The little guy was talking happily, and saw a group of carriages coming in the distance, and there were several horseback riders beside the car to protect each other, the green tweed of the car around the blue roof, the embroidery on the roof of the car was very good, and the entourage next to the car was tall and big, and looked very strong.

Especially the small flag with red letters embroidered on a black background next to the car is the most conspicuous, as soon as the little guy saw the carriage, he immediately dragged his companion to get up and threw some copper plates to Xiao Er: "Don't talk about it, the person we want to pick up is coming, we have to hurry over." ”

After speaking, the two little servants stepped forward in a few steps and greeted the carriage.

Another guest came over to drink herbal tea, and Xiao Er also began to get busy, and when others were not paying attention, the little beggar took a broken bowl and hid behind a tree and looked around carefully, and then took a sip: "Phew, the Cui family is amazing, a family of male thieves and prostitutes, sooner or later, the master wants you to look good." ”

If Li Luan'er was here at this time, she would definitely recognize the little beggar, but unfortunately she was not there, and no one knew that this little beggar came from one of the most well-informed beggar gangs in the entire capital, and she was also a well-known smart and clever puppy in that gang.

The convoy of the Cui family in Fenghuang County arrived at the gate of the capital, and before entering the city gate, they heard a very loud voice: "But the eldest son of the Cui family in Phoenix?" ”

As soon as Cui Zhenggong heard this voice, he quickly asked someone to stop the carriage, opened the curtain and looked out, and suddenly felt a sigh in his heart, and at the same time, he was secretly annoyed, sweat oozed from his forehead, and the girl next to him quickly helped him wipe his sweat, Cui Zhenggong said weakly: "Exactly, you are ......"

The two little men in cyan cloth stepped forward and snorted: "So that the eldest prince knows that the younger ones are all subordinates of the Cui Mansion, and they came to pick up the prince on the order of the lady." ”

"Well, thank you, aunt." Cui Zhenggong smiled: "Let's go." ”

The two little guys first walked, and when the convoy entered the city gate, they found a carriage to sit on, and took Cui Zhenggong and his party to Cui's house in the capital.

It turned out that Cui Zhenggong's wife Zhang Ying was going to accompany him into Beijing, but Zhang Ying was pregnant, and the month was young, Mrs. Cui was afraid that there would be a bad one on the road, so she didn't ask Zhang Ying to follow, but only sent the streamer to serve Cui Zhenggong.

At this time, the streamer sat and poured warm water for Cui Zhenggong, while holding grievances: "Young master, although the eldest master is a long-term grandson and an official in the court, in the final analysis, the young master is also a serious descendant of the Cui family, that is, the eldest master does not send a few young masters to pick you up, but at least you should send a steward, what is the matter with calling two little servants to come over to greet you?" ”

"Alright, don't say it." Cui Zhenggong drank water, and only then did he feel better, but his son hadn't rested all the way, plus the weather was hot and sweating a lot, and his body was still very uncomfortable, and the words of the streamer made him very annoying, so it was inevitable that his tone would not be good.

Streamer pouted: "The slave is really not worth it for the young master, the eldest master personally wrote a letter saying that the young master has talent, but he lacks opportunities, and said that the Lu family is looking for a master with complete moral character and talent to teach his family's little son, saying that it is for the covenant with the Lu family, asking the young master to come to Beijing to be a master in the Lu family first, and then after plotting, this is not the young master rushing to come, as a result, the young master came and they were so contemptuous, I think the young master is also one of the best people in Fenghuang County, and he has never suffered such a loss." ”

Streamer's mouth is very skillful, this clever mouth said provocative words successfully made Cui Zhenggong angry, he was originally dissatisfied with his neglect, but now after listening to Streamer's words, he is even more angry with the Cui family's suppression of him.

