Chapter 2 Sleepless Voices (1)
[Second update, ask for red tickets, collect]
wanted to provoke others to come out and knock on their own enemies' stuffy sticks, but the most difficult thing to do was spread on his head. Wang Qinian, who doesn't read much, can't say the idiom of being cocooned and self-bound, but he is sighing and lifting a stone to hit himself in the foot. Who would have thought that Dou Xie would be such a character? Wang Qinian was distressed all night, and none of the several strategies he came up with could be used. After a night of tossing and turning, the next day, another unexpected thing happened-
Han Gang is sick.
To be more specific, it was Han Gang who complained of illness and asked for leave to recuperate at home.
But everyone knew that Han Gang was not sick at all, he was protesting. No one could have imagined that Han Gang, who had only been an official for a few months, would even learn this trick.
Han Gang didn't get sick in front of him, it was for the sake of his reputation, of course it was not good to get sick as soon as he took office, and he had to be gossiped about. And half a month later, after experiencing the heavy handling of government affairs day and night, there is no place in the yazhong that should be trivial and miscellaneous that is not handled. In such a situation, he can already get sick and give himself a vacation, Li Shizhong has no face to blame Han Gang for this.
There are grievances between Li Shizhong, Dou Shunqing and Wang Shao, while Han Gang is implicated. Now it is Han Gang who has suffered for half a month, and there is also the danger of being framed secretly. He is tantamount to blocking the arrow for Wang Shao. He has been resisting for more than half a month, and there is no reason to carry it for Wang Shao anymore. Han Gang has already done what he should do to Wang Shao, and he will not do anything that is left to be born and die, and he will be trapped in danger and danger.
For Han Gang, he has shown his loyalty to Wang Shao, he has shown his persistence to Li Shizhong and Dou Shunqing, and he has shown his ability to the entire Qinzhou officialdom, so what reason does he have to sell his stupid strength again?
Han Gang is the only one in the official hall of the five people, and he has supported the official hall for half a month, which has been long enough, so Han Gang is very sick.
According to the season, April can already be regarded as summer, but the climate in Qinzhou is colder than that of the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and the temperature is still in spring. On a sunny day, the weather is still refreshing and pleasant, and the sun is warm but not blazing, making it the most comfortable day of the year, whether you are traveling or at home.
The plum trees in the small courtyard of the Han family have grown lushly, with emerald green leaves, and plums that are only the size of fingertips are hidden in the leaves. Han Ah Li said that when these plums are ripe, he can make some plum wine at home to drink.
Early in the morning, after asking Li Xiaoliu to go to the yamen to help him report his illness, Han Gang leaned on a recliner next to the plum tree, and the sun shone on him through the shade of the tree. He held a book in his hand, flipped through it very leisurely, and at a glance he knew that Lu Dao was very sick - lazy disease.
The recliner is still when Han Gang first moved in a few days ago, and he asked a carpenter to beat it, and it was useless to even paint, pure wood color. Although this is not a rocking chair, the shape is already ingenious at this point. Han Gang went out after the March Winter Food Festival, and the tourists he saw after leaving the city were sitting on small sticks, folding chairs, or simply sitting on the ground. Even in the courtyard of the house, such as Wang Shao's house, it is just a chair to sit on, which is like the reclining back, with armrests, and strong enough reclining chair made by Han Gang.
Leaning back on the recliner, Han Gang enjoyed a rare leisurely time. For more than half a month, he has been immersed in heavy and tedious official duties, and his current leisure is what he dreamed about a few days ago. This is the life that an official should have, and it is the officials who work hard, not the officials!
In fact, Han Gang wanted to get sick and take leave on the first day. Although it is a common method in the yamen to use tedious official duties to rectify people, many new jinshi who are only good at poetry often suffer big losses in this way and are disgraced. There are also many treacherous officials, in order to let the chief know the difficulties and retreat, so that they can control the government affairs, often use the same means.
But Li Shizhong and Dou Shunqing really went a little too far. The four colleagues made an excuse to go out and stayed in the hall like fools. But as soon as he took office, he asked for leave, which was really controversial, so he endured it for seven days. After his words to Wang Hou, Han Gang thought about it again and again, and decided to endure it for another ten days, at least to show his talents more. When the time comes, if you let it go, no one will suspect that it is your own lack of ability, but understand that he Han Gang doesn't want to play with Li Shizhong and them.
No matter what intrigues you have, I will not accompany you in the same way. Han Gang planned to take a break for two days, and go directly to Gangu City with Wang Shao, where he would inspect and do this mess of the wounded camp, which was one of his duties, and Li Shizhong couldn't say that he wasn't.
Han Gang lowered his hand, picked up a cup of lukewarm tea soup from the small table next to the recliner, and took a sip. A white-faced chickadee fluttered and flew to the plum branch and screamed twice. The breeze blows, the leaves rustle in the wind, and the shadows of the trees change in the sunlight. Han Gang yawned, such a comfortable and pure is really addictive.
An unfamiliar loud voice in the back hall broke the silence and reached Han Gang's ears, and also frightened the white-faced on the branches. The Han family's new house is just exquisite, not too big, as long as the doors and windows are opened, the sound can pass through with the wind. Han Gang doesn't need to guess, this is the Ya Po found by Han Ah Li, it seems that her surname is Liu.
