Chapter 8: Taking the Official Uniform
After the meal, the captain asked Yang Xiu to lead Xu Shuo to the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to get his official uniform, and on the way, Xu Shuo had been savoring Yang Biao's words to him at the dinner table.
"The road is also a trip to the world. Selecting the virtuous and capable, stressing faith and harmony, so that people do not only kiss their relatives, do not only have sons and sons, so that the old have the end, the strong have usefulness, the young have growth, the widows, the lonely and the sick, all have support. Men have a share, and women have a home. If you abandon the goods on the ground, you don't have to hide them for yourself; The power of evil does not come from the body, and it does not have to be for oneself. It is because of the conspiracy to close but not to prosper, to steal and thieves not to do, so to do not close the outside household, it is said to be the same. After tasting for a long time, he couldn't come up with a reason, so he grabbed Yang Biao in front of him and walked side by side with him, waiting for the opportunity to ask.
"Big brother, you said that the old man just said something in the lobby, why am I always unpredictable?" Xu Shuo asked Yang Xiu as he walked.
"Hey, what should I be, Ziqian, you don't have to mind, my father says this every time, you don't know that some time ago a scholar came to the door to ask for an official, and his father tested his talent only for being a local county commander, talented but not talented, so he was promised a position as a county commander in a remote county, but he was afraid that he would be a traitor, so there is this reminder, it is nothing more than to remind you to keep to yourself for the benefit of the people, don't be a traitor to fill your pockets, my father has broken his heart for the Han family all his life, and he has broken his heart for the people, and everyone under his account has said, including me, Haha, besides, my Guan Ziqian is not such a person, it's just that, and I want to mention it again. After speaking, he laughed, took a quick step and walked in front of Xu Shuo to lead the way for Xu Shuo.
Oh? Didn't history say that Yang Biao was greedy for life and afraid of death, and a person who was wise and secretly protected? When did you think so much about the Han family? Hey, it seems that the memory of the future generations is not so accurate, but fortunately, I was reborn in the Three Kingdoms, so that I can learn about those celebrities in the later generations, and I will see what I learned in the previous life, which is too ruinous. Xu Shuo thought secretly, and wanted to cry without tears in his heart.
"Oh, I see, that's troublesome for the big brother to solve."
"You see, that's the mansion of Li Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." Yang Xiu stopped abruptly and pointed his finger at the door next to him.
Xu Shuo, who hadn't come back to his senses yet, stopped because of Yang Biao and directly bumped into Yang Biao's back, only to hear "Bang!" Xu Shuo immediately hugged his head and squatted down, only to see that this time Xu Shuo came back to his senses.
"Ouch! Big brother, why did you stop? Didn't you practice it too, why is your body so hard, you hit me to death, ouch, don't move, let me squat, a little dizzy~"
"Uh... Hey Ziqian, since my brother was a child, my father let me get up every hour to exercise before he was willing to let me eat, my body bones are practiced over the years, although I don't practice martial arts, but I have also practiced, not Ziqian's body bones can be compared. Yang Xiu turned around and said to Ziqian with a grin.
"I've practiced, why did you stop?" Xu Shuo rubbed his head and stood up and said.
"Oh, I almost forgot! You see, this is not a place, this is the mansion of Li Bo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”
After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed to his head again.
Xu Shuo looked along Yang Xiu's fingers and saw a gate standing in front of him, and there was a gorgeous flat sign hanging on the top of the gate, on which the two big characters "Li Fu" were vast and domineering, and the red characters on the black background were not eye-catching.
"Hurry up Ziqian, don't be stunned, come in and get your official uniform, I have to go to Congwen for a drink after taking it, don't delay me from drinking, hurry up and finally sneak out with you, otherwise I will have to be called back by my father to read the commentary." Yang Xiu thanked Xu Shuo inside.
"Here, hey!" Xu Shuo trotted back to his senses and followed Yang Xiu into the Li Mansion of the Ministry of Rites.
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"Dezu, are you here to get your official uniform?" A handsome guy wearing an official uniform, with good facial features, still with perseverance on his face that has turned white, and a long beard, it is undeniable that if he was in his previous life, he would have to be a handsome guy who harmed the girl.
"Ah, Uncle Li, I'm accompanying this kid to get the official uniform." Yang Xiu pointed to Xu Shuo behind him.
The person surnamed Li stepped forward and looked at Xu Shuo carefully, and said: "Yes, yes, he is a good seedling, he is neatly dressed, his facial features are clean, he is gentle, and he is elegant, could it be that he is a child of a family?" ”
"Back to my uncle's words, my Xu Shuo is not a child of a family, he is just a down-and-out scholar, fortunately the ancestors are beautiful, and Yang Taiwei appreciated it and gave him a half-official position, just to make ends meet, and my uncle didn't dare to bear it." After speaking, Xu Shuo hugged his fists and replied modestly.
