[Second update, ask for red tickets, collect]

In and around Tokyo, there are thousands of hotels, restaurants, and shops. However, there are only 72 stores that can be passed on by the word of mouth of millions of people in Tokyo. Some of them are government-run, some are private, some were originally guild halls, and some were old mansions of wealthy families, with various origins, but their fame is spread all over the world.

Located in the new gate of the inner city of Tokyo, the main store of Huixian Building, although it is not as rich and luxurious as Fanlou, nor as large as the store of Qingfeng Building, nor as good as the location of Zhangjiayuanzi and Zhuangyuan Building on the side of the royal street. However, Huixian Tower has an advantage, that is, it is quiet in the middle of noisy, especially the many private rooms in the backyard, which are known for their seclusion and privacy.

Sitting on the upper floor of the Huixian Tower, you can not only overlook the beautiful scenery of the Bianhe River, but also see the Kaifeng Mansion on the other side of the Bianhe River not far from the north. It's just that there are very few distinguished guests who choose to dine upstairs, and the tables on the second and third floors are mostly occupied by the low-level officials of Kaifeng Mansion every day. In the garden in the backyard, the private rooms divided by rockeries, trees, small bridges, ponds, and several winding corridors are the most popular places in the Huixian Building.

Liu Neiquan ordered Liu Yi, in recent years, for the first time to walk into the backyard of the Huixian Building. Although he is also an official, and he is also a Beijing official. But in the city of Tokyo, where prices are high, he is a little bit of money from the Bapin Dali Temple, and he wants to feed the whole family with more than a dozen mouths, and he has to deal with the villagers who come to fight the autumn breeze from time to time, and he is already overstretched.

is different from the rich and noble life of officials imagined by ordinary people, Liu Yi, a young Beijing official in a green robe, his most common way of hospitality is just to eat indiscriminately in a small wine shop on the side of the road. Even so, his money bag can't withstand several times a month - it is not easy to stay in the capital.

was led by a close customer, and Liu Yi passed through the corridor to transfer the house. He looked at the clothes worn by the acquaintance in front of him, and it was not much worse than his own clothes. Although Liu Yi is not wearing a high-quality official uniform, the current one on his body is also a good material. But a mere servant can be compared to him, an official!

Winding left and right on the corridor, Liu Yi finally walked into a small hall with four cursive characters written on the door with the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing on the door. Inside the hall door, there is a lotus screen with four screens. Four lotus flowers have different postures, there are buds to bloom, there are also flowers blooming, there are residual lotus branches, on the middle of the right one, a pavilion independent semi-flowering petals seem to have nothing and a little water, when it is from the famous handwriting.

Bypassing the screen, I saw a middle-aged man with big ears and a white beard, sitting by the window. led the person in, and the acquaintance retreated. Advance and retreat without saying a word. There is no drunken prostitute who does not come and sings before the feast; There is no blue and white cloth hand towel tied around the waist, and the soup and wine are changed for the guests, commonly known as the woman who is simmered; There is no group of gags and idle people who win rewards, and everything is kept as quiet as possible, which is the biggest feature of the backyard of this fairy building.

Liu Yi stepped forward and bowed to the middle-aged man: "The lower official greets the waiter." ”

The middle-aged man pointed to a table next to him: "Sit!" ”

Liu Yi looked over, and the table was already full of cold dishes and fruits. Bowls, plates, fruit and vegetable plates, water vegetable bowls, more than a dozen pieces of size, as well as wine cups, wine jugs, and chopsticks in front of the two people, all of them are shiny silverware, adding up to as much as one hundred and ten taels.

In Tokyo, there are only 72 main stores that have such a large amount of money, and even if you want to make a little more luxurious, you can borrow the utensils from the main store.

The two of them sat down, and soon a plate of hot dishes was served, each of which was still served on a silver plate, and under the special silver plate, there was a base of smoldering coals to ensure that the dishes would not be cold soon.

The food came and went quietly, and after knowing the guest, he stood at the screen, and saw that the two guests had no other instructions, so he bowed down and exited the door. Carefully cover the door, and only Liu Yi and the middle-aged waiter are left in the hall.

Only at midnight did the silence that can only be found in the temple in the mountains fall into the hall, and the noise outside the hall does not penetrate at all. The small hall is named after the lotus, and the windows, tables, beams, rafters, and even cups, plates, and dishes are marked with lotus flowers everywhere. Even the cooked copper brazier burning under the window is a complete thousand-leaf lotus flower. Cigarette smoke also rose from the bronze incense burner in the shape of lotus buds and spread throughout the hall. A faint fragrance is transmitted on the tip of the nose, the fragrance is clear and mellow, not as strong as ordinary incense, which is exactly the characteristics of this lotus hall.

Liu Yi had no intention of looking more, the deathly silence in the hall made him sit very uncomfortable, he accompanied him carefully, and asked, "I don't know why the servant system summoned the subordinate officials here?" ”

The middle-aged man spoke for the second time and said a little more: "...... Recently, there will be a new person from Qinzhou to come to Liunequan to hand over the family note? He paused, and added, "There is a special decree from the Son of Heaven himself." Do you know the way? ”

Of course, Liu Yi knew it. The Son of Heaven personally issued a special decree to send people who were not yet young to be sent, and this was the first time since the promulgation of the new regulations. As a Liunei Quanling Cheng, how can he not know the truth of the Dao, "Is it Han Gang?" ”

"That's right, it's him!"

