The Red Mansion's Doting Wife Maniac

July and a half, Hungry Ghost Festival.

Legend has it that July and a half is the day when the gate of hell is opened. Every year on this day, the ghosts of the underworld will return from the gate of hell.

Therefore, many people put river lanterns on the Hungry Ghost Festival to pray for blessings.

This morning, Chen Yunjian practiced body exercises for an hour as usual, then took a bath and changed clothes, had breakfast, and was about to go out, when Chen Yunxian came in with two servants, Ximo and Qinyan.

"Have you eaten yet?" Chen Yunxian asked him.

Chen Yun straightened his sleeves and said, "I just ate, where's brother?"

"I came here after eating..." Chen Yunxian said, "Since everything is packed, come with me."

Chen Yun responded and brought two servants along with him.

The two brothers didn't ride a horse when they went out this time. Chen Yunxian ordered someone to prepare the carriage early in the morning, and got into the carriage directly when they went out.

The two brothers chatted all the time on the road, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

When we arrived at Yunkelai Restaurant, Chen Yun got out of the carriage first. Unexpectedly, Shao Yi had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw Chen Yun getting out of the carriage, he laughed and teased him, "You still take the carriage when you are away from home? Are you too delicate?" ?”

As soon as the words fell, another person came down from the carriage, it turned out to be Chen Yunxian, Shao Yinian's fan was so frightened that he lost his grip on the ground, he bent down to pick it up, and when he stood up again, the Chen brothers had already walked in front of him.

Shao Yinian could hardly hold back his smile, "Chen, Brother Chen."

"Is it considered delicate to ride in a carriage?" Chen Yunxian asked him gently.

Shao Yinian thought of the fear of being dominated by Chen Yunxian, and hurriedly said, "No, I was joking with Yunyu, right?"

Seeing Shao Yinian winking at him frantically, Chen Yunju almost laughed, but he held back, "Yes, that's right, big brother, Uncle Shao is still waiting, why don't we go in first?"

Chen Yunxian smiled slightly, "I'm joking too." After finishing speaking, he said, "Uncle Shao is an elder, so it's not good to keep him waiting for a long time, please go in with me." After saying that, he walked into the restaurant.

Shao Yinian froze, waited for Chen Yunxian to pass by, quickly took Chen Yuntzu's arm, and asked in a low voice, "It's just to have a meal together, why did you call your elder brother?"

"Don't do anything wrong, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door." Chen Yun glanced at him, "I don't understand why you are so afraid of my elder brother." He pushed Shao Yinian's hand away and walked into the restaurant.

The corner of Shao Yinian's mouth twitched, and he thought, that's your elder brother, not my elder brother.

After cursing a few words, he hurriedly followed, "Wait for me."

Master Shao's private room was on the third floor. After Chen Yunxian entered, he reported Master Shao's name, and someone led them upstairs.

Xiao Er knocked on the door of the private room, "Guest officer, your guest has arrived."

The door was opened from the inside. It was a servant dressed as a servant. After opening the door, he turned sideways to give way.

Chen Yunxian entered first, followed by Chen Yunjue, and Shao Yinian was last.

Entering the house, the servant closed the door.

Shao Yinian's father is Shao Weiyuan, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture. He was a classmate with the elder of the Chen family, that is, the father of the Chen Yunxian brothers, and they had a very close relationship after they became officials.

"Uncle Shao, come here uninvited. This junior is being rude." Chen Yunxian was the first to salute.

Shao Weiyuan was not surprised. He smiled and called Chen Yunxian to sit down, "It's okay, please sit down. Yunjue and Yinian should sit down too, don't just stand there."

Shao Yinian sat next to his own father, and Chen Yunjue sat between Chen Yunxian and Shao Yinian, facing Shao Weiyuan.

After being seated, Shao Weiyuan and Chen Yunxian were talking all the time, but Chen Yunju had no chance to speak.

After listening for a while, Chen Yunjue also reacted belatedly.

Shao Weiyuan said he was hosting a banquet to thank him for his reminder, but he actually wanted to thank his elder brother Chen Yunxian.

Chen Yunzhen secretly looked at Shao Weiyuan, looking amicable, like a gentle and kind elder, but what he did was really an old fox, Chen Yunzhen was clearly arranged by him.

No wonder he mentioned it to his elder brother a few days ago, his elder brother just thought about it for a while, and then readily agreed.

I'm afraid that his elder brother has figured it out a long time ago. Today's thank you banquet is to invite Chen Yunjuan in name, but in fact he is inviting Chen Yunxian.

Shao Yinian beside him was not a fool either, he also came to his senses.

The two looked at each other, knowing that the other had also guessed the truth, looked at each other and smiled, and sat closer and talked in a low voice.

They also didn't pay attention to the conversation between Chen Yunxian and Shao Weiyuan.

When Chen Yunxian asked Chen Yun to go back, Chen Yun didn't even know what Chen Yunxian and Shao Weiyuan were talking about.

On the way home, Chen Yunxian was thinking all the way.

Chen Yun was a little worried, "Brother, what happened?"

"When you go out from now on, talk less, listen more, and don't do some tricks in secret." Chen Yunxian came back to his senses, and reminded him casually.

Chen Yun said awkwardly, "I see, brother."

"Did you not hear a word of my conversation with Uncle Shao today?" Chen Yunxian asked him.

Chen Yun thought for a while, and said, "It's not that I didn't listen at all, it's just that Uncle Shao's words seemed to mean something. I couldn't understand it, so I didn't bother to listen."

"Yunke's restaurant is not his home after all, so he must be careful in what he says and does, so as not to have ears behind the walls." Chen Yunxian taught him again.

Chen Yun blinked, "I will pay attention to it in the future."

