"You are polite, Mr. Han, the young man is just a few words to read. How can he deserve the title of Mr. Han? He is really a villain. However, the villain envies you, Mr. Han. His kung fu is famous for Bianjing. The young man dreams of becoming a person like Mr. Han, and no one dares to plunder his sharpness."

Jiang Xia threw the flattery one by one to Han Yu, and Han Yu smiled and was very happy. Han Yu walked over and patted Jiang Xia on the shoulder and said, "You kid is a talent. Don't worry, I will take good care of you in Qunfang Pavilion in the future. I will definitely not let you be bullied."

"Thank you, Brother Han." Jiang Xia said with a touching look on her face.

This was just a few words, and Jiang Xia’s name for Han Yu changed from “Han Master” to “Brother Han”. Han Yu also nodded and shouted back: “Brother Jiang.”

"Okay, Brother Jiang, let's not let Mother Kang wait and be anxious." Han Yu said.

"good."

Jiang Xia followed Han Yu to "Qingyanju". Qingyan is the name of Kang's mother. It is said that when Kang's mother was young, she was a famous courtesan in Shuntian Mansion. Later, she tied the thread with a nobleman, and then redeemed herself, and then opened this folk pavilion.

Listening to the name Kang Qingyan, it does feel like a peerless beauty, but in fact, Kang's mother, who is almost fifty, is no longer the same as she was because of ordinary socializing and drinking.

Han Yu stood at the door and knocked on the door. Mother Kang's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Han Yu opened the door and walked in with Jiang Xia.

The Qingyan Pavilion is very spacious and the decoration inside is very gorgeous. Han Yu took Jiang Xia in and stayed in the living room. The voice of Kang's mother came from the boudoir next to the study: "You two sit first, I'll be fine soon."

After a while, Kang's mother walked out. She was wearing a Su-embroidered double-breasted skirt. Because she was tall, she could give people a plump and round feeling despite being quite old. The long hair was very exaggerated, with all kinds of hair accessories inserted on the hair plate, and everything was covered with gold and jade. Perhaps because of middle age, Kang's mother's face began to loosen, and even though she applied thick rouge and powder, it was difficult to hide the spots on her face.

"Oh, why are you standing? Sit." Kang's mother said to Han Yu and Jiang Xia.

Han Yu shook his head and said, "If you can't do Mother Kang, I have to explain something to my subordinates later, so I have to take a step first." After that, Han Yu glanced at Jiang Xia, then leaned into Mother Kang's ear and whispered a few times.

While Han Yu was talking, Kang's mother looked at Jiang Xia a few times, and then her eyes were slightly shiny.

When Han Yu finished speaking, Kang's mother nodded. Han Yu glanced at Jiang Xia again and gave him an encouraging look. Jiang Xia knew that Han Yu must have said good things to him in Kang's ear, so he nodded slightly and gave him a grateful look.

Han Yu said that, he left the room. At this moment, Mother Kang looked up and down at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia felt very uncomfortable when he was being looked at by an old woman like this, but he could only endure it. After all, the situation was better than others.

After looking at it for a while, Mother Kang said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there was such a handsome talent hidden in my Qunfang Pavilion. I didn't notice it. If Mr. Zhao hadn't told me that you were smart, I would have really covered the pearl. That would be a pity. I heard Han Yu say that Jiang Xia, you know the words and make words?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "When I was a child, I learned some of the Four Books and Five Classics, and I know a little bit."

Jiang Xia is definitely modest in this sentence. As the youngest leader in the history of Thousand Sects, he is definitely not just saying that he is flexible and can deceive. Jiang Xia’s accumulation of knowledge is far beyond ordinary people, and it is definitely not comparable to ordinary people. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is well-versed in ancient and modern times.

"Okay." Mother Kang got up and walked to the study to get a few books, and then put them in front of Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia glanced at him and found that the books were being brought by Kang's mother. Mother Kang said, "Please help me see these books to see if you can tell what's the name."

"Okay." Jiang Xia picked up a book and started to look through it. He looked at it very quickly. Finally, he closed the book and said, "Mom Kang, this book is the account for April. In April, he earned a total of 3,220 taels and 672 cents, and spent 1,08 taels and 500 cents, and the net profit was 2,202 taels and 1,72 cents. But..."

"But what?" Kang's mother was a little shocked. Although she could do arithmetic, she had to hold a book to calculate for a long time every time to figure it out. But she never thought that Jiang Xia just took a rough look at it and calculated the gross profit and net profit.

When Kang's mother was even more surprised when she heard Jiang Xia say "But", she thought that this kid wouldn't have seen any problems in the account, so she quickly asked.

Jiang Xia indeed opened the account book and pointed to one of the pages and said, "Mom Kang, look, it is stated that on the eighth day of the April 19th, I bought a hundred quilts and beddings, and used 380 taels of money. However, the best quilts in Shuntian Mansion cost only more than two taels. If you buy a hundred quilts of money, you will usually get a part of the bedding. It is unreasonable to use 380 taels of money here."

"This..." Mother Kang took it over and looked at it, and was immediately angry. She slapped the table and stood up: "He Chaoxi, I trust you so much, but I didn't expect you to be able to fill your pockets."

Mother Kang opened the door and shouted: "Come here!"

Soon, two big men in strong clothes came over on the fourth floor. The two were thugs in Qunfang Pavilion. Mother Kang shouted: "Go and bring He Chaoxi here immediately."

He Chaoxi is the old turtle man in Qunfang Pavilion. Because he has been working for a long time, he has gained the trust of Kang's mother. He Chaoxi is responsible for the procurement of all the big and small items in Qunfang Pavilion.

