Dujun love

Qin Zun looked at Xi Feng with a smile like a flower, "He is very attractive and treats people well." He thought that that person should be very good, and could make Mr. Xi Feng so gentle, and he didn't know when he would meet his own hit People, sighed: "That's great."

Nian An came in from the outside, Zheng Yuan followed closely behind, "What's wrong?"

Qin Zun was very happy when he saw Nian An come in, "It's over, you're tired, I'll pour you a glass of water, this tea was brought by my second brother a few days ago, and said that I went to Nanban because I was afraid that your mouth would be dry. I drank some of the Tieguanyin I found in Jinxu City on the frontier, and it quenched my thirst."

Xi Feng said: "Why didn't you pour it for me just now?"

Biqing whispered, "Didn't I fall down?"

Zhengyuan said: "Master feels that the second master is too partial to the junior master."

Qin Zun blushed, and poured another cup into Xifeng's cup, "That's it."

Nian An smiled and said, "Mr. Xi Feng also has jealousy at times?"

Xi Feng said seriously, "No."

Zhengyuan carefully hid behind Qin Zun, and said, "Master, I'm sorry."

Biqing let out a loud laugh like a bell, and the rest of the people laughed one after another. Xifeng couldn't keep a cold face, seeing everyone's happy faces, he also laughed along with everyone, and the room laughed for a long time .

As night falls, the wind blows and the leaves fall.Qin Xi and Xu Zhu changed into night clothes outside the palace, hid their fine clothes on a tree, and planned to visit Lin Zuorende's consort's mansion.In order to keep her whole body light, Qin Xi didn't wear those heavy armors, she was just a pair of xie clothes inside.

The son-in-law's mansion is at the end of Yanliu Lane in the city. Lin Zuoren is the husband-in-law of the eldest princess, and Lin Zuoren got the post of Minister of the Household Department, managing three provinces and six ministries, the lifeblood of the court.Qin Zhengtian even specially bestowed this mansion on a special occasion. He wrote the plaque of the Prince Consort's Mansion with his own handwriting. When he arranged for the defense of Kyoto, he reserved a part for the Prince Consort's Mansion, which shows the prosperity of the Consort Mansion.

The eldest princess Qin Yan has only been married to the Lin family for three years, but she has never had a single heir. How can the Lin family be in a hurry, but the princess is different from other women after all, the son-in-law can only have her as his wife, even if she is barren , and cannot take concubines at will.

Qin Xi and Xu Zhu quietly came to the outside of the son-in-law's mansion and hid on a big tree outside the mansion. It was already late at night and everyone who should sleep had already gone to sleep.

"Master, where are we going to find the account book?" Qin Xi thought for a while, and looked down at the formation of the guards in the Prince Consort's Mansion from the fence. Judging from the distribution of heads and people, the guards in the Prince Consort's Mansion were impeccable.

In his early years, he buried a bodyguard in the son-in-law's mansion. According to the news from the bodyguard, the bodyguards at night were divided into three waves, one wave was formed by Youshi and Xushi, one wave was formed by Haishi and Zishi, one wave was formed by Choushi and Yinshi, and two hours In a wave, the guards are stricter one hour after the change of guards. Only when the guards at that time are exhausted in the next hour can they take advantage of it.

At Xushi, wait another quarter of an hour. When the guards change, the defense is the weakest, but it is also the time when the guards are the most. Between Xushi and Haishi, it should be the best time to sneak in.

According to Lin Zuoren's past habits, the real account book should be hidden in his study, because the study has the least number of people coming and going, and it is also the best place to hide things.If it is not in the study, then you can only wait for the opportunity to enter his main hall to check.

"Wait a little longer, when the guards change their shifts, we will go to the study to search."

"Yes!"

The two hid in the tree and didn't speak, Qin Xi stared at everything under the mansion without moving, Xu Zhu had no choice but to follow Qin Xi's gaze and watch the guard's every move.

When it was Haishi, the guards withdrew, and when a group of guards came, Qin Xi whispered, "Let's go." The two jumped along the tree to the fence, and landed behind the rocks in the backyard.

The two listened to the conversation of the two soldiers outside, "Brother, I heard from the son-in-law that we must guard the study especially in the near future."

"What? Is there anything valuable in the study?"

"I don't know, it is said that it has something to do with the wealth and life of the consort's mansion."

Before the two of them finished speaking, Qin Xi and Xu Zhu quickly stepped forward and knocked them unconscious with a palm, and then moved forward.

"Be careful." Qin Xi pulls Xu Zhu back, Xu Zhu looks forward along Qin Xi's line of sight, what he sees is a slightly protruding stone mechanism, the night is dark and the light is light, if you don't look carefully, you really can't see it.

Xu Zhu comforted himself in his heart, then carefully avoided the passing soldiers and walked forward.

Go forward and turn a corner to reach the study room, but there is an open space in front of the study room, the front and back sides are empty, it is a separate place, and there is no vegetation or stone carvings around it, in order to prevent the partition wall from having ears. , can also strengthen the defense.

As far as Qin Xi could see, there were people standing every ten feet on both sides of a single study room, and it was hard for even a fly to get in.Obviously Xu Zhu also had this doubt, they both thought of one thing at the same time, Qin Xi signaled, they jumped up together, stopped firmly on the roof of the study room, and quickly moved without stepping on the tiles. squat down.

