The Lu family is a big family. Lu Zhi is the most powerful branch of the Lu family, in addition to Lu Zhi, this branch also includes Lu Zhi's eldest brother Lu Wen of Dali Temple, and his younger sister Lu Sang, the princess of Huainan. And the old lady Lu Li is not close to Lu Zhi, and has been supported in Lu Wen's mansion, and I don't know why she has never stepped into the general's mansion once for so many years.

As for this grandmother, Lu Yinhua still goes to the uncle's house from time to time to visit, and occasionally accompanies the old lady to the Putuo Temple of Zhanghua Mountain to worship the Buddha, with a sweet mouth, but it is very popular with the old lady. She knew that the old lady valued the elders and young of her life the most, so she wrote a letter to tell the concubine of the general's mansion and the situation of the housewife being banned, and specially invited her grandmother to come to the mansion to administer justice.

It is said that when the old lady received the letter, she was furious, smashed a fine Jingdezhen celadon teacup, angrily scolded Lu Zhi for spoiling the concubine and despising the main mother, and immediately decided to get up and go to the general's mansion the next day.

The next day, the snow stopped and the sun rose. The snow-white Shengjing was a little more angry, and the vendors and shops in Shengjing that had been closed due to the heavy snow put up colorful flags one after another, and the people who shouted and sold candy man masks shouted on the street again, and the deserted streets became prosperous again.

When the old lady's incense cart arrived at Suzaku Street, news reached the General's Mansion. Qiulan, who was leaning on the couch, shook her body, put down the bird's nest porridge in her hand, frowned lightly, and didn't speak for a long time. The maid beside her finally couldn't help but ask, "This old lady is probably here to give off the horse, master, ...... you?"

"Panic what." A sly light flashed in Qiulan's eyes, and she suddenly had an idea in her heart. She called Miaochun and whispered in her ear, and then Miaochun hurried out of the house. Qiulan exhaled softly, the smile returned to her face, she looked down at the sunlight slanting into the room, and calmly picked up the bird's nest on the table.

At this time, Nu'er was busy rummaging in Lu Zhi's study, trying to find clues to the green wrench. However, after a cup of tea, nothing was found. She sent Bai Shuangzhi to open the servants of Shudeyuan's study, but there was not much time, and it was estimated that it would only take two quarters of an hour. She became more and more anxious, pacing wildly in the study.

Suddenly, her gaze fell on the Nanmu Bogu shelf where Lu Zhi stood in the past. She approached slowly, but she was not tall yet, and her line of sight could not reach Lu Zhi's height. She slackly moved a stool and stepped on it. The body turned to the angle of Lu Zhi in her memory, and her eyes lit up!

In the upper section of the Bogu frame, there is a white jade carved landscape with a white body. The brown bronze seat of the inlaid gold wire mountain under the jade mountain looked particularly luxurious, and Nu'er reached out to take the jade mountain away, and then she tried to take down the base of the jade mountain, but found that the base was fixed.

The slave was surprised, and stood on tiptoe slightly, only to find that there was a small circular groove in the bronze seat, and this size and shape matched the green wrench. The slave pulled the wrench from his bosom and laboriously put it in.

Time stood still for two seconds, and then the partition on the side of Yushan, which looked like solid wood, suddenly moved away, and the hidden compartment opened, revealing an account book inside. The slave was overjoyed, and she took out the ledger and carefully put it into her arms, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside. She was so shocked that she immediately found a place to hide.

But I heard a conversation outside the door.

"I heard that the old lady is here, I'm afraid this Qiulan won't be able to do it for two days."

"But no, now that the general is gone, who can protect her? I've been in the house for so long, and this is the first time the old lady has returned. ”

I don't know what kind of flattering method Qiulan used to make the general die for her and protect her in every way. I'm afraid I didn't use that method, right? The speaker's tone became meaningful.

"The last time I secretly saw Qiu Lan wearing a green coat, combing Chaoyun's fragrant bun, the whole person's temperament is different from usual, did she really use the fox technique?"

The sound faded into silence, and the footsteps faded away. The slave quickly dodged away. In fact, Qiulan is favored, and she has never guessed the reason. I don't know if it's a coincidence or if Lu Zhi really misses his mother, he really hasn't had any other women after his mother's death. And Qiulan was an accident. And Lu Zhi also allowed her to wear green clothes, which is a taboo in the house.

Nu'er thought all the way, and suddenly thought of the old lady mentioned by the two maids just now. She thought to herself, and she already had a clue in her mind. When she returned to Xiaoliu Me, she immediately called Aunt Fang, "Go and check immediately, from last night to now, there is any change in Qiulan." ”

"Why did Miss suddenly want to check Aunt Qiu?" Fang Gu was puzzled.

"The old lady's intention to visit is obvious, Qiulan is not stupid, it is impossible to have no action. I didn't want to go back to my house to stay, and I was used as a shield. As she spoke, the slave took a sip of tea, thinking about the ledger and couldn't wait to know the contents, so she waved her hand, "The county lord will take a nap for a while, and all of them should step aside." Don't bother without my command. ”

"Yes." Everyone retreated in unison.

The slave opened the ledger and opened her mouth wide when she saw the number of ledgers and the people involved. She didn't know that her curiosity and casual exploration had come into contact with the most secret, secret, and sinful part of Bactria's politics. From the moment she got the ledger, she was already caught up in the whirlpool of power struggles.

In the ninth year of Yuan'an, in June, Huainan disaster relief:

The six princes - 200,000 taels, 300 quintals of rice, 50 catties of salt

Governor Li Ge - 50,000 taels, 100 quintals of rice, 10 catties of salt

Zhu Shen, the head of the household - 100,000 taels, 20 catties of salt

In the tenth year of Yuan'an, in September, the barbarians invaded and escorted grain and grass:

The Sixth Prince - 300,000 taels

Wang Zhong, the secretary of the military department, -- 150,000 taels

Liangzhou Thorn Shi Wang Quan-80,000 taels

Grain and Grass Officer Yao Dong - 10,000 taels

……

This ledger records almost all the events of large-scale corruption and bribery in Great Xia, as well as the people involved and the money involved. Almost everyone, everyone who had a pivotal position in the Great Xia Dynasty was involved, whether it was a prince, a prince, or a minister, they were all inextricably linked.

The slave never thought that at the feet of the Son of Heaven, driven by financial interests, those powerful people who looked well-dressed on weekdays would be so black-hearted, greedy for the life-saving money of the victims, greedy for the food and grass for the front-line soldiers to fight, greedy for the money allocated by the imperial court to develop farmland schools, and greedy for official salt...... They also set up private casinos and brothels, and used the ties between bureaucrats to tolerate each other and take bribes from each other, forming a huge network of interests.

It's unbelievable!

The slave slammed the ledger shut, and anger rose. I thought Lu Zhi was a wolf, but I didn't expect Lu Zhi to be a hunter hiding in the forest to hunt those vicious greedy wolves. It's just that he secretly wrote down this, fearing that it would cause death.