readx;?readx; Chapter 422 Rotten Bananas

The account books from all directions were sent to the small post house in Xiangyang Mansion, and the auditors brought by Qin Lei from Beijing became nervously busy...... These auditors are all from the accounting department, but they come from different industries, and after Qin Lei personally trained, they have become the backbone of the Audit Office of the Government Affairs Temple. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The reason why the huge Wangfu Government Affairs Temple, whose roots spread to the entire Great Qin and the major cities of Qi and Chu, can maintain efficient and honest operation is inseparable from Qin Lei's team of auditors who have transcended the times.

Now these audit elites are from the sky, but they are not afraid in the face of the mountains of account books, first roughly classified, and then checked out one by one, and soon found problems......

"The Gaizhou Mansion concentrated on purchasing 200 head of cultivated cattle from Ruitong Firm, costing 10,000 taels of silver?" I only heard one of the bookkeepers sneer: "A ploughing cow is at most ten taels of silver, why did it cost an extra eight thousand taels?" Gaizhou Mansion is really willing to be wronged! ”

"Yiling Mansion purchased 100,000 pieces of various agricultural tools from Heqian firm, consuming 20,000 taels of silver? Why is it that only 10,000 farm implements have been distributed, and there is no inventory record in the warehouse? Another bookkeeper said in a deep voice.

"Demolishing the state government rented a total of 3,000 carts, horses, oxen, horses, mules, and carts in the first year, and paid 30,000 taels of silver? Could it be that the carriage and horse shop are all pulled by red rabbit horses and Laojun green oxen? "The ledger also has a sense of humor.

More than a dozen account offices examined day and night, summed up one abnormal account after another, and finally came to a preliminary conclusion seven days later -- of the four million taels of silver allocated by the Fuxing Yamen to the government of the two provinces, more than 1.9 million yuan was transferred out in 27 tranches through unequal transactions, and the destination was ...... Ruitong firm, Heqian firm and other more than a dozen shops. And these dozen or so shops are all subordinate industries of the Xu family and the Zhuo family......

The problem is already obvious, the Xu family Zhuo family embezzled the reconstruction money, and the officials of the two provincial governments could not get rid of it.

The eyes of the two provinces converged on the small post house in Xiangyang City, and the councilors of the revival yamen rushed to Xiangyang from all directions, hoping to understand the progress of the matter as soon as possible.

When everyone thought that the prince was going to make a big move, he took the United States to Xiangyang by boat......

Xiangyang is a good place, with a long history, splendid culture, magnificent mountains and rivers, extending in all directions, it has always been a treasure place that literati and scholars love to linger in, and naturally has left countless poems to praise, among which Wang Youcheng's "Han River Overlook" is the most infectious, so-called:

Chusai three Hunan connected, Jingmen nine factions;

Outside the world of rivers, the mountains are in the middle of nothing.

The county is floating in front of the pool, and the waves are moving far into the sky;

On a good windy day in Xiangyang, stay drunk and mountainous.

It is worthy of the poetry and painting of the king of Maha, in just forty words, it will be Xiangyang's outstanding, moving, alluring, depicted vividly, the artistic conception is endless, like a wonderful ink painting, people are all moved to look at, all the thoughts are fascinating.

On a misty day, boating on the Han River always gives people the impression that 'the boat is on the blue waves, and the people swim in the painting.' Even if you have a full heart, you will be happy and forget your worries, and you will forget to return.

The boat is the best carved beam painting boat in Xiangyang, the wine is the most precious jasper elixir in the world, all kinds of exotic fruit delicacies, precious pastries, and a whole long table is set up. And the wine is accompanied by the most famous red girl in Jiangbei, Xiao Lian and Yiyi.

Qin Lei reclined on the free chair carved from rosewood, his eyes casually looked at the charming woman holding the pipa opposite, the woman looked at Qin Lei with beautiful eyes, lightly opened her lips, and sang tactfully:

Painted Xiangyang County, still see the past tour;

Looking at the mountains and thinking about the horses, the Han River recalls the return boat.

Dan gully often contains a mist of clouds, and the green forest does not change autumn;

The picture is empty, and the meaning is long.

Qin Lei listened to the song contentedly, and there was a girl with a bewitching body and ten fingers on the side, carefully peeling the fiery red lychee for him.

After a lychee was peeled, she stretched out her slender fingers of white jade, twisted the clotted and transparent flesh, and gently sent it to the prince's mouth. Qin Lei opened his mouth slightly, and then took the sweet and juicy lychee ...... There was also a pair of the girl's little fingers that were deceived by the snow and frost into her mouth, causing the girl to moan to dispel her soul.

The girl holding the pipa on the opposite side gently pressed the strings and said coquettishly: "The prince is really eccentric......"

Qin Lei laughed and said: "Xiao Lian's fingers are stained with lychee honey, of course the lonely king wants to help others." Yiyi, don't be jealous. The girl called Xiao Pian snuggled up to Qin Lei's side, and also smiled at Na Yiyi: "Who let the slave family not know how to play the piano, but can only peel lychees......

