Emperor Yongzheng commended Nuo Min, the governor of Shanxi, and Zhu Zhu's edict to reprimand Tian Wenjing had just been issued, and Nuo Min received a letter from Beijing. At that time, the governors and officials of various provinces all set up mansions in Beijing, nominally to arrange for their children to study in Beijing to be elected, but in fact, the real use was to report information to the "family" in a timely manner. Therefore, Nuo Min already knew in his heart, and when he saw that Tian Wenjing was still checking the various domains in a daze, meticulously checking the accounts, he sneered in his heart, but ignored it on his face. It is the time when the country mourns the clothes, the new monarch is extremely fast, it is both the Yuan Daqing and the Lantern Festival, Nuo Min can't hold back the joy in his heart, because of the constitutional order: Taiyuan City from the thirteenth to the seventeenth of the first month Jinwu can't help the military and civilians to watch the lanterns for five days! The people who were anxious by the national funeral ceremony suddenly came out of the cage like prison birds, and they didn't know how to get excited like monkeys who unlocked the locks. Since the notice of the governor's yamen is posted, the Jin Ancestral Hall to the Jiezitui Temple stretches for dozens of miles and the lanterns are high, the painting workshop is high, the reed shed is connected with the alleys, the lamp market is dotted with dots, and the lanterns sold in the city chamber at night are as dense as the stars, and the intrigue and the gold and gold are all in a pattern. Which of the hundreds of miles of rural dwellers around doesn't want to look at this rich and romantic scene? They have poured into the city, crowded the 72 streets of Taiyuan, what wall lamps, sketches, calligraphy and paintings, lantern riddle sheds, marquee lanterns, dragon and phoenix dances, hundreds of operas, reckless style, stilts, social fire, women and men and green go all kinds of diseases, pretending to be all kinds of stories Street acting, performing arts and selling snacks, muddy and nightmarish, vast and miscellaneous decorate Taiyuan City with a fire tree and silver flower, and become a city that never sleeps.

Tian Wenjing didn't have the good mood of watching the lights. He had an envoy who originally just read the edict to the general Nian Qianyao stationed in Shaanxi, and ordered Nian Qianyao to go to Beijing to report on his work, but he returned to Beijing via Shanxi for no reason, and met Qiao Yindi, the woman who was allowed to be saved, in Yangquan. Because Qiao Yindi was alone, she was entangled by several soldiers guarding the bridge, and dozens of golden melon seeds were searched, which were to be confiscated to cover the deficit of Yangquan County. At that time, Tian Wenjing's official sedan chair happened to pass by, so he ordered to take down this group of soldiers, and went to the Yangquan County Treasury to verify, and it was indeed a deficit of 30,000. Tian Wenjing thought to himself, Shanxi Province has made up all the deficits, and it has already been rewarded by the imperial court, why is there still 30,000 taels of silver in a small Yangquan County that has not been filled? Therefore, he returned to Taiyuan with Yindi and Yangquan County Commander as a messenger, and caused an uproar with Nuomin.

Now it has been verified, the Shanxi Domain's treasury has two surplus boxes of silver, and there are indeed a lot of them, and even the deficit of Yangquan County, Nuo Min has issued bonds, saying that Quwo County will compensate for it, and the silver has already been handed over to the treasury of the Tongzheng Domain, and Shanxi Province is a genuine province without a deficit!

…… But what should you do? Not to mention that the court is newly established, he is hating the Beijing officials to cause trouble outside, and not to mention that Nuo Min's backer, the great general Fuyuan, Nian Qianyao, is just a small four-rank official, and he can't get along with a feudal official, and it will be unpredictable in the future! After checking the last account from the domain treasury, Tian Wen's mirror face was as white as paper, and he staggered out in the ridicule and laughter of the officials, and he didn't even want to go back to the post house, and he was alone in the vast sea of people and bright lights, swaying and crowding fatefully...... It took a long time to come back to my senses, and I went to a small shop with knife-cut noodles and asked for a plate of beef and a plate of peanuts to drink alone. The earth-shattering sound of gongs, drums, and musical instruments, and the dazzling dragon and lion dance, Tian Wenjing actually heard and turned a blind eye.

"Here we go!"

