The early morning sun shines on the big stone lion in front of the gate of the Ji Mansion, the stone slabs in front of the door are cleaned cleanly, the lattices on both sides are also wrapped in red silk, and the stewards are wearing new clothes and standing happily outside the door, as if welcoming relatives.

As the sun gradually rose, there were more guests in front of the door to congratulate the gifts, and two stewards moved a table at the door, and the gifts received were recorded in the account book, and then put them in the concierge, and the steward who welcomed the guests kept giving gifts and invited the guests into the house.

Qin Wen took Lu Tiancheng to the door of Ji Mansion, because Brother Cheng used to be in the mountains and forests, and he had a lot of festivals with the demons in Beicheng, so Qin Wen didn't bring him to this kind of scene, so he casually called Lu Tiancheng, who had been in charge of the accounts, Lu Tiancheng was holding a light and fluttering small gift box in his hand, which was also a little eye-catching compared to other guests, but Qin Wen didn't care, he also knew that Ji Ye invited him not to take a fancy to the gift.

Walking to the steward who received the gift list, Lu Tiancheng handed over the invitation card and gift box, and after the steward took the gift box, he glanced at Qin Wen with some doubts, and then asked Lu Tiancheng: "May I ask which house is the guest from?"

Lu Tiancheng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw the guests behind him take out dozens of gifts, and said in a slightly low voice: "We are from the Qin Mansion." ”

I don't know if the steward of Lu Dao really didn't hear it, or if he deliberately made Qin Wen and Lu Tiancheng embarrassed, and asked again: "Which house are you from?"

At this time, Liu Laosan walked over from the mansion in new clothes, and just when he heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and then greeted him with a smile and said, "Qin family master, when did you come?" Then he turned to the bookkeeper and said, "Remember, it's the Qin Mansion, if you don't have good ears, I will let Mengzi remember it for you." ”

The two bookkeepers got up and bowed their heads to listen to Liu Laosan's reprimand, and when Liu Laosan led Qin Wen into the mansion with a smile on his face, a monk who was carrying gifts couldn't help but whisper to the bookkeeper: "Who were those two people just now?" I see that Steward Liu is very familiar with them. But I haven't seen him in our Ji Mansion. ”

The bookkeeper looked at Liu Laosan, who had left, and said a little angrily: "Who knows which two hillbillies from which family Lu Dao came to our Ji Mansion and took such a small gift box, maybe it was a spirit stone picked up from there?"

At this time, the guest who came in behind him looked at the Qin Mansion written on it, and thought for a while: "I have just heard of this Qin Mansion, it should be the Qin family that took the Shi Mansion two days ago, I heard that it is just a monk who has just come to our city for a few days. I didn't expect to get in touch with Ji Ye so soon. ”

Hearing the guests' words, the monk who kept the accounts thought of the matter that Liu Laosan had summoned some of the stewards to Shifu a few days ago, and his face showed an expression of sudden realization, but he still pouted at Qin Wen's back with some disdain, and did not say anything out of the ordinary.

After Qin Wen entered the Ji Mansion, he saw that there were lights everywhere, guests were full, and the maids were holding tea and snacks like butterflies wearing flowers. Liu Laosan asked a servant next to him to lead Lu Tiancheng to the makeshift tent outside, where the stewards brought by the guests were sitting. Then he led Qin Wen into the main hall.

The main hall was also full of people, and the guests who were led in by the stewards were brought to an old man sitting on a Taishi chair, the old man had spiritual cultivation, wearing a brand-new yellow robe, and a faint smile appeared on his slightly round face, and he met a slightly heavier guest. So he got up and saluted the other person.

Without Liu Laosan's introduction, Qin Wen knew that this spiritual monk should be the head of the Ji Mansion, and after seeing that the guests in front of him had already seen the ceremony, he walked to the square table placed in the hall, Qin Wen also stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "Qin Wen congratulates Ji Ye on being elected deacon this time." ”

Seeing Ji Ye's eyes, there was a slight doubt. Liu Laosan hurriedly introduced: "Ji Ye, this is the Qinwen monk of Dongcheng, the Shi family manor. ”

When he mentioned the Shi family, Ji Ye immediately understood, and he also bowed his hand slightly: "The head of the Qin family doesn't need to be polite, I heard Liu San say that you are more familiar with him, and you will come to the house more often in your spare time in the future." ”

After Qin Wen and Ji Ye saw the ceremony, Liu Laosan took him to a position among the guests, and arranged for Qin Wen to sit down, Liu Laosan confessed and left, Qin Wen knew that he was going to greet the guests today, so he nodded, sat down casually and drank a few sips of tea, and pinched a few nuts on the plate to kill time.

