It is a major event of the country to open a branch and take scholars, and as soon as the Enke Palace test is released, the imperial court will urgently announce to the world for 800 miles.

Duan Jiqing not only knew that all the candidates in the fourteen prefectures and counties of Chongqing had failed the list, but also expected that it would be impossible for all the people who fell to fall to stay in the capital and wait for the next year to take the exam again, and as long as someone returned to his hometown, his son-in-law would definitely ask someone to send a letter to his family, so it was not surprising to hear that someone from the capital came.

Afraid that his sister's stupid girl would not be able to keep busy, he hurriedly asked a scribe in the military room to go to the restaurant to buy a table of banquets, and after it was ready, it was packed in a food box and sent to his daughter's house. asked another scribe to go to the sedan chair shop to hire a sedan chair, go to Chaijia Lane to report to Master Gu, and then invite Master Gu to eat and drink.

After explaining everything, the head of the Guan team who hurried to the government office rushed to his daughter's house, Fei Erye and Bao Juren also happened to have just arrived, and Qin'er was holding up her big belly and asked her sister to hurry up and boil water and make tea.

There is a family letter, and it was sent by the master himself, Duan Jiqing is in good spirits on happy occasions, and as soon as he enters the courtyard, he arches his hand and says: "Dare to ask the surname of the two masters, in the next auspicious celebration, the ambition is the son-in-law below, this is the little girl below!" ”

"It turned out to be Duan Jingcheng, disrespectful and disrespectful! Bao Lingyun, who was born late, saw Duan Shibo. Bao Juren put down the specially prepared gift and hurriedly bowed to return the gift.

"How dare you, Master Bao, you are a man, Duan Mou doesn't dare to accept this big gift."

"Duan Shibo, the late life and the Zhixing brothers, you are the old Taishan of the Zhixing brothers, and you are the elders of the late life, this gift is indispensable."

"Master Bao, don't, you are a man, you will break my life like this!"

"Lingyun, it's all my own family, so there's no need to be polite." Second Master Fei smiled and glanced at Guan Zhutou, who had just followed up, and also arched his hand: "Duan Jingcheng, the old decay Fei Chu name, I don't know if Zhixing mentioned the decay in the previous family letter." ”

"I mentioned it, Master Fei, I can see that you are old in my later life, if it weren't for your old support, how could Zhixing be the first thing in the hall, please accept the late birth."

"That's a small thing, it's not worth mentioning. It's all our own family, let's sit down and talk for a while, so we don't have to worship and worship, okay? ”

"Since you always say that, then please take a seat, sister, tea!"

"Master, I'm burning."

"Duan Jingcheng, don't be in a hurry, we are not thirsty."

As soon as Second Master Fei's words fell, Liu Shanyang's cousin came up and bowed: "The little Liu Shangen has seen Duan Jingcheng, and the younger cousin Liu Shanyang has asked Duan Jingcheng and Mrs. Han to say goodbye." ”

"It turns out that the little brother is the cousin of Liu Juren in the Jiangbei Hall, has your cousin come back?"

"I'm back, we came back with Master Fei and Master Bao, my brother was supposed to come to see him together, but he was away from home for too long, and his uncle was sick again, he really couldn't let go of his heart, so he let the little one come to see him first."

"When you get to the door, you naturally have to go back and have a look first, and let you come over first, torment me, torment me."

"Duan Jing is serious, this is a little bit of my brother's heart, not a respect." Liu Shangen pointed to the pile of gifts he had just put down, and turned around to salute Qin'er on behalf of his cousin, who had never seen this formation, was at a loss for a while.

Suddenly came the family of two lifting masters and one lifting master, and they all came with generous gifts, Duan Jiqing had never been so beautiful, and hurriedly beckoned the three of them to take their seats, and then introduced Guan Zhutou.

The county officials are not as good as the current management, and Fei Erye and Bao Juren are also willing to make friends with them, and after a few greetings, they took out a stack of family letters.

"Duan Jingcheng, this is what Zhixing entrusted me to bring to you, this is Pan Er's, this is the ...... of Yang Juren of Jiangbei Hall"

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as it's from Chongqing Prefecture, I promise to help deliver them one by one." Looking back at the son-in-law's letter, Duan Jiqing put the letter aside and talked about business with great interest: "Two, before I came back from the Yamen, I sent someone to Chaijia Lane to report to Master Gu, telling him the news that the old man and you two have returned from the capital, and by the way, I hired a sedan chair and invited him to come over for dinner." ”

"Duan Jingcheng, you invited Master Gu, Master Gu will come over later?"

