Uncle Guo, your heart thief has been promoted again

Chapter 124
Jiang Baoyu thought that he had made a mistake, so he squeezed his eyes and looked again, only to see that Mu Gui had stopped looking at her, and returned to his serious appearance just now, and looked at the other female officials.

"Oh yes."

Jiang Baoyu looked around for pens and inks, not wanting to be sent pens, inks and books by Si Yisi immediately, as if he knew in advance that Mu Gui was going to record.

Jiang Baoyu frowned and thanked the man, then took Lu Sibao's gift and opened it to check.

But as soon as she opened it, her eyes widened in shock.

It is a beast head agate cup, and it is made of beautiful color chalcedony which is rare in Dayan.

Seeing that she hadn't moved for a while, Mu Gui also looked this way, but he was not as surprised as Jiang Baoyu, as if he saw an ordinary object, and said with a faint smile: "You child, did Lu Sibao give Ben Shang a gift?" Why don't you read it quickly and let everyone know it?"

"Oh."

Jiang Baoyu looked at Mu Gui, and unconsciously said, "Lu Sibao, give Mu Shangfu an agate cup with a pretty animal head."

Hearing that it was actually this thing, all the female officials also looked at each other in dismay, and hurriedly looked towards Jiang Baoyu.

I know the preciousness of this thing.

Lu Sibao also explained to Mu Gui complacently at this moment: "Your Excellency is the head of the female officials of the Imperial Clothing Bureau. This animal-headed agate cup is in line with your status. It is a perfect gift for Your Excellency."

Mu Gui nodded in satisfaction, but refused to let Jiang Baoyu accept it, but asked with a smile: "Of course your intentions are good, but most of these Western objects are gifts from Western countries to the emperor, so you bring them as presents?" It’s not appropriate for this officer, is it?”

"This is not offered from outside."

Lu Sibao's face changed a little, but he recovered quickly, and hurriedly explained to Mu Gui: "This is an imitation made by a craftsman in Hu Village. During the emperor's west tour the year before last, a subordinate official was lucky enough to accompany him, and he got it by chance. .”

When she said this, she took a flattering look at Mu Gui, and continued, "Don't worry, my lord, even if I borrow the courage of the eight officials, I dare not use the emperor's things as favors."

Mu Gui smiled openly at what he said, but Jiang Baoyu didn't believe a word.

You do not dare?
I see how brave you are.

What do you mean imitation by folk craftsmen?
Not to mention that this beautiful chalcedony is rare, and the person who can get it cannot be an ordinary craftsman at all.

Besides, the carving technique of this animal head agate cup is simply uncanny and natural, and the ingenious replacement of chalcedony with gold at the mouth of the animal must be of great value.

You, a genuine sixth-grade treasure with an annual salary of less than 30 taels of grain silver, got it by chance?

How accidental?

The folk artisan lost his mind and went crazy, throwing such a precious animal head agate cup out of the house and hitting you on the head?

Not only did Jiang Baoyu not believe it herself, she also felt that even the big black dog and two old hens in Mu Gui's yard would not believe it.

But Mu Gui believed it.

"So good."

Not only did she believe it, but she also smiled at Jiang Baoyu and said, "Take it well, please take Lu Sibao to your seat."

Jiang Baoyu was so shocked that he almost threw the pen in his hand, and cursed in his heart, "Smelly shameless".

She thought that her aunt must have misjudged, and actually chose such a person as the successor Shangfu.

The new Shangfu was so easy to fool, and the female officials who were waiting to present gifts were also relieved, and gave gifts they had prepared one after another.

Jiang Baoyu read the readings one by one, registered and compiled the book, and the more he looked at it, the more shocking he became. Even a small treasure can yield a gift worth hundreds of gold. Lu Sibao was so dumbfounded that he almost fell off his chair.

Compared to Si Baosi's wealth and wealth, Si Decoration Department was even more unwilling to lag behind. Whatever gold and silver were fine and soft, jewellery, Jiang Baoyu had seen or hadn't seen before, and they were all sent up in complete sets.

If it wasn't for the fact that the staff is only in charge of the emperor's guard of honor, and the things are too big to bring over, Jiang Baoyu reckons they can also present the emperor's sword to Mu Gui.

