Tong De didn't reply to the first half of Zhang Zhao's sentence, just because when Zhang Zhong was here, Wang Qian hadn't come to serve as the governor, so he let Zhang Zhao think about what he wanted, and then shook his head repeatedly and lowered his voice. He answered Zhang Zhao's question about living together and said: "That's not possible. Being in the same room with you is just a cover-up. Naturally, the coachman cannot live in the same room with you and me. But Liu Dao is not a coachman. He is beside you, protecting you. Although no strongman will come to cause trouble for you, the shopkeeper and I have promised that your safety, young master, is the first priority. So after midnight, when Liu Dao came back, I quietly went to the next door to rest. In the morning, when I come back, I will let the shopkeeper see that I sleep in the same room as you."

As he was talking, the door here was knocked again, and then he heard Wang Qian say: "Butler Tong is here. I'm Wang Qian, I'm here to visit you."

Tong De deliberately coughed twice and said, "Who is Wang Qian? Is there anyone named Wang in your Bailong Town?"

"You!" When the shopkeeper heard this, he got angry and wanted to yell, but Wang Qian stopped him. Of course Wang Qian knew that Tong De was deliberately making things difficult, so he was not angry, so he repeated: "Wang Qian, Bai Bai The magistrate of Longzhen came to visit the housekeeper of the Zhang family. Mr. Zhang was also from Bailong Town back then. They were all friends. Now he comes to Bailong Town to do business and contributes to Bailong Town. As the magistrate, I personally Will come to visit."

"Oh, it turns out it's Lord Fu Ling." Tong De smiled at Zhang Zhao, coughed twice on purpose, and said, "Wait a moment, I'll be here soon."

As he spoke, he signaled Zhang Zhao to put away all the food, and then deliberately delayed for a while before getting up and opening the door. When he saw Wang Qian, he frowned and said, "You are the order of Wang Qian's mansion, why do I remember The surname of the magistrate here is Bai. The surname of the magistrate of Bailong Town should be Bai." After saying this, the expression on his face changed to a half-smile, and he looked at Wang Qian provocatively. He looked like this Naturally, this was done to make Zhang Zhao happy inside. Tong De was not afraid of offending Wang Qian. Regardless of whether he could seize the Zhang family's property in the future, he and Wang Qian would not have a single penny relationship.

When the shopkeeper heard Tong De being so rude, he couldn't help but was about to get angry again, but Wang Qian stopped him again and said: "Shopkeeper, there is nothing else to do here, you go and do your work."

"Sir..." The shopkeeper hesitated.

"Go down..." Wang Qian waved his sleeves and stopped looking at him. The shopkeeper had no choice but to turn around and go downstairs. Only then did Wang Qian look at Tong De and said: "I am indeed the order of this place, and it is indeed... My surname is Wang. Can Butler Tong have a private chat with me?"

After Tong De heard what he said, he didn't bother with this matter anymore. It was enough to play with Wang Qian, which was always the case. He himself didn't think it was very interesting, so he heard Wang Qian said that he wanted to continue in private. , He looked back at Zhang Zhao. He curled his lips slightly, indicating that it was the same as what he had guessed at the beginning. This Wang Qian came to inquire about the trouble with Bai Kui. Was it the shopkeeper's idea? Or was it all up to the young master himself? Zhang Zhao also heard Wang Qian's words and felt happy in his heart. Seeing Tong De turn around, he felt even more tacitly proud. He just felt that having Butler Tong by his side was really a joy. Very well, it was indeed a great thing for my father to find Tong De as the housekeeper.

Tong De then looked at Wang Qian, shook his head and said: "Since it is a visit, there is nothing shameful about it. It is enough to say it in front of the young master. Sir Wang, please come in." The high-sounding words were gone. The teasing just now seemed very serious, but Wang Qian knew very well that Tong De was teasing him, so he was not afraid of losing face at the moment and said straight to the point: "This matter is related to the carved tiger chair, and Butler Tong also wants to resolve it quickly. Let’s go to the room next to us and talk about it.” After saying this, he didn’t even look at Tong De, turned around and walked to the room next to him, opened the door casually, and then turned around to say hello. He gestured and said: "Butler Tong is a sensible person, so there is no need to go around in circles with this stupid person."

