Powerful people like to express obscure meanings in vague writing. Zhang Yue once helped Du Zhen read the letters of several old friends in the capital, and all of them were now in high positions, so he had already been trained. At this point, after a cursory first look, he thoughtfully reversed it and looked at it a second time, followed by a third time.

For Zhang Yue, this is a commonplace thing, but Gu Shi on the side looked at him concentrating over and over again, but his face showed a surprise that could not be concealed. The two sons are not there, Zhang Chao Zhang Qi is not a calm and wise person, although his grandson Zhang Zhen is known as a prodigy, but after all, he is young, and he is not as good as the three brothers in terms of dealing with people, so just now she only thought of Zhang Yue, who has become more and more outstanding in the past four years. Now it seems that she did not call the wrong person.

"Done?"

Zhang Yue lowered his head and folded the letterhead, and was about to hand it back to Gu, when he heard this, he suddenly raised his head, only to find that his grandmother was staring at him with blazing eyes at the moment. He had long been accustomed to this level of scrutiny over the years, so he nodded without hesitation: "Back to Grandmother, I've finished reading it." ”

"And what do you think of the British Lord's proposal? In other words, do you think it is feasible to let your second uncle continue to cross his toes, avoid the big turmoil in the capital, and then let him try to exonerate your eldest uncle? ”

That's your nephew, the old ancestor, not my nephew, I haven't dealt with him at all, how do you know if it's feasible...... Or is it credible?

Although there was a little muttering in his heart, his grandmother had no one else to consult at this time, and Zhang Yue was ready to be a staff officer. After clearing his mind a little, he spoke: "After all, the British Duke is a meritorious and high-ranking official, if it is really up to him to try it, it is naturally much more appropriate than our family rashly sending people to Beijing to deal with it." Moreover, the second uncle and father are not familiar with the situation in the capital, and the eldest aunt and fourth brother have been away from Beijing for a long time. Moreover, the second uncle has not yet been transferred, and if someone finds an excuse again, it will be even more difficult for our Zhang family. ”

Seeing his grandmother bowing slightly, he had a little more confidence, and simply added: "However, the British family first lived in Yanjing City, and then they have been living in Nanjing City. Even if the second uncle can't go to Nanjing, at least there must be someone there, one can get accurate news back, the second can also express the position of our Zhang family, and the third can calm the heart of the uncle. ”

At first, Gu Shi just thought that Zhang Yue's analysis was quite organized, but in the end, when she heard this, she was shocked. She sat up straight all of a sudden, and once again looked at her grandson in front of her, as if she had known him for the first time, and let out a long sigh.

"I have always thought that the four of you brothers are similar to each other, but only slightly short and long, but now it seems that the three of them are far inferior to you. I thought that Mr. Nadu was just a highly educated person, but he was able to teach a disciple like you, which shows that his talent is high enough to be above the temple! If I had known this, I would have spared no expense to hire him to teach your three brothers! ”

Hearing that Du Zhen was mentioned, Zhang Yue's face was a little embarrassed, and after hesitating for a moment, he stood up, bent down one leg and knelt in front of the bed: "Grandmother Qiqi, there is something I have never dared to explain." Before Mr. Du left, he had left the bundle of repairs given to him by the Zhang family in the past four years, as well as Cheng Yi, a total of 1,000 taels of silver and jade pendants and jade, etc., at home. I'm afraid you're too angry to say it, so ......"

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Yue still didn't say that Du Zhen had asserted that the Zhang family was in crisis. He instinctively felt that it was no good for the family to let everyone know that Mr. Du could see so far. Du Zhen, who was far away in Nanjing, did not seek to enter the cabinet and rise to the world, let alone need his help to build momentum, and he was obliged as a disciple to hide things for the teacher that no one needed to know.

"He didn't take it?"

Gu was really surprised at this time. It must be known that the Ming Dynasty was meager, and the civil officials were not as rich as the military generals, and when Du Zhen went to the capital to clearly need money, he not only did not take Cheng Yi, but also retired for four years. After a long silence, she finally realized that she had completely mistaken the person.

At this time, she had no time to regret it, so she didn't care about it and quickly returned to the topic. After discussing it with Zhang Yue again, seeing that he answered calmly and calmly, she became more and more decisive in her heart.

So, after Zhang Yue retreated, she immediately called Lingxi in, and asked in a deep voice: "You remember all my numbers, how many are there now?" ”

Lingxi suddenly realized what the number Gu meant by the number, and hurriedly calculated it carefully in his heart, and then stepped forward and whispered: "The old lady's previous dowry plus the harvest rent of the Grange shop over the years is about more than 40,000 taels of silver. However, many of them can't be moved, and the ones that can be used directly are about 20,000 taels. If you pawn some big guys who don't need it, there will always be about 30,000 taels. ”

"It's a pity, although the treasure money is easy to use, it is now the same as a piece of waste paper in most places......" Gu Shi muttered a big rebellious sentence lightly, and then beckoned Lingxi to take two more steps forward, and then instructed in an almost inaudible voice, "You go and try to convert the fifteen thousand taels of silver into gold, I will be useful in a few days." ”

Although Lingxi has never been a person who gets to the bottom of things, when she heard that the old lady was going to use 20,000 taels of silver, she still couldn't help but show a shocked expression on her face, and couldn't help but say: "Old lady, if you exchange 15,000 taels of silver for gold at a time, I am afraid that the price of gold and silver in this Kaifeng City will plummet all of a sudden, and the loss will be not small......

"Don't say it, I have my own opinions." Gu Shi waved her hand undoubtedly, and when she saw that Lingxi was hanging her hand, she sighed softly, "If it weren't for such a big event, how could I use this silver, I would keep it for them to marry a wife, and I would keep it for Yi'er to marry, and I would keep it for myself as a coffin...... But if the boss can't keep it, what's the use of thinking about it? Money is something outside the body, life does not bring death, you can't let others contribute, and you have to let others pay for money. ”

As Gu's most trusted confidant, Lingxi knew at this time that she had made up her final decision, and she couldn't help but secretly admire in her heart: "That slave maid obeys the old lady's instructions, and she will go to Aunt Gao later, and she must redeem the gold as soon as possible." ”

"Be more careful, I'd rather lose a few than let people gossip, and try not to let people know that it's our Zhang family that is redeeming gold." As he spoke, Gu Shi thought of the Jin family, the prefect of Kaifeng, who had retired, and couldn't help but sneer, "Those shallow villains can now watch our jokes from across the shore, and when the time comes, there will be times when they regret it!" Our Zhang family also survived the most difficult time at the beginning, and now this little thing is nothing! ”

PS: Today's third update, ask for recommendation votes...... No, I just received a 2,000-word translation task, and I will watch it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, sorry!