Gonggong He greeted the female elders of the two angrily in his heart, then stood up, walked quickly to the two of them, kicked one of them, and scolded after kicking: "You two unlucky people, who is not good to provoke, provoke Zhong Ye, don't go and apologize to others, otherwise I will pick your skin!" ”

Father-in-law He is angry and remorseful, angry that the people in the restaurant have caused him a * annoyance, and he regrets that he shouldn't have blackmailed people as soon as he came in, making people kneel and kowtow. Now I can only hope that after kneeling and kowtowing to apologize, the other party can be magnanimous and no longer care about him.

After the three of them came to Zhong Nan and knelt down, they kowtowed vigorously and admitted their mistakes. Zhong Nan pointed to the beaten Xiao Er and said calmly: "It is he who should apologize to my wife!" ”

No matter how dull the little second is, he knows that he has kicked the iron plate, he knelt in front of Qiu Xiang, kowtowing and begging for mercy, "Grandma, it's the little one who has no eyes and no beads, and I offend you, and I beg you to ignore the villain and spare the little one this time!" ”

Qiu Xiang looked at her father-in-law, a little overwhelmed. Zhong Nan opened his mouth and said: "If you are not satisfied with his apology, you can ask for it until you are satisfied." ”

Father-in-law He and the housekeeper also got up from in front of Zhong Nan, came to Xiao Er's side, and begged together, "Grandma, if you have any requests, just put them forward, as long as they can make you angry, you just want his life!" ”

"That's not necessary, the rest depends on my lady!" Zhong Nan's words came out, which was to draw a bottom line for Qiu Xiang, as long as it didn't make Xiao Er disappear, everything else was fine. Of course, it's not that he can't kill Xiao Er, it's just that he doesn't think it's necessary.

Qiu Xiang is a generous person, seeing that Xiao Er dragged the beaten body, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, her anger was almost gone, so she asked Zhong Nan's opinion, "Brother Zhong, or is it like this?" ”

Zhong Nan would not object, he knew that Qiu Xiang was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see a scene that was too bloody, so he nodded in recognition of the other party's apology, "Then so be it, my lady doesn't care about you in general." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhong Nan took out a silver ticket of thirty taels from his arms and put it in the hand of the steward, "I said before, as long as I sincerely apologize, I will definitely compensate for what should be compensated." Isn't that thirty taels enough? ”

"Enough is enough......," the steward realized that something was wrong as soon as he spoke, so he changed his words, "if it is not so much, ten taels of silver will be enough." ”

Gonggong He on the side went up and kicked him, "You ** dare to ask for Zhong Ye's silver, you are already cheap without letting you compensate Zhong Ye, and you still have the face to ask for silver!" ”

When the steward heard this, he hurriedly stuffed the silver ticket back into Zhong Nan's hand, and at the same time took out the silver ticket from his pocket, and said something in his mouth, "That's that...... It is we who should compensate Zhong Ye! ”

Zhong Nan stopped the steward's movements, and at the same time put the thirty taels of silver tickets in his hand into the steward's hand again.

"You've got to take the money. As I said, we must pay for what should be compensated, we are not the kind of people who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard! ”

The steward looked at the silver ticket in his hand, then at Zhong Nan, and then at Father-in-law He, and didn't know whether to accept or return it for a while.

"Since Zhong Ye asked you to take it, then you can take it!" Gonggong He spoke.

"Thank you Zhong Ye, thank you Zhong Ye!" The steward saw that he had nothing to do, so he took the silver ticket and helped the beaten Xiao Er to walk away quickly.

Gonggong He asked the little eunuch who was traveling with him to drive away from the crowd of onlookers, and then licked his face and whispered to please Zhong Nan.

"Lord Shilang, I didn't know it was you at first, otherwise I wouldn't have ......" He didn't want to directly mention that he had just said that he wanted Zhong Nan to kneel down and apologize, but Zhong Nan understood. However, thinking that the surname He was Xiao Yu's confidant, he couldn't be too faceless, after all, he still needed to deal with Zhang Whale in the future, so Zhong Nan didn't continue to investigate.

"Fortunately, Grandpa He met me today, I am a reasonable person, so naturally I will not be indiscriminate!"

Father-in-law He knew that Zhong Nan's words were not to blame himself for messing around without understanding things, so he could only laugh with him, "That's natural, Lord Shilang is the most reasonable!" ”

Although Zhong Nan didn't want to have a bad relationship with Zhang Whale, there was no need for a eunuch of the level of Gonggong He to surrender his identity. He said hello to the other party, and left on his own with Qiu Xiang and a group of personal soldiers.

Walking out of the "Yuelai Restaurant", Zhong Nan asked Qiu Xiang with concern: "Are you angry?" ”

After this stubble, where is Qiu Xiang still half resentful, "Brother Zhong, I know you came out for me, thank you!" ”

"We are husband and wife, scolding you is tantamount to scolding me, your brother Zhong is also a member of the court of Zhengsanpin now, how can he be angry. Today is to see your face, otherwise, at least you have to make that little two can't open your mouth for half a month to count! ”

"Brother Zhong, you are so good!" Akika sighed heartily.

"That's nature! Haha......" Zhong Nan accepted his wife's praise with peace of mind.

