Detective in the Red Chamber

Sun Shaozong followed the prestige, but saw two people following him, namely Liu Quan, the former concierge of the Sun residence, and Cheng Rixing, the first master.

He hurriedly got up from the chair, walked up to greet Liu Quan, it's all right, Cheng Rixing is not a servant, this time he went to the south of the Yangtze River for more than two years, he has worked hard and deserved to be taken seriously by Sun Shaozong.

"Meet Dong Weng."

When Cheng Rixing saw Sun Shaozong coming to welcome him, he was about to bow to salute, but he was picked up by Sun Shaozong, laughed and said, "Why do you need to be polite? Come, come and sit inside, have you ever had breakfast? If not, you can accompany me." I will eat together."

As he spoke, he did not forget to turn his head to Liu Quan and said, "You can come in too."

"Small ones don't dare to overstep."

Liu Quan giggled, and pointed to Zhao Zhongji who was beside him: "If you want to hurt me, let me go to Steward Zhao's for a few good drinks, moisten your throat first, and report Nanbian'er's errand carefully to you." .”

Since he said so, Sun Shaozong naturally wouldn't force him, he invited Cheng Rixing into the living room alone, and divided the guests and hosts into their seats.

There were servants pouring tea and water, Sun Shaozong turned half sideways, looked at Cheng Rixing on the left and said with a smile: "When we met in Jinling last time, didn't you say that you will not be able to return to Beijing until the beginning of next month? How come this season is here? "

"One is that the students are eager to return home, and the other is that the steward Laiwang who came to Rongguo Mansion got off the passenger ship early, so Liu Quan and I followed suit."

"Actually, we arrived at Dongbianmen Wharf in the middle of the night last night, but the city gate was closed at that time, so we couldn't enter the city until morning."

Cheng Rixing's appearance was not much different from that of two years ago, but he looked a little tired.

In the past two years, the timber business in the south has been mainly supported by him, and he has to travel between Zhoushan and Jinling from time to time. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is exhausted.

But seeing him talking so eloquently, he was only physically exhausted, but he was very energetic.

After a few more pleasantries, Cheng Rixing took out a booklet from his sleeve, and handed it to Sun Shaozong with both hands: "This is a summary of all the accounts. I'd like to ask Dong Weng to look over the last time I was in a hurry, but I didn't sort it out clearly. This time it’s finally over.”

The four characters of "whole beginning, whole end" obviously have something to say.

However, he has worked hard for more than two years, isn't he just pointing at Sun Shaozong to recommend himself as an official?

If you don't hit the sidelines at this time and remind Sun Shaozong to fulfill his promise, then you will appear to have ghosts in your heart.

Sun Shaozong smiled, and gently put the summary of accounts on the coffee table, but instead of opening it to check, he said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry to read these, but I have other ideas about Mr. Cheng's future."

When Cheng Rixing heard this, his heart skipped a beat, wondering if Dong Weng was going to renege on his promise and get fat?

But looking at Sun Shaozong's expression, it seems that this is not the case.

So he asked cautiously: "But I don't know how Dong Weng arranged it?"

Sun Shaozong waved his hand: "It's not an arrangement, I just have an intention, how to choose, it still depends on your own will."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sighed and said: "When I was in the Criminal Division, although I had a few wine bags and rice bags, I was still able to do things in general, but this Dali Temple is up and down..."

He stopped talking halfway, and shook his head helplessly.

Cheng Rixing was originally clever, and after more than two years of experience in the south of the Yangtze River, he immediately understood what Sun Shaozong meant, and couldn't help but said happily: "No, Mr. Shaoqing, does it mean that you want Cheng to work in Dali Temple?! "

"exactly."

Sun Shaozong nodded, then raised his hand to stop Cheng Rixing's promise that was about to blurt out, and reminded: "This matter has both disadvantages and advantages. Although Dali Temple is not well-known, it bears the title of the General Constitution of the World. Arranging you to enter Dali Temple, you must be somewhat owed in terms of rank."

A little lacking in grade?

Cheng Rixing was slightly taken aback, frowned and thought for a moment, then asked cautiously: "But I don't know how many ranks Cheng can get when he joins Dali Temple?"

"Eighth grade, at most from seventh grade, but the chances are not very high."

