"Madam, the second uncle is here!"

Zhou Rui's footsteps hurriedly entered the Lixiang Courtyard, and he prayed to Mrs. Wang.

"Oh, the second brother is here, hurry up and ask the second master to come back and entertain!"

A trace of doubt flashed in Mrs. Wang's eyes, and she hurriedly got up and ordered: "By the way, go and take Baoyu over and let him kiss the second uncle!" ”

As she spoke, she hurried to the front yard, and told the maid to prepare tea and desserts, she just had something to say to her second brother Wang Ziteng.

It's just that the left can't wait and the right can't wait, Mrs. Wang's heart can't help but become anxious, and she sends her henchmen to inquire about the situation from time to time.

"Madam, the second uncle went to visit the eldest lord in the East Courtyard, and I heard that it was to celebrate the eldest lord's victory!"

The maid who went to inquire about the news quickly sent back the news, Mrs. Wang's face became very ugly if she was struck by lightning, and her body shook violently and almost fell, so frightened that the cronies and maids serving around her hurriedly stretched out their hands to help, and said anxiously: "What's wrong with you, madam, do you want to ask the doctor to take a look?" ”

"No!"

Mrs. Wang forcibly commanded: "Send someone to ask, what is going on?" ”

Don't talk about Mrs. Wang, after hearing the news, the entire Rongguo Mansion was stunned, including Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng and his wife.

"Fortunately, the second master, I didn't go to the master to say something about it, otherwise my face would be swollen now!"

In front of Wang Xifeng, Jia Lian shook his head and sighed: "I can't understand it, I really can't understand it!" ”

Wang Xifeng was not embarrassed, but felt a hot pain on his face, and was silent for a long time before he said dryly: "Could it be that the eldest master won the official position this time, and there are other details in it?" ”

In his heart, he was very happy, almost the entire mansion had ridiculed and ridiculed the eldest lord for getting a seven-grade official, and the couple also felt embarrassed on their faces, but although they were unhappy as a junior, they could only pinch their noses and admit it.

They don't dare to accuse the old man of being confused, that is to be labeled as unfilial piety, the husband and wife have just become the masters of the house, but they don't dare to send the handle out indiscriminately.

It's just that I didn't expect the reversal to come so quickly and so violently!

Wang Ziteng is the leader of the four major families, notoriously shrewd and capable, he personally came to celebrate the eldest lord's victory, is there still anyone in the mansion who dares to say that the eldest lord is confused?

And when the two marquis of the Shi family also came to the door with gifts to congratulate them, the rumors that originally filled Rongguo Mansion completely disappeared, and everyone except Jia Mu was all confused, I don't know what is going on?

Even if the Rongguo Mansion was defeated and became a third-class family in Beijing, it would not really take a seventh-grade deputy envoy of soldiers and horses in his eyes, but the reactions of Wang Ziteng and the two marquis of the Shi family were confusing.

"Mother, why is that?"

Jia Zheng can definitely be called an 'older baby', if he doesn't understand, he asks the old and spicy Jia's mother, so that he won't run to the east courtyard to see the face of the eldest brother.

"Hey......"

Jia's mother sighed, and sent the confused Jia Zheng away without saying anything, and there was a kind of helplessness about her youngest son's political mind.

Is this an unclear matter, Wang Ziteng and the two marquis of the Shi family, naturally do not value the real power of the Beijing officials, they value more about the connections and power revealed when the eldest son operates the official body.

If it was possible, she naturally wanted to hold these things firmly in her hands, but unfortunately the boss was disobedient, and no matter how she hinted, she wouldn't let go.

The boss's personality has changed, no longer as stupid and filial as before, she really doesn't dare to blindly use filial piety to suppress, what is used too much, the use value is low, she still wants to take the boss at a critical moment, naturally she will not turn against the boss at such a time.

"It's just that I just fancy the connections in my hands!"

The old man leaned comfortably on the Taishi's chair, looked at his cheap son Lian Er, who was respectfully and solemnly asking for advice, and explained in a flat and slow tone: "You kid don't want to think about it, is it easy to let Jue do such a thing, if you want to get a deputy envoy with real power in the seventh grade, can you still ask the imperial history of Lantai Temple not to open his mouth to object, is it easy?" ”

Jia Lian suddenly realized that he was not a fool and naturally understood the truth, and there was a little more admiration in his eyes when he looked at the eldest master.

"Don't look at it, even if you stare your eyes out, it's useless, Lao Tzu won't hand over the last bit of connections at hand to you, and you won't be able to take it!"

Master Pardon was unmoved, and sneered: "Also, the network resources of Rongguo Mansion are all in the old lady and the old second-hand, if you can't win it, it's just a useless empty third-class general, and he has no real power in his hands and is not a fart in Beijing!" ”

After saying a few words, Lian's face turned white, and his heart was full of panic and he said: "Master......"

"Don't don't, don't pretend to be a grandson in front of Lao Tzu, the title has been given to you, what do you want to do?"