With a shout, a large bowl of steaming knife-cut noodles was held on a plate and gently placed in front of Tian Wenjing. When Tian Wenjing looked at that side, it was really well sharpened, and the color was similar to a willow leaf, as thin as a cicada's wings. Chopsticks are picked, each slice is about eight inches, with a bowl full of yellow and clear diced beef, red and rich pepper fried sauce, green onions, ginger and garlic fragrant, which makes people salivate. Tian Wenjing sighed, and was about to raise the chopstick, when someone in the next seat shouted, "Come and do something taboo." Although he didn't know what "taboo" was, he was touching his heart at the moment, and when he saw that the guy promised to take it again and again, he lit the bowl and said loudly: "I want to be taboo too!" How much more? ”

"Alas——!" The guy Gao Ying, holding a big magnetic pot, came over with hot sweat, didn't ask about thirty-seven twenty-one, poured into Tian Wenjing's bowl, and suddenly a sour smell rushed into his nose, choking the corners of Tian Wenjing's mouth and nose - only then did he know that the "taboo" turned out to be Shanxi old vinegar [1]

, a bowl of beef knife shaved noodles, suddenly sour and astringent.

Tian Wenjing thought about it funny, picked up the bowl and looked at it, held his breath with a horizontal heart, and drank half a bowl of sour soup first, and then slowly picked up and ate the shaved noodles, the sour and hot tastes entered his heart, and the nose clip in front of his forehead was soaked with sweat, and his heart was suddenly refreshed. I was eating and drinking, and I heard the applause and laughter from the private seat next door, and a low chord back, and I heard a woman singing:

Because of hatred, he became obsessed, turned his thoughts and thoughts, and turned his feelings upside down every day. Begonias are drunk, willows are injured, and they are generally embraced. It is even new and old, and it is still alive when it is wiped out, like grass on the plain. Since parting, only in the day, the degree will dawn at night. Today's broken spring mountain, looking through the autumn water, the road has been abandoned. Fang Ji is jealous of dreams, jade leaks are frightened, how can you sleep well? It is said that the long night is like a year, and Nong regards a year less than it is - it has been three years since the third watch, and who is not old?

"Wonderful!" Tian Wenjing was already seventy percent drunk, and praised loudly with a "snap": "But it's a little more decadent, I have a few sentences to continue!" With that, he tilted his face and recited aloud:

Only this inch of heart, worrying about the sky for no reason, the clouds cover the day. With a piano and a sword, he climbed the stairs to rely on the Xuan, but the smoke and water were misty. It's better to go back, taste all the three flavors in the pot, and let his clothes be turned upside down! Vinegar is "taboo", "taboo" is vinegar, who knows the mystery of this......

He laughed loudly, but tears burst out silently. When the guests outside saw that he was drunk, they didn't pay attention to him. In the middle of the chaos, as soon as the curtain of the door of the elegant seat rang, a half-sized girl smiled out, squatted in front of Tian Wenjing, and said: "Sir, the head of the family listens to the words quietly, and admires it. ”

"The head of the house?" Tian Wenjing's eyes flashed and asked, "Who is the head of your family?" He...... Why didn't he come by himself? ”

The girl pursed her lips and smiled and said: "My family's surname is Wu, and I am also from Beijing, and my legs and feet are a little inconvenient, so I can't come in person." ”

Tian Wenjing stood up, a gust of cold wind rushed in from outside the store, and he suddenly woke up a lot, and staggered into the elegant seat with the girl. When I looked at the head of the family, I saw that Wu Sidao was forty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a azure dodo pearl hair robe, a little goat-style hair shoulder on his head, sitting cross-legged in the middle, his slightly clear face was flushed with red light, and the two crescent moon eyebrows were pressed against the bottomless black eyes, which looked very deep, and he was groaning with a folding fan in his hand. The two women next to them are also coquettish and good-looking, full of pearls and jade, all over Luo Qi, shaking and shaking. Tian Wenjing raised his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, there is a disturbance!" ”

"You may be seated." Wu Sidao's voice was not high, but it was very clear to hear. He was also looking at Tian Wenjing, two straight broom eyebrows, the triangular eyes were shining, the slightly bulging upper lip had a mustache, but the lower lip was slightly upturned, and the corners of the mouth were slightly tilted upward. After a long time, Wu Sidao smiled indifferently, pointed to the two women, and said: "There are no outsiders, these two are going down the mountain - Fenggu and Lancao." This gentleman is a gentleman, for his birthday! May I ask Mr. Honorable Surname, Taifu? ”

