Yahuan withdrew from the house, Xu Ge Lao, Yu Dazhong, and Wang Xian looked at the delicious food on the table, smelling the meat, Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian were fine, Xu Ge Lao had been hungry for two days, and he poured a few mouthfuls of cold water into his stomach, and there was no dry goods. A sumptuous meal is right in front of you, steaming hot and with an enticing aroma.

Xu Ge Lao unconsciously licked his chapped lips, and his throat shook for a while.

Seeing this, Yu Dazhong cautiously suggested: "Elder Ge, there is no one now, why don't you eat a little?" ”

The veteran Xu Ge withdrew his gaze from the food with difficulty, turned his head firmly, and said angrily: "Xu Liang, this guy is too hateful!" He actually tempted me with such a despicable means! Hmph, the old man will never give in. ”

Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian clearly heard the sound of Xu Ge Lao swallowing his saliva with difficulty. Wang Xian walked to the door and looked outside for a while, but he didn't find anyone outside, even the two maids who were waiting for Xu Ge Lao were gone. Wang Xian gently covered the door, then walked back with a grin, leaned over to Xu Ge Lao, and said with a smile: "Ge Lao, the lower officials have seen it, and there is no one outside." Eat some now to fill your stomach! Acting is acting, you still have to take care of your body. ”

When Xu Ge heard this, he turned around again and saw that the door of the house had been covered by Wang Xian, and he couldn't see the situation outside.

Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian laughed for a while.

Xu Ge Lao glanced at the food on the table again, and hesitated: "Xu Liang is so cunning, if he finds that the things on the table have been moved, he will definitely ridicule the old man." ”

Wang Xian immediately answered, with a firm face: "The lower officials will stand up and admit that it is the temptation that the lower officials can't resist the temptation of food, and the lower officials eat." ”

Xu Ge Lao rolled his eyes: "Do you think Xu Liang will believe it!" ”

"Uh......" Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian looked at each other in amazement, and looked at Xu Ge Lao helplessly, a little helpless for a while.

Xu Ge Lao waved his hand and drove people out: "Okay, don't pestle the two of you in this house!" Let's go! ”

Yu Dazhong couldn't rest assured, "Elder Ge, there should always be someone around you to take care of you, right?" ”

Xu Ge Lao snorted, a little impatient: "Then it won't be the two of you!" ”

Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian nodded awkwardly, and both arched their hands: "Then the pavilion will rest early, and the next official will come to see you tomorrow." ”

Xu Ge Lao drove Yu Dazhong and Wang Xian away, stared at the food on the table for a long time reluctantly, gritted his teeth, snorted softly in disbelief, lifted the quilt to his head, and covered it tightly, this is going to sleep with his head bored.

Xu Liang has been paying attention to the situation over there since he sent a table of food according to Wang Qinian's suggestion. In the inner courtyard of the governor's yamen, in the temporary tent room belonging to the Xu Mansion, Xu Liang sat on the small round table against the wall and sipped tea, and several account gentlemen belonging to Liang Ji of the Xu Mansion each held a dozen account books, gathered around the two palace beauties, cautiously.

Feng Suqin, the eldest lady of the Xu Mansion, held an account book in her hand and looked at it very carefully, and her delicate eyebrows wrinkled slightly from time to time. Sitting opposite Feng Suqin was actually Empress Yi'an Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan also held this account book in her hand, but she was extremely bored and flipped through it casually, and there was Ru'er, the palace maid of the original Ciqing Palace, standing on the side.

After Zhang Yan arrived in Chang'an, she was unfamiliar with the place, except for being able to talk a few words to Feng Suqin, the eldest lady of the Xu Mansion, she had nowhere to go, and she had been accompanied by Feng Suqin for the past few days. Feng Suqin suddenly said today that she wanted to see Liang Ji's accounts for the past two years, and Zhang Yan had nothing to do, so she came over to take a look.

Feng Suqin looked at the doorway of the account book, while Zhang Yan looked at the numbers on the account book. Although she has never done business, the account book in her hand, thousands of taels of silver per month, still makes Zhang Yan secretly speechless. This is just the book in her hand, and in the hands of several account gentlemen, each of them has a thick dozen, roughly calculated, the business of the Xu Mansion is really big.

It is no wonder that Xu Liang alone was able to support nearly 100,000 Liang troops. The wealth of the Xu Mansion can really be described as a rich country. Zhang Yan glanced at Xu Liang and saw that the young governor of a province was frowning at the moment, pondering something. After a while, a Tsing Yi guard walked in cautiously, muttered something in Xu Liang's ear, Xu Liang got up, glanced at Zhang Yan and Feng Suqin, and strode out.

What did he go to do again? Zhang Yan pondered and guessed for a while, because she and Xu Liang had not met for a year or two, she didn't know much about Xu Liang's situation in Shaanxi, and she didn't continue to guess for a long time.

