Do you want to hand it back to Zhang Ruofeng, according to her ideas, it is best to hand it over to her second son, a concubine can be in power, so why is the sister-in-law left aside?

"Sir! In the past two days, the house has been chaotic, and our Zhang family has never had a concubine in charge of wealth, it is that Zhang Po.... He also took charge of the military because he could fight and made great contributions to the Zhang family, but what is the old six families? Inexplicably ascended to the sky, you can ask, which one in the house is convinced? Now that you're here, no one dares to speak, but tomorrow you're leaving, who will support him, have you thought about it? ”

Mrs. Wang secretly looked at her husband's face as she spoke, and saw that he was engrossed in reading, so she ignored herself at all, and couldn't help but secretly hate in her heart, and said in her heart: "I'll just say it!" If the eighteenth lang of the old sixth family enters Beijing to take the exam, you are willing to hand over the approval of income and expenditure in his hand to Ye'er, then I will support him in the past few months, what do you think? ”

Zhang Ruohao still ignored her, still reading her own book, Mrs. Wang, who had worn out her mouth, finally became angry, she grabbed Zhang Ruohao's book, stared at him with jealousy in her eyes and said: "I have long suspected that Jingxinguan has some ambiguous relationship with you, otherwise how can you be so interested in a concubine, I really want to judge that woman one day!" ”

Zhang Ruohao suddenly burst into anger, he's Teng! He straightened his waist and looked at her viciously, his eyes burning with anger, "If you dare to touch her hair, not only will I divorce you, but your Shannan Wang family is the enemy of my Hedong Zhang family, don't blame me for being unkind to Wang Ang!" ”

Wang Ang is the eldest brother of Mrs. Wang, who has just taken over as the head of the Wang family for less than two years, and the current secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court, who is still young, has been squeezed out by Pei Jun, the left minister, thanks to Zhang Ruohao's support for him at a critical time, he barely kept his position in the cabinet.

Mrs. Wang had never seen her husband get so angry, she was timid, although her words were still hard, but her tone was obviously soft, "For a monk woman, you want to make the Zhang and Wang families turn their faces, no wonder you suddenly promoted Zhang Huan, sure enough, there is a reason, hum!" I've been blinded all these years! ”

Zhang Ruohao didn't bother to pay attention to him, only snorted heavily, and continued to read his book, Mrs. Wang's face was white and red, and she took another step and said: "Then Ye'er doesn't want that financial power, as long as you give Viscount Yuxiang to Xuan'er, it's all right!" ”

Yuxiang County, Hedong County, that is, where Zhang's ancestral land is located, Viscount Yuxiang has always been the first title inherited by the head of the Zhang family, which is very symbolic, generally speaking, who gets this title, it will officially recognize him as the heir of the head of the family, and it needs to be reported to the court for the record, which is like the emperor before the crown prince, generally named him the king of Yong in the land of Guanzhong, two or three years later, you can directly enter the East Palace, so Mrs. Wang means that her husband will first make Zhang Xuan the heir of the head of the family, and this major event is determined in the way of family rules.

Zhang Ruohao has calmed down a little, he glanced at his wife coldly and said: "The heir of the head of the family is directly related to the rise and fall of my Zhang family, how can I do it hastily, I have only been here for less than ten days, and I have heard a lot of rumors about Xuan'er, lewd and lustful, bullying the same clan, even if he is the eldest son, but the lack of virtue is not enough, I might as well tell you the truth, I am already thinking about revising the family rules, and it is not necessary for the eldest son to inherit the position of the head of the family, if he does not know how to restrain himself, even if I want to set him up, the family will never agree!" ”

"You—" When Mrs. Wang heard that he meant to abolish her son's position as the heir to the head of the family, she trembled with anger and pointed at her husband and shouted, "Good! Good! I don't ask you anymore, since you are so ruthless and unrighteous to our mother and son, then it is up to you to go, go and promote your concubine to the house! In the future, even if it is ranked in the court, it will be inferior. ”

Mrs. Wang screamed, turned around and walked away like a gust of wind, Zhang Ruohao looked at her angry back, and couldn't help showing a look of extreme disgust in her eyes, in order to prevent this woman from doing extreme things, it seems that he has to say hello to Taiyuan Yin, strengthen the guard of meditation, bow his head and think about it again, Zhang Ruohao gently put the book aside, stood up with difficulty, and ordered his subordinates to do it or a little uneasy, and he must personally tell Taiyuan Yin.

At this moment, a report came from outside the door: "Master, the eighteenth lang of the sixth master's family is asking to see outside!" ”

Zhang Ruoho was slightly stunned, and then sat down again, even if Zhang Huan didn't come, he would order someone to find him, he was going to leave tomorrow, and some things had to be explained first.

"Eighteen Lang has seen the head of the house!"

Zhang Huan bowed and saluted, "I heard that the head of the family is leaving tomorrow, Zhang Huan came to ask to see him!" ”

Zhang Ruohao smiled, pointed to the cushion and said, "Come, sit down and talk." “

Zhang Huan sat down, bowed slightly, and said, "There is one thing I want to ask the head of the family to agree." ”

"Say it! What's up? ”

Zhang Huan sighed and said: "Zhang Xuan wants to place a concubine in the purchased house, according to the family rules, this money will not be spent, and I have no right to approve, now I have two plans to solve this matter, one plan is to ask the head of the family to approve this expenditure, so that I can explain the account." ”

As he spoke, he took out a batch of orders and pushed them flat in front of Zhang Ruohao, which had already filled in the use budget, Zhang Ruohao glanced at the batch of orders, his smile gradually disappeared, and asked calmly: "What about the other plan?" ”

"The shopkeeper Qiu of the Fengsheng Rice Store in Nanshi wants to buy the vacant land next to the city, and if my Zhang family can agree, he is willing to give a house to the Zhang family."

Zhang Ruohao picked up the batch order, glanced at the contents at random, suddenly smiled slightly, handed the batch back to Zhang Huan and said: "You can just look at this matter, it's best not to violate the clan rules." ”

Zhang Huan took the approval form, hesitated for a moment and said: "My authority is only to approve money, and it is up to the third uncle to decide to sell land and build houses and operate Nanshi, I'm afraid I can't ask!" ”

"Okay, I have specially approved this matter for you, and I will explain it to the third child!"

"Xie is the master of the family, then the eighteenth lang will not disturb the rest of the family." After that, Zhang Huan gave a salute and prepared to retreat.

"Eighteen Lang!"

Zhang Huan just walked to the door, but Zhang Ruohao stopped him, he showed an extremely complicated expression on his face, hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice and asked, "Can the 400,000 yuan be found?" ”

Zhang Huan was silent, and after a while, he glanced back at Zhang Ruohao's silver hair, and said with a faint smile: "The money went to Shannan!" ”

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"Shannan Wang's family, that's really the case!" Zhang Ruohao smiled coldly, he stroked a handful of silver whiskers, looked at Zhang Huan and said meaningfully: "Eighteen Lang, if one day the concubine can also be the head of the family, do you have any ideas?" ”