The weather was stuffy and after a set of punches, I couldn't help but sweat all over. Han Ruzi and Du's grandson sat in the pavilion to cool off, and Zhang Youcai stood beside him. The four of them tasted the fresh fruits and melons that had just been taken out of the well water, talking and laughing, it was so pleasant.

The old eunuch He Yi came from a distance, entered the pavilion and greeted Juanhou, and smiled and said, "Is the master free now?"

Han Ruzi hurriedly asked He Yi to sit down and invited him to eat melons. "Look at my memory. I have been several times. If you want to talk to me, I have forgotten."

"The master is busy and can't remember it for a moment."

Juenhou is indeed very busy. He goes to the Imperial College to study at home every day, practices qigong, and spends the rest of his time wandering around and buying whatever he likes.

"It's just idle now, just talk if you have something to do."

"Uh..." He Yi wanted to speak but stopped.

Du Motian checked his expression and stood up and said, "I'll go back to my room to sleep, Chuanyun, and follow me."

Du Chuanyun was eating happily, and nodded, not willing to get up.

Han Ruzi pulled Du Miantian and sat down, "Don't worry, I want to continue listening to the old teacher talk about some anecdotes in the world. They are all their own family members, so there is no need to avoid it. Lao He, just say something if you have something to do."

Du Tutian did not move anymore, Du Chuanyun continued to chew the melon, and the old eunuch He Yi smiled. Regardless of whether there were outsiders or not, he had to talk to the owner that this was the duty of the accountant.

"That...master, we...there's a little bit in the mansion..."

"What's missing? I'll buy it."

He Yi smiled and shook his head, "There are only more and less things in the mansion, but the same is missing."

"What?"

"money."

"Money?" Han Ruzi smiled and turned to Du Tutian, "The family of kings and princes is actually short of money."

Du Tutian smiled without saying a word, Du Chuanyun wiped his mouth, "What's the matter? I heard that the emperor still has a tight hand."

In Juanhou’s Mansion, "Emperor" is an inappropriate word. Only Du Chuanyun wants to say it, but it’s not that he is more courageous. Instead, he has long forgotten that Juanhou once became the emperor.

He Yi smiled awkwardly, "That, the mansion is not just tight, but it's a little too much to make ends meet."

"How is that possible?" Han Ruzi put away his smile. He was really surprised. "Don't I have thousands of households in the year? Zongzheng Mansion has also given a lot of regular rewards. There are a total of about 100 people in the mansion, so it won't be used so quickly, right?"

He Yi scratched his head, "Things are different from what the master thinks."

"Tell me."

He Yi coughed a few times. "The Marquis' Mansion has a lot of income, but also a lot of expenses. Basically, 30% of them are used to worship ancestors, several times a year..."

"so much?"

"The master's position is more than that of the princes. When worshiping ancestors, he naturally has the same standard as the princes. However, if he has state-owned land, his income is much higher than that of us..."

"I understand, there are still 60% or 70% left, and there are also a lot."

"There is still 30 to 40% of the income to be used for favors between the royal family."

"Hey, I have never had any contact with other princes."

"Yes, yes. But people don't interact, gifts have to be exchanged. For example, last month, the prince of Jinan married, and we gave us ten kilograms of gold, ten pieces of silk, satin, and ten pairs of jade..."

"Why haven't I heard of this?"

"I put the gift list on the host's desk, and the host wrote 'read'."

"Oh, maybe I didn't look closely. Can't I not give it to you? I don't even know who the King of Jinan is, let alone know his prince."

He Yi scratched his head again, "I'm afraid it won't work. The rules were set by Zong Zheng Mansion. There are precedents for every stance and they cannot be violated."

Han Ruzi also scratched her head, "Then I'll buy less in the future."

"There are enough things in the mansion, and the master does not need to buy them again. But that doesn't save much. It's best if we can have several weddings and funerals...what is wrong, look at my broken mouth, punish it...punish it..."

"Punish it for a day and don't drink wine." Han Ruzi smiled and patted the stone table twice, "I understand, I will solve the money. Just take care of the accounts."

"That's good. Master, you are busy, I won't disturb you anymore." He Yi said withdrew.

Zhang Youcai said while chewing melons: "It turns out that there are difficulties in the kings and princes. There are many relationships between people and cannot be refused. The key is that we have no connections, no wonder we can make ends meet."

"Not all kings and princes are so tight. Others either have state and land or have officials, and there is always a way to make money." Han Ruzi knew very well that his position was not as rich as an ordinary county marquis, who was a prince and a township marquis.

"What should I do? Go buy land and lend money?" Zhang Youcai did not forget to eat fruits and vegetables, and he was like a competition with Du Chuanyun.

"Hey, no matter what, the boat will naturally be straight when it reaches the bridge. I can't be hungry anyway."

Du Chuanyun had eaten enough, and burped, rubbed his hands covered with juice on his clothes twice, "You are so poor, you always give us the best rewards. We have more than a dozen taels of gold and dozens of taels of silver left. Grandpa, let's give it to Juanhou first."

Du Tutian smiled and scolded: "That little gold and silver is not enough for the Marquis' Mansion to leave once."

Zhang Youcai was still gnawing on melons, "The master has given you a lot of rewards, and I haven't seen you buy things back, so why are there only so many left?"

"The favors in the world are even more important. Everyone in the world is brothers. Of course, if you have money, you have to spend it together. Could it be that you can keep the baby?" Du Chuanyun was very disdainful. In his eyes, accumulating wealth was a shameful act.

Han Ruzi didn't like talking about money, and waved her hand: "Stop talking about these disappointing things, Master Du, I have always wanted to ask you, if I believed Lin Kunshan and went to Xiaonanshan Anxiang Garden, what would happen next?"