"I wonder what the waiter wants him?" Liu Yi also understood that Han Gang had already been dispatched, and if he wanted to help him, he just had to watch from the sidelines, since the waiter mentioned him, it could only be bad.

"Two days later, he was arranged to take the test." The requirements of middle-aged people are simple.

Liu Yi shook his head in surprise, how could this be done: "The test is to set the send, but he already has the special will of the Son of Heaven, and the dispatch has already been decided." Qin Fenglu is in charge of official affairs and takes care of injuries and illnesses on the road. I don't need to take the quan exam anymore......"

The middle-aged man leaned forward slightly, only moving, in Liu Yi's eyes, it was like a mountain falling down, pressing head-on, only to feel a little heavy and difficult to breathe. I heard the middle-aged man ask, "Han Gang...... Does he have a background? ”

Liu Yi honestly shook his head and replied, "No!" He's just a cloth cloth who wins an official by recommendation. ”

"Isn't it necessary for those who have no background to take the quan exam?" The middle-aged man laughed lightly a few times, with a little pride after stealing the air, "The court is in order, just follow the law." If you are loyal to your duties, can the Son of Heaven still say that it is not impossible? ”

“…… Xia Guan understands! Lewi thought for a moment, then nodded yes, and the person opposite was indeed right. He smiled and said, "Please rest assured, the lower officials will naturally cook Han ...... That's right! Liu Yi's brows furrowed again, "The new official Quan, Chen Juquan will definitely be present." Where do you start? ”

The smile on the middle-aged man's face was written with confidence, and he gently tapped the fingers of the wine glass, letting the ripples echo on the liquid surface decorated with silver edges, as if to say that everything is under control, "Your judgment will not stay in the yamen that day." In the Jingbai Division, two people have to go to the palace every day to report on the affairs of the division. Two days later, it was Chen Xiang's turn to go to the temple with Zuo Zhongtong of the Du Branch. ”

"I see!" Liu Yi nodded, he only came to his senses at this time, the waiter in front of him was in charge of the order of the palace wheels, "Since Chen Juquan is not here, it is much more convenient to arrange it." Please rest assured, there are lower officials, plus Cheng Yu, and Han Gang will not be able to pass the test. ”

The middle-aged man nodded lightly, and the very slight movements made Liu Yi overjoyed.

Liu Yi raised his hand to pour wine for the middle-aged man, and asked with a casual smile: "It's just that Xia Guan is thinking, Han Gang is just a person selected from the ninth grade, why should he be embarrassed by him." It's just a test, not a jinshiju, even if it's just this time, the official body is still there, but it will only have to wait for a year and a half before taking turns to take the test. I don't know what to do...... It's for ......"

Liu Yi's voice became smaller and smaller, and the sudden cold eyes of the person in front of him made him cringe. It was as if eight pieces of top yang bones had been pried open, and a bucket of river water with ice cubes was poured on his head, and his whole body was shivering from the bones. He immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake, "The lower official is too talkative!" ”

But through this glance that was as cold as a mountain dome, Liu Yi had already seen through the true intentions of the Baowen Pavilion servant system in front of him. What Jian Feng is referring to is not in Han Gang, but in Wang Anshi!

Yes, that's right! It was Wang Anshi. Although Han Gang was jointly recommended by Wang Shao, Wu Yan and Zhang Shouyue, he personally invited the special decree of the Son of Heaven and sent it, but it was Wang Anshi who sent it. As long as he can prove that Han Gang's ability to learn is not qualified in the quan test, it is tantamount to saying that the Son of Heaven has no knowledge of people. And the Son of Heaven will most likely put this account on Wang Anshi's body.

In the past, the Son of Heaven would not have taken such trivial matters to heart, but now with the situation Wang Anshi is facing, Liu Yi believes that his downfall only needs to be pressed by a few more straws. Han Gang may just be an idle move, but there are too many idle chess, even with the authority of participating in political affairs, he can't bear such a weight.

The middle-aged man stood up at this time and dropped a sentence, "Do it yourself!" Then he walked out the door.

Liu Yi hurriedly stood up with him, but he didn't send him out of the door. Standing by the screen, watching the middle-aged man's not generous back disappear outside the door. The person has already gone far away, and the eight words hidden in the bottom of his heart slowly came out:

"Xiang Zhuang dances the sword, which is intended for Pei Gong!"

"Whatever!" After a moment of stunnedness, Liu Yi didn't care and sneered, Han Gang was not his relative, and Wang Anshi was not his master. What's more, what made him do this was the Baowen Pavilion attendant who had to tilt his neck to see. If you are obedient and taught, there will naturally be benefits, if you are not obedient...... Leo didn't want to go to a remote county to be an official.

It's just that he, a small Beijing official, can actually insert his hand into the high-level battle. Even if he just took it lightly and pushed it, he couldn't keep it from being crushed to pieces, but this feeling of prying the court made him fascinated!

Picking up the wine jug, Liu Yi poured himself a full glass of Huixian Chunmi, and directly grabbed a jade plate bream with his hand and threw it into his mouth. Since he entered the Forgotten Return Lotus Hall, he has not seen that person even touch his chopsticks. Now that he is gone, a table of high-quality banquets is all cheap.

Tasting delicacies and tasting famous wines, Liu Yi hummed a little song happily. If you have wine, you will get drunk today, and you will sleep without wine. Think so much, and reward yourself well!