Lijiazhuang, inner house.

The maid Zipei stood in the courtyard, with her hands on her waist, shouting and directing the people to work, moving buckets of ice from the cellar where the ice was hidden, and then sending them to the east courtyard of the old man and the young master of the long house.

Speaking of which, the status of the two girls in the Li family is not low, second only to the old housekeeper and the housekeeper of the main house, and much higher than the other maids and servants, and they can be regarded as the "big maids" in the family.

In the summer, the ice runs out quickly, and it takes about two hours to add a little more, and you have to open the ice cellar twice in one afternoon.

After arranging for the last batch to be sent over, Zipei came to the porch to sit and rest under the eaves of the porch, sweating profusely. wiped the sweat on his face with a small handkerchief, and then gently fanned his face with a handkerchief, the cherry mouth opened slightly, and kept panting, and his mouth was broken: "Tired of me, tired of me------"

"Look at you, sweating profusely, but you look like you've done heavy work?" Zijin didn't know when he came behind him and teased his sister.

"Hmph------" Zipei wrinkled his nose and snorted: "You haven't been standing under the sun to arrange things, of course you don't know this feeling of heat and tiredness." ”

"yes, it's really hot this year------

Zijin answered casually, but his thoughts drifted away in vain, and he muttered softly after a while: "In the past, our young master was the most afraid of heat, and he couldn't leave our service for a moment, but now he is alone outside, I don't know if he won't get used to it------"

Zipei's little face darkened when he heard this, and he nodded lightly subconsciously and said, "Yes, I don't know how the young master is now?" He didn't have much money with him when he left, and it's been a few days, so he can't be starving-------"

As soon as she thought of the young master's skinny and pitiful appearance in her mind, she panicked in her heart, and couldn't help jumping up in surprise and said, "If it doesn't work, what should I do if the young master is starved?" Oops, I'm going to have to go find him------"

"Dead girl, how can the young master be as useless as you think? Don't worry about it, the young master is not a homeless person like us, how can he not even eat? Zijin scolded with a smile.

"But Young Master ------ also has a home now and can't go back------" Zipei said with a sad face.

Zijin's face also darkened when he heard this, and he smiled and comforted: "Don't forget, the young master only needs to move his pen, not to mention that what he writes can be sold for a lot of money, and it is not a problem to exchange some silver for dinner." ”

"Oh------"

Zipei felt a little relieved at this time, and after a moment, he said with some concern: "But sister, although the young master will not be hungry, he may be tired of writing too much!" Also, he may sweat so hot, he can fan himself when he is awake, who will fan him when he is asleep? What if ------ if he runs into a bad guy when he goes out? Will it be ------ let people give ------"

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Zijin made her also panic for a while, and couldn't help but think about it with her thoughts, and hurriedly raised her face and said: "Dead girl, dare to curse the young master again, pull some of the things that are not, see if I don't tear your stinky mouth!" ”

Zipei stuck out her tongue mischievously, then looked at her sister and said tentatively: "Sister, sister, why don't you ------ let's go into the city to find the young master?" Maybe we'll just have one! ”

"That's not going to happen!" Zijin shook his head resolutely and said, "Let the master know, we don't have any good fruit to eat." ”

"But don't you know? The surname Zhao has come twice in the past few days, and if we don't find the young master quickly, we will soon fall into his hands! ”

"How is that possible? The eldest young master will not agree to his unreasonable demands------"

"And what about the young lady?"

Zipei interrupted her words, and said with a somewhat indignant expression: "Over there in the long room, it's not all the eldest young master's master, I've heard that the young lady is not willing to offend the Zhao family for the sake of the two maids, and is persuading the eldest young master to send us out!" ”

"This ------"

Zijin actually understands in her heart that although her sister usually speaks openly, she will not lie casually. The young lady is virtuous, but she is virtuous, but she is not as good as the two young masters to protect the calves, and she has to think about more things, and after weighing the pros and cons, it is really possible to agree to the Zhao family's request.

Seeing her move slightly, a touch of cunning flashed in Zipei's eyes, knowing that her persuasion had already had an effect, so she didn't say anything more at the moment.

Actually, she didn't lie about it, but things were far from that bad. This time, Li Xiao's attitude was very resolute, and he didn't easily listen to his wife's advice, because he promised Li Qian.

After thinking for a long time, Zijin nodded resolutely and said, "Okay, let's go to the city today, I'll go to the eldest young master and say it!" The house over there in Deqingfang, although it has always been taken care of, has not been seen for a long time. Our young master has planted so many peach blossoms, someone has to take care of them on his behalf. ”

"Great! My sister is wise and martial, beautiful and wise------"

"If you don't learn, you can't do it!"

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Li Qian turned his head to look after hearing the movement, and couldn't help but light up, and a sincere smile bloomed on his face.

In time, so timely! This is very Song Jiang------ just wanted to sleep, and someone was already rushing to bring a pillow for himself, and sure enough, his wish came true!

"Hey, who's that? Find me Zhang Zhuluo. ”

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The corners of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to turn around and leave, but he didn't have the guts. That master is a Jinshi master, his fame is higher than that of the hall, and he is the most learned person in the entire yamen.