Cheng Rixing's brows frowned even tighter. If he could be sure that he was from the seventh rank, he might not even hesitate.

But between the eighth-rank petty official and the seventh-rank magistrate, it is necessary to carefully weigh it.

The advantage of the former is that you can keep up with your boss, so there is no need to talk about the future and salary.

And the benefits of the latter are also real. The county magistrate is also called Bailihou, as long as he is not attached to the Guozhou government, he is a proper emperor of the land.

These two options have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it is no wonder that Cheng Rixing has difficulty making up his mind at the moment.

Seeing that he could not make up his mind for a while, Sun Shaozong laughed again and said: "No hurry, no hurry, after you have calculated carefully, make up your mind not to be late, bring the wine and dishes quickly, I want to have a few drinks with Mr. Cheng !"

Chapter 797 Fate Has Arrived

This lateness really turned into absenteeism.

It took more than half an hour for Sun Shaozong and Cheng Rixing to eat and talk, and then he had to listen to Liu Quan's report. After all the troubles here and there, it was almost noon.

The small talk with Cheng Rixing was fine.

But Liu Quan's report disappointed Sun Shaozong.

It has to be said that the profit of the bureaucratic business he thought of back then was really huge, almost quadrupling the profit in two years.

However, it is a pity that the amount that the Sun family received in the end was somewhat unsatisfactory.

The main reason for this is that there is an unexpected character - Wang Ren, Wang Ziteng's eldest son.

It is strange that the timber business, which started with 10 taels of silver, ended up with a total gross profit of 46 taels.

After excluding all the expenses, there is still a net profit of 35 taels.

But this old man Wang Ren has 'borrowed' more than [-] taels in just one year!

And before that, he had already received a contribution of 3 taels of silver—this part was originally included in the operating expenses.

In other words, if the 3 taels of silver are included, the income for the past two years is almost equally divided among the three families.

When I took the boat to the north, I felt that this prince was a bit too high-profile because of his extravagant spending and extravagant ostentation.

Now that I think about it, I realize that the huge amount of money that guy used was actually 'borrowed' from his own family.

Of course, 10,000+ taels of silver can be credited to the account in more than two years, which can be regarded as a very profitable business.

Besides, in this official business, how could anyone not confess to the leader's son?

Therefore, Sun Shaozong didn't pay much attention to it, but his perception of Wang Ren dropped a lot invisibly.

And the other partner in this business has a different opinion on this.

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Rongguo Mansion, Xiyun Pavilion.

Wang Xifeng's pair of red and phoenix triangular eyes, straight like a knife, were cut on the account book, as if to gouge out that line of small characters from the rice paper.

That is to say, if Wang Ren is not in front of her eyes, if she is in front of her, she would wish to gouge out his heart and see how dark it really is.

People are not old!

It's hard to know the heart when you know the face!

Think back then, when my elder brother was in the capital, how honest and cautious he was?

So much so that I didn't even think about it at the beginning, so I excluded him from the list of business partners.

Who would have thought that it would only take six months a year to go to Jiangnan, and Wang Ren would completely change his appearance!

Eighty-six thousand seventy-eight taels of silver!

A full eighty-six thousand seven hundred taels of silver!

It's also fortunate that he dared to appear in front of her as if nothing happened a few days ago!

If he had known this earlier, he should have thrown all the presents he sent back then and fed them to the dogs—no, hitting him directly in the face would be considered as dispelling the hatred in his heart!

But it was said that Wang Xifeng was furious and sullen, but he ran into someone who added fuel to the fire.

"Second grandma."

Seeing Laiwang kneeling on the ground, he bowed his head and said, "I shouldn't be talking too much, but I should tell you about the Taoism inside - in fact, besides the 8 taels of silver, the uncle also took 3 taels of silver." Filial piety."

This sentence alone shows that Wang Ren is a master who can't be a man.

Because Laiwang was originally a servant of the Wang family, and now he is also by Wang Xifeng's side. If Wang Ren has some tricks or is kind to him, Laiwang will not open his mouth to provoke at this time.

Still have the filial piety of 3 taels of silver? !

Wang Xifeng's chest rose and fell rapidly, and there were two peach-like silhouettes propped up in the skirt.

But although she has repeatedly made mistakes in terms of general principles, she is the most shrewd in terms of people's understanding of the world. After thinking about it for a while, she can see Laiwang's provocative intentions.

