Just after lunch, a pen post from the Ministry of Rites found the hall, and when he saw Han Xiufeng, he congratulated him, and when Han Xiufeng asked Su Jueming to offer fifty taels of silver, the pen post style entered the main topic to teach the etiquette and various precautions for tomorrow's audience.

This is the first time Han Xiufeng has seen him, but Huang Zhongyin and other fellow villagers have seen it, and he really doesn't need to teach these rules, but before the audience, learn the etiquette is the rule of the face saint, and the fifty taels of silver have to be spent if they are not spent.

Finally sent away the pen post of the Ministry of Rites, and was asking Huang Zhongyin and other fellow villagers how to play it when they met tomorrow, but Director Zhang went and returned and found the door.

Han Xiufeng knew that Peng Yangchun and Yongxiang were waiting for a reply, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Zhang, you are really entrusted by others to be loyal!" ”

"Let you all laugh," Director Zhang arched his hand and said with an embarrassed face: "No matter what happened to the Provincial Pavilion over the years, as long as you send someone to send a letter to Peng Yangchun, Peng Yangchun will come as soon as he receives the letter." Even if you can't come on duty, you will ask your family to send the silver. But he is just a military attaché, his salary is not much, he can't even earn money, his life is tight, but there are not a lot of human contacts, and it is really not easy for him to compare his heart with his heart. ”

"So it's rare for him to beg you once, and you're going to have to do this favor?" Ji Yunfei asked with a smile.

"Who asked you to nominate me as the curator, since you have done it, you have to take his business as your own business."

"It's hard for you, you have to think of everything, and you have to take care of everything."

"It's not embarrassing, it's just running errands for all the masters and spreading the word."

Director Zhang's words reminded Han Xiufeng of the days when he did his first thing here three years ago, and said with emotion: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, your business is my business." Besides, Yongxiang is quite reliable, you let him go to office with confidence, as long as I, Han Xiufeng, have a bite to eat after he arrives, he Yongxiang will not be hungry. If you want to make a difference, that's a different story. ”

"This is natural, he is a military attaché who does not go out to fight for his life, how can he make meritorious contributions."

"By the way, what is the origin of that Rong Lu who came with him this morning?"

Without waiting for Director Zhang to speak, Wu Zhaoling muttered: "Is it the son of the longevity of the chief soldier of Ganliang Town who was martyred in the peace of the country?" ”

"Exactly," Director Zhang hurriedly said: "Speaking of which, his family has a relationship with Xiang Shuai and even the old general Hu in the Panthéon, his grandfather Tasha was martyred during the rebellion against Zhang Ge, and his father Changshou and his uncle Changrui were martyred when they encircled and suppressed bandits in Yong'an, which can be called a piece of loyalty." Otherwise, he would not have directly taught the head of the Ministry of Works with Yin Sheng. ”

Han Xiufeng asked: "Then what is the relationship between this Ronglu and Yongxiang?" ”

"If you want to talk about relationships, it's all Guaerjia's. However, there are many branches of Guaerjia, including Suwan Guarjia, Antu Guarjia, Yehe Guerjia, Wula Guerjia, Fengcheng Guarjia, and Jinzhou Guarjia. Yongxiang and Rong Lu are not the same branch, if it is really about the origin, they are not even close to Shengbao. ”

Director Zhang paused, and then said: "Isn't he going to be released, and he has no money to spend, so he can only rush to the doctor in a hurry, and be cheeky to beg people everywhere." Naturally, he can't see it, and even if he can see people, he won't necessarily help him, so he can only ask Rong Lu for this. As for why Rong Lu came with him, I guess Rong Lu wants to meet you, after all, his father and his uncle fought with Xiang Shuai before they were martyred, and you and Xiang Shuai are fellow villagers. ”

"I see, I thought he and Rong Lu were really related."

"Relatives who can't be beaten with eight poles." Ji Yunfei couldn't help but smile: "Zhixing, if it's really about kinship, the Jinghua you brought is still surnamed Aixin Jueluo, but what about the surname Aixin Jueluo." ”

"That's right, I almost forgot that this is the capital!"

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Peng Yangchun and Yongxiang were listening to the letter in the provincial pavilion, Director Zhang didn't want them to wait for a long time, and after chatting for a while, he bowed down and retired, Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei and Wu Zhaoling and others then told Han Xiufeng the right thing, and several Hanlin officials helped ponder for an afternoon, and finally agreed that it was best to tell the truth, and let Han Xiufeng reply as he did when he met Peng Yunzhang a few days ago.

Han Xiufeng was as good as a stream, and was about to get up to thank him, when Ao Tongchen suddenly asked curiously: "Zhixing, your righteous sister, how do you settle it?" ”

"Yes, a lady can't just follow you." Ji Yunfei also kindly reminded.

"I'm not afraid of a few jokes, I'm having a headache about this." Han Xiufeng put down the teacup and said helplessly: "His father was martyred, and her stepmother was pregnant, far away in the town where I did the inspection." The countryside is not as particular as the city, and it is not so exquisite. If you give birth to a girl, there is a chance that you will remarry, and if you give birth to a boy, you may give his father a holiday. In short, she is helpless now, what if I let her live alone? ”

Huang Zhongyin said coldly: "It's in charge, but you have to think about how to manage it." ”

"So I want to ask you to help pay attention, if there is a suitable offspring, see if you can help talk about the matchmaker, and wait for her to buy some dowry after her father's filial piety, and marry her beautifully."