The old man didn't feel guilty at all, and pouted disdainfully: "Also, don't blame Lao Tzu for not reminding you, let Xiao Wang get the key to the inner library from the old lady as soon as possible, otherwise who will take the property of the inner library in the future, Lao Tzu will not care!" ”

"Master, ask for advice!"

Lian Er's face was not only paler at this time, but even his body began to tremble, and he looked like a pitiful little beast with an injured little beast, which was simply sad.

It's really not acted!

After Lian Er won the knighthood, he was still a little fluttering, and he regarded himself as the head of Rongguo Mansion, and every time he thought of the beautiful days in the future, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

But the old man's words just now were like a basin of cold water poured on his head, and he immediately recovered his composure from his fluttering state.

After pondering carefully following the words of the old man, he was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat.

In the past, as the external manager of the two-room couple, it was too clear what the state of the public middle school was, but it was just an empty shelf for a long time, and even the monthly silver of the subordinates was tight.

Once it is time to give gifts everywhere during the New Year's holiday, it is really difficult to the extreme, and the public treasury is almost empty enough to run horses.

There should have been a return gift to fill the public treasury fee, so it can barely settle the account, but unfortunately all the New Year's gifts sent outside have gone into the second wife's private treasury, and the public treasury has only been in and out for many years, if it weren't for the thick foundation of Rongguo Mansion, it would have been impossible to maintain it for a long time.

At present, after being reminded by the eldest master, Lian Er suddenly woke up and found that the gap in the public treasury would be taken over by him and Wang Xifeng, who called them the husband and wife to be the legitimate family members of Rongguo Mansion at this time?

"There's nothing to point out about, let your daughter-in-law figure out the account books first, and then take stock of the account books and income of Zhuangzi and the store, what are the doorways and greasy in them, I think you, the original foreign manager, should be clear in your heart!"

Master Pardon smiled and spoke, ignoring Lian Er's embarrassed face at all, and continued to 'point': "Figure out the income and expenditure of the house, and then secretly check the family background of those stewards in the house, as for the rest of the matter, Lao Tzu is too lazy to say, you should understand!" ”

This is to raid the homes of the people in the house!

Lian Er was taken aback, and said: "Master, the rules in the house have always been lenient to people......

"There is no rule in any family, so that the money in the hands of the subordinates is more than that of the main family, right?"

The old man sneered, unceremoniously interrupted Lian Er's words, and said disdainfully: "Lao Tzu has already mentioned it, as for what you and the couple will do in the future, you don't need to report to Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu doesn't have that much spare time to pay attention to it!" ”

Not to mention Lian Er's depressed face, how to discuss with Wang Xifeng about dealing with the financial crisis in the house after he went back, the eldest lord didn't pay attention to it, and after the appointment procedures of the ministry were all completed, Shi Shiran left the house and took office.

There is a saying in the capital, called the east is rich and the west is rich and the south is poor and the north is cheap, and the eldest lord is the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the north city, and he naturally has to spend most of his time in the north city.

The environment here is dirty and messy, not only the sanitary environment is bad, but the public security environment is also very poor.

The Beicheng soldier and horse envoy is named Wu Fan, a capable middle-aged man in his early thirties, born in a side branch of a noble family, which can be regarded as a bit of ability.

It's just that with his status in the family, if he doesn't have particularly significant merits, or if he is favored by nobles, his career basically stops there.

For the deputy of the pardon master, Wu Fan behaved very respectfully, and did not put himself on the official show at all.

can't afford it, the family behind him is not comparable to Rongguo Mansion, so naturally he doesn't have the confidence to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf in front of the eldest master, I just hope that the eldest lord will not be too confused, so that his life will not be too difficult.

"Boy, follow the old man in the future, you will be indispensable for power and wealth!"

When we met for the first time, the lord was not polite at all, and the anti-guest lord grinned and said: "Believe it or not, this lord is here to do something about it, you kid don't pull his hind legs, and your share of credit will be indispensable when the time comes!" ”

Wu Fan didn't dare to say anything, so he had to bite the bullet and respond again and again.

As for Ma Yuan, another deputy envoy of soldiers and horses, but he was born in the capital grass, and he finally climbed to the official position of Zhengqipin, and he didn't have time to tie up the big man, how dare he have two words?

Master pardon is not a fool, naturally he will not be unclear about the situation, so he will be stunned to do this and that, although he has a plan in his heart, and he also has a deep understanding of the situation in Beicheng through intelligence, but it is still inevitable to visit and investigate in person.

There are really not a few guys who want to see the jokes of the big lord, not to mention anything else, just in the Lantai Temple, the superior unit of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, there are many imperial histories who want to see the jokes of the big lord.

When they saw that the eldest lord had arrived, they did not take drastic measures, but only focused on inspecting and visiting the details of the northern city, and immediately thought that they had seen through the essence of the eldest lord's waste wood, and the strange words were very ugly, and once again made the eldest lord a laughing stock in the court.

But whether it is a civil official or a noble minister, no one expected that among the people who paid attention to the pardon of the lord, there would be the emperor in the palace, and the current day who is under the influence of the emperor!