Lotte who has just entered the inner government is not familiar with official business, and naturally he will not be assigned any specific errands, but let Lotte learn to be familiar with copywriting, official letters, chapters, accounts, etc., and now there are dozens of days before the summer harvest, and it is the most leisurely time of the year.

On this day, Lotte was very bored in the yazhong, and a doorman walked in from outside and presented a big red invitation.

It turned out that this invitation was sent by Yu Ruozhuo to the official's servant, and recently Yu Guanren had a classmate who was in Taixue in the past passing by Pingyu, and Yu Guanren naturally wanted to accompany the east, so he invited Lotte to go and sit with him.

Since the promotion of the post in the internal office, after the first few days of freshness, Lotte immediately felt dull and bored, although the reputation and status of the clerk is higher than that of the poor officer, but the clerk is not as comfortable as when he was a clerk.

At the moment, there is nothing to do in the internal office, but you have to stay in the inner office all day, a newspaper is turned over and over again to read countless times, a cup of tea is brewed to be as tasteless as white water, and only when you can wait for the sound of the bad bang can you end up at ease, which is no different from going to prison.

Fortunately, Master Shangguan did not order him to move into the county office, otherwise Lotte would have to be driven crazy by this life.

Since Yu Ruozhuo invited himself to eat and drink, the extremely bored Lotte was also happy to be lazy and relax.

In the past, Lotte only knew that this Yu Guanren's house was located in the southeast of Pingyu, but he had never been there. On this day, it was just close to dusk, Lotte took a leave of absence and escaped for a while, so he went out of the city in a hurry, walked a few miles and saw a manor, and after a little inquiry, Lotte knew that this was Yu Ruozhuo's house.

Lotte, who was waiting in front of the door, ran over to salute when he saw Lotte from afar, and walked towards the house with Lotte.

Entering the Yu Mansion, Lotte immediately had the feeling that Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Circle, although the house was not magnificent, but the layout of the building was ingenious and exquisite, there was a garden in front of the hall, there was a pavilion in the garden, there was water on the edge of the pavilion, and the layout was not weaker than the garden that Lotte had seen in his previous life.

"Mr. Le, tonight's feast is in this pavilion!" The little guy was very pleasant, and while leading Lotte to visit the courtyard, he introduced the evening feast.

The waterside pavilion has set up the table, all kinds of dried fruits, dim sum candied fruit have been placed on the table, and at the next step of the pavilion, there are more than a dozen singers and musicians, each holding a variety of musical instruments waiting.

The huge pavilion and this pomp and circumstance surprised Lotte, who had been a yasman for a month and worked hard to keep the money, and now he is only a salary of three dollars, and he has a lot of inferiority complex in his heart.

Looking at such a scene, it is obvious that there are no less than a dozen accompanying guests invited by the officials, and Lotte speculates in his heart who the classmates invited by the officials are.

The afterglow of the sunset will dye the pavilion golden red, and the guests will come one after another, most of them are local gentry and celebrities, but most of these gentry Lotte do not know, among which there are a few last officials of the county Lotte are recognized, but they are several teachers and scholars in the county. Then there was a burst of Yingying Yanyan's voice, Lotte escaped and saw that a group of female actors were coming, and there were a few acquaintances in Fengyuechang who knew him, Yingying Girl, as well as Yueru girl of Changyue Pavilion, and Sister Lan of Yichun Pavilion were among them.

After the Yingying girl came, there was a girl with a green branch around to serve, and she got together with a group of female dancers with musical instruments, as a Qing Qi person, she naturally had to look like a Qing Qi person, and the Yueru girl and several other Qinglou girls gathered into a bunch of gossips, obviously the female and the music in the Qinglou were divided into two circles.

A few people came one after another, and Lotte saw that these people were all dressed in shirts and Tang scarves, and they all came to be Confucian students in this county.

Sister Lan of Yichun Pavilion was chatting with some female tricks, and she saw Lotte in the corner of her eyes, as if she had found a baby, and from time to time she looked at Lotte, and the Yueru girl on the side followed Sister Lan's gaze and also found Lotte sitting in the pavilion, and she also hooked up with Lotte with her flattering eyes.

A group of beautiful female actors naturally attracted attention, and these guests who came immediately found that Sister Lan's and several female actors were not right, and they were eyebrowning at a young man, envious of many people.

Not long after, Yu Guanren walked out with a man of his age, and the pavilion immediately calmed down.

"Today, in the next former classmates passing by Pingyu, Yu specially invited Pingyu gentry and celebrities to accompany me, and I thank you for coming!" Yu Guanren showed a smile, hurriedly bowed his hand again and again, and then introduced the person next to him to everyone: "This is Yu's classmate and friend Zhao Mingcheng Zhao Guanren!" ”

As we all know, Yu Guanren is a local celebrity, and when he was young, he studied Taixue in Bianliang Guozijian in Tokyo.

The Zhao official also bowed his hand: "Zhao Mou was a cloth cloth, and he happened to pass by Pingyu to meet his friends, but he disturbed you, and I am sorry in my heart!" ”

Everyone was polite, the guests and hosts took their seats, and Lotte as a companion also sat down, with a table in front of each person, and a female servant by his side. Lotte iQue is too empty, and he is quite familiar with the name Zhao Mingcheng, as if he had seen it in a book in his previous life, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Which fox has taken away Le Langjun's thoughts, could it be that the willow posture of the slave family, serving the eyes of Mr. Can't be by his side?" It wasn't until there was a complaining anger in his ears that Le woke up, but saw Sister Lan by his side, looking at him with anger on his face.

