"Blind businessman!" The old man finally recognized what was in front of him, and blurted out Shang Cheng's nickname with a shocked face. But he immediately realized his gaffe, and with an embarrassed look on his face, he hurriedly changed his words and said, "Big ...... Yan Du, it's rude. ”

Shang Cheng smiled and didn't care, he made a junior salute with both hands, and said respectfully: "Cheng has seen Yu Qinggong." ”

Pan Lian leaned sideways and gave him a half-salute, and waited for him to straighten up, before he asked in surprise, "Yan ...... When did Zida come to Beijing? ”

Shang Cheng didn't answer his words, and said with a smile: "Why did you go back to Beijing too?" I remember that a few months ago, the newspaper said, haven't you been transferred to the Jiangnan Two Roads Patrol Envoy? I regretted it at the time, and I was rarely blessed to drink the tea you boiled with your own hands, and I didn't expect to meet you here......" He was also a little surprised, he didn't expect to meet Pan Lian in this situation at all. Although he knew that there were things that dragged him out of his duties after the foreign affairs commission of the Beijing officials, Pan Lian should not be among them. Others are reluctant to take up their posts in a timely manner, usually because the assigned duties are unsatisfactory, either because the errands are heavy and difficult to please, or they are assigned to border prefectures and counties where there are many wars, or they are assigned to the terrain of southwest Guangnan, where the epidemic is rampant, so the officials will do their best to delay their trips as much as possible, and strive to change to a good place and a good job; The place where Pan Lian wants to go is the Jiangnan Road, which has always been the "granary of Dazhao" and "the heaviest tax in the world", and it is a good land boundary that others can't find with lanterns. Besides, Pan Lian was a servant of the Ministry of Officials before, with deep qualifications, good official style, and he didn't make any big mistakes all the way, but at this time he was suddenly transferred to a place, and he was appointed as a patrol envoy, obviously the imperial court wanted to further reuse his signal to wait for him to return to the court, at least he was also a six-part Shangshu, or one of the three Sixian of the Imperial Historical Observatory......

Shang Cheng avoided talking about the reason for entering Beijing, Pan Lian did not continue to ask, and saw Shang Cheng's inquiring expression, and after a little thought, he understood the doubts in Shang Cheng's heart, shook his head with a smile and said: "Zida is wondering why the old man didn't 'fireworks go to Yangzhou in March', right?" ”

Shang Cheng nodded, and did not deny it. Even he could see that Pan Lian's assignment was unusual, why didn't Pan Lian himself act as if he was nothing?

"Zida wants to know the mystery of the joints?"

Shang Chengle said: "As long as Yu Qinggong is willing to say, I will listen to you." You talk about the place, whether it is wine or tea, it is all on my head. ”

"Zida is really a hearty person. There is a tea shop on the back street here in the past, which is quite clean, and if Zida is not in a hurry, he might as well sit with the old man for a while. ”

"Duke Yu Qing has an order, I dare to refuse?" Shang Cheng said with a smile.

…… Pan Lianti's teahouse arrived quickly.

Now, the two of them sit in a private room on the second floor, sipping the high-quality tea recommended by Pan Lian, while quietly listening to the kaki and fuqin in the tea house.

From the moment he entered this private room, Pan Lian never mentioned why he didn't leave the capital, but enthusiastically introduced several good teas and two dim sum to Shang Cheng in this tea shop, or praised the piano skills of the kabuki in front of him. Shang Cheng didn't have much research on tea, and Pan Lian had only heard of the "Book of Tea" mentioned, so he couldn't say whether this tea was good or not, and as for Qin Yi and Qinyin, he was even more of a layman, so he didn't make any comments at all, just nodded with a smile. Pan Lian talked to himself for a long time and felt bored, and finally stopped talking, and he didn't want to stop, so he took the opportunity of sipping tea and listening to music to quietly look at the young general next to him. The light on the street was dim just now, and he actually didn't see Shang Cheng clearly, but now in this brightly lit room, he saw that the youngest Weizhen Admiral since the founding of the Great Zhao Dynasty was wearing a navy brocade yarn with soft feet on his head, wearing a moon-white silk placket scribe's robe, and listening to the rhyme of the piano with a smile. And because he is now sitting in the middle of several cases, Shang Cheng is sitting on the soft chair on the right side of the table with one hand on his knee and one arm, he just can't look at the half of Shang Cheng's ruined face, looking at the calmness and calmness that inadvertently revealed on the angular face in the soft light, he can't help but secretly praise the good demeanor in his heart! Good bearing! The blind businessman back then must have been a handsome young man!

After playing the piano song without knowing the name, Shang Chengxian said to the kabuki, "Good tune." Thank you. Then he took out the ingot and put it on the table, and said to the kabuki and the two maidservants in the corner, "We have something to say, if you go down first, and if you want to add tea and snacks, I will call you." After the three women went out, he turned his head to Pan Lian, who had a deep face, and said, "Yu Qinggong will definitely laugh at me again for being a bad business......

"Huh?" Pan Lian, who was a little distracted, actually didn't notice this small detail, let alone hear Shang Cheng's words clearly, so he asked after a while, "What did Zida just say?" ”

Shang Cheng smiled and said: "The fragrant tea has been offered, the Sanskrit sound has passed away, and the story of the Qing Gong ......" and then smacked his tongue.

"Where do I have a story, but the tea worm came up, just to disturb Zida with a cup of boiling water."

Shang Cheng was stunned, and then laughed: "When Yanshan was surveying a few years ago, Duke Yu Qing had always been dignified and unsmiling in his official duties, and I still thought that you were an elder of Chunfang. Later, Lu Bofu and Inspector Di both said that you are actually a person of whimsy, but I never believed it. Now I believe it, you are really an interesting person, I have only heard of wine bugs, and this is the first time that tea bugs have been ...... Haha, tea bug, tea bug, wonderful, really wonderful......"

Pan Lian laughed twice with him and asked, "Lu Di, are they okay?" Are there still disputes going on and on? ”

Speaking of his two subordinates, Shang Cheng sighed vigorously and shook his head: "It's not that you don't know about them. I don't know what kind of grievances they had in their last life, they are usually fine, but as long as they talk about business, they either attack each other or tear each other down. Alas, if the two of them could not quarrel or quarrel, I, the Admiral, would have lived for two more years. If I have the chance, you can help me persuade them. He knew that Pan Lian was Lu Ji's fellow countryman, and he used to be Di Xu's boss, and he had a good personal relationship with these two people, so he said so.

Pan Lian smiled bitterly and said, "As for the love of this pot of tea tonight, I also want to help Zida." But I'm afraid it won't work for now, so I can only leave it to him. ”

Shang Cheng didn't make a sound, just silently picked up the teacup. There must be a reason why Pan Lian has received the foreign commission but is still stranded in Beijing; If the imperial court retracts his previous order, then Pan Lian should continue to be his right attendant, but a few days ago, he didn't see this No. 3 person in the prime minister's office at the top secret meeting, which is obviously abnormal. Thinking of the personnel adjustment in the sixth department, Cao Zhang, the squire of the military department who had dealt with Yanshan earlier, did not know where to go, and after a little thought, he knew that this matter was not simple, so he asked with a smile: "Is something wrong?" ”