Lu Xinzhong and his confidants have decided on a plan, and ordered them to perform their respective duties and strictly keep the news. Anyone who comes to report the news will not be allowed to move around at will, let alone Manager Shen, and will only report to him.
He believed that there were many close friends in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so it would be easy to carry out this matter, so he didn't worry too much about it. He just saw that the young eunuch in the guest room was not one of his own, and when he was serving tea and water, he could not help but hear some words. In order to prevent something from happening, he was forcibly locked in the guest room and was not allowed to go out. He had to stay here overnight every day, and his meals were brought by the guards. Therefore, Eunuch Lu eliminated all worries in his heart and went to see Shen Jing with confidence.
Shen Jing had brought in a lot of money with Tai Su in the past few days. He was busy counting his assets and had no intention of meddling in other matters. He left all the affairs to Lu Xinzhong. Seeing that he was possessed by a demon, Lu Xinzhong kept silent and concentrated on winning over people's hearts, which had already made the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs follow his own lead. However, to this day, he still did not dare to let down his guard against Eunuch Shen. When he came, he poked his head and looked around before entering the house quietly.
"Xin Zhong, you're here," Shen Jing quickly gathered the money on the table and asked Eunuch Lu to sit down. "I forgot to ask you, is the old uncle satisfied with the things he gave to him?"
Lu Xinzhong smiled and nodded: "Why are you dissatisfied? You single-handedly picked out the good products from those wealthy merchants' homes, and he is grateful to you!"
"Uncle the old emperor doesn't know that this silver is the best thing!" Shen Jing's eyes were shining brightly, and he grabbed a handful of silver, "Don't look at it, it's just a penny, but it doesn't count. It’s a small amount!”
"How many did you count?" Lu Xinzhong asked.
"About a thousand taels of silver..." At this point, Shen Jing suddenly paused. He lowered his head and sighed, "It's just that I feel a little guilty for hiding it from the emperor. I haven't seen your majesty for several days. So, Well, tonight you take me to the palace to see me and find out what the holy will is."
Lu Xinzhong hurriedly advised: "Now the matter of Lu Tingci's promotion has caused a huge quarrel in the court. The emperor is still worried. Don't disturb him these days."
"I didn't expect you to know the general situation of the imperial court..."
"What did you say?" Lu Xinzhong looked at him nervously.
Shen Jing's expression remained unchanged: "I didn't expect that Xinzhong could explain the general situation of the imperial court so clearly with these two words. I am really lucky to have a confidant like you by my side!"
Lu Xinzhong took a long breath of relief, quickly humbled himself, and served tea to the manager.
However, Shen Jing had already become suspicious. While drinking tea, he secretly thought: "Is this person trying to hide it from me?" I haven't seen him mention these things before, but if he suddenly said this today, I'm afraid it's not that simple. If I feed a tiger and let it bite me, my life will be over. Use tactics to eliminate it gradually! '
But before he even finished the cup of tea, he had another thought: 'He treats me wholeheartedly on weekdays, and I rely on him to help manage affairs and control the people. If an injustice is wrongly decided, it will destroy a talented person. How can it be wrong? Not a pity? It's better to use a little plan and test it out...'
After thinking about it, he immediately said: "In that case, you might as well help me with one more thing."
"What's up?"
"Don't you think the old uncle values goods?" Shen Jing smiled greedily, "I still have a few extremely valuable items here. They are all famous treasures. You might as well take them all and exchange them for his silver."
Seeing him asking for money, Lu Xinzhong couldn't help but feel funny in his heart, and he repeatedly agreed: "I will arrange this myself, you just wait."
"Don't forget, the money should be paid to the accountant first when you get it back, so that no outsider will see it and damage our reputation." Shen Jing warned earnestly, as if he cared very much.
"Oh, I remember, little one."
Lu Xinzhong bowed and pulled away to go out. Just as he reached the door, he was stopped by the manager: "Wait a minute!"
His feet seemed to freeze suddenly, and his body was covered in sweat.
"I remember this tea was a gift from you, right?" Shen Jing blew the tea leaves on the water.
Lu Xinzhong had another false alarm. He patted his chest gently, turned around and said, "Yes, do you like this tea?"
"It tastes very rich and not too astringent. It's really good tea. Give me a few bags first."
Eunuch Lu felt more and more that Shen Jing was confused, and each request was more absurd than the last, but he had no choice but to obey. He ran all the way back to his house, pulled out the box under the bed, dug out the tea leaves wrapped in paper, held them in his hands, and went Handed over to Shen Jing. Shen Jing was so happy that Fei dragged him and forced him to drink a drink before letting him go.
Seeing that Eunuch Lu had left for a while, Shen Jing called for a young eunuch who was doing the job. The eunuch was wearing unclean clothes and had disheveled hair. He was about fifteen or sixteen years old. He was hunched over and did not dare to raise his head.
"Take this bag of tea," Shen Jing casually handed him the paper bag on the table, "and give it to the eunuchs in the accounting room. They have worked very hard these days, and I will use this to reward them."
"I understand, little one, but, shall I come back when I get there...or do I have other things to do?" The little eunuch raised his eyes timidly.
Shen Jing's face changed: "You have been in the palace for two or three years, and you still don't understand the rules? It's your job to serve tea and water to those gentlemen!" The little eunuch hurriedly obeyed the order and praised him. After passing the tea, he stepped out of the door and walked to the accounting room.
The accounting clerks were really tired after a long day. When they saw the fresh tea leaves, they were all happy. They gathered around the table to drink tea and play cards. They ordered the little eunuch to run around all afternoon. My legs were also sore from running.
Everyone left happily, and only the little eunuch came back to Shen Jing's room alone, and told him the details of the accounting room and the diligent service. Shen Jing was very satisfied. He took a few pieces of silver on the table to reward him, and asked, "You have been playing cards with them all afternoon. Have you seen Eunuch Lu?"
"Eunuch Lu?" The little eunuch was very happy when he saw the money, but he didn't dare to put it in his pocket when the old manager asked him, "He doesn't seem to be in the counting room..."
"Don't tell me it looks like it!" Shen Jing suddenly became serious, waved his sleeves and said, "I'm asking you seriously, you answer seriously! Have you seen it?"
The little eunuch was stunned and looked at him straightly: "Manager Shen, Eunuch Lu is indeed not here."
Shen Jing frowned and gritted his teeth, looking up to the sky and sighing: "Okay, okay...I understand, you can go back."
The little eunuch walked out at a loss. His footsteps only sounded softly on the blanket. In Shen Jing's ears, the sound became smaller and smaller.
Shen Jing put on a robe, walked slowly to the paper window, and pinched off the wick of the candlestick. The fire flickered and went out.
