Liu Congwen heard Zhang Jiu say this, and a suspicious look appeared on his face for a while. In his impression, the letter sent by the Department of Scholars to appoint the official was indeed written about four editors, how could it be three?

However, Liu Congwen did not dwell on this, he put down the document in his hand and said: "No matter whether it is three or four, today is the day when people take office, and I should go over as the head of the court!" ”

"What the Lord said is very true, I will show you the way!"

Zhang Jiu patted his sleeve and made a "please" gesture, if the flattering smile was seen by Qin Yi, it would be a burst of gag. However, Liu Congwen is very useful. This Zhang Jiu is a member of the Academy of Literature, in charge of the miscellaneous matters of the Academy, to put it bluntly, he is the office director of some units in Qin Yi's previous life.

However, in this world, Zhang Jiu's official title is officially called a chief, and it is generally called a official. Chiefs, like editors, are not included in the official rank system, and although they have official positions, they do not have grades.

The Academy of Letters is not large, but it is only an organization for the compilation of books and publications, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Scholars. But even so, the identities of the characters who go in and out of the Xining Town Literary Academy are not ordinary.

Some of them were local young talents, and some of them held certain positions in the town, in short, no matter who entered or left the academy, they had to be notified through the chief official Zhang Jiu. To put it bluntly, Zhang is actually an ordinary official who is responsible for receiving these people.

The characters he came into contact with in his work were destined for Zhang Jiu to observe words and looks, and even judge people by their appearance, in order to do all this well. It's a pity that this time he met Qin Yi.

A few quarters of an hour later, Zhang Jiu took Liu Congwen to the main hall, and happened to meet the maid who had retreated from it. The maid's face was a little pale, but this did not attract Zhang Jiu's attention.

"Lord Liu is here!"

Zhang Jiu took the lead in stepping into the main hall and handed over to Qin Yi and the four of them. When Tong Can, Shi Ao, and Shan Peng heard this, they immediately put down the teacup in their hands, and then got up and saluted Liu Congwen, who entered the main hall: "Meet Lord Liu!" ”

At this time, above the main hall, on the table next to Qin Yi's position, there were two teacups, both of which had already opened the lid of the tea. He didn't stand up, which surprised the other three a little, even Liu Congwen was a little strange. However, when Liu Congwen saw that there were four people in the main hall instead of three, and carefully looked at the clothes of several people, he seemed to understand something.

"Zhang Jiu!"

"The little ones are here!"

"Are you looking at it wrong or something?"

"Back to my lord, these adults didn't inform the little ones of their names, the little ones just judged by their own experience, but there were just three officials who took office!" Zhang Jiu's face did not change in the slightest, and while he argued, he pointed at Tong Can, Shi Ao and Shan Peng with his hands, "My lord, it's the three of them!" ”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Jiu is quibbling and deliberately omitting Qin Yi. But then again, Zhang Jiu's words, when you think about it, are impeccable.

First of all, Qin Yi and the four of them did not inform Zhang Jiu of their names, which is a fact, and why Zhang Jiu dared to answer Liu Congwen's words so confidently. Secondly, Qin Yi's dress today is indeed not like the appearance of a new official. Everyone else was well-dressed, but he was in tatters, and even had patches on his clothes.

It's no wonder that Qin Yi's family is poor, and he didn't defect to a rich and powerful family like the other three, so he naturally could only wear these old clothes to take office. It's just that Zhang Jiu doesn't know this.

In fact, Zhang Jiu had already thought of these arguments, and when he was designing his mind, he thought of a justification for himself. Hmph, which stinky boy slapped his face just now, sir, I'll let you taste the bitter fruit, maybe your new official will be a mess when he takes office!

"Humph! I told you a long time ago, don't judge people by their appearance! ”

Liu Congwen knew Zhang Jiu's temper, and he looked at Qin Yi's tattered clothes, and probably understood what was going on, including why Zhang Jiu reported to him before that it was three people instead of four. But despite this, Zhang Jiu's cleverness made him like it a little. Therefore, Liu Congwen only scolded a few words, and did not do anything else!

"Today is the time for the four of you to take office, and the people below don't know how to do things, so you don't have to pay attention to them!" Liu Congwen lightly brought about the previous incident, "Although it is said that he is in office, it is actually just a scene." After all, the Academy of Literature is a small place, so you don't need to be too polite! ”

As he spoke, he walked to his seat in front of him, and at the same time motioned for Tong Can and the three of them to sit down. And Qin Yi was the only one who was still sitting there, and there was no movement.

In fact, Liu Congwen could see that the tattered young man in front of him was embarrassing himself. Liu Congwen, as his boss, had the power to order Qin Yi to follow the etiquette, but Zhang Jiu's previous events made him have to find an excuse to step down and not worry about these cumbersome things.

