Chapter 5 Provocation
Chapter 5 Provocation
In the early morning of the next day, before Chu Qing opened his eyes, he heard the sounds of servants walking around. He had already felt light, but now it was even more difficult to fall asleep. Fortunately, he got up directly.
As soon as he got up and wanted to dress himself, there was a group of servants waiting beside him, wanting to serve him.
Now there are quite a lot of idlers in the mansion, so Chu Qing had no choice but to resist the idea of putting on his own clothes. Although he was not used to it, he still let his attendants put on the outer robe for him, and put them on neatly.
However, in other places in the mansion, one incident is like a stone stirring up thousands of waves, making the whole mansion uneasy.
Guanshi Peng started an investigation of the whole mansion under the pretext of the loss of beggar chickens in the mansion.
After breakfast, Chu Qing summoned the accountant from the mansion. According to etiquette, generally the gold and silver running water in the mansion is managed by the hostess alone, but Chu Qing's mansion doesn't even have concubines, so the accountant is in charge of it, and every month Fifteen handed over the ledger to Chu Qing for checking.
Chu Qing thought that he was pretty good at keeping accounts. In his previous life, the company with huge liquidity did not make any major mistakes in financial management.
The account books from the previous night really opened his eyes. He couldn't understand the flow of some of them. The single-entry bookkeeping can be recorded like this. His accountant is either a complete idiot or has nothing to worry about.
As soon as the accountant stepped into the room, Chu Qing didn't speak, and directly threw the account book towards the accountant.
The accountant had seen Chu Qing get angry at his subordinates, but it was often on the surface, just to vent his dissatisfaction in his heart, and he would definitely not vent it to him, but at this moment, Chu Qing made the accountant's hair stand on end, and he picked up the account book from the ground , the moment after opening it, his face was pale.
Every bad debt, every unexplained expenditure, including the part of the yin and yang ledger, is clearly marked, and even the part of corruption is directly written out.
Chu Qing looked at the accountant who was completely frozen in place, sweating profusely, and said to him: "I don't care who the master behind you is, within today, use the four-legged account bookkeeping method for me, how can I write it? A piece of paper is clipped to the last page of the ledger, sort out the ledger and give it to me."
"You don't know what crime is in the Prince's House of Corruption, do you?" Chu Qing tapped the table with his fingers, "Even if you don't want to live, you still have to think about your family."
The accountant's legs softened, and he was about to kneel down when he heard a clear and indifferent voice.
"It's useless to kneel to me. It's clear. You left my mansion voluntarily to find another job. It's not clear. You are imprisoned by the Zhu Jiu Clan. Do you understand?"
The accountant's face turned from white to blue, and while wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, he said hastily: "I understand, I understand, little one, let's do the calculation now, let's do the calculation now."
Chu Qing watched the accountant leave tremblingly, and subconsciously continued to knock on the table.
Yesterday, when he was looking through the roster of personnel, someone caught his attention. He was surprised at first. The original owner, Seventeen, was alone. According to the usual practice, even if he didn't marry a wife, he should be accompanied by a girl in the same room or a concubine. about.
After reading the roster of personnel in the mansion, Chu Qing realized that although there were no concubines, the original owner had a lord. In other words, the fourth prince of Chu State originally liked men, which might explain why the King of Chu hated him so much.
Chu Qing has no prejudices or views on this aspect, he respects people's right to freely choose the sex of the object.
But the original owner's servant must know much more about the original owner than ordinary attendants. In other words, he is the person most likely to see through Chu Qing. Therefore, before Chu Qing fully grasps the control of the mansion, he does not plan to have a relationship with him for the time being. He meets.
On the other side, in the dilapidated woodshed, Qin Wuzhou was writing hard to complete the "punishment copying" task assigned by Chu Qing yesterday. At this moment, Qin Wuzhou appeared calm and introverted, completely opposite to his sharp-edged appearance yesterday.
When he copied, his hands were very steady, and he was obviously very patient. When he wrote the pen, he was like a dragon and a snake, with a magnificent momentum. .
Qin Wuzhou recalled his previous life over and over again. When he was supported by the prime minister of Qin as the puppet emperor, he saw the governor hand in a note, telling the merchants to monopolize the food in the epidemic area, and the rare goods can be lived. Sentenced, allowing the businessman to earn a lot of money, how many people died of the epidemic that year, and the corpses piled up into mountains.
Later, when he killed the prime minister and came to power, Qin Wuzhou decided that the laws and regulations must be stricter, and the penalties for breaking the law must be strengthened in order to be acceptable to the people, but the result was not satisfactory...
Qin Wuzhou had to admit that what Chu Qing said was correct, regardless of his standpoint, he very much agreed with Chu Qing's point of view.
Outside the door, there were whispered discussions from the attendants.
"There is a beggar chicken lost in the mansion, and the fourth prince is very angry after listening to Guanshi Peng."
"No, this beggar chicken is made in secret. It is said that it needs to be marinated for seven to 49 days before it can taste."
"It's been so long, no wonder the fourth prince is so angry."
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Qin Wuzhou was in disbelief. Beggar chicken needs to be marinated for 49 days?It is indescribably eccentric that chickens are best cooked immediately after they are dead.
The voices of the guards outside the door gradually disappeared, and Qin Wuzhou had two new impressions of Chu Qing.
[-]. Love chicken like life.
Two, extremely stingy.
On the other side, Chu Qing sneezed, his body couldn't bear the fatigue, and yesterday's torment caused his throat to be inexplicably sore today.
