I defeated Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning!

Chapter 28 Slowly enlighten yourself!
Liu House.

The sky is filled with flying snow and silver powder and jade chips.

This year, the Liu Mansion was particularly lively, with an endless stream of visitors, the butler greeted the guests with stiff hands and feet, and was dazzled when receiving gifts.

During the cold winter months, you should stay at home warmly, but there are so many people giving gifts, the housekeeper has to stand in the cold wind and keep smiling even though his face is frozen.

This is also impossible.

The visiting guests are all distinguished, either wealthy and dignified, who have the qualifications to buy officials and authorize them, or are officials appointed by the imperial court, who have the right to participate in and discuss state affairs.

Even if the Liu family is very prosperous now, they cannot easily offend these people.

It is a long-term way to compare officials and officials, not to be noble.

"Oh, isn't this Master Wu?"

The butler stood there and greeted him warmly.

Face recognition is the basic skill of every housekeeper.

No matter whether they have met or not, whether they are frequent visitors or not, as long as they are prominent figures in the country, it is impossible for these famous housekeepers to fail to recognize them.

A fat man with a flattering face enthusiastically held the butler's hand.

"Housekeeper Lu! I wonder if your young master is free today? Can you share with me?"

The butler's face froze for a second, and soon he was going to forcefully greet him with a smile. He said the same words as before, and said, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Wu, my young master is busy today, and I'm afraid I don't have time to see you."

"You always say that every day! Did Mr. Liu look down on Wu, so he made such remarks on purpose!"

Master Wu's face changed as soon as he said it, trying to use his power to suppress others.

"I'm the governor of the capital at any rate! No, you're a scary person who can stop you, get out of the way! I'll go to exempt Mr. Liu myself, and you don't need to report it!"

The butler was very embarrassed, Liu Yi asked him to stop the guests a few days ago.

But after a few days of blocking, someone must be impatient.

At this time, a young man in Tsing Yi walked slowly in the snow.

The steward is as if pardoned.

"Master Zhao, you are here! My young master has been waiting for you for a long time."

This sentence was said very loudly, obviously speaking to Mr. Wu who was at the side.

Zhao Jing put away her umbrella and said politely, "I'm sorry."

"Don't dare! This way, my lord, please."

The butler turned sideways and raised his hand in a "please" gesture, then turned to Governor Wu and said, "Mr. Wu, please come back. As you can see, my lord really doesn't have time to catch up with you. I'm sorry."

squeak...

The sandalwood door is opened to the maximum, showing the dignity of the person.

The gate of the family.

If it is not a very distinguished guest, it will not be opened easily.

Ordinary visitors usually go through the side door.

……

The inner court.

"The visitors outside the door are about to fight because they can't see you. How can you still read a book so leisurely?"

Zhao Jing teased and took out the book in Liu Yi's hand. The monk glanced at the title of the book and said, "Code? What's the point of a good opinion?"

Heavy penalties were used for criminal chaos in the country. On the contrary, in the Taiping era, penalties were rarely used, let alone legal codes.

"It's nothing, I'm free to look through it, maybe it will be used in the future. Why do you have time to come to my mansion today?"

Zhao Jing put down the code in her hand, with a solemn expression, took out an envelope from her sleeve, and handed it to Liu Yi.

"I received this last night. I don't know who put it in my room. After thinking about the clock all night, I still think I should show it to you."

"What is it? It's so mysterious."

Liu Yi glanced at Zhao Jing suspiciously, and then seriously read the letter.

After reading the latter part, Liu Yi's expression froze.

"The Zhang family is treasonous? Is the statement in the letter accurate? What evidence is there?"

"you do not believe?"

Zhao Jing folded her hands on her chest, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and there was a hint of teasing in her eyes.

"It's not that I don't believe it at all, but if there is no evidence, how can I believe it?"

"You son of a bitch, the Zhang family now regards you as a thorn in their side, and now they are hiding in a corner thinking of how to harm you!
After finally getting some clues about his collaboration with the enemy, your first reaction was to excuse them?I really don't know if I should praise you for your integrity?I should call you stupid! "

"I only believe in the facts. Moreover, I, Liu Yi, walk upright and sit upright. I have never done anything wrong. Even though the Zhang family wanted to put me to death, they couldn't find a place to do it.

In addition, since this matter is a matter of your duty, I will not ask too much about it, lest it will be confirmed. "

"Okay! It seems that I was worrying blindly."

Zhao Jing shook her hand, and then took the envelope that was handed to him just now from Liu Yi's hand.

"I was thinking about how to bring down the Zhang family, but I didn't expect that you didn't care about it at all! What a waste of your majesty's efforts!"

"Wait! What do you mean? What's your majesty's intention?"

Liu Yi called out to Zhao Jing who was about to turn around and leave. The latter was a little arrogant and didn't look back.But after thinking about it, he left the envelope on Liu Yi's desk before leaving.

"You can slowly realize it yourself!"

……

After finally receiving a group of visitors in the morning, the butler hurriedly went to Liu Yi's room to report on today's gift collection while everyone was resting at noon.

This is the rule of the family. Although Liu Yi doesn't like these flatterers, it has been the same for thousands of years, and he will not have any opinions.

The more you see it, the more you get used to it.

But especially this year.

"Master, this is the list of gifts sent by the dignitaries this morning. It's just for one morning, and it's worth the amount of the previous ten days. It's much better than that of the Zhang family!"

The butler was elated, he hadn't been this happy for a long time.

"For a long time, our Liu family has been stepped on by the Zhang family. Starting from you, young master, the positions of our Liu family and Zhang family have changed!"

Liu Yi frowned, obviously, he didn't like the housekeeper's remarks.

"Being an official in the court, it is a blessing to be appreciated by His Majesty, why bother to belittle others all at once. What's more, Zhang Yang, the son of the Zhang family, is only inferior to me, so there is no need to publicize it."

The housekeeper is a fine person, and what he knows best is to follow the wind.

"Yes, yes, young master, you have taught me a good lesson! What I said just now, the old slave never said it, and the old slave will never mention it again!"

The housekeeper looked at Xin's face while talking, then turned the gift list in his hand to the last page, and handed it to Liu Yi.

On that page, Zhang Yang's name was impressively written.

The corresponding gift column is ringing the bell!
The ringing of the bell was brought to Daming by the missionaries, which caused quite a stir in the territory of Daming.

In the beginning, the common people of Ming Dynasty had never seen this thing, and in order to find something new, almost every family that could afford it had a bell.

Ringing bells has also become popular for gift giving.

Portuguese missionaries also made a lot of money because of this.

But the good times didn't last long, and the people of Ming Dynasty gradually discovered that sending bells has the homophonic meaning of sending the end, which is very unlucky.

Gradually, no one would buy bells anymore, let alone use them as gifts.

Zhang Yang sent the bell to ring at this time, and his intention was obvious!
(End of this chapter)