"I informed you in advance, just to remind you that you can manage your government well in the Criminal Division, and it is best to make some political achievements, and when the time comes, you will be promoted, and you will avoid a lot of trouble."

Kou Ji didn't know what Fan Zhongyan was thinking, so he said casually.

Fan Zhongyan let out a long breath and nodded slowly.

"Thank you Brother Kou for mentioning it, Fan will definitely bring a heavy gift to thank you another day."

Kou Ji accompanied Fan Zhongyan to chat for a while about the affairs of the Criminal Division, and then asked Fan Zhongyan to return to the Yamen of the Criminal Division.

He came to Fan Zhongyan today, in fact, to persuade him that words like promotion were just casual excuses.

After he talked with Fan Zhongyan, he probably also understood Fan Zhongyan's personality.

Fan Zhongyan has not yet grown into a famous minister in the history books, and the affairs of officialdom, especially the affairs of Bianjing officialdom, he still does not handle them smoothly enough.

If today's meeting is replaced by a Beijing official who has been in Bianjing City for many years, I won't say what they think in their hearts, but if they show loyalty or something, they will definitely say a sentence or two.

But Fan Zhongyan didn't say a word of loyalty.

More importantly, he has a stereotypical prejudice against martial artists in his bones, and he has no idea of reforming bad governance.

It still needs to be honed well.

After Fan Zhongyan left, Kou Ji recruited Kou Zhong and asked him to help prepare a generous gift.

He went out of the house with a generous gift.

Just walked to the door of the house.

Yuyou quietly appeared beside him.

This guy is always elusive, and if Kou Ji returns to Kou Mansion, the others will disappear.

As soon as Kou Ji leaves Kou Mansion, he will immediately appear in front of Kou Ji.

Kou Ji looked at him in surprise, "Why are you still here?" ”

Kou Ji originally thought that Kou Zhun was recuperating at home, and the equipment supervisor was let Yu You and others withdraw.

Yu You rolled his eyes and said lightly: "I am a lifelong personal guard given to Kou Xiang by the official family......"

The implication is that Kou Zhun will not die, and he will never be able to return to the instrument prison.

Kou Ji sighed in his heart, Kou Zhun was treated so well.

I was envious of it.

Then he walked forward with his head bored, and no longer bothered with the fish.

The place he was going to was not far from Koufu, so he didn't take a sedan chair.

Yuyou doesn't know what it is, the more you deal with him, the happier he is with you, you don't care about him, he is quiet.

Kou Ji doesn't like to find someone to scare him when he has nothing to do.

Kou Ji walked out of the street, turned the road, and arrived in front of a mansion.

Look up.

On the lintel is written the word Xiangfu.

The Xiangfu Mansion is very large, a little bigger than the Kou Mansion.

It was given by Emperor Taizong during the reign of Emperor Taizong, and it is said that it was once the residence of a prince.

The prince's mansion should have been extremely luxurious.

After Xiang Minzhong moved in, after several repairs, he renovated a luxurious prince's mansion into a rather bookish courtyard.

Even the door at the door is dressed as a scholar.

After seeing Kou Ji come to the door, he didn't open his mouth to drive away, but bowed down and asked, "Have you seen Gongzi, is Gongzi visiting friends or relatives?" ”

Kou Ji returned the salute and said, "Kou Ji of Kou Mansion, come to visit Grandpa Xiang." ”

When Menzi heard this, he suddenly said: "It turned out to be a world friend, please ......"

Menzi knew Kou Ji's identity and immediately led Kou Ji into Xiangfu.

There are really a lot of rules in Xiangfu.

As soon as Menzi led Kou Ji into the door, he handed Kou Ji over to a person who resembled a steward.

Then the steward led Kou Ji to the side hall.

The corridor to the house is tortuous, and the layout is very elegant, and there is no shortage of plum orchids and bamboo chrysanthemums.

Between the walls, on the stone pillars, there are many poems.

Those poems, as if someone was walking, had a temporary inspiration and wrote them casually.

The handwriting is not very neat, and there are new and old.

The steward led Kou Ji to the side hall, and Kou Ji heard the sound of reading aloud.

Seeing Kou Ji listening, the steward explained with a smile: "That's the family school in the house, and the young masters and girls in the house are all studying in it. The rule set by the lord is to recite the articles they have learned that day in the morning, noon and evening. ”

Kou Ji casually praised: "Xiangfu is really a scholarly family." ”

The steward's humility said: "Childe praised ......"

Kou Jiba clicked his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally held back.

The little ink in his stomach, pretending to be okay in front of others, pretending to be in the scholarly door of Xiangfu is easy to debunk.

The steward didn't know what Kou Ji was thinking, and he saw that Kou Ji didn't mean to speak again, and he didn't talk to Kou Ji again.

After he asked Kou Ji to sit down, he asked the maid to help Kou Ji prepare fragrant tea, and asked Mama to light incense, and sent the family to the back house to tell Xiang Minzhong.

