() Gao Jie did not continue to pretend to be sick in front of the visitor. He sat on the chair beside the bed and asked: "What's the emergency, your master? I want you to come over to see me overnight."
The person who came was the servant of Yuan Hongxun, Gao Jie's colleague and friend. He bowed and said: "My master asked me to inform you that the Royal Guards School Captain came to my master today to investigate what happened in the past few years. I hope you will come soon."
Something to deal with.”
"What's the matter? Oh, I understand. Does your master have anything else to say?" When Gao Jie heard this, he began to be confused about what happened a few years ago, and then he immediately woke up. Jin Yiwei was checking his own at this juncture.
Something, what else could it be.
After figuring things out, Gao Jie was a little worried.
In the past, no one in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was cleaner than anyone else, and it was impossible to get along in the officialdom without taking some, so everyone took it unscrupulously.
Because everyone knows that even if the emperor wants to investigate, he can only rely on civilian officials and nobles. This means that it is useless to send anyone, because how can you investigate others if you are not clean yourself? But now, who would think that the emperor would release the factory again?
guard.
"My master said that if necessary, let some blood be drawn. It will be safe if everyone is not clean." The servants of the Yuan family were ordered by their master. If Gao Jie doesn't ask, they won't say anything. If Gao Jie asks, he will say it. So he sees Gao Jie.
Jie asked his master for his advice and answered in a lowered voice.
After hearing this, Gao Jie suddenly felt a pain in his body, but it was undeniable that this method was good. If it could be dragged down, things would be the same as before.
He never thought about whether it could be dragged into the water. In the Ming Dynasty, especially in these years, there was no cat that didn't eat fish. At most, it was just a question of whether the fish was big or small.
Thinking of this, Gao Jie nodded slightly. It's just that he was too unlucky. Jin Yiwei found him first, so he had to lose money to eliminate the disaster.
It would be perfect if you check others first and let others drag Jin Yiwei into trouble.
Little did he know that Yuan Hongxun came up with this idea for him. It would not only allow his friends to avoid this disaster, but also benefit other officials who had not been investigated, including Yuan Hongxun himself.
Gao Jie stood up and paced back and forth in the room. After thinking for a while, he made up his mind and said to Yuan Hongxun's servant: "Go back and tell your family that after I have eliminated the disaster, I will come to visit you in person on another day to thank you."
Then Gao Jie asked his family to send Yuan Hongxun's servant away, and he started pacing back and forth in the room again, thinking about how many gifts to give and how to give them to Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei. Now that the Jinyiwei is already investigating, it will not work if it is late.
, must be sent out before Jin Yiwei found out. For this reason, Gao Jie hurt a lot of brain cells, and it took him until late at night to come up with an idea.
No matter how many worries there were, the sun rose as usual the next day. It was nearly ten minutes past noon, and the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou looked at the few customers in the store with a sad face, thinking that the business was not as good as every day.
When Jianlu invaded Gyeonggi, business was going well. The big customers of the restaurant, that is, the court officials, often came over for a drink. However, after the emperor ordered the cancellation of the Spring Festival two years ago and called for donations to relieve the victims, the restaurant's
Business is plummeting.
The shopkeeper wouldn't say anything if the customers didn't come to spend money and invested the saved money in the refugees. But not many of those people did that. Most of them just ate and drank at home.
If Jianlu didn't leave for a day, King Qin's army wouldn't disperse for a day. They gathered around the capital and raised the price of goods in the capital a lot.
The cost of the restaurant has skyrocketed, and the price of food has to be raised to maintain it. This has also led to some ordinary customers who could come to eat a few times in the past to no longer come to eat.
When is it going to end? Just as the shopkeeper was thinking about it, he heard a cheerful voice asking from the door: "Shopkeeper, do you have any private rooms?"
When the shopkeeper heard that business was coming to his door, he hurriedly welcomed him out the door. When he got out of the counter, he kicked the waiter who was dozing next to him.
