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Wang Chengde galloped all the way with his family, and the pedestrians around him avoided until they stopped outside the gate of a house.

Seeing this, the subordinate who had been cold-faced outside the door immediately smiled all over his face, hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horse, and beckoned the young master of the Wang family to enter.

"Congratulations, young master!"

"Young master, great joy!"

These subordinates now also know that they have become a top three yuan controller, and naturally they want to take advantage of this matter to make as much reward as possible, so one is sweeter than a mouth, as if it has been smeared with honey.

And according to past experience, Wang Chengde has always been generous, so the reward given today is likely to be a large amount.

All the subordinates looked at Wang Chengde expectantly, secretly thinking about how to spend this money.

However, to their surprise, Wang Chengde, who got off the horse, had a frost on his face, and his eyes were just moving forward, as if he hadn't seen anything around him, and walked straight inside.

The size of the Wang family's mansion can be described as one of the best in Muyuan County, and Wang Chengde walked for a while before coming to the courtyard where his father's study was located.

Without Wang Chengde's signal, Wang Er stopped at the gate of the courtyard by himself, although he was the only one who could follow here, he was not qualified to enter this courtyard.

Wang Chengde came to the door of the study, knocked lightly three times, and said, "Father, it's me Chengde, I have something urgent to report to you." ”

After a few breaths, Wang Chengye's voice came from the study: "If there is anything that needs to be so flustered, come in and say!"

The study was large, but it was filled with tall shelves of books, and on top of them were stacks of books. It can be seen that these books are not completely decorations, at least the bookshelf closest to Wang Chengye, the books on it are relatively shabby, which should be because they have been read many times.

There was a middle-aged man sitting next to the desk, with luxurious but unassuming clothes, more wrinkles on his forehead, and deep eyes, who was Wang Chengde's father, Wang Chengye.

"Isn't today a big day for you to be on the list, why do you seem to be a little unhappy when you listen to your voice? What other big things can happen in this small place in Muyuan County?" Wang Chengye put down the book in his hand, slowly raised his head, and looked at Wang Chengde.

Wang Chengde was not accustomed to his father's vision, so he unconsciously looked away, and did not dare to find a chair to sit down, so he stood and told all the things he encountered in Tuqiao Village this morning.

Wang Chengye listened seriously, but at first he smiled and felt interested, but after hearing it, he gradually became serious and slightly worried, until the end, he breathed a long sigh of relief, as if a big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground.

"Father, I'm done. ”

After Wang Chengde finished speaking, he was quite worried in his heart, and he didn't know how his father would punish him, so he just looked down at the table legs.

After all, the four hundred and sixty taels of silver lost were not completely unaffordable for the Wang family, but they were also a lot of money. You must know that all the industries of the Wang family, the net income of a year is only nearly 3,000 taels of silver.

The silver tickets on Wang Chengde's body were originally gifts that Wang Chengye received from his colleagues in the county government, and then he was happy to reward him with all of them.

"I only lost four hundred and sixty taels, which is really too little, so you can take this note now and go to the account office to withdraw a thousand taels of silver tickets. Also, after taking the silver ticket, let your mother take out a bottle of quenching spirit liquid, and I will take you to the Zhao County Decree Mansion later. ”

"What?"

Wang Chengde raised his head and opened his mouth wide, as if he didn't hear too clearly.

The father actually didn't punish himself for losing more than 400 taels of silver first, but he thought that the amount was too small, and he wanted to go to the Lingjia family in Zhao County to give gifts?

"What are you doing in a daze?

Wang Chengye saw that his son was still rubbing in front of him, and his eyes suddenly widened, his eyebrows raised, and he was about to attack.

"Yes! I'll go!"

Wang Chengde's movements were fast, and after less than ten minutes, both items were ready.

The quenching liquid was originally contained in a jade bottle, only about ten centimeters high, and Wang Chengde's mother learned that it was used for gifts, so she found a delicate wooden box of the same size and put the jade bottle inside.

The quenching spirit liquid is extremely rare in the entire Cloud Country, and its value is extremely high.

The main effect is to accelerate the growth of elemental crystal embryos in the human body, increase the success rate of crystal embryos condensed into crystal nuclei, and also have a certain effect of enhancing the user's physique.

And if a Elemental Controller can successfully condense the crystal nucleus, it means that he has become a true elementalist.

Wang Chengde looked at this gift box, and he was even more distressed, because the price of this small bottle of quenching liquid was not only more than 1,000 taels, but if there was no such thing, it should be left for himself in the future.

