Because Han Xiufeng was going to the Old Summer Palace to thank him, he didn't catch up with Datou and Cuihua to worship heaven and earth, and he couldn't say anything after the banquet was opened. First pull the big head to the side, toast together to thank all the fellow villagers and friends for coming to eat and like, first do it for the toast, and then toast one table after another.

Although it is a small cup, it can't stand the crowd, and it can't stand up to it after a circle. If it weren't for Huang Zhongyin and Ji Yunfei, I really wouldn't know how to deal with people's returns.

The guests at several tables in the room are either imperial court officials, or civil and military officials who are candidates for entry into Beijing, almost all of them have married wives and had children, and some have even accepted several concubines, all of whom know that "** moment is worth a thousand gold", and they can't pull down their faces and make trouble with the big head who has a bad brain, no matter whether the big head follows Han Xiufeng to pay tribute to them, or they return the salute, it means a little bit, and stop at a shallow taste.

Chen Hu and Ji Daji's second-class brothers from the Taiyong Battalion, who were sitting outside, were not as good at talking as the civil and military officials inside, and they were naturally going to make a fuss when they finally caught up with such a big happy event, and they actually poured the big heads who went to toast them into the mud.

The banquet was only halfway through eating, and the big head was carried into the cave room by them with all hands and feet, so angry that Cuihua took off the red hijab, picked up the broom, and chased from the cave to the yard, and then from the backyard to the front yard!

The bride chased a bunch of Qiu Ba all over the yard, making chickens fly and dogs jumping, what kind of system did it become?

Ren Yu'er was so anxious that she didn't dare to chase them out like Cuihua chasing Chen Hu and them, so she was in a hurry in the backyard. The wives and daughters of businessmen such as Shopkeeper Wen who came to help were also dumbfounded, and they were helpless one by one.

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that Cuihua, who was usually quite obedient and sensible, would be so spicy, and he had no idea for a while. Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei, Wu Zhaoling and Li Pinsan and other fellow villagers not only did not feel unorthodox, but laughed so hard that they couldn't breathe, some said, "It's not that a family doesn't enter a family, and some even praised Cuihua for "women don't let women have eyebrows", which has the style of the female generals of Yangmen in the drama......

Fortunately, Cuihua chased for a while, realized that she was out of character, hurriedly threw down the broom, covered her face and ran back amid the laughter of everyone. It is precisely because of such a small episode that the compatriots and friends who came to congratulate became more drunk, you respect me, I respect you, talk and laugh, and eat happily at a meal.

Han Xiufeng didn't know how many cups he drank, and he didn't even know who helped him back to his room to rest, and when he was woken up by Su Jueming, it was already noon the next day, and the hangover was so uncomfortable that his skull hurt as if it was about to explode.

"Fourth master, I know that you drank high last night, and I didn't dare to call you, and I was afraid of delaying the business."

Han Xiufeng sat up, rubbed his temples and asked, "What's wrong, what's the matter?" ”

"Director Zhang just came, and he said that the affairs of the Ministry of Officials have been completed, so let you hurry up and get the certificate."

"Anything else?"

"Master Peng sent someone to deliver a letter, but the person who delivered the letter didn't leave, and Master Ji was eating tea with him outside." Su Jueming presented a letter from Peng Yunzhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Han Xiufeng took the letter and opened it, and said, "Is the big head awake?" ”

"I woke up early, you know that he eats and drinks, or he doesn't eat, and he gets drunk as soon as he eats, but he wakes up quickly when he gets drunk, and he is complained by Cuihua in the morning, if I didn't stop him, he would have to go out of the city to clean up Chen Hu and them."

"He's strong, who can fill him, in the final analysis, he's still greedy," Han Xiufeng muttered, and then asked, "What is he doing now?" ”

"Accompany Cuihua back to the door and go to Master Ao's house. Today, Mr. Ao's house is setting up wine, if it weren't for Master Peng sending someone to deliver the letter, Mr. Ji would have gone early. ”

"Oh, I remember." Han Xiufeng put down the letter and muttered: "Master Ao is also exact, not only does he recognize Cuihua as his sister-in-law, but he is also handling Cuihua's marriage, this favor is too much!" ”

Thinking that Cuihua, a village girl, had become the righteous sister of Master Hanlin, Su Jueming secretly sighed that Cuihua was really a grass chicken turned into a phoenix, and then thought that the Ao family had already opened a banquet at this time, and hurriedly said: "Fourth master, Master Ao knows that you drank high last night, and I know that you have been busy for the past two days. ”

"Got it." Although he had a terrible headache, Han Xiufeng didn't dare to delay the business, after all, the emperor sent a message yesterday, let him not delay in the capital, let him take office quickly, put down the letter, turned over and got out of bed, picked up the official uniform and began to wear it.

While waiting for dressing, Su Jueming asked curiously, "Fourth Master, what did Master Peng say?" ”

"Master Peng recommended someone to me, that is Cui Hao outside."

"What did Master Peng do when he recommended the surname Cui to you?"

"I guess this Cui Hao was recommended to Master Peng by a classmate friend of Master Peng, and I want to ask Master Peng to help me find an errand. But he is just a showman, and it is not easy to be an official, so he can only be a friend of others, and Master Peng doesn't need him as a friend, so he sent him to me. ”

"This thing is really difficult to do, the person recommended by Master Peng, whether you have the ability or not, you can't turn it away."

