bayedsolid Chapter 226 The Restless Gong Shangjiao
Chapter 226 The Restless Gong Shangjiao
After dinner, Zhang Xueming spread out rice paper and used charcoal to draw the layout of Xinhua Chaoju.
She was confident in her plan and wrote quickly, and a perspective drawing gradually took shape.
Too much indoor space?
Don't worry, you can create a landscape. Strong pines, rockeries, flowing water, and small bridges are all necessary.
Where to find Jinsong?
Oh, there’s a pot of it in the tea room in the main hall of the Kakumiya that’s been there for five years, just right.
The floor heights are different, so the carved partitions cannot be installed?
It’s okay, I believe the craftsmen of Shang Palace can handle it.
Exotic plants can’t survive?
Let Gong Yuanzheng worry about it.
"Then what are you doing?" Gong Shangjiao asked with a gloomy look. Another bonsai was taken away, and he didn't want to laugh.
"I'll provide the drawings and wait for acceptance." Zhang Xueming smiled sweetly without blushing or beating her heart.
"Help me with the accounts. In exchange, I'll give you the bonsai in the tea room." Gong Shangjiao put forward the conditions in a snort.
Zhang Xueming was well prepared. He asked Su Rong to go to her bedroom and get a small wooden box. When he opened it, he found two folded pieces of paper inside.
Zhang Xueming unfolded it. One was a table of the debit-and-credit accounting method, and the other was an instruction manual. However, he only waved it in front of Gong Shangjiao's eyes and held it in his hand without giving it to him: "Brother, a bonsai can't replace my method."
She didn't use the things that were promoted throughout the Northern Territory a few years ago in the Zheng family.
Gong Yuanzheng watched with his own eyes as Gong Shangjiao's eyes lit up immediately, and he swept away the aloof and noble demeanor he had shown at the palace gate in the past, revealing the face of a businessman. He bargained with Zhang Xueming with a warm smile, and finally bought the item at a price that was obviously within his psychological bottom line.
Gong Shangjiao didn't know that his lofty image in his brother's heart had already collapsed. He unfolded the accounting debit and credit bookkeeping form and the instruction manual that Zhang Xueming had given him, compared them, and smiled contentedly: "I knew that nothing could stop Zhao Zhao."
"No problem is a problem if it can be solved with money." Zhang Xueming smiled and raised his teacup to take a sip.
Gong Shangjiao called Jin Ting and asked him to arrange for someone to copy several copies and distribute them to the group of accountants, asking them to copy the account books of previous years according to the new accounting method.
After Jin Ting left, he asked tentatively: "Zhao Zhao, there is one thing I have always been confused about. You should have been very particular about food, clothing and daily necessities since you were a child. Why are you so obsessed with these things?"
"Brother, don't you think the process of getting is more important?" Zhang Xueming replied with a smile, "Winning in a bloodless fight can also make people feel relaxed and happy."
"I see. I thought it was because Zhaozhao didn't grow up in the Zheng family, and was influenced by the family and became obsessed with business." Gong Shangjiao also laughed.
Here it comes again, oh. Gong Yuanzheng looked at the big tree in the courtyard, wanting to laugh, but unable to.
My brother probably enjoys the process of extending his paw and then having it slapped back.
What about Zhao Zhao? Did Zhao Zhao enjoy it too? Not necessarily.
He likes to be straightforward and is most impatient with these things. Zhaozhao has a similar temperament to him, so he must be the same.
What should he do if his brother accidentally said something that angered Zhao Zhao, and Zhao Zhao suddenly jumped up and pinned his brother to the ground and beat him?
He hugged Zhao Zhao and begged her to stop hitting him, or he threw himself on his brother and let Zhao Zhao hit him a few times to vent his anger...
Gong Yuanzheng was still daydreaming when he felt something touching his fingers. He turned around and saw that it was Zhang Xueming who had put a plump, white snow meringue on his small plate.
He subconsciously smiled at Zhao Zhao, picked up his chopsticks, lowered his head to eat snacks and drink tea, secretly complaining in his heart that his brother was looking for trouble and was restless all day long.
Or, when Zhao Zhao beat his brother, he would not intervene, and apply medicine to his brother after the beating. He had not tried the new medicine containing snow lotus embryo that he had made, but if it was just a skin injury, it should be back to normal by tomorrow morning.