Tian Wenjing pulled his braids back from the chair, sat down steadily, took the wine of the two ladies, drank it with a cup of "slurp" in one hand, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "No, Tian Wenjing." What a blessing sir! Aren't the two wives the same? Mr. Yi is rich, there should always be more than a dozen concubines? ”

"I don't marry concubines." Wu Sidao sighed and said, "Empress E, I haven't heard of who has a wife or a concubine, why bother to divide that upper and lower rank?" Oh...... Tian Wenjing...... It seems to be a messenger who went to the general of the West Road to deliver the message? ”

Tian Wenjing couldn't help but feel unhappy for a while, he and the governor of this place had turned the world upside down, and the whole world knew about it, why did this person seem to have heard nothing? And Wu Sidao's tone also made him very uncomfortable, because he smiled and said: "Shicai is listening to the sound of elegance outside, it must be the handiwork of Mr.?" I don't know where Gongxi is? ”

"I am the governor of this place."

"I'm the head of the Tobe Lang Officer!" Tian Wenjing rolled his eyelids and said proudly.

Seeing that Tian Wenjing was moved, Wu Sidao was stunned, smiled "spray", and said, "You forgot to say - it's still an angel!" ”

"It was meant to be!"

"Well......" Wu Sidao smiled teasingly, "No wonder the white light and purple mist outside are flickering tonight, this elegant room is brilliant and bright, and it is very disrespectful, it turns out that an angel has arrived." The room was full of laughter from him.

Hearing him be so contemptuous and rude, Tian Wenjing suddenly trembled with anger, stood up with the back of the chair, stared at Wu Sidao viciously, gritted his teeth and said with a cruel smile: "No matter how bad I am, I am also a scholar, and it seems that I am slightly better than the begging curtain under the fence." Don't hear the 'corner of the earth's end of the world'? Maybe the iceberg has fallen, and you take your 'Empress Nuying' to beg for food in the tomb! ”

"Master Tian sit down," Wu Sidao nodded at the chair with the handle of the fan, and said with a smile, "I am sick and evil, can't you even stand these few ridiculous words?" But the word 'iceberg' you said hit Wu's heart. The servant has an uninhibited talent, swims in Jianghuai, learns in Zhongnan, and uses the art of slaying dragons to feed the public government for decades. Willing to bow down to your lord's door and make you a famous minister of Lingyan Pavilion, are you willing to accept it? Tian Wenjing looked at Wu Sidao in amazement, and saw Wu Sidao's solemn and solemn face, not like a sarcasm, this graceful and luxurious bearing, it is indeed different from the ordinary Qingke curtain guest frugal servant, he couldn't help but sit down slowly, and said: "Do you know my current situation?" Aren't you much better than following me, a small ministry official? Wu Sidao smiled: "What do I not know about your current situation?" Shanxi is in deficit, you play but not true, check but do not know, it is the dilemma of the time is stretched, I don't take advantage of this to leave this iceberg, to inhabit your plane tree, must wait for the tree here to fall down before eating you? ”

Tian Wenjing was stunned for a long time when he heard his words, and sighed deeply: "Whether it's true or not, I feel your affection." I can't get past this 'Flame Mountain' in front of me, and I can't talk about a 'plane tree'! Nomin—" he lowered his head, "It's a hard wall, I'm afraid I won't be able to get past it if I break my head......"

"Nuo Min is so happy with his achievements, retreating to invite pets, in fact, he has no courage to write in reading, and he has no courage to break the enemy's courage in sharpening his sword, you are frightened by his bluff - to tell you, Shanxi is the first in the world in terms of deficit. It's just that you Tian Wenjing can't find out how to do it! Wu Sidao poured two glasses of wine, handed them to the two ladies to drink them, and said with a smile: "In fact, he played with power and deceived for a while, but he couldn't be bullied forever; deceived the small people, but could not deceive the gentry; When today's Zi Cong is discerning, how can Enomin's wisdom finally invite grace? The more Tian Wenjing listened, the more shocked he became, these words were all words buried in his heart, and they were obviously deceitful, and he couldn't find out by himself! This Wu Sidao is a guest in the Nuomin Yamen, or does he know the disadvantages? Why did he abandon the big and the small, abandon the glory and disgrace, and take refuge in himself, an unlucky little official? Thinking about it, I was afraid that I would meet Wu Sidao tonight, which was also a trap set by Nuo Min, because he said: "Mr.'s words are very good, but how much is it credible?" Lord Nomin, the Son of Heaven, how can you assert that he is an 'iceberg'? ”

