The former Xue Sufang was not much different from ordinary eunuch women. Although she was born in a general and has practiced martial arts, this is just a means, not a rarity, and it will not have much impact on her three views. Her idea at that time was also very simple, according to her father's arrangement, marry a husband who is the right person, give birth to a group of children for him, and then serve her husband and teach her children to live her life.

Compared to the women around her, she is more rational. I didn't want to fall in love with someone, or look forward to a romantic encounter. A woman's marriage is involuntary, whoever she marries is arranged by her parents, and if she really falls in love with a scholar or something, she is making trouble for herself. From a very young age, she learned to close her heart and not to be emotionally attached to strangers, which is one of the reasons why she has formed her current personality.

I thought that fate would go on this trajectory and live a dull life, not wanting to change everything suddenly and change everything. The father and brother sent a side plug to serve, the family property was copied and the debts were not repaid, and he was sold into the church, and the husband's family who was married not only did not come to redeem him, but took the opportunity to withdraw from the marriage and break off contact. From that moment on, Xue Sufang's heart, which was already too calm, was covered with a thick layer of ice.

In the Youlan Pavilion, she is commensurate with the female sisters of a dry Qinglou, or calls Ma Xianglan a godmother, there is closeness on the surface, but there is always a layer of separation from them in my heart. It's not that she's cold, it's that she doesn't want to be hurt anymore, so she doesn't invest in others.

It wasn't until Fan Jin drove the boat in Huaishang all night, and then to the moment when Chongwenmen pounced on Feng Bangning today, the ice that was originally wrapped in Xue Sufang's heart melted. The ice turned into water and circulated in the woman's body, the spring of Jingshi had not yet arrived, and the spring of Xue Wu had come.

She thought about a lot of things, although she had thought about these things in the past, and even decided to do them, but her state of mind at that time was basically perfunctory, and it didn't matter. Now that she was really attracted to a man, she began to be shy and even afraid of it.

The face is red, the ears are hot, the eyes are dazzled, the heart is pounding, and the person is standing there, and the soul has no idea where to fly. She didn't even hear Fan Jin's negotiation with the doorman, and it wasn't until Fan Jin pulled her hand hard that she realized that Hou Shouyong had come out.

It was the first time she and Hou Shouyong had met, and after looking up and down a few times, she had a rough judgment in her heart. This kind of official has no personal prestige, and he is not difficult to get along with, but he is not easy to approach. It's easy to get acquainted with him, but it's hard to be friends with him. It is far more difficult to worship such a person as a teacher than to worship an ordinary official as a teacher.

At present, the Criminal Department has not yet reached the time to disperse, and it is impossible to rest during the matter, especially now that Jingli is taking the test to become a law, it is not good to leave early. Fan Jin met and chatted with his mentor for a few words, and then offered to talk to the cheap shop locator and wait for the mentor to disperse. Hou Shouyong didn't shirk it, encouraged him a few words, raised his eyes to look at Xue Sufang, and asked a little puzzled, "...... is this?" ”

"This is the disciple's friend, surnamed Xue, is a martial arts practitioner, and his martial arts are very skillful, and it is all up to him to protect him, so that the disciple can enter Beijing smoothly."

Hou Shouyong nodded, "I see, then you should thank others." There is still something to do here for the teacher, let's talk about it when we get back. In the evening, the teacher will also introduce you to someone, which may be of some help to you. You go to deliver the official documents first, you are so late in Beijing, this good number house will definitely not have your share. ”

Before lifting people into Beijing, they will be issued a public certificate by the yamen where the place is located, and they can enjoy the free supply of cars and boats at the post station by relying on this public document, which is called the supply of foot power and the bus, which is a symbol of status like the post delivery survey card. However, the regulations are like this, and the actual implementation is another matter, and the free stuff is the most expensive. A large group of people use the post station, and it doesn't cost a lot of money to make some post guards, whether it is a car or a boat, they don't know that they have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse, and the quality is not good. Therefore, the reason why Ling Yunyi arranged a merchant ship for Fan Jin and gave him a fire card was because he didn't want him to suffer.

After entering Beijing, this official document must be handed over to the Ministry of Rites as an expression of his own reference. The Ministry of Rites arranges the examination papers and the candidates' seating numbers by public documents, and posts the distribution map two days before the examination. This kind of thing must come first, and at this time, it will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and the house assigned to it will naturally not be much better.

The six yamen are not far from each other, and if you leave the criminal department, you will go to the Ministry of Rites, and it is easy to deliver public documents, even if you are poor and crazy, you will not be so stupid as to embarrass people in this kind of thing. After leaving the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, he went straight to the bargain shop.

The cheap shop is in Beijing, it is a first-class hotel, and the plaque on its door is the handwriting of Yang Jisheng, a famous minister of the Jiajing Dynasty, and it is a gold-lettered signboard in the Wanli period. The level of consumption is actually consistent with the status, and if you misinterpret its signboard as "callometer", it is a mistake to interpret it. Of course, ordinary people can't afford to spend here, even if Hou Shou uses this kind of Qingliu official, that meager amount of money is not enough to eat a smoldering roast duck here.

