After the three-day vacation was over, Gao Zhanming returned to Zongxue and continued to study.

The big commotion that Gao Zhanming made in the mansion spread to the school within two days.This morning Gao Zhanming just walked out of the residence when Gao Tianwen chased him up from behind.

"Jun Liang!" Gao Tianwen said: "I heard that you went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to sue your chief shopkeeper for stealing your family's property. Is this true?"

Gao Zhanming said, "It's true."

Gao Tianwen patted Gao Zhanming's shoulder vigorously, and said: "You really have it! Let me say something offensive, your mother is notoriously confused, and the head shopkeeper of your family is her concubine brother? Man, she dared to entrust her family business to him! In fact, we brothers and sisters have heard a thing or two about your family, but after your father passed away, your mother is in charge of your family. At the first level, there is nothing to say."

Gao Zhanming knew in his heart that what Gao Tianwen said was not polite.If he hadn't gone the wrong way last time and overheard the conversation between Cai Ya and Ren Daiwu, he wouldn't have known that his family had fallen to such an extent.Since even Cai Ya and Ren Daiwu, who are not from the Gao family, dare to talk about Tang Xue's stupidity, Tang Xue's stupidity must have already become famous.He didn't solve the matter secretly this time, but dealt with it with great fanfare, also for the sake of showing these people.With relatives who are holding back like Tang Gan, others will respect them more or less. Now that he has resolved Tang Gan's matter vigorously, his determination to change will definitely be seen by others.

Gao Zhanming said: "Cousin, if there is anything I can't do in the future, you can just tell me directly. I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, and I only live in this mountain. I can only see it if there are other people's suggestions. I need to be more clear. I know that my cousin is all for my own good, and besides you, I don't know anyone else I can trust."

Gao Tianwen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Where is it! Why are you being polite to me!"

Gao Zhanming smiled and said, "Thank you, cousin."

The two walked towards the school talking and laughing, and when they passed a pavilion, they saw Gao Huachong and Han Baiyue sitting inside talking.

Seeing Gao Zhanming approaching, Han Baiyue stood up: "Hey, isn't this Jun Liang? I heard that you did something admirable at home a few days ago."

Gao Zhanming said: "Brother Han, I'm sorry."

Han Baiyue snorted coldly, and said with a half-smile, "There is still more than half a month left. I don't know about the Dragon Boat Festival banquet. How is Brother Jun Liang's plan?"

It has been two or three days since Gao Zhanming returned to Zongxue, but during these two days he was busy dealing with the affairs left by Tang Qian, so he hadn't had time to start preparing for the banquet.However, with the matter of bringing down Tang Qian first, Gao Zhanming was more confident about organizing the banquet, and said: "Brother Han, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter to the satisfaction of all brothers."

Han Baiyue sneered, "Then I'll just wait and see."

Han Baiyue walked back into the pavilion, took Gao Huachong's arm, and said, "Second Master, let's go."

Only then did Gao Huachong withdraw his gaze from Gao Zhanming, stretched his arms lazily, and left with Han Baiyue.

In the morning, the professor asked these dandies to write two more articles. At noon, when the students handed in the articles, the professor flipped through them in a moody way. Ming cast an approving look.

At noon, the disciples came to the dining hall to eat. Gao Zhanming had just eaten a few mouthfuls when he saw Yinhe looking around outside the dining hall.

Gao Zhanming hastily picked up a few mouthfuls of rice, then walked outside.Seeing Gao Zhanming coming out, Yinhe laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth: "Master."

Gao Zhanming pulled him to the side: "Let's talk in another place."

The two walked to the remote and uninhabited path, Yin He laughed non-stop: "Congratulations, Congratulations!"

Gao Zhanming couldn't help laughing: "If you have any good news, tell me."

Yin He said: "The Ministry of Punishment sent someone to deliver the money! A whole 5 taels of silver bills! 5 taels!"

Gao Zhanming saw that Yinhe's eyes were shining with gold, so he couldn't help but reached out and flicked his head, making a silent gesture: "Shh, don't let anyone hear you. Look at your talent, you're just 5" Wan Liang, I will let you succeed in this virtue! This school is full of rich and famous children, I heard what you said, and don’t laugh at our poverty!"

Yinhe laughed straight: "Master, you are really amazing. It took only three days for my uncle to spit out all the money he swallowed from our house! Liu Da told the slaves that his uncle was arrested by the Ministry of Punishment. After that, the wife washed her face with tears every day, and asked the uncle from time to time if he was wronged, and said that he would go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for questioning. Today, the Ministry of Criminal Justice sent over the property confiscated from the uncle, and the wife screamed when she heard the amount I got up, and the tears stopped flowing. Ha, Madam finally understands."

Gao Zhanming said: "5 taels, is it all?"

Yinhe shook his head: "The 5 taels are just cash and property. There are also some land deeds for Zhuangzi shops in the fields. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs is checking and registering them, and they will be delivered in a few days. The servants also thought that our family was not well managed, so they had to Selling off the property, I never expected that the bastard would swallow it up. Fortunately, the master is so powerful that he snatched all the money back!