Tong De turned around and glanced at Zhang Zhao again, but this time he did not curl his lips. Although he had already told Zhang Zhao that the Bailong Town magistrate not only wanted to come to pay homage, but also to pay homage to him alone, but after teasing Wang Qian , before leaving, he still had to look at Zhang Zhao again to say hello, lest young master Zhang Zhao would doubt whether he and Wang Gan had anything else that he couldn't tell him when he came back later. Zhang Zhao was not like this at all. Thinking about it, seeing Tong De turn around, I had the same feeling as before and Tong De knew the details of Wang Gan together, teasing the tacit understanding with Wang Gan, and felt happy in my heart. Then I remembered that Tong De said that he wanted to separate from him. room, he immediately said: "Butler, please go to the next room, go back quickly, I will go to bed in a while."

Tong De responded and said: "Young master, wait a moment, I'll go and come back." Then he strode out and entered the house next door first. Wang Qianneng said frankly that he wanted to talk alone, so he was not afraid of Zhang Zhao's suspicion. What, if it is true that this kid wants to humiliate Bai Kui on his own initiative, he believes that with Tong De's ability as a great steward, he will naturally be able to persuade this young master. Just now, Tong De turned back to talk to this young master twice in a row. After exchanging glances, Wang Qian didn't know what they were communicating, but he was sure that Tong De held a lot of weight in the young master's heart. After Tong De entered the house, Wang Qian also stepped in, followed him and closed the door, and then He said straight to the point: "Butler Tong, I will not beat around the bush. If you can talk to me alone, you must have guessed my purpose. I am here for Bai Kui, the best carpenter in my town. I know that the young master of the Zhang family and Xie Qingyun has a big grudge, and I also know that he has a grudge with Bai Kui's child. The Xie family is not in the town now, and I have nothing to say about Xie Qingyun. As for Bai Kui's child, I think he is just a child with your young master. There shouldn't be much contradiction in playing around. If this is just a child who is unhappy and wants to humiliate Bai Kui, I think it's better to stop here. Naturally, Bai Kui will try his best to make the carved tiger chair. At that time, I sent the carved tiger chair to the Zhang Mansion together with him, as a government order to apologize for the delay in time for him and the only carpenter in Bailong Town who can make wooden furniture for people from other towns." As he spoke, Wang Qian He took out a banknote from his arms, stuffed it into Tong De's arms, and said: "This is just a small thing, Butler Tong may not like it, but I want to thank Butler Tong for helping to deal with it..." Tong De smiled slightly, He didn't answer, and took a look at the silver note. Two hundred taels of silver was his monthly salary after the salary increase. If he had no plan to seize the Zhang family's property, it would be a good deal for him. But compared with the big plan he wanted to seize in the future, it was a drop in the bucket and not worth mentioning. Compared with the iron tiger bone chair that he wanted Bai Kui to compensate, it was also a huge difference, but Tong De still stuffed the banknote into his arms. Whether he accepted it or not, it was not up to him to decide how to deal with it.

