Chapter 126 Five hundred and forty-two taels
Dusk falls, the lanterns are turned on, and the night in Fallen Immortal Tower has just begun. The warm and rich Hu music sounded in the building, and the dancing drums were beating. The Hu dancers on the round stage were spinning and dancing. The bells tied to their waists and ankles were ringing all the way around the round stage. The men around were shouting and applauding excitedly, and there was a melancholy sound everywhere. At the railing on the second floor, Xian Ge was leaning there, holding a wine bottle in his hand. He looked at the men beside the round platform with red eyes and wished he could touch the slender and white waists of the dancers, like water snakes. Her anxious look was almost ferocious. A mocking smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. She raised the flask, took it with her mouth, and took a sip of wine. Her brows and eyes were full of emotion and amorous feelings when she was slightly drunk. It crisps up the bones. A maid came up to her ear and whispered a few words at this time. She raised her lips and smiled, slowly stood up straight, moved step by step, and walked slowly along the corridor on the second floor to her room. As she walked, she occasionally He raised the wine bottle and took a sip. Arriving at the door of her house, she took two staggering steps to knock the door open. She walked into the house instead and closed the door with her backhand, blocking out the fragrant sounds outside. As the door closed, she slowly stood up straight, walked to the table steadily and lightly, blew on the firewood, and lit the candle. How could she still be half as drunk as before?
"This married man is really different. Now he came to see me without even leaving the front door. Moreover, I almost fell down just now, and you didn't even offer to help me. What? I'm afraid that your wife will know about it. , will you be angry?" The lighted candle also reflected her smiling face, which was less charming but still bright. As she asked, she turned her head and looked towards the window. There stood a figure, just hidden in the darkness. She had broad shoulders and a broad back, tall and straight. After listening to Xian Ge's question, she walked out of the shadow. , the stern facial lines were outlined by the dim yellow candlelight, but they were a little softer. Who else could it be if it wasn't Xue Lin? But he seemed not to have heard Xian Ge's joking words, and said in a deep voice, "Didn't you send a message to me to come to see you? What's the matter?" "You are so old-fashioned and boring!" Xian Ge's smile faded and he hummed, "I'm here to find you because your wife specially invited me to meet you today." Xue Lin frowned slightly. , she smiled and said, "It seems you don't know yet? Well, she bought these and had them delivered." Xian Ge glanced at the table, where there was a food basket filled with various cakes. Xue Lin was a little surprised. He glanced at the pastries on the table and said in a deep voice, "I have been busy investigating and interrogating these days, as you know." "Isn't it just that there are spies here? How often have we not done so in the past few years, but I want you to look for an opportunity to check the details again." Xian Ge said as he patted away a jar of wine on the table and handed it to Xue cold.
Xue Lin reached out to take it but didn't drink it, "What does she want from you?" Xian Ge raised her eyelashes and glanced at him in surprise, then smiled suddenly, "That lady of yours is an interesting person. I thought she was looking for me to accuse me, but who knew..." She paused with a smile, but she was displeased. After a while, when Xue Lin looked over coldly, she chuckled and said, "I didn't amuse you. She was really interesting. Instead of blaming you at all, she was very polite to me and invited me to have snacks, one bite at a time." She called me sister, and by the way, she invited me to live in your house for a long time. What on earth did she mean? Why can’t I understand? She really wanted to find a sister for herself. Going to your house together to help her share her worries and serve you?" Xian Ge raised his eyebrows and looked at Xue Lin, his eyes full of interest. Xue Lin's eyes sank slightly, his face was still silent, but he suddenly put the wine jar in his hand back on the table with a slightly heavy "bang". "Are you leaving now?" Seeing him arriving at the window, Xian Ge hurriedly raised her voice, unable to hide her surprise. "Since it's nothing important, I have to leave of course!" After Xue Lin finished speaking, he held his hands on the window sill and jumped, and in an instant he disappeared by the window. Xian Ge smacked his tongue, then turned to look at the jar of wine that was left alone on the table, and said quietly, "I'm really in a hurry, I don't even have time to take a sip of the wine! If you don't drink, I'll drink..." As he said that, he put the jar of wine away. She raised it to her lips, raised her head and took a sip. The hot liquid went straight to her heart and filled her mouth and nose. She coughed twice, her eyes were a little red, but she laughed softly in the blink of an eye. He shouted, "Good wine!" In the Xue Mansion, Fan Shuang was pulling Mingyi's sleeves and lamenting, "Help, Princess!" Mingyi looked at her funny, "What's wrong? Aren't you the one who likes to take care of the accounts and money the most?" The day before yesterday, Songfeng said that he had been ordered by Xue Lin to send the accounts of the house to Madam, and from now on it would be up to her. His wife manages the general affairs of the mansion. Although Mingyi could also read accounts, she didn't like it very much, but Fanshuang liked it, so Mingyi gave full power to her. In the past two days, there has been a lot of commotion outside the mansion because of the spies, but Fan Shuang has not even shown her face. She has been with Songfeng in the mansion all day long, taking stock of the warehouses and checking accounts. Mingyi has not seen her in the past two days. Who knows today? This is what it looks like when you first see it. "Then you have to have money to manage!" Fanshuang cried, spreading the account book in front of Mingyi, "Princess, look at it, look at it, this huge Anxi Governor's Mansion is actually an empty shell. Son, do you dare to believe it? Governor Xue is in charge of the fourteen prefectures of Anxi, and he is considered a high-ranking official in the border area, but the government account only has a few hundred taels, do you dare to believe it?" Mingyi really couldn't believe it, so she took the account book and looked through it. Fanshuang pointed at the numbers on it and almost burst into tears, "Princess, look at these accounts. They often spend tens of thousands of taels, saying they bought horses, weapons, and food... Although the slaves are not He understands military affairs, but he also knows that the imperial court allocates food and salary for military matters, so why should the governor use his own private accounts?" "Moreover, even if it is the Governor's private account, it would be inappropriate to withdraw such a large sum of money just by saying something casually, right? Seeing that the income is quite large, but the expenses are so large, it is no wonder that it was originally sent to Wangjing for repairs by the Princess. The money in the house even contains scraps of silver, and it’s just a little bit..." "Furthermore, Songfeng said that this house was renovated just before the governor came. People from the military camp pooled their money together. They said it was a wedding gift for the governor, but the governor refused to let it go. No, I just paid this amount back a while ago, and now this is all I have..." Fan Shuang stretched out her hand and pointed at the shocking five hundred and forty-two taels in the account book, and almost couldn't help but beat her chest. I thought that the princess was just marrying far away, but she was marrying a big official from a feudal land. The governor looked at her as a decent person, and it was barely considered a good marriage. Who knew that the governor was actually a glamorous person on the outside, but a pauper on the inside? How could he bear this? ? I can't bear it no matter what... Fan Shuang said as she rolled up her sleeves and was about to have a big fight, but her hand was suppressed by Ming Yi and she was not allowed to do it. "Fanshuang, listen, you have to keep this accounting matter in your stomach and never mention it to anyone else." Mingyi looked at her steadily, with a solemn and serious look on his face. Fanshuang was stunned. "Did you hear that?" Mingyi lowered her voice and asked again. The pressure on her hand increased, and her eyes became faintly sharp. Fan Shuang was shocked and said "oh" for a while, then nodded vigorously under Mingyi's gaze.
Only then did Mingyi let go of her, rolled up the account book, frowned and said, "I will be in charge of the accounts in the houfu, and you can take care of the shop." (End of this chapter)