The fragrant tea that the maid brought up was a tea soup.

Kou Ji held it to his mouth and took a sip, a little unaccustomed to drinking, with fresh goat's milk added to it, which had a fishy smell.

He had just put down his teacup.

The sharp-eyed steward came up to him and asked with a smile, "Childe is not used to drinking?" ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "It's a little ...... Ask someone to prepare me with a glass of warm water. ”

The steward nodded, "The villain will let the maid prepare." ”

After a while.

A glass of warm water was placed in front of Kou Ji.

Kou Ji drank two glasses of warm water and didn't wait for Xiang Minzhong.

He looked at the room full of books, listened to the sound of reading aloud outside, and sighed: "It's not unreasonable to have a family full of vermilions. ”

"Does that mean that in your heart, Kou Mansion is not as good as my Xiang Mansion?"

A delicate voice sounded outside the door.

Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, a shadow had already appeared in the side hall.

The person who came was a girl, looking at her figure, she should not be very old, with a curtain on her face, eyebrows and eyes, and a cyan Luo skirt.

When Kou Ji saw her, he was slightly stunned, got up slowly, and arched his hand: "The girl is polite......"

The girl returned the salute and opened her mouth to say, "You haven't answered my question yet......"

Kou Ji withdrew his hand and smiled indifferently: "Each has its own merits......"

The girl blinked, glanced at Kou Ji, and said coquettishly: "Your answer is tricky, neither demeaning my Xiangfu, nor weakening the name of your Kou Mansion." But I'm not satisfied, you answer again. ”

Kou Ji was stunned, and laughed silently: "Why should I satisfy you......"

After saying this, he sat down in his chair.

He didn't want to mess around with a little girl.

When the girl saw this scene, she stomped her feet and said, "You! Faux pas! ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and pouted, "It's as if you're not rude." One of my guests, when I arrived at Xiangfu, you, as the host, did not entertain me well, and chased me to ask questions, and forced me to give you a satisfactory answer. Isn't that rude? ”

When the girl heard this, she stomped her feet angrily.

On weekdays, when those princes and grandsons saw her, they didn't follow her wishes and please her.

In front of her, she was well-behaved like a tanuki, and she asked and answered.

She really hadn't met a slightly scoundrel like Kou Ji.

Kou Ji took a sip of water and said to the girl, "Don't stomp your feet, if you stomp your feet again, the brick under your feet will break." Although Xiang Fu is not short of money, the news that you chopped a brick spread, and you will not be able to marry in the future. ”

It's okay that Kou Ji didn't mention this, but when he mentioned this, the girl was completely annoyed.

"Even if I marry a pig and a dog, I won't marry you."

The girl gritted her silver teeth and roared at Kou Ji.

Kou Ji was stunned, rolled his eyes, and muttered, "Inexplicable......"

"You! You! You bastard! ”

The girl was scolded by Kou Jiqi.

Without waiting for Kou Ji to retort, she covered her face and ran out of the side hall.

Kou Ji looked dazed, looked sideways at the steward who was waiting on the side, and asked, "Is she ...... Over here...... Questions? ”

Kou Ji raised his hand and pointed to his head.

The corners of the steward's mouth twitched, but he didn't reply.

"Ahem~"

Two heavy coughs came from the back hall.

Kou Jixun looked over, and saw Xiang Minzhong, wearing a wide robe, with his hands behind his back, swaying in the side hall.

He held a ring ruler in his hand, and the ring ruler peeked out from behind him, and Kou Ji saw it clearly.

Kou Ji looked at the old man's appearance, as if he had just returned from teaching.

The old man has to go to the palace to teach the prince on weekdays, and when he returns to the house, he has to educate the juniors in the house.

The old man seemed to be busy, and he was not at all at all recuperating at home, waiting for the official family to approve his begging bones, as rumors had been rumored outside.

"Is that kid who doesn't know what to do, saying bad things about the old man and granddaughter?"

Xiang Minzhong muttered knowingly, he sat on the main seat of the side hall, and casually put down the ring ruler in his hand.

Kou Ji slowly got up and bowed, "Boy Kou Ji, I've seen Grandpa Xiang." ”

Xiang Minzhong glanced at Kou Ji, and said nonchalantly: "Is it your kid who is saying bad things about the old man and granddaughter?" Among the old man's many disciples, you are the first one who dares to speak ill of the old man's granddaughter. ”

Kou Ji shook his head decisively, "The kid definitely didn't say anything bad about your granddaughter. ”

The corners of Xiang Minzhong's mouth twitched, and he glared at Kou Ji and said, "If you dare to tell nonsense in front of the old man, you are also the first." ”

Kou Ji pretended to be abrupt, "It turns out that the girl just now is your granddaughter?" I'll just say, why do you look so beautiful and handsome. ”

The corners of Xiang Minzhong's mouth twitched again, and he raised his hand to get the ring ruler.

