After Mu Qiuhuang and his entourage followed Yan Kun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, through the Vermilion Bird Gate, Yan Kun suddenly asked, "Is Mu Gongzi going to Honglu Temple to settle in, or?" ”

Mu Qiuhuang didn't understand what he was asking? He casually responded: "But it's up to Lord Yan's arrangement."

And after Yan Kun heard this, his face showed a trace of bitterness, but he hid it so well that Mu Qiuhuang didn't notice it at all.

"That's the case, Mu Gongzi, please."

Yan Kun greeted and led a group of them to walk on Suzaku Street, although the people on Suzaku Street were very lively, but people with official status led the way, so naturally there was no need to experience the crowding and chaos, and everywhere they passed, the crowd naturally gave way to a big road.

The fat man Yan Kun no longer has half the image of an official family at this time, but is like a tour guide, not only explaining to Mu Qiuhuang the layout planning and wonders in Kyoto along the way, but also highly recommending it to Mu Qiuhuang when he encounters characteristic shops...... Although Mu Qiuhuang was not very interested in these, he still patiently asked a question or two from time to time, bought some things he recommended, and tried his best to cooperate with the work of this left waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Seeing that the scorching sun was already at noon, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites was still chattering about introducing those so-called "characteristics" to him, without the slightest intention of leading everyone to eat, Mu Qiuhuang finally felt a little breathless, and said: "Lord Yan, this group of people has been tired for a long time, and now they are hungry, why don't we find a place to eat first?" ”

As soon as Mu Qiuhuang said this, Yan Kun looked embarrassed, and prevaricated to Mu Qiuhuang: "Mu Gongzi is quite patient for the time being, and we can eat when we cross Beichen Avenue and arrive at Honglu Temple." ”

"Why go to Nahonglu Temple? Can't we just find a restaurant? Mu Qiuhuang pointed to the restaurant along the street and asked puzzledly.

Seeing Yan Kun's embarrassed and speechless appearance, Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help but be surprised, but it was not easy to get to the bottom of it, so he asked, "Then how long will it take to get to Honglu Temple here?" ”

"Let's ride faster, it only takes an hour to get there." Yan Kun explained carelessly.

"What? An hour? Don't go......" Mu Qiuhuang looked at this big fat man with a shiny face, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, and said in his heart: "You girl, aren't you deliberately entertaining this son?" ”

Thinking like this, Mu Qiuhuang didn't care about Yan Kun's attitude anymore, and casually pointed to a restaurant beside him, and said to Ling Huji: "Get off the horse and eat." ”

Ling Hu Ji and his party were already hungry, and when they heard Mu Qiuhuang's order, they were naturally full of joy, and they all turned over and dismounted and followed Mu Qiuhuang into the restaurant.

Seeing that everyone crossed him and went straight into the restaurant, without the slightest intention of inviting his group, Yan Kun couldn't help but stretch his neck and shouted at Mu Qiuhuang: "Then I'm waiting for Mu Gongzi at the door?" ”

It's a pity that Mu Qiuhuang and his entourage turned a deaf ear to his words, leaving Yan Kun alone standing at the door of the restaurant with a big belly, and his entourage also looked tired and resentful, looking at the door of the restaurant.

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After Mu Qiuhuang and his party were full of wine and food, they did not rush out, but ordered some fruit tea, and leisurely tasted the tea and knocked the melon seeds.

"Young master, are they still downstairs?" Ling Hu Ji glanced through the window and said to Mu Qiuhuang.

"Regardless of them, since they dare to entertain Ben Gongzi first, then don't blame Ben Gongzi for not giving them face." Mu Qiuhuang looked angry.

Ling Hujie was also puzzled: "It's strange, how can this group of ritual personnel in Kyoto be like this?" Our group is all ordered to enter Beijing! really offended the young master's group of princes, aren't they afraid that the little emperor will blame them? ”

After listening to Ling Huji, Mu Qiuhuang was also full of doubts and had a lot of puzzles...... However, his mind was thinking of something else: "Could it be that this time the little emperor ordered the princes to let the children of the princes enter Beijing, and it has nothing to do with the Xiahou lineage?" Is it the little emperor's own will, and this group of officials of the Ministry of Rites was deliberately sent by Xiahou Wenyuan to provoke him? Or is it that the decree to summon the children of the princes to Beijing is the meaning of the Xiahou lineage, and this group of people from the Ministry of Rites is the people of the little emperor? …… If this is the case, it can only be said that the little emperor is far from being as simple as he thought before, and the water in Kyoto is much deeper than he imagined? ”

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao, who had just gotten up to go out, came back, and she had an extra paper raft in her hand than before she went out.

"What's going on?" Mu Qiuhuang asked slightly.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled when he heard this, and said: "Gongzi really wronged the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites outside the door this time, and the children of the other princes are looking for a place to live on their own, and only we are ready to follow this group of officials of the Ministry of Rites to Honglu Temple." ”

Su Xiaoxiao handed the paper raft in his hand to Mu Qiuhuang and said, "Childe, look at this, this is all the information about the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Mu Qiuhuang took the paper raft and looked at it carefully, the anger on his face disappeared in an instant, and then he changed to a wry expression, looked at Su Xiaoxiao and said meaningfully: "Is this really?" The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. ”

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said: "What the son said is very true, I don't know if I don't check, I was shocked when I checked, this is really radish and greens, and some people are greedy for money?" Someone is? There are still people who are obsessed with being officials? …… However, Childe, you said that this money is spent on donating officials, isn't it just for money and beauty? Why did Yan Kun already have these, and he still had to do this, and finally made himself so embarrassed? ”

Mu Qiuhuang's face was full of helplessness, and he replied to Su Xiaoxiao, "Everyone has their own ambitions?" ”

"Go and invite that Lord Yan up! It seems that he was really wronged. Mu Qiuhuang instructed the soldiers beside him, and seeing Ling Huji's puzzled face, he couldn't help but hand the paper raft to Ling Huji.