The two thugs responded "Yes" and immediately went to find He Chaoxi, and soon someone was brought over.

As soon as he entered the room, Kang's mother slapped the table and shouted: "He Chaoxi, you are so brave, you even dare to cheat me."

She held two account books on the table and handed them to He Chaoxi, saying, "For April and May, the things you buy are much more expensive than the most expensive on the market. What do you tell me about this?"

He Chaoxi was slightly stunned, and his whole body was trembling with fear. He raised his head and looked at Kang's mother with trembling evidence. Now he could not help but argue. He Chaoxi wailed and kept kowtowing to Kang's mother, "Mom Kang, I was wrong, I was wrong, I never dared to do it again. Please spare me this time, spare me this time..."

When Kang's mother saw He Chaoxi admit it, she immediately opened her mouth and said, "Drag it down and break one of his legs first."

"Yes!" The two thugs dragged He Chaoxi out the door. He Chaoxi shouted loudly: "Mama Kang, please spare me..." The voice became farther and farther, until it disappeared.

After He Chaoxi's case was resolved, Kang's mother looked at Jiang Xia again. This time the appreciation in her eyes was no longer covered. Her straight look made Jiang Xia unable to help but get goose bumps all over her body.

In fact, Mother Kang didn't expect that she just wanted to take the exam for Jiangxia, but Jiangxia found that there were so many problems in the account. Mother Kang said, "Jiangxia, I saw that you are a talent, and I felt wronged by you as a servant in Qunfang Pavilion. Now Qunfang Pavilion just happens to be a study teacher, so how about you try it first? At the beginning, the monthly schedule is three taels, and if you do it well, you can add it, and there will be dividends at the end of the year."

Three liang! Jiang Xia thought about it secretly when she heard this. This was equivalent to a six-fold increase in the original salary. According to the monthly three liang, it won’t take long to redeem himself.

How could there be no reason to not agree to such a good thing? Jiang Xia immediately bowed and said, "Xie Kang's mother loves you, Jiang Xia will do his best to fulfill his mission."

"Okay." Mother Kang said with a smile: "You have made contributions to what happened just now, and I have to reward you. I will go to the account office to receive a reward of five taels of silver, and I will say it was what I said."

Is there any reward? Jiang Xia was even happier. What he lacked now was the money, so he did not refuse and immediately responded: "Xie Kang's mother rewarded him."

After leaving Kang's mother's room, Jiang Xia walked out of Qunfang Pavilion to buy some wine and food to bring it back to Han Yu, thanking him for his kindness. The so-called "recitation" and the establishment of friendship is based on mutual help and mutual gifts.

Shuntian Prefecture. The southwest bank of Taiyechi, the western garden of the imperial city, is close to Xihuamen. This is the political center and military headquarters of Emperor Zhu Houzhao who governed the government during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, and the Leopard Room.

The new house of Leopard House was first built in the second year of Zhengde. In the fifth year of Zhizhengde, a total of more than 200 houses were built, which cost more than 240,000 taels of silver. In fact, the new house of Leopard House was not a place to raise leopards, nor was it a palace that was simply traveling in the general sense. It was actually a place where Zhu Houzhao lived and handled the government affairs. The new house of Leopard House had many secret rooms, like a maze, and also built a schoolyard, a Buddhist temple, etc.

For example, the pavilion where Zhao Zhuhouzhao was sitting was built on a huge strange stone transported from Taihu Lake by dismantling the water gate and bridge and digging the city wall. Sitting in the pavilion, looking around, the more than 200 houses in the leopard room were captured by Zhu Houzhao. He took a deep breath and was in a strange posture like a sleeping and laughing at the arhat.

After doing it for a while, Zhu Houzhao shook her head and picked up a book on the ground and flipped through it: "What a pity, I only found these eighteen poses of the Heart Sutra of the Women in the world, but I only got these four poses, pulling onions onions on dry land, sitting on lotus on Guanyin, pushing a cart on the old man, lying on his arms and embracing the moon. I really want to take a look at what the fourteen poses behind them look like."

Zhang Yong, who was watching from the side, said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this "Heart Sutra of the Imperial Girl" is the pinnacle of the art of room art. The original ancient book has been lost for a long time. It is a blessing for the emperor to find the four styles. It is useless to force it. Why not practice here for now and let me arrange it? Today I will go to Qunfang Pavilion to listen to the girl Shishi playing the piano and singing the song?"

"Miss Shishi?" Zhu Houzhao was obviously excited after hearing this, and nodded and said, "It's great, call Liu Jin together."

When Zhang Yong heard that Zhu Houzhao was about to call Liu Jin, he couldn't help but frown in his heart. He thought to himself, if he brought Liu Jin, a proficient and flattering person, how could our family please the emperor? Zhang Yong changed his mind and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Liu seems to have gone to Jiangxi with Lord Wang a few days ago. I'm afraid he is not in Shuntian Mansion now."

Zhang Yong is also an extremely smart person. In fact, he knew that Liu Jin was still in Shuntian Mansion and had not left. But he didn't want Liu Jin to go with him, so he used uncertain words such as "like" and "I'm afraid". In this way, even if Zhu Houzhao knew about Liu Jin's time, he would not blame himself. After all, he didn't say that he must have been in Shuntian Mansion, right?

"Oh, by the way. Liu Jin said he wanted to go to Jiangxi to bring me some beautiful musicians back. Now he may have left Beijing. Whether it is, you and I will go there today. You and I will prepare first. Let's leave the palace in Shen Shima."

"Yes. I will leave." Zhang Yong responded and stepped back.
Chapter completed!