"Let's go, do you think he'll come back?"

Xiao Dong bolted the carriage on the bolted horse pillar in front of the Assassin's Mansion, walked over, and patted the soldier who was still at a loss with a smile, telling him not to stand stupidly, and quickly led his people in.

As for the slight disrespect in his words just now? That's not a problem.

Maybe in the eyes of others, the soldier's actions just now are already a big basket, but for Xiao Han, it is really nothing, after all, he has not been treated as a passerby once or twice, compared to other guys who look down on people, these two are not bad.

As for the soldier, when he was slapped by Xiaodong like this, he was shocked all over his body, and he almost fell to the ground softly!

When he reacted, he only drooped his head, and did not dare to raise his head, and arched his hands vigorously: "Hou ...... Master Hou, please! ”

"I'm not Master Hou, he's talented, hey...... Let's go! ”

Seeing the gatekeeper who was trembling and saluting him like a quail, Xiaodong unconsciously looked back at Xiao Han who had just gotten out of the carriage, and felt a little bitter.

He was very skeptical, could he really keep the door by letting such a person guard the door? Can't be resisted by someone to hold the door?

However, this is also Xiaodong's mistake.

If it weren't him and Xiao Han who came today, but a country fool.

Then this soldier promises to let him see what it means to be a seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door! What is called an ugly face, a difficult job, and a difficult door!

The gatekeeper who was as if his waist was broken in two was led into the Assassin Yamen.

Before a few people reached the second gate, there was already a rush of footsteps inside, Xiao Han looked up, but it was the assassin Cui Jingzhi who had already greeted him.

Cui Jingzhi was meditating in the room before, and suddenly heard a report from someone that Xiao Han was coming, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, thinking that something big had happened, so he hurriedly got up and rushed out, hurrying slowly, and only then did he meet Xiao Han at the gate of the second courtyard.

Trotting all the way, Cui Jingzhi ran a little out of breath, and when he saw Xiao Han, he didn't care that there was still such a distance between them, so he hurriedly said loudly while making a move: "Oh, Marquis Xiao!" Why did you come here, and you didn't inform me in advance, let me go out to meet you! ”

Xiao Han looked at Cui Jingzhi who was hurrying closer, smiled, didn't hurry to speak, but first looked at Cui Jingzhi's back with interest, sure enough, there was no one behind him, and the soldier who said he was going to report the news at the beginning didn't know where to hide and trembled.

"Master Hou?"

Cui Jingzhi ran to Xiao Han and found that Xiao Han had been looking behind him, and he also subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, the back was empty, there was nothing at all? So what is he looking at?

Xiao Han noticed Cui Jingzhi's surprised appearance, and also knew that his performance had misunderstood him, so he raised his hand and said, "Oh! Cui Tingshi is polite, I just have nothing to do today, walking around the city at will, and I accidentally passed by here, so I just came in to see you. ”

When Cui Jingzhi heard this, he laughed: "Then Cui is really a supreme honor!" Let's go, it's rare that you can come to me, it's cold outside, come with me to the room and sit! Cui Mou made someone scald the pot of wine again, and warmed up your body for Master Hou! ”

"Oh? That's a nuisance. ”

"Hey! Master Hou, you are too polite, you can come, it is already to make this place flourish, I just hope that Lord Hou will not dislike my humble room! ”

The two stood there and said polite words to each other, these high-sounding things, Xiao Dong on the side yawned when he listened, he couldn't stand this way of talking the most.

Obviously decorated magnificently, Cui Jingzhi has to say that it is a bad room, if this is a bad room, then the thatched cottage where the peasants live is not a dog kennel?

And his own Hou Ye!

It's clear that I'm here to find someone to do something, but I didn't say that I inadvertently passed in to take a look.

It's been almost a year since they came to Yangzhou, and they've walked the street in front of the Assassin's Mansion dozens of times, why haven't I seen you come in before?

However, when the two of them walked in together, Xiaodong still honestly pretended to be his follower, and followed behind.

The specifications of the Tang Dynasty Thorn Mansion are actually similar to some ordinary yamen, all of which are in front of the yamen and in the back.

To say the difference, that is, the area is larger than those yamen, and the houses are more delicately decorated.

Although the Assassin Mansion also deals with official business, it doesn't care about judging cases, so there are no prisons, trial halls and other configurations, and it seems to be quieter.

Cui Jing led Xiao Han forward, and instead of going to the living room, he went directly to his study?

This is also a special courtesy for distinguished guests during the Tang Dynasty.

If it is an ordinary guest, the host will naturally meet in the living room, but if the guest has a high status or an extremely good relationship, it will be more intimate to go to the study.

"Marquis Xiao, this is Cui's study, please come in!"

respectfully let Xiao Han into the study, and Cui Jingzhi was busy beckoning people to send snacks and wine here.

Xiao Han originally thought that he would just come here to sit down for a while, and leave after finishing speaking, but at this moment, seeing Cui Jingzhi so polite, he was embarrassed to refuse, so he had to respond.

Cui Jingzhi's study is very large, divided into two rooms, inside and outside, separated by several thin wooden doors, at this time the wooden door is open, so standing in the outer room, you can clearly see the scene inside.

The study looked a little messy at this time, with two rows of high shelves scattered and random books, and stacks of books and official documents on the desk.

However, Xiao Han also knew that it was precisely because of the clutter that Cui Jingzhi often flipped through and browsed.

Like the office bookshelves of some big bosses in later generations, the books are neatly arranged, refreshing, and look very organized, but if you go forward to flip through them, you will find that those books may only have a book cover, and there is not a word in it.

The study room is messy, but the one outside, that is, the one where Xiao Han is, is very tidy.

There was a bogu shelf with vases, two pots of verdant bluegrass, and a small red stove, which was burning with charcoal, and a kettle resting on it, which was bubbling white, making the whole room moist and moist, without the dryness of winter.

Cui Jingzhi finished ordering his subordinates at this time, and when he turned around and saw Xiao Han's eyes, his old face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly walked over and closed the door of the inner room: "Let the Hou Ye see it, Cui Mou didn't let the subordinates clean it inside, so it was a little messy." ”

Xiao Han smiled and waved his hand: "Hehe, Cui Thorn Shi is too modest, the books are written for people to watch and learn, not for others to see, put them casually, it looks convenient!" ”

When Cui Jingzhi heard this, his face was full of joy: "Oh? Xiao Hou also thinks so? Ha ha! That's really Cui's confidant, I'm not alone, I must drink two more glasses today! ”

Tang people are good at drinking, and Cui Jingzhi is naturally no exception, and because of the fact of reading, Xiao Han was introduced as a confidant.

"Come on, come on, sit down first!"

Pulled Xiao Han to sit down in front of the low table, and waited for the next person to bring the wine, Cui Jingzhi hurriedly poured him a glass of wine in person, pushed it in front of him and invited him to taste it.

Xiao Han himself is a connoisseur of drinking, and when he saw that this glass of wine was slightly green, and the wine surface was also covered with tiny bubbles like ants, he knew that this was this year's new wine, which was called green ant wine by the people of the time.

"Green ants are freshly brewed with wine, and the red clay is a small stove.

If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing? ”

Xiao Han's heart moved, and this Bai Juyi's "Ask Liu Nineteen" blurted out.

"Green ant wine is not the name of the wine, but when the newly brewed wine is not filtered, the surface of the wine floats with lees, the color is slightly green (i.e., green wine), and it is as fine as ants (i.e., the foam of the wine), which is called "green ants". ”