Xu Xun saw Ruisheng's stable appearance today, and he was still secretly sighing in his heart that the little guy had been honing in the palace for several months, and he was finally out, but when the person retreated, he got carried away, and blurted out the appearance of the young master, he suddenly became helpless. However, when he heard what Ruisheng said, he suddenly couldn't sit still, Huo Ran got up and asked, "How did Gonggong Xiao talk about this?" ”

"Since I was officially entered into the roster of the celebrant supervisor, Grandpa Xiao asked me to be in charge of sorting out the book of the celebrant supervisor. Today I was organizing things on the bookshelf in the archives, and I heard Grandpa Xiao and Grandpa Li talking outside. It was Gonggong Li who didn't agree to pick out the words, and said that Shou Ninghou valued the young master very much, and intended to ask for a meaning in front of the queen's mother, and gave his eldest lady to you, and said that Gonggong Xiao had a unique vision. Father-in-law Xiao only played Tai Chi and didn't answer the conversation, and then Father-in-law Li seemed to feel bored and left. ”

"Then does Grandpa Xiao know that you are behind the bookshelf?"

"This ......" Ruisheng originally didn't expect this, Xu Xun mentioned it, he was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "I don't know if Gonggong Xiao knows, he stood there for a while, said what Shou Ninghou is calculating, didn't say anything else, and then left." I was afraid of revealing my flaws, so I deliberately hid for a while before coming out. ”

"You...... Grandpa Xiao is so shrewd, how could he forget where he sent you, people must have known it a long time ago. Seeing that Ruisheng lowered his head in shock, Xu Xun couldn't help but laugh dumbly, pointed to the chair next to him and motioned for Ruisheng to sit down, and then said solemnly, "Remember, if you encounter this kind of thing again in the future, don't be in a hurry, calm down, don't rush to ventilate the news." You ran this trip today, and you lost a lot of points in the eyes of Gonggong Xiao, not to mention, what if others grabbed this reason to trouble you? ”

"I see...... Latham muttered in a low voice, and then looked up, "but I didn't run out of it!" It's Gong Xiao who is just so that I can give it to the young master...... No, no, no, it's a message to the prince, the Tao is that since last year, there has been a great drought in all parts of the world, from South Zhili to North Zhili, there is little rain everywhere. Long live the Lord issued an order to exempt Kaifeng Mansion in Henan, Dezhou and Jinan in Shandong, as well as many prefectures and counties in Datong Prefecture in Shanxi, so the household department refused to accept the edict to allocate the avant-garde of the Qianfu army on this ground, saying that there was no money in the treasury. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very unhappy, and made a fuss in front of the Long Live Lord for a while, and finally patted his chest and said that since he was his soldier, he would raise the money, and he was trained by the Long Live Lord, so the money would be allocated from the inner treasury at that time. ”

Xu Xun didn't expect that Ruisheng would come out to spread the word with an important task after private affairs first. As soon as Risson mentioned the drought, he remembered that it had indeed not rained for a long time when he was in Jinling last year, let alone after he arrived in Beijing. At the beginning of winter, there were a few light snowfalls, but after the snow in the wax moon, it seems that I have not seen any rain and snow, and now it has been a month or two, to say the least. However, in addition to Manchurian Zhili, many states and counties in the world are also rampant with drought, which is a bit tricky.

So, after pondering for a while, he suddenly asked, "Latham & Sponson, you are sorting out the documents in the celebrant supervisor, do you know how the weather, harvests, and taxes and grains have been in various places from last year to this year?" ”

If Xu Xun was asking those major questions, even if he was the old master, Latham wouldn't dare to say more, but now when he heard such a question that didn't hinder a big thing, he was much more relaxed, and after thinking about it, he replied seriously: "It's not good, not only last year, it seems that since the previous two years, there have been floods and droughts in various places. It is for this reason that the cabinet and the six departments of these bosses have frequently invited themselves due to disasters, I remember that Yuanfu Liu Ge has three times, the second assistant Li Ge has two times, and Ma Shangshu has more of them, each of them is at least three or four times. ”

"I see......"

Although it is annoying that the money bag of the household department refuses to allocate funds, but the prince made a big fuss in front of the emperor, and the emperor did not hesitate to take the money out of the inner treasury, Xu Xun was quite grateful in his heart, and made up his mind to train these two thousand people to make an appearance. Therefore, seeing that Ruisheng finished talking about serious things one by one, he muttered about Shou Ninghou's calculations again, so he smiled and relieved: "Don't worry, things haven't come to that point yet, maybe Gonggong Li deliberately put pressure on Gonggong Xiao." After all, everyone knows that Gonggong Xiao used to offend Shou Ninghou because of the case. Shou Ninghou said this in front of the queen. ”

"Then who has the final say?"

"Of course it's the prince who has the final say!" Seeing that Latham was a little incredulous, Xu Xun thought that Latham had studied and read with Shen Yue for a while, but now he was concerned about it, so he asked for the surname to open the skylight and say something bright, "Don't worry about those hearts, I have already made it clear to His Highness about Miss Shen." With His Royal Highness standing in the way, the marriage will not be possible. It's really not good, I'll just let someone fan the flames for that Miss Zhang, and I'll do it to your young master. ”

"Young Master is wise!"