Moreover, today is the day they take office, and their boss, they have to give them some concessions to show their generosity as the head of the court.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I, Liu Congwen, am the head of the Academy of Literature." After Liu Congwen sat down, Zhang Jiu stood aside, and he introduced himself, "Your Excellency, you can introduce yourself first, so that the official can be familiar with it, so that you can arrange the work!" ”

Although it is clearly written on the line, it is something written after all, the so-called seeing is believing, and he Liu Congwen also has to be seated.

"Under Tong Can!"

"In Xia Shi Ao!"

"Placing an order!"

Several people introduced themselves in turn, and when it was Qin Yi's turn, he slowly stood up: "Under Qin Yi, he is the editor-in-chief of the Academy of Literature!" "Although it is the chief editor, it is no different from the ordinary editor, even when he was appointed in the Department of Scholars, he still had the name of the editor of the Academy of Letters. The editor-in-chief is just a title for an official title.

"Oh, you're Qin Yi?"

After listening to Qin Yi's self-introduction, Liu Congwen's face became strange. Qin Yi's reputation, he has heard it, not only has a few poems and couplets been published in the Wenwu newspaper, but also the first place in this college examination, ranking first. It's just that he originally thought that such a student, even if he was born in a poor family, should be co-opted by various family forces, so as to live a life of fine clothes and food.

Who would have thought that he was dressed in such tatters, didn't he take refuge in those families?

Liu Congwen quickly determined his thoughts, after all, he had also heard about some things about the Qin family where Qin Yi was. After thinking about the breathing time a few times, Liu Congwen smiled: "It turned out to be the editor-in-chief of Qin!" What a young talent! ”

"Don't dare to be a talent!" Qin Yi said politely, and then his face turned cold, "There is just one thing, should Lord Liu let Zhang Jiu give an explanation?" ”

After Qin Yi finished speaking, he pointed to the two teacups on the table next to him, one of which was brewed with good oolong tea, and the other was boiled water.

When Liu Congwen heard this, he glanced at the two cups with his eyes, and also saw the situation in them, and then his smiling face froze there: "Zhang Jiu!" Do you have to learn the gift of hospitality from scratch? ”

The gift of hospitality is the most valued by people, and the reputation of rudeness is not something that everyone is willing to carry. However, Liu Congwen still seems to be protecting a calf, although he is scolding, no matter how he listens to it, it is not that taste. At this time, Qin Yi had already seen all this in his eyes.

"Oh, the people below don't know how to do things, I guess they sent the wrong boiled water to me, and I scolded the maid when I turned around!" Zhang Jiu showed an innocent expression on his face, as if from beginning to end, these things had nothing to do with him, "Lord Editor-in-Chief, you extinguish the fire!" ”

As soon as Qin Yi heard it, he understood that this Zhang Jiu was pushing two five or six, and he was playing haha with himself. However, he was too lazy to waste time on this matter, lest Tong Can and others present or even Liu Congwen think that he was making a big fuss. Simply, Qin Yi also played with Zhang Jiu haha: "This official is also a reasonable person!" ”

When he saw Liu Congwen protecting his shortcomings like this, he understood that he was afraid that he was going to give him this face, at least he couldn't scold Zhang Jiu fiercely in front of everyone.

In fact, what Zhang Jiu said had already been taken into account. Qin Yi naturally didn't know this. Otherwise, when Liu Congwen scolded Zhang Jiu, how could he be so calm? It's just a pity that the maid who brought tea and water fell victim in this verbal exchange.

"Alright, alright! Lord Qin, let's put out the fire! Tong Can waved his hand, "The people below are inevitably a little rough when they do things!" ”

"Yes, Lord Liu, we still have to hurry up and assign our work, otherwise I am afraid that we will not have time to start work this afternoon!" Shi Ao's words were lukewarm, giving people a weird feeling, as if he was helping Zhang Jiu, "Lord Qin is the chief editor, we can be regarded as assisting him!" ”

"Let's get down to business!" Although Qin Yi was unhappy in his heart, he was unwilling to provoke contradictions with everyone when his new official took office. Moreover, for the next three months, I will have to work in the Academy of Literature, and Zhang Jiu will not look up and look down, and he will have an opportunity. The so-called gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late, Qin Yi is such a character.

"Lord Liu, let's arrange it for us!"

It's just that between the words of everyone, they didn't notice Zhang Jiu's face, and there was a certain smug look hidden in it.

"The compilation of "Hundred Strategies" is not only the policy articles of the 100 students on the list in this town, but also their poems; At the same time, the excellent strategies of the students in other towns in the county should also be collected and compiled. Liu Congwen said in a timely manner, "In this way, the work is divided into three parts." Part of it is to stay in the Academy of Literature and sort out poems, strategies, etc., part is to correct the things that are organized, and the last part is to go out to various towns to collect and sort out strategies! ”

"Therefore, the four of you should be divided into three parts, of course, Qin Yi, you are the editor-in-chief, and you will arrange all these work. In addition, the manpower in the Academy of Letters can also be transferred by you! ”

His words actually handed over the work arrangement to Qin Yi. Qin Yi is the editor-in-chief, to put it bluntly, in his previous life, the leader of a certain group of the publishing house managed the people below and urged them to do things!