Pan Er looked at the official seal in Du San's hand and was envious, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask: "Master Du, isn't there a casting and sealing bureau in the Ministry of Rites, shouldn't you officials have official seals, why do they only give you official certificates and not give you official seals?" ”

"I didn't see it, you know a lot, and you also know that the Ministry of Rites has a casting and printing bureau!"

"I heard from Master Qian, he said that all the official seals of the military officials in the world are cast in the Casting and Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Rites."

"It turned out that Qian Junchen said it," Du San reacted, put away the official voucher and said with a smile: "How can the casting seal be so simple to fill in the official certificate, it can't be cast by standing there, the lord of the Ministry of Rites asked me to take it in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, so I can only leave the day after tomorrow." ”

Han Xiufeng asked with a smile: "Big brother, are you particular about the official seal, do you want to make silver?" ”

"Listening to Teng's guerrilla theory, the silver is not used, but there is a lot of exquisiteness."

"What's the matter?"

Du San took a sip of tea, and said like a few family treasures: "There are four imprints on the seal when casting, and the Casting and Printing Bureau will grind off one and hand it to me first, and when I go to the Titai Yamen to hand over the official certificate, I will grind one off in front of the Lord Titai, and after seeing the Titai, I will go to Shanglin County to take office, and I want to meet the deputy general, guerrillas, and see a Shangguan grind off one, so as to prove that no one has stamped it privately." ”

Han Xiufeng muttered: "I only know that the handover seal is exquisite, but I didn't expect that the collar seal is also so particular." ”

Pan Er subconsciously asked, "Young Master, what's the point of handing over the print?" ”

"When an official leaves office or is taken from office, he needs to hand over the official seal, and he must first polish off the corner of the official seal, and the official seal is handed over layer by layer, and when it is handed over to a senior official, it will be worn off, and when it is handed over to the Casting and Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Rites, the four corners of the official seal will be all worn off, and it is also to prevent someone from stamping it privately."

"There are so many exquisiteness in one seal!"

"The ancients relied on the seal letter and the private contract, you think it's a joke."

"Yes, if you have a seal, you are an official, and if you don't have a seal, it's nothing."

Pan Er didn't want to be laughed at by the two of them, so he immediately changed the subject: "Young Master, today is such a good opportunity, why did you let go of Ren He's turtle son so easily." How good it is to go to the yamen to see the official, let him eat the lawsuit, let him fail the exam, and see how to play prestige with us in the future! ”

Han Xiufeng rubbed his temples and said with a wry smile: "How can you think so simple when you see the official, if you really make trouble with the yamen, not to mention that we have to spend money to do something, even if we don't spend money, we can't please it." ”

"Why can't you please it?"

"Let him go to court, he may not be able to pass the exam, but I don't expect to make up for the gap."

"Why?" Pan Er asked puzzled.

Han Xiufeng lowered his arm, yawned and said, "The county lord hates Diao Min who is litigious at every turn, and the same is true for officials who are older than the county lord. In the eyes of the big lords, no matter what happens, a slap can't be slapped. The defendant is not a good thing, and the plaintiff is not a good person. Therefore, we can neither be sued, nor can we be easily sued. ”

"That's right, as long as you make trouble with the yamen, you have to spend money, whether it is justified or not." Pan Er thought about it for a while, and muttered again: "But such a good opportunity, it's a pity to think about it." ”

"It's not a pity."

"Second brother, why not?" Du San asked curiously.

Han Xiufeng cut off half of the burnt wax core and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, if the leaves fall back to the roots, I am good, Ren He is okay, after all, I want to go back to my hometown in Ba County." The incident he made tonight and the things he did before will sooner or later reach the ears of Master Gu and other Ba County gentry. Who is right and who is wrong, who is right and who is wrong, Ba County and even Chongqing Prefecture Shilin have their own judgment. ”

Du San subconsciously asked: "Will he be spurned by the gentry of his old family?" ”

"I don't know if I will be spurned, but I dare to guarantee the ticket, and the old gentry will not and dare not have a deep friendship with him after knowing about it. It's useless to say that this thing is useless, it's really useful to say it's useful, he ruined the reputation of his self-sufficiency, I want to see how he will gain a foothold in Ba County in the future! ”

Pan Er reacted, and couldn't help laughing: "His reputation is ruined, everyone knows that his turtle son's character is not good, and he will be poked in the back wherever he goes, and the neighbors will not ask him to help judge when they encounter something, the academy will not hire him to teach, and no official even dares to ask for him to be a friend of the scenes." ”

Du San said inferentially: "Second brother, you have won a good reputation for hometown, even if you have no reputation, those gentry are willing to befriend you." ”

"Big brother, it's not as simple as you think." Han Xiufeng yawned and sighed helplessly: "Everything is inferior, but only reading is high." Even if you have read the sage books for a few years and recognize a few words, as long as you have not been admitted to the famous examination, people will still look down on you, no matter how good your reputation is. ”

………

At the same time, Ren He, who had just found an inn to live in with the help of Qian Junchen, faced the resentment of kneeling in front of him and blaming himself, and he didn't know how aggrieved he was, and he didn't know how much fire he had.

"Brother, it's too late to say anything now, blame me for everything, I'm not enough to succeed and more than I can lose, I'm sorry for you, I can't drag you down anymore. I'll go back to my hometown early tomorrow morning, you must take care of yourself when you're alone in the capital......"

"Get up."

"Brother......

"Let's get up quickly, it's not shameful enough!" Ren He wanted to kick Ren Ren very much, but he thought that if it wasn't for Ren Ren working hard outside to make money a few years ago, he wouldn't have any money to study, let alone Zhongju, so he couldn't hate Ren Ren's younger brother.

Ren Ren got up and wiped away his tears, and while helping him clean up the bed, he choked up and said: "Not only can I not help you here, but I also make a mess for you, and I have an extra expense, so it's better to go back early." ”

"No matter how tight the money is, it won't be bad for you, and besides, it's about to be the New Year, how can I rest assured that you will go back alone?" Ren He sat down, looked at the books piled on the table, and said hatefully: "Besides, I don't blame you for this, you are also kind-hearted, I can only blame our brothers for not seeing anything in the world, and I don't know how sinister people's hearts are." ”

"Brother, are you saying that Han Si knew that I was in the courtyard in the afternoon, and deliberately said those words for me to hear?"

"Eight or nine is not far from ten," Ren He took a deep breath, frowned tightly and said: "Han Si has been idle in the Yamen Gang for so many years, and he has been a servant for so many years, he has never seen anything, it can be called extremely cunning!" We should have thought that he would not give up, but we didn't expect that he would fall for his counter-plan. ”

Ren Yan didn't study for a few years, but he didn't go to the teahouse to listen to people's stories, and he didn't watch the play, and when he heard Ren He say the counter-plan, he couldn't help crying and said with a sad face: "Why am I just like this, why did I forget the allusion of 'Jiang Gan stealing books', I was like a melon baby who was played by his turtle son as a monkey, and I was confused to do Jiang Gan." ”

"I don't blame you, he has a heart or an unintention, and you are confused about his tricks." The more Ren He thought about it, the more he hated, got up and walked to the window, looked at the direction of the Chongqing Hall and gritted his teeth and said, "Shame, shame!" This revenge is not revenge, it is not a gentleman, this revenge is not revenge, I am not a man! ”