When night fell, Gu Jinyan, Su Jueming, Wang Guisheng and Zhou Changchun, who had been running with Director Zhang for a day, either carried cooked foods such as sauced beef, sauced elbows, and roast chicken, or carried fresh fruits and vegetables bought along the way, and planned to ask the chef of the hall to help Zhang Luo for the two tables of banquets, thanking Master Han for his reminder, thanking Huang Yushi, Ji Hanlin and other fellow villagers for their care, and thanking Director Zhang, who had already taken them for a day and had to continue running tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, when I came back, the cook and the old carpenter had set up a pot outside the back door, cooking mutton. Put down the cooked food and fruits and vegetables that I bought back and asked, only to know that Fugui actually snatched two big live sheep in front of them, and at this time they were playing cards in the backyard with the member of the Wai Lang Jiang, the household member Wai Lang Wang, and the Hanlin Yuan Ji Shi Ao Xixian.

Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen sat in the main hall as usual, drinking tea and chatting while waiting for Han Xiufeng to come back for dinner. Gu Jinyan and the four of them hurriedly fetched water, washed their hands and faces, and waited until they were washed and dried before following Director Zhang to the main hall to meet them.

"How's it going?"

"Master Huang, things are going well."

"It's good if it's going well, it's good if it's going well." Huang Zhongyin smiled slightly and motioned for Director Zhang to sit down and speak.

Su Jueming was about to help Curator Zhang make tea, and the shopkeeper Wen came back in a hurry, and when he saw everyone, he bowed down and said: "Master Huang, Master Ji, Master Ao, the matter of the house has been negotiated with the landlord, the rent is twenty-eight taels per month, and it is three hundred and thirty-six taels in a year. ”

"Don't look at it, we can rest assured that you will do something." Huang Zhongyin said with a smile.

Shopkeeper Wen put away the lease and said happily: "They went with me for the pillars and iron locks, and they are still there to clean up." Then didn't Mr. Han and Mr. Gu come to Beijing yesterday on a fast horse from Gu'an, I thought that Mr. Han would not be able to hire a car every day to go to the government office on business, and on the way back, he went to the car dealership smoothly, and helped Mr. Han buy a new car and bought two pairs of dragon sets, and the car and dragon sets have been delivered, just at the door, and the horse can be put on it. ”

Ji Yunfei couldn't help but ask: "Shopkeeper Wen, as far as I know, those two horses belong to Heying, how do you know if those two horses should be returned to Heying?" ”

"Master Ji, I estimate that even if Master Han sends someone to lead the horse back, those thousands of people in Heying will not want it. Besides, even if you have to pay it back, you can buy another horse when the time comes. Shopkeeper Wen thought about it, and said with a smile: "Master Han has a lot of official duties, and he really can't do it without a car." ”

Ao Tongchen put down the teacup, couldn't help but look back and smile: "Brother Yongzhuo, we can also follow Zhixing's car, if he is not busy, we can also borrow it." ”

"That's right," Thinking that the Hanlin Academy didn't need to go every day, Huang Zhongyin pointed at him and Ji Yunfei and teased: "Even if Zhixing uses the car, it can only be used in the morning and evening, and you can use it whatever you want during the day, and you can go wherever you want, as long as you rush back before the Yamen leaves in the afternoon." ”

"Really!" Ji Yunfei laughed.

After Zhuo Bingtian Zhuo became ill, the officials in Beijing in Sichuan seemed to have lost their backbone, and the provincial pavilion was not as lively as before, but the Chongqing Hall became more and more prosperous because of the rise of civil and military officials such as Xiang Rong, Liu Cunhou and Han Xiufeng. ”

"To be honest, I'm having a headache about this, it's not difficult to find a groom just to find a groom, but it's not so easy to find a groom who is familiar with the roads of the capital and reliable."

"Either you don't look for it, or you have to find someone who knows the roots." Ji Yunfei thought so.

Director Zhang arched his hand and said: "Master Ji, if you want to say that I am familiar with the big and small roads in Beijing and know the roots, I think of one. ”

"Who?"

"You've seen it, but it's not necessarily impressive."

"Don't sell it, who is it?"

