On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, early in the morning. Light snow began to fall in the sky.

"Jin Gui, you hurry up and clean up Miss's embroidery room, Miss and Uncle will come back around noon. After packing up, remember to go to Liu Ji Pharmacy and get back the Qi Pills customized by the master. Jin Fu, the housekeeper of the Jin family, shouted loudly.

"I know, but Master Jin, it's almost noon after cleaning up, I'm afraid there won't be enough time, I'll go to the pharmacy in the afternoon." A young man named Jin Gui came out of the study with a feather duster and agreed.

This young man saw the notice half a year ago and came to the Jin Mansion to apply for a job, and was taken by the housekeeper Jin Fu at a glance. No one cares about his surname, in fact, even if he said it at the time, he was forgotten by others, because after entering the house, the Jin family renamed him Jin Gui.

Jin Gui is 16 years old this year, according to him, he was originally a scholar of a large family in Jingxian County, Jinzhou, but later because the master's family suffered a great disaster and was ruined, he was dismissed and exiled to Yixian, because he had no other skills, he could only be a servant. Although the appearance is not handsome, but the eyebrows are beautiful and very pleasing, usually people are very clean and tidy, and the work is also nimble, especially the beautiful handwriting of the fly-headed Xiaokai, at a glance you know that it is a child's work, so it is arranged to clean in the study, and also do some copying and writing work for Jinzhi County, which is deeply loved by the people in the Jin House.

"There's no hurry, don't forget. Jin Fu reminded.

"Okay. Jin Guizhi responded.

Noon. The snow on the road was no longer on the foot, and the snow was getting heavier.

The golden house is not far from the county government, a total of three courtyards, magnificent. At this time, the Jin family was holding a feast to receive the young lady of the Jin family who came back to save her relatives. The Jin family did not hire many servants, so for such a big scene, Jin Gui had to join the team of waiters.

Sitting at the head of the wine table was Sun Lang, the son-in-law of the Jin family, the leader of the wolf head gang, Miss Jin, Jin Zhixian, Mrs. Jin, and Mrs. Wufang of Jin Zhixian were on the left and right. The maids are mainly responsible for serving food and serving tea and water, while Jin Gui is mainly responsible for pouring wine.

Sun Lang was a tall, sturdy man of twenty-seven or eighteen, and despite the fact that it was winter, he still left his shirt open, revealing his scarred but very strong muscles. But the strange thing is that as the son-in-law of the Jin family, he has no respect for his father-in-law, but Jin Zhixian has to accompany him with a respectful and flattering smile.

"You have contributed a lot to getting the Zhao family's piece of land, my father-in-law. After three rounds of drinking, Sun Lang suddenly said without saltiness.

"Zhao family?land?" Jin Gui was stunned for a moment, and then pricked up his ears to listen to what was going on.

When Jin Zhixian heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he immediately lowered his face and ordered left and right: "You all retreat outside the door and wait, I will call you in again if there is something." ”

Jin Gui sneered softly, held the wine plate in his hand and retreated to the door with everyone, standing left and right.

Jin Zhixian saw that he was left and right, and hurriedly changed his smile and said, "Uncle, look at what you said, how can I have any credit." Seriously, I just arrived in Yixian County half a year ago, and the relationship between the top and bottom of the officialdom has not been straightened out, and the ordinary people dare not buy my account. I looked for that Zhao Jingxu several times, but no matter how much money I paid, that damn Lang Zhong just refused to sell that piece of medicine field. I can't come hard, the county magistrate who just came to forcibly occupy the people's land, this word is really unpleasant, so I have no choice. If you hadn't found your brothers to destroy his family, I wouldn't have been able to buy it for you. So I don't dare to take the word credit. ”

"Master of the county, you have to hire a murderer to get a piece of land, and I will do it for you. If it weren't for the fact that I was bound to get this place, I wouldn't have bothered to help you. ”

"That's why I say I don't have any credit. Having said that, this trick is really useful, if it weren't for the trick you taught, how could the matter on the other side of my old house be solved so smoothly?"

"Hahahaha. The two looked at each other and laughed.

"But," Sun Lang said with a sudden cold face: "I killed him half a year ago, why did I get this land and make me wait for so long?"

Jin Zhixian said with a smile on his face: "You have to wait until this matter is calm." Yixian has never been in trouble before, and when I first came, there was a case of extermination in broad daylight, and I had to buy his family's medicine field in a hurry before I caught the murderer, which will always make people suspicious. ”

"Didn't I let the little brothers leave a bloody word on the wall, 'If you don't pay your debts, your life will be compensated'?"

