[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 57 [English]

Chapter 55 Account Books

Xiao Chiye maliciously plundered Shen Zechuan’s lips and tongue, causing Shen Zechuan’s mind to become confused. He was kissed until he couldn’t breathe. His clenching fingers slowly lost their strength as time went by.

Because he couldn’t breathe, Shen Zechuan felt vaguely dizzy.In this narrow space of dim light and shadow, he fell into Xiao Chiye’s net. As the feeling of suffocation intensified, he seemed to be falling deeper and deeper into the drowning water.Xiao Chiye used his arms to imprison He’s struggle, turning himself into He’s only support at this moment.

Yu Xiao walked to the bed again, and her shoes were swinging beside the two of them.

Suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and Chen Yang said: “Your Majesty the Censor is here! I also ask the Censor to come with his humble duties. The documents found in the study must be personally reviewed by the Censor.”

Yu Xiaozai followed him out with the documents under his arm and said, “Where is Mr. Zhenfu?”

Chen Yang didn’t dare to look around in the house, so he led Yu Xiao out again, and while closing the door, he said, “Master Zhenfu was drinking tea in the duty house earlier, and he should be coming here now.”

Yu Xiao said again: “Didn’t the adults come here early?”

Chen Yang said: “It’s cold and freezing. Drinking a cup of tea to warm up your body will help you feel energetic…”

They gradually moved away, and Xiao Chiye left Shen Zechuan’s lips slightly.

Shen Zechuan lay down and resumed his breathing. His eyes, which were almost absent-minded, were lowered. His throat was swallowing fluids as his chest rose and fell. His lips were kissed until they were bright red and moist. This kiss almost killed him.

Xiao Chiye was also panting.

Shen Zechuan reached out with one hand under the bed, wanting to go out, and said, “You——”

Xiao Chiye reached out and grabbed He’s stretched out wrist, pressed the tip of his nose against He, and kissed him again.

The last time Shen Zechuan said Xiao Chiye was “wolfing down”, he obviously held a grudge. This time he even chewed the kiss slowly, blocking out Shen Zechuan’s intermittent voice, mixing it up in his mouth, and then swallowing it in his stomach.

* * *

When Yu Xiao saw Shen Zechuan again, it was already half an hour later.he stepped forward and saluted, was shocked, and asked with concern: “My lord, this is…”

“It’s hot.” Shen Zechuan said expressionlessly.

The Jin Yiwei on the left and right were still flipping through the vast sea of ​​books. Ge Qingqing came over and shook her head at Shen Zechuan.

They were just here to go through the motions. When Shen Zechuan saw that it was almost time, he said to Yu Xiaozai: “The investigation here is almost complete. Why don’t you and I go to the errand compound to report back to Master Fu first?”

Yu Xiao said yes again, looked around and said, “The governor is still sitting outside to avoid suspicion. He must say something before leaving.”

Shen Zechuan silently touched the corner of his lips with the tip of his tongue and nodded in agreement.

When they went out, Xiao Chiye was still sitting by the lake fishing in his ruffles, as if he had been sitting there all day and hadn’t been anywhere.

“It’s getting late. You two adults have eaten before leaving?” Xiao Chiye stretched his legs to prop up the pole, wondering if he had caught any fish.

Yu Xiao declined again and said: “I’ve been bothering you for a whole day. I don’t dare to waste time anymore. Next time, I will be the host and treat you two adults to a glass of wine.”

“It’s easy to talk about drinking.” Xiao Chiye swung his pole and pulled out a small silver crucian carp from the water.He laughed, threw the fish into the fish basket, put down the fishing rod and walked over with the basket.He leaned slightly out of the woods, threw the fish basket to Yu Xiaozai, and said, “I have received the care of Mr. Yu today. These few fish are a small gift, just to thank you.”

At this time, some snow and fog had fallen, and Yu Xiaozai was still looking down at the fish basket, not paying attention to the two of them.