It's just that he thought that this was not a classroom, so he took the ring ruler in mind.

The reason why the girl appeared in the side hall was all at his behest.

The conversation between the girl and Kou Ji, he also heard it word for word.

Kou Ji is now talking nonsense with his eyes open, how can he not be annoyed.

Xiang Minzhong squinted, endured his annoyance, and said faintly: "You praised the old man's granddaughter so well, did you like her?" ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, he thought Xiang Minzhong was joking with him, so he clicked his mouth and said with emotion: "I have a yearning in my heart, but I can't climb high." ”

When Xiang Minzhong heard this, the annoyance in his heart dissipated a lot.

He waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Kou Ji arched his hand, sat down on the seat, picked up the water glass, and took a breath.

As soon as the water entered, he heard Xiang Minzhong say faintly: "Since you like the old man's granddaughter so much, and you are willing to come to the door to ask for marriage in person, then the old man will reluctantly cut his love and marry her to you?" ”

"Poof!"

The water in Kou Ji's mouth squirted out instantly, he looked at Xiang Minzhong in amazement, and blurted out, "Are you kidding me?" ”

"Huh?!"

When Xiang Minzhong heard this, his old face turned black and his eyes widened.

Kou Ji realized that he was rude, and hurriedly explained: "The kid didn't mean that, the kid said, don't joke with the kid to grandpa." The daughter of your mansion is something that many princes and grandsons can't ask for. The kid is just a poor boy from the countryside, how can he afford to climb high.

The kid came this time, not to ask for a kiss, but to ask grandpa for a favor. ”

Xiang Minzhong glared at Kou Ji, his face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "You look at the old man's appearance, does it seem like he is joking with you?" ”

Kou Ji smiled dryly, muttering in his heart.

Although he had reached the legal age of marriage in the Song Dynasty, he really hadn't thought about it.

Suddenly, someone mentioned this, and he was really a little confused.

His mind was a little confused, and he couldn't think of a reasonable refusal for a while, so he could only shirk and say: "Grandpa Xiang, this marriage has always been the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker."

The kid can't be the master himself.

I need to go home and ask my dad. ”

Xiang Minzhong stood up suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "The old man will accompany you back to Kou Mansion." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no...... It really doesn't have to ...... The boy went back and said ......"

Kou Ji didn't expect Xiang Minzhong to be so violent, and he actually wanted to accompany him back to Kou's mansion, looking at his posture, it seemed that he had to decide on this marriage.

Xiang Minzhong heard Kou Ji's words, but instead of being relieved, he frowned and asked, "You don't like the old man's granddaughter?" ”

Kou Ji opened his mouth, he really didn't know what to say.

If he wants to say that he can't look down on it, he will definitely offend Xiang Minzhong, and even offend the entire Xiang Mansion.

When the time comes, don't say that he is begging Xiang Minzhong to do something, Xiang Minzhong will not give him a stumbling block, he will have to burn incense and worship the Buddha.

If he wants to say that he can see it, looking at Minzhong's posture, I'm afraid that if he can't wait for the evening, he will rush to the Kou Mansion and settle this family business.

Xiang Minzhong stared at Kou Ji and said coldly: "The old man asked Wang Shu to talk in the middle before, but he never got Wang Shu's reply. Today, the old man gave up his face and personally asked you to talk about the item, but I didn't expect you to refuse. Now it seems that you don't like the granddaughter of the old man, and you don't want to offend the old man, so you pretend not to know. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh, and he explained: "The kid really doesn't know...... My uncle didn't tell me about it, and I didn't hear my dad or my grandfather talk about it. ”

"The old man knows that you didn't know about it before that."

Xiang Minzhong said coldly.

Kou Ji was stunned, "You believe it?" ”

Kou Ji thought that it would take a lot of effort, but he didn't expect Xiang Minzhong to believe it so easily.

Xiang Minzhong said coldly: "Because after the old man mentioned this matter to Wang Shu, he didn't get a reply from Wang Shu, but he saw Wang Shu's wife, and asked someone to help her son again and again, and asked the old man's granddaughter to marry him." ”

Kou Ji was stunned, "And this is the case?" ”

Xiang Minzhong nodded.

Kou Ji suddenly remembered the scene where Wang Kou and Wang Yuan were in Kou Zhun's bedroom before.

She originally thought that Wang Kou and Wang Yuan were innocently spilling with him.

Now it seems that the root cause is actually in Xiangfu.

It must have been Xiang Fu's refusal of Wang Kou's help to Wang Yuan's marriage, so Wang Kou's family was implicated in Kou Ji's head.

"You refused?"

Kou Ji asked.

Xiang Minzhong nodded, and said indifferently: "Wang Yuan, how can I be qualified to compare with you, my son-in-law of Xiangfu, not everyone is qualified to do it." Wang Shu didn't do this authentically, so the old man didn't mind exposing his hypocrisy in front of you. ”

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