Wu Sidao said coldly: "You can see, I am a paralyzed person. In fact, you don't know that it was Li Wei who recommended me to join Nuomin's disciples, and Nian Qianyao and I are no strangers! To tell you the truth, I can't be an official, I am a good drinker, and I have a bit of talent, so I don't want to give up easily, so I naturally want to find a solid backer. The eight words of 'courtesy, righteousness, honesty, wine, wealth' between heaven and earth are just like the eight formations of Wuxiang Hou. Honesty is the door of life, wealth is the door of death, Nuo Min enters from the door of death, how can he get out of the door of life? ”

Seeing it so heartily, Tian Wenjing couldn't help but buy it, he raised his glass and drank it, got up and said: "But the silver deposit accounts in the treasury have been checked three times, and there is no mistake. How to do it, may Mr. teach me, and never forget your great kindness! ”

"Don't say 'toothless.'" Wu Sidao said with a smile, "It's just that I have experienced ups and downs in the first half of my life, and I want to entertain myself with wine in the second half of my life." I have made an agreement with you that you will release the prefect and provide me with three thousand taels of cane heads every year; promoted to the provincial division, five thousand per year; Kaifu Fengjiang, 8,000 per year. Promise this number, and I will win the lawsuit in front of you for you! ”

Tian Wenjing stared at Wu Sidao, and when he moved, he said:

"Done!"

"A gentleman's word?"

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

"Good!" Wu Sidao looked forward to Aunt Feng and Lan Cao'er, and said with a smile, "We seem to have a little bit of a blessing - Lord Tian, have you checked the domain?" ”

Tian Wenjing was stunned and said, "Do you still need to ask?" The first thing I did was to count the treasury silver! There were three million five hundred fifty-four thousand two hundred and eleven taels of silver, which was exactly the same as the accounts. ”

"All wrapped in mulberry paper?"

"I've taken it all apart and seen it."

"Is it a Beijing ingot or a Taizhou ingot?"

"It's neither, it's miscellaneous silver. About 300,000 taels are 50,000 taels of Taizhou foot patterns. ”

Wu Sidao blinked slyly, unfolded and closed the fan in his hand, and smiled for a while: "Understood?" Tian Wenjing was still ignorant, and Wu Sidao said again: "Since the fire consumption silver has been declared to the household department, there should be no miscellaneous silver in the domain!" This is what he said-" Before he finished speaking, Tian Wenjing was already shocked, and stood up excitedly: "That's right!" How I didn't think of this layer! This means that there are only 300,000 silver in the treasury, and the rest are temporarily put together to deal with the imperial court! "Amitabha!" Wu Sidao clasped his hands together and said, "I'm finally sober up at this moment!" ”

Just when Tian Wenjing and Wu Sidao were discussing Shanxi's deficit clearance method in the small restaurant of Dengshi, the new second-class guard of Qianqingmen, Tu Lichen, came to the governor's yamen located in Xiaodongguan. Tu Lichen is the grandson of Tu Hai, the former general of Fuyuan, and is a captain of the Enyin car with his grandfather's meritorious service. On an errand under the command of Heilongjiang General Zhang Yuxiang, when the Cossack cavalry of the Rakshasa country had a disturbance incident, Tu Lichen once took the night to take eighteen knights to attack the thief camp in the city of Encapstinence, and captured the general Maharov of the Rakshasa country, and was praised as the "iron hero" by Yongzheng. Although these second-class guards were promoted to the rank of general, their positions were only leveled, but when they saw the emperor, they were given yellow coats, rewarded with dazzling eyes, and took charge of the Qianqing Gate Listening to the Political Office. Everyone understands that this person's promotion to first-class guard is only a matter of time before it is a matter of time. Tu Lichen stepped down in front of the governor's wall, and the more than 20 young guards who accompanied him also rolled the saddle and dismounted, and Goshha in front of the governor's yamen saw this battle, and knew that the origin was not small, and there was already a Si Yan Tang official rushing out, until Tu Lichen was in front of him, and he smiled and said: "My lord, ten thousand blessings!" Dare to ask the adult's surname, Taifu, and which yamen Gongxi is in? ”

Tu Lichen raised his head proudly and did not answer, and eight lamps slipped at the entrance of the governor's office, and sixteen pots of fireworks boxes, ground mice, and fireworks emitted colorful light, shining on his delicate and cold face, as indifferent as a stone statue. An accompanying guard flashed over and replied, "This is our Tujun Gate." I just came from Beijing and wanted to see Nuo Min's message. ”