Since the other party is respected as a gentleman, and treats him with courtesy, it is definitely not something that his own little errand can despise. Immediately, he stepped forward respectfully, presented the invitation with both hands, and said with a sneer: "The little name is Zhu Zhendong, and Master Li will call me Xiao Zhu." This is an invitation sent by Zhang Gongzi, and the person is still waiting outside, how do you think you want to reply to him? ”

"Invitations? For me? Li Qian was stunned and asked, "Who is this Zhang Gongzi?" ”

"It's the son of a generalized adult."

"General judgment? But I don't know him------"

Li Qian was confused, reluctantly sat up from the spring bench, and still asked with some uncertainty: "You say, could it be that they didn't recognize the right door and sent it to the wrong place?" Or is this invitation for the prefectural honor? ”

"It's not clear ------ small one."

Zhu Zhendong was sweating in his heart, and he said that this joke was so funny, hehe------ admit the wrong door and admit the wrong door to the county office? Besides, if you open it and look at it, don't you know everything?

Li Qian didn't talk nonsense, took the invitation, opened it and glanced at it, and finally made sure that the other party didn't send it wrong.

The invitation was sent by Zhang Gongzi, saying that he had admired his name for a long time, and specially set up a banquet to invite himself to dinner, and the location was in Yiranju on Yahou Street------

In all fairness, Li Qian really wanted to go to the banquet. After all, the grade of Yiranju is not low, it is a famous restaurant in this area, the environment is elegant and quiet, not to mention, the taste is authentic, the most important thing is that there are ice cubes there, and there are maids on the side to fan the wind for the guests------ just thinking about it, he feels a lot cooler.

However, if there is no good banquet, who knows what special purpose the other party has for finding him?

What if that person is full of bad water and runs away with urine during the feast? Isn't it just a bully meal? I don't have much money left, and I can't afford an expensive banquet------

After hesitating for a moment, Li Qian threw the invitation back to him, and the person lay back again, waving his hand impatiently: "I just said that I understood the kindness, but now I am not available." ”

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Zhu Zhendong finally saw the ability of the master in front of him to open his eyes and tell nonsense. Have time to lie in this courtyard in a daze, but don't have time to go to an invitational banquet? The heart said that it was a pity to have such an opportunity to eat and drink, how good would it be if this was to invite yourself?

"Hey, don't forget to get me Zhang Zhuqiao!" When Li Qian saw him leaving, he shouted at the top of his voice uneasily.

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Zhu Zhendong did not disappoint Li Qian, and soon moved a Xiangfei bamboo collapse. As soon as Li Qian was happy, he casually rewarded him with ten cents, Zhu Zhendong thanked him again and again, but he complained in his heart, and secretly slandered: "Take me as a flower child?" ”

Just complaining and complaining, he can get a small reward, and he is actually satisfied.

Don't look at him, he is also the long-term follower of Wang Zhixian's side, in fact, his status is not high, mainly because he has been in the government for a short time, and he is not as good as those old qualifications. Even the gatekeepers in the yamen have much more oil and water than him.

The personnel in the government can be roughly divided into four categories, namely officials, officials, Xu and subordinates.

The official understands it very well, for example, this Qiantang County Ya is "one county, two Yin, three Ya and four old classics".

It's just that because the official position of the canon and history has not entered the stream, it is not among the nine grades and eighteen levels, and it is generalized with other miscellaneous officials. But in fact, when there are no assistant officials such as the county and the chief bookkeeper in the county, the canon, as the "master of the four halls", naturally has to exercise the authority of the county lord and the chief bookkeeper on his behalf, so he also belongs to the court officials who need to be formally appointed, and his status is much higher than that of other miscellaneous officials.

In the case of officials, it is a group of people who are in between the government and the people. They are selected by the government from the localities, and the basic requirements are to be virtuous and talented, and their family background is innocent, and their duties are to assist officials in handling government affairs, manage local affairs, and perform the duties of officials, but they are still people in their identities, commonly known as "sword and pen officials".

Xu is often confused with "soap li" because of his black uniform. Xu actually refers to the soap, strong, and fast three classes of officials, all of whom have practiced a good skill------ and they can't be called serious kung fu, but they are also a good hand in the public gate, and the minions in the government are the best at oppressing the people, so they often carry the black pot for the officials and lords, and they are very criticized by the world.

Zhu Zhendong belongs to the last type, that is, the lowest level of servants, and mainly acts as a sedan chair driver, a horse groom, a man, a changfu, a gate man and other errands in the yamen. Among them are the men who guard the gate, and the long-term attendants like him, who were selected by the county lord to be responsible for personal attendants and other ministries, do more errands and messengers.

This is lowly servitude, which is equivalent to a slave-like existence, and the status is similar to that of the servants of large families, so it is often confused. However, the fact is that only a small half of them are employed by this industry, and more than half of them are errand laborers like Zhu Zhendong, who serve as civilians.

No one in Zhu Zhendong's family has gained fame, so serving is inevitable. However, he knew some words, and after seeing all the benefits of the public door, and tasting a little sweetness, he had a lofty ideal in his heart-

Promoted to Officer!

Li Qian lay comfortably on the cool silk bamboo collapse, and after a few short words of conversation with him, he couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and scolded this kid for being unproductive, and he could never become a real "salted fish with dreams"! I forgot that I had also considered that if I couldn't become a master, I would have to be a civil scrivener, just to have a bite to eat.

With a wave of his hand, he dismissed this salted fish that had no dreams ------ strictly speaking, dreams were too small, Li Qian closed his eyes and took a nap. At this moment, in Yiran Juli on Yahou Street, Zhang Gongzi, who was rejected, was furious------

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