When I walked into the hotel, it was still early, and the cooks were all sleeping, so naturally they didn't do business. However, the shopkeeper is a shrewd businessman, and he will not be stupid enough to drive the guests out, but will let people bring a few plates of dim sum and tea to entertain the two of them. The private rooms here are reserved all year round, but the shopkeeper probably knows in his heart that he can calculate who will really come here to spend money one day, and who will just charter a room and not come. After Fan Jin paid three times the price, a room was available.

The man sat in, the tea was put on the table, and the man withdrew in a witty way. Xue Sufang said: "Retreat, you just provoked Feng Bangning today, aren't you afraid that he will retaliate against you?" I dare to come to this kind of place to eat and drink, but I have the courage to do it. ”

Fan Jin smiled and said in a low voice: "I'll be honest with you, I'm looking forward to Feng Bangning making trouble for me now." He came to trouble me, and I became famous, you know? When is it now, will I try? Who is Feng Bangning? Takeo! This time is a sensitive period, and the civil and military conflicts are the most sensitive, if Feng Bangning dares to touch a finger of me, no matter whether I know someone or not, he will stand up for me and settle the account with Feng Bangning. If anyone retreats at this time, it will be a shame for Shilin, and it is useless if this fame is not tested, and no one cares about it. I'm famous because of this, and everyone in the world knows that there is a person like me, just like Feng Lao Hero showed his face at a martial arts conference to become famous. Wherever I go in the future, I will know that I will be in Guangzhou Fan Jin Fan Huisi, so that I will make a lot of money. Although Feng Bangning's brain is poor, his uncle is the prime minister, so he won't be too confused, and he will definitely not do anything to send his face to the door. Eat yours and drink yours, it's fine. ”

Xue Sufang nodded and said, "I see, you scholars are more scheming." No wonder Hui Si and Miss Zhang can be husband and wife, the two of you are the same, both of you are heart-to-heart. ”

Fan Jin smiled and pointed his finger at his head, "No way, rely on this to eat." ”

There was still a period of time before the dissolution of the Criminal Department, and the two took advantage of this time to talk casually. In fact, since the two met, there are not many opportunities for such communication. After all, there is always Zhang Shunqing here, and with the filial piety is not obvious, Xue Sufang naturally can't compete. Later, he finally found the time, but Fan Jin was also busy begging for cheapness, and it was too late to go to the kidney, so he couldn't take care of it.

Now that he is in the hotel, he can't do anything, and Fan Jin feels that Xue Wu has feelings for him, so he naturally begins to invest some feelings in return. The two communicated like this, and they were not as intimate as they used to be. But for Xue Sufang, instead of feeling cold, she felt that her heart was hot. She recalled the scene when Fan Jin and Zhang Shunqing got along, even after the two had that relationship, many times, the two chatted and talked together like friends like this, just like now they are with him.

Maybe...... While the slut was away, he could replace her. Xue Sufang thought so. Even if it is impossible for him to be a main room because of his status, or even just an outer house, as long as he can steal the heart of retreat, the outer room can also defeat the big house.

As a result of this kind of conversation, time flies, and before you know it, the red sun is falling in the west, the lights are on, and in the shouting of the guys, the door curtain is lifted, and Hou Shouyong and a man of a few years old walk back and forth into the private room.

The man who followed Hou Shouyong was already fifty years old this year, with a thin body, gray hair, and many furrows on his face. His facial features and expression were very similar to the common teaching directors in Fan Jin's previous life, and he knew that this must be a character who adhered to principles, but was boring, and secretly had a headache: Why did the teacher find such a person to accompany him, and how did he eat this wine?

Fan Jin's social skills were honed by the governor's side, and he could deal with a provincial official, but he would not be afraid of a teaching director, and he greeted him very enthusiastically on the surface. After talking with each other, they reported their names, and Hou Shouyong introduced: "This is the predecessor of the teacher, and he is also a colleague, and he is an old master. ”

The man nodded at Fan Jin, "Old man Hua Zhengfang, the name of Fan Xian's nephew, I have heard it more than once." The youngest son of the family is studying in Qionglin, and he also pestered the old man to buy chivalrous golden darts for him. Knowing that the virtuous nephew was coming to take the exam, the old man had long wanted to meet him, but he didn't expect the virtuous nephew to come so late. ”

Fan Jin hurriedly said a few polite words, and Hou Shouyong said: "The knowledge of the old-timers is real, the words are tempered, and every word is difficult and easy, and Yaoquan Gong is the same list of Jinshi." If you can get the guidance of the old-timers, you will benefit immensely. ”

Xue Sufang can mix into an Oiran in the Qing Building, and naturally he is also a human spirit, so he guessed Hou Shouyong's plan. Inviting this old man to dinner is actually to invite him to enter the back door for Fan. The reason for Fan Jin's late arrival was not clear to Hou Shouyong, and he didn't plan to ask more, but he knew that his disciple was indeed late in Beijing. This kind of thing is the most important thing that cannot be delayed. Now that I missed the time, I was very nervous when I left Fan Jin to prepare.