Although it was such a guarantee, Chen Yunjue still sighed in his heart. In modern life, there is no need to walk on thin ice like this. He has to think twice before saying a word, for fear that if he says something wrong, it will bring disaster to the whole family.

"Well, I believe you..." Chen Yunxian praised him, then sighed, and said, "Uncle Shao said so much today, but in fact, there is only one thing to sum it up."

"what's up?"

Chen Yunxian looked a little serious, "Third Uncle has been in Jiangsu for a while. Last time, my father told me that Third Uncle was in trouble. As soon as he found the evidence, someone would destroy it immediately. He didn't have time to stop it. This time, he followed him. Among the people who left the capital, there must be internal thieves, but Third Uncle can't decide who will be selected."

Chen Yun was stunned when he heard that, didn't he still say Uncle Shao just now?Why are you talking about Uncle San again?

"The governor of Jiangsu is a member of King Qi's family. Now the governor of Jiangsu has been imprisoned. Lin Ruhai has sent everyone to prison. King Qi hates Lin Ruhai deeply.

But now he is being stared at by the emperor, and he dare not do anything to Lin Ruhai, and the third uncle, who is tracking down the whereabouts of the salt tax in Jiangsu, has become a thorn in the side of King Qi. "Chen Yunxian continued.

Chen Yun had a flash of inspiration, "Uncle Shao is reporting to elder brother, third uncle is in danger?"

"I'm not afraid of danger. The foundation of our Chen family is also in Jiangsu. No matter how powerful King Qi is, it is impossible to harm Third Uncle in Jiangsu, but I am afraid that he will frame him."

Chen Yunxian rubbed his forehead, "Uncle Shao came to me this time, one is to report a letter, and the other is to tell me that the King of Qi is trying to win him over, as well as the military commander of the five cities, and the chief of the Beijing camp, Wang Ziteng."

Chen Yun took a breath, "What does he want to do?"

Rebellion?

Chen Yunxian said with a dignified expression, "He is just trying to win over now, and he can't say what he wants to do, but our Majesty is not a good idiot. King Qi's methods are all leftovers from His Majesty's play today. It's so powerful, I'm afraid the emperor won't tolerate him."

"What are we going to do?" Chen Yun asked slowly.

Chen Yunxian pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "Don't act rashly for the time being, just pretend you don't know, I tell you, I want you to be wary of the people on Qiwang's side, I will draw up a list for you later, and don't get in touch with them if you meet them."

What is this list, Chen Yun understood, "Okay, brother."

Back home, Chen Yunjue went back to his own yard, and Chen Yunxian went to the main courtyard to meet Master Chen.

The father and son didn't know what to discuss in the study, and Chen Yunxian waited for more than an hour before leaving the main courtyard.

After Chen Yun returned to the house, he took a nap and came to Daiyu's room.

When he came, Daiyu was counting the accounts, and there were two servant girls helping with the calculations. Chen Yun didn't step forward, so she watched quietly.

It was Daiyu who saw Chen Yunjue when she raised her head to speak, she was slightly surprised, and closed the account book calmly.

"I'm a little tired, I need to rest for a while, you guys go down first." Biquku.

Dan Que and Bai Que looked at each other without asking any further questions, put down the account book, got up and left.

After the two maids had gone away, Daiyu greeted Chen Yunjue, "Why did you come here today so quietly?"

"The system didn't notify you?" Chen Yun borrowed.

Daiyu looked at it and said, "I was too preoccupied with the calculations, but I didn't pay attention. Today is the Ghost Festival, should your academy be on holiday?"

"It's a holiday today, but I still have to go to school tomorrow." Chen Yun borrowed.

Daiyu sighed, "It's really hard work."

Chen Yun said with a smile, "Are you doing the accounting?"

"Father reported mother's dowry to the government, and these accounts were collected from the house, which is very complicated." Daiyu said.

Chen Yun sat down in front of Daiyu, "I heard that your mother's dowry was embezzled for [-] yuan, how could there be so much?"

"Originally they didn't play tricks on the accounts, but they secretly embezzled money, which was the amount in the accounts, but in fact there was not so much money.

Later, when their mother died of illness, they added the money embezzled in the past with various names later.If you hadn't used your new accounting method to re-copy it, you wouldn't know that there are so many problems with the accounts. " Daiyu's face was full of anger when she mentioned these house thieves.

In fact, no matter which family, there are so many slaves who are greedy for the master's things, but if you are too greedy, you have crossed the line.

Chen Yun was stunned, "Let me just say, your mother died less than two years ago, how could you have been embezzled with a huge sum of 10 taels."

"By the way, last time I handed over the ledger to my father, he even praised you." Daiyu said with a smile.

Chen Yun was stunned when he heard the words, "Praise me?"

"That's right, you figured out this new bookkeeping method, and I'm not greedy for your credit." Daiyu said.

Chen Yun almost jumped up, "Did you tell your father about contacting me?"

Damn, he won't be beaten to death by Lin Ruhai, right?

Seeing that he seemed to be frightened, Daiyu covered her mouth and snickered, and told the ins and outs of that day, "It's not as scary as you think."

Chen Yun wiped off his sweat, and said dumbfoundedly, "Do you think you are smart?"

"Is there any problem?" Daiyu was puzzled.

Chen Yun excused, "Maybe your father won't notice the abnormality at first, but when he recovers, he will know that you are lying."

Daiyu refused, "I'm not lying, I met you at Tanzhe Temple."

"When my aunt gets married next month, your father will confirm from my aunt that you and I just met each other at Tanzhe Temple and got to know each other for a while. We never got along alone at all. We only met once. Will you ask him for help? Will he help you? The benefits of the new accounting method are not limited to calculating your family's accounts. I'm afraid your father has already become suspicious. "