Shen Qi went back to Nanjing to organize the supply of raw silk, Pang Shangpeng returned to Fuzhou due to busy official business, Zhu Hui was still guarding Liu Qian in Southern Shaolin, Song He went to the Yuegang Guard to perform his duties, accompanied by Wanxi, Zhang Biao, who had just resigned as the chief flag officer of the Guard, although he had become a disciple of the Elder of the Moon Sky, but wanted to settle down the affairs of the family before officially becoming a monk and practice, and went home after getting the permission of the elder.

Today's "Shen Mansion" seems empty, after Liu Qian's family was quietly sent back to Nanjing, only some maids were left in the house, Pang Shangpeng's henchman Pang Fu brought from Fujian served as a temporary housekeeper, and the other nursing homes were all driven out.

Elder Yuekong lived in the mansion, and explained Buddhism to Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai every day for the past few days, teaching them how to practice; When Xuande Zhenren was fine, he went to the downtown area to set up a stall, and by the way, he inquired about the news of his disciple Jingming.

Lin Feng was fighting against the Spaniards on Luzon, the situation was worrying, and he had secretly sent several groups of envoys to seek assistance, although Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai had the heart to follow the Elder Moon Sky to meditate, but the affairs of the family were really not at ease, and they were deeply moved by the good and evil of people, all in one thought!

Ma Zhishan is old, Li Chenghuai has been disabled, the two finally returned to their roots, returned to their hometown, and did not want to meddle in their own affairs, just because they were worried that those old subordinates around them would do wrong things again because of their uncertain future, so Ma Zhishan colluded with Zhang Biao, and his starting point was to help these people under him make a living.

Although this turmoil has passed, Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai have become disciples of Elder Moon Sky, and promised to take their subordinates to follow Elder Moon Sky to the sea and open up a new world in the New World in the future, but it is difficult to say whether those people on the Jade Pillow Continent are sincere or not, and it is not surprising if someone can't withstand the temptation of Lin Feng and takes the risk of becoming a pirate again.

Because they couldn't rest assured that the brothers on the Jade Pillow Continent couldn't be relieved, Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai both wanted to go back and take a look, don't take advantage of the fact that when the two of them were not at home, someone ran away with Lin Feng's messenger.

When the elder learned that the two wanted to go home to have a look, he felt that it was human nature, and at the same time, he also wanted to go to the Jade Pillow Island to have a look, and get to know these people who were about to accompany him overseas, so he decided to go with the two of them.

Early the next morning, the housekeeper Pang Fu learned that the Elder of the Moon Sky was going to the Jade Pillow Continent, because he was instructed by Pang Shangpeng, he needed to prepare some gifts, and let the elders bring them to the Jade Pillow Continent as a meeting gift.

Although Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai are like arrows, Pang Fu is not hypocritical, and thinks it is good to bring some gifts, after all, those people are used to having milk and mothers.

waited until noon, Pang Fu had not returned, Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai invited Elder Yuekong to fast in the mansion, and the two of them wandered in front of the mansion.

At this time, Wanxi accompanied Guo Yi, Ma Wu, Lin Shaoqi and others to the Shen Mansion, Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai, who were waiting for Pang Fu outside the mansion, suddenly saw Guo Yi, as if in a dream, and then looked at Guo Yi's side and Wanxi, knowing that this was not a dream, the two exclaimed "Bodhisattva" at the same time, and immediately knelt in front of Guo Yi.

Guo Yi was also taken aback, and took a closer look at the two "monks" who were Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai, and remembered the public case that Zhai Yin talked about last night, so he understood what was going on, and hurriedly helped them up.

While they were greeting each other, Pomford, who had bought a large carriage of gifts, returned with two servants.

Just a few months ago, Pang Fu had received Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er in the mansion of Pang Shangpeng in Fuzhou, and when he got closer, he recognized Guo Yi at a glance, and hurriedly asked the servants to send gifts into the mansion and come over to give Guo Yi a gift.

"General Guo, don't come unharmed! It's been a long time, I don't know when General Guo arrived in Zhangzhou, and the little Pang Fu gave General Guo a salute! Pang Fu bowed and greeted.