The two of them ate some snacks at the "Yuelai Restaurant", and their stomachs were not too hungry, so Zhong Nan proposed to take a stroll around. Qiu Xiang also wanted to change her mood, so she readily agreed. As she walked, Qiu Xiang suddenly asked, "Brother Zhong, am I like a village girl?" ”

"It seems that you haven't lost your breath yet, I have to go back and find that little er."

Zhong Nan pretended to turn around to find the unlucky shopkeeper, but Qiu Xiang grabbed him, crying and laughing.

"Brother Zhong, I didn't mean that!"

"What does that mean?" Zhong Nan was puzzled.

"Brother Zhong, I don't think I'm worthy of you. Look at this beautiful woman in Beijing, how noble her temperament is, where can she be compared to a village girl from a small place like me! Qiu Xiang lowered her head and said without self-reproach.

Zhong Nan looked around, and then pursed his lips, "It's just some vulgar powder, I think you are a natural beauty, lady." ”

"I mean really!" Qiu Xiang stomped her feet, her eyes looked at the beauties of the Jingshi around her, "Brother Zhong, look at them, the clothes they wear are elegant, and the makeup they wear is also delicate and decent, how can I be as good as them?" ”

Zhong Nan ignored the surprised eyes around him, took Qiu Xiang's hand, and said in a sincere tone: "Qiu Xiang, you don't have to be presumptuous. Jingshi is the capital of a country, which is naturally much more prosperous than Jizhou, and the women's dress is even more fashionable. But I only like your freshness and elegance, and I can't see their heavy makeup. ”

Qiu Xiang knew that Zhong Nan was comforting herself, and she was in a good mood and was not so depressed. She begged Zhong Nan, "Brother Zhong, it's good for you to accompany me to choose some rouge gouache." I also feel that after staying in Jizhou for a long time, even my skin is much worse. ”

Although men don't like to go shopping with women, today's situation is special, and Zhong Nan also wants Qiu Xiang to be happier - it is said that shopping and shopping are the happiest things for women, since this is the case, he will give up his life to accompany his wife!

After shopping, they picked a restaurant with a good environment and had dinner, and the two returned to the inn accompanied by the pro-soldier team.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Zhong Nan was resting at the inn, and he planned to report to the military department today. Due to Emperor Taizu's regulations, all Beijing officials and foreign officials who came to Beijing to report on their work had to participate in the early dynasty, so the early dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was not only large-scale, but also much longer than the previous dynasty. However, only the Beijing officials above the fourth grade can enter the Jinluan Palace, and they are fortunate to participate in the communication and dialogue with the emperor.

According to the record of the "Daming Huidian": in the early dynasty, the ministers must get up at midnight and travel through half of the capital to the noon gate, and before three o'clock in the morning, they must arrive outside the noon gate to wait. And when the big drum on the tower of the gate city was beating, the ministers had to line up; When the bell rings at about five o'clock in the morning, the palace gate will be opened, and the hundred officials will enter in turn, and after crossing the Jinshui Bridge, they will form a team in the square.

The whole process is solemn, if there is an official coughing, spitting or unsteady walking during the period, it will be recorded by the imperial historian in charge of picketing, and will be dealt with. Some imperial histories will also use these minor ceremonial problems as an excuse to attack a certain minister.

However, since the accession to the throne at the age of eight, the fixed form of the early dynasty has been slowly abandoned. Several emperors after Yingzong also thought that the early dynasty was too tired, so they changed to deal with various affairs by reviewing the chapters, and the early dynasty was only held occasionally.

In the early days of Wanli, due to the strict requirements of the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun also had to go to court every day. However, after the death of the former first assistant, Zhu Yijun had a lot of official affairs to deal with personally, so he changed to an early court every other day, and then reduced it to a morning court every three days. As for the early dynasty some time ago, it was just a special circumstance, after Wang Ge returned to his hometown, Zhu Yijun still restored the rules of the three-day and early dynasty.

Today is the day of the early dynasty, so Zhong Nan can only wait for Xing Jue and other important members of the military department to get out of the morning dynasty before reporting for duty. He deliberately learned about the length of time of Emperor Wanli's early dynasty, and estimated that it should be over before lunch, so the plan was to have lunch and go to the office of the military department.

It was not yet ten o'clock in the morning, and a little eunuch came to pass the word, saying that the emperor had summoned him to the palace for an audience. Zhong Nan thought to himself that he hadn't officially taken office yet, what did the emperor summon him to do?

Although he didn't know why Zhu Yijun wanted to see him, Zhong Nan still didn't dare to slack off, put on the official uniform of the Jizhou General Soldier, and followed the little eunuch all the way to Jinluan Palace.

After the salute, Zhong Nan stood at the end of the main hall. Although his position as the chief soldier of Jizhou was the military attache of Sanpin, because he was specially summoned by the emperor, he automatically stood behind the ministers in the palace.

When the hall was as quiet as ever, Zhu Yijun, who was sitting on the dragon chair, spoke.

"Zhong Aiqing, someone ginseng you beat people in public yesterday, is there anything wrong?" The tone was calm as usual, and I couldn't tell whether it was joy or anger.

Zhong Nan is not a person who dares to be a person, after listening to the emperor's inquiry, he took a few steps forward, and replied without humility or arrogance: "Back to the emperor, Weichen was indeed in the 'Yuelai Restaurant' in the Beijing Division yesterday, and hit a shopkeeper who ran the hall. ”

Hearing the answer, all the civil and military officials in the Jinluan Hall were in an uproar.