In the courtyard, Xu Zhou and Qingque chatted with each other.

"You come with me, I'll send you back when it's over."

Qingque promised her young lady that she would definitely invite the little jailer to her home.

For this reason, she came to the prison gate every day to squat, and it was only today that she finally met Xu Zhou, a great opportunity, she didn't want to miss it in vain.

Xu Zhou rubbed his head, wanting to go but not wanting to go.

The attraction of going to Xishui Lane Xu Mansion to discuss business is obviously not as attractive as going to the Imperial City Division to visit the senior sister Xu Zhou is still worried about Jiang Hongdou s injury he promised wei dao to take good care of his senior sister .

"Okay, okay?" Qingque blinked her round apricot eyes and shook Xu Zhou's arm and begged.

The appearance is very pitiful, which is completely different from the behavior of his first meeting with Xu Zhou.

Xu Zhou remembered that she was like an old hen who had stolen chicks, who pecked whom, and she was not very good at talking...... The changes are so big that people can't accept them for a while.

"There is chaos in the streets, how did you get here? Not scared on the road? Xu Zhou propped his chin and diverted the topic.

At the mention of this, the little girl was full of grievances, but she still held back and didn't cry.

"For the sake of me coming all the way and it's not easy, just follow me, okay?"

In the past few days, Qingque set off from Xufu in Xishui Lane early every day, and passed through several blocks to reach the Ping'an County Ya, and along the way, met no less than seven or eight waves of official officials and interrogations.

The road was turbulent, she was a little girl holding the Xu Mansion waist card tightly, God knows how difficult it was for her, every time she went back, she had to seek comfort from the young lady, and then set off on time on the second day.

Qingque is not small, because she dares to hit her aunt in the house.

At the same time, she is not very bold, and when she takes off all the guards on her body, she will secretly shed tears alone with grievances.

"Okay, okay." Xu Zhou patted his leg, stood up, and prepared to go with Qingque.

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The guests here have already set off and headed to the Xu Mansion in Xishui Lane, and the Xu Mansion over there has arrived early.

The second uncle of the Xu family went out to greet him in person, with a smile on his face.

In the past month, the Xu Mansion has to receive the distinguished guests from above every day, without exception, all of them are made by the imperial businessmen.

Half a month ago, Xu Baizhi would make a stumbling block and go toe-to-toe with these officials who wanted to buy Xu Fu Chi, but then he lay down.

She knew that it was impossible for her to rely on her identity as a businessman to reverse the general trend of Xu Fuji being elected as an imperial businessman, perhaps from the beginning, in the eyes of most people, Xu Fuji was not Xu Baizhi alone.

If the court wants someone to die in the third watch, then this person will never survive the fifth watch.

Thinking of this, Xu Baizhi withdrew from the fruitless battle, and delegated power to the second uncle of the Xu family to contact the people in the government to deal with the formalities of Xu Fuji's selection as an imperial merchant.

The same is true today, the second uncle of the Xu family got up early to get dressed, tidied up his appearance under the service of the concubine, quickly finished breakfast, drank a bowl of porridge, and waited at the gate of the Xu Mansion early, ready to welcome today's distinguished guests.

The second uncle of the Xu family is not handsome, but a little scathing, he is tall and thin, with a mustache, bulging cheekbones, and a cunning appearance.

"Xiao Wu, what time is it?"

The servant named Xiao Wu stood behind him, bowed his head and replied, "Back to the second master, it's about two o'clock in the afternoon." ”

The second uncle of the Xu family is named Xu Hongyao, which means to glorify the ancestors, and at the same time he is the second master in the Xu Mansion.

Xu Hongyao stood in front of the gate of the Xu Mansion, wearing a blue round-necked robe, raised his sleeves to cover the dazzling sunlight above his head, and sighed: "Why haven't you come yet?" ”

"Maybe it's a traffic jam." Xiao Wu said.

Xu Hongyao listened, shook his sleeves, and snorted coldly: "In my opinion, it is clear that the surname is Huang, and he wants to put his high-ranking official on the shelf, so as to suck more blood from our Xu Mansion." ”

Since Xu Baizhi had no choice but to give up power, Xu Hongyao, the second uncle of the Xu family, was responsible for receiving Huang Shilang from the household department, and he personally received nine times out of ten, and after the number of receptions increased, Xu Hongyao knew that there was no good thing in the official.

