In the sixteenth year of Hongji, July 20. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a year and a half of going to the south to serve as the governor of the three provinces, Shen Xi finally returned to the capital again.

The first thing Shen Xi did after entering the city was to go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to return the seal, and then report to the Ministry of Officials and return his official seal.

At this point, the matter is over, and after that, it is necessary to wait for the officials to play, and the emperor will arrange a time to receive them.

The governor of the three provinces was appointed by Emperor Hongzhi, and he returned to the capital to report back to the Son of Heaven, waiting for him to be entrusted with a new errand again.

Shen Xi knew that Emperor Hongzhi was in very poor health now, and it was difficult to even stay, and almost all of the courtiers were on the sickbed, even if Emperor Hongzhi wanted to see him, but after the schedule, he didn't know when he would be finished.

Shi Langzhong, the official who was in charge of receiving the official of the Ministry of Officials, told Shen Xi to go home first and wait, and whether the official should be reinstated and returned to the Zhan Mansion or appointed to a new official position must be decided after consulting the emperor.

Whether or not the emperor gives it depends on the emperor's will and physical and mental condition.

"When I was asked to go to the southeast, I was held high on the top, and I felt that I was all in one, and I was determined to serve the court to the death. Now that the times have changed, after returning to Beijing, he was left to dry and ignored...... Sad. ”

Shen Xi had a tiring journey, and had no other ideas, so he went to the Ministry of Officials to complete the official document handover and report on his work, and went to the Ministry of War to ask for a reward for the merits of the southeast generals, so he wanted to go back to his home, sleep well, let him wind and rain, the sky was dark, and it had nothing to do with himself, it was best that the emperor died overnight, and the new emperor ascended the throne, maybe there was a better future, so as not to be used.

Returning to the Shen Mansion after a more than a year of absence, Shen Xi was a little confused when he stood at the door, the mansion was no different from when he left more than a year ago, but his mood was very different.

The door of the mansion opened, and Yun Bo came out with a servant in the car and saluted Shen Xi: "The master is back." ”

I haven't seen him for more than a year, Yun Bo feels a lot older, Shen Xi helped Yun Bo up, and while walking inside, he asked about the current situation at home after leaving the capital.

The two mansions of the Shen Mansion, including the mansion of the imperial gift and the old mansion of the Xie family, as well as a shop and a supporting pharmaceutical factory, after the Shen Xi family left, they were all taken care of by Yun Bo.

Although Yun Bo is not a good hand, he is honest and loyal, and in more than a year, the dog skin plaster pharmacy alone has made a net profit of more than 500 taels of silver for Shen Xi, which is still the amount after removing the labor and material expenses of the pharmaceutical factory, which is quite profitable.

Yun Bo presented a lot of money to Shen Xi, and the accounts were made clearly.

"Master, you don't know, for more than a year, the business of the plaster shop has been very good, and the people have been thinking about our plasters when they are sick and in calamity, and many people have boasted about it. Since they were too busy, the Red Girl was now in charge of the plaster shop, while the Green Girl was in charge of the pharmacy, and they would go back to the old house when they had time, so that the house would not be left uninhabited for a long time. ”

Shen Xi nodded and asked, "Are Hong'er and Lu'er okay?" ”

"All well!"

Yun Bo was comforted, twisted his beard and said: "At the beginning of the year, the green girl was sick for a month before she recovered, I was worried that the plaster prescription would leak out, so I went to the pharmaceutical factory every day to supervise. Some people see that our plaster pharmacy is doing a prosperous business, and they want to fight ghosts, but when they learn your identity, whether it is the government or those ruffians, they don't dare to covet our shop anymore. ”

"There are unscrupulous merchants who are also selling plasters, but unfortunately their plasters have no effect, even if our plasters are sold at a much higher price, they are still in short supply."

Shen Xi said with a smile: "This is all the credit of Yun Bo, take fifty taels of silver, you and Hong'er, Lu'er and the guys will share it, thank you for taking care of the mansion and the shop for more than a year!" ”

"Master, I can't help it...... Sir, you ...... Even if you want to send money, you don't need so much ......"

Shen Xi was generous and directly gave Yun Bo fifty taels of silver, and according to this figure, everyone had a lot of income, including the pharmacy guys and the pharmaceutical factory workers.

Yun Bo thanked him and said that he would take it down and distribute it well. Shen Xi walked into his yard, and just came to the door of the bedroom, only to see a woman in her thirties coming out with a wooden basin.

The woman is dressed in cloth and hairpin, her appearance and demeanor are very plain, and she is from a small family at first glance. Yun Bo snorted and said, "How can you collide with the master? Don't get out of the way yet! ”

Shen Xi frowned, pointed at the person, Yun Bo explained: "This is the bride, I asked her to scrub the house clean every day, but I didn't expect her to understand the rules and be abrupt." ”

Shen Xi nodded in understanding.

The so-called "bride" is a way to call the daughter-in-law, Yun Bo's ancestral home is in the south, and he settled in the north with the Xie family, and he retains the habits and titles of the Fujian and Guangdong generations.

Shen Xi expected that in the more than a year since he left the capital, the matter of repairing the house and tiles would naturally be handed over to a powerful young man to do, and these delicate tasks of tidying up and cleaning must be handed over to the woman, Yun Bo has several children, and it is understandable to find a daughter-in-law who can do things to come over and help with things.

"You can't use people in vain, Yun Bo, and then pay five taels of silver from the account, I didn't expect to leave for more than a year, the house is exactly the same as when I left, I can't even find a single weed in the yard, the house is cleaned up with a few clean windows, and I can't even see dust on the tables and chairs."

Shen Xi looked around the house, as if there had always been someone living in the house, maintaining popularity, which was the most rare.