"Piercing!" The official looked at Tu Lichen timidly, kowtowed and said: "I didn't receive the roll, I don't know if Lord Qincha has arrived, please wait for Tu Junmen, and go to report to Promise Zhongcheng." ”

"No need." Tu Lichen nodded and said, "I don't like that false courtesy, so I don't have to roll orders all the way." You don't have to report it, I'll go in myself. With that, he turned his face and threw the whip at one of his attendants. Only then did the officer see that there was a knife mark more than four inches long from Tu Lichen's left ear to his chin, which was shining with a terrible red light under the fireworks. He still wanted to ask for something, but he looked at Tu Lichen's arrogant expression and stepped back.

Tu Lichen said no more, the bright spurs made a tinkling metal impact on the stone road, and he came to the door of the instrument, and when he looked at the lamp, the couplet read:

Jian life stationed in the state, feeling frequent years to defend against disasters, the creator of the establishment, the abolition of the revival, the deep teaching, the thick of the raiser, the sleep and food, purely to help the people to fulfill their duties;

Make the monarch of the Jin Province, listen to the people sing praises of virtue, good self-safety, stubbornness, robbery, how can you have ascended, virtuous and hard-working, and the power can benefit the heart of heaven.

Somehow, an imperceptible smile flashed at the corner of Tu Lichen's mouth, and he looked back left and right and said, "Lord Nuo Min is worthy of these two couplets, this ambition is not bad!" Then he came in as if no one was around.

The governor of the yamen was spending the night during the Lantern Festival, and in an empty field in front of the West Flower Hall, dozens of Qing guests and a large group of masters, the stars held the moon and hugged Nuo Min on the middle seat. The two carriages played in unison, the twelve female singers wore one-color embroidered skirts, wide sleeves, dancing with lotus steps, and singing through the clouds:

Light makeup polymorphism, more dripping, frequent returns. I recognized the heart of the piano first, and wanted to tie the acacia double belt. The painting hall greets each other, smiling lightly and helplessly. When the jade screen is opened, the hibiscus tent is covered, and the shame is to explain Xiangluo. Since the lamp was burned, I haven't seen the green picking vegetables, and the double swallows a few times, Ding Ning is deeply meaningful, but he hates the obstacles. About when again? The spring is full of strong wine and sleepy, people are never bored in their idle days, tired of sleeping, and there are still flowery days......

When Tu Lichen was watching in the family, Nuo Min sat in the middle, a big oily and slippery braid thrown behind the chair, a pair of small triangular eyes on a white face like a crown jade, and a black mustache on his lips that resembled a "one" character in Lishu, wearing a rose purple lynx monkey skin robe, covered with a black satin coral buckled Baturu vest, sitting on stilts, and his hands beating to the music. Tu Lichen couldn't help frowning, he was ordered to take a private look at Nuo Min first, and then pass on the decree. Seeing this Nuo Min in front of him, he really couldn't think of what kind of demeanor it was to sit in the government office on weekdays, and he actually disposed of the Shanxi Domain, which had been owed for decades, within half a year! Just thinking about it, I saw a master leaning over to Nuo Min's ear and whispering a few words. Nuo Min sat up straight, Gege smiled and said: "This Wu Sidao, I just looked at the face of General Nian and Li Wei to take him in, the moon is the first one, and he is disabled, and he can't do anything at all, how can he eat inside and out?" - Did you get the ** that Tian Wenjing fornicated? ”

"Got it!" The master smiled and said funny: "It's really a stunner in the world - do you want Futai to call her ......?"

"Don't." Nuo Min shook his head and said, "First prisoner to the back room of the signing room, and when the will to punish Tian Wenjing arrives, he will be released to Beijing with his witness!" ”

Tu Lichen felt that he had completed Yongzheng's mission of "looking at people first and then passing on the decree", and as soon as his mouth was full, a Goshha immediately broke into front of the banquet and said loudly: "Tu Lichen, the imperial guard with a sword, has come to preach!" The idle people all avoided it, and knelt down to receive it with Nuo Min! Several women were startled by his voice coldly, and hurriedly dodged away. Nuo Min stood up in shock, but saw Tu Lichen solemnly walking to the table with the edict covered by yellow silk in both hands, and said with a smile: "The angel has arrived, but I don't know at all, guilty and guilty." Please wait, my lord, I'll change my clothes and come - set up the incense case! Tu Lichen nodded slightly, handed over the edict to his entourage, put on the yellow coat given by the emperor, flicked the front swing, walked to the south of the incense case and stood on the south, and saw Nuo Min rushing out of the bead robe, kowtowing to the ground and saying: "Chen Nuo Min respectfully invites St. Ann!" ”