"Feng Xiaowhip, the third son of Feng Yiwhip's family, Feng Yiwhip didn't have anything to do after Zhuo Zhongtang reported his illness, let alone Feng Xiaowhip. The previous one also went to the museum to ask if there was a shortage of people, and if he could reward him for food. ”

Feng Yiwhip is a native of Cangzhou, not only can raise horses, but also makes a good whip, and three or five strong men can't get close to him when he wields it, so over the years, he has been Zhuo Zhongtang's horseman and can be regarded as half a guard. If it weren't for Feng Yiwhip's stubborn belief that raising horses and driving horses was an ancestral livelihood, and he couldn't easily change careers, the three boys in his family would have gone to the dart bureau to walk darts or take care of the family's home.

Thinking of this, Huang Zhongyin picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "The third boy of the old Feng Tou family, well, is really a suitable candidate." ”

"Then I'll ask early in the morning?"

"Go and ask, as long as the kid is willing, the salary is easy to say." Huang Zhongyin smiled, and turned back and said: "Bowen, Jin Fu, now that there are cars, horses, and grooms, if you think about it carefully, Zhixing lacks a curtain friend who can help draft the fold and a shrewd, capable and honest long-term follower." ”

"Brother Yongzhu, I think it's better for you to let Zhixing go and hire him by himself." Ao Tongchen said in a low voice.

"He has just returned to Beijing for two days, how many people can he recognize in Beijing, where can he be hired when he stands here?" Huang Zhongyin put down the teacup and said slowly: "We can help introduce a few, so that he can have a foresight, whether to hire or not, or let him make his own decision." ”

"It's okay, then it's decided, I'll help ask tomorrow morning."

Speaking of his friend Ji Yunfei, he suddenly remembered someone, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Yongzhu, a few days ago, I went to the Huguang Hall with a few literary friends to have a drink, do you know who I met?" ”

"I don't know that."

"Don't sell it, who did you meet?" Ao Tongchen asked with a smile.

"Shandong Qingzhou lifts people Wang Naizeng."

The name sounded familiar, but I couldn't remember it for a while. Bowen, what is the saint of this Wang Naizeng you are talking about? ”

Without waiting for Ji Yunfei to speak, Shopkeeper Wen blurted out: "Master Huang, I remember, Master Ji said that this Master Wang has not only come to our hall, lived in our hall, but also eaten and drank with you!" ”

"I can't really think of ......"

"It's Lord Duan's friend behind the scenes, and it's the Mr. Wang who returned to Beijing with Lord Duan back then!"

"I remember this," Huang Zhongyin slapped his thigh, and couldn't help but smile and asked: "Bowen, when did he return to Beijing, did he say where he is now?" ”

"I chatted with him for a while, and he said that he came to the capital from Gansu after Zhuoyun became ill, and planned to find something to do while preparing to take the examination in two years."

"Did he find an errand?"

"His articles are full of flowers and beautifully written, but he doesn't seem to be very good in the exam, and he has failed many times. Not only did those famous people often invite him to banquets and outings, but even Lord Zhou Zupei and Zhou felt that he was a great talent and was willing to make friends with him. ”

"Isn't this nonsense, if he doesn't have some real talent, Zhuo Yun can treat him as a close friend."

"Maybe I've been staying with Brother Zhuo Yun for a long time, and I've been treated as my right-hand man by Brother Zhuo all these years, so he stayed with Master Zhou for more than a month and then resigned, and now he doesn't seem to have anything to do, and he is against a group of literary friends all day long."

Thinking of Zhou Zupei's high power, he hired many friends with real talents and learning. And Duan Dazhang in the years before he left office, although he hired several friends, but the only one who really relied on him Wang Naizeng, and the conceivable Wang Naizeng would not be used to it in Zhou Zupei.

