Water Margin official

Chapter 112 Preparation

Zhang Zhengdao was stunned. For a moment, he didn't even recognize who this person was. He asked in a low voice: "Golden Lotus?"

But the woman stopped talking and just leaned against him, making some jerky and random movements.

Zhang Zhengdao could no longer bear it and took the initiative.

After a while, the brocade quilt covering him finally fell to the ground.

In the dark night, Zhang Zhengdao had no time to pay attention to the quilt. He only knew that the beauty beside him was quite useful.

Outside the house, in the corner, a dark figure was leaning on the moonlight, moving slowly, and came to the window.

Leng Buding bumped into something and hit his head. The black figure wanted to scream, but suddenly remembered that he couldn't scream, so he covered his mouth with his hand and suppressed it.

The man put his ear against the window and only listened to the movement in the house for a while before his legs and feet became weak and he fell to the ground.

After a while, some unspeakable sounds seemed to come from the room.

The people outside the house listened to the wall for a while, and when the noise inside the house completely died down, they mustered up the courage to get up and push the door open.

The door was not bolted, so the man was overjoyed and slipped into the house through a gap.

In a daze, Zhang Zhengdao felt a soft body pressing against him again. He thought it was Jin Lian sleeping beside him, so he hugged her body and fell asleep.

Until the next morning, a scream scared Zhang Zhengdao so much that he sat upright.

"What happened?" Zhang Zhengdao opened his eyes, and then saw Qiao Jinlian pointing at someone and shouting: "Sister Li Gui, why are you here?"

Sister Li Gui sat up, put her arms around Zhang Zhengdao's neck, and said with a smile: "The high official asked me to come."

Zhang Zhengdao slapped her on the head and shouted: "Tell the truth."

Sister Li Gui said: "I had a nightmare last night. I don't know how I got in."

Pan Jinlian saw that her clothes were thin, and she was completely shameless. Looking at herself, she seemed even more unbearable. She wanted to cover it up, but her hand came up empty, and the brocade quilt was still on the ground.

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the two beauties and was very excited. It was just that he spent some time communicating with Qiao Jinlian last night.

There is Mrs. Wei to comfort tonight, so I have to save some energy.

"You're just messing around, dressing me up." Zhang Zhengdao slapped Sister Li Gui on the arm.

The girl got up and put on her coat, then found Zhang Zhengdao's clothes and helped him wash and dress.

Qiaojinlian had the courage to feed the tiger last night, but now she felt a little embarrassed.

Zhang Zhengdao was satisfied, so he picked up the brocade quilt, covered her body, and said with a smile: "You can rest in the room. Sister Gui stays and takes good care of Jinlian."

Sister Li Gui said obediently: "Officials, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of Sister Jinlian."

Zhang Zhengdao left his house, went to the stable, picked up the white horse that had been returned long ago, and went straight to the Lion House.

On the streets in Qinghe County, there are already people shouting and selling in the streets.

There is also a car that collects night fragrance, knocking on the door and collecting all the pickled things in the homeowner's house.

Every time Zhang Zhengdao sees this kind of fireworks in the world, he feels that it is very real. It would be great if the world was always peaceful.

How fun it is to train some beautiful wives and concubines at home every day!

When we arrived at the Lion Building, the store had just opened, and Zhang Liu was talking to the waiter. When he saw Zhang Zhengdao, the bastard rushed over and said with a flattering smile: "Master, you are back."

"What happened while I was away from home?" Zhang Zhengdao glanced at the lobby. There were no diners.

Zhang Liu smiled and said: "Everything is business as usual, business is extremely hot at night."

Zhang Zhengdao nodded and stepped onto the third floor.

Zhang Liu followed him and followed suit: "High official, do you want to see the store's accounts?"

"Bring it here, let me take a look." Zhang Zhengdao ordered, then remembered something and asked again: "Where is Ruan Xiaoqi?"

Zhang Liu replied: "Seventh brother is sleeping in the backyard and hasn't woken up yet."

"We have been living in that courtyard recently." Zhang Liu added.

Arriving on the third floor, Zhang Liu fetched the account books and showed them to Zhang Zhengdao. He also ordered the kitchen to prepare some food and wine and bring them up.

I took a casual look and found that it was quite satisfactory. Although it was not as much money as the first few days of opening, it was good that it was stable and I made money every day.

Nodding with satisfaction, Zhang Zhengdao asked again: "Is Sun San coming back?"

Zhang Liu replied: "He came back once last month and opened a new herbal medicine shop in Dongcheng, and then returned to Yanggu County."

Zhang Zhengdao frowned and said, "Did you say anything?"

Zhang Liu recalled: "He just said that the several shops in Yanggu County have been almost taken care of, and he will be able to return to Qinghe County after he keeps an eye on them for a while."

