The most powerful minister in the world

Jingxi and others have been immersed in the case files all day, and the curtains are often filled with water. Now the weather is gradually getting warmer, and March is about to come, and the flowers are already showing signs of blooming.

Liu Huangying held her chin in her hands, her round belly seemed to be resting on the table. At this time, he frowned and kept moving his fingers on the abacus.

"What's wrong, Fatty, is there something wrong?"

"Master Jing, there are discrepancies in the records and items of money spent in this account book. They are not close to each other. I couldn't tell it at first. But after putting everything in one place, the deficit is huge now." It’s scary.”

Jingxi walked over and flipped through a few pages, then cursed and said, "They are all bastards. After all, there are already a hundred thousand taels of empty pay in just a few account books?"

Mu Sheng stopped writing, put his hands in his sleeves and said, "In this pool of wealth, there are probably very few people who don't have oil on their lips."

"Master Mu, there really is a person here who is not greedy. He can match the accounts of the prefect of Meiyang County, and the tax revenue of a small county is 30% more than that of a large county."

Jingxi slapped his thigh and said, "There is still someone who is doing business. Go and call him. Wouldn't it be unfair for such a person to be a seventh-grade official?"

"Okay, let's stay here today. Mu Sheng, if you have nothing to do, just have a good time with the prefect of Dancheng. We don't have many people with us this time. We still need to listen more to others on their territory."

"Okay, Second Young Master...well...you don't need to be so public, right?"

"Hahaha, you can do whatever you want, as long as you don't lose your status."

At dusk, Jingxi and Laner were walking on the road. The weather was still a bit cold after all. The vendors had packed up their stalls early. These lower-class people did not enjoy the winter enjoyment that merchants and wealthy families enjoyed, except for some restaurants with extravagant consumption. , Huafang, few ordinary people are still wandering outside at this time.

Laner followed Jingxi one step behind, his eyes wandering to the Jiangnan-style tall buildings, with gray tiles and white walls and a tall gatehouse. The walls of the gatehouse had exquisite carvings, and the carvings on the roof were even more exquisite and beautiful. He was stunned without thinking. , as for accidentally bumping into the back of Jingxi who suddenly stopped.

Lan'er covered her forehead and looked at the young master's evil smile. She unconsciously covered her chest and said, "Sir, Lan'er bumped into it accidentally~"

Jingxi couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he saw Yan'er's guarded look. Maybe he noticed it, so Yan'er quickly put down his hand, took Jing Xi's hand as if to please him and said with a smile, "Master, are you angry?"

Laner's upper body is wearing a mustard yellow pine nut needle straight-sleeved wall dress and deep peach red Cantonese embroidery pieces of gold Shu brocade. Her lower body is a dark purple gauze skirt with pearls. Her delicate temples are decorated with colorful jade steps, and her ears are hung with chisels. Hualing jade earrings, jade bracelets on her slender hands, a slim waist gracefully tied with a green silk ribbon with a long tassel, a sachet of folded flowers hung on it, and small filigree embroidered shoes on her feet.

The eyebrows are very lively, and the pink cheeks are slightly naughty. Now he is looking at Jingxi aggrievedly. No one can be angry, let alone whether Jingxi is really angry.

"Why are you following me?"

Lian'er giggled and said, "The maid will naturally follow the young master. How can anyone who doesn't understand the rules walk in front of the young master?"

Jingxi nodded her nose and took her little hand and said, "Young Master likes to walk side by side with you."

"Hey~ Master, don't be like this~"

"Look at you. Anyone who looks at you will think that you look like a maid? They only think that you are a lady from a certain family."

"Master, do you think Lan'er's clothes are too extravagant? Lan'er doesn't want to wear them either. Sister Mei asked someone to make them. If Master doesn't like them, Lan'er won't wear them anymore."

Hearing this, Jingxi stopped and pinched her wet face, pretending to be angry: "That's nonsense. My daughter should wear the best clothes. You don't need your sister to buy them for you in the future, I will buy them for you!"

After saying this, Lan'er's little face turned rosy immediately, her shy eyes kept dodging, Jingxi's fiery eyes stared straight at her, she pulled Jingxi forward and said: "Master, let's hurry up Come back soon, I have tidied up the yard, and in two days I will hire some maids and boys to take care of the young master."

"What's there to hire? Didn't your sister say that the yard is not big? There are so many people and it's getting in the way."

Laner turned around and blinked at Jingxi without saying a word. She just pulled him forward. The sun gradually set in the west, and the orange-red halo on the horizon also dissipated at this moment.

Jingxi kept looking at Lan'er's plump butt, and tsked from time to time. Lan'er pretended not to hear it, until he took out the key from his sleeve at the door of the yard and opened the door and said: "Sir, please~"

Jingxi raised his head and looked at the courtyard door. It looked antique. He raised his legs and stepped in. He was immediately dumbfounded.

A white marble screen wall is the first thing that comes into view. When you go around the screen wall, you can see pavilions, pavilions, ponds, pavilions and pavilions, reflected in rockeries, rocks, bonsai flower beds, wisterias and green bamboos.

The gauze curtain in the middle room hangs low and sways gently in the wind, creating a hazy atmosphere in the night. The surrounding stone walls are covered with brocade, and even the roof is separated by embroidered felt, which is both warm and welcoming. The furnishings are all for a girl's boudoir, and are extremely luxurious. The exquisitely carved jade-inlaid gums, brocade quilt and embroidered blanket, and small sachets hung on the curtain hooks exude a faint fragrance.

"This...is this called a small courtyard?"

Lan'er stood outside the house and kept laughing with her mouth covered. She looked at the young master in front of her who was dumbfounded in disbelief and looked a little deflated and muttered: "Sister Mei's mouth is small, but it is naturally big in the eyes of ordinary people."

"But looking at the decoration, it's obviously a woman's boudoir!"

"Oh~ You often say that you don't stick to trivial matters when you go out. This is very good. Young master, just stay here."

Jingxi hurriedly ran out, but his arm was caught by the curtain, and he repelled her: "You should stay in this house, it's too delicate. I'll live in a side room."

"How can that happen? The young master can only live in the main room!"

Jingxi pouted and said, "Then I need to change the bedding."

"Okay, let's try to change the curtain to the style of your house in the capital."

"Ahem," Jingxi rubbed his temples and sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, "Isn't this the place where she lived?"

Lian'er nodded her chin and raised her little face and said, "I think I heard Sister Mei say that she lived here for a while. Master~ You said it's magical, it's been a long time, and there are still traces of Sister Mei's body on the quilt. The aroma is there.”

"Haha~ Your sister is born with a natural scent. The scent lingers on the chairs she has sat on for several days, let alone the bedding she has slept on."

"Then it's better not to change. Young Master may sleep more comfortably if he smells Sister Mei's fragrance at night."

"No! It must be changed!"

After saying that, Jingxi rushed into the main room, took out the quilt, and threw it on the bed where Lian'er slept.

"Hey~ Master, there are bedding on the curtain~"