NOVEL WEB Chapter 348
Chapter 348: Wen Zhuoyuan
Chapter 348 Wen Zhuoyuan
The two big characters of Wenfu were in front of him, Yin Miao was extremely curious.
She is finally going to meet the legendary corrupt official.
Generally, young ladies go out with maids. Before she left, she saw Yue’er and Xing’er who were ready, but she only chose Yu’an, who was still in the corner and in the mud.
Yuan was obviously very apprehensive following Yin Miao at the moment. She is very self-aware, and no maid of the young lady would be as rude as her.
“You don’t have to be nervous, just follow me.”
Yin Miao also discovered Yu’an’s restraint. She brought her maid just to make herself look like a normal official lady, and she didn’t plan to ask Yuan to do anything.
As for Yue’er and Xing’er, she obviously didn’t notice anything, but they were already prepared, which means it is self-evident.
The appearance of a corrupt official in the TV series I watched before was brought in, but when Yin Miao saw Wen Zhuoyuan, she found that he was completely different from what she imagined.
This is a middle-aged man who looks easy-going and can even be described by the word “kindness”. He is well maintained and has no wrinkles of his age except for the crow’s feet that appear at the corners of his eyes.
Yin Miao even felt intimacy with him at first glance.
“I don’t know if His Royal Highness King Xuan is too far away to greet him when he arrives. This is the dereliction of duty by a lower official.”
Wen Zhuoyuan came with a look of sincerity and fear, and immediately knelt in front of Xiao Xuan.
“Master Wen doesn’t need to be more polite. This king suddenly visited today, but this king is disrespectful.”
Xiao Xuan said.
“Where, where, His Royal Highness King Xuan has just returned to Beijing, and the lower official is planning to choose a day to visit. It is really a blessing to have His Highness visit.”
The two walked and chatted while walking in front, and Yin Miao in the back also looked at the Wen residence.
Compared with the atmosphere of the Xuanwang Mansion, Wen Mansion can only be regarded as a unique mansion, with no ponds and rockeries, and no complicated architectural sculptures. To say that this is the home of a corrupt official, she really can’t tell.
Wen Zhuoyuan took a few people to the hall of Wen Mansion, which was like a courtyard, without any precious ornaments.
Xiao Xuan cut to the point directly: “As soon as the king returned to Beijing, he took the errand of the emperor to thoroughly investigate the three divisions. I think Lord Wen also knows it.”
“The three treasury divisions will be checked every few years, and the lower officials will fully cooperate with His Highness.”
Wen Zhuoyuan replied.
“That’s good. This king really believes in Lord Wen’s character, but there are still some procedural matters.”
Xiao Xuan showed a relieved expression, Wen Zhuoyuan seemed to be ready, and immediately ordered people to bring the accounts and various account books.
It doesn’t matter, there are more than a dozen boxes of account books in front of the hall.
“Your Highness, this is the entry and exit details of the warehouses of the three divisions in the past three years. It is accurate to every transaction every day. The lower official has been keeping it safe.”
Wen Zhuoyuan said quickly.
Everyone present thought that King Xuan would show an expression of embarrassment or impatience. Unexpectedly, his expression remained unchanged and he said, “Zhang Yue Zhang Chi, you guys will bring these accounts back to the mansion first.”
“Yes!”
Zhang Yue and Zhang Chi are different from Yun Jiang and Yun He. The two were originally the guards of the Xuan palace, and this time Gong Yue and others found them again.
It was only when Wen Zhuoyuan realized that the two of them were holding up the account books of the two wooden boxes with ease.
King Xuan is really here this time?
But he quickly settled down in his heart, these account books are completely without problems, even if he turned over them over and over again, he was innocent.
Seeing Wen Zhuoyuan so calm, Yin Miao thought of one of the details in the original book. When Beirou soldiers were searching for Wen Zhuoyuan’s house, they accidentally broke a column, only to find that it was full of silver ingots, and there were many hollows in Wen’s house. The walls are full of gold bars…
It’s just that if they don’t find evidence, they can’t rashly search other people’s homes.
But Yin Miao still looked at the Wen Mansion carefully. The hall they were in seemed to be specially used for receiving guests. She believed that Wen Zhuoyuan would definitely not hide anything here.
“Presumably this is Miss Yin?”
A beautiful woman walked in from the door and looked at Yin Miao with a full smile.
“Exactly, are you the wife of the Wen family?”
Yin Miao also looked at the other party, this lady probably looked like she was only in her twenties or thirties.
After greeting King Xuan, the woman said again, “Miss Yin is very smart, Liu Ru is polite.”
Liu Ru saluted, her gestures were gentle and graceful, and Yin Miao could smell a faint fragrance that seemed to be absent.
“Madam has won.”
Even the original body had never dealt with this Wen mansion. Yin Miao just did some homework before coming. I heard that the wife of Wen mansion was newly married and was a well-informed beauty. In addition, she dared to appear at this time. , she guessed that it could only be the eldest lady of the Wen residence.
“Since Miss Yin is a female dependent, why don’t you come with me to the backyard to drink tea and chat, or let His Highness and several others speak freely.”
Yin Miao was stunned for a while, she didn’t want to have tea and chat with a stranger, but she agreed.
“Miss…” Yu An seemed to be afraid that Yin Miao would be left alone, and said with a somewhat uneasy laughter.
“You follow me.” After Yin Miao signaled to Yu An, Yu An was relieved.
“If A Miao doesn’t want to go, just stay with me here.”
Xiao Xuan knew that Yin Miao did not like to deal with these, so he said in public.
The people in the house looked surprised.
When did Duke Yin’s daughter become so close to His Royal Highness King Xuan? Moreover, King Xuan treats her well, is that rumor true?
“It’s alright, my wife and I can go for a walk, so I won’t disturb you.”
Yin Miao blinked at Xiao Xuan, she could take this opportunity to see Wen Mansion.
“Miss Yin must have been bored by what we were talking about, so Liu Ru took her around to drink tea, but don’t neglect Miss Yin.”
Wen Zhuoyuan also said with a smile.
“The concubine knows.”
Liu Ru replied meekly.
Yin Miao came to an unusual courtyard with her. The reason why it was unusual was that the flowers, plants and trees here did not show any signs of withering. Instead, they looked more and more green because of the recent rainy days.
“My husband knew that I liked these plants and trees, so he kept watering them here. He would rather be short of water in the house than let these plants wither.”
Liu Ru introduced.
“Lord Wen and Mrs. Wen are really affectionate, I am very envious.”
Yin Miao could hear the bragging in these words and said with a smile.
Liu Ru really showed a happy expression, she led Yin Miao and the two to a pavilion, and gave a few words to the two maids behind her.
“Miss Yin is here very rarely. I have a newly gifted Longjing from my husband. I don’t know where these two maids are, so I will come when I go.” Liu Ru said.
“You’re welcome, Madam.”
Yin Miao could not ask for it. Although the Wen Mansion looked ordinary on the outside, it was different from the inside. She wanted to take a look around by herself.
(end of this chapter)