In the Qian Ke room, the Qian Warden did not welcome the arrival of Master Xiaorong.

When he heard the report from the bookstore outside, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.

This Master Xiaorong, there is no problem with their accounts, is this thinking about borrowing a knife to kill someone? But the problem is, it can't kill Zhang Fu with his own knife------

A warden who doesn't want to be a priest is not a good warden!

Qian Dianguan was thinking about overthrowing his boss Zhang Fu all the time, so that he could take the opportunity to take the position and fill the vacant position of secretary. But he knows very well that if you fight a snake, you will not die, but you will suffer from it, and this kind of thing really cannot be rushed.

Why did he become the second-in-command of a house, the warden of the Qian Branch, to such a powerless situation now?

Isn't it because he showed his ambition too early, so that Zhang Fu noticed it, and he would be suppressed and excluded by the other party? Otherwise, he thought that with his own ability, no matter how bad he was, he would not be worse than the Luo Dian of the grain department!

But on the contrary, surnamed Luo, he became Zhang Fu's right-hand man, but he became a marginal figure who was excluded from the inner circle, and he was deprived of little power in his hands, and he did all the work like clear water, and the oil and water were pitiful------

It's not that he didn't want to fight a beautiful turnaround, but with the previous lesson, he was more patient with himself and knew the truth of patient dormancy. When the time is right, you can succeed in one battle, and kill with one blow!

Right now, it's clearly not the time.

In fact, long before this, the Qian Warden had secretly checked the accounts of the house several times, but in vain.

That's not to say that the accounts of the house are fine.

Although Zhang Fu's accounts are done seamlessly, it is not difficult for Qian Dian, who is a colleague and subordinate with 20 years of experience as a knife and pen official, to find out some problems. What is difficult to deal with is that many of the problems he found are problems that cannot be exploited, because they are the source of "welfare" for the county officials.

The money and grain of the yamen in and out basically have to go through the hands of the household, so the household secretary is actually wiping everyone's buttocks. To put it bluntly, he Zhang Fu is now the big housekeeper, he eats meat by himself, and everyone can drink some soup with him, if anyone dares to lift the pot because of a little jealousy and dissatisfaction in his heart, it will be a matter of public anger.

If you kick it, you can kill Zhang Fu, but the Qian Warden himself, including the entire Qiantang County Yayi officials and several masters, no one can get rid of the involvement------ this is completely a situation where the fish is dead and the net is broken, and he will lose his head after he finishes it!

The key is, whether he can kick out or not------ this kind of thing that almost everyone has a part in, the entire county government from top to bottom will desperately help Zhang Fu cover up, because saving him is equivalent to saving himself.

Don't say it, the county lord is an old stubborn! The thinking is outdated and conservative, adheres to the principle and does not take a stitch from the people, but it all goes into the pockets of others------ and the remaining two Yin, Sanya, and four old men, these old men have all taken money, how can they not protect Zhang Fu?

As for the three classes and six rooms, the officials of the household are even more regarded as the "God of Wealth", if there is no big housekeeper, how can he live so nourishing today? Moreover, there is no direct conflict of interest between them and the household officials, and even if the other party falls, it will not be their turn to make up for it.

You know, there are two wardens under the house, all of whom are twenty years old!

In short, although the goal is the same, he can't hit it off with Master Rong, because the Qian Warden thinks that the time is not yet ripe.

Although the rewards are high, the risks are too great, the probability of success is close to zero, and the cost is too high. He wants to gamble on the position of a pawn, and once he fails, he has to be ready to pack up his things and get out of the county office------

After cleaning up his mood, he said to the bookstore: "Please come in, Master Rong." ”

The secretary nodded yes, then withdrew from the outer room, and hugged his fist at Rong Rong, who was standing with his hands in his hands and facing the wall admiring a landscape painting, and said, "Master Rong, Ling Shi invites you in." ”

Xiao Rong let out an "oh", glanced at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall again, and then turned around and said with a smile: "The calligraphy and paintings of Yifeng Daoren, all of you are elegant people in your house." "Yifeng is the nickname of Huang Gongwang of the Yuan Four Family, and he is also known as a big idiot.

"Master Rong is a serious reader, or a painter, and he will definitely be in his own school in the future!" The young clerk smiled and patted his ass, but said in his heart, when you get inside, you will find that I am a fake------

Although he is not a serious reader, but he has also been to school for a few years, Shiwen Bagu may not be able to write two articles, literacy and hyphenation is still no problem, and can still write and calculate, otherwise he will not be able to enter the county yahu room to be a bookkeeper.

This bookstore is obviously also accustomed to flattery, unlike other bookstores, who often like to put the title of "Little Master Rong" with a bit of contempt on their lips, even when facing the young Master Rong himself, he does not shy away from it.

Rong Rong does not take such small things to heart, and when Mr. calls people close to him, he often uses such a title, such as calling the county magistrate as "Xiao Zhu", such as calling himself "Xiao Rong". Of course, Mr. and his uncle shouted this because they were close, and he also knew why other people in the county government shouted like this.

Originally, he thought it was strange, and said that the warden of this Qian branch room should not allow his subordinates to hang such a fake outside, even if his office was in the room. However, when he lifted the curtain and saw the real handiwork hanging on the wall inside, he finally understood the purpose of the bookstore------ and he was patting his boss's ass again!