Seeing Gong Yuanzheng eating his snacks obediently, Zhang Xueming smiled and said to Gong Shangjiao slowly, "Brother is almost thirty and still hasn't married yet, so he doesn't know much. Every woman in the world, if her elders are still alive and clear-headed, can learn to manage the family business and dowry. After all, when she gets married, her husband's family will depend on her for food, so how dare she slack off?"
These words not only mocked Gong Shangjiao, but also mocked the elders of the Gong family.
Gong Shangjiao was almost choked to death. After a long pause, he pretended to be angry and said, "You are sharp-tongued. If I say one thing, you will always have a hundred things waiting for me!"
He was just about to stand up and leave, taking Gong Yuanzheng to another place for questioning, when he suddenly heard a light sound of the bottom of a teacup hitting the tea table from the opposite side.
Gong Shangjiao looked over when he heard the voice and saw Zhang Xueming looking up at him. His smile remained unchanged, but there was no smile in his eyes: "Brother, Wu Feng in the dungeon should have let go, right? Brother, won't you tell us what news you got?"
The eyes are sharp and go straight into people's hearts.
Oops, I can't hide it at all, and it seems that I have pissed people off. Gong Shangjiao's heart tightened, and he quickly gave up his previous plan. He coughed dryly and said nonchalantly: "I was just about to tell you about this. Both Jackdaws spoke, and confessed some things in exchange for providing treatment for Yun Weishan and Shangguan Qian."
Gong Yuanzheng ignored what he said. When he heard him cough again, he took out a small medicine bottle he carried with him and handed it to him: "Brother, Zhao Zhao said that he was always worried when he heard your dry cough. I specially made Licorice and Fritillaria throat-soothing pills for you. You should take one of them quickly, otherwise you will cough again soon."
The young man has great swordsmanship! Zhang Xueming suppressed his laughter and lowered his eyes, not wanting to look at Gong Shangjiao's embarrassment.
Gong Shangjiao was furious and stared at Gong Yuanzheng for a long time. Seeing that he just looked back at him in confusion, he could only hold his anger, took the pill, put it in his mouth, and said slowly: "The jackdaw with the knife mark on its eyebrow is called Jackdaw Qi. He said..."
He paused deliberately, and seeing that Zhang Xueming didn't respond, he looked at Gong Yuanzheng and said slowly, "He said that Shangguan Qian, Cheng Angyun and... Zheng Nanyi were all assassins trained by him."
Gong Yuanzheng was not surprised at all. Seeing Gong Shangjiao staring at him, he nodded and said, "I see. What next?"
I didn't ask you to be the supporting actor! Gong Shangjiao almost got distracted and said word by word: "Han Yaqi said that Zheng Nanyi is a guest without a sharp edge."
Gong Yuanzheng was at a loss: "I know, then what?"
"Zheng Nanyiyi!" Gong Shangjiao pointed at Zhang Xueming, who was laughing with his head down and his shoulders shaking, and emphasized.
"Brother, stop teasing me." Gong Yuanzheng looked at Gong Shangjiao with the eyes of an ignorant child, and curled his lips in disdain. "Zheng Nanyi is Zhao Zhao's twin... Well, I knew it a long time ago. Didn't brother tacitly allow Zhao Zhao to enter the palace under the identity of Zheng Nanyi to prevent Wufeng from noticing that the assassin they sent was replaced?"
Gong Shangjiao looked at him in shock, then at Zhang Xueming, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
He has been investigating this matter for so long, but he had no evidence and could only test it. He had to pay a fine every time the test failed. He just got confirmation from Jackdaw Qi this afternoon, but his brother already knew about it?
Gong Yuanzheng saw his expression changing from time to time, and he became even more disgusted: "Brother, why do you like to tease me so much? I also know that Master Zheng crippled Zheng Nanyi's martial arts, broke his legs and took him to the northern border. It was brother who sent people to escort him. Brother, can you tell me some news that Zhao Zhao and I don't know?"
"...Then do you know her real name?" Gong Shangjiao felt very uncomfortable and asked unwillingly.
"Zheng Nanxian, Nan is his generation name, and Xian is taken from 'Hearing the music of the strings, knowing the elegant meaning'. It was given by Sect Leader Zheng, meaning that he hopes Zhao Zhao will grow up to be someone who is good at reasoning and speculation, and can see through people's hearts through the surface."
Gong Shangjiao is silent.