It was almost noon, the guests were basically seated, Liu Laosan, who was standing outside the hall door, waved his hand outside, and a burst of fragrance came to the nose, dozens of small maids in green clothes entered the main hall with trays, and put plates of dishes on the table where the guests were sitting.

After the maids retreated, Ji Ye got up and said: "Today is my Ji Chang's big day, thanks to the care of the heads of the family, let me achieve the position of deacon, I came out of Dongcheng, as long as you have something to ask me Ji someone to help in the future, I Ji Chang is absolutely duty-bound." ”

Speaking of this, Ji Chang picked up a glass of wine and said: "Come on, let's do this glass first, now our Dongcheng has three seats on the deacon, and this time it has also earned some benefits for our Dongcheng, after drinking this glass of wine, I will discuss with you carefully." ”

At this time, Ji Chang, who was smiling, just wanted to drink the wine in his hand, but a somewhat yin and yang voice came from the second table of the main seat: "If Brother Ji has something, it is better to say it first, lest I be embarrassed to say no more after drinking this glass of wine." ”

After Ji Chang heard this, his hand holding the wine glass couldn't help but stop in mid-air, the smile on his face froze, and he turned to look at the person who spoke on the table: "What does Brother Huang mean by this, can't I Ji someone even afford a glass of water and wine?"

At this time, the joyful atmosphere in the hall just now suddenly became cold, Qin Wen was sitting in a position where he could just see the monk who spoke just now, a middle-aged man with a slightly gloomy face, Qin Wen listened to what Ji Chang said Brother Huang, and immediately thought that this should be Huang Wuye, who was not quite right between Dongcheng and Ji Mansion, but he didn't expect Ji Chang to invite him over.

Ji Chang didn't expect Huang Wuye to make himself unable to step down at this time, there was not much grudge between him and Huang Wuye, but there were some small frictions when he was fighting for territory in the past.

I just want to take this opportunity to ease the relationship between the two sides, and I also want everyone to see his generosity, when he saw Huang Wuye invited to come, he was very happy, he didn't expect him to have a seizure at this juncture.

Now Huang Wuye has calculated that Ji Chang will not dare to do anything to himself at this banquet, and Ji Chang is indeed unwilling to do so, the realm between him and Huang Wuye is originally between Bozhong, even if it is added to the offerings in the mansion, at most, it will seriously injure Huang Wuye, and it is not easy to stay.

And as long as you make a move, even if this carefully prepared banquet is all smashed, the fundraising thing is still second, it is estimated that tomorrow's street will be uploaded to this matter, as soon as he becomes a deacon, he will become a laughing stock among the other eleven deacons, thinking of this, Ji Chang waved his hand back slightly, signaling the worship not to do it at this time.

Then he forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Since Brother Huang said so, let's drink this glass of wine for a while, I will tell you about the matter first, everyone knows that we are monks in Dongcheng who came relatively late in the expulsion city, and there is still a gap between us and those big families in Xicheng and Beicheng." ”

"When we first came, the families of Xicheng and Beicheng relied on the shops they built, almost earning all the savings of our Dongcheng monks, since I became a deacon, I have thought about this problem, if our Dongcheng family wants to develop, it is not enough to do things day and night by themselves, we also have to be like them, turn back to earn their spirit stones. ”

Speaking of this, Ji Chang glanced at the monks in the hall with his eyes, and saw that all the people were listening to him attentively, and his mood also relaxed slightly: "Now that we have this opportunity, our city is ready to develop a shop in the northwest mine area, so that the shops in the main city can be moved out of the main city, Xicheng and Beicheng are fighting for this place, and we in Dongcheng should also seize this opportunity." ”

"I made a proposal at the deacons meeting, let all the deacons bid for this place, although I Ji Chang has a slight income, but compared with the families of the other two cities, I invited everyone to come today, let's all jointly contribute to bid for this land, I can guarantee here that every spirit stone you produce will be counted as a share of the store in the future, and we will all share the weal and woe in the future, and if there are spirit stones, we will earn it together with the monks in Dongcheng." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Huang Wuye say coldly: "You are in charge of the spirit stones we have produced, if we buy this land in the future, the income will also be in charge of you, how do we know how much money we have made in the Dao?

Ji Chang's eyes approached Huang Wuye and said: "The spirit stones sold in each store are accountable, I Ji someone guarantees with his personality, and he will never take a low-grade spirit stone from it, this is just our first project, there will be more such opportunities in the future, as long as everyone follows me Ji someone, I will definitely not treat everyone badly." ”

Huang Wuye should have come to stir up the situation today, he didn't get up, but said in a cold tone: "I can't trust you Ji Chang a little, but today I really want to see how many people will come out with this spirit stone." (To be continued......)