But seeing Mu Gui's posture, Jiang Baoyu was afraid that even if they really brought up the emperor's sword, Mu Gui would dare to accept it.

Such a person, Jiang Rongxi actually wants to force her to worship him as a teacher?
The more Jiang Baoyu thought about it, the angrier he became. When he recorded the last person, he wished he could throw away his pen and report her to the emperor.

But before she could break her pen, Zheng Siyi suddenly took out a few brochures from the bottom of her skirt and stood up. Immediately afterwards, the female officers of Si Yi Division behind her also pulled out a few brochures from the bottom of their skirts and stood in line with her at the table.

Zheng Siyi then cupped his hands and said: "My lord, since all my colleagues have presented you with a congratulatory gift, the subordinate officials and the ministers under their jurisdiction are also unwilling to be left behind, and want to present a big gift for your lord."

The booklet has no cover, and the booklets in the hands of the six female officials of Siyi Division are all the same, and they look no different from ordinary books.

Just now, Mu Gui never refused the gifts from everyone, and he had already dazzled Lu Sibao and others, thinking that Mu Gui was really a greedy person like them, thinking that Zheng Siyi must be jealous, not to be outdone, He came up with some ingenious tricks to please Mu Gui.

Then he said angrily at the side: "Sister, what are you Si Yisi going to do? Send such an ordinary book, is it possible that there are some tricks in this book that everyone can't see?"

Immediately, others followed suit: "Yes, the pages in this booklet are not made of gold? Otherwise, how could you ask my sister to make her final appearance like this?"

"It's not a golden page."

Mu Gui still had a happy face, and spoke for Zheng Siyi.

"It's just that Shangfu asked Zheng Siyi to help him go to the document storehouse and get the account books of the Royal Shangfu Bureau for nearly ten years."

As she spoke, she waved to Zheng Siyi and said, "Show them all."

As soon as these words came out, the female officers present began to panic.

Lu Sibao even stood up, bowed to Mu Gui and said, "What do you mean, my lord?"

Mu Gui flipped through the account book that Zheng Siyi sent up, and said with a smile, "What's the point? I'm a new official, so if you don't take a quick look at your property, how will you know if someone has stolen it?"

As she said that, she glanced at Jiang Baoyu, who was already stunned beside her, and said, "Don't just stare blankly, eat two mouthfuls with your chopsticks, what a waste if you don't eat the banquet you bought yourself."

Jiang Baoyu blinked in confusion, Mu Gui snorted again and said, "I just entered the palace as a teacher, and I haven't received my salary yet. Where did I get the money? I gave you such a wonderful class. If you don't pay me some money?" Repair? Otherwise, why should I accept you as a rich apprentice?"

As she spoke, she raised her eyebrows at Zheng Siyi and said, "Zheng Han, did you hear that? How much did this table cost? I'll ask her to collect it later."

Jiang Baoyu: "???"

What the hell, even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu is here, so don't try to stop her from eating.

Moreover, she was very unrestrained when eating, which made Mu Gui want to laugh a bit.

But after Mu Gui looked away from her, his expression changed immediately, he threw the account book on the table, scanned the crowd and said: "So many words, Ben Shangfu gets upset just looking at it.

Just now when I met the emperor with Xu Shanggong, Ben Shangfu asked her for a favor. At midnight tomorrow, the people from Sizhengsi will come to seal the door of the warehouse, and someone will check the items according to the account book.

I'll give you one night, except for what you handed in today, whoever hid or used anything in private, put it back to Ben Shangfu.

As long as there are those who do not go back, they will be paid with gold and silver. I will never blame the past and never make trouble with the emperor.

If there's still more to come—"

As Mu Gui was speaking, he suddenly slapped the table with his big hand, scaring the frightened female officials out of their wits.

"Just wait to give up the official position and let the truly talented people take the position."

　The animal head agate cup refers to the Tang animal head agate cup unearthed in the Tang Dynasty cellar in Anhejia Village, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province in 1970. It is now in the Shaanxi Provincial Museum and has been rated as a national treasure.

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