Yun Bo said with emotion: "Master, ...... The Xie family left the capital and left nothing, and at that time the old man thought, if I can keep the mansion, I must take care of it. Last year, the lord and his wife left temporarily, and the red girl and the green girl were busy with the business of the plaster shop, and I thought that I could not let this family fall no matter what, so I tried every means to take care of it, and finally did not disappoint the master! ”

Shen Xi was very moved when he heard this, it was rare to have such a loyal subordinate in the family, and he was also stained with Xie Yun'er's light, and immediately said:

"Let's do it first, it is estimated that Mrs. Mo will not be able to return to the capital until a month later, during this time, there is no one at home, and the kitchen is bothering Yun Bo to find someone to support!"

"Yes, yes, sir, don't worry, everything is taken care of." Yun Bo Dao.

"In terms of wages, it is directly deducted from the account, and now I don't know how the court arranges for me, and now I still receive the three products of Yulu, which is different from the Zhan Shifu, there is no additional reward, and the amount of Yulu is as much, but there is no need to deliberately save on the money, and if you don't have money, you will find me to withdraw it. If there is a shortage of manpower, you might as well hire a few from outside, or buy a few maids. ”

"These things are all handled by you Yunbo, just go back and give me a list." Shen Xi Road.

Yun Bo didn't understand what the "list list" was, so he pondered for a while, and it was estimated that it was similar to a report, so he quickly agreed.

Shen Xi waved his hand to let Yun Bo get busy, entered the house by himself, came to the bedside and spread out his limbs to lie down, and felt extremely comfortable for a while.

Since the departure from Nanjing, almost all of them have spent time on the boat, and even the night sleep is shaky, and now I fall asleep in the familiar bed, and a sense of steadfastness and happiness arises spontaneously.

"It's really tiring to be an official, and now I feel happy even when I sleep, I am running around and working hard every day, I am simply torturing myself, don't be thirty years old, people will collapse!"

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When he returned home at noon, Shen Xi didn't wake up until sunset, and Yun Bo had asked his daughter-in-law to prepare dinner.

Shen Xi just came back, the dishes are relatively simple, the women of small households, the cooking skills are limited to stewed dishes without oil, chicken, duck and fish, this dish made Shen Xi eat very emotional, it is exactly the same as what the old lady used to make.

Before the age of six or seven, I thought this kind of dish was a delicacy, and I only had the opportunity to eat it during the New Year's holidays, but later the conditions at home got better day by day, with Ning'er, Xiaoyu and others in charge of the meal, even if Zhou could enter the kitchen, he gradually learned to cook, and Shen Xi finally didn't have to eat tasteless every day.

After dinner, Shen Xi drank tea in the study for a while, felt a little bored, and was about to go back to sleep, when suddenly Yun Bo walked into the study and said that someone outside had come to deliver a letter.

"Master, the person who came doesn't look like an official errand, he sent a private message." Yun Bo mentioned.

"Who can't wait until tomorrow?"

Shen Xi was a little annoyed and continued to sit in the study and wait. It didn't take long for Yun Bo to go out and pick up the letter back, and Shen Xi frowned when he saw it.

It's Sutong.

In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi's examination, Su Tong unexpectedly fell into the sand and lost his name to Sun Mountain, but Su Tong did not return to the south, but bought real estate and chose to stay in the capital.

Hearing that Shen Xi was back, Su Tong wrote to him as soon as possible.

Shen Xi felt that he was forgotten, and he was temporarily idle, and he was unofficial and light, but in the eyes of ordinary scholars like Su Tong, Shen Xi was a star that he couldn't even look up at, and it was a great honor to have a personal relationship with a "powerful person" like Shen Xi.

Unlike Su Tong, who stayed in the capital, his nemesis Zheng Qian has returned to Tingzhou Mansion.

The two have always hoped to get Shen Xi's favor, and if Shen Xi can serve as the chief examiner or the same examiner in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi's examination, they may be able to help them a little.

"Master, the person who delivered the letter is waiting outside, saying that he is asking if you will agree to the invitation so that he can go back to the court." Yun Bo Dao.

"As soon as I was informed, I said that I had just returned to the capital, and I might not have time to go out and walk around recently, so let them leave their addresses, and I will visit them again when I have time!"

Shen Xi didn't have time to see Su Tong, and there was no need for that, meeting was nothing more than a cliché compliment and politeness, Shen Xi couldn't help Su Tong for the time being, but Su Tong would definitely deliberately greet him, but Shen Xi didn't lack that little gift.

Yun Bo went out and sent the Su family outside.

Shen Xi was just about to get up and enter his small courtyard, when Yun Bo hurried over again: "Master, Master Xie is here." ”

"Lord Xie?"

Shen Xi has a lot of friends surnamed Xie, and when he heard "Lord Xie", he naturally thought of Xie Qian, after all, now the Shen and Xie families are in-laws, but thinking of Xie Qian's temperament, even if he knew that he was coming back to see him, he must have sent someone to ask him to go to Xie Mansion with a straight face, instead of coming to the door in person, needless to say, this "Lord Xie" is Xie Duo, the priest of the country.

Sure enough, Yun Bo said: "It's Xie Lao's sacrificial wine." ”

"What are you waiting for, hurry!"

Shen Xi can be disrespectful to others, to Xie Duo, Shen Xi really can't think of a reason to be lazy, on the first day he returned to Beijing, Xie Duo may still have business to do, but he put down everything at hand and came to see him, what kind of courtesy is this?

A great Confucian like Xie Duo did not hesitate to surrender his identity to meet him in person, and Shen Xi, a descendant, naturally had to show absolute respect and go out to respectfully welcome Xie Duo into the mansion. (To be continued.) )