"Well, how can you not invite him to such a big event."

"It's not appropriate, we should come and see you."

Duan Jiqing has not been one or two points of scenery in the past six months, first he was also the assistant of the Raising Silver Bureau, and he ran to Chaijia Lane twice in three days, not only helping to raise thousands of taels of silver, but also sharing more than 200 taels of "errand fees", and now he is busy helping Master Gu Zhang Luo to do group exercises. used to call himself a "late student" in front of Master Gu, but now he has become a "student".

He waved his hand and smiled proudly: "It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing inappropriate, it's not appropriate if you don't report to his old man in time." I'm willing to bet his old people's home knows how happy he will be to know that you two have come all the way back. ”

"We were going to visit us early tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect ......"

"It's okay, it's okay," looking at Qin'er's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Duan Jiqing's words changed: "Master Fei, Master Bao, there are many things in the letter that can't be explained, can you two tell us how Zhixing is doing in the capital?" ”

"Duan Jingcheng, Zhixing is your fast son-in-law of Chenglong, you know best what kind of person he is, he stresses righteousness and friendship, and works diligently, Master Ji of Hanlin Yuan, Master Jiang of the Criminal Department, and Master Wang of the Ministry of Household do not know how much to value him, no matter what he has, he will discuss with him. A few years ago, he raised more than 2,000 taels of silver to renovate the guild hall, and we started construction the day before yesterday when we came back. ”

"March 24," Bao Juren took the tea from his sister's hand, and added with a smile: "On the day of the start of construction, Master Ji, Master Jiang, Master Wang, Master Qian and fellow businessmen in Beijing all went, paying tribute to the Bodhisattva, setting off firecrackers, and the scenery of the office, I don't know how lively it was. ”

"I thought I'd have to wait until the palace test list is released, but it's better to start construction early."

Duan Jiqing thought that the two in front of him were not Chinese, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Master Fei, I almost forgot to tell you that I received the letter from you and Zhixing on February 12, and only after receiving the letter did I know that your old man and Zhixing planned to renovate and expand the hall.

First go to meet Futai, Xuetai, the county magistrate and the county Xue Jiao, and then invite the county gentry to discuss the plan of raising money, and then go to Jiangbei, Jiangjin, Bishan, Rongchang, Tongliang and other prefectures and counties. ran for two months, lived up to expectations, and finally raised more than 3,000 taels of silver. Originally, it was planned to remit all of it, but the imperial court asked all localities to hold group exercises, and it cost money to organize group exercises, so only two thousand taels were remitted, and the remaining one thousand taels were used to prepare for group exercises. ”

"Two thousand taels is enough!"

"Duan Jingcheng, when will the silver be remitted, and when will Zhixing estimate that he will receive it?"

"The silver was deposited into the 'Rishengchang' on the eighth day of the fourth month, and two thousand taels is not a small amount. Master Gu was worried that something would go wrong, so he asked his nephew Gu Zhixin to enter Beijing to send a bill of exchange, Zhixinxian's nephew is also a scholar, and he was a tribute student of our Ba County last year, and he will not come back when he goes to the capital this time, and after handing over the bill of exchange to Zhixing, he will go to Guozijian to study. ”

Second Master Fei thought about it and asked, "Duan Jingcheng, when did Gu Xian's nephew move?" ”

"The tenth day of April." Duan Jiqing glanced at Guan Zhutou, and said with a smile: "There are thieves and bandits in Guangxi, it is said that Huguang is not peaceful, I am worried about the safety of Gu Xian's nephew along the way, so I asked Guan Bantou to send a capturing squad to escort them all the way, calculate the days, they should arrive in the capital in ten days." ”

Second Master Fei was not very relieved, so he turned around and asked, "Guan Bantou, is that white servant you sent reliable?" ”

"Although Master Fei can rest assured, the white servant surnamed Yu, called Yu Youfu, grew up watching Zhixing, and has been following me on errands all these years, and he will definitely be able to deliver the bill of exchange."