On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the prince of the stove was sent away, and on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the Jade Emperor also had to observe the people's feelings in the lower realm, record the good and evil of the people, and decide the retribution of fortune and misfortune next year. It is not so easy to fool God when he dares to love God, he bought two pieces of stove candy and wiped his mouth, so that the stove prince is full of good words and it is not safe, and the big boss has to see it for himself.

Therefore, on this day, we must be cautious in our daily life and speech, and strive for good performance, so as to win the favor of the Jade Emperor and bless the coming year.

At around seven o'clock Western time, Shen Liang finished washing and wore a half-new blue cloth robe, which was already his latest piece of clothing.

The family members under him couldn't understand why the big businessmen who weaved hundreds of thousands of silk horses a year didn't have a single silk garment.

An even more unbearable scene appeared, although Shen Liang usually only ate two dishes, the chef did not dare to be sloppy, and tried his best to make it delicious and delicious, and did not hesitate to use a large amount of stock to season, Shen Liang gladly accepted. But today is different, one meat and one vegetable are gone, and they are replaced by a large coarse porcelain bowl, which contains a bunch of steaming white things, with soup and water, and is sent to Shen Liang.

The young man who had just been recruited was curious, stretched his neck to peek, and couldn't help pouting.

"Brother, in a few days for the New Year, our master will eat tofu soup?"

The old family had a strange look on his face, and said forcibly: "Wrong, it's not tofu soup, it's tofu dregs!" ”

"Ahh Isn't that for pigs? Xiao Qing shouted, he still remembered that a few years ago, his neighbor made tofu, and he got up early every morning to pick up the tofu residue to be thrown away, and the two big fat pigs at home ate not to mention how fragrant.

At the thought of his master eating the same thing as a pig, the young man couldn't help but gause, is there a guy in the world who is more picky than him!

"Big brother, isn't our master a big businessman who works for the Weaving Bureau? Why can't you eat as well as the widow of the king at the head of the village? ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lao Jia Ding gave him a fist and said in a low voice: "Boy, our master's money is enough to eat dragon liver and phoenix marrow, but in fact, he usually doesn't eat so badly." ”

"And what is today?"

"Alas, isn't it the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month today, the Jade Emperor is going to inspect the lower realm, eating tofu dregs seems to be bitter and thrifty, and the Jade Emperor will bless him a lot when he sees it."

In fact, there is also a role, that is, to avoid punishment, and it is difficult for the old family to say it.

Hearing this powerful reason, the young man was speechless for a while, who still takes this seriously! But the one in the room is. Shen Liang was holding a broken rice bowl, which was also filled with coarse brown rice, and a large bowl of tofu residue in front of him was only added with some salt, not even green onions and coriander, but he ate it with relish.

A large bowl of tofu dregs was quickly eliminated, and with a full burp, Shen Liang said with satisfaction: "Follow this at night, and have another one, who knows when the Jade Emperor will come!" ”

The old man Ding was obviously used to it, nodded hurriedly, turned around and went down to arrange, Shen Liang squinted his eyes, stood there, motionless, his face was intoxicated, the young family Ding who was waiting next to him was sweating, what was the aftertaste of a bowl of tofu dregs! He didn't know, Shen Liang was thinking about another thing at this time, Chen Menghe promised to give a reply today, if nothing else, he could requisition 20,000 mu of land in Taicang, of course, this is to deal with the government, in fact, he is ready to take 50,000 mu in one fell swoop.

50,000 acres!

It is enough for him to become a top raw silk household, although the silk workshop has made money over the years, but the supply of raw materials has been controlled by several large families. These big clans all have clansmen as officials, and they are also high-ranking officials.

According to the provisions of the "Preferential Exemption Regulations" in the 24th year of Jiajing, the first grade of Jingguan is exempted from military service with 30 stone and 30 ding, and the following is reduced to 6 stone and 6 ding per person for the ninth grade; halving of foreign officials; lifting, prison, and student preferential and free food two stones, two people; Seven out of 10 of this product is exempt.

Of course, this is only a provision, and in practice, it is simply exempted from all and not charged at all.

In this regard, Shen Liang can only cry out in vain, who made him not a reader, but it doesn't matter, what about a reader, even if it is Hanlin Qingliu, the best among readers, it is not the same to be played with in applause!

"Let's go, go to Zhizhou Yamen."

The young man hurriedly agreed, leading the way in front, and Shen Liang followed quickly. He is a very efficient person, and it is a shameful act to waste time.

However, when he reached the front yard, he slowed down, and a pair of sharp eyes landed on the two huge fish tanks. In the fish tank, there are more than a dozen golden carp, the largest of which weighs more than ten catties, and Shen Liang loves it very much. This time I moved from Suzhou to Taicang, and I specially brought the carp over.

