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Hearing this respectful expression from the people below, Shi Qian was naturally full of ambition, turned around and spoke to the two followers: "Things are easy to do, as long as you wait for the two to be obedient, you will have your benefits after you go back." ”

When a servant heard this, he said to Shi Qian with joy, "Steward Shi, what are the benefits after this thing is done?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Qian opened his mouth and said, "What are the benefits, it's inconvenient to say more at the moment, and you will naturally understand when the time comes." ”

Hearing Shi Qian's words, the two servants stopped asking.

"Yes, the two of us will only act on the orders of the stone steward." The two servants replied in quick succession.

When Shi Qian heard these two people say this, he smiled and said: "If you listen to me, you will never suffer, and what you have is your benefit." If you refuse to be obedient and mess up this matter, not only will I not be able to spare you, but even Lord Shi will never be able to spare you, so you should consider it carefully. ”

Hearing Shi Qian's threatening words, the two servants spoke: "The two of us must obey Steward Shi's orders, Steward Shi told us to go east, and Steward Shi asked me to play west, and we went west." ”

When Shi Qian heard this, he smiled and said: "This is not necessary, from the current situation, as long as you and the two of you follow behind this housekeeper, it is best not to make any trouble, and not to make any mistakes." ”

When the two of them heard Shi Qian's words, they said to him repeatedly: "Thank you Steward Shi for reminding me." ”

When Shi Qian heard this, he opened his mouth and said, "Okay, you wait for the two of you to start from now, you don't need to speak, just follow the instructions of this steward in everything." ”

After several people discussed and stopped, Shi Qian led the two servants to the door of Xu Youzhen's mansion.

The sky was already a little dark, and Shi Qian groped for the big copper ring on the door under the faintly discernible light, and then raised it and knocked a few times.

The brass ring struck the door that was neither gold nor iron, making a clear sound.

I could only hear the sound of rustling inside, and soon after, I heard the door creak open, which startled Shi Qian and the two servants.

I saw an old man pop out of it, and his face was extremely dark and ugly, and he said, "Who, what are you doing here at this hour?" ”

Hearing the displeasure of this old man's words, Shi Qian stepped forward very cleverly, took out a large ingot of silver from the leather bag, and sent it to the old man who opened the door and said: "Uncle, please make it convenient and report to Lord Xu Youzhen in the house, even if Lord Shi Hengshi specially gave Lord Xu Youzhen a few gifts to show the affection of the officials of the same dynasty."

Seeing that someone handed someone a white flower of silver, the old man was naturally extremely happy, took the silver and looked at it, it was full of color, and it was a lot of extra money.

In this way, the old man immediately changed his attitude and said: "Oh, the original distinguished guest from Lord Shi Hengshi's mansion also specially sent gifts over, the distinguished guest please come to the mansion to rest, Lord Xu is on duty in the court room today, not in the mansion, Lao Er immediately go to inform Mrs. to see what Mrs. means?" ”

Hearing the old man's words, Shi Qian said: "Since this is the case, then it will be troublesome for the old man to pass on the lady." ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled and said: "This is just a gesture, please go to the mansion and sit down first, take a good rest, and the old man will immediately go to inform Mrs. to see where Mrs. is." ”

Shi Qian arched his hand at the old sky and said, "Then, this matter will bother the old man to help." ”

Hearing Shi Qian's words, the old man in Xu Youzhen's mansion waved his hand and led the two into the house.

After arriving at Xu Youzhen's mansion, Lao Cangtou placed them in a flower hall that was usually used to entertain guests.

"A few people, please wait here for a while, and go to the old man to report back to Mrs. quickly." After the old man on Xu Youzhen's mansion settled them down, he spoke to Shi Qian.

"There is work and work, please hurry up, Lord Shi is still waiting for my reply in the house." The official Shi Qian took retreat as advance, and forced a sentence without a trace in an unhurried tone.

Hearing Shi Qian's words, the old man with rich experience and good experience naturally understood his intentions, so he nodded to a few people, and then said: "Please come later, Lao Er will come when he goes." ”

After saying this, the old man quickly turned around and left.

When the two servants of the Shifu saw this, they felt a little curious.

"It's funny that the janitor in Xu Youzhen's mansion is so old." One of the servants spoke.

When Shi Qian heard this, he opened his mouth and said: "This old man is not at all, he looks old, but his brain is not confused at all. ”

Hearing Jun Shi Qian's words, the two servants looked at each other a little.

One of them opened his mouth and said, "What Steward Shi said can be, the villain doesn't quite understand, and asks Steward Shi to show it." ”

Shi Qian smiled slightly and said: "Speaking of which, this matter is simple, this old man will not accept the gift, and the second will bring us in from outside, so that no matter what happens, he will not be blamed, but a person in the house who is loyal to his duties, and there are fewer such people as masters." ”

Hearing Shi Qian's explanation, the two servants who came from Shi Heng's mansion suddenly said: "What Steward Shi said is very true, it seems that this old man in Xu You's mansion is not simple. ”

"Naturally, it's not easy." Steward Shi spoke.