Thinking of this, Wang Chengde suddenly remembered something and asked, "Father, I remember that Zhao Ze himself has long been an elemental master and has no heirs, why do we want to give him a bottle of quenching spirit liquid? Wouldn't it be better to exchange it for other gifts of similar value?"

"The father didn't really give it to him, but pretended to borrow his hand and transferred it to Yang Li. While Wang Chengye patiently answered, he had already checked the silver ticket and quenching liquid, and began to prepare to set off.

When Wang Chengde came back, he had already learned the assessment results of Muyuan County this year, and he was even more incomprehensible at this time, so he couldn't help but complain: "Give it to Yang Li, although he is already a Yuan controller, but I have already paid him a full four hundred and sixty taels of silver, why do I still need to send such a valuable thing? I and he are both top three Yuan controllers, and the results are comparable, if our Wang family doesn't trouble him, he should be grateful to Dade and thank God, where do we need to give gifts?" And in my opinion, we don't have to give Zhao Ze so much money, two or three hundred taels is almost the same!"

"Then let me ask you, in Muyuan County, is it Zhao Zeda, or is it my Wang Jiada?" Wang Chengye asked rhetorically.

"Muyuan County is a medium-sized county, father, you are the main bookkeeper and the official residence is the ninth product, and Lord Zhao is the county official and the seventh product, although our Wang family has some industrial foundation, but when the real competition is not on the table, it is still Zhao Zeda. ”

"If you don't consider the impact of your official position, is Zhao Ze powerful, or am I powerful?"

"Zhao Ze is not yet thirty years old, he is already the lord of a county, and he is also the strength of an elemental master; In comparison, it seems that Zhao County Lingqiang is still a little bit ......"

Wang Chengde replied while observing his father's face worriedly.

However, when Wang Chengye heard this evaluation, he did not feel angry at all, but said: "It's not a little stronger, but much stronger! How many people in Cangzhou can be as young as him who can achieve a high rank of the seventh grade? Moreover, Zhao Ze, as an elemental master, has a good foundation, and there are people in the court to support him, and his future can be described as limitless. ”

"Such a powerful character, as a father, I can't try my best to climb the relationship! However, it is also a top three achievement, why did Zhao Ze personally go to Tuqiao Village to visit Yang Li, but only sent a congratulatory post to our Wang family?"

"That's right!"

Wang Chengde was also puzzled by this, and then said: "My Wang family has a bit of an in-law relationship with Zhao Ze, I can't figure out why Zhao Ze values that Yang Li so much!"

"Yes, yes, yes, did I ask you, or did you ask me?"

Wang Chengye saw that his son still couldn't figure it out, so he had to explain by himself, "Zhao Ze is a person who acts exquisitely, and there is no reason to show favor to a person for no reason. Therefore, my father guessed that this Yang Li must be more than just a top three candidate, and he must have some other hidden identity, such as his close relationship with a high-ranking official, or his royal blood, etc. ”

Wang Chengde saw that his father was already a little impatient, so he nodded reluctantly, but he was still not convinced in his heart: "What other identity can be more powerful than the top three candidates? Could it be that the top candidates in Yunguo only appeared once decades ago? It's just a joke!"

Before they knew it, the father and son had gone out of the gate one after the other, and found that two sedan chairs had been prepared at the door. Wang Er stood aside attentively, a smile on his face that looked a little flattering.

"Hey, you know we're going out?" Wang Chengye asked strangely.

A trace of imperceptible panic flashed on Wang Er's face, but he was not noticed by anyone, only to see him respectfully replied: "It was the young master who just ordered it in advance." ”

"Yes, Chengde, you are finally a little smarter than before. Wang Chengye nodded and praised.

"This guy is really good at doing things, I didn't even tell him, but I can think of this. Wang Chengde was also very satisfied.

......

That afternoon, Yang Li and his sister visited Aunt Li next door, gave out a silver ticket of fifty taels, and then packed up their things and prepared to go out.

Anyway, this home was almost impoverished before, and there were not many items to bring, and after going to the county seat to find a good place in the afternoon, you can move in directly.

It may be cumbersome and time-consuming for ordinary people to go through the relevant procedures, but for Yang Li, a person who has already achieved the top three results, it is just a matter of words.

But at this moment, there was another knock on the door.

The person who came was an entourage from Zhao Ze's mansion, and respectfully handed over a framed invitation.

After Yang Li sent him away, he opened the invitation and finished reading, and couldn't help but smile and said to his sister: "It seems that we are going to postpone going out again." Zhao Ze invited our brother and sister to his mansion for a banquet in the evening, and said that he had a suitable mansion there that he could sell to us. ”