"This ------ is actually the calligraphy and painting of a peak Taoist!"

Xiao Rong's face was shocked, he didn't even look at the Qian pawn, he went straight to the painting, and after a serious look, he sighed: "I have been concentrating on painting for many years, and I don't want to be clumsy for a while, and mistake the one outside for the real ------."

"It's all the subordinates who are ignorant and mistakenly take the fake for the real thing. After buying it, he actually regretted it in his heart, and he really felt sorry for the money, so he couldn't help hanging outside, and it was not good to blame him harshly for this------" Qian Warden listened to Xiao Rong's words, and his heart was also secretly refreshed, although he knew that the other party was praising him, so he deliberately "did not recognize" the real handiwork. "Today made Master Rong laugh."

Flattering this kind of thing, to put it bluntly, Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. In fact, everyone knows that it is a lie of self-deception, but they are all happy with each other------ you can think of it as a sign of hypocrisy, but it cannot change the inherent mode of communication between people.

However, Xiao Rong's sleek and sophisticated performance at the moment made the Qian Warden look at him, and said in his heart that Master Rong is not completely a scholar who does not know the world! I can't see that an old scrivener in the torture room who has been working hard for many years and still has no interest can teach such a good nephew------ is it possible, this is what people often say is a late bloomer?

flattered him, and Xiao Rong went straight to the point and said: "I almost forgot, I came to Ling Shi today, and I actually had some serious business." ”

When the Qian warden heard this, his heart really came, and even if he smiled and didn't smile, he arched his hand and said, "Master, it's okay to say." ”

"At present, there will be a summer tax collection soon, although this matter is handled by the grain chiefs of all districts, but our county government is also responsible for supervision, so I am ordered by the emperor to come to inquire about it."

“------”

Qian Dian's brows furrowed, squinted slightly and looked at him suspiciously for a long time, but found that his eyes were very sincere, not like he had a ghost------ which made Lao Qian wonder. Dare you do this for a long time, and you came here for the summer tax collection, not to win me over and charge for you? It's still a shame that I'm worried in vain!

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was not quite right, and after thinking for a while, he was a little abrupt.

Okay! You know that Zhang Fu's villain is paying attention to your words and deeds, so you deliberately came to me to say something inconsequential, I'm afraid it's not Cheng Cheng who is disgusting me, right? No matter what I talk to you about, it will definitely make Zhang's heart feel uncomfortable, thinking that I have already been on your thief ship------ so he will treat me as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and he wants to get rid of it as soon as possible!

Your master is not kind, and you are running this trip just to see us fighting in the nest?

But everyone is here, and it is in the name of the eldest master, so it doesn't make sense if you don't make a report. So, the two people sitting opposite each other seemed to be talking about business seriously, but in fact they were both out of the world, and even they couldn't figure out what they were talking about------ in short, it was all inconsequential nonsense!

After the two finished talking, Xiao Rong got up with a smile and said: "Ling Shi Zhen is worthy of being a senior household scrivener, and he has benefited a lot from his experience, and he should come again if he has the opportunity to ask for advice in the future------."

Ask?

Qian Dian said in his heart, don't come in the future, don't talk about it, and I will let Zhang Fu worry about it, and the pit people won't take you like this------

Xiao Rong said goodbye, and turned straight away, but when he opened the curtain, he paused, as if he remembered something, and suddenly looked back and said: "By the way, I have been checking the accounts of the house recently------" He glanced out, and then lowered his voice and said: "It made me find a lot of problems." ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, the Qian Warden couldn't help but be shocked, but his face remained silent and said: "Then why is it that what I hear in the ears of the lowly official is that there is no problem with the accounts of the household?" ”

"Oh------" Xiao Rong lowered the curtain, turned around and smiled: "Originally, according to my thoughts, I wanted to report it to the cousin, but ------it was only after my uncle's bitter admonition that I dispelled such thoughts." Hey, you ------ have a hard time too! ”

The meaning of his words couldn't be clearer, Qian Dian's sudden discovery that the direction of things was very different from what he thought in his heart------ this Xiaorong Master had obviously discovered the problem, but he quietly returned the account books, is it really because he deliberately protected them, the local officials, that he deliberately concealed it from the foreign Wang Zhixian?

At this moment, Qian Warden's mind became very confused, and no matter how much he speculated, he still couldn't guess Xiao Rong's true thoughts. So, he asked tentatively.

"Master Rong is a scholar, how can he easily find out that there is a problem with the account books? cough, it's not that I look down on you, master, but it's that this thing of writing and calculating is really cumbersome, and it's when we, the old officials of the household for many years, occasionally make mistakes. Master, you are a scholar, didn't you accidentally make some small mistakes when taking inventory, so you mistakenly thought that there was a problem in this? This is also human nature, and the accounts are often the slightest mistake and a thousand miles wrong------"

Xiao Rong frowned slightly, and said with some displeasure: "Qian Lingshi is questioning my ability?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare."

"It doesn't hurt to tell you, I'm really not familiar with the accounting, so I use a stupid method, I don't want to ------" Xiao Rong glanced at him and said disdainfully: "I don't want to be crooked, even the old account room can't find the problem, but let me, a layman, see it!" ”