Although he heard him call himself Pang Fu, Guo Yi still looked at him for a long time before he recognized him as one of the housekeepers in Pang Shangpeng's mansion, felt a little strange, and thought to himself, isn't Pang Shangpeng still gone? hurriedly replied: "It turns out that the butler in the governor's mansion is here, fortunately, fortunately!" ”

So far, no one has told Guo Yi that this mansion was the mansion of Liu Qian, the bookkeeper of Xingji Qian, and Guo Yi thought that this was Shen Qi's home.

Look at the high-walled courtyard and the gold-lettered plaque of the word "Shen Mansion" on the gatehouse, the red bricks and green tiles in the courtyard are carved and painted, and the potted plants in front of the shadow wall are purple and red, and the scale of the whole house is about the same as the one of their Shen family in the three lanes of Nanjing, and I can't help but praise: "I didn't expect the Shen family to have such a big industry in Lingnan, and the Shen family is really a genius in business!" ”

When Wanxi heard this, she pursed her lips and said mysteriously on the side: "Sister, this was not the Shen Mansion a few days ago, maybe you can't imagine whose mansion this was before." ”

Pang Fu heard it, glared at Wanxi fiercely, and hurriedly invited Guo Yi and others into the mansion, at this time, the elder of the moon sky who was fasting heard the news, hurriedly greeted him, and met Guo Yi and others in front of the shadow wall.

Guo Yi saw that Elder Yuekong shed tears and called "Master", and he was out of breath and couldn't say a word anymore, his head was dizzy and almost fell, and he was quickly supported by Wanxi.

Wanxi took care of Guo Yi while introducing Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi, and when the two of them heard that what was in front of them was the famous Elder Moon Sky, they bowed their heads and shouted "Master" loudly.

Elder Yuekong clasped his hands together and said "Amitabha" to Ma Wu and Lin Shaoqi, and everyone, under the leadership of Pang Fu, came to the flower hall in the mansion and sat down.

It was lunch time, and Pang Fu was very busy, instructing the maids to make tea for the guests, and arranging for the servants to hurry up and cook for the guests, as if he was the owner of the house.

Since Wanxi said just now that this was not Shen Qi's mansion before, Guo Yi became interested in this mansion, and when Pang Fu was away, he asked whose property it was.

Of course, Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai didn't know the reason, they stared at Wanxi and wanted to hear the following, and the outspoken Wanxi was just about to speak, when Elder Yuekong hurriedly glanced at her, but it was too late.

"Sister, this used to be the mansion of Liu Daguan......"

Before Wanxi finished speaking, Pang Fu, who was about to greet everyone for dinner, came in, and glared at Wanxi fiercely, and several maids who were waiting on the side were trembling with fright, and Elder Yuekong casually recited Amitabha......

Guo Yi felt a little strange, and just wanted to ask which Liu Daguan it was, but suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he didn't ask any more.

Lin Shaoqi, who was eating tea, said: "As far as I know, this place was not so big before, but there is a person surnamed Liu, who once lived near here, and is said to be a relative of the family of the former governor Liu Yaoyu, and now although Lord Liu has been transferred out of Fujian, he has been promoted to the governor of Liangguang, no wonder Liu Daguan can build such a mansion." ”

Pang Fu, who was still a little embarrassed just now, listened to Lin Shaoqi's words, and suddenly became happy, hurriedly got off the donkey, and explained: "Yes, yes, what Lin Daguan said is good!" This was indeed Liu's mansion, but Liu Daguan led the whole family out of Zhangzhou, and handed over this mansion to the governor's yamen to help him take care of it, no, Mr. Pang sent the little me, when Mr. Pang was in Nanjing, he had some friendship with the Shen family, and the Shen family had some friendship, and the Shen officials came to Zhangzhou to do business, and suffered a lot of grievances. ”

Pang Fu stayed here with many tasks, the most important thing is to eliminate Liu Qian's bad influence, so that everyone forgets Liu Qian, and secondly, to deal with some unfinished matters left by Liu Qian, and need to give an explanation to those parties to avoid leaving troubles; At the same time, Shen Qi can't be cheapened in vain, Pang Fu has to slowly take stock of the family wealth left by Liu Qian, so that Pang Shangpeng can know it in his heart.

Liu Qian is such a big living person who said that it is gone, and there is always something unreasonable, these days, Tian Youcai has also looked for Pang Fu and told him that now Zhangzhou City has said anything about the sudden change of Liu Mansion to Shen Mansion, and there are many statements that are not good for the governor, so that Pang Fu should pay more attention.

