Chapter 38 deal failed

Li Bao did not lie to Liu Rushi, Qian Qianyi did spend the night before in the study.In the evening of that day, Qu Shixu served wine to Ji Cheng who came from Nanjing to help him repair the garden, and invited Qian Qianyi to accompany him.When the drinking was over and the people were gone, it was already very late when he returned to the mansion, so he didn't come to my room again, and took a rest at the bandit's house.From Ji Cheng's mouth, he learned that Ruan Dacheng was very sad when he heard that the plan of Huqiu Conference had failed due to the intervention of brothers Zhou Bi and Zhou Zhong; , Requesting Ma Shiying to replace himself.It is said that this matter has already been planned, and Ma Yaocao will make a comeback in a few days.Hearing this news, Qian Qianyi felt a little sour. "Ah, Ma Yaocao has finally gone up again! But what about me, Qian? Is it really destined to sink to the bottom like this? Could it be true that the sarcasm Zhou Yanru said a few years ago-"Qian Muzhai Can only be a leader in the mountains and forests'? Well, I am afraid that even the leaders of the mountains and forests will not be able to become a leader. In the past month, the number of scholars who came to the Banye Hall to ask for an audience has decreased significantly compared to the past..." Thinking of this, Qian Qianyi He became dejected, leaving only a wry smile.Although he still made an agreement to come over and see how to plan for him when the whole family was going to Fushui Mountain Villa the next day, but his interest had already dropped greatly.After returning to the bandit house, he spent most of the night in bed after thinking about it. He got up this morning and managed to pull himself together. He was about to walk through my room to have a look at Liu Rushi when He Siyu brought someone over and said It was to "offer property", but it was temporarily delayed.

Now, Qian Qianyi is sitting in the flower hall, listening to the introduction of the situation absent-mindedly.The man looked to be in his early thirties, with a blunt nose, a trowel face, and a pair of eyeballs that kept rolling.He claimed that his surname was Xu, his first name was Zheng, and he lived in Xiaoyoufang, Xu Town.According to him, his family owns forty hectares of fertile land, one manor, twenty head of cattle, nine looms, and other properties.Due to the death of his elder brother, the number of people in the family was sparse, and the members of the same clan took this opportunity to plot to usurp him.He is lonely and irresistible, and now he is willing to donate his property to Qian Qianyi in exchange for protection.At the same time, I hope that Qian Qianyi can recommend him to work in the yamen... The visitor spoke briskly, his voice sounded like a spinning top, with low, obsequious laughter mixed in from time to time.Qian Qianyi looked at him silently, feeling less and less interested.Although at present, this kind of "offering property" in exchange for rewards and recommendations from powerful families is no longer a new thing, in fact, he has accepted many cases in the past.What's more, the family is currently short of money and urgently needs some "windfalls" to make up for it. Although the amount reported by Xu Zheng is not too large, there are always three or four thousand taels of silver. can solve most of them.For him, this was exactly what he wished for.However, Qian Qianyi also knows that this kind of thing is more troublesome.Because the relationship is complicated and there are many inside stories, it is often far from being as simple as the contributors said.Judging from Xu Zheng's words just now, it is obvious that those properties originally belonged to his brother.Now that his elder brother is dead, Xu Zheng took advantage of his sister-in-law's orphan and widow and had no idea to encourage her to give birth.It is even unknown that he came here to contribute without his sister-in-law behind his back.Of course Qian Qianyi didn't need to pay attention to this point, but that would definitely cause an uproar among the members of their Xu family.When sending people to search, a bloody fight with weapons is inevitable, and it will alarm the government.Although Qian Qianyi is not afraid of this.However, if there is a lot of trouble and it is known far and near, it will be bad.Because I am currently being criticized by scholars, my situation is already very embarrassing; if such a incident is added, I am afraid it will be even more unbearable.So, until Xu Zheng finished speaking for a long time, he still had a sullen face and did not express his attitude.

Seeing that the master was silent, He Siyu, who was standing aside, couldn't help feeling anxious.Ever since he was severely reprimanded by Qian Qianyi a few days ago, He Siyu has been anxious.Since the second year of Tianqi, he has been the chief executive of the Qian Mansion.Over the past ten years, he has been corrupt, accepted bribes, and plundered, and he has accumulated at least 20,000 to 30,000 private properties.He thought he was clever, and he didn't know about it, but he didn't expect to be exposed by Qian Qianyi's words.This made him panic, lest the master take the opportunity to retaliate, or kick him away.So in the past few days, he worked hard and ran around, and finally found Xu Zheng's doorway, thinking that he could calm Qian Qianyi's dissatisfaction and anger, and at the same time show his loyalty and ability.Seeing that Qian Qianyi has been silent for a long time, and there is no expression of happiness on his face, he is a little bit impatient.After hesitating for a while, he finally asked:

"Master, look..." "There's nothing to see, no!" Qian Qianyi said decisively, stood up, gave He Siyu a sharp look, and walked straight out. He Siyu was taken aback for a moment, and instinctively planned to stop him, but then he came to his senses.He silently looked at Qian Qianyi's back, with a hint of resentment in his eyes.Then, he turned around and said coldly to Xu Zheng who was stunned by the side: "Xu Erxiu, you don't choose any day, but you choose today. It's likely that you've run into a ghost! Find someone else!"