Speaking of emotion, Hou Shigui squeezed out two lines of tears.

Sun Zhizhuan and Zheng Dehuai heard this, and when they thought that they were going to that poor land with mountains and bad waters, they might not be able to survive for long, and they might die in a foreign land.

There was a burst of sadness in his heart, and his nose was sour, but he comforted Hou Shigui to:

"Hou Gongzi, don't be like this, I have fellowship with you, it is also my wish, no one is forced, if you can get this confidant, why not go to Yanbei?!"

Zheng Dehuai also wiped a handful of snot:

"I have long regarded Hou Shigui as my own brother, and there is no such thing as a relation.

And Shannan is also close to Lingnan, so it is not so dangerous! ”

But Hou Shigui still looked distressed, only beating his chest and swearing to the sky:

"Today, the two of them are burdened by something, and they swear to the sky that within three years, no matter whether they follow the relationship or use the means, they will definitely be transferred back to Chujing to take office!

If not, Hou ...... Swear not to be a man! ”

Seeing Hou Shigui's posture, some of the complaints in the hearts of the two not only dissipated without a trace, but were extremely moved.

I thought that the two of us and Hou Shigui were just general friends, but he was able to swear to the sky for us and make such a promise.

The friend of life and death, nothing more than that!

No matter how sour the noses of the two were, they also choked up:

"In the future, Brother Hou (Brother Hou) has something to entrust, and I will wait to go to the soup and fire, and I will not give up!!"

Even Lin Fan and Xing Min on the side were moved by Hou Shigui's words, thinking that this friend is worth it!

After chatting for a while, after sending the four of them out of the house, Hou Shigui sat in the house and muttered:

"Household Department, Degree Branch, Old Item!"

Xiang Xu pushed the door in response and bowed his hand:

"Childe."

"I'm going to take up a post in the branch in a few days, you can take some silver tattoos for Bao Sen, and take care of it."

"Whoa."

Since the appointment notice only wrote that he could take office within a month, Hou Shigui was not in a hurry for one or two days.

In the evening, Bao Sen came back to report that except for the Du Zhi Shi Lang who went out of Beijing on an errand, that is, the boss of the Du Zhi Division, was not there.

The whole branch of the department, including the deputy Wailang, all smiled and accepted their own money, without exception.

Hou Shigui didn't take it seriously, but when he heard the last sentence, he frowned:

"Without exception? Are you saying that the whole branch has received all my benefits? A decline? ”

Originally, Hou Shigui planned to bribe a few people, which was good.

After all, there will not be a few people who know that they have conflicts with the head of the household and dare to collect their own money.

Who knew that the entire branch division would all accept their benefits with a smile on their faces?

Could it be that Shen Ming didn't do anything at all in the household department? No prestige?

But if this is the case, how can he be able to mobilize the household department to find himself that day?

There must be a demon when things go wrong, Hou Shigui couldn't figure it out, so he asked Bao Sen to find Wang Hou.

As soon as he said something, Wang Hou groaned for a while, and then said:

"It's not surprising, it's just taking money and not doing anything."

Take the money and don't do anything!

Is there such a thing in the world?

Today, as soon as Pawson gave it away, he gave away a full 5,000 taels of silver.

As a result, those grandsons still want to take money and not do anything?

Hou Shigui was depressed, but when he thought about it, he was helpless.

After all, he has already concluded with Shen Ming, and His Majesty wants to be a lonely minister himself, if he licks his face again to apologize to Shen Ming, I am afraid that it will be unpleasant to both sides.

Seeing Hou Shigui's brows tightly locked and falling into silence, Wang Hou coughed lightly:

"Childe, don't panic, this matter is not completely unsolvable."

Hou Shigui asked:

"What did the gentleman teach me?"

Wang Hou stroked his long beard and said:

"Although Shen Ming is a scholar of the household, he is not an immortal, and he will never be able to make everyone in the household department like him."

Hou Shigui's eyes lit up and he said happily:

"Exactly! How did I not think of that? Lao Xiang, go find Bao Sen and ask him to bring the information about the household department that he has searched for these days! ”

Xiang Xu, who was waiting at the door, answered, and walked away.

It didn't take long for Bao Sen to walk into Hou Shigui's room with a thick stack of papers.

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"This autumn tiger, the spicy person is tight!"

Huang Hanhai, who had just returned home from the household department, took out the sweaty hand towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

Seeing the heat wave in the house rising higher and higher, Huang Hanhai swallowed his saliva, and really didn't want to enter the house.

So they brought tables and chairs to rest under the big tree in the courtyard.

I don't want his butt to sit down yet, and a servant will come to report:

"Master, there are distant relatives outside the house who want to see your master."

Those poor relatives again, Huang Hanhai was lying on the chair, his head was not raised, he only fanned the wind with a fan, and his tone was full of impatience:

"Sent away."

If it had been in the past, with Huang Hanhai's orders, this little guy would have gone out with a stick to drive people away.

But now......

He touched the fifty taels of silver hidden in his sleeve, considered the sentence for a moment, and then said:

"Master, I see that man is richly dressed, not like those poor relatives who come to take refuge."

Huang Hanhai still didn't look up, only forced his eyes to shake the fan:

"That is even more invisible, if you don't ask for wealth, if you don't ask for food and clothing, what you want is greater.

If it is really my relative, why don't you go to my brother, who is much higher than me? If you ask me for this household matter, I must be desperate, so I will send it away. ”

Alas!

Seeing that Huang Hanhai was so persistent, the servant didn't dare to twist it again, but it was a pity for the white silver.

If the thing is not done, the silver will naturally not be collected in full, and he still understands this truth.

So he walked out of the house to Hou Shigui's side, and took out twenty taels of silver from his sleeve, thought about it, and took out ten taels of silver for a total of thirty taels and stuffed them back into Hou Shigui's hand:

"This son, my lord really refuses to see you, and there is nothing he can do about it."

The silver was handed over, but Hou Shigui didn't reach out to take it, and glanced at Xiang Xu beside him.

Xiang Xu comprehended, and directly took out a silver ticket worth five hundred taels from his pocket and stuffed it into the servant's hand:

"My son-in-law is going to see your master today."

Five...... Five hundred taels ......

He earns a month, but only one or two pieces of silver, and the fifty taels just now are his income for more than two years.

And these five hundred taels, I have to go without eating or drinking for 20 years to make up enough!

Twenty years...... How many twenty years are there in life......

There was no need for Hou Shigui to say anything, the servant's eyes were red, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he stuffed the silver ticket into his sleeve:

"Childe is waiting for my news, I'll come when I go!"

Seeing that this servant rushed into the courtyard in one go, Huang Hanhai didn't agree, so he tied Huang Hanhai to see his posture.

Hou Shigui couldn't help sighing:

"Wealth touches people's hearts."

The only people who came with Hou Shigui this time were Xiang, Bao and Wang Hou.

Yesterday, everyone checked the information of the household department, but they also found some people who did not deal with Shen Ming.

The highest-ranking official of the household department has recently been supervising the sale of illicit salt in the south, and is not in Beijing.

As for others, the official position is too small.