Chapter 32: The prefect of Hejian flatters and flatters
Because it was a rapid march, Wang Zhizheng and his entourage set off from Suzhou to the north, did not stay in the inn, marched rapidly during the day along the way, and camped in the suburbs at night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info because it is inevitable to enter the city, or the magistrate receives, which is very time-delaying.
At night, they set up camp, and the military camp of the Ti cavalry surrounded Wang Zhizheng's Chinese army in the middle in turn to protect Wang Zhizheng's safety. Wang Zhizheng and his concubine Liu Qingqing lived in the tent.
Wang Zhizheng is also a righteous gentleman, since he has sworn not to defile Miss Liu's innocence, so although they live in the same camp, the two of them sleep in separate beds, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.
Wang Zhizheng did not squint at Liu Qingqing and respected him very much. Liu Qingqing was also very afraid that Wang Zhizheng would be a well-dressed beast at first, but after more than ten consecutive days, although Wang Zhizheng spoke loudly and unruly in front of his subordinates, he entered the camp and came to himself.
Lu Yao knew that the horsepower had been popular for a long time, and Liu Qingqing gradually reassured Wang Zhizheng, feeling that he was facing a humble gentleman, very reliable, and could achieve great things with him.
In mid-April, in late spring, the convoy came to Zhili Hejian Province. When I arrived at Hejian Mansion, there were only 500 miles left from the capital.
Shen Shao, the prefect of Hejian Mansion, was first Wei Zhongxian's henchman, attached to Wei Zhongxian, who was less than thirty years old, and became a second-class member in a few years from a small Hanlin editor, so he was grateful to Wei Zhongxian.
When he first arrived in Hejian Province, because he wanted to increase the speed of the march, he set up camp outside the city as usual, and did not enter the city. Who knew that Shen Shao heard Wang Zhizheng's itinerary first, and greeted him thirty miles in advance on the outskirts of the city gate.
Seeing Wang Zhizheng's men and horses stationed outside the city, Shen Shaoxian hurriedly greeted him with his officials and staff.
Wang Zhi was sitting down in the tent to rest, Zhou Cheng came in to report, and Shen Shao, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, came to visit first.
After hearing this, Wang Zhizheng raised his hand: "Please wait for a while, Lord Shen, and I will come out." Liu Qingqing hurriedly served him and dressed neatly, and Wang Zhizheng smiled at him: "With Miss Liu by her side, I don't feel tired after a long saddle horse this way." Liu Qingqing said with a smile: "What else do you say that Miss Liu is long, Miss Liu is short, since I am your concubine, you can just call me Qingqing." Wang Zhizheng only felt a warm current in his heart, nodded, lifted the curtain and came out.
When I arrived at the door, I saw a young bureaucrat in his thirties, with a slightly fat figure, followed by five or six attendants, smiling and bowing down. This must be Shen Shaoxian.
Seeing Wang Zhizheng come out, Shen Shaoxian strode forward and gave a deep salute: "The lower official pays a visit to General Wang." ”
Wang Zhizheng hurriedly helped him up: "Hahaha, Lord Shen is too polite, you are a second-grade member of the court, and I am just the captain of the guard of the Nine Thousand Years Old Mansion, where can I receive this great gift from you!"
Shen Shaoxian seemed to be a shrewd person, he held Wang Zhizheng's hands with a spring breeze on his face and said: "Regarding the official position of the imperial court, I am a second-grade official, but you also know that everything about Shen is given by 9,000 years old, and you are the beloved godgrandson of 9,000 years old, so I should worship you according to family etiquette!"
Wang Zhizheng said with a smile: "Lord Shen really gives people a feeling of spring breeze. Speaking is not only considerate, but also knows the etiquette, when you arrive in Jingshi, I will definitely report your performance to the nine thousand years old. Maybe in three or five years, you will be able to enter the picture! The future is limitless! Haha!"
Shen Shao listened first, and the corner of his robe actually fell to the ground: "Little Chitose Master, with your love like this, why should Shen worry about his future!"
Wang Zhizheng said in his heart: "These people who tend to be inflammatory, although they are flattering, but they are not annoying, all of them are people who can speak well, are considerate and can do things! I think his kung fu is no less than that of my 'father' Chongguo Gong!"
Wang Zhizheng laughed, patted Shen Shaoxian on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Lord Shen, my military camp is cold, there is nothing to entertain you, I will let Zhou Cheng greet you with a pot of stewed beef tonight." ”
Shen Shaoxian waved his hand: "Lord Wang, do you look down on me Shen? Now that you have arrived at Hejian Mansion, where is the trouble for you, I have already ordered the mansion to prepare a banquet, so I will take the brothers into the city, let me show my filial piety tonight?"
Wang Zhizheng thought to himself: I was in a hurry along the way, I really didn't care about eating a good meal, since there is wine and meat, then go to the banquet, anyway, if you don't eat this kind of person, I'm afraid he still thinks you don't give him face!
Wang Zhizheng smiled: "Okay, then I'll bother tonight!"
Shen Shaoxian smiled and said: "Why bother! When I came, I brought a sedan chair driver, please let Lord Wang get on the sedan chair!" As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a small sedan chair for two people fell beside him. This Shen Shaoxian really knows how to do things!