"But this is also the place that makes the common people suspicious, Zhao Langzhong's family has been practicing medicine for generations, although the family is not wealthy, but it is also a little wealthy, and there is no need for food and clothing, where do you want to borrow debts? Although the person is killed, the family's property is not lost, where is it like asking for debts? As a last resort, I can only slowly figure it out, while pretending to offer a reward for catching the murderer, and at the same time looking for an opportunity to buy land. Recently, after the matter subsided, I found the patriarch of the Zhao family and told him that the county planned to build an official road to the state capital, and the medicine field of the Zhao Langzhong family was located in the place where the official road must pass, and the county government must demolish this field and take it away, and then the county government signed a land deed with the Zhao family. This is the title deed signed with the head of the Zhao family. "Jin Zhixian handed over a title deed to Gang Master Sun.

"Wasn't it so troublesome to use this excuse in the first place? Why didn't you use it at the time?"

"At that time, I was new to the official career, and I didn't understand the rules of officialdom. Jin Zhixian replied in a low voice.

"Then no one in the Zhao family objected when the title deed was signed?"

"No, Zhao Langzhong did not leave a direct bloodline, and there was no contact with his clan brothers, plus the location of the land itself was not good, and the Zhao family didn't think about getting it back, and now sold it to the county government, the Zhao family Changbai left this silver, and he didn't offend the government, why not?"

"But," Jin Zhixian continued, "then again, what do you want a useless broken medicine field for, if you want to build a house, I'll find you a piece of land in the city with wonderful feng shui." ”

Sun Lang's face sank again: "I told you everything you should know, and you better ask less if you shouldn't know." Don't think that if I marry your daughter, you will be my father-in-law steadily, that is, your daughter is still in the eye, I call you a father-in-law, maybe one day I will be tired, you are a fart if you divorce her!"

"Yes, yes, yes, what you said is, I don't ask, I don't ask. Jin Zhixian said sneeringly.

"There is another thing I have to tell you, although the brothers killed Zhao Langzhong and his wife, but there was a helper from another county who came to plant medicinal fields and two servants from the same township in his family, and he was dismissed for unknown reasons the day before, and there was a primary apprentice named Shi An in the family who also went out to buy medicinal materials and was not at home, so he did not eradicate the roots. Kim added.

"It's okay, three mud legs and a little hairy child can't make any big waves. Sun Lang smiled.

At this time, no one noticed that Jin Gui, who was far away outside the door, suddenly clenched his teeth, angry flames appeared in his tearful eyes, his hands trembled vigorously, and the wine plate he was holding also fell off with trembling, and with a "snap", the wine jug full of wine fell to pieces.

"What's wrong?" shouted in the house.

When he saw the wine jug broken on the ground outside the house rushing over like crazy, he raised his hand and gave Jin Gui two slaps, as if he had infinite resentment to vent.

"Dog minion, I don't treat you well on weekdays, don't you give you face? Do you know that this is the reward given to me by Master Pan in the state sentence, and I dare to break it, you are going to die? Come on, beat me to death. ”

Jin Gui's eyes widened angrily, staring at Jin Zhixian's flushed face, and he had been suppressing the endless anger in his heart and seemed to explode at any time. But then he thought of something, his eyes quickly dimmed, and he let the family who rushed in drag him away.

Jin Fu, the housekeeper who rushed to hear the news, couldn't bear it when he saw this scene, and hurriedly said: "Master is angry, Jin Gui has been cleaning up the young lady's boudoir all morning, he is tired early, and he didn't bother to eat at noon, and he has stood in such a cold snow for so long, it is estimated that his hands are shaking from the cold before he breaks." Jin Gui has always been cautious in his work, and he has never made any mistakes, please forgive him this time. Jin Fu paused and said, "Besides, there are still distinguished guests who need your company today, don't be angry, I will deal with the rest." ”

Jin Zhixian seemed to be angry, "Forget it, the broken wine jug is not worth a few dollars." Jin Gui, write it down this time, you don't need to clean the study from tomorrow, and I don't need you to serve, give me a lifetime of chopping firewood in the firewood room. You also remember it for me, don't always think that if I treat you well, I can kick my nose in the face, and then there will be a day when no one goes down in your eyes. As he spoke, he glanced back at Sun Lang, who was sitting at the wine table, and saw that he was looking at him, so he immediately put on a smiling face and said to his son-in-law: "This dog slave is rude, don't surprise you, come on, hurry up and refill the wine for your uncle." Then he turned back to the table.

"Why don't you thank the master quickly?" Jin Fu said quickly.

"Master Xie. Jin Gui bowed his head and said to Jin Zhixian in the house, then turned back to Jin Fu and said, "Xie Jinye." ”

"Okay, hurry up and get medicine for the master, I'll find someone to do it here." Jin Fu said, and quietly pulled Jin Gui aside, and said softly: "Don't blame the master, he is not angry at you, it's all that guy, he hasn't looked at the master since he entered the door, as if the master is his grandson, and the master scolding you is also venting the anger in his heart, don't go to your heart." ”

Jin Gui said: "Master Jin, I understand. ”