Pang Fu also knows how to defend against people's mouths more than to prevent Sichuan, the more some rumors are suppressed, the more they spread to the gods, but it is better to use one lie to cover up another lie, true and false, and it is the best policy to make people unable to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

If it's just folk rumors, it doesn't matter, I'm afraid that a brocade guard like Guo Yi is afraid that although his official position is not high, he is a figure who has reached the sky, so Pang Fu is very taboo about Guo Yi's sudden arrival.

Lin Shaoqi's statement undoubtedly reminded Pang Fu, and Pang Fu decided to continue to use this statement in the future, so he greeted everyone to eat with a smile.

Elder Yuekong had already used the fast, and when everyone came out of the flower hall, he left Pang Fu behind, and reminded: "Pang Fu, the huge man disposed of Liu Qian in this way, it is really a last resort, and if Mr. Lin Shaoqi's statement about Liu Daguan just now spreads, it will inevitably lead to the estrangement between the Governor of Liangguang, Lord Liu Yaoxu, and the huge man. ”

Pang Fu smiled slightly, and replied to the elder's words: "Please rest assured, elder, if no one mentions these things in the future, naturally there will be no more rumors." After saying that, he said goodbye to the elders and went to dinner with everyone.

Elder Yuekong looked at Pang Fu's back, shook his head helplessly, and read: "Fortune and misfortune are really fate, and there is no Amitabha Buddha in the south. ”

During the banquet, Pang Fu took special care of Lin Shaoqi, and when Lin Shaoqi learned that the housekeeper was the confidant of the governor and the master, he did his best to welcome Pang Fu and coax Pang Fu around, so that Ma Wu, who was eating on the side, felt a little surprised.

Ma Wu thought about it, according to Lin Shaoqi's statement, his family was surrounded by walls in his early years, and he didn't start doing business until the time of the Longqing Dynasty, if he didn't have this ability, how could he play Fujian officialdom in just a few years, and he became a wealthy businessman in a blink of an eye.

When they were about to finish eating, a few ragged "beggars" suddenly came outside the mansion, clamoring to find Ma Laoao, the doorman hurriedly reported to the inside, Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai heard it, they knew that the big thing was not good, someone must have connected with Lin Feng, if you don't go back quickly, it will really be a big incident!

The two hurriedly dropped their jobs and only said hello to Guo Yi, and Ma Zhishan helped Li Chenghuai to run out in a hurry.

Seeing the panicked look of the two of them, Guo Yi understood what was going on in his heart, seeing that Pang Fu was still chatting happily with Lin Shaoqi, Ma Wu was stunned on the side, Guo Yi hurriedly stood up, because he was not familiar with this place, he had to pull Wanxi next to him and follow him out.

When they arrived outside the gate of the mansion, Ma Zhishan and Li Chenghuai and others had disappeared, and when they were wandering, a fast horse galloped on the official road opposite, and the person who came to the gate of the Shen Mansion turned over and dismounted in a blink of an eye.

Guo Yi thought that this was another report, and was about to step forward to interrogate, but he looked carefully at the person, but it was a young rich son.

Gongzi bowed down to Guo Yi and asked, "May I ask if this is the mansion of Shen Qi and Shen Daguan?" ”

Listening to the accent, the person who came should be from Jinling, Guo Yi replied: "Exactly, but Shen Daguan was not in the mansion and went back to his hometown Nanjing to do business." ”

"That's right." Childe said, gave another salute, and asked, "May I ask this sister, the huge housekeeper can be in the mansion?" ”

Seeing that Guo Yi nodded, Gongzi hurriedly said again: "It's Shen Qi's younger brother Shen Mao, who urgently needs to meet the huge housekeeper and discuss important matters. ”

In his heart, he was still praying that nothing would happen to the Jade Pillow Continent, and Shen Qi's younger brother suddenly arrived thousands of miles away to find Pang Shangpeng's housekeeper, Guo Yi suspected that something had happened in Nanjing, so he hurriedly asked Wanxi to help Shen Mao lead the horse and lead him into the mansion.