Su Jueming felt that this matter was difficult to do, but Han Xiufeng had already seen it strange, and even dared to conclude that this was just the beginning, and there would be more Shangguan and fellow villagers recommending people in the future, and they would have to be taken in regardless of whether they had the ability or not. No one recommended it before, and that was because the official was too small, and he didn't need to hire a friend without much oil and water.

Because of this, Han Xiufeng didn't want to say anything, but turned around and said: "Jueming, after eating lunch, I will go to the Ministry of Officials to get the certificate, and I will go to Gu'an early tomorrow morning to take office." You don't need to worry about anything else in the afternoon, you just need to send the Beijing that I prepared for me before to the house, don't forget to bring my name post, I don't know the road and let Xiao Shandong go with you. ”

"Okay, I'll go later."

……

Han Xiufeng walked into the main hall after washing, only to see a scholar in his thirties subconsciously stand up.

"Brother Cui, this is Han Tongzhi. Zhixing, Brother Cui is the son of a friend of Master Peng's family, you talk, I should also go to the banquet. ”

I explained to my family before I came, and now it's not easy to get an errand, but I can't forget who I am because I have a little relationship with Master Peng, Cui Hao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Student Cui Hao greets Master Han!" ”

"It turned out to be Brother Cui, disrespectful and disrespectful." Han Xiufeng bowed back, then turned around and said, "Brother Bowen, I'll send you." ”

"Jin Fu's house is not far away, what is there to send, stay." Ji Yunfei smiled, arched his hand and turned away.

Han Xiufeng and Cui Hao sent Ji Yunfei out of the hall together, returned to the main hall and sat down and asked with a smile: "Brother Dezhong, are you from Suzhou?" ”

"I'm not afraid of Master Han's jokes, the student's hometown of Suzhou can be regarded as a scholarly family, but it's a pity that the student is stupid, he has failed many times, and he doesn't want to waste time in his hometown, so he came to the capital to try his luck."

"When did you come?"

"I came here a few years ago, Master Peng didn't plan to trouble you, Master Han, I wanted the students to go to the Ministry of Industry to help, but the students felt that it was not interesting to go to the Ministry of Industry to be a scribe, so they dared to ......."

It can be seen from the clothes that the family in front of him is good. It can also be heard from the words just now that the person in front of him does not want to be a scholar in his hometown in Suzhou, nor does he want to be a teacher, but wants to come out to make a contribution.

Han Xiufeng thought for a while, then asked with a smile: "Brother Dezhong, have you donated an official body?" ”

Cui Hao hurriedly said: "Don't hide it, the students donated it, and they donated Zhengqipin." ”

"Did you go to the Ministry of Officials to confess?"

"I went, but students like me don't know that I can't fill the gap until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon, so the students want to go through the experience first, and ask Master Han to take them in."

"Brother Dezhong is a person recommended by Master Peng, so he is not an outsider, so how to talk about taking him in. I will go to the Ministry of Officials to get a certificate later, and I will go to Gu'an early tomorrow morning to take up my post. Brother Dezhong, you hurry back and get ready, it's best to move your luggage to the hall, and you can leave together tomorrow morning. ”

"Master Xie Han took it in."

"Here we go again, the family doesn't say a word." Han Xiufeng suddenly remembered something and said apologetically: "As for Shu Lai, there are too many things today, and I really don't have time to talk to Brother Dezhong, or I'll talk about it later." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as you can serve under Master Han, even if you have one or two lazy students and no students, you are willing, and you are willing to serve Master Han."

After sending Cui Hao away, Wang Qianli actually walked out of it, looked at Han Xiufeng with a smile and said, "Fourth master, it seems that this one just now is not trying to make money, but trying to seek officials." ”

"Compared to seeking officials, I would rather him seek wealth." Han Xiufeng sighed secretly and couldn't help asking, "Qianli, what are your plans next?" ”

Wang Qianli smiled without thinking: "What can I plan, I have thought about it, first go to the ministry to confess, and then go to you!" ”

"Defect to me?"

"Hmm."

"Homesick?"

"If you come here, you will be safe, since you have already come out, you have to mix for two years and then go back, otherwise you will be laughed at by those people in Taizhou if you go back like this." Wang Qianli and Han Xiufeng have a fateful friendship, so naturally there is no need to go around in circles, let alone be as nervous as Cui Hao who just left, and said bluntly: "Fourth master, I brought three thousand taels when I came out this time, how to vote for this, how to make up for this shortage, you have to bother to help me get an idea." ”

He didn't treat himself as an outsider, Han Xiufeng didn't treat him as an outsider either, and muttered: "Later, let's go to the provincial pavilion first, find Director Zhang, and let him help with your affairs, and see if we can distribute you to the Zhili alternate trial." As long as it can be distributed to Zhili, there will always be a chance to find a vacancy. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, I'll go back to the room and get the silver ticket."

"What's the hurry, but it's okay to bring it," Han Xiufeng thought about it and said: "You are different from that Cui Hao, not only do you have military merits, but now this seven-rank top belt is still given by the emperor." You don't need to bring too much, a thousand taels is enough. ”

"If I listen to you, I'll bring a thousand taels."

"By the way, what about Pan Er?"

"He went to Master Ao's house to have a drink, and he originally wanted to call me to go with him, but I was not related to Master Ao, so what did it matter if I went with him, so I didn't go."