Huang Zhongyin weighed it, put down the teacup and said: "He has been friends with Zhuoyun for so many years, and Zhixing is both Zhuoyun's fellow villager and Zhuoyun's junior. What's more, if he is willing to assist Zhixing, Zhixing will definitely treat him as a guest. Bowen, since you just met him, you might as well invite him to come to the hall to sit, and when the time comes, we will help Zhixing to explore his tone, if he is willing to assist Zhixing, then Zhixing will be like a tiger in the future! ”

Ji Yunfei patted the coffee table and said with a smile: "I think so too, I will invite him to the hall to eat and drink tomorrow." ”

"In this way, Zhixing will lack a long-term follower," Ao Tongchen took over the conversation and looked at everyone with a smile: "Help to the end, the big guys will help to think about whether there is a suitable candidate." ”

Speaking of this, Su Jueming and Gu Jinyan were extremely embarrassed. Because Chang Sui was originally their errand, but now they are going to be officials, so that Master Han has no one to use.

Just when the two of them drooped their heads and didn't dare to look directly at everyone, Wang Guisheng said cautiously: "Master Ao, isn't my Uncle Yu the family of the fourth master?" ”

"He can't care about these things now, he's about to become a patrol camper!" Ao Tongchen smiled, and continued: "Besides, his legs and feet are not so sharp at such an age, as soon as he opens his mouth, he knows that he is from Sichuan, and he is not so familiar with the yamen of various ministries and courtyards, and he has never even been to the inner city, so he can't do this job." ”

"You've got to find someone smart." Huang Zhongyin thought so.

Seeing that everyone racked their brains and couldn't think of a suitable person, Shopkeeper Wen asked cautiously: "Master Huang, what do you think of Xiaoshan?" He grew up in the capital, and he is very familiar with Beijing with a mouthful of Beijing films. And he has worked in the guild hall for nearly three years, and he understands the rules of the yamen. ”

"Hey, why didn't I think of Xiaoshan, it's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there!"

"Brother Yongzhu, this is called the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, hahaha."

Everyone was smiling and sighing that it was just right to let Xiao Shandong go to run errands for Han Xiufeng, Yun Qijun hurried back, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted eagerly: "Teacher, teacher, Master Han has become a small military plane!" ”

"Ergan, is it really fake?" Ji Yunfei thought he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously got up and asked.

Yun Qijun wiped his sweat, and didn't care about saluting Huang Zhongyin and the others, so he said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Really, it's true, the emperor ordered Master Han to be the registered military aircraft Zhang Jing, and to walk extra on the military aircraft Zhang Jing!" Even the waist card for entering and leaving the palace has been received, and Master Han heard that Lord Peng is still handling official business at the military aircraft office, so he asked the students to come back first to report to you a few people, and he went to the palace to meet Master Peng and Zhang Jing, the Manchu foreman on duty tonight. ”

"Named military aircraft Zhang Jing, extra walking on the military aircraft Zhang Jing. Extra Walking ...... It's not just a matter of registering names, hahaha, just walking! The emperor has eyes, God willing, my Chongqing Mansion has finally come up with a small military plane! Ji Yunfei was so excited that he was incoherent.

Huang Zhongyin was also so excited that his blood was boiling, and he looked at Ao Tongchen with a smile and said, "Jin Fu, what did you say yesterday afternoon, now that you think about it, it's really a prophecy!" ”

Ao Tongchen relieved himself at this time, and subconsciously touched his mouth: "My mother, I really said it, and it was fulfilled so quickly......"

The three of them were so excited, Gu Jinyan, Su Jueming, Wang Guisheng, Zhou Changchun and Shopkeeper Wen were even more overjoyed. Hearing the jubilation in the front hall, Jiang Haoxuan, Wang Zhirong, Ao Xixian and Fugui felt strange, put down the mahjong and came to the front hall to ask, and they were all overjoyed.

"Zhixing is really in the emperor's heart, otherwise the emperor would not have tailored such a gap for him!"

Thinking of the rules of the military aircraft department, Huang Zhongyin, who had also been on duty in the palace, had a straight face: "Everyone, of course it is a good thing for Zhixing to be promoted to a small military aircraft, but it is not easy for Zhixing to have today, it is not easy for me to produce a small military aircraft in Ba County and even my Chongqing Prefecture, we fellow villagers can not move stones to hit our own feet, we don't need to go if we don't go to Zhixing in the future, and we can't go to Dengwen Drum Hall, in short, we have to avoid suspicion in the future, and we must not let Zhixing give people a handle!" ”