Chu Qing actually doesn't like to eat chicken, but he asked Guanshi Peng to clean up the mansion. He always had an excuse. It just so happened that Qin Wuzhou was very skilled in martial arts. If he wanted to find out the whereabouts of this chicken, no one could find out. Find out who really wants to check.
Noon came soon, and there was another meal that could not be swallowed, Chu Qing still did things hastily, and in the afternoon, Steward Peng handed over a new roster of personnel to Chu Qing.
There are various marks and symbols on the list. The symbols are marked on the first page, which roughly distinguish who are loyal to the fourth prince, who will choose to refuse the temptation because of fear of the law, and who are determined to Those who sent messages outside the house, and even who was behind them, were all marked.
Chu knew clearly that his first move was correct, Guanshi Peng could not do this overnight, but as the man in the mansion who actually handles the tedious affairs, he has been working with the servants in the mansion for a long time. , He knows exactly what kind of person the other party is.
Since then, most of the control of the Fourth Prince's Mansion has fallen into Chu Qing's hands, and Guanshi Peng signaled to Chu Qing whether to drive those eyeliners from other forces out of the palace.
Chu Qing shook his head and said: "The known eyeliner is very useful, keep it, drive out all those whose identities you can't confirm, put the older ones in some fields, and help them find a self-supporting job for the young ones. If they have committed crimes, they should be sent directly to the government."
"Yes, master, I'll do it now!" Guanshi Peng looked at Chu Qing full of hope. He has no opinions on major matters. Chu Qing at this moment gives people a strong sense of reliability, as if no matter what happens, Everything was within his expectations and he could make the right decisions.
After Guanshi Peng left, Chu Qing shook his head with a smile. Guanshi Peng's thoughts were on the surface, and the city was not deep, but it also meant that he was honest and honest.
Chu Qing walked to the firewood room where Qin Wuzhou was located. Based on the impression Qin Wuzhou had left on him the day before, he felt that Qin Wuzhou would probably refuse to obey, and he would not be willing to "penalize copying" even if he was beaten to death.
But when he opened the door and entered, the room was full of rice papers, scattered all over the place.
Chu Qing picked up one at random, and when he looked at it carefully, a low and hoarse voice came from his ear.
"I'm done copying."
Qin Wuzhou sat cross-legged, his eyes were no longer sharp when looking at Chu Qing, but became more and more elusive.
Qin Wuzhou's handwriting is majestic and unrestrained. The writing style is similar to Yan Zhenqing's Yan style. The handwriting has the atmosphere of a general. 【1】
When Chu Qing learned calligraphy before wearing the book, he had a deep understanding of fonts. The original owner's font is the most standard and the least personal style of the pavilion, so it is not difficult for Chu Qing to imitate the original owner's handwriting.
On the other hand, Qin Wuzhou's handwriting, if he wants to master such a handwriting, it takes at least five to ten years of hard work and hard work to achieve it, provided he is talented.
Chu Qing put down the paper in his hand, and did not embarrass Qin Wuzhou, he nodded to the guard, who immediately presented the prepared meal.
Qin Wuzhou ate his meal without saying a word. The hardships and humiliations he had suffered in his previous life were far more terrifying than the present one. He knew very well the meaning of a knife on the prefix of the word "forbearance", and he was quite good at patience and dormancy , just waiting for an opportunity for a complete comeback.
On the other side of the round table, Chu Qing supported the table with one hand and lightly pressed the table with the other. The information about Qin Wuzhou was integrated together, and there was an extra book named Qin Wuzhou in the memory palace in Chu Qing's mind.
A new food habit was added to the book. When Qin Wuzhou was extremely hungry and thirsty, he still maintained the most appropriate eating etiquette. Portions are roughly equal, making it hard to notice his eating habits.
Chu Qing searched in his memory, and found that ordinary people rarely have such a habit, only the emperor will slowly develop such a habit under the service of his servants, in order to avoid being known by others about the emperor's diet preference, to reduce the possibility of poisoning.
This crucial detail made Chu Qing have another guess about Qin Wuzhou's identity, but now they are just clues, and Chu Qing can't jump to conclusions.
After Qin Wuzhou finished his meal, he raised his head to look at Chu Qing, his eyes turned from fierce to provocative.
"Yesterday you said you wanted to be my teacher. May I ask, what aspect of you is worthy of my learning?" Qin Wuzhou smiled with a little disdain, "The six arts of a gentleman, etiquette, music, archery, royal, book, and number, which one is there?" Are you better than me?"
Chu Qing was not angry, but rather interested.
"Teacher, so preaching and accepting karma to solve doubts." Chu Qing winked at Qin Wuzhou and said with a smile, "Since you have set the scope, how about I decide which one of the six arts of a gentleman?"
"Of course, it's fair. Which one do you want to compare?" Qin Wuzhou sneered in his heart. He is confident that there are very few people in the world who can surpass him in the Six Arts, let alone this fourth prince of Chu who only knows how to abuse others to vent his dissatisfaction.
Chu Qing even wanted to laugh, just now he was thinking about how to make Qin Wuzhou obedient, but Qin Wuzhou's behavior was simply - someone gave him a pillow when he fell asleep.
"Then it counts compared to the last item."
After finishing speaking, Chu Qing couldn't help laughing, his eyes were slightly bent when he laughed, and the blood mole at the end of his eyes was particularly eye-catching, Qin Wuzhou tried to look away several times, but failed.
The author says:
【1】Critical biography of Li Zhimin, the founder of introducing monuments into grass.
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