When I looked up again, I saw Feng Suqin, the eldest lady of Xufu, holding an account book in her hand, asking an old gentleman in the tent, who couldn't answer under Feng Suqin's questioning, and his forehead was full of sweat. When the other account gentlemen saw that the eldest lady was so interested, their faces couldn't help but change greatly, like elementary school students handing in examination papers, cautious and trembling.

Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh, Xu Liang and Feng Suqin, the two husband and wife, are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they are at stake. Thinking about it, Zhang Yan thought of Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, who were far away in Beijing, and sighed faintly.

After an afternoon's work, Feng Suqin only asked three account gentlemen, and when she saw that it was getting late, Feng Suqin gave up, and ordered those account gentlemen who did not ask to come back tomorrow, and when those account gentlemen said goodbye one by one, Feng Suqin stretched her waist, and then said to Zhang Yan apologetically: "Niangniang, let Niangniang accompany me to read the account book for an afternoon today, which really makes Niangniang tired!" ”

Zhang Yan chuckled: "Sister, this is not the palace, do you and I still need such a life?" I'm crazy about how old you are, so you and I will be called sisters. ”

Feng Suqin blinked, pursed her lips and chuckled: "My sister has this intention." ”

Zhang Yan patted her lightly, and the two looked at each other and smiled, got up and walked out. Zhang Yan sighed: "I don't know if I don't see it, I was shocked when I saw it, I really didn't expect Xufu's business to be so big." ”

Feng Suqin listened, a little annoyed, shook her head and said, "I have been in Beijing for the past two years, and I have paid less attention to Liang Ji's business. Sister Mo looks at the numbers in the account book and it looks quite big, but in fact, many accounts are messed up! I don't know what Woodsd does. ”

"Woodside?" Zhang Yan was surprised.

"Wu Side is Liang Ji's big treasurer in the northwest." Feng Suqin explained, "He originally followed me, but it was only later that Xianggong was transferred to Beijing to serve as Guanglu Siqing, and only then did he hand over Liang Ji's business in the northwest to Wu Side to take care of. Now it seems that without my supervision, Woodsted is lazy. ”

Zhang Yan chuckled and secretly wrote down the name Wu Side.

The two of them came out of the tent, and Feng Suqin saw that Zhang Yan's master and servant were walking in the direction of going back to their residence, so she couldn't help but stop and chuckled: "Sister, where are you going?" ”

Zhang Yan was surprised, "Of course it's going back." ”

Feng Suqin blinked, pulled Zhang Yan and walked to the dining room in the inner courtyard, "Sister, it's not interesting for you to eat alone, if you don't dislike it in the future, come and eat with your sister." ”

Zhang Yan hesitated: "This ...... It's not very good, you sit with Lord Xu, and I'm an outsider......"

Feng Suqin said angrily: "You and I are already sisters, how can you still say that you are outsiders." ”

Zhang Yan thought that she would be able to eat at the same table with Xu Liang for a while, and she couldn't help but have some expectations in her heart, and she still hesitated: "Wouldn't it be too reckless?" ”

"No!" Feng Suqin shook her head firmly.

Zhang Yan and Feng Suqin appeared in the dining room, and Lou Xian'er, the third lady of the Xu Mansion, who had been waiting there for a long time, was taken aback and hurriedly got up to salute. Zhang Yan's face was slightly red, and she explained embarrassedly: "I originally wanted to go back, but Sister Feng warmly invited me, but I couldn't refuse, so I came over to bother Mrs. Lou, didn't disturb Mrs. Lou?" ”

Lou Xian'er glanced at Feng Suqin in surprise, and hurriedly shook her head and said, "Niangniang is polite." It is a blessing for the lady to deign to dine with us. ”

Feng Suqin smiled and beckoned Zhang Yan to sit on the main seat, Zhang Yan refused to live or die, and finally couldn't excuse herself, so she sat down on the side.

While waiting for Xu Liang, Feng Suqin suggested: "Sister, since you and I are sisters, I think you might as well recognize another sister, plus Lou Xian'er, right?" ”

Zhang Yan was stunned, and when she saw Lou Xian'er looking at her in surprise, she nodded slightly, "That's good." ”

Feng Suqin gave Lou Xian'er a look, Lou Xian'er stood up in surprise and saluted Zhang Yan: "Xian'er has seen my sister." ”

Zhang Yan was also very happy. Now that they recognized their sisters, the topic gradually increased, and the three of them chatted for a while, and Lou Xian'er looked outside anxiously and said, "Why hasn't Xianggong come back yet?" The food is almost cold. ”

Feng Suqin said very considerately: "It's probably something else, let's wait." ”

Zhang Yan listened, looked at Feng Suqin, and then looked at Lou Xian'er, and felt like a room full of wives and concubines waiting for her husband's return. When I thought about it, my face was a little hot, and I was a little annoyed, I really shouldn't have come here.

However, if she said to leave at this time, it would be even more embarrassing, and Zhang Yan could only wait helplessly. Fortunately, Xu Liang didn't ask the three of them to wait for a long time, and said, "I'm back." ”

Xu Liang was wrapped in a gust of cold wind, strode into the dining room, took off the cloak on his body and threw it to the maid ring who greeted him, and walked to the dining table.