In order to be safe, Xu Zhu carefully removed the tiles next to him, took out a hole as wide as a fat man, then Qin Xi jumped off the top, grabbed the eaves of the house, and slid down carefully.

The inside of the study is much quieter. There is only one door and one window, and the interior is divided into two rooms with many cabinets.

Qin Xi pointed to the one outside, "You look for this half, I'll look for this half."

It's not good to talk too much outside, Xu Zhu nodded and went out, carefully flipping through the cabinets.

Qin Xi started to search along his desk, and found many traps under the desk, fearing that careless people will die if they come here.Then he tapped the wooden table lightly to prevent any hidden boxes to put things in.

As far as the eye can see in this study room are ordinary decorations, books, if such precious things as ledgers, they must not be placed on the casual cabinets outside, but after knocking on the table, no hollow ones were found. The sound came out.

In desperation, Qin Xi had no choice but to check the cabinet for any abnormalities, but the bookcase was full of books. Qin Xi picked up a few books and happened to get a copy of "Shan Hai Jing". book.

Just about to put it down, Qin Xi suddenly remembered: The Book of Mountains and Seas?I once saw Xiaoan read the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but the Classic of Mountains and Seas he read at that time did not seem to be so broad.

Qin Xi opened the book in her hands suspiciously, and sure enough, the Book of Mountains and Seas was just an empty shell, which contained the account books detailing the expenditure and income of the household department six months ago.

Lin Zuoren is also as careful as dust. As the saying goes, is the most dangerous place the safest place? That's probably what it means.Anyone who wants to get the ledger has to check the desk first, so there are traps everywhere under the desk, and closing them can be fatal, and this Shan Hai Jing is the best cover.Unexpectedly, Nian'an also helped him out of nowhere.

Qin Xi carefully checked the contents of the ledger, and found that the expenditure for the month was 4000 million taels, but the account that Lin Zuoren handed in in the morning was 5000 million taels, and then saw the income column, the monthly income of the suburban gold mine was 1000 million taels of silver, the income of the national salt industry is also 500 million taels of silver, and the income of weaving and commerce is also 1000 million taels of silver, not to mention the agricultural tax and commercial tax collected from various places, if the total income of the month is so roughly calculated , should have received 6000 million taels of silver.

Since the money received is recorded by all businesses, the salt trade, the cloth trade, and the governors of various places have records of tax money. This part of the income cannot be faked, only the expenditure can be faked.Looking at it this way, 1000 million taels was embezzled within one month. Qin Xi was furious. Didn't the court give him enough for this scum?As a son-in-law, he wants power and power, power and power, wealth and wealth, yet he is so greedy.

It's not that Qin Xi doesn't know about pocketing his own pockets and making small troubles on weekdays, but he also knows that these things cannot be stopped, so he just turns a blind eye. After all, he is a member of the royal family, and the royal family values ​​it most. The only thing is benefit.But this time was different, he filled his own pockets, and all he swallowed were the lives of those disaster victims, how could Qin Zhengtian just sit back and do nothing.

Qin Xi doesn't care about those disaster victims. All he has to do is to get his handle. In the future, the household department can get a piece of the pie. Before he ascends the throne, the more powerful the better, the more hidden the better.This son-in-law's mansion is under the care of Qin Yan, and has always been one of the largest households in the capital, and with Qin Yan's identity under pressure, it is reasonable for Qin Yan to stand on which side he wants to stand in the future, and he can also accumulate a lot of strength for one side.

Qin Xi thought about it, and based on this reasoning, the few books here should not be ledgers, and she had to find them one by one from other bookshelves, so she took out a book from the top shelf, which was the most unlikely book. The book that no one pays attention to is "The Doctrine of the Mean", and I sneer in my heart.

The idea of ​​the so-called golden mean is to educate people to consciously carry out self-cultivation, self-supervision, self-education and self-improvement, and use their lifelong ability to cultivate themselves into an ideal personality, such as achieving the ultimate good, the ultimate benevolence , Sincerity, Taoism, virtue, holiness, and the ideal person who combines the outside and the inside, and jointly create the realm of "peace and harmony" that "achieves neutrality, heaven and earth, and all things are nurtured".No matter how I read or listen to this book, I find it ironic.

This account is exactly the account of the disaster relief three months ago.

The monthly income was 4000 million taels of silver. According to the order of Qin Zhengtian at that time, 300 million taels of silver should be distributed and divided into 30 days to buy food for the victims, so as to reduce the grievances of the victims. life, but 10 taels of disaster relief a day is enough.

Qin Xi looked down and realized that the steamed buns that she was going to buy, the rice for cooking porridge for the victims, the amount of sheds, and the time for distributing the porridge had all been halved. This is how the money was swallowed. yes.

It was supposed to pay 300 million taels of silver, but only 150 million was paid, but the account that I saw in the morning showed that 350 million was paid. Chastity archway.

Qin Xi took a few other books from it, and read the accounts of the past few months. There were nearly 1000 million private misappropriations every month. Xu Zhu read it beside him, and his mood was also very complicated.

Xu Zhu came from a poor family, practiced martial arts hard since he was a child, and was accepted by Qin Xi as an attendant by chance, but in his heart he hated such powerful people very much, and his parents also died at the hands of such people.

Just when the two were about to leave, Lin Zuoren's voice came from outside, "Princess! Don't worry, no one will find the ledger in that place!"

Qin Yan's deep and extremely temperamental voice came: "Open the door, I'll go in and have a look."