Seeing that the little guy opened his mouth to say such a happy sentence, and forgot the title, Xu Xun suddenly laughed and scolded: "Don't fool me with the sycophants you learned in the palace!" Hurry back and honestly confess to Grandpa Xiao, just say that I heard what he and Grandpa Li said that time, don't lose Grandpa Xiao's heart because of this. You can stand on your feet in the palace, all because of Gonggong Xiao's back! ”

"Yes, yes, don't worry, young master, I understand!" Ruisheng nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, and at the end he suddenly thought of two other things, and hurriedly said, "Also, young master, a few days ago, Lord Xu, the Duke of Wei Guo, the garrison of Nanjing, just sent a song to report two deaths, and said that Lord Yin Wuxiong of Ying Tianfu had passed away. Also, Guo Shigongren, the Yuan partner of the Nanjing Guozi Priest Jiuzhang, also died. ”

Suddenly hearing the news of these two deaths, Xu Xun was stunned for a moment. He didn't have much dealings with Yingtianfu Yin Wuxiong, but this Mansion Yin had been praised by many people for being honest and fair, after Zhao Qin's case, he didn't wait for Jinyiwei to intervene, and he didn't wait for Xu Zhen to pick up, he was already planning to take over the case, and then he was vigorously and resolutely tried the case with illness. However, compared with Wu Xiong, Zhang Mao, who was old and lost his wife, worried him more. You know, he was recuperating from Zhang Mao's injury for a month!

"How's that Lord How's it going?"

"I don't know, I only turned to the excerpts of Master Zhang's previous several books and sacrificial wines, and last year, he said that he was sick and asked for Zhishi, and now I really don't know what the situation is. Why don't I ask Grandpa Xiao? ”

"No need...... In this way, I sent Tao Hong back to Nanjing to have a look, and by the way, I visited the sixth uncle. ”

After sending Latham away, Xu Xun summoned Tao Hong. Xu Xun was absent for these three months, Tao Hong said that he was in charge of the study, but in fact, Xu Liang invited a so-called Mr. Xixi, who was the essence of the Qing guest, to come and teach the children of the slaves to read and write. This virtue and clear rewards and punishments also made the slaves who were not very obedient to the new master grateful to Dade at first. Among them, Tao Hong, who has a good foundation in literacy and writing, is naturally among the best in all his achievements.

At this time, Tao Hong was standing in front of Xu Xun, and when he heard the words that asked him to go back to Nanjing, he was shocked for a while, and he knelt down with a plop, and even his voice trembled a little: "Young master...... Master, don't you want me anymore? If only I ...... If there is anything wrong with the small one, even if you beat and scold, the small one must be corrected...... The little one knows that he is lazy these days, he has been secretly reading books in the young master's study, and he has quietly practiced calligraphy with the paper you bought......"

Seeing the little guy kneeling there nervously and scared, Xu Xun couldn't help but be angry and funny, and immediately shouted softly: "What are you thinking about!" Letting you go back to Nanjing is for you to do errands, who wants to drive you away? Besides, just because you are lazy, peeking at books and secretly using my paper, you have to stay in the house to make up for cattle and horses for the rest of your life, where do you want to go? ”

"Ahh Tao Hong thought that the incident at the east window was frightened, but when he heard the clear ridicule behind him, he suddenly realized, but he still cautiously knelt down and asked, "What does the young master want the little one to do when he goes back to Nanjing?" ”

"One is to visit my sixth uncle, who is your old master, and say hello on my behalf; The second is that Lord Yin Wu of Tianfu has passed away, and I don't know if the family will help the soul to return to his hometown now, if not, you will send me a gift, and by the way, take a look at what else the Wu family has to help; The third and most important one, you go to visit the Nanjing Guozi priest Jiu Zhang, Lord Zhang has just lost his wife, I heard that his wife and son live in the countryside, to see if Lord Zhang has gone back or what. If you go back, you inquire about the news, and don't rush back. If the news is not good, you can go directly to the hometown of Lord Zhang. ”

In addition to visiting the old master, the last two things greatly surprised Tao Hong. It must be known that during Wu Xiong's tenure as the governor of the palace, he also trusted his old lord Xu Zhen a lot, and he often sent things to the officials over there, so he also met a few times. And Zhang Mao is not to mention, he served Xu Xun in Zhang's house for a long time to recuperate, and during Zhang Mao's lecture to Xu Xun, he often listened to the side, and from time to time he forgot to ask questions, but the old gentleman never scolded him, but often explained patiently. Therefore, after taking a hard breath, he spat out a muffled sentence.

"How can a good person like Lord Wu and a good gentleman like Lord Zhang ...... It's really a good person who doesn't live long, and the scourge lasts for a thousand years! ”

"Therefore, there is no cycle of retribution in this world, some are just good people who are wronged or die early, and the wicked are at large and happy." Xu Xun snorted, but his thoughts flew to his parents who were killed in his previous life, and then he said coldly, "If you want to uphold justice, it's not that you want to be fair first, but that you have the ability to do this!" ”

(To be continued)