At this time, Xu Liang realized that there was one more person on the table.

"Uh...... How can you ...... Niangniang?" asked Xu Liang with stammering eyes wide.

Zhang Yan's face turned red, and a panic flashed in her eyes, Feng Suqin hurriedly stood up and explained to Xu Liang: "That's the case, Xianggong." Niangniang has been called sisters with me and Sister Xian'er, I think since they are sisters, wouldn't my sister eat alone and tightly, so I pulled her over. ”

Zhang Yan blushed, and her voice was like a mosquito: "Xu, Lord Xu, I'm causing you trouble." ”

Xu Liang was slightly stunned, and then waved his hand heartily: "Where does Niangniang say, you can come, I can't ask for it." ”

After saying that, everyone sat down one after another, due to Zhang Yan's special identity, at the beginning, everyone was a little restrained, but fortunately, Feng Suqin deliberately adjusted, and the atmosphere on the table gradually became natural.

Zhang Yan eats very elegantly, sandwiching vegetables in small pieces and eating in small bites. Feng Suqin and Lou Xian'er also chewed slowly, and they were tight. In contrast, Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, is really not elegant, a pair of chopsticks in his hand waved, the whole table roamed, chewed, his cheeks bulged, and a bowl of rice quickly bottomed out.

Taking advantage of the gap when Yahuan added rice to Xu Liang's bowl, Feng Suqin said: "Xianggong, I carefully looked at a few accounts in the afternoon and found a lot of problems. ”

Xu Liang snorted lightly, "Is the problem serious?" ”

Feng Suqin snorted angrily: "I haven't been in charge of Liang Ji for a year or two, and those accounts are messed up." The counting method implemented by the Xianggong in Jianchang, I see that those shopkeepers and accounts are almost lost. ”

Xu Liang listened and said: "In the past two years, I have been busy rectifying internal affairs and expanding the army, and I haven't paid much attention to Liang Ji's accounts. Is there any fraud? ”

Feng Suqin shook her head and said, "I haven't found it for the time being." However, it was found that there were many cases where the incoming and outgoing accounts did not match. Hmph, I handed Liang Ji over to Wu Side, and that's how he took care of it for me! ”

Xu Liang thought about it, and had the intention to say good things for Wu Side, so he said: "This can't be all blamed on the shopkeeper Wu, I took Luo Baiguan out to take charge of the tax department of the governor's yamen, and the shopkeeper Wu alone has to manage such a big stall as Liang Ji, and he can't be exhaustive, and it is inevitable that there will be some omissions." ”

Feng Suqin pondered for a while, and then said in a firm tone: "Xianggong, when I come back this time, I will first rectify Liang Ji's account room!" ”

Xu Liang groaned, glanced at Feng Suqin, and said indifferently: "Now is the time to use people and money, you can rectify it if you want to, but it can't affect too much." ”

Feng Suqin sniffed, obviously a little dissatisfied with Xu Liang's words.

At this time, Yahuan handed over the bowl full of rice, Xu Liang took it, and said to Zhang Yan, who was sitting quietly listening to the side: "Niangniang, Weichen patronized to discuss housework, but he neglected Niangniang, and Niangniang forgave her sins." ”

Zhang Yan was stunned for a while, shook her head, and felt bitter in her heart. The scene in front of me is like a family, and I, the guest is still a guest, and I can't interject.

Feng Suqin saw that Zhang Yan's expression was a little gloomy, so she looked at Xu Liang with disgust, squeezed her eyes at Xu Liang, and said with a smile: "I said Xianggong, we are all commensurate with Niangniang's sisters, as long as you are still Niangniang, Weichen's call, it sounds too awkward." ”

Xu Liang was stunned and asked eatingly: "I'm not called Niangniang, so what should I call it?" ”

Feng Suqin pointed at herself and said, "Niangniang should be older than you, you are just like us, call sister." ”

Lou Xian'er also raised her hand and said with great interest: "I agree!" ”

Xu Liang was stunned, and Zhang Yan's face turned red.

"Hey, sister, don't you want to?" Feng Suqin looked at Zhang Yan's flushed face and exclaimed.

"I ...... How can I have! Zhang Yan glared at Feng Suqin in shame and argued.

Xu Liang glanced at Zhang Yan embarrassedly, and glared at Feng Suqin fiercely, Feng Suqin immediately shrunk her neck and stuck out her tongue obediently.

"Ahem, Suqin sometimes likes to mess around, don't mind!" Xu Liang explained curtly.

Zhang Yan looked at Xu Liang, her face was red to the root of her ears, "I'...... I don't mind ......."

"Huh?" Xu Liang looked at Zhang Yan in surprise, suspecting that he had misheard.

However, Zhang Yan had already lowered her head under the table, so Xu Liang was inconvenient to ask any more, coughed a few times, and turned his head to ask about the matter next to Lou Xian'er, in order to change the topic. (To be continued.) )