Immediately, Jiang Diao raised his eyebrows and scolded with a cold face: "Since it is the filial piety that should be due, what is there to hesitate? Could it be that the uncle can't be filial?!"

Laiwang raised his head in astonishment, seeing her angry face, he remembered Second Grandma's tricks, and immediately kowtowed: "I ask Second Grandma to punish you for talking nonsense!"

"Punishment is unnecessary, you have merit at any rate."

When Wang Xifeng said this, he flicked his sleeves impatiently: "Go down and see your parents, wife and children first, and I have something to ask you later!"

Laiwang felt as if he had received an amnesty, he hurriedly got up and bowed and retreated.

As soon as he left, Wang Xifeng immediately lost all scruples, swept the account book to the ground with a snap, and said angrily: "The money is all on my own family, and you dare to put on a show in front of my aunt——Fuck, what? Virtue!"

After learning about Jia Lian's true intentions, Wang Xifeng's thoughts about having a son disappeared.

In addition, due to the aftermath of the audit, her authority in the family is far less than that in the original book.

The combination of the two aspects made her greed for the gold and silver more and more out of control.

Right now, the income of fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver has been lost, how can that not make her extremely resentful?

Fortunately, the Sun family was still benevolent and righteous, and Wang Ren's debt was not counted on her head, but was planned to be included in the selection fee and shared by the two families.

Otherwise, she might really have to throw a bamboo basket to fetch water!

Thinking of this, she hated Wang Ren even more, but she didn't know how to treat Sun Shaozong.

Hey~

That damned Jia Lian, why did he just fall in love with him!

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng was filled with helplessness and unwillingness. As a woman, she was defeated in the competition for favor by a man who was tall and rough.

How sad and absurd is this?

However, Sun Shaozong seemed to have no intention of accepting Jia Lian at all.

Jia Lian's wishful thinking but unwavering determination made Wang Xifeng feel even more embarrassed.

When she accidentally beat Lin Hongyu to death, it was precisely because Lin Hongyu was driven into a hurry, so she mocked her face to face, otherwise Wang Xifeng would not have lost her mind.

Hey~

Sighing dejectedly, Wang Xifeng picked up the account book again, flipped through a few pages absently, and suddenly walked out of the main room, and asked the two maids who were sweeping, "Where is Ping'er, where did he die again? How come she hasn't been seen for a long time?"

The two maids hurriedly dropped their work and came forward to report: "Sister Ping'er led the eldest sister just now, it seems that she is going to the old lady's side."

The eldest sister here refers to Wang Xifeng's only daughter Jia Qiaojie.

Now this sister Jia Qiao is also eight or nine years old, and she looks very beautiful. She is not inferior to her mother - but she is too timid and not like her parents. points of similarities.

I heard that Ping'er accompanied Qiaojie to the old lady's place, so Wang Xifeng couldn't send someone to urge her.

So I had to sit and wait at home restlessly.

About two quarters of an hour later, I finally saw Ping'er come back.

Wang Xifeng immediately stepped forward and grabbed Ping'er's wrist, dragged her into the main room without any explanation, and immediately said: "Your fate has arrived!"

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Chapter 798 The Participation from the 'Old Man'

It was probably the news that the Ministry of Households was about to allocate funds, and it had spread. When Sun Shaozong arrived at Dali Temple in the afternoon, the attitude of the officials and servants below changed obviously.

In the past, there was more fear than respect, but now there is a little more intimacy between the eyebrows and eyes.

It's no wonder that in this clean and inexpensive yamen, salary is the only way for many people to make a living, so they naturally take it more seriously than others.

The only exception, I'm afraid, is the sky prison. Although Dali Temple has lost its power, it still locks up many big dogs in the prison.

For now, this situation is beneficial to Sun Shaozong.

Because this means that as long as Sun Shaozong can increase income and reduce expenditure, so as to benefit the whole Dali Temple, he can pull most of the low-level officials into his boat.

But in the long run, this is not a good thing.

Because this also means that their desire for wealth has been suppressed for a long time, and once the situation changes drastically, corrupt corruption is likely to appear.

It seems that while expanding the authority of Dali Temple, it is also necessary to actively carry out moral inspections.

You must stand upright!