"Yes, yes, modest and polite, Taiwei has a good eye for pearls, I sigh to myself! Don't call me uncle, my surname is Li Minghuai, if you don't dislike it, call me Uncle Li. Li Huai replied.
"Okay, Uncle Li."
"You wait for me a while, I'll go in and get it for you, Lord Yang has already told me yesterday, I made it all night last night, and I'll go in and get it for you." After speaking, Li Huai turned around and entered the room, and went in to get the official uniform that was made yesterday.
"Haha, Ziqian, that's right, the first time I met Li Bo commented on you like this, I didn't comment on me like this the first time I saw Li Bo before, saying that I was smart, hum!"
"It's okay, it's okay, the eldest brother is smarter than me, smarter than me, how can I compare to the eldest brother." Xu Shuo smiled and flattered Yang Xiu.
"Aha, Ziqian is humble again, doesn't Ziqian know that being overly modest is pride, it's okay, I, Yang Xiu, am not a stingy person, and when I take the official uniform, Ziqian can go to drink with Xiu? The woman who played the piano in the drunken wind building a few days ago was beautiful, didn't Ziqian want to go and see it? Yang Xiu said with a smile.
"If I don't go, if I go to the drunken wind building, my family will have to tear me up, I don't dare." Xu Shuo replied weakly.
"Oh? Brother and sister are so domineering? If you don't miss the opportunity, don't blame my brother for not reminding you. Yang Xiu replied with a smile.
Before Xu Shuo could answer, Li Huai walked out with his official uniform, and Xu Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to catch the official uniform.
Li Huai put the official uniform in Xu Shuo's arms, reached out and touched the pattern in the middle of the official uniform, and said kindly: "For the official, you must do for the people, if you don't do one thing for the people, then what to do for the official, it's better to go home and farm, do you remember?" ”
Xu Shuo got the ancient official uniform for the first time, and his excitement can be imagined, his body trembled with excitement, and he replied with a trembling mouth: "Uncle Li, don't worry, if I haven't done a good deed for the people, Shuo will be uneasy even if he goes home to farm." ”
Li Huaiting laughed and said: "That's it, hahaha, my big man has a good official again, I'm very relieved, I'm very relieved, okay, take the official uniform and leave, I won't leave the two." With that, he turned around and entered the room.
An old man who came out of nowhere said, "Let's go, two, I'll send you out of the house." ”
The old man who suddenly appeared scared Yang Xiu, Yang Xiu jumped up and said, "Wen Bo, your sudden appearance is too scary, can you come out normally in the future." ”
"Hey, hey, get used to... Get used to it. Wember replied with a smile.
Yang Xiu patted his chest, turned to Xu Shuo and said, "Ziqian, don't be surprised, Wen Bo is always so elusive, didn't scare you, right?" ”
Xu Shuo replied embarrassedly: "No, oh! When Wember first came out, I thought things had gone, and I didn't pay much attention to it, as if the eldest brother was taken aback. ”
Yang Xiu said angrily: "Looking for a fight!" He got up and prepared to grab Xu Shuo and repair it.
Xu Shuo saw that the posture was wrong, and hurriedly ran faster than the waiter with his official uniform, and quickly ran out of the Li Mansion towards his inn, and it was not right to run halfway, I forgot to ask for a place to live, Xiu'er told me in the morning, but fortunately I almost forgot.
turned around and ran back to Yang Xiu's side, Yang Xiu called Xu Shuo and ran back again: "What are you doing, didn't you run away, why did you run back?" ”
Xu Shuo smiled and said: "Otherwise, where will I live when I come back, anyway, I am an official and a half-job now, I don't even have a place to live, I don't care, but I can't let my family have no place to live with me, big brother, do you have any spare rooms in your house, or I move in?" ”
Yang Xiu said: "I don't have any extra in my house, and I can't let you live in if there is any excess, it's okay to live a little bit, but look at your posture and prepare to live permanently, no, no." ”
"Really?"
"Okay, I've served you, there is a small house next to the east gate of my house, which has not been inhabited for a long time, and it is still given by those businessmen to please my father, if you don't dislike it, take it to live! When I go back, I'll ask someone to pack it up, and you can move in tomorrow, and I'll give you a congratulatory gift for your officials." Yang Xiudao.
When Xu Shuo heard that he finally had a place to live, he smiled and thanked Yang Xiu, and then there was no one left, which made Yang Xiu very annoyed but helpless...