Qin Lei laughed proudly: "Then Yiyi won't play the pipa, let's change an instrument to make fun of the lonely king." ”

Yiyi flashed a pair of dreamlike eyes, and her delicate red lips moved slightly: "What musical instrument?" ”

"As the saying goes, 'Twenty-four bridges and bright moon nights, where do jade people teach', it can be seen that beauties will want to." Qin Lei's eyes stared at the girl's red lips, and he smiled.

Yiyi's big eyes were full of water, and he lowered his pink neck and said: "The slave family doesn't have a flute ......."

"It doesn't matter, the lonely king has a handle, Yiyi might as well come over and taste a product to see if it is a good flute?"

These words naturally caused a burst of disobedience, and the pity on the side also understood, and covered her mouth to eat and laugh.

Qin Lei laughed unscrupulously, what he wanted was not to prostitute himself during the day, but to laugh at the pleasure of being unscrupulous, as if he had returned to the infinite spring when he lingered on the Yudai River in March and April last year.

The so-called wine and delicacies, beauties around the knees, the enjoyment of life is nothing more than this.

But there was always some untimely voice: "Your Highness, Old Man Xu asks to see." Shi Kang, who spoke, didn't even dare to come in, lest Zhenge see the prince's peerless flute.

"I don't see ......" Qin Lei snorted slightly in annoyance: "Lao Tzu is going to study musical instruments today, let him go to the post house to see me tomorrow." The two girls on the side glanced at each other, and the pity said coquettishly: "If you miss the prince's business, the slave family can't afford to be guilty." Na Yiyi also said softly: "Yes, prince, when you finish your business, the slave will give it to you...... Xiao, is it good......"

Qin Lei smiled coldly and said, "No need. As he spoke, he stared at the Yiyi girl expressionlessly and said, "Let's blow it to your old man Xu." ”

Seeing that the prince's face suddenly changed, the two women fell to the ground in a hurry, begging for mercy repeatedly. Qin Lei also knew that these two courtesans were just entrusted by others, and he was not interested in embarrassing them, so he said in a deep voice: "Among the thirty-six strategies, the most hated thing by the lonely king is the beauty plan. He waved his hand and said, "Send the two young ladies back." ”

Then four black-clothed guards came in, almost dragging sacks, and took out the two red girls who were still smiling and smiling, and threw them on a small boat that followed the painting boat. At the end, he threw two bags of gold bills over, and said loudly: "This is my lord's reward for you, leave quickly." ”

Xiao Lian and Yiyi were holding a bag of gold bills, completely confused by the actions of the king of the south. said that he pitied the fragrance and cherished the jade, but he turned his face and was ruthless, and said that he was ruthless and unjust, but he gave generous gifts. The two looked at each other for a long time, and then the little pity sighed faintly and said, "But the prince thinks we are lobbyists?" ”

Na Yiyi smiled bitterly and said: "Eighty percent is like this, I see that this master didn't see our Jiangbei Shuangyan in his eyes at all, otherwise how could he even ......" said with a red face and said: "Don't blow the flute......"

Seeing the delicate look of her Xia Fei's cheeks, Xiao Pian couldn't help but giggle: "It seems that you really want to......" Yiyi was told the central thing, and said coquettishly: "Yiyi is not ......" said that this will catch the little pity. The girls laughed, but they didn't feel a little burdened, because they saw that Old Man Xu had already boarded the painting boat.

It's so good, take it on both sides. Sister, although she loves pretty, she loves money even more.

Although he said 'not see, not see', but the Fifth Highness, who was so excited, still let Xu Chang come up...... This person, it is still necessary to talk about it.

When Xu Chang, the Duke of the Great Qin Jingguo, appeared in the painting boat, Qin Lei was still sitting barefoot on the recliner with no intention of getting up to greet him. So from this point of view, Qin Lei is actually a real person...... When the veil of warmth is torn off, they will no longer say nonsense such as 'the sky is good and the sky is bad', 'people are fat and people are thin'.

Seeing that this person had a bad face, Xu Chang quickly knelt down and kowtowed, and after greeting him with a trembling voice, he bowed his head to the ground silently, and the room suddenly fell silent...... Both of them are aware of each other's intentions, and both have lost patience to go around in circles.

The atmosphere became more and more solemn, and Xu Chang, who was still at a disadvantage, opened his mouth first: "How can the prince let go of our Xu family?" ”

Qin Lei peeled a yellow banana and handed it to Xu Chang, Xu Chang didn't know what it meant, hesitated and didn't stretch out his hand. When he wanted to pick it up, the prince had already let go, and the white banana flesh fell on the carpet and broke into several pieces.

Looking fixedly at the banana stained with carpet fluff, the green tendons on Xu Chang's forehead were beating faintly, and his breathing became slightly short. But Qin Lei was unmoved, still looking at him expressionlessly, just the light projected in his eyes, cold and ruthless, like a poisonous snake staring at a vole.