"Ah, it's Angkor. I haven't been here for a long time. Please take a seat upstairs and choose a private room." The shopkeeper took a look and saw a young man with a happy face walking towards him with a group of companions. He recognized that he had a sister to marry.
Dongmen Wu Er, who was a concubine to the minister of the Ming Dynasty, quickly greeted him.
Wu Er entered the store with a smile. When he saw that there were only a few people dining in twos and threes in the lobby on the first floor, he was slightly startled, but it did not affect his mood. The waiter led the way to the private room on the second floor.
The shopkeeper also followed him, wondering in his heart, this Wu Er was not usually a very wealthy shopkeeper, but looking at his behavior today, he must have made a fortune and came here to entertain guests.
Wu Er chose a private room facing the street, and after sitting down with his friends, he smiled and said to the shopkeeper: "Please bring good wine and good food. Today, my brothers and I will not go home until we are drunk."
The shopkeeper bowed and responded with a smile, but did not move.
When Wu Eryi saw the shopkeeper like this, he knew what it meant and was not angry.
I didn't have much money before, so when I came here to drink, I saw the rich people throwing money at waiters, and I was very envious of that kind of power.
In this place, if you have money, you are the boss. If you throw money at it, the waiter will serve you like your ancestors, and you will have special face in front of everyone.
Now that he has made a fortune, it's his turn to show off. He looked sideways at the shopkeeper and said, "What, are you afraid that I won't have money to pay the bill and eat the King's meal?"
"No, no, of course not. Who are you Angkor? How could you do such a thing?" the shopkeeper said quickly, then changed the subject and added: "But the business in our store is not good, and there are new rules.
Guests in private rooms must pay a deposit first. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not aimed at you, it’s really difficult for a small shop to maintain..."
"Okay, okay, no need to break the rules. Wu Er's principle is to convince people with virtue, so don't worry." After saying that, Wu Er took out a stack of paper from his arms, pulled out one of the papers, and handed it to
He said to the shopkeeper: "I, Wu Er, are very happy today. I will serve you good wine and good food. If there are more, you don't have to look for them. This is a reward for your restaurant. I, Wu Er, will come to visit often in the future, but don't let me go bankrupt."
There’s nowhere to eat.”
"Thank you Angkor for the reward. With your support, how could the shop close down?" The shopkeeper took the "banknote" and turned around to tell the waiter: "Quickly, tell the kitchen to prepare the shop's signature dishes."
Show your hands and come up to Angkor."
The waiter was also happy and happily agreed, then turned around and prepared to go downstairs to inform the kitchen.
When I just walked to the door, I suddenly heard the shopkeeper shouting "Wait a minute" from behind. I was a little confused and turned around to look over.
It turned out that after the shopkeeper finished giving instructions to the waiter, he lowered his head to see the face value of the banknote. He found that the piece of paper in his hand was not a banknote, so he quickly stopped the waiter.
The shopkeeper turned to Wu Er and said, "Brother Angkor, look, did you get the wrong one?"
Wu Er was about to talk to his companions when he saw the shopkeeper asking. He raised his head and glanced, and then said: "No, is there anything wrong with this?"
"This, this is not a banknote." The shopkeeper thought Wu Er had made a mistake and quickly reminded him.
"I'm not blind, of course this is not a banknote!" Wu Er said dissatisfied.
What, if it’s not a bank note, please give it back to me. I want to be a gentleman and say that there are too many. Don’t look for it. It’s a reward to the restaurant. The shopkeeper became a little angry when he thought about it, and the smile on his face naturally disappeared.
When Wu Er saw the shopkeeper's face, he realized that the shopkeeper didn't know the news. No wonder his pig face became hard to look at.
He turned to look at his companions, everyone looked at each other, and then looked at the shopkeeper and laughed, making the shopkeeper laugh inexplicably.
Wu Er laughed heartily, then stopped and explained to the shopkeeper.