Shen Zechuan looked at Xiao Chiye, Xiao Chiye casually wiped his right ear with his thumb, and Shen Zechuan immediately looked away.

Yu Xiao was flattered again and said: “How does this make…”

“Why,” Xiao Chiye slapped Yu Xiao again and said, “Does the Metropolitan Procuratorate want to use these fish as bribes?”

Yu Xiaozai said quickly: “That’s not…”

“Come back often in the future.” Xiao Chiye stepped aside and said, “Chen Yang, give me a gift.”

Yu Xiaozai was thanked inexplicably, but Monk Zhang Er was still confused when he left the house.

Shen Zechuan was about to get on the carriage when he suddenly touched his right earlobe and felt that it had been rubbed badly by a bastard and it was annoyingly hot.

* * *

Fu Linye was sitting in the Forbidden Army’s mission compound, with Meng Rui waiting beside him.When Meng Rui saw that he was eating cup after cup of tea without moving his buttocks, he knew that he would have to dig out something today before he would leave.

Meng Rui felt disgusted in his heart, but did not show any trace of it on his face. He continued to serve the good tea to him and said with a smile: “Master Fudu Yushi has read the account books of the Forbidden Army, and all the household masters have also done the calculations. If there is anything else that needs to be investigated, please tell me.”

Fu Linye said earnestly: “The account books must be checked over and over again to make sure something is missing. Don’t rush and look at it again.”

Wei Huaixing said that Xiao Chiye’s renovation of the compound and expansion of the school grounds in recent years could not be explained clearly. In fact, it was very clear in the Forbidden Army’s account books.Fu Linye knew that Xiao Chiye was not easy to investigate, but he had to stir something out of the clear water, otherwise he would not be able to deal with Wei Huaixing.Moreover, in the past, when Li Jianheng protected the Forbidden Army, everyone was willing to handle him lightly when facing Xiao Chiye, basically not participating in anything, but this time Li Jianheng obviously disliked him.Depending on the direction of the wind, Xiao Chiye should suffer a little now.

The people who came with the Ministry of Revenue were all busy with their abacus. The lights were turned on in the hall, and they all studied the account books attentively, wishing they could calculate every account seven or eight hundred times.

When Shen Zechuan arrived, he also saw the Tantai tiger on the porch.He didn’t say anything, Qiao Tianya changed his appearance and dressed up as a royal guard and followed him through the door.

The sound of the beads playing in the hall was endless. Fu Linye put down the tea cup and stood up to greet Shen Zechuan.

Shen Zechuan saluted with he, and they took their seats together.

Fu Linye said: “The investigation by the government went smoothly?”

Shen Zechuan said: “It took Xiao Er a lot of time.”

Fu Linye thought that it was indeed the case, and said with concern: “Are you going to take action? That bastard is the most domineering. This time, I have worked hard to calm the Lord down.”

Shen Zechuan wants to take action, but it has nothing to do with you.He also laughed and said: “It doesn’t matter, I can afford this little hardship when doing errands for the emperor. Xiao Er originally didn’t allow me to check the yard, but luckily Mr. Yu was here, and I managed to persuade him.”

Fu Linye seemed to want to vent his anger on he’s behalf, and said angrily: “We are doing things under the emperor’s orders, and he Xiao Er can stop him whenever he wants. He neither cares about you nor me, nor does he care about the emperor.”

Shen Zechuan looked into the hall and said, “Have you not finished checking here yet?”

Fu Linye said: “The investigation is over, but we still need to audit it a few more times. You also know that accounting books are the easiest thing to falsify.”

Shen Zechuan heard the meaning of “he”, paused for a moment, and said, “Your Excellency is the chief officer of this search, so I will obey your orders.”

Fu Linye smiled and had tea with Shen Zechuan for a while.At three o’clock in the afternoon, the newly verified account books were presented to him.

Fu Linye flipped through the pages and suddenly asked Meng Rui: “In the spring of last year, the palace ordered the construction of a temple, and the Ministry of Works entrusted the transportation task to the Forbidden Army. But then the temple was not built, and the governor still blocked the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask for money, right?”

