The people below were discussing the issue of paying tribute, and although they were not happy, they did not dare to show it. And this matter also needs to find a person of prestige to take charge.

This candidate is not easy to find, everyone pushes one, he says one, and it is lively for a while.

Seeing this scene, Gonggong Zhao was very satisfied, he wanted to please everyone in the palace, and he lived carefully, but when he came out to run errands, everyone flattered him, and he was not much better than those ministers.

Especially these merchants who do not enter the stream, they are simply grasshoppers in his hands, and they can't escape.

It's just that the noise is very dizzy, so Zhao Gonggong and Zhang Shaohua got up and went to the next room to hide quietly, he just wanted the result, the process was not important.

What's more, he also has to do the Zhang family a favor.

Zhao Gonggong sat down, and immediately a maid from the county government came forward to serve tea, and Zhang Shaohua on the side also had someone to serve.

When drinking tea, Zhao Gonggong took advantage of the cover of the tea cup to secretly glance at Zhang Shaohua, and then lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes.

Gonggong Zhao is the old man next to the Queen Mother, but when Mrs. Zhang was serving by the Queen Mother's side, he was still a little eunuch who had just entered the palace, and he almost lost his life because of a trivial matter, and it was Mrs. Zhang, who was still young at the time, interceded to exempt him from the death penalty.

It's just that he was still beaten, and he was raised for more than half a month, and he was naturally grateful to Mrs. Zhang.

But time has changed, and Mrs. Zhang, who was invincible at the beginning, has long left the palace in the center of power, and he has become one of the only few most trusted people around the Queen Mother step by step.

Mrs. Zhang still took the kindness of the year, and continued to ask Zhao's father-in-law to help her deliver the news and mention her from time to time in front of the queen mother, so that the queen mother could remember her, who had been the emperor for a while.

Even this time, it was Mrs. Zhang who took the original kindness and insisted on letting Zhao Gonggong come to Qijiang County.

In fact, for a merchant like Qin Coward, it is as easy as crushing an ant to death for Zhao Gonggong, but he is a little unhappy when he is coerced or arranged to do things.

Zhao Gonggong, who lowered his eyes, thought: Even if it is the kindness of his life, it should be over.

Zhang Shaohua didn't know Zhao's mind at all, and thought that Zhao's father-in-law and his grandmother were old acquaintances, and their relationship was very good.

And Zhang Shaohua is still thinking now: How can I bring that young man to serve by his side?

At this moment, Huang Xiu and the boy were invited in.

Huang Xiu, who walked in front, was about twenty years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a righteous face, and a medium stature, and when he smiled, he had a charm that could attract little girls.

The young man who followed him was tall and thin, fifteen or sixteen years old, his body had not yet fully grown, and he had a feeling of indistinguishability between male and female, with red lips and white teeth, and starry eyes; In Zhang Shaohua's eyes, he suddenly felt a little heartbeat.

Such a character, how can it be impossible to remember it after seeing it?

Zhang Shaohua couldn't help frowning again, this sense of familiarity is very strong, but I just can't remember where I have seen this young man?

People in Dancheng said that Lu Jiu loved to roll in the pile of women, but in fact, the other sons and young masters were not much better.

It's just that Lu Jiu doesn't like to hide it, and his parents are pampered and protected, so Lu Jiu has always been a figure on the cusp, which just grabbed everyone's attention.

For example, Zhang Shaohua in front of him, this is a very crazy and wild person, in addition to women, he also likes such a young man who has just grown up and is indistinguishable between male and female, but not many people know about this hobby.

Zhang Shaohua endured not to look at the young man, put on a humble gentleman's appearance, and first took the initiative to introduce Zhao Gonggong and himself.

Huang Xiu and the two came in and saluted, and now they saluted the two again, and the young man also stood up and bowed in the same way.

At this time, Zhang Shaohua put his eyes on the young man's body uncontrollably, and heard Huang Xiu finish introducing himself, and pointed to the young man beside him, and said, "This is Ding Hu from our Xiangfang." ”

Ding Hu grinned, and there was a small dimple on the left corner of his mouth, which looked very cute.

Zhang Shaohua's voice couldn't help but be gentler several degrees, his body leaned forward unconsciously, and asked with a smile: "How old are you this year?" What do you do in Qin's Xiangfang? Who else is in the family? ”

Huang Xiu's brows jumped slightly, and he was about to speak, but he heard Ding Hu say: "Back to Uncle Zhang's words, the youngest one is fifteen years old this year, but he is just an errand boy, and he still has his mother and sister at home. ”

The slightly hoarse voice now seemed to be pleasing to Zhang Shaohua's ears, and he himself added back the points deducted from the previous idea.

Huang Xiu's brows couldn't help frowning, he stretched out again, and took a step forward quietly, just hiding Ding Hu behind him, separating Zhang Shaohua's increasingly revealing gaze.

Zhao Gonggong watched the interaction between the three of them, and while he was happy, he glanced at Zhang Shaohua with the tail of his eyes, and said with a smile: "Ding Hu? Good name, hahaha, come, this is a little meeting gift, let's have fun. ”

As he spoke, he took out a tiger-shaped agarwood toy piece from his body.

Ding Hu walked out from behind Huang Xiu and looked at the thing in Zhao Gonggong's hand side by side with him, he seemed to be frightened, and did not dare to reach out to take it, but looked at Huang Xiu, looking pitiful.

Huang Xiu saw Zhao's father-in-law's expression, if he didn't answer, he was afraid that he would offend people; But are this man's things easy to take? patted the back of Ding Hu's head and told him to follow.

Ding Hu hurriedly bowed down and took it with both hands, and thanked him again, Ding Hu's voice was a little hoarse, probably changing his voice, but it was not difficult to hear.

It's just that Zhang Shaohua deducted two points from Ding Hu in his heart, because he prefers a crisp and pleasant voice, whether male or female, leaning on him delicately and crisply calling Lord, that is good.

After taking his seat again, Father-in-law Zhao said that he was sorry not to see Mrs. Xiao, and said that he would send someone to Xiao's house later.

Huang Xiu hurriedly helped to euphemistically refuse: "My father-in-law has a heart, but there is no one at home to receive guests now, and the master is seriously ill because of excessive sadness, and now he is resting in bed at home, and it is not convenient to meet guests." ”

Speaking of this, seeing the cold light of ill intentions in Zhao's kind eyes, Huang Xiu gave up his hand unhurriedly: "However, before we came, the master explained, although she can't come forward in person, but the birthday of the Queen Mother is the most important, as long as the father-in-law has instructions, our Qin Xiangfang will fully cooperate, and there is no other word." ”

This guarantee was unequivocal, and coupled with Huang Xiu's firm eyes, Zhao Gonggong believed five or six points.

I didn't believe in it, but naturally it was the result of surviving in the palace for so many years, and I would be suspicious of anyone and everything, and what was the meaning behind thinking about it?

The next discussion is nothing more than how many spices and how many incense are produced in the Qin family's incense workshop.

It is too simple to say that the lion has a big mouth, this is simply not enough to ask for the entire net worth of the Qin family's Xiangfang.

Huang Xiu didn't say anything good, nor did he say anything bad, and he didn't even have the slightest bit of unhappiness, rebuttal, or embarrassment.

Finally, he got up and saluted to Gonggong Zhao and Zhang Gongzi, who had been silent.

(End of chapter)