Han Gang heard Han Ah Li say that other servants can not be used for the time being, and first of all, he must find a cook who understands female popularity. Han Gang is already an official, and Han Ah Li, who is an old lady, is naturally inconvenient to cook, and Han Yunniang is a little girl who is busy with everything, and she is really too busy. Han Gang doesn't care about these things, he just hears about it, anyway, Han Ah Li is in charge of the affairs in the house.
Talking and laughing loudly in the back, these three aunts and six wives are all in the backyards of many houses, and some sell some needles and threads by the way, gossip, gossip, and gossip, which is also one of the few entertainment activities for the female dependents of large families.
In Han Gang's understanding, they are roughly the same characters as the princess in the Water Margin. It's just that like Wang Po, she is a matchmaker, a tooth wife, and a midwife, and in private, she can help people match and cheat and be Ma Boliu, which is also the best. Most of the three aunts and six wives in this world are still following the rules.
Bow your head, flip through the book, and filter the noise out of your head. Han Gang lowered his head and read "Zhou Yi" annotated by Kong Yingda, a great Confucian in the Tang Dynasty. He still has the intention to take the Jinshi exam once in three years, and below the seventh grade, officials from Jinshi will be promoted twice as fast as officials without a background. Officials without a background can only climb up one level at a time, but Jinshi can cross two levels at a time, and after reaching the seventh grade, there is a transparent ceiling for officials without a background. This is what is it for, Jinshi only accounts for a little more than one-tenth of the officials in the world, but among the court officials, the vast majority are Jinshi.
In the main room in the backyard, after the famous Liu Ya Po in Qinzhou left, Han Ah Li opened the little girl and said to Han Qianliu: "Yun Niang is too young, it will take another year or two." The third brother is not enlightened in this regard, but the incense at home cannot be delayed. This cook doesn't want her to be good at cooking and cooking, as long as she can give birth and raise her, and her character is good, she will let the third brother accept it, and she will be able to hold her grandson next year. ”
"Then it's better to let the third brother marry first, and then it's not too late to take a concubine. Didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted the third brother to marry first? ”
"What do you know, the third brother has met the prime minister of the dynasty when he went to Beijing, and he will definitely marry one in the future?"
Since two days ago, Han Gang inadvertently said that he had spoken to the now famous Wang Xianggong in Tokyo City, Han Ah Li's heart suddenly became high, and those who came to the door in Qinzhou City to propose marriage were not in her eyes now. I just want a daughter-in-law of a serious official eunuch.
Han Gang didn't know that Han Ah Li was calculating himself, he read a few obscure verses, and had deep doubts about the reading of a few of them. I wanted to get up and go back to the study, and look for a few other volumes of Zhou Yi's annotations to take a look. Li Xiaoliu, who was guarding the outer courtyard as a doorman, led Wang Hou in at this time.
When Wang Hou entered the hospital, he saw Han Gang lying comfortably in the courtyard basking in the sun, and said with a smile: "Yukun, you are so leisurely sick." ”
Han Gang stood up: "Brother Dao, isn't this what you should say when you visit the sick?" ”
"You're not really sick." Wang Hou looked at Han Gang's recliner: "Your chair is really not bad, it's comfortable to look at, I wanted to ask last time, where did you get it." In a few days, I will find someone to make a card and show some filial piety to my family. ”
"It's Carpenter Xiao Li on Niulan Street." Han Gang didn't mention that this recliner was his own idea, "His craftsmanship is quite good, and the tenon is especially good." ”
Wang Hou looked around twice, sat down and shook it again, nodded and said, "It's really strong enough, much better than those rickety chairs." ”
Although the recliner is good, there is only such a one in the courtyard, and it can't be sat alone, and one person stands, so Han Gang led Wang Hou to the study to talk.
Sitting down in the study, Han Yunniang heard the sound and came over with tea, Wang Hou took it and took a sip, and said: "Yukun, you are well ill, Jiayan said that you act in your own way, so that the foolish brother does not have to worry, and he is not wrong." ”
"It's time to win the prize. I really can't bear it anymore, so I just let it go. ”
"Li Shizhong and Dou Shunqing originally couldn't get along with Yukun, you did five jobs by yourself, they just wanted to see your jokes, you should have let it go. I just let go now, and I have done my duty. Wang Hou said a few words, and then said with a straight face: "Yukun, you will rest at home for a day today, and Jia Yan will let you leave the affairs in the official hall alone, and go to Guwei together tomorrow." ”
"Gu Wei? Didn't you just come back from Guwei Village yesterday? ”
"The two clans of Shuotuo and Longbo have finally started fighting, and the news that has just arrived, the family is strictly in charge of the Qinfeng West Road, of course, they can't get out of it, and they have to go again."
"The fight between the two clans is a small matter, so be careful that Li Shizhong and Dou Shunqing use this to make things worse."
The battle between the Shuotuo and Longbo clans, as early as more than three months ago, during the New Year in Guwei Village, Wang Shao had already moved the text and strategy to remind Li Shizhong to get ready, but Li Shizhong did nothing. Although Wang Shao himself can't find any fault among them, he may not be accused of a crime.
"Dou Shunqing's outrageous lies can be supported, what else can't be done?" Han Gang is not alarmist.