Meng Rui said: “Yes, that money has been delayed for several months. It is the hard-earned money of the Forbidden Army. The governor was anxious and went to get it in person.”

Fu Linye closed the account book and said with a sneer: “At that time, the treasury expenditure had not been calculated yet, and the ceremonial supervisor did not dare to approve it casually. How did the governor get the money?”

Meng Rui said: “Our imperial army did not take any silver. At that time, Wang Xian, the head of the household department, took the decision and gave a batch of silk coming from Quancheng to the imperial army, which was converted into silver. This account was also recorded in the book, and the coming and going were clear.”

Fu Linye suddenly slapped the table, causing the teapot to clank. If Qiao Tianya’s eyesight and hands hadn’t been quick to catch him, Shen Zechuan would have been poured out the tea.Shen Zechuan was smiling as before, waiting to hear what Fu Linye would say later.

This account was from Kaichun. Shen Zechuan was still staying in Zhaosu Temple at that time, but he knew about this account.The fact that this debt was finally settled was not because of Wang Xian, but because of Xue Xiuzhuo.At that time, the Ministry of Revenue also intervened to mediate the matter with Xue Xiuzhuo, and settled the bill with Xiao Chiye using Quancheng silk.

Shen Zechuan tapped his knees lightly with his fingers and thought to himself.

This account is a loophole.

Sure enough, Fu Linye showed off his authority and questioned Meng Rui: “It is written in this account book that a total of 660 taels of silver were allocated to the Imperial Army at that time. What you recorded was low-grade spring silk, but what was recorded in the Qidu treasury file was all high-grade spring silk! There is a one-word difference, but the difference is four thousand taels of silver! I ask you, where did these more than 4,000 taels of silver go?”

Meng Rui reacted very quickly and answered in an orderly manner: “What was transferred at that time was indeed low-grade spring silk. Things were transferred from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the transfer order said it was low-grade spring silk.”

Fu Linye threw down the account book and said, “Of course, Wang Xian, he has colluded with you a long time ago. He wrote low-grade spring silk on the transfer order, but it is clearly recorded on the treasury file that he took out high-grade spring silk. What benefits did Xiao Chiye promise to Wang Xian? How can he make such a false order!”

Meng Rui was shocked and said: “It’s empty talk! Mr. Fu, it’s just——”

“I think the Forbidden Army is just a bastard. Xiao Chiye has made a fortune relying on you. Over the years, heIt is obvious to all to hang out in drunkenness and sleep on Donglong Street!In the past, there was Wang Xian who was colluding with others, in the latter, there was Yuan Liu who was flattering and offering peach, and Xiao Chiye was carrying out the emperor’s favor, and all he did was to enrich his own pockets.!” Fu Linye smiled grimly, “Master Zhenfu, do you see that this man who is the most famous person in the world is the most greedy thief in the world!If you and I investigate further tonight, there will definitely be more bad things like this!”

Shen Zechuan looked at Fu Linye, who was frightened, and said, “This matter has nothing to do with the assassination. It is not within the scope of my duties at this time, so it is all up to you, your Excellency.”

Fu Linye’s original intention was to drag Shen Zechuan into the water, but he hesitated when he saw that Shen Zechuan couldn’t get the hook on him.But reporting this matter is indeed a big deal, and He refused to lose this credit. He suddenly became heartbroken and said, “Check again! Tonight, I will check all the account books of the Forbidden Army a thousand times!”

Shen Zechuan suddenly smiled, looked away, and sat on a chair to drink tea.There is a smile on his face, but his heart gradually sinks.If Xue Xiuzhuo hadn’t been involved in this account, he might not have noticed it. I’m afraid Xiao Chiye himself would have forgotten it.

Could it be that Xue Xiuzhuo has been wary of the Forbidden Army since then?

Shen Zechuan was silent and blew on the tea foam.