"Say less." Cui Zhenggong had anger on his face, and lowered his voice to stop the streamer: "This is the capital, not our Phoenix County, you should be careful when you speak in the future, the province will offend people." ”

"Slave knows." Streamer hurriedly responded with a smile: "The young master is also tired all the way, wait until you get to the ground and find the kitchen to cook some light and delicious food with the young master, how about the young master eat and then take a bath, rest for a while and then go to the Lu family?" ”

"It depends on how the uncle arranges." Cui Zhenggong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If he tells me to go to the Lu family tomorrow, I can't refuse." ”

"That's how it is." Streamer was anxious when he heard this: "The young master's health is not good, where can he stand the fatigue after tossing all the way." ”

Cui Zhenggong also knew that his body was inconvenient to work on, and he knew that the streamer cared about him, and he didn't reprimand the streamer, but just relied on the carriage to raise his spirit.

The streamer felt a burst of stuffiness, and seeing that Cui Zhenggong's head was sweating again, he quickly took a fan and played with Cui Zhenggong to make him cooler.

The group soon arrived at Cui's house, Cui Zhenggong entered through the side door in a carriage, and when he entered the courtyard in the second place, the Hou who had already been in charge asked him to get off the carriage there, Cui Zhenggong stepped on a stool and jumped out of the carriage, and as soon as his feet touched the ground, he felt that his body was weak for a while, and he almost couldn't stand, but fortunately, the streamer was clever and helped him, so there was no joke.

The steward took Cui Zhenggong and the streamer into a small door, and a girl came over to bring the streamer down, and Cui Zhenggong followed the steward to a small study.

The weather outside was hot, but Cui Zhenggong felt a chill when he entered the study, knowing that ice basins must be used in this room, and after a few glances, he saw two ice basins in the corner.

He saw a middle-aged man behind the desk standing next to the bookshelf with his back to him, holding a book in one hand and not knowing what he was looking at. ”

The man glanced back at Cui Zhenggong, and there was a smile on Banzheng's face: "Here, sit down." ”

Cui Zhenggong didn't dare to sit down, and said with a smile: "My nephew should stand and listen to my uncle's teachings." ”

This man is the current head of the Cui family, Cui Li, the heir of the Changfang Yanzhi, he smiled and waved his hand: "It's all flesh and blood of the family, where do you get so many courtesies, just sit down if you are asked." ”

Cui Zhenggong hurriedly thanked him and sat on the chair, and at one time, someone brought watermelon and other fruits to relieve the heat, Cui Zhenggong was hot and thirsty, and he didn't shirk to pick it up and eat a small piece of watermelon, and when he finished eating, he saw Cui Li put down the book and said: "It's hard for you to run back and forth on such a hot day." ”

"My nephew is young, and he should move around more, where do he dare to say the word difficult." Cui Zhenggong hurriedly stood up and made a statement.

Cui Li waved his hand again and asked Cui Zhenggong to sit down: "I should have asked you to study hard at home, but you also know about this Lu family, his daughter is about to enter the palace, and as soon as she enters the palace, she will be a concubine, and I don't know what to do in the future, not to mention Beijing, even in other places, there are many people who have voted for his family, such people, we just don't win over, and we can't offend." ”

"Yes, nephew understands." Cui Zhenggong only felt a burst of cold air into his bones, and his eyes were black for a while, so he had to clench his fists to support it.

Cui Li's words came into his ears again, making him only feel a headache, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears, and he couldn't even hear what Cui Li said clearly, only a general meaning: "His little boy is a smart character, although he is not enlightened, but he has also read thousands of words, and he has also read some books, even the big characters are now also practiced, and the Lu family is very fond of this little son, and I happened to learn that you are only good at learning, and you have some friendship with our family, so I asked me to invite you to his house to be a master." ”

"When is my nephew going?" Cui Zhenggong gritted his teeth and asked a word.