In addition, Lotte still felt that there was a gaze on him, and when he looked up, he saw the official looking at him with a wry smile.

What's the situation? Lotte is again unclear why. Sister Lan exhaled like Lan in her ear, and chuckled: "Yu Guanren asked the slave family to sit next to Zhao Xianggong, where did the slave family let go of the opportunity to sit at the same table with Mr., but sat here!" As he spoke, his body tightened up a little bit.

As the guest of honor, Zhao Tingzhi ordered a few tunes, and the warbler girl stroked the piano with her hands, and the feast began in the sound of orchestral silk and bamboo. The next person began to serve the food.

At the beginning of the banquet, it was mainly a conversation between the officials and the officials of Zhao, who not only asked about the customs of the people, but also discussed some knowledge of gold and stone.

During the conversation, the voice of this Zhao official changed: "The day before yesterday in Caizhou, Zhao heard that someone in the market sang the song of Peach Blossom Temple, which is said to be composed by a gentleman in Pingyu, I don't know if this gentleman has ever come today?" ”

Hearing this, Yu Guan laughed: "Yu knew that Brother Zhao would definitely ask about this, so he specially invited my virtuous brother to sit with Brother Zhao!" ”

"Whoa!" Zhao Guanren was slightly shocked and said with a smile: "Please also introduce Ruozhuo to Zhao!" ”

"The county officials have seen Zhao Guanren!" Lotte knew that his identity as a scribe was not on the stage, and he didn't wait for the official to speak, so he stood up and arched his hand.

Yu Ruozhuo smiled at Lotte and said: "When I, Senior Zhao, was studying in Taixue, my poetry was the best among my classmates, and the virtuous brother took advantage of today to ask for advice!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Guanren smiled bitterly: "Speaking of poetry, I can't be clumsy, I won't do it a long time ago!" ”

Hearing this Zhao official claim that he was not as good as an insider, Lotte suddenly remembered, could this Zhao official in front of him be the son of Zhao Tingzhi, who was the prime minister in the early years of Huizong, and married Zhao Mingcheng, a female lyricist Li Qingzhao?

"Sir!" At this moment, a servant rushed to report: "There are two official sedan chairs outside the house, and the guard of honor is the lord of the county and the master of the book!" ”

Hearing that Chen Zhixian was coming, Yu Ruozhuo was slightly surprised, looked at Zhao Mingcheng again, and said in a low voice: "Could this Chen Zhixian be Brother Zhao's old age?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Guanren was also a little dazed: "After the death of my father, the family fell into the middle of the road, and Zhao was ordered to retire for many years, and he broke off contact with the officials of the DPRK and China!" ”

While speaking, Yu Ruozhuo and Zhao Guanren took all the guests to greet them.

As soon as everyone arrived at the gate of the house, Lotte saw his county lord from a distance behind the crowd that he had changed his previous reserved appearance, and when he saw the Zhao official coming forward, he smiled and said: "After the end of school, Chen Lingyuan has seen Zhao Guanren!" ”

Zhao Mingcheng walked a few steps quickly, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Why does Father Chen need to be like this, Zhao is just a cloth cloth, how can he afford the gift of Father!" ”

It turned out that Chen Zhixian's name was Chen Lingyuan, and Lotte didn't know it until today. Looking at the scene in front of him, Lotte was even more sure of his guess, the Zhao official in front of him was that Zhao Mingcheng, otherwise how could Chen Zhixian deign to come uninvited, and come to say that he was the last to learn.

The two met the ceremony, and Chen Zhixian smiled again: "Brother Zhao is afraid that he doesn't know it, more than ten years ago when he was young, Brother Zhao went to visit my uncle, and he happened to be there. ”

Zhao Mingcheng obviously forgot about this matter a long time ago, and hesitated: "I don't know who Father Chen's uncle Taizun is?" ”

"Uncle Xiaguan has a word for a long time, Brother Zhao was a doctor in Taixue when he was studying Taixue, and later moved to the inspection officer of the Tribute Institute of the Ministry of Rites!" Chen Zhixian said very respectfully.

"It turned out to be Dr. Chen's nephew!" Zhao Mingcheng was in awe, and arched his hand and said: "When my father was alive, he praised Dr. Chen, he was like Lu Zhen, he was like Di Renjie, and he was like Han Yu, and he should be the humerus of the country, but it is a pity that he ......" Speaking of this, Zhao Mingcheng sighed, then stopped talking, and said: "Zhao has no contact with the officials of the DPRK and China since he left Beijing, and he has no news, I don't know where Dr. Chen is working today?" ”

Chen Zhixian hurriedly said: "Recently, there has been an exchange of letters, and I heard that my uncle has moved to Taizhou!" ”

While speaking, Yan Zhushu also came up to greet Zhao Mingcheng, and then under the guidance of the official, everyone moved to the pavilion and sat down, and in the gap between greeting Chen Zhixian and the two, Yu Guanren had already ordered people to put tables and chairs for the two masters, Chen Zhixian and Zhao Mingcheng both sat in the position of the guest of honor, and the position of the Yan master book was placed next to Lotte.

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