When Gu Qian and his entourage arrived in the capital, it was already the winter solstice.

Seeing that the yamen was about to close the door and seal, Gu Qian couldn't care about so much, and he was sending red envelopes and pulling relationships, so he finally got his transfer documents in time before the year.

"How have Shen Zhi been in the past few years?" After all, it was too bleak to celebrate the New Year in the inn, and under Chen Jian's kind invitation, Gu Qian took a few entourages to live in Chen Jian's house.

Jingguan has always been hard, but Chen Jian's hometown is in Songjiang, and his family is in the cotton cloth business, so his life is quite nourishing, not to mention that when Gu Qian was in office, the gifts for Boxing and New Year were relatively rich, so the relationship between the two has always been very good.

"Compared with the capital, it is naturally more comfortable to go out. Gu Qian said frankly, although he entered the officialdom of the Jing Dynasty, Gu Qian still has the habit of modern people advocating freedom in his bones, the current society is a typical feudal society, the monarchy is supreme, and if you are not careful, you may lose your life, compared to the countryside far away from the capital is safer.

"It seems that two years of exile have changed Shenzhi a lot!" Chen Jian sighed.

"Before, the younger brother was too self-conscious, and he offended people who couldn't be offended, if there was no maintenance from Master Zashi and Brother Mingde, I'm afraid that Qianzhi's life would be over. Speaking of this, Gu Qian stood up and bowed deeply to Chen Jian.

"What is this doing, Brother Xian?" Chen Jian hurriedly stood up and supported Gu Qian, "You and I entered the list in the same year, and we are officials in the same dynasty, so we should support each other, so why do we need to say anything polite, not to mention that the incident back then was also a great contribution from the master of the seat, and the virtuous brother was so polite, so he was ashamed of the foolish brother." ”

The two of them politely sat down again.

Gu Qian has been away from Beijing for two years, and he only has a general understanding of the shape of the capital, and this time he was ordered to inspect the border defense, not only to find out the basic situation of the front line of Xuanda in advance, but also to have an in-depth understanding of the shape of the capital, and the best person to solve his doubts is undoubtedly Chen Jian who is sitting in front of him.

"I have been living in Xiyuan for a long time, and most of the country's major affairs are managed by Yan Shoufu, even if it is Xu Shi, he can't take advantage of it, but just barely compete with it. Speaking of today's form, Chen Jian's expression brought out a little worry, because in the two years since Gu Qian left Beijing, the Xu faction not only did not gain the upper hand in the court, but was suppressed by the Yan faction.

"In this case, why don't you continue to back down?" After listening to Chen Jian's words, Gu Qian spit out an astonishing sentence.

"Why does Brother Xian think like this?" Chen Jian was taken aback, "Master Xu is in a very difficult situation in the court, if he retreats again, I am afraid that his life will not be guaranteed." ”

"Brother Mingde misunderstood," Gu Qian smiled slightly, lowered his voice and said, "As the saying goes, if the heavens want to die, they will want to be crazy, and the high power of the Yan Shou auxiliary can be compared to the Son of Heaven, but Brother Mingde, don't forget, who is in the world." "When today's son ascended the throne at the age of fifteen, it has been twenty-five years now, how many ups and downs have been experienced in the past twenty-five years, and how many cabinet ministers have been dealt with.

Looking at the smiling Gu Qian, Chen Jian's face remained unchanged, but he was taken aback in his heart, is this person in front of him still the same Gu Shenzhi who does not know mundane affairs and is full of the words of a sage? If Gu Shenzhi had such an awareness back then, how could he offend Yan Shoufu in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces!

"Prudence, you've changed. Chen Jian said such a sentence sincerely.

"When the younger brother first entered the officialdom, he wanted to do something big to glorify the lintel, where did he expect the officialdom to be sinister, just insisted on his own opinion and told a few words of truth, and he almost ruined the future of fame and fame;. Gu Qian sighed and continued, "After arriving in Qingjiang, Qian found that for ordinary people, the words of any saint are more important than not filling their stomachs, and for those Japanese bandits, any policy of softness is not as good as picking up a knife and gun to beat them down. ”

"Cang Liao knows the etiquette, and the foreign insult must be strong, and there must be different ways to deal with different groups in the face of different groups, and in the case of not being able to compete with the enemy, we must find a way to preserve our strength and wait for the opportunity. ”

"It's a good way to preserve your strength and wait for the opportunity!" Hearing Gu Qian's words, Chen Jian couldn't help but smile appreciatively. If he still had a trace of contempt for Gu Qian before, after this exchange with Gu Qian, the sense of superiority in his heart had slowly receded.

Shibei was impressed by the three days, it seems that Gu Shenzhi in the past was just a lack of practice, but now after two years of training in Qingjiang, the whole person seems to be reborn.

"I'll pass that on to the teacher. Chen Jian didn't mind feeling like Gu Qian brushing up in front of the teacher.

"It's just a lie, and I'm afraid it will stain the ears of the master. ”

"Don't worry, you have your own ideas for your brother. Gu Qian's growth is amazing, and Chen Jian has a plan in his heart.

The two chatted until the middle of the moon before returning to the room to rest.

The next day, Chen Jian went to the Shangya, and Gu Qian took Gu Xiaojiu to the door of Xu Shangshu's mansion.

Although Chen Jian had made it clear that Xu Shangshu did not accept his worship, Gu Qian still followed the etiquette and sent the name and the festival to the concierge of the Xu Mansion, and when he was invited to sit in the concierge, he politely said that as a student of Xu Shi, he not only failed to add glory to the teacher, but caused a lot of trouble for the teacher.

