Qian Duoduo got down from the tree and sat on the ground, panting heavily.
The monks left, and the Taoist priests also left. Just now they fought endlessly over who drove away the ghost on their bodies, and finally fought, and now they were carried to the hospital.
Only then did he have a chance to catch his breath.
Qian Caishen came over, knelt down beside him, and said, "Do you feel better?"
"It's much better." Qian Duoduo leaned against the tree, pretending to be very weak, creating the illusion that the "ghost" had disappeared from him.
He didn't need to pretend, he was already very weak, and he was almost exhausted to climb such a tall tree.
Qian Caishen looked at him and asked, "Do you know why I did that?"
Qian Duoduo nodded, then quickly shook his head.
The God of Wealth patted his leg and said: "This man, sometimes, you can't be too smart. Those who are too rigid are easy to break, and those who are gentle are invincible. I don't ask you to be smart. I just want you to be safe and secure in this life." Take it easy, when you die, just don't ruin the Qian family's fortune..."
Qian Caishen looked at him and asked: "Father asked you to go to Liuzhou to learn how to do business with Miss Lin. Look at you, what kind of messy things have you learned?"
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "Father, I understand, I won't talk nonsense anymore!"
"You are enlightened, and you can help dad with ideas. Dad is very happy." Qian Caishen nodded gratifiedly, and said: "Dad just found out that there is a large amount of money under Cui Jiang, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs. Bringing it up early is enough to make him lose his official hat, cut off the prince's arm, and eliminate this great enemy for the third prince, what do you think about it?"
Qian Duoduo shook his head and said, "Father, I can't see anything."
God of Wealth waved his hand and said, "It's okay, what do you say, there are no outsiders here."
Qian Duoduo thought for a while, then looked left and right, then looked at the God of Wealth, and said seriously: "Father, I think your method is not good. How old is the official of the Ministry of Household Affairs? If he goes down, it doesn't matter who As for going up, if the people who go up are still members of the First Prince, wouldn't all the hard work we have done before be in vain?"
God of Wealth nodded and asked again, "So what do you think should be done?"
Qian Duoduo showed a mysterious smile on his face, and said: "If Cui Jiang's guilt can be reduced, and he can still sit in that position, but he can be used by us, it will naturally be the best result..."
The God of Wealth pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "This plan is very clever."
He looked at Qian Duoduo again, and said: "Duo Duo, Dad heard that the Taoist priest of Qingyang Temple has passed the true biography of Laojun, and the abbot of Xingshan Temple is the reincarnation of Arhat. Dad thinks that the evil things on your body have not been cleaned up. I plan to invite them to show you tomorrow..."
Qian Duoduo turned pale instantly, looked at him, and said in a trembling voice: "Father, didn't you just say..."
God of Wealth sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Duo Duo, you have to remember that in this world, don't trust anyone except yourself..."
…
In the court of Qi State, since His Majesty became ill and ordered the eldest prince to take over the government and the third prince to oversee the country, the situation in the court has become unpredictable and unpredictable.
The people from both sides tried their best all the time, trying to reduce the power of the other side in the court and strengthen their own side.
Today, the censor reported that the accounts of the household department were in disorder, and several funds were unknown. Several censors were above the court, and in front of all the officials, jointly impeached Cui Jiang, the minister of the household department.
Fortunately, what was impeached was not his corruption or accepting bribes. At most, he was dereliction of duty. The result of the punishment was only a one-year salary penalty. Punish the salary, or give a lesson.
To the astonishment of the officials, His Royal Highness showed a business-like attitude towards this matter from the beginning to the end, which was completely different from the situation where he vigorously defended others before.
The Minister of the Household Department has a high position and is in charge of the country's money and food. He is one of the most important henchmen of the eldest prince. Once he makes a mistake, the prince will feel like he has lost an arm. It is completely unreasonable for him to ignore Cui Jiang today.
This reminded everyone of the rumors in the capital in recent days.
It is rumored that some officials around the First Prince, including Cui Jiang, Minister of the Household Department, have been secretly bought by the Third Prince. Two big boxes entered Cui's residence, but when they came out, there were no boxes left...
Of course, these are all rumors, the authenticity cannot be tested, and they may also be framed or sow dissension—the most important thing is what the eldest prince thinks.
Judging from the performance of the First Prince this morning, this matter is probably a little more credible.
Hengwang Mansion.
"Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi..." Zhao Zheng smashed everything that could be smashed in the hall, and the servants and maids around him knelt on the ground, trembling.
An old man waited for him to vent before taking a step forward, raised his head and said, "Your Highness is in the hall today, yes, yes, it is too unwise..."
"Unwise?" Zhao Zheng looked at him, gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, what kind of unwise method is it?"
The old man said slowly: "Wouldn't it be chilling for His Highness to ignore Master Cui?"
"He's chilling? This king hasn't chilled yet!" Zhao Zheng once again showed anger on his face, and said: "What Zhao Yi can give him, this king can't give, why did he betray this king!"
"Your Highness must not think so!" The old man hastily said: "If Your Highness is like this, isn't it just as the Third Prince wanted, and today in the court, the impeachment of Lord Cui is clearly the Third Prince's person!"
"What do you know!" Zhao Zheng waved his hand and said, "What Cui Jiang did is enough to make him sit in the position of Minister of the Household Department, but what did Zhao Yi say, and what did those censors say? of?"
"One year's salary penalty is only one year's salary penalty!"
Zhao Zheng panted heavily, and said, "A year's fine is nothing, the gold and silver that Zhao Yi gave him are worth a hundred years' salary!"
His face turned cold, and he said: "Cui Jiang, this king treats you sincerely, you actually treat me like this, don't blame me for being rude..."
Cui Fu.
Cui Jiang had mixed feelings in his heart, and he really didn't know what it was like.
He knew in his heart that today in the court, those censors let him go, otherwise, what he did for the eldest prince would be enough to make him lose his position as Minister of the Household Department.
This is something to be thankful for, but the eldest prince's inaction towards him made him very uncertain.
Beside him, the woman sighed and said: "If before today, the Eldest Prince only had doubts about the master, after today, he might be sure of it."
Cui Jiang looked back at his wife and said anxiously: "Then what should we do, they have forced me to have nowhere to go!"
Cui Jiang was very desperate and wronged, he obviously did nothing, the third prince just bought a house and sent several censors to his house to make trouble, he lost the trust of the first prince...
Damn, he is more wronged than Dou E!
"It's not that the master has no way to go." The woman shook her head and said, "From the very beginning, someone pointed out a clear path for the master..."
In the Qian Mansion, Yang Yanzhou just walked in, looked at the God of Wealth with a smile on his face, and said, "Brother God of Wealth, Cui Jiang has surrendered to His Highness..."
Before he finished speaking, he looked at a corner of the house with a slight surprise on his face.
Beside the table, Qian Duoduo looked at a bowl of black talisman water in front of him, and shook his head violently: "I won't drink it, I won't drink it..."
…
Liuzhou.
Li Yi just coaxed Li Mu to sleep, gently put her on the bed, covered her with the quilt, and walked out of the room.
Just now, he suddenly realized something.
The reason why Qi has the current stability is precisely because of the balance of power between the crown prince and the third prince.
The Taoist nun was standing behind the eldest prince, staring at him, not knowing what the purpose was, but they should want to see the current balance.
If this balance is disturbed, what will happen
I do not know…