Copper pot sheep scorpion.

If a bowl of spicy soup and white blue and white flowers can afford to pay for five yuan, he can only be deterred when it comes to the copper pot sheep scorpion that asks for five yuan, which can only be invited by Ning Du, who is worth an unknown amount.

"Obviously, you invited me to dinner, but in the end, I invited you. Ning Du sneered.

"You don't go to eat mutton soup flatbread, but you want to eat mutton scorpions, so naturally you should be invited. Bai Qinghua said as a matter of course.

"Scholars are just crooked. Ning Du poured a plate of green vegetables into the copper pot.

Hu Ran didn't interject, holding the chopsticks with both hands and waiting for the pot to boil and put down the chopsticks.

This shop is not big, and the customers are just right, each occupying one table, and only two or three tables are empty for the newcomers to sit down. The soup in the copper pot made a rolling sound, the white mist rose, and the chaotic sound mixed in the shop.

"The day after tomorrow, I'm going to Fangyuan City. Bai Qinghua picked up a piece of sheep scorpion and said.

"What are you going to do?" Ning Du couldn't think of any reason.

"It's not you who made trouble?" Bai Qinghua glanced at Ning Du.

"Why am I making trouble?"

Bai Qinghua bowed his head and ate the sheep and scorpions, and he should not be alone.

Ning Du took a bite of green vegetables and asked, "I still can't figure out what you're doing there, that's not where you should be." ”

In a place like Fangyuan City, where people are mixed, there are still mostly cultivators, Bai Qinghua is really not suitable for a weak scholar, if he is not careful, he may lose his life there.

"Why shouldn't I go?" Bai Qinghua asked with a smile.

"You're too dangerous to be alone. ”

Hu Ran was stunned when he heard this, looked at Ning Du with strange eyes and said, "Young Master, when I went to the waste weapon alone to learn the weapon with Mr. Wu Yue, you didn't think I was in danger!

Of course, Hu Ran didn't know how many people she had to mobilize to escort her when she went to Fangyuan City, and she didn't encounter any trouble.

Ning Du glanced at Hu Ran and said, "Eat your food, why do you talk so much." ”

Hu Ran pursed his lips, stretched out his chopsticks and fished out a large piece of sheep and scorpion from the pot, and ate it contentedly.

Bai Qinghua smiled and said: "After you make such a fuss in Fangyuan City, the imperial court naturally can't sit idly by, and must be controlled, so a government has been set up in Fangyuan City, and I will go there to be a small official." ”

"Official, what kind of official?" asked Hu Ran in surprise, she had never seen a child like her as an official.

"Teruma. Bai Qinghua said. From the official position of Jiupin, it is indeed the lowest and lowest official, and it can be said that it is very unpopular in the heavens where officials are everywhere.

"What kind of official is Zhaoma?" Ning Du also heard of this official position for the first time, but in fact, he didn't know much about the entire bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, even a person who lives in Tiandu may not be clear about the administrative division and bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, after all, that thing is too far away from him, and it is too complicated, and it is useless to understand.

"It's an idle job in charge of correspondence. ”

"I thought it was some kind of official!" Ning Du sneered. It was such an official that he was a little more relieved.

"What, look down on you?" Bai Qinghua said with a raised eyebrow.

"Of course!" Ning Du laughed.

Bai Qinghua didn't care about the ridicule and continued to eat.

"Young master, when will you be able to become an official?" In Hu Ran's cognition, only when you become an official can you be considered a way out, but she forgot that she has become one of the so-called upper echelons.

Ning Dubai glanced at Hu Ran and said, "Isn't it good to be free?

"Huh! You can't be a person, right? The official old man carries a sedan chair, but he is majestic!" Hu Ran said in a low voice.

Ning Du ignored Hu Ran, looked at Bai Qinghua, and asked, "How could you let you go to Fangyuan City to be an official?"

"I want to go myself. ”

Ning Du looked at Bai Qinghua with a very strange look and asked, "You don't want to go because it's fun, do you?"

"Sort of. Bai Qinghua said flatly.

"That's not a good place, you'll lose your life if you don't. Ning Du said seriously.

"I know. "Bai Qinghua bowed his head and ate the sheep scorpion. "The situation in Fangyuan City is indeed very complicated, and it seems that it is indeed impossible for the court to rely on only a few civil officials to rectify Fangyuan City. But there are too many impossible things in this world, but there are also too many things that must be done. ”

Ning Du looked at Bai Qinghua and asked with a smile, "You don't really want to govern Fangyuan City?"

"Hmm. Bai Qinghua's response was small, but firm.

Ning Du had been to Fangyuan City a few times, and he knew the complexity there, even if he let him go inside by himself, he had to tense his nerves all the time. There is really no shortage of murderous people there, and there is no need for a reason to kill. Needless to say, the literati who were powerless, even the Imperial Forest Army and Dong Jinwei couldn't hold back.

"Did the court send anyone?"

"Nope. ”

"It's just an empty yamen. ”

"Hmm. ”

Ning Du frowned, looked at Bai Qinghua and said, "You are dying." ”

"No, it's you. Bai Qinghua looked up and smiled.

Ning Du squinted at Bai Qinghua and said, "Don't count on me, I won't help you." ”

"It's up to you to decide whether you help or not. Bai Qinghua said indifferently.