According to the preliminary liquidation of the accounts collected by the Ministry of Punishment, Tang Gan has embezzled more than one hundred thousand taels of silver from the Gao family in the past seven or eight years!However, Tang Gan has squandered a lot in these years. He set up his own business and lost a lot. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs ransacked his home and confiscated all his property, leaving only 5 taels of silver to pay to the Gao family. up.However, being able to get back 5 taels of silver in one fell swoop was already very satisfying to Gao Zhanming. Originally, there was only a pitiful 200 taels of silver left in their father-in-law's account, but now it has become 5 taels in one fell swoop. It used to be straight!

Gao Zhanming said: "Go back and tell Liu Da that he can let go of the family affairs first. The outside property cannot be left alone, and I can't get away, and there is no other person who can be trusted. Therefore, the position of the chief shopkeeper Let him take care of it first, and let him make up his mind on how to relocate the staff below. As for the position of Jia Cheng, he can go to Anguogong's mansion to report the situation first, and borrow one or two reliable people from Anguogong Come."

Yinhe now casts his eyes on Gao Zhanming's admiration, and he keeps responding to what Gao Zhanming says: "Okay, okay!"

Gao Zhanming said: "You can ask Liu Da to make up a copy of the general ledger that Tang Qian didn't make, and send it to me when it's done. I want to find out the specific situation of the family's property. If you have time in a few days, I'll go back sometime."

Yinhe said again: "Good!"

Gao Zhanming said: "By the way, there is one more thing. After the Dragon Boat Festival, don't I want to prepare a banquet for the second master next door? You can ask Liu Da where the venue is suitable."

When Yin He heard this, his face collapsed again, and he said dejectedly: "Master, do you really want to take this on yourself?"

Gao Zhanming said: "What's the matter, what's wrong?"

Yin He murmured: "Those dandies are not as easy to serve as the master. They are all very angry and have all kinds of strange problems. It is really thankless to touch their scales accidentally."

Gao Zhanming said: "Is it so difficult to serve? I didn't pay much attention to these before, it was all handled by the servants. You can tell me two things to let me hear how generous they are."

Yinhe said: "It's difficult! Let's say that the third lady in the next door house was born with a pair of delicate feet, and her feet would hurt when she walked on the harder ground. Therefore, when she goes out, it is bound to mobilize the crowd to clear her out of the house." Idlers on the road are only required to lay a half-foot-thick cashmere blanket on the road. Last year, this lady decided to go to the Gongyuan to appreciate peonies, and she burned tens of thousands of taels of silver in one day. This is something we outsiders know. There are many more that outsiders don't know. I heard from the servant next door that the third lady is already a good master to serve. The water for making tea must also be the dew collected from the sweet-scented osmanthus trees at four o’clock. Every year when the sweet-scented osmanthus trees bloom, the Duke’s Mansion sends many people to collect the dew early in the morning. I use it to rinse my mouth once a year. There are many things like this! You are the master, and it is not your turn to worry about such things. You don’t know that slaves are serving people. There are so many fearful servants following behind, for fear of making a slight mistake..."

Yinhe spoke happily, and said so much in one breath, and suddenly realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly fell silent.Gao Zhanming lowered his head in thought, Yinhe thought that he had offended him, so he quickly fell to his knees with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "Master, this slave is talkative, this slave deserves to die!"

Gao Zhanming said: "What are you talking about, not much, get up."

Only then did Yinhe climb up in fear and fear.

After listening to Yinhe's words, Gao Zhanming realized that the young ladies of these dignitaries are suffering from the disease of wealth, no wonder they are so extravagant.For an ordinary person like him, if you give him 1 taels of silver and let him spend it all in one go, I'm afraid that if he throws the silver into the fire, he might not be able to burn it all!No wonder Yin He said that for a banquet, each person has to make up a hundred and eighty taels. If you have these difficult-to-serve afflictions of the rich and nobles, the one hundred and eighty taels may not be enough.

Gao Zhanming said: "Are you aware of the eccentricities of these young masters and ladies?"

Yin He scratched his head and scratched his head: "After all, the slave is not in charge of this matter, so he only knows two or three things."

Gao Zhanming frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "You are a smart person, you can ask the companions of those men, and copy down their taboos and habits for me. Go back and tell Liu Da, and ask Liu Da to send someone to the master's house. Ask in the mansion."

Yin He hurriedly said: "Yes, Lord."

Sending Yinhe away, Gao Zhanming sighed, the joy brought by the 5 taels of silver just now is not much left.If Han Baiyue or someone else were to organize this banquet, it would be against the taboo of other men, I'm afraid those people wouldn't and wouldn't dare to take it to heart.But when it was his turn, if there was something wrong with what he did, he would definitely be caught by others and it would be difficult to step down.Therefore, since he wants to do it, he needs to do it to the best!From this point of view, it seems that he really took a big trouble on himself!

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