On the second day, Mingrui recalled some details of Fukangan's life, and told Chen Jialuo in detail in the morning, and then handed over the pattern of the sedan chair he drew last night, "Tsk, what are you painting?" Chen Jialuo took it and looked at the black lines on his head, and several ink lines that were not horizontal and vertical, crooked and twisted together formed a very abstract pattern, and he couldn't see what Mingrui was painting at all.

Ming Rui said curtly, "I have never learned calligraphy and painting, so my painting is not satisfactory." ”

"Hey, I shouldn't have too high expectations for the cultural cultivation of you Manchu nobles!" , Chen Jialuo despised him and pointed to the burden next to him, "Let's go, change into the clothes I brought you and let's go out for a walk." ”

After a while, Mingrui came out of the room, pulling his cuffs from time to time, looking very awkward about him dressed in this outfit; The melon skin hat with a cotton robe and horse coat is no different from the housekeeper of an ordinary gentry's housekeeping, but Chen Jialuo feels so awkward? After circling around him, he finally found a loophole, and patted Mingrui on the back, "Hey, I said, are you such a housekeeper?" Look at the way you look with your head held high, more energetic than your master, is this still worth it? Think about what your housekeeper looks like when he sees you. Bend down and remember that you are a servant and that you must always grovel before me! ”

"Yes! Master! Mingrui learned very quickly, and immediately changed the appearance of a deputy slave, walked half a step behind Chen Jialuo to the outside of the inn, and reminded Chen Jialuo from time to time, "Master, keep an eye on your steps, do you want to call a carriage for you?" ”

"Yo he, are you quite skilled in serving people?" , walked to the street Chen Jialuo quipped.

"Hey, don't look at the fact that we usually have five or six people outside, in fact, we are just the emperor's minions, and we didn't learn to serve people when we were imperial guards in the early years." , Mingrui explained.

"Look, look at what your court is all about!" , Chen Jialuo despised it, "Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholars have ruled the world together, and when you come here, you will become the emperor and the slave to rule the world together!" From the end of the rebellion of the three feudatories, the Han people have been isolated from the core power, and the imperial court firmly held power in the hands of the Manchu and Mongolian nobles; It was not until after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that the Manchu high-level officials really had no one who could take the shot, so Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and others mastered the military power, but even so, the imperial court was on guard in every possible way; The Manchu and Han families, which the Manchus have always preached, are nothing more than jokes.

Ming Rui didn't dare to answer the question related to the national policy, so he smiled wryly, "Master, where are you going now?" Do you go to a restaurant to eat or go to a teahouse to drink tea? ”

"Let's go, wait for the master to drink flower wine!" , Chen Jialuo pointed in front of him and walked in the direction of the Jade Pavilion; Today is the day when the local scholars practice the heart inkstone in the Jade Pavilion, and Chen Jialuo plans to take a look; After walking for a while, he suddenly remembered a question, "Your name has to be changed, otherwise it is not good to be heard when you enter the capital, what is it called?" ”

Chen Jialuo shook his head and thought about it in front of him, and Mingrui followed behind with a sad face, yes, he couldn't even keep his name now; I only heard Chen Jialuo clapping his hands in front of him, "Yes, you will be called Jia Liu!" Jia Liu's housekeeper! That sounds like a good name! ”

"Eh, the slave will be called Jia Liu in the future!" , Mingrui replied dejectedly.

Chen Jialuo turned around abruptly when he heard this, and knocked his head with a folding fan, "Did you talk to the master like this?" I don't understand the rules at all! ”

Well? Mingrui reacted immediately, bowed and saluted, "Thank you for the name!" ”

"Eh, that's what it sounds like!" , Chen Jialuo nodded with satisfaction, turned around and continued to move forward.

When he arrived at the door of the Jade Pavilion, Mingrui cleverly ran forward, "Hurry up and find a quiet place for my master, and call all the girls over for my master to pick and choose." After speaking, he took out an ingots from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the **.

The people who do the ** are all human spirits, and she recognized Chen Jialuo at a glance, "You haven't been here for a while, this son, but Shuyu is talking to you every day, and you still let Shuyu play chess with you today?" ”

"Hmm!" , Chen Jialuo answered with his nose, and went up to the second floor with his head held high, only to see that Xinyan was still in the old place, and was surrounded by a group of scholars and stars holding the moon in the middle.

walked to the table last time and sat down, Mingrui just thought of sitting down at the table and was glared at by Chen Jialuo and obediently stood behind him; As soon as he sat down, the maid turtle sent tea and snacks, and after arranging the chessboard pieces briskly, he bowed to Chen Jialuo, "Master, use it slowly, Shuyu will be there soon!" ”

"Well, Jia Liu's reward!" , Chen Jialuo shouted in a long voice.

"Huh? Oooh oh. Mingrui didn't react when he first heard Jia Liu, and he was stunned for a while to see that no one was moving, and then he remembered that he was now called Jia Liu! Hurriedly pinched a few coins and threw the broken silver into the tray of the turtle prince.

"Thank you!" After the turtle maid left, Mingrui returned to Chen Jialuo, and couldn't help but feel sad for a while, thinking that he had paid for himself when he went to Bada Hutong in the capital! Now not only do you pay for yourself, but you also have to watch others play with girls, what kind of world is this!

Not long after Shuyu came, Chen Jialuo said a few words to her, and the two began to play chess; Poor Mingrui still has to refill tea for Chen Jialuo and Mingrui from time to time; After pouring the tea, I returned to Chen Jialuo and glanced at Shuyu, thinking that I would pour tea for you with my dignified Chengen Gong and Hubu Shilang, you can also be said to be the first person to come after you!

They were leisurely here, but the Xinyan side was lively, and the soldiers who came to see them off kept saying all kinds of stammering words, and Mingrui was upset for a while, so he said softly, "Master, did they make you play chess?" Or I'll go and get them away!" ”

"You're both outsiders, aren't you? Which one over there is a man who has just been lifted, and he can't be provoked! Before Chen Jialuo could speak, Shuyu hurriedly persuaded.

"Since it's a lifting master, then we really can't afford to mess with it!" , Chen Jialuo smiled. Mingrui pouted behind him, if he had killed a lifter before, it would not be like killing an ant.

After playing two games of chess and having dinner at the Jade Pavilion, Chen Jialuo and Mingrui returned to the inn; Early the next morning, the two of them got on their horses and went out of the city, and stopped thirty miles outside the city, and after half an hour, they saw two horses running towards this side from a distance.