"It's hard to say that scams are ever-changing, and people who often go around the world are always confused..."

"What are you doing wrong? No matter how many tricks you have, you will only have three tricks to sum it up." Du Chuanyun didn't know what modesty is. When he talked about the deeds of the world, he talked endlessly. "It's either money or color, or power, what's turning copper into gold, turning lead into silver, setting up gambling, secret techniques in the room, external transfer to become officials, etc., it depends on what you are interested in."

"If it were me, I would definitely be interested in turning copper into gold." Zhang Youcai finally ate enough and looked at the remaining pieces of melons on the plate and reluctantly left them.

"You are eunuchs, so you can be interested in gold and silver." Du Chuanyun said coldly, and said to Juanhou again: "I have inquired about it. Lin Kunshan is not simple, with a lot of names. The most commonly used one is Lin Beiyou, who knows yin and yang, knows fortune-telling, and can look at the qi. Ten people who are targeted by him will be destroyed."

"I have no money and no right. Why is he targeting me?"

"Then I don't know. If I guess, I think the person he wants to cheat in the end may not be you, but use your status and identity to deceive truly rich people. Anyway, the purpose of a liar is always one, which is money."

"Go, you know a lot." Du Motian shouted and pushed his grandson away from the stone bench. "Don't take Juehou to heart. The matter has been resolved. As long as we are still in the mansion, no scammer dares to target you."

Han Ruzi smiled and talked about other things, but she didn't forget this topic in her heart.

Studying in the Imperial College was not as difficult as I imagined. After nearly ten days of enrollment, Han Ruzi had never met other disciples, nor had she sat down to listen to classes once, and went to show her face every day. The clerk said that the homework was cancelled and there were various reasons, and then Han Ruzi could go home.

At first, he thought that the Imperial College was unwilling to accept the deposed emperor. Later, he learned from the prefectural chief that the Imperial College has always been like this. Many noble children sent servants to Dianmao. They only went there once only when the Ministry of Rites inspected, and at most ten times a year.

Han Ruzi felt it was really unfair. When he was the emperor, he listened to classes every day, regardless of wind and rain, and the nobles in the court were leisurely and free.

So he no longer went to the Imperial College and asked Zhang Youcai to go to Damao alone.

The day after the accountant He Yi reported the matter, Han Ruzi was thinking about how to turn the topic to "scam", and Du Chuanyun came to the door first.

Zhang Youcai happened to go to the Imperial College. Han Ruzi was reading books alone in the study. Du Chuanyun knocked on the door and came in, looking at the room vigilantly, trying to avoid bad luck. "I would like to discuss something with you."

"Yes." Han Ruzi put down the book.

Du Chuanyun stared at Juanhou for a while and asked directly: "Do you want to make a big profit?"

"I'm not a businessman..."

"But you are short of money." Du Chuanyun widened his eyes. He always called himself "old man". He was not very calm when persuading others.

"You can tell me what's going on first."

Du Chuanyun pulled over a stool, sat opposite the desk, and looked straight at Juanhou, "In Xianhu Lane, in order to pass the level of Wu Ye Hou, I said that we two are also lying to you, earlier than Lin Kunshan."

"I was next door and heard it."

"Mr. Wu Ye believes it. According to the rules, Lin Kunshan can no longer contact Juehou. The gold and silver you rewarded are actually taken out and distributed to fellow practitioners in the world. I told them that this is a scam."

"There is not enough money, right? How much is needed, just open your mouth."

Du Chuanyun kept shook his head, "If we take money from you, won't we really become liars? I have an idea that if you don't need your money, you can give me an explanation to my fellow workers in the world."

"you say."

"Lin Kunshan can get money through you, why can't we ourselves?"

"How can I get money from myself?"

"Lin Kunshan must know. I will catch him and I will be clear after the interrogation."

Han Ruzi shook her head, "No, I can't take risks anymore, let me think about it."

"A person like Lin Kunshan is a family in the world. He is still in the capital today, and he may go to Jiangnan tomorrow. Once he leaves, the secret of cheating money will be taken away."

Han Ruzi knew in his heart that Lin Kunshan’s “secret” was to lure Jue Hou to expose his ambition to be emperor. He pondered for a long time, and said: “Do you want to design a real scam to block the long mouths of the people in the world?”

"Yes, otherwise they would say that the Du family and the Du family are liars." In Du Chuanyun's thinking, it is shameful to deceive kings, princes, generals and ministers to become famous, but it is a shameful act to deceive fellow practitioners in the world.

Han Ruzi pondered again, "What did Teacher Du say?"

"I told him that he was not interested. Anyway, it was me who lied to Master Wu of Monkey, not him."

"But he doesn't stop you either?"

"Grandpa never stopped me from doing things. He often said that he could protect me for a while but not for a lifetime. He made his own business, not brought by his grandfather."

Han Ruzi deeply felt that Yang Feng's approach to him was similar.

"I have an idea that I can get some money without Lin Kunshan."

"You?" Du Chuanyun didn't believe that Juanhou would also cheat.

Han Ruzi actually thought about it for several days. If Du Chuanyun came later, he would take the initiative to find the grandson of Du, "You can gamble?"

"Of course, grandpa said I've been able to roll dice before I learned to walk."

"Then you should be very awesome."

"It's not me who plays. In terms of light skills and swordsmanship, I'm at most a second-rate, and playing dice is first-rate. How many heroes in the world even lost all their pants in front of me."

Han Ruzi raised his hand and patted it gently on the desk, "That's easy to deal with. I know several nobles who are both rich and gambling. Why not make a fortune from them?"

Du Chuanyun wanted to catch gold and silver, but Han Ruzi's goal was a big fish.

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