Zhang Zhengdao thought for a while and ordered: "Send someone to call Sun San back, and also tell him that except for the daily expenses of the herbal medicine shop, all the money saved in the shop will be transported to Qinghe County."< /p>

Zhang Liu nodded and wrote down: "I will ask Wang Xian to leave later and ask Sun San to come back."

Wang Xian is one of several gangsters who had previously joined Zhang Zhengdao's disciples.

"By the way, if there are any high-quality old ginseng, let Sun Sanyi bring them too." Zhang Zhengdao suddenly remembered that he wanted to replenish his body.

Zhang Liudao: "The villain has written it down."

Then the humble fellow took out a small porcelain vase from his arms, placed it in front of Zhang Zhengdao, and said flatteringly: "Official, this is a rare thing."

Zhang Zhengdao picked it up, took off the cork, and took a look. There were several red pills inside.

"Did that fellow Jiang Zhushan refine it?" Zhang Zhengdao was quite distrustful of the elixir refined from the wax spear head.

Zhang Liu smiled and said: "It can't be hidden from the eyes of the high officials. It was indeed refined by Imperial Physician Chiang."

Zhang Zhengdao threw the porcelain bottle on the table and said seriously: "Liu, you have been with me for a long time, why do you need to use such things at such a young age?"

"Could it be that something is not going well in that regard?" Zhang Zhengdao looked at Zhang Liu suspiciously.

Zhang Liu said in astonishment: "High-ranking officials, this is to show filial piety to high-ranking officials. Small people can't use such rare things."

Zhang Zhengdao said disgustedly: "Do I need this thing? I'll reward you."

Zhang Liu smiled and took the porcelain bottle into his arms.

Zhang Zhengdao returned to the topic again and asked: "How much money can be spent on the Lion Tower?"

Zhang Liu thought for a while and said: "Five or six thousand strings can be taken out."

Zhang Zhengdao instructed: "Leave the money for daily expenses in the store and prepare the rest for savings. I want to take the money away."

Zhang Liu hesitated for a moment and asked: "What big thing do you want to do, high official?"

Zhang Zhengdao didn't want him to know about Liangshan, so he said: "Just prepare the money and don't ask any more questions."

Seeing that Zhang Zhengdao didn't want to tell him, Zhang Liu complained in his heart: "The high-ranking officials are so imitated that they still have things to hide. I really miss the relationship between master and servant where we could be honest with each other in the past."

"Exchange it into gold and silver as much as possible." Zhang Zhengdao was afraid that he would get a cart full of copper coins, which would not be easy to transport.

Zhang Liu agreed.

At this time, the waiter brought in the prepared wine and food, and Zhang Liu asked with a smile: "But we want to call some sisters in the backyard to accompany the high officials to have wine?"

Zhang Zhengdao had enough nonsense last night, and now he was thinking about business, so he refused: "Forget it, I will go to Wu's house later. You can buy some commemorative things and go with me."

Zhang Liu naturally knew that Qinghe County inspector Wu Qianhu had died of illness, and naturally knew that his master was the son-in-law of the Wu family. He turned and went downstairs to tell his waiters to prepare.

Zhang Zhengdao ate some food and waited for Zhang Liu to prepare everything. Then he rode a white horse and took Zhang Liu to Inspector Wu's house.

When they arrived outside Wu's house, the servant who guarded the door led Zhang Zhengdao to sit in the main hall and went to inform his lady.

At this time, when a woman is fifteen and has haircut, she can discuss marriage, but it all depends on "the orders of her parents and the words of the matchmaker" and she cannot make the decision herself.

When Wu Qianhu was alive, he was always reluctant to let his daughter get married, so he kept Wu Yueniang in his boudoir.

However, some people who knew the inside story rumored that Wu Qianhu had exhausted all his family resources to find wives for his two sons and could not afford any decent dowries, so he never betrothed Wu Yueniang to others.

Until last year, when this girl celebrated her eighteenth birthday, Wu Qianhu became a little anxious. If she was no longer allowed to marry someone else, he was afraid that his daughter would become an old maid.

It happened that Zhang Dahu came to the door, intending to propose marriage to his eldest son, Wu Yueniang. He also said clearly that the Wu family would ask for the three books and six etiquettes, but as for the dowry, they would not need any money.

Therefore, Wu Qianhu "reluctantly" agreed to the marriage.

However, despite all calculations, Zhang Zhengdao left Qinghe County twice, delaying the marriage again and again.

Before Wu Qianhu died, he was still lying in bed, talking about his daughter's marriage.

? ? Low-key listing, asking for some support, and a good rhythm. Maybe some plots were not handled well in the past, and will be adjusted slowly later. After it is released, I will try my best to write more every day, to generate electricity for love, and not to enter the palace!