At this time, arrange a fellow of Shen Shixing to guide Fan Jin, even if this person's appearance may not have much personal relationship with Shen Shixing, as long as he is familiar with his grammar, Fan Jin will naturally benefit. It's just that Hou Shouyong obviously didn't know that Fan Jin had a twelve-hour all-weather personal beauty to guide him, so such an old man naturally respected Busen.

Fan Jin could also speak, thanked him repeatedly, and humbly asked for advice, while Hua Zhengfang shook his head, "Shen Yaoquan and I don't actually get along." I laughed at him at the beginning, but he didn't know his mother as a son, and he hated me very much, and if the article of retreat was really old, he would not be the first to record you. However, if there is no silver tael given to Brother Hou that day, the old man will make a joke. Although it is the proper meaning of the disciple to respect the teacher, it is very rare to be as generous as the virtuous nephew, and this favor must be repaid. I know the nun's literary style, and I can still do it with retreat. But let's talk about the cowpox first, which formula really works? The pox fluid on the animal's body can enter the human body without accidents? ”

Regardless of Hou Shouyong's original intentions, at the moment, Hua Zhengfang is obviously more interested in cowpox. After chatting for a while, Fan Jin learned that Hua Zhengfang originally had a concubine and a son in Beijing, but they all died of smallpox. Although he has a concubine and a son now, he has always been afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, but he can't afford to grow human pox, so he can only resign himself to fate, so his interest in cowpox is extraordinarily greater.

Roast duck in the smoldering oven, duck Sibao and other dishes came up one after another, and Fan Jin called a guy to tell a few words. Then he continued to introduce the cowpox, Hua Zhengfang listened attentively, nodded his head and remembered, and asked about the effect of the test in Jiangning. It wasn't until I confirmed the general idea that I began to introduce the characteristics of Shen Shixing's article and what are the taboos of reading the article.

Xue Sufang can't talk on this occasion, but fortunately, she has the ability to learn from Qinglou, and the entertainment scene will not be cold, and it can also adjust the atmosphere. The three literati said that she was actually not interested in articles, but as long as Fan Jin was there, she would not be bored.

Most of the time, he just looked at Fan Jin with his cheeks up, and thought about one thought in his heart: Why didn't he realize that he was so handsome before? I actually missed a lot of time, and I was preempted by that slut. Can't throw in the towel! Snatch him! Snatch him from Zhang Shunqing's slut! This is the opportunity God gave me, and I can't let go of this opportunity!

I don't know how long it took, but when the three of them were talking energetically, there was a sudden chaos outside. The shopkeeper's voice came, "How many ...... Look at me, it's all up to me. Don't ......" followed by a scream and the sound of tables and chairs toppling over.

The door curtain was lifted, and several tall men rushed in, the leader was in his forties, dressed in a red flying fish suit, wearing a brown hat on his head, and pointed to a few people inside: "Who is Fan Jin?" Who is Fan Jin of Guangdong? ”

Xue Sufang frowned, and gently picked up a wine glass in his hand, Fan Jin stood up and said, "I am Fan Jin." What do you have to say? ”

"You are Fan Jin?" The man looked at it, waved his hand behind him, and said, "Come on, take him down for me!" ”

Several brocade guards rushed in without saying anything, and the wine glass in Xue Sufang's hand suddenly clenched tightly and was about to be thrown out the next moment, but Fan Jin grabbed his hand and shook his head.

Sure enough, without waiting for a few people to rush over, Hua Zhengfang and Hou Shouyong stood up almost at the same time, Hua Zhengfang's already rigid face sank like a pool of stagnant water at this time, and it was extremely ugly to look at, and said coldly: "Presumptuous!" The brocade-clothed eagle dog is good at lifting people in the court, isn't there no royal law in his eyes? This is the foot of the Son of Heaven, the first good place, how can you allow your generations to do wrong. What royal law did Fan Huisi violate, and why did you arrest people? ”

The leader Jinyi was stunned, both of them were wearing civilian clothes, and they couldn't see their identities. But those who can eat in the cheap room will not have a fuel-efficient lamp, and this man will not dare to slack off, and ask, "...... Who? We take people in brocade clothes, do we also need to explain to you? ”

Hou Shouyong said: "The person who takes the brocade must hold the driver's post, where is your driver's post, bring it to me!" ”

"This ...... Where is the driver's certificate issued by the Criminal Department for you to see? Who are you? ”

Hua Zhengfang's face was cold, and he grabbed the wrist of the brocade-clothed man with his hand, and said angrily: "You dare to say that you have a driver's license?" It's the two of us in the criminal department, you said that there is a driver's license issued by me, show it to me! You eagles and dogs, even dare to forge the driving post, it's just lawless! Forge a driver's post, arrest people at will, report your name and official position, the old man must find Liu Shouyou to have a clear theory, and ask him how he led the soldiers! ”[.]