Wang Qian felt slightly happy when he saw that Tong De had accepted it, and then continued: "Xie Qingyun's matter, I hope it will not involve Dao Bai Kui." He said this, not because he had a very bad relationship with the Xie family, but at this moment Xie The Ning family happens to be out of town, and they don't know how long it will take to come back. If they want to help Bai Kui, they can only use this method to put aside the relationship with the Xie family first. Otherwise, if you want to say that Xie Qingyun twisted Zhang Zhao's finger, he is just a kid. Just kidding, no one would believe it. They would just think that he was teasing the Zhang family. Although he knew that Zhang Zhao had caused trouble by twisting the Zhang family's finger, but if Xie Qingyun hadn't been ruthless, he would have been dead at that time. The only person he is afraid of is Xie Qingyun himself, but now facing the strength of the Zhang family, he can only do this. Naturally, after Xie Qingyun returns, Wang Qian will immediately tell Xie Qingyun what happened today. If the Zhang family If you want to cause trouble again, you can think of countermeasures in advance. The key point is that Xie Qingyun is a child with great abilities. After traveling for several years, he was able to invite people from Fengning Temple to take his parents away and heal his mother. Only by relying on this , Wang Qian thought that the Zhang family did not dare to touch Xie Qingyun at all. In fact, if he knew the date of Xie Qingyun's return and the true relationship between Xie Qingyun and Feng Ningguan, there would be no need to say this now, let alone such a He begged Tong De, directly used Xie Qingyun as his backer, and warned Tong De that the people in Bailong Town would never cause trouble, but if the Zhang family came to cause trouble, Bailong Town would never be afraid. It was a pity that he treated Xie Qingyun like this. I have no idea where Shi is and what he has been through. He uses this as a threat to avoid today, tomorrow, and a few days later. When the Zhang family checks, they will find out that Xie Qingyun does not know whether he is alive or dead, so how can he be threatened? It is possible that Bai Kui will be dealt with in an intensified manner, so the best way at the moment is to temporarily put aside the relationship with Xie Qingyun's family and ask Tong De for help to say good things in front of Zhang Zhong. As for the money given to Tong De, Wang Qian Although he is honest and upright, he can only work with his salary in Bailong Town without any additional source of money, but he can still afford two hundred taels. Although the monthly salary of a town official is determined according to the town's own situation, This is almost the official salary of one of the worst towns in the Wu Kingdom. It has a salary of 120 taels per month. Although it is not comparable to the income of the big housekeeper of a wealthy family like the Zhang family, it is not used much on weekdays. It is not a savings. , it is to help the households in temporary difficulties in the town, and it is not difficult to take out two hundred taels to give them. Naturally, Wang Qian has prepared the amount. As the official, he is responsible for all the people in Ningshui County. The town has some understanding of the money earned from different businesses. He knows that with the financial situation of the Zhang family, the salary of the chief housekeeper should be around one hundred and fifty taels. He gave two hundred taels. Although it is not much, Tong De will definitely not What do you dislike?

Tong De collected the money and listened to Wang Qian's words. He looked at Wang Qian with a half-smile and said: "This matter is a bit troublesome. It's embarrassing for Bai Kui. He forced Bai Kui to compensate with an iron tiger bone chair, even though it belongs to the young master. The idea, but before that, he mentioned the details to the shop owner. Although the boss reprimanded the young master at that time, he was not too harsh and still asked the young master to follow me to Bailong Town to receive the goods..." At this point , Tong De deliberately moved closer to Wang Qian, pretending to be cordial to Wang Qian, and whispered: "I am a very straightforward person. I won't be verbose after receiving money. I can only talk about this with you. Of course we as housekeepers understand the temperament of our boss. The boss also knows his son’s temper better. This young master is naughty. After the boss scolded him casually, he asked the young master to come over. He must have known that the young master would not care about him like that. If you scold him casually, you will probably force Bai Kui to cause trouble for him. In other words, the shop owner will naturally turn a blind eye to this matter. Our young master has a very stubborn temper, and that is why he is here. I'm determined to humiliate Bai Kui. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to convince him. But today he has seen Bai Kui's unlucky look and is very happy. If he doesn't get the carved tiger chair tomorrow, he will at most curse a few more times. That's fine. But with this iron tiger bone chair, the young master is afraid that he won't give in. So if we really want to resolve this matter, we still have to convince the shopkeeper and the boss. But as I said just now, the boss has nothing to do with this matter. Strong opposition, although he is not narrow-minded and will not care about what happened in Bailong Town, but his son's finger was broken by Xie Qingyun in Sanyi Jingyuan, and Xie Qingyun was Bai Kui's carpenter apprentice. If Bai Kui wants to put aside the relationship, I'm afraid it won't be that easy..."

Halfway through the words, Wang Qian stuffed another two hundred taels of silver notes into Tong De's hand and whispered: "It is precisely because of this that I asked Butler Tong to deal with me more. That iron tiger bone chair is mine." Wang Qian has lost all his money and can't afford it. It's extremely difficult for the whole town to help Bai Kui without eating or drinking. I know that Xie Qingyun broke the finger of the young master of the Zhang family, and Mr. Zhang may not be able to let it go, so I I didn’t ask Bai Kui to let it go. I just said that I would accompany Bai Kui to send the carved tiger chair to the Zhang family to apologize to Mr. Zhang. Of course, I would also give a gift of apology. Even if the gift is gone, It’s okay for me to have a salary for a few years as king, and I have to show the sincerity of Bai Kui and Bai Longzhen, but if it must be an iron tiger bone chair, I feel that this is not an insult to Bai Kui, even if it is to take revenge on Xie Qingyun. For a child, the most you can do is cut off his fingers. One finger for another, or even cut off his palm, and one hand for another finger, but it won't kill him. What's more, Bai Kui is not Xie Qingyun, he just became his cheap master, that's all It is naturally impossible to afford the iron tiger bone chair. Once in prison, with the money of the Bai family, how can you afford to worship the adults in the prison? They will be beaten and beaten. I am afraid it will not take a few months. He died, but I am very clear about this rule in official circles."