Wang Zhizheng thought for a while: "Zhou Gong, brothers, don't go into the city, so as not to disturb the people, you tell a few brothers to go to the city to buy wine and meat, and drink and have fun outside the tent!"
Shen Shaoxian insisted on letting Ti Qi enter the city, Wang Zhizheng waved his hand: "This group of bandits let them into the city is another pot of porridge, at the foot of the emperor of Hejian Mansion, I don't want my godfather to know about me!"
Shen Shao thought about it first, and called over a squire master: "Master Chen, you go to the mansion to pay a few silver tickets, and then take the soldiers in the mansion to the city to buy beef and mutton, and get twenty jars of burning knives, so that the brothers can feast!"
Wang Zhizheng stretched out his thumb and praised: "Lord Shen is really generous, not only can talk, but also can do things, understand hospitality, no wonder Grandpa Gan often mentions you and praises!"
Shen Shaoxian didn't know whether Wang Zhizheng's mouth was true or false, anyway, he happily commanded the people below, and then followed Wang Zhizheng's warm sedan back home.
Wang Zhizheng took Liu Qingqing and Zhou Cheng into the city together, and asked Zhou Gong to follow Shen Shaoxian's people to buy wine and food.
Wang Zhizheng and Liu Qingqing sat in a warm sedan chair, and Zhou Cheng rode a horse next to him to escort him. Shen Shaoxian led people to ride horses and opened the way in front.
Entering the city, it was in the afternoon, only to see the streets in the city clean, small merchants and hawkers in their respective places, the whole bustling and lively big city, Wang Zhi happened to have not entered the city for a long time, into the city he opened the sedan curtain to look at the lively market scene outside the window, and said to the "concubine" Liu Qingqing beside him: "Qingqing, it seems that this Lord Shen is still very sensitive to the people's livelihood, you look at this prosperous and magnificent scene, it can really be called a small capital." Liu Qingqing nodded yes.
Wang Zhizheng, who went to the banquet, had him and his concubine Liu Qingqing, as well as his personal attendant Zhou Cheng, three people, Wang Zhizheng sat in the chief, Liu Qingqing was a concubine, so according to the etiquette, he could only follow Zhou Cheng, but Shen Shaoxian also set up a seat for Liu Qingqing and Zhou Cheng in order to tie the knot, regardless of the etiquette. Liu Qingqing sat on Wang Zhizheng's side, but Zhou Cheng didn't dare to sit, so he stood behind Wang Zhizheng, Wang Zhizheng pointed and said: "Lord Shen is not an outsider, you don't have to make rules, just sit!" Zhou Cheng sat cautiously on one side.
The prefect Shen Shaoxian sat down. The two prefects' entourage were responsible for serving the banquet and pouring wine.
After the politeness, Shen Shaoxian began to toast frequently. Wang Zhizheng is also not ambiguous, the two are staggered, and they are very happy to drink.
Wang Zhizheng said: "Not all officials are as humble and polite as your Lord Shen, for example, Mao Yilu, the governor of Suzhou, is not very welcome!"
Shen Shao listened first, and pretended to ask: "Oh, I heard that Master Mao is also very good at working in the army, and he also served Xiao Chitose for a few days." Wang Zhizheng waved his hand: "You don't know the situation! On the first day he saw me, he sneered, saying that I, Wang Zhi, was promoted to this position by worshipping my grandfather, unlike him, relying on true white learning!"
Shen Shaoxian pretended to be dissatisfied with Wang Zhizheng: "What this Lord Mao did was not right, how could he dare to claim to be a true talent, if he wasn't promoted at the age of nine thousand, he would be a loach in that ditch!"
Wang Zhizheng patted the wine table and said with the help of wine: "Yes, what is he capable of! Why did I go to Suzhou to make things difficult for Mao Yilu, not because he was disrespectful to me, but the most important reason was that he caused a civil uprising in Suzhou, causing the 9,000-year-old Tiqi to be beaten and killed, but he fled in a hurry under the protection of Kou Shen! I just looked down on him, so I taught him a lesson! Nothing was enough to teach him more than failure! The 9,000-year-old didn't want to teach him a lesson, but as a 9,000-year-old grandson, I couldn't leave it alone!"
Shen Shaoxian stared at Wang Zhizheng's unbeatable expression, and kept wondering in his heart, why did Wang Zhizheng tell me this? Is it just to complain and tell the truth? Impossible, today we met for the first time, and without such a deep friendship, it is impossible for him to pour out his heart and lungs for me, or he wants to express it to the nine thousand years old through me... If I hadn't thought about this and hadn't told him what he said to me today, he would have thought I was a fool who could only cling to his thoughts and didn't know how to figure out his mind!
After thinking about it, Shen Shao raised his glass and said: "Xiao Chitose can tell these sincere words, Shen is inexplicably grateful, Xiao Chitose Ye rest assured, Jiu Chitose will definitely understand what you are doing!"
Wang Zhizheng nodded with satisfaction, and said in his heart: "This Shen Shaoxian is really a good person! It's a pity that this person defected to Wei Zhongxian, otherwise he would definitely be able to recommend it to King Xin, this person is talented, and he can be reused!"