At night, the lights on Xi'anmen Street are still brilliant, the voices are boiling, and the restaurants of all sizes are full of people.

The four of them, who had not drunk at noon, got together in the evening to drink, and they bought three bottles of fine Mei Shou wine, and drank happily, and in three days they would go their separate ways, and the next goodbye would not know when.

Han Yu served as the lieutenant of Fengxian County, Lu Nan and Xiao Zhenye both stayed in the court, Lu Nan served as the chief bookkeeper of Shaofu Temple, in charge of documents and archives, and Xiao Zhenye served as the school secretary of Chongwen Library, that is, the librarian.

Xie Changming went to Yuanzhou and served as the chief secretary of Baiquan County, and only Xie Changming left Guanzhong.

Lu Nan poured Xie Changming a full glass of wine, and comforted him with Han Yu: "Actually, Yuanzhou is not far away, it is still more convenient for Changming to return to Chang'an, and it is said that the official residence in Yuanzhou is well repaired, and the main book also has three acres of official residence, unlike us, which only has a small courtyard of one acre." ”

"I don't care, my skin is rough and thick, I can live well anywhere, you two should persuade the person next to me to see him worry like that." Xie Changming glanced at Xiao Zhenye Dao.

Xiao Zhenye is not in a good mood, he has been depressed tonight, he was assigned to Chongwen Hall as the school secretary, there is the famous Qingshui Yamen, although Xiao Zhenye is cynical, but he values money and goods very much, he is more calculating, he didn't expect that he was actually assigned a Qingshui Yamen, which really made him depressed.

Han Yu poured him a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao, it's actually very good to be able to stay in Beijing, anyway, it's all about qualifications, just like you said before, you just started to do tiring work, and the credit is all from the county order, and in Chongwen Pavilion, it's also about seniority, things are easy, and you don't have to be angry." ”

Lu Nan also persuaded: "Anyway, I won't stay in Chongwen Pavilion all the time, this start is very good, relatively leisurely, and with his own time, Brother Xiao can develop in literature." ”

Xiao Zhenye sighed and said, "The matter has come to this, and I can only think about it a little." ”

Xie Changming held the wine cup, put his arm around his shoulders and said: "What they said is not in place, they don't get to the point, let me tell you, the real advantage of being an official in Chang'an is that it is easier to establish contacts, everyone wants to stay in the capital, and this is the purpose."

Those high-ranking officials have to go to Chongwenguan to borrow books, you have to deal with high-ranking officials almost every day, the relationship is good, and I am afraid that there will be no future, as for the income will be a little less, it is not a problem, your Xiao family still lacks this money? ”

Or Xie Changming knows his old friend, he persuaded Xiao Zhenye's brows to stretch in a few words, it is true, as an official in the capital, establishing contacts is the most crucial, after a few years, he can also be recommended by senior officials, and he may not be worse than others to serve as a county magistrate in a local place.

As for money, he was not very worried, his father told him to be a good official, not to embezzle and stolen goods, and the family subsidized him with 30 yuan a month for social exchanges.

"Come on! I would like to give you a glass and wish my old friends, Brother Lu Xian and Brother Han Xian all the best and early promotion. ”

The four of them toasted together to their respective futures.

Three days later, Han Yu and Xie Changming left Chang'an under the farewell of everyone and went to Fengxian County and Baiquan County to take office, starting their new life journey.

...........

At this time, Guo Song, the king of Jin, was still on his way back to Chang'an, and after the negotiation with Tian Yue, Guo Song went to Yunzhou to inspect again, and then returned to Chang'an.

Although Guo Song is not in Chang'an, a major event happened in the Guo family, Guo Song's eldest sister Guo Ping is going to marry the Zhang family, and Zhang Lei intends to marry his eldest daughter Zhang Yuer to Guo Ping's son Zhou Junyu.

Zhou Junyu is currently being trained in Yanwutang, Yanwutang is the military academy of the Jin Kingdom, before it was in Taiyuan, moved from Taiyuan to Chang'an Bashang in November last year, Zhou Junyu is 20 years old this year, and is now an outstanding student of Yanwutang, and he will officially join the army next spring and serve as a captain.

Zhang Lei's eldest daughter Zhang Yu'er is also nineteen years old, Li Wenyu has been Zhang Luo for her daughter's marriage, and there are many giant businessmen who come to propose marriage, but they are all rejected by Zhang Lei, joking, how can his baby daughter marry the businessman's son again.

