Ji Qingwen was so moved by the words in her ear that although she let go of her hand, she still had to take advantage of it: "Okay, let's wait until there is no one, and then do this...... That'...... Okay......"

Liu Ru said angrily: "As soon as my husband came back, I thought about this and that, and I didn't talk about this time when I entered Beijing, how things were done?" Makes me miss ......"

Ji Qingwen was about to speak, but he saw that there were many people here, and many confidential things could not be talked about, so he said, "Of course, of course." In this way, let's go home first, and talk slowly while eating. ”

Suzhou weaving yamen, or the Suzhou weaving yamen, but Ji Qingwen left Suzhou these days, after the temperament and taste of Liu Ruyi reorganized and adjusted, the garden of the back ya, seems to be more subtle, winding paths.

Back at the Yamen, Liu Ru, as Ji Qingwen's "eldest wife" and as the head of Ji's mansion, personally ordered the concubine Xing'er to lead a few helpers to choose a small pavilion next to the Houya Garden Pond, and set up two tables of banquets inside and outside the pavilion, and called Li Yan, Li Yuanyin, Huang Degong, Yang Zhan, Ge Sheng, Song Yingxing and other Ji Qingwen's cronies and their family members, specifically for Ji Qingwen to pick up the wind and wash the dust. Even Zhang Juzheng's son Zhang Zhixiu, who went south with Ji Qingwen to ward off trouble, was also invited.

And according to Ji Qingwen's meaning, Yuan Chonghuan, who was rescued by him, also ate wine with him.

The people present are very familiar with each other, only Yuan Chonghuan is a fresh face, and Liu Ru, as the "hostess" here, naturally wants to toast a glass of wine: "This gentleman is very kind-faced, I don't know where I have seen it?" ”

This sentence is the most versatile routine.

If you have really met, you can naturally start reminiscing with this sentence; If we haven't met, just say one thing - maybe we have a fate in our previous life, and we can meet here today.

However, with Yuan Chonghuan's current identity, he didn't even dare to say such a joking sentence, only bowed his head and remained silent, as if he hadn't heard Liu Ruye's inquiry.

Before Liu Ru married Ji Qingwen, he was the famous head of the flower country on the bank of the Qinhuai River in Jinling City, how many high-ranking officials and talented people, at the expense of how much money and energy, just wanted to see her face and listen to her play a well-cooked pipa song. But now the little man in front of him, who was quite handsome, pretended to be deaf and dumb at Liu Ruyi's inquiry, which made Liu Ruyi's faint vanity in his heart be hit, and a trace of displeasure suddenly appeared on his face.

Ji Qingwen saw it on the side, and hurriedly said: "It's all my fault, I haven't had time to introduce it to my wife!" This is not a 'sir', he is a general who leads the army to fight under my teacher, the old superintendent Sun Chengzong. It's a pity that he was careless, violated military law, and was beheaded as usual. Mr. Sun saw that he was also a talent, and it would be a pity to kill him, so he sent him here to Jiangnan, so he could help me do some things, and by the way, he could also make meritorious contributions, so that he could find a bright future in the future. ”

These few words were discussed with Li Yan when Ji Qingwen came to Jiangnan from Beijing, although he couldn't achieve complete logical self-consistency, but it can be regarded as a rough explanation of Yuan Chonghuan's origin - anyway, this is the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is far away from the bitter cold land of Liaodong.

And this kind of rhetoric, Ji Qingwen also discussed with Yuan Chonghuan in advance, so that he could adapt to his new identity in advance.

So, Ji Qingwen turned his head and asked Yuan Chonghuan as he spoke: "General Yuan, is it such a thing?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan nodded slightly: "Yes, that's right." I thought about getting my life back by luck, and it all depended on the care of Old Inspector Sun and Lord Ji......"

Yuan Siguo is the new name that Yuan Chonghuan gave himself, in order to remind himself often that he must always summarize and correct his past mistakes, so as not to end up in a different place.

Yuan Siguo, that is, Yuan Chonghuan, after saying the words just now, he immediately bowed his head and was silent, unwilling to continue this topic, and only drank the liquor in the wine cup in front of him, showing a somewhat lonely look.

Liu Ru is an empathetic woman, and she expected that the "General Yuan" in front of her must have some unspeakable secrets, so she changed the topic and asked Ji Qingwen: "The husband was promoted to Fu Lu Bo this time, and the saint personally presided over the ceremony. Not to mention anything else, I don't know how many officials and wealthy businessmen came here to talk to the husband, and those who gave gifts, interceded, and set up are almost breaking the threshold of the weaving yamen. ”

When Ji Qingwen heard this, he was also very proud in his heart, and asked, "Oh? Is it? What gifts did they give? Show it to me. ”

Liu said: "I see that what they send is also some mundane affairs such as gold and silver. There is no shortage of silver in our house, and I will return it all. Oh, Sister Xing'er was there at that time, and she could testify to me. ”

Xing'er turned out to be Ji Qingwen's personal maid, and now she is the identity of a concubine, so she naturally didn't dare to say more, so she only answered the word "yes" and then kept silent.

In fact, Xing'er has a ghost in her heart - she is from a small family, and when she saw so much silver sent out of thin air, she was naturally a little tempted, and secretly accepted thousands of taels of silver as private money......

However, Ji Qingwen hasn't discovered these facts yet, and he still has absolute trust in Xing'er, so he didn't take it to heart, so he continued to joke: "It is said that as long as the fragrance of flowers can attract butterflies." But I see that these officials and businessmen are all roe deer rats, and they definitely can't be butterflies, at most they are just a group of flies in Wuyang......"

