After getting off duty, Liu Mingcheng took the first step to find a private room in Zuixian Building and waited. He has now made up his mind to win over Yu Ke, after all, he is still alone when he first enters the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is not bad to have a helper. A stunned young man like Yu Ke, who has just entered the officialdom and is shy, is the object that is easy to woo.

After a while, Yu Ke hurriedly entered the Drunken Immortal Building, was led into the private room by the shopkeeper, and apologized again and again: "Don't blame the virtuous brother, the foolish brother was delayed for a while because of trivial matters, and he will punish himself with three cups later." ”

Liu Mingcheng didn't take it either, but stood up to greet him, sat down with his arm and said, "Hey, don't be so outside, brother Xian." Although you and I are meeting for the first time today, they are also familiar at first sight, and the foolish brother can't wait to meet you as soon as possible. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, today a foolish brother is presumptuous, and I hope that the virtuous brother will not be surprised. ”

"Where is it, the virtuous brother is very gracious, and the foolish brother admires it."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about these raw words. Just now, Brother Fool ordered a few side dishes, and I don't know if it suits Brother Xian's taste. Let's have a few more. ”

Yu Ke, who is thinner-skinned, naturally excuses himself again and again, and does not use it. Seeing this, Liu Mingcheng asked the shopkeeper to serve wine and food, and under his deliberate enthusiasm, Yu Ke also completely put down his mind and began to take the initiative to push the cup and change it.

Liu Mingcheng has been in officialdom for more than 20 years, and his eyebrows are empty. Under his pretending to be unintentionally tempted and lured, Yu Ke began to talk about all kinds of pickled things in the Metropolitan Courtyard. What is the imperial history of the left is not liked by the imperial history of the right vice-capital, and what is the imperial history of Anhui Province is said to have received the silver of the prefect of Lu'an Prefecture before letting it go...... The list goes on and on. Through his rambling narration, he also gained a general understanding of the main characters in the Imperial Court.

While they were drunk, a bad thing had struck. At the beginning, no one expected that it would be widely implicated, and even some people lost their official positions and could never turn over.

Fan Changyong, who was about to go down duty, was stopped by a subordinate officer, and he looked at the other party with some doubts. It was already the hour of the next duty, and he didn't understand why his subordinates didn't have the ability to see today.

The subordinate still pulled Fan Changyong's long sleeves, his forehead was sweaty, and his voice trembled and said, "Big... People, please... Stay. Over here... There's a twist... Very... is urgent and needs you... Deal with it. ”

Because Ye Youxiang is handling affairs in the mansion these days, he has been on duty in the public house, and after screening the folds, he will deliver the important part to the right minister's mansion. Fan Changyong frowned when he heard this, and said with a little displeasure: "Why is it so urgent? Can't wait until tomorrow to deal with it? Moreover, Ye Xiangye is not in good health, and he is not suitable for dealing with business at night. ”

"You... Let's take a look, maybe Ye Xiangye... I would like to know as soon as possible. The subordinate's face was already a little blue, as if he had encountered some terrible twist. Thinking of the people who can serve the prime minister, they all have two brushes. Not to mention the rest, at least the vision is still sharp enough.

Fan Changyong curiously took the fold before he looked at the two lines, and then dropped the fold to the ground. He trembled and bent down to pick it up a few times before picking it up, forced himself to calm down and whispered: "You go and copy a copy of the song, and the official will take it and hand it to Xiangye." Half an hour after the official has left, you will hand over the fold to the eunuch who has come to fetch it. ”

"Yes, sir. The lower official will go and copy it, please wait a while. The subordinate officer took the fold and hurried towards the house, tripped over the threshold and almost fell.

Fan Changyong looked at Lian Libai, who was already quite old, swaying the branches in the cold wind, sighed slightly and said, "The tree wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop." I don't know if it will snow this winter. ”

After a while, the subordinate officer sent the copied fold over, and Fan Changyong copied it and hid it in his sleeve, and at this time he had already seen the little eunuch who came to fetch the fold every day walking towards this side. He commanded in a low voice, "Remember, whatever excuse you make, wait for half an hour before handing it over to the eunuch." Got it? ”

"Yes, sir. The lower officials understand, the lower officials understand. The subordinate officer wiped the sweat from his forehead, and squeezed out a little smile on his face to greet the little eunuch who had approached. Father-in-law, it's a little early today. Have you had dinner? ”

The little eunuch rarely encounters someone here to give him a good face, after all, civil officials naturally look down on eunuchs with crippled bodies, and always feel that eunuchs are treacherous people, intending to hinder the traffic up and down. Seeing the smile on the other party's face today, he was a little flattered, and hurriedly bent down and bowed his hand in return and said, "There is Lord Lao's arms, and the little one has already had dinner." Today, the long-lived master wants to see the folds, so the little one comes over to get it. ”

"That's not a coincidence. There are a lot of twists and turns today, and the official is still sorting, and it may take some time. I wonder if my father-in-law can wait a little bit? ”

"It's easy to say, it's out of the way. But adults still have to be faster, so as not to wait for the long live lord to be in a hurry, and the small ones can't afford to eat. ”

"I definitely won't embarrass my father-in-law. Come on, tea. After the subordinate officer finished speaking, he began to rummage through the pile of folds, and in the eyes of outsiders, he was indeed sorting and sorting folds, and he was very busy.

The little eunuch didn't expect that this would be half an hour, and when he saw that the sky had darkened, he couldn't help but get anxious, and urged: "My lord, it's been half an hour, you better give it to the minions, otherwise our little life will be gone." ”

"It's going to be good, it's going to be good." After another cup of tea, the subordinate officer felt that Fan Changshi should go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, so he stopped his movements and exhaled heavily.

The little eunuch pleaded with a crying voice: "Sir, you have pity on the poor slave. Hooray, you're in a hurry. ”

At this time, Fan Changyong had just entered the Right Prime Minister's Mansion through the side door. He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath to slow down the violent beating of his heartbeat, and saw the Xiangfu servant and asked, "Where is Xiangye?" I have something I want to ask Xiangye. ”

The servant knew that he was his lord's adjutant, and he didn't dare to slack off and lead the way in front.

Half an hour later, Ye Nanqing had already met Fan Changyong. He was walking in the garden, looked at Fan Changyong with an indifferent face, and asked, "Changyong, why did you have time to come and visit the old man today?" ”

Fan Changyong looked left and right with a little hesitation, and then said: "Xiangye, there is something unclear about the lower officials, and there is nothing to gain after thinking about it for a long time. After today's duty, I came to ask the master to solve his doubts. took the liberty to disturb Xiangye Qingxiu, and asked Haihan. ”

Seeing this, Ye Nanqing waved his hand to let the servant go down, and then said, "Where." Let's talk as we go. So saying, he walked into the garden.

When he arrived in the depths of the garden, Fan Changyong saw that there was no one left and right, so he took out a copy of the fold that was already a little sweaty in his sleeve and handed it to Ye Nanqing, and said in a hurried tone: "Xiangye, someone said that Elder Xia Ge taught inappropriate content to His Royal Highness the Prince, and the rhetoric was quite intense. Let's take a look. ”