"Marry out?"

"What's wrong?"

"Do you really treat her as a righteous sister?" Ao Tongchen asked suspiciously.

"Really." Han Xiufeng said very seriously: "I really treat her as a sister, and besides, I will bring the baby to reunite with me immediately, how can I have those non-trivial thoughts." ”

Han Xiufeng's personality Ji Yunfei knew best, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, we will help you pay attention to it." ”

"Brother Bowen, my sister-in-law is not only handsome but also a talented girl, with beautiful handwriting, good articles, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. You can't just find someone to marry, you have to marry someone, if you can marry a jinshi, it's better. ”

"Zhixing, those letters you gave us later, shouldn't she have written them for you?"

"She really helped me write it, Brother Bowen, I'm not lazy, but I really can't spare time. As soon as I arrived in Taizhou, I was busy investigating smugglers, and I was busy compiling and training township warriors just after I found two sets of smugglers. ”

"To be lazy is to be lazy, don't make excuses!" Ji Yunfei scolded with a smile, thought about it and smiled: "But that woman's handwriting is really good, and she does have a bit of literary talent, and she is worthy of being the best lady in Yangzhou." In addition, with a righteous brother like you, marrying a jinshi is really not a high climb. ”

"Ten Jinshi and nine gold list titles have already started a family, and it is not so easy to find a wife who has not yet married," Huang Zhongyin couldn't help but laugh.

As Huang Zhongyin said, if you talk about age, the new branch jinshi Ao Zhuxian is just right, but the scholar has already married a wife, not to mention that he wants to find a Jinshi who has not yet married a wife, even if he is of a similar age and has not yet married a wife, it is not so easy to find.

It's just a small episode, and no one really takes it seriously, so after chatting for a while, they got up and went home.

To face the saint, Han Xiufeng can't help but make some preparations.

After eating supper early, go back to the room to bathe.

changed into clean clothes, lay on the bed and carefully recalled the precautions of the Ministry of Rites' written instructions, and thought about what the emperor would ask, so he fell asleep unconsciously. slept until the third watch, and was woken up by Su Jueming and Xiaoshandong, who had been guarding the front hall all night and did not dare to sleep, got up to wash and eat, and then changed into the official clothes that Ren Yu'er and Cuihua helped iron neatly last night, and before dawn, they took the carriage hired by the shopkeeper Wen to the Old Summer Palace.

It was not dawn, and he couldn't see the main gate of the palace, and even if he could see it clearly, he couldn't stay outside the palace gate, so he rushed to the left gate, and sent the coachman and Su Jueming and Xiao Shandong, who were accompanying him, were holding their resumes and preparing to ask the guards and eunuchs guarding the door, and walked out of the shadows with a pen note.

"Fourth master, you came so early, you were the first to arrive."

"Oh, who did I say, it turned out to be the third master, the third master is auspicious!"

"Don't don't, it's not as good here as being in the Ministry of Officials, have you eaten, haven't eaten and eaten."

A few days ago, when he went to the Ministry of Officials to pay off the military department, he turned around and pointed, and following the direction of his finger, Han Xiufeng suddenly found that there was a row of food stalls diagonally opposite, and the stalls selling dumplings, noodles and porridge buns were not ordinary people, but all eunuchs in the palace. You can even see a few elderly adults sitting on a small stool under the wall eating noodles and drinking soup through the lanterns hanging on the stalls.

Han Xiufeng knew that those few were all high-ranking princes and ministers, but he didn't dare to move forward, so he hurriedly said, "I've eaten, I've eaten before I came." ”

"Since you've eaten it, let's wait." The pen post took out a green-headed sign from his sleeve with the names, resumes and words of the officials who met with him, led Han Xiufeng to the base of the leeward wall and said with a smile: "There are a total of five people who are in the audience today, and Lord Zhongtang personally leads, and you are in third place according to the usual schedule." By the way, there is a member at the head and end of the class, counting Lord Weng, you will be the fifth in line later, you can't be mistaken. ”

Han Xiufeng hurriedly stuffed a silver ticket of eight taels: "Rank fifth, right, Xie Sanye mention it." ”

"Son-in-you, be polite to me." The pen skillfully put away the silver ticket, and then looked at a eunuch who was guarding the palace gate and was holding it here, and said in Han Xiufeng's ear: "Fourth master, the fathers-in-law can't help but ...... over there."

The eunuch can't be offended, otherwise he will change the law to toss you, and even frame you for losing your dignity in front of the king, Han Xiufeng hurriedly said: "I understand the rules, I'm ready." ”

"Just get ready, he'll come to you later."

As he was talking, the palace door creaked open, and the princes and ministers who were squatting under the wall to eat noodles and drink soup got up one after another to settle the bill, handed over the sign and walked in. Han Xiufeng stood on tiptoe and looked at it for a while, and asked curiously, "Third Master, which Zhongtang master is leading us to meet today?" ”

The pen post looked back and said lightly: "Bai Bai Bai Zhongtang." ”

Han Xiufeng had never seen Bai Ye, but he had heard of it more than once, and he thought that he would be able to meet the scholar and official of Wenyuan Pavilion soon, and even see the emperor, so he was really a little nervous.

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