As he spoke, he slowly walked down the stairs and gave a deep salute outside the door of the Xu Mansion.

His approach attracted the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion to look at him with admiration. You must know that as a student of Master Xu, it would be extremely rude for Gu Qian to return to Beijing and not pay respects to Xu's Mansion, and he might even be impeached for disrespecting his teacher. But the capital is Yan Shoufu's world, and Gu Qian will return to Beijing in a low-key manner, if he really enters the gate of the Xu Mansion, it will be a □□ annoyance for his master.

If he is not allowed to enter the mansion, the lord will have a reputation of being unkind and unkind, and letting him enter the mansion will inevitably hurt Yan Shoufu's face, and the lord has been suppressed by Yan Shoufu everywhere, if Yan Shoufu is allowed to hold the handle again, I don't know how difficult it will be for the lord to act in the court.

Fortunately, Gu Qian is a person who understands current affairs, and he will leave obediently after giving him a famous post, putting down the gift, otherwise, it will be difficult for the housekeeper to squeeze out a smile for him.

Coming out of the Xu Mansion, Gu Qian took Gu Xiaojiu all the way forward, until he came to a street where almost no one was going to go to it.

"My lord, where are we going?" Seeing someone standing guard at the corner of the street, Gu Xiaojiu couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"This is Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division. Gu Qian stopped and looked, attracting the attention of the two wrestlers.

"Beizhen Fusi is important, idlers don't want to stay. Seeing that Gu Qian's temperament was not like that of the people, the two wrestlers shouted patiently.

"Don't be surprised, I'm here to find someone. ”

Drink, even dare to go to Beizhen Fusi to find someone, this person's guts are really good!

"Who are you looking for?" said the darker-skinned wrestler.

"I'm looking for Lu Ji Lu Qianhu. ”

"Honorable guest's surname?" Hearing Gu Qian call out Lu Ji's name, the attitude of the two wrestlers immediately became respectful, and when Gu Qian explained his intentions, one of them even brought him to the gate of Fusi in Beizhen.

After the report, Gu Qian smoothly entered Lu Ji's duty room all the way, and the always cold-faced Jinyi Wei Qianhu couldn't help but admire the thickness of Gu Qian's face when he saw Gu Qian come in.

"What are you going to do?"

"After a long time, can my senior brother be okay?" Gu Qian said with a smile.

The corners of Lu Qianhu's mouth twitched, he had already forgotten about Gu Qian, and when he heard the return of the wrestler outside the door, he thought about it for a while before he thought of Tanhualang who fell into the water back then. I thought that the other party would not appear in front of him again if he pit him, but he didn't expect him to find the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen.

Looking at Gu Qian, who was smiling, Lu Jixin said how big this person's heart must be to be able to step into the gate called the ghost gate by the officials without distraction.

"You have something to do with me?" Lu Ji said officially.

"The younger brother has just returned from Qingjiang, has been transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate as the supervisor of the imperial history, after the year to go to the Xuanfu to take office, the younger brother was rescued by the senior brother to today, after returning to Beijing has been wanting to meet with the senior brother, but I still don't know where the elder brother lives, so I can only find the yamen to come, disturb the place, I hope the elder brother forgives. ”

The first two sentences are still senior brothers, and the last two sentences become brothers, am I so familiar with you? Besides, if you come to call Jinyiwei a brother and brother, how wide is your heart?

Lu Ji's dough twitched twice, and he couldn't bear it.

"I've seen it, I've seen it, I'm busy with business, so I won't keep you much. ”

"The senior brother is busy with business, and the younger brother will leave, but the younger brother brought some local products from Qingjiang, and I don't know when it will be sent to the house?"

Do you know where you are? Lu Qianhu looked at Gu Qian, he really couldn't even get angry, there was really no need to continue for such a nerd who would never have a string in his head.

"Tuyi doesn't need it, this thousand households are in the heart. ”

"Senior brother, doesn't it mean that the gift of the younger brother is too shabby?" Gu Qian frowned and said, "Qian has always been sincere for the people and enforces the law impartially in Qingjiang, so he is shy in his pocket and can't afford to prepare expensive gifts, but Qian's gratitude to the senior brother is still the same, I hope the senior brother will not dislike it!"

"Okay, you can send someone to the third house in Horn Hutong. Lu Ji really didn't bother to pay attention to him, waved his hand, and asked someone to walk.

"Thank you for your advice. Gu Qian arched his hand and said, "Another day, Qian will definitely come to visit, and there are still some official matters to ask the senior brother for advice." ”

You are a speech official who asked me, a brocade guard, for official affairs? Lu Ji looked at Gu Qian with strange eyes, and really felt that Gu Tanhua was not lightly ill.

"At the end of the year, I am busy with official business, and I may not be free. ”

Naqian will wait for the senior brother to come to the door when he is free. ”

Are you a gift or a door-to-door blocker? Lu Qianhu felt that he really shouldn't have rescued this stupid tanhua back then, he just pasted a dog skin plaster, and he couldn't tear it off if he stuck it!

"Senior brother?" the dog skin plaster smiled and tilted his face.

Lu Qianhu took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress the idea of slapping people out of the door, gritted his teeth and said, "Three days later, this Qianhu will rest!" I was a big official in ancient times

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Chapter 58: Goodbye Lu Ji