"Steward Shi, since we are here as a gift, why doesn't this old man directly accept the gift we sent, and have to ask the master of the Xu Mansion, isn't this matter a little troublesome." One of the servants spoke in some confusion.

"Things are not as simple as you think, if the old man accepts the gift from our Lord Shi on behalf of the people of the Xu Mansion, and there will be a difference in the future, I am afraid that he will be the first to be unlucky." Shi Qian explained to his two servants.

Hearing the butler Shi Qian's words, the servant of the Shi Mansion who asked the question suddenly opened his mouth and said: "The Shi steward is really a word to wake up the dreamer, and now it seems that this old man in Xu Youzhen's Mansion is not simple, such a big thing can actually stand firm in four or two thousand catties, and there are no flaws." ”

A servant's admiration was palpable.

Another servant took this opportunity to compliment the butler Shi Qian: "Actually, speaking of power, there is no one who is the opponent of our Shi Steward, and the Shi Steward is a skilled person, otherwise how could Lord Shi rely on Shi Steward so much." ”

Hearing the servant's compliments, Shi Qian opened his mouth and said: "Brother said that he laughed, where does this housekeeper have such a great ability, saying that it is Shi Daren's heavy weapon is actually the cultivation of adults." Speaking of the housekeeper who can have everything today is supported by Lord Shi, if there is no trust of Lord Shi, where will this housekeeper be today. ”

"Steward Shi is really too humble." Another servant in Shi Heng's Mansion spoke.

"This is true, and this steward is not humble at all." Shi Qian smiled and spoke to another servant in Shi Heng's mansion.

Another servant replied: "Steward Shi, what kind of gifts did Lord Shi order me to give when I came to Xu Youzhen's mansion this time, the situation seems to be quite mysterious. In the past six months, it has been other people who have given gifts to our Shifu, and he has never seen our Lord Shi giving gifts outside. ”

When Shi Qian heard this, he smiled reservedly and said, "It's not a rare object, it's a hundred-year-old ginseng from Changbai Mountain. ”

"The hundred-year-old ginseng is still from Changbai Mountain, and I heard that this kind of Korean ginseng is extremely precious, and the villain once heard that the king of Goryeo does not have many such treasures." A servant in Shiheng's mansion sighed.

Another servant in Shi Heng's Mansion also said: "A hundred years of ginseng, this is the best in the world, Lord Shi's handwriting is really big, if it is all these things, it will already be a thousand gold." ”

Hearing this, another servant suddenly became interested, and then spoke: "Lord Shi naturally has his own reasons for doing things, how can we, the people below, understand. ”

Hearing this servant's words, another servant echoed and said: "This remark has won my heart, and from the current situation, Lord Shi seems to have asked Lord Xu Youzhen. ”

As soon as these words came out, another servant seemed to want something to do, so he spoke to Shi Qian: "I remember, whether it is for Lord Shi's nephew Li Kelin, I heard that Li Kelin was imprisoned by the imperial court for disaster relief, which is also helpless." ”

When Shi Qian heard this, he spoke to this person: "It's not bad at all, from the current situation, this matter is like this. ”

Hearing Shi Qian's words, the servant who had just spoken said with some surprise: "Steward Shi, could it be that I guessed a few words just now, but I couldn't guess correctly." ”

Shi Qian wanted to deliberately tease this servant in Shi Heng's mansion, so he said, "Not bad, not bad, not bad at all." ”

Hearing the butler Shi Qian's words, the servant said with great joy: "It seems that Lord Shi is really powerful, and if he wants to rescue Li Kelin, he will drag Lord Xu Youzhen into the water." ”

The other servant in Shi Heng's Mansion was a little more clever, so he asked Shi Qian with some confusion: "Butler, the villain thinks that this matter should not be like this, Lord Xu will not even fall into such a trap." ”

Shi Qian smiled and said: "This matter is all a matter for adults, I and other flat-headed juniors don't understand it at all, and there is no need to talk nonsense here, if you let Lord Shi and Master Xu know that you and I are chewing our tongues here, I'm afraid it won't make us live comfortably." ”

Hearing Shi Qian's warning, the two servants who followed hurriedly said: "Steward Shi, I just said casually, don't tell Lord Shi about these things, otherwise, Lord Shi is afraid that he will really not be able to spare me and others." ”

When Shi Qian heard this, he opened his mouth and said: "Since you say so, this matter is also a fleet, disasters are all strong, everything is often because of the opening of the mouth, as long as you two are not so broken-mouthed, how can Lord Shi blame you." ”

Hearing Shi Qian's words, the two servants spoke: "Thank you Steward Shi for your teachings. ”

Shi Qian nodded and said: "Since this is the case, things will be easy to do, obediently stay here and don't talk much, drink the tea of Xufu's hospitality, moisten your throat, keep it and have nothing else to do." ”

When the two servants heard this, they fell silent.

I could only hear the grunt of tea under the flower hall, and there was no other sound.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

After settling down a few people from Shifu, the old man hurriedly went to his wife to ask for advice on the matter.