Cui Li smiled: "Rest for two days first, and then go in the second half of the month, you should be more attentive, and you will have your own benefits in the future." ”

Although Cui Zhenggong had a headache and was dizzy in front of him, he also knew that if he was favored by the Lu family, he would fail the exam in the future, and with the connections of the Lu family and the Cui family, it would be successful to find him an errand in the yamen.

"My nephew has written it down, and I have to worry about Uncle Lao these days." Cui Zhenggong wanted to get up and salute, but he couldn't get up, but fortunately, Cui Li didn't care about this, and saw that he was tired on his face, so he smiled and said, "You're tired too, go and rest." ”

After saying this, Cui Li shouted outward: "He Zhu, you take your nephew and young master to Han Moxuan." ”

Han Mo Xuan is a small courtyard separated from the Cui family's five-entry house, close to the back door, there is a separate courtyard wall, next to a small corner door, although it is in the Cui family, but, in and out do not need to take the road of the Cui family's main courtyard, access is very convenient, plus Han Mo Xuan although small, but in the end the layout is very exquisite, and very quiet, it is very popular with the masters of the Cui family, Cui Li's eldest son Cui Zhengxun lived in Han Mo Xuan before marrying a wife, and later married a wife who disliked Han Mo Xuan before moving away.

Cui Li asked Cui Zhenggong to live in Hanmoxuan, which is enough to show that he takes a fancy to him, so that Cui Zhenggong originally complained a lot less about the Cui family's lineage.

He got up and said goodbye to Cui Li, and as He Zhu walked out of the door of the study, he was exposed to the sun as soon as he went out, and his eyes hurt.

Then He Zhu was also well-behaved, stretched out the umbrella in his hand to cover the sun for Cui Zhenggong, and said with a smile: "Young Master nephew, go with the little one." ”

Cui Zhenggong stopped and stood for a while, took a deep breath and felt that his body was more comfortable before moving forward with He Zhu, he looked up at the umbrella He Zhu was holding, and felt that this umbrella was beautiful and elegant, so he asked: "Which one is made of this umbrella, but it is also chic." ”

He Zhu laughed: "The nephew and young master just came from other places, I probably don't know, this is the Gu family umbrella, which is specially used to shade the sun, and now it is sold in Beijing." ”

"Gu family?" Cui Zhenggong was a little puzzled.

He Zhu explained while walking: "The Gu family is a famous big merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and the family will enter Beijing after his uncle is gone, but he coincidentally became a neighbor with the virtuous concubine's mother's family, his family has been in business for generations, and there are some ways, no, these exquisite umbrellas were made to send the sister of the virtuous concubine, and it is all in a clever word, today's official family loves the virtuous concubine lady, seeing that the virtuous concubine is depressed, and only when she asks does she know that she misses her relatives, she specially issued a decree to call the sister of the virtuous concubine to enter the palace, And the sister of the virtuous concubine brought the Gu family umbrella to the virtuous concubine and the official family and the queen mother, for a while, everyone in the palace loved it, and the Gu family umbrella became famous, but it really became a business. ”

"Virtuous lady?" Cui Zhenggong chewed in his mouth, and after a while, he figured it out, isn't this virtuous concubine his first sister-in-law Li Feng'er, and the virtuous sister who entered the palace was Li Luan'er, who was divorced from the house by him.

Listening to He Zhu's meaning, the Li family is now beautiful, Cui Zhenggong regretted it for a while, if he had known today, why did he take a leave of Li Luan'er, a virtuous and docile bride, to marry such a wicked woman as Zhang Ying, Zhang Ying is just a side branch of the Zhang family, at most there is a father who is a county order, but it is not as good as Li Luan'er, but there are girls who are favored in the palace.

Cui Zhenggong regretted it in his heart, and he hated it again, he didn't want He Zhu to hold the umbrella at this time, but called the umbrella a little off, the hot sun was shining into Cui Zhenggong's eyes, he really couldn't hold it, and he fell to the ground as soon as it was dark. R1152