"St. Ann!" Turichen replied loudly: "Nomin listens! "Say goodbye to the exhibition and read the holy decree:

Feng Zhu Pi: The prelude to Nuo Min is very clear and commendable. Shanxi's clean-up deficit can be a lesson for the world. Sent to the provinces, together with the governor and the governor to follow the law. Shanxi Tong Province has a deficit of more than 2 million, all affairs are slack, now Nuo Min has been in office for half a year, the food is clear, the money and food are all settled, and the sorrow of the predecessor will affect the current innocent provinces of the feudal officials, if you are willing to do things like Nuomin's solid work, how can there be no reason not to do things in the world? Nuo Min is the first in the world! The governor of other provinces should be ashamed and follow suit. Today, with the title of Nuo Min plus Shangshu, the one-eyed dazzle is rewarded with qualifications, and this is admired!

Nuo Min listened to the busy kowtow again and again, and said: "Please play on behalf of Lord Tu, how can Chen Nuo Min be virtuous, he will not be deeply favored by the Lord, but he should take the country as his home, be loyal to his duties, and will not leave any stone unturned, and will not close the door at night, and the deputy master of Fang will entrust him with the weight!" ”

This is the answer that has been discussed with the curtain guests, Yongzheng is a realistic person, patting the horse may be patted on the hoof, and the cliché of "liver and brain smeared to the ground and never give up" may not be willing to listen, not as good as the truth from his own mission, but more holy.

Sure enough, a smile appeared on Tu Lichen's face, he helped Nuo Min with both hands, and said, "The saint is working hard all night, and he is bent on seeking treatment. Lord Nuo is considerate of the Sacred Heart, and he is indeed a capable minister. The Lord praises you, it is not in vain for the cultivation grace of the Holy Ancestor, and it is difficult to recommend it to the young general! As he spoke, he asked, "What about Tian Wenjing?" ”

"If you return to Qincha," Nuo Min said with a solemn expression, "Lord Tian has been counting the silver accounts in the domain treasury recently. It's been cleaned up today, and I heard that I've gone to the street to see the lights. ”

"You don't seem to mind if Tian Wenjing is picky about Shanxi affairs?"

"Because a courtier is a courtier, a colleague is a son of heaven." Nuo Min replied calmly, "Originally, after half a year to pay off the arrears accumulated for decades, it is inevitable that some people will have doubts. Tian Daren is conscientious, willing to conduct field investigations, and distinguish the true from the fake for me, I am too late to be grateful! Where would it matter? But ......"

Nuo Min said and looked left and right, sighed and said, "Wen Jing shouldn't have made a courtesan to raise in the post house when he checked the deficit. It has caused a lot of discussion in the provincial capital, which is really humiliating to the officials. Although I didn't care, the next person couldn't swallow this breath, and had already taken the woman to the house. This matter should also be shown to Master Tu, how to be considerate of all parties, and not to make Lord Tian misunderstood. Tu Lichen's tense face suddenly smiled relaxedly, and only at this moment could he see the other side of his resolute and cold character, with a trace of innocent childishness. Under the guidance of Nuo Min, Tu Lichen also walked slowly to the seat, and replied, "This is a matter of your governor's office!" What do I care about you doing these things? You and Tian Wenjing have filed a lawsuit for the shortfall, and the government and the opposition have known about it. This idea is just the icing on the cake. Nuo Min sat with him, thinking about the seemingly flickering words of this young upstart, and said: "I have no selfish grudges with Brother Wenjing, but Wenjing insists on being picky and refuses to let go. Fortunately, Shengcong is far-sighted and wise, otherwise, how can Nuo Min afford the four words 'merit and favor'? As he spoke, he smiled and ordered the feast to continue. Then he saw Goshha, the boss of the door, come in and report:

"Lord Tian Wenjing has specially come to visit Lord Qincha!"

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"Taboo" is vinegar, and merchants are taboo to open a store to be sour, because it is renamed taboo.