Li Yan immediately answered: "Brother Ji's words are not right, if they are flies, then Brother Ji, who recruited this group of flies, will not become a piece of stinky meat?" ”

Ji Qingwen smiled and said: "Brother Li is right, I am a profiteer who sees money, in the eyes of those celebrities who claim to be high, there is no difference between the same piece of stinky meat, Brother Li is right!" ”

At present, Ji Qingwen, for everyone here, is either the owner, or the boss, or the life-saving benefactor, no one dares to joke with him, only Li Yan is his good friend who is also a teacher and friend, and he naturally speaks a lot more casually: "Mencius said: You can't have both fish and bear's paws, and those who give up fish and take bear's paws are also." Brother Ji just chose a bear's paw between the bear's paw and the fish, which is called shrewdness, not profiteer. On the contrary, Brother Ji is a gentleman who loves money and takes it in a good way, compared to those hypocrites and real villains who are full of benevolence and morality, full of male thieves and prostitutes, I don't know how strong it is! ”

After this twist and turn in the Beijing Division, Li Yan has a little more understanding of the chaos above the officialdom, and on the way home, like just now, he has said to Ji Qingwen many times.

In this regard, Ji Qingwen hurriedly said humbly, but said with a straight face: "Brother Li, everyone is here today, and in front of my sister-in-law, there is something I want to persuade Brother Li to say a few more words in person......

Before Ji Qingwen finished speaking, Li Yan interjected: "What Brother Ji wants to say, I know it very well in my heart, isn't it just to persuade me to take the imperial examination next year!" I have made up my mind that I will never go to the field again in this life. If Brother Meng Ji doesn't give up, I will always help Brother Ji run his business and counsel the aircraft in the future, I'm afraid that Brother Ji won't keep me for a long time......"

Ji Qingwen waved his hand: "Where did Brother Li start with this?" Brother Li wants to help me do things, but it's too late for me to be happy, so why don't I want to stay for a long time? It's just that Brother Li has been studying hard for so many years, waiting for the title of the gold list and serving the country. Wouldn't it be a pity if you cut off your career like this? ”

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Li Yan suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, his laughter was a little desolate, "Hahaha!" A good one serves the country, a good one serves the country! Brother Ji, look at this country, where is there a clean place up and down? Is this the country I am for? Two thousand years ago, Qu Yuan said: The whole world is turbid, I am alone, everyone is drunk and I am sober, can have such a confidant as Brother Ji to accompany me to wake up, what career economy am I still obsessed with? ”

When they heard this, they were all dumbfounded.

You must know that although Li Yan said this happily, what he said is indeed the truth of the moment, but it is also a great rebellion, and when he is not investigated, it can naturally be said to be a few words of "scholarly nonsense", if he really wants to investigate it, it is a great crime of rebellion!

Only Ji Qingwen, a traverser who grew up under the red flag and grew up in a honey pot, understands Li Yan's thoughts, but he has been mixed for a long time in the era of suffocation in the late Ming Dynasty, but he also has a little more acumen, his eyes scanned the surroundings, and suddenly stopped the movement of his eyes on Li Yuanyin's face: "Commander Li, Brother Li's words are just drunken gaffes, don't you take out the faction of Jinyi Wei to command the affairs, punish him and send him to prison or remove his reputation!" ”

Li Yuanyin hurriedly got up and arched his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." Lord Ji, although Mr. Li's words are a little drunk, there is still truth in them. Weekend...... Weekend...... The last generals did not disagree...... How could he denounce Mr. Li? ”

Ji Qingwen knew that Li Yuanyin was a person who was so cautious that he had to touch whether there was blood when the leaves fell on his head, so he couldn't help but be surprised when he heard his words, and said, "Commander Li, I don't know where to start?" ”

Li Yuanyin said: "Commander Li These three words, Lord Ji must not mention them again." As Mr. Li just said, this court is really ...... Is...... It's the same with Jin Yiwei. The last general felt that only by sincerely following Lord Ji to do things could he truly serve the country and the people, so he thought about retiring from Jinyiwei and following the Lord to make a great career from now on, which could be regarded as living up to his wishes. ”

Li Yuanyin is a cautious person, and when it comes to such an urgent matter, it is impossible for him not to think about it again and again.

But Ji Qingwen said: "No, no......"

Li Yuanyin was anxious: "What does Lord Ji mean?" Could it be that I have been working in the brocade guard for too long, and it is Luo Yangxing's eyeliner that has been placed by the lord's side, so he is unwilling to take in the last general? ”

"No, it's not." Ji Qingwen said, "On the contrary, I want Commander Li to be the eyeliner I placed next to Luo Yangxing." Luo Yangxing's city is too thick, and I always feel that there is something indescribable and unclear about him. Therefore, I don't have any news here, even if Commander Li gives him some words, it is also good to change a few words of Luo's cultivation to the real foundation. ”

Ji Qingwen paused: "Also, the eyeliner on Jinyiwei's side, Commander Li can naturally use some." But you should also recruit some people, install some eyes and ears, and walk on two legs to walk faster. As for the matter of money, even though Commander Li opened his mouth, how to spend it and how to use it, I would never ask. ”

When Li Yuanyin heard this, he knew that he had room to show his strength, and he was immediately elated, and immediately gave up: "Okay!" With these words of Lord Ji, how dare the last general not follow the work of dogs and horses? ”