After reading the back of the paper raft, Ling Hujie looked very strange, and muttered to himself: "This guy is really a talent." ”

It turned out that Yan Kun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was one of the richest businessmen in Fengling City, but he was a rich businessman who was different from other rich businessmen, he was not greedy for money and not lustful, and his only hobby was to be an official. If you want to be an official, it's easy to do, as long as he goes to the fief of Pingjin Marquis to contribute a piece of money, he can naturally get his wish, but he is different from others, he is still very picky, and feels that being an official in the princes' fiefdom and being an official in the court are two different concepts, and he wants to be an official in this Fengling City. But this Fengling City is not as good as the Pingjin Marquis Mansion, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is difficult to ascend to the sky if you want to be an official here, in addition to having a way, you also have to have real talent and real learning, after all, this is under the emperor's eyelids, and it is about the face of the court. However, although this is the case, Yan Kun bluntly proved the two sentences "Money can lead to ghosts and gods, and where there is a will, there is a way", and gave himself the position of the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, although this position has no real power, but this official position is real. And the price he paid for this official position was that in addition to exhausting his family wealth, he also owed a lot of foreign debts. And after he became an official, he gave up his business and did not do it, saying that he was afraid of tarnishing his official reputation, which led to his poverty.

Generally speaking, if these feudal officials enter Beijing to stay in Honglu Temple, then the cost of food and accommodation should be borne by the Ministry of Rites, although these expenses will be reimbursed by the Ministry of Households, but the length of time for this reimbursement is not easy to say, and some expenses can not be reported for two or three years...... In other words, this group of officials of the Ministry of Rites is actually not nourishing one by one. There is also a kind of that these feudal officials arrange their own food and accommodation, so the expenses are at their own expense...... But then again, there really isn't that feudal official who will choose to stay in Honglu Temple after entering Beijing, after all, the feudal official is not short of money, but Mu Qiuhuang doesn't know much about these, and when he saw Yan Kun casually mention it, he casually agreed...... In this way, it is equivalent to Yan Kun taking a bad account for the Ministry of Rites, and the regulations of the Ministry of Rites are that whoever takes the work is responsible for advancing money for entertainment, which is why Yan Kun recommended Mu Qiuhuang to buy things, and why he took Mu Qiuhuang to Honglu Temple to eat, after all, the food money in Honglu Temple does not need him to pay for it.

"Why did Mu Gongzi call this official here?" Yan Kun said with a puzzled expression.

Seeing Yan Kun's appearance, Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It was my fault to snub Lord Yan just now, so I want to invite Lord Yan to a meal to make amends." ”

"Mu Gongzi has a treat?" Yan Kun said with joy in his heart.

"Lord Yan, please rest assured, I have a treat for this meal, and I don't have to pay the bill for Lord Yan?" Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help crying and laughing when she saw Yan Kun's expression.

"In that case, I'm going to call all my colleagues up, can I?" Yan Kun said embarrassedly.

"Naturally." Mu Qiuhuang turned his head and instructed the person: "Go and ask the cook to set up two more tables for Lord Yan's colleagues outside." ”

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After a while, the table was full of delicacies, Yan Kun looked at the table full of wine and food, and swallowed his saliva unconsciously.

"Lord Yan doesn't have to be polite, let's eat first!" Mu Qiuhuang beckoned Yan Kun to take a seat.

"Thank you Mu Gongzi for your hospitality, I'm not welcome." Yan Kun thanked Mu Qiuhuang and began to feast.

Mu Qiuhuang waved his hand at Yan Kun and said, "Don't thank me, I still have something to worry about Lord Yan?"

"Mu Gongzi said that it doesn't matter, as long as the official can help Dan Gongzi, he will never shirk it." Yan Kun chewed a piece of meat in his mouth and said vaguely.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm new to Kyoto, and I still don't know anything about the many rules in Kyoto, so I'll have to take refuge in Lord Yan and mention it more." Mu Qiuhuang smiled slightly.

"Mu Gongzi is too polite, these are the things that are within the official's responsibility." For this kind of polite words, Yan Kun naturally agreed.

"Okay, I don't have to go to Honglu Temple to live, I'll live here these days!" Mu Qiuhuang said.

"Naturally, Mu Gongzi's place of residence only needs to be registered in the Ministry of Rites......" Hearing that Mu Qiuhuang didn't plan to go to Honghu Lu, Yan Kun agreed with a happy face, feeling that this Mu Gongzi was becoming more and more cute.

How did Mu Qiuhuang know that he had such thoughts in his heart, if he knew that he had to beat him up, first Mu Qiuhuang thought that it was a rule to live in Honglu Temple, if he knew that this was an option, the ghost would be willing to go to Honglu Temple, how could he stay in Honglu Temple and live outside comfortably?

After Yan Kun was full of wine and food, he left contentedly with the 10,000 taels of silver tickets that Mu Qiuhuang quietly handed over, and Mu Qiuhuang exchanged the residence of the children of the other princes from the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.