"Boss, another sheep scorpion. Hu Ran let out a long shout, scooped up the pot with chopsticks, and was sure that there was no meat, so he couldn't help complaining. "Why is there so little one. ”

Ning Du snorted lightly, not wanting to bother with Bai Qinghua anymore.

......

Zhao Xincheng, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, really didn't expect that he would suddenly become the prefect of Fangyuan City, and he was drunk in the farewell of his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, and he didn't wake up until the middle of the night, but he found a person sitting at the table in the room, and he was shocked, and he woke up immediately.

"Who?"

"Lord Zhao is a new official, don't you know the old people?"

Zhao Xincheng fixed his eyes, his heart was shocked, and he immediately knelt down, bowed and said: "I don't know that the tall man is coming, the lower officials have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, please forgive me." He would never have thought that Gao Wenyuan, who was one of the cabinets, would come to visit at this time, which really made him sincerely afraid.

Gao Wenyuan stepped forward, helped Zhao Xincheng up, and said with a smile: "It's a late-night visit, which is considered a nuisance, and I hope Lord Zhao will forgive me." ”

"It is a blessing for the lower officials to be able to come to the humble house, where can it be regarded as what is not disturbing. ”

Gao Wenyuan led Zhao Xincheng back to the table and sat down, and said: "Such a late-night visit, first, is riddled with mundane matters, and there is no other time to meet Lord Zhao, and if you delay any longer, I am afraid that Lord Zhao will not be able to come to congratulate him after taking office; ”

"How can Xiaguan He De be so loved by adults!" Zhao Xincheng was so excited that he almost knelt down again.

Being able to be appreciated by Gao Wenyuan in the cabinet is not only an official career, but also an honor.

Gao Wenyuan said with a smile: "Actually, you and I are still alumni, I am a student of Qing'an of Bailu Academy for three years, and you are a student of Tianshun of Bailu Academy for four years, you have to call me a senior." Hahahaha!"

"The lower officials don't dare. ”

"Why don't you dare, Senior Brother Zhao, you're too much of an outsider!" Gao Wenyuan pretended to be angry.

"Then the subordinate will have the courage to call you a senior. ”

"Hahahaha! That's good! I, the senior, will replace the wine with tea to celebrate Senior Brother Zhao's promotion to the prefect of Fangyuan Mansion, which is at the same level as Tiandu Mansion!" Gao Wenyuan said with a smile.

Zhao Xincheng hurriedly raised the teacup, touched it with Gao Wenyuan, and said, "Senior Xie." The junior brother will live up to his expectations and not embarrass the White Deer Academy!"

"Okay!" Gao Wenyuan drank all the tea in his cup.

Zhao Xincheng couldn't wait to drink a large jar of wine to repay Gao Wenyuan's congratulations, but he could only drink all the tea in the cup.

"This is a gift to Senior Brother Zhao. Gao Wenyuan picked up a box from the stool next to him and pushed it in front of Zhao Xincheng. "Open it and take a look. ”

Zhao Xincheng carefully opened the box and saw dozens of pieces of rice paper inside.

"These thirty pieces of letterhead paper are the famous Xuetao notes. Gao Wenyuan said with a smile.

Zhao Xincheng looked surprised and said, "This is Xuetao's note, this gift is too heavy!"

"Su asked Senior Brother Zhao about his admiration for 'Snow Night Changtao', and it happened that I had a few Xuetao notes in my hand, so I gave them to you, brother. Gao Wenyuan said with a smile.

"Such a generous gift, I really dare not be ashamed of my junior brother!"

"Haha! Senior Brother Zhao is too modest. No matter how good the paper is, it needs someone to write it, otherwise what is the value? A good horse with a good saddle, this paper is also just right for you, Senior Brother Zhao!"

Zhao Xincheng said excitedly: "The kindness of the senior, Xincheng is unforgettable!"

"Hahahaha! Senior Brother Zhao is about to take office, in addition to congratulations, I also want to remind the junior brother that Fangyuan City is complex and changeable, and various forces are intricate, so the junior brother should be cautious and careful. ”

"Thank you seniors for reminding me, juniors must keep it in mind!"

Gao Wenyuan patted Zhao Xincheng's shoulder expectantly and said, "Senior Brother Zhao will definitely be able to make some achievements in Fangyuan City, don't live up to the expectations of the seniors!"

"Xincheng's liver and brain are smeared, and it lives up to expectations!"

"Okay! It's not too early, so I won't bother the junior anymore. Gao Wenyuan got up and prepared to leave.

Zhao Xincheng sent it to the door, and Gao Wenyuan said: "Junior brother Fang is awake, it is not suitable to dye the wind, so send it here." ”

"That junior is better to be respectful, and the senior is slow!" Zhao Xincheng bowed at the door.

Zhao Xincheng bent his waist for a long time before standing up, and Gao Wenyuan had already left for a long time. If it weren't for the box in the house with the snow notes, he would have thought it was a dream.

Looking at the night sky in the distance, Zhao Xincheng couldn't help but be full of excitement, and desperately wanted to go to Fangyuan City to show his strength.

If you think about it, there are so many strange things about what happened tonight. How could Gao Wenyuan appear here? How could it be when Zhao Xincheng happened to wake up? Could it be that he waited here all night? Why was the tea in the lake still hot? And Zhao Xincheng had never crossed paths with Gao Wenyuan before, so how could he know Zhao Xincheng's preferences?

Of course, Zhao Xincheng wouldn't think about it so much, he was only full of enthusiasm now, waiting to go to Fangyuan City.