Looking at Shen Mao's anxious look, Guo Yi asked, "Why didn't your brother come?" ”

Shen Mao walked briskly and replied breathlessly: "Don't mention it, our Shen family has to be ruined by Wu Xiang!" ”

As soon as he heard that it was Wu Xiang, Guo Yi suddenly remembered that he had heard Song He talk last night, and now Wu Xiang has become the son-in-law of the Shen family and is helping the Tang family in a lawsuit, so he chased after a few steps and asked, "What happened to Wu Xiang?" ”

"Alas, my brother is a fool! How can you entrust your family business to such a loser and run to this wild place in Lingnan by yourself! Shen Mao sighed again, and then said: "Wu Xiang didn't have any accidents, my brother's family wealth was lost in just over a month!" ”

Hearing this, Guo Yi thought that Wu Xiang had spent the Shen family's money in order to help Tang Jing in the lawsuit, but he didn't feel surprised, chased after a few steps, and led Shen Mao to the flower hall where the guests were entertained, wanting to work with Elder Yuekong to enlighten Shen Mao well, money is something outside the body, and saving people is the most important thing!

came to the door of the flower hall, the maid opened the door, but the elder of the moon sky had already gone out, Pang Fu and the others had not come back from dinner, Guo Yi invited Shen Mao to come in and talk, the two sat down, and the maid helped make tea.

After Shen Mao rested for a while and drank a few sips of tea, Guo Yi asked, "Shen Gongzi, have Tang Jing and Tang Daguan's lawsuit been won?" Did you need the help of a huge number of people when you came to find Pang Fu this time? ”

"Alas, don't mention it! Wu Xuezheng, a friend of the Tang family, is now promoted to the head of the household, and he came forward to help Tang Jing speak, but Tang Jing was rehabilitated. Tang Jing was still not satisfied, and wanted to claim back his big mansion, Wu Xiang helped him to beg the master of the Ying Tian Patrol, and spent a lot of money to figure out that the house had already been mortgaged to the Ying Tian Governor Yamen. Back then, when the Lord Haida was there, guaranteed by the governor's yamen, Tang Jing borrowed silver from Xingji Qianzhuang to set up the Tang Ji Weaving Workshop, although later Xingji Qianzhuang was transferred to Chen Yuanhua's name, he Tang Jing was also the actual controller, the two colluded to smooth out the account of the loan, but the documents that were mortgaged to the Yingtian Governor Yamen were not recovered, and now, Chen Yuanhua has confirmed the identity of the pirate Xishi and asked, how can you talk about his Tang family's property can be recovered? ”

Shen Mao said it very clearly, but from this point of view, Wu Xiang should not be able to afford to spend a few dollars to help Tang Jing fight the lawsuit, so what did Wu Xiang do to make the Shen family so aggressive? Although Guo Yi wanted to know, he didn't want to ask anymore when he thought that this was a private matter of the Shen family.

Guo Yi drank saliva, and couldn't help asking: "So, may I ask Shen Gongzi, what is the purpose of finding a huge housekeeper?" ”

"Sister, don't mention it! Wu Xiang, this bastard, in just over a month of hard work, actually spent more than one million taels of spare treasury silver for my brother's business! Shen Mao replied depressedly.

Guo Yi made a big jump, he couldn't figure it out, even if Wu Xiang spent every day soaking in the Qinhuai River, and then bought a Qinhuai official building and painting boat, he couldn't spend so much money, and asked in surprise: "What did he do?" ”

"Maybe none of you would have thought that this Wu Xiang bought a academy, invited a playboy from Beijing to be the master, helped him to preside over the revision of the book, and summoned all the fallen talents in the Jiangnan area, and even the children who had been tested for a lifetime to the academy, there are thousands of people, what bullshit articles do every day, as long as the playboy looks pleasing to the eye, he will give a reward, one tael, two taels, ten taels, one hundred taels, one thousand taels, ten thousand taels, and any nonsense!"

Guo Yi felt angry and funny when he heard it, and asked: "It's always a good thing to let people from all over the world write articles together......

Before Guo Yi finished speaking, Shen Mao really couldn't stand it, and then said: "Although I don't read much, I still know how to carry the Tao, what kind of articles are those idiots in the academy doing, can you think of it?" With a book full of nonsense "Journey to the West", and a book of ** clichés "Golden Bottle Plum", every day let a group of people who have no ink in their chests and can't even pass the show talent test, and see who imitates well, they will reward whom, in just over a month, the million taels of silver are spent cleanly......"

Speaking of this, Shen Mao shed tears in distress.