Obviously, Xu Chang had already understood what the prince meant...... If you don't take the first chance I gave you, then, if you want to live, you should throw away all your dignity and completely bow down.

Ants are still stealing life, let alone primates? Perhaps this is not a difficult choice for the average person. But he is the head of the Xu family in Jiangbei...... The Xu family, known as the first family in the south, has never completely surrendered to anyone.

On the one hand, there is the dignity of the family, and on the other hand, there is a chance to survive, this choice is too difficult. After being silent for a long time, Xu Changcai said in a low voice: "Please for the sake of the two old brothers, spare the Xu family this time, the Xu family is willing to serve dogs and horses...... His so-called two brothers are Xu Xu, Marshal of the South Road of the Eastern Army, and Xu Ji, the Duke of Suguo, who is in charge of the Shenwu Army.

Qin Lei smiled slightly when he heard this, and suddenly stretched out his foot and stepped on the banana in front of Xu Chang, which immediately turned it into a banana cake. And that's not all, the most important thing is...... He was barefoot.

After stepping on it, Qin Lei wiped his feet on Xu Chang's clothes, and then slowly took it back.

His meaning is obvious, you don't eat the toast, you don't eat the punishment wine, you only eat the wine I poured on the ground.

Things came to this point, Xu Chang's mind came to his senses, and he finally knew that the other party must make himself surrender: if he surrendered, Xu Ji and Xu Xu would not dare to go against Qin Lei.

If you don't accept it, there will be only one end, and the Xu family will become history in the south from then on...... Anyway, if you want to tear your face, the other party will naturally strike first.

Thinking of Wen Yanbo's fate, Xu Chang found that he had no choice...... This prince is ruthless and unscrupulous, since he can put the prime minister of a country in office, what is he as an empty duke?

Faced with a crazy gambler, Xu Chang finally wavered. Of course he knew that the other party would definitely be jealous of his two brothers, but he didn't dare to bet with him that the Xu family had thousands of children and a foundation of more than 100 years, and he couldn't afford to lose......

'Fortunately, he didn't humiliate me in public...... 'Once he thought like this, Xu Chang's psychological defense line suddenly collapsed, and he no longer had the courage to confront Qin Lei.

I saw him bend down softly, trembling and stretching out his right hand with a jade wrench and excellent maintenance, and picked up the banana cake on the ground...... The rotten banana that was trampled by Qin Lei with his foot.

Holding the banana cake in front of him, the old man's eyes were suddenly filled with tears, he came to the world with a golden spoon in his mouth, and enjoyed all the glory and respect in his life, where did he suffer such humiliation?

With the last trace of luck, he secretly glanced at the prince again, but saw that he was still like an iceberg, sitting there without saying a word, staring at himself intently.

With a sigh in his heart, Xu Chang raised his hand and was about to stuff the stepped banana into his mouth, but Qin Lei flew up and hit his right wrist, and the banana in his hand naturally flew out.

Xu Chang still half-raised his hand, looking at Qin Lei with a stunned face, but he finally smiled when he heard him: "The so-called Chinese food is hard work." The old man is too thrifty, and he still has to eat what falls to the ground, which really makes Xiao Wang embarrassed. "The smile is warm, the voice is warm, and the two are absolutely like two people.

As he spoke, Qin Lei got up and picked Xu Chang up, pressed him to the seat on the side, and brought a large pot of fruit, and said with a smile: "You still eat this, and leave that thing for the disobedient villains to enjoy." ”

Xu Chang had been completely lost his temper by his continuous rubbing, held the tray in his arms, and said with an embarrassed face: "Lord Wang......"

Qin Lei smiled and said, "Are you going to be obedient?" ”

"Old man will always listen to the words of the prince......" Xu Chang wanted to kneel down again, but was stopped by Qin Lei. After he sat down again, Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "I know the good things you have done, I will ask you a few questions now, you must answer them truthfully, otherwise you will ......" He omitted the back, and let the frightened Grandpa Xu think about it.

Xu Chang nodded hurriedly, and then heard Qin Lei ask, "How much silver have you embezzled?" He knew a lot about this, and he just asked to see if this old boy was telling the truth.

"In total, we have swallowed nearly half of the funds allocated for the revival of the Yamen." Seeing that the prince's expression had not changed, Xu Changcai continued to say boldly: "Among them, our family is 800,000 taels, and theirs is 1.1 million taels. ”

"Their home? Who's home? Qin Lei asked flatly.

"Zhuo family." For pulling a pad back into the water, Old Man Xu is still very enthusiastic.

"Which of you is the mastermind?"

"They ......"

"Huh?" Qin Lei sneered and stretched out his foot to knock over the tray in his hand, and said in a low voice, "If there is another time, you don't have to say it again." "Take him Qin Yutian as a fool? If the Zhuo family is the mastermind, how happy it is to swallow it alone, why do you have to share the spoils with the Xu family.

Sure enough, Xu Chang was so frightened that he trembled, and finally nodded and said, "It's our family'......."

"Why?"

"The family's cash has become a part of the revival of the yamen, so I want to get some silver from the government to turn it around......