Many things are also fate, Zhou Junyu went home to visit relatives ten days ago, he helped his mother carry the wine jar in the wine shop, and was taken by Li Wenyu, who came to chat at a glance, this child is tall and heroic, filial to his mother, loves his sister, and can bear hardships and stand hard work, and there is no slightest smiling atmosphere on his body.

Zhang Lei didn't object this time, this is his junior brother's nephew! It is by no means comparable to those who are the sons of merchants.

With her husband's acquiescence, Li Wenyu found Guo Ping to talk about it, of course Guo Ping agreed, she is very familiar with Zhang Yuer, she also likes Zhang Yuer to be virtuous and sensible, and Zhang Yuer is very handsome, white-skinned, very similar to her mother, however, the marriage between Guo and Zhang's family is not something they can decide, the key is to Guo Song's consent.

In the palace of King Jin, Princess Xue Tao smiled at Li Wenyu and said: "Speaking of which, this should be a good thing, I believe that King Jin will not object, but I think the key is to be willing to do it themselves, the attitude of the two of them, do you know?" ”

Li Wenyu also smiled: "They met, our two families specially sat down to eat together, to give the two children a chance to meet, I heard Mingzhu afterwards that Yu'er was more satisfied with Junyu and felt very good." ”

"What about Junyu's attitude?"

Li Wenyu smiled bitterly and said: "Junyu said that he has no career now, and he is not qualified to start a family, and he was scolded by his mother. ”

Xue Tao thought for a while and asked, "Could it be that this kid is reluctant to make excuses?" ”

Li Wenyu shook his head, "It shouldn't be, he himself admits that he likes Yu'er, he just feels that he hasn't made an inch, he hasn't even been on the battlefield, and he is about to get married, he thinks it's too early." ”

Xue Tao groaned and said, "He's worried that getting married too early will drag down his career!" ”

"I guess that's what it means, he wants Yu'er to wait for him for a few years, but Yu'er is nineteen years old, and he can't afford to delay his age!"

Speaking of this, Li Wenyu sighed and said, "What my old Zhang means is to let King Jin and Junyu talk and dispel Junyu's concerns." ”

"Want to hear my thoughts?" Xue Tao said with a smile.

Of course, Li Wenyu knew that in this matter, King Jin would not care too much, but Xue Tao's attitude was the most important.

"I'm here to talk to you today, and of course I want to listen to your opinion."

Xue Tao said slowly: "I also think that Junyu only got married at the age of twenty, and it was a little early, but I agreed to this marriage, I mean that let the two of them get engaged first, and they can do the marriage to the step before they get married, and the financial gifts and dowry gifts of both parties can be completed first, in this way, they are the relationship between the fiancés, Yu'er has a lifelong trust, and Junyu also has a responsibility on his shoulders, and in two or three years, they will be officially married, what does Wen Yu think?" ”

Li Wenyu thought for a while and said: "Zhang Lei must agree to this plan, he shouts every day, his daughter is still young, what are you doing in such a hurry to get married?" He longed for his daughter not to marry for the rest of his life and follow him. ”

Xue Tao said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhang loves the tiger head more, right?" As far back as I can remember, he never took his daughter very seriously. ”

"You're right, the dead fat man is pretending, because there is no son-in-law he fancies, he uses this as a shield, when I mentioned Junyu, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait for his daughter to marry him quickly, but he died to save face and boasted that he didn't want to marry his daughter."

Xue Tao smiled slightly: "This matter can make the two young people together more, you don't get involved, let Junyu take Yu'er out to play, if you feel embarrassed, bring Mingzhu with you, you have to let them decide for themselves, back then, didn't you decide the marriage with your senior brother yourself?" ”

Li Wenyu said hatefully: "Don't mention it, I was deceived by that dead fat man, he sang every day to make me happy, and when he got married, he never sang a song again." ”

Xue Tao smiled dumbly, these two have been fighting for a lifetime, but their relationship is very deep.

At this time, Li Wenyu asked curiously, "When will Caichun enter the door?" ”

"It should be soon! When His Highness comes back this time, I plan to talk to him about this matter and settle this matter. ”

"Do you want to do it?" Li Wenyu asked again.

Xue Tao shook his head, "I don't want to make a public announcement of this matter, try to keep a low profile, hold a simple ceremony, and invite you and the eldest sister to come and witness it, although I am a little wronged by her, but there is no way, I will compensate her in other ways in the future!" ”

Li Wenyu also understood Xue Tao's worries, and her husband also told her that all major families wanted to stuff their daughters into the harem of King Jin, but they never had the opportunity.