The old man has followed Xu Youzhen for many years, and the Xu family has long regarded him as his own family.

Therefore, many old men saw Mrs. Xu in the inner hall.

"Madam, Lord Shi Hengshi sent three people to the mansion to give gifts, how to deal with this matter, please show Madame." The old man asked Mrs. Xu for instructions.

Hearing the old man's words, Mrs. Xu was a little surprised, and said to the old man: "Shi Heng, Shi Heng sent someone to give gifts." This matter is indeed a bit strange, do you know what Shi Heng wants?"

When the old man heard this, he said to Mrs. Xu: "Madam, the details of this matter are quite puzzling, but it can be vaguely concluded that it is related to Shi Heng's nephew Li Kelin. ”

Hearing what the old man said, Mrs. Xu said, "What does this have to do with Li Kelin?" ”

The old man said: "Madame doesn't know, this Li Kelin is the governor of Henan who has not been in office for a long time, or the in-law of Lord Shi. Some time ago, there was a locust plague in Henan, and Li Kelin concealed the disaster from the imperial court for the sake of his political achievements. Later, the emperor knew about it, so he detained Li Kelin in a cell, but later I didn't know if Lord Shi Heng contributed, and the emperor released Li Kelin again, and ordered him to preside over Henan's disaster relief for the minister. ”

Hearing what the old man said, Mrs. Xu interrupted: "Judging from these things, it seems that it has nothing to do with our Lord Xu, why did Shi Heng give a gift to our mansion." ”

The old man hurriedly responded: "What Madame said is, but there is no connection in the front, and there is something in the back." This Li Kelin went to Henan for disaster relief for a month, but instead of giving disaster relief, more and more people fell into the capital, and later even the emperor knew about it, so he ordered Lord Xu to handle the case with full authority. Li Kelin, that bastard boy, entered the palace again. ”

Hearing the old man's explanation, Mrs. Xu finally understood the matter, so she said to the old mangtou: "Judging from the current situation, this matter is like this, and now that things are like this, what should we do." Shi Heng sent someone to send a gift to the house, but Lord Xu happened to be not at home, whether to accept this gift or not, do you have any ideas? ”

Mrs. Xu had this inquiry, and the old man said: "It stands to reason that this gift should be refused, but Lord Shi Heng is in a high position in the court, and we Lord Xu are ministers in the same hall. If Shi Heng's face is thinned and Liang Zi is taken, it will not be a matter for Shi Heng to go against our Lord Xu everywhere in the future, according to Lao Er's opinion, Mrs. should first accept the gifts sent by Shi Heng, and wait for the master to come back and then hand them over to the master for disposal. At that time, whether to accept it or return it, the master will naturally have a saying. ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Xu, who was extremely concerned about her husband's position, said: "This is very reasonable, yes, just do it, you go and reward the person who sent Shi Heng as a gift, and accept the gift first." ”

The old man replied: "Yes, Madame, the villain will do this immediately, please rest assured Madame." ”

Mrs. Xu urged repeatedly: "The people sent by Shi Heng to give gifts should give one hundred taels each, it should be enough." ”

The old man said, "It's enough for Madam, one hundred taels is not a small amount." ”

"Well, then give each of them a hundred taels as a reward." Mrs. Xu answered.

After saying this, Mrs. Xu turned around and returned to the inner room to take out three letters of silver, and then handed them over to Lao Cangtian and said, "This matter will be handed over to you to do, and you will have a good meal." ”

Old Cangtian answered, took the silver and left.

In the living room, Shi Qiansan and the three of them waited for a while, quite bored, and a servant wanted to get up to take a look, but he heard a sound of footsteps outside the house, and then saw that the curtain of the door was lifted, and the three of them raised their eyes together, only to see the old man who had just left.

The old man stepped forward and said: "The three have been waiting for a long time, I really can't help it, Mrs. instructed to accept the gifts of Lord Shi Heng, these three letters of silver are the three of them rewarded by Mrs. for their troubled errands, please pay tribute to Lord Shi after they go back, and say thank you Lord Shi for your kindness." ”

Hearing the old man's words, Shi Qian just smiled slightly.

The two servants at the bottom were very pleased, and heard that there was a reward, and one hundred taels of silver was only a large windfall for the servants.

One of the servants looked at the heavy silver in the old man's hand, and secretly rejoiced that he had been called to be his companion today, otherwise where would he have such good luck.

Shi Qian stepped forward and said to the old man: "How embarrassing is this, I just came to your mansion to send some gifts on the order of Lord Shi, at most I ran errands, how dare I ask for a reward from Lord Xu's mansion." ”

When the other two servants heard this, they also woke up like a dream, and then stepped forward to salute: "Exactly, we just ran away, how embarrassed to ask your wife for a reward." ”

When the old man heard this, he opened his mouth and said: "You don't have to be polite, this is not a small meaning of our wife, it is not a tribute, if you refuse to accept it, it is not that our Lord Xu's house does not understand the hospitality of courtesy." ”