Since Wang Qian had already tried to distance himself from Xie Qingyun's relationship in words, he simply did so more clearly. He was in the officialdom and knew these things very well. Sometimes he had no choice but to do so, as long as it did not harm any of the Xie family. , Such a method is completely acceptable to him. After Xie Qingyun comes back and explains clearly, he also believes in Xie Ning and Xie Qingyun's lively thoughts. In order to save Bai Kui, he will never care about this verbal " "Tear your face apart." As for the prison mentioned, in fact, the laws in the Wu Kingdom are strict. If no one deliberately framed him and was arrested for violating the business contract, he would not necessarily die. However, if someone deliberately framed him and used money, If Bai Kui is locked up in a detention room full of bullies, and the jailer or the like instructs the jail bullies to beat Bai Kui, then it is really possible that Bai Kui will die in there in less than a month or two. The family is not a warrior family, so no one will investigate thoroughly. What Wang Qian said means that if Bai Kui is forced to go to jail, the Zhang family will most likely use money to force him. Since Zhang Zhong knows that his son is dealing with Bai Kui Wang Qian must have such a detailed plan, otherwise he would not have ignored his son's use of the iron tiger bone chair to blackmail Bai Kui. However, Wang Qian was begging for Tong De at the moment. Of course, it was difficult to say clearly. What he wanted was Tong De was able to deal with this matter and change the iron tiger bone chair into other ways of apology. Even if Bai Kui was forced to go bankrupt and borrow money from everywhere, it would still be better than asking him to borrow money and not be able to borrow this iron tiger bone chair. This is equivalent to directly forcing Bai Kui to death.

Of course Tong De understood what Wang Gan said, and nodded immediately and said: "Since Mr. Wang said so, and with this money as guarantee, I will try my best to deal with it. Originally, Bai Kui's life and death had nothing to do with me. Young Master He can do whatever he wants. If Bai Kui is really forced to be detained in the future, and the boss wants to force Bai Kui to death, I won't say a word. The housekeeper will naturally have to obey the boss's orders, but I know The shop owner just wants to see Bai Kui in pain and let off some steam. He may not be willing to kill someone if he really wants to, but in the end it’s all a matter of the shop owner’s thoughts, and it all depends on how I persuade him. .”

Seeing Tong De agree, Wang Qian was overjoyed, but on his face he just nodded and smiled, cupping his hands and saying thanks: "Thank you very much, shopkeeper Tong, for agreeing. If this matter is completed, Wang Qian will be very grateful."

"Okay, no matter how much you thank me, it won't be as heavy as an iron tiger bone chair. If it's inconvenient, you won't ask me for it and just lend it to Bai Kui." Tong De said casually and ran on Wang Qian again, but this time The next time Wang Qian didn't wait for the answer, he smiled again and said: "Just kidding, Mr. Wang, don't mind, I, Tong De, can't afford an iron tiger bone chair with my money. If Mr. Wang expresses his gratitude, Tong De will be happy to help." , but Tong De can’t guarantee the result, so just try to convince the boss that he doesn’t want compensation for the iron tiger bone chair.”

Wang Qian didn't care about Tong De's crowding. Ever since he came to Bailong Town to serve as a government official, he had long since stopped caring about it. Every time he went to the county town, he would often be humiliated verbally, either directly or secretly. Ridiculous, but as long as he can bring benefits and benefits to the people of Bailong Town, it doesn't matter if he is ridiculed by those high-ranking officials. He is just like that now. As for Zhang Zhong, Wang Qian will remember it in his heart. After this crisis is over, he will definitely think of more ways to avoid the Zhang family's sharpness. He knows that Zhang is a heavy-handed person and narrow-minded. Forget it this time. Next time he has other anger, he might come back again. Trouble, and not only Bai Kui, but also Lao Wangtou, another master of Xie Qingyun who may deal with it. As an official, of course he must help these two people avoid these disasters. (To be continued...)
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