At the beginning, he also wanted to join forces with Huang Shilang to deal with his eldest niece, but slowly, he found that his niece may be right, this surname Huang is simply not a thing, every time he goes to his house to be a "guest", he asks for benefits openly and secretly, and if he doesn't give it, he will stumble next time he comes.

A simple formalities, surnamed Huang, simply dragged on for three or five days to do not work, as soon as he asked, he said that there were too many things in the household department, and he had to queue up, but after giving him money, it was done in less than half a day.

The huge contrast between before and after can't help but smack.

After many times, Xu Hongyao also felt a little distressed about his own money.

Xu Fuji is a serious businessman, he sells bowls of wine, and the hard-earned money he earns is not blown by the wind, why has he not started making a lot of money as an imperial businessman, so he has to stuff a lot of silver tickets into the stomach of a person surnamed Huang every day?

Thinking about this, Xu Hongyao had a lot of opinions about Huang Shilang.

"Second master, second master, people are here." Just thinking about it, Xiao Wu behind him pointed to the location at the entrance of Xishui Lane and shouted, Huang Shilang's carriage has arrived.

Xu Hongyao patted his shoulder, brushed the folds of his robe, and stepped forward with reluctant steps. Walking closer, Xu Hongyao aimed at the carriage and bowed his hand: "Rare guests, Lord Huang inside, please, inside, the mansion has a little coarse tea, and Lord Huang is invited to appreciate his face." ”

There was not the slightest movement in the car, except that the driver of the car clenched his fists and coughed lightly.

Xu Hongyao was reminded by the code, and with a reluctant face, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his cuffs and stuffed them into the coachman's hand, and the young coachman turned around and lifted the curtain: "My lord, when I arrive at the place, the second master of the Xu family will greet me personally." ”

Huang Shilang, who had been sitting in the car, had a big belly and moved out with difficulty.

The officials are all masters of expression management, and they asked the coachman to collect the fare from the Xu Mansion, Huang Shilang smiled heaps on his face, and his face trembled: "This weather is really hot, and the second master of trouble also went out to greet the official in person." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Xu Hongyao bent down slightly and helped Huang Shilang, who weighed more than two hundred pounds, to get out of the car.

As soon as he got out of the carriage, the carriage trembled, and the old horse pulling the carriage in front of him let go and snorted.

This flesh really didn't grow in vain.

"My lord, please inside."

Xu Hongyao spread his hands to lead the way, and led Huang Shilang to the banquet hall of Xu's mansion.

The Xu Mansion is a wealthy family, a first-class rich family, of course, it cannot be compared with the official eunuch family. The decoration of the banquet living room is simple and atmospheric, fresh and elegant, there are no particularly valuable objects, but there are a few good pots of orchid potted plants, which are also controlled by Master Xu Fu Ji fashion decoration.

Xu Hongyao personally presented a West Lake Longjing and greeted him with a smile.

"Why didn't you see the female shopkeeper of your family?"

Huang Shilang picked up the tea, took a sip, smacked his lips, and asked knowingly.

Xu Hongyao kept smiling on his face, and looked at Huang Shilang: "My eldest niece has been sick for the past few days, and her health is not very good, so she has not gone out to greet guests, and I hope Lord Huang will forgive me." ”

Hmph, if you want money and people, let's go and dream of your spring and autumn.

Xu Hongyao cursed in his heart that the surname Huang would not die well, how much he wanted that at this moment, the remnants of the Demon Sect fled to his house and chopped the surname Huang with a knife.

It's a shame that I still want to be in the same league with him before, and I'm really blind.

"Sick?" Huang Shilang squinted his eyes and rubbed his chin and muttered.

"Ah, right...... It's sick. Xu Hongyao paused for a moment and continued to lie.

Although Xu Hongyao has been at odds with his eldest niece all the year round, and he has had quarrels with his words, he has no intention of harming her, everyone is surnamed Xu, and the blood on his body is the same.

Before, it was really called lard to blind my heart.

"Drink tea and drink tea."

"Hmm......" Huang Shilang picked up the tea meaningfully, his eyes wandering around the room.