People who are good friends with Shen Liang say that the golden carp has dragon blood, and once it crosses the dragon gate, it can soar for nine days, soar through the clouds and mist, and become a divine beast. Everyone knows that praising the carp clearly means that Shen Liang also has an extraordinary future, and he can change nine times and fly into the sky.

Shen Liang scoffed at these sycophants. He likes to raise fish, and prefers the feeling of being a cold sideliner, condescending, and in control.

In his eyes, these carps are high-ranking officials in Jiangnan officialdom, who seem to be born in two lists of Jinshi, and they are the pride of the sky. To put it bluntly, they are all firmly controlled by the shackles of the order, just like the carp in the fish tank, at his mercy and play, and the best thing is that he is completely ignorant, this wonderful feeling is even more refreshing than the candle night in the cave room and the title of the gold list!

When passing by the fish tank, Shen Liang subconsciously looked. At this moment, a golden shadow suddenly jumped out of the fish tank and slammed into the ground, and a piece of fish scales collapsed, which happened to fall on Shen Liang's nose!

Syllable!

The fishy smell was pungent to the nostrils, the tofu residue that I had just eaten, the mouth was full of bean smell, it didn't feel good, the two were combined, and Shen Liang vomited directly.

The young man was also frightened, and hurriedly bent down to catch the carp, which was slippery and slippery, and kept beating hard, and jumped from the gravel road to the flowers, and from the flowers to the trees, and everywhere he could get scattered fish scales, and the carp was in pain, and jumped more and more violently, and it became more and more difficult to catch. The family was so anxious that he was sweating, took off his clothes, pounced on the carp, picked it up and ran back.

As soon as I looked back, I almost knelt down. At this moment, the fish tank seemed to be boiling, and the carp took the wrong medicine one after another. Desperately jumped out, fell to the ground, fell into the water, and fish scales flew around, so it was not lively. Looking at Shen Liang's eyes, his face turned pale with anger, this was all painstakingly raised, and there had never been a problem, how could he suddenly have a convulsion!

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and arrest me!"

As soon as he gave the order, three or four more family members came over, and everyone was tossing and turning with a group of carp. The number of people is easy to do, grab the carp, and throw it back into the fish tank.

An even more horrific scene appeared, as if there was something strange in the fish tank, and the carp that had been thrown back into it immediately jumped out, preferring to die rather than return to their former living space.

Once, twice, three times, four times...... The scales on the big carp's body fell off a lot, revealing stains of blood, and its mouth opened weakly, and when it was thrown back into the fish tank again, the big carp struggled a few times, and seemed to be about to jump out, but it failed, and after a while it showed its white belly.

The other carp were similar, and would rather be thrown to their deaths than go back. The family cleaned up the dead fish on the ground, his face was covered with cold sweat, the old man liked these carp the most, and they all fell to death, but how to explain it!

Fortunately, the master watched it with his own eyes, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get rid of it, to say that these carp are also weird, they are usually fine, why did they go crazy today, and they didn't even want their lives, what kind of trouble is this?

Could it be that the Jade Emperor really came to the world, and the carp wanted to jump over the dragon gate, but failed?

The family was thinking wildly, but Shen Liang saw it in his eyes, and his face was terrifying.

The carp that was well raised fell to death in front of him, which is not hinting at something. Thinking of this, Shen Liang couldn't help but stare at the eyes of the biggest carp, a cold breath gushed out from the bottom of his heart, he shivered, turned around and walked towards the study. Even the family called out to him, but he didn't hear it.

When I returned to the study, I had just sat down when I heard Lao Jia Ding running over panting, and his face and hair were covered with black ash.

"Master, it's not good, the firewood room is out of water!"

When Shen Liang heard this, he suddenly stood up and roared angrily: "What? Hurry up and put out the fire! Lao Ding turned around and ran to the backyard again, Shen Liang's face was pale, he didn't have the heart to go to the Zhizhou Yamen.

First the carp died, and then the backyard caught fire, could it be that God was hinting at something? Could it be that he did something wrong and warned in advance?

"No, absolutely not, I, Shen Liang, am worthy of my heart, God will help me!" said so, but the fear in his tone could not be concealed at all.

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"Invulnerable people, there is no such thing! As long as it is a human being, there is a weakness, Shen Liang came from a humble background, and suddenly became rich, although he was careful and respectful, and made himself more Taoist than Mr. Daoxue. But he believes in fate, believes in feng shui, and believes to the point of obsession, this is his weakness! Tang Yi sneered.

When Wu Tiancheng sat in the teahouse and saw the fireworks of the Shen family, he only had infinite worship for the master.

"Master, you want to teach your apprentices, why do you say that the fire is on fire?"