"Fang Daizhao, Your Majesty has a decree, let me take you to the Ministry of Rites to receive the reward for the cross-horse parade, come with me." A small yellow door walked up to Fang Hao and said softly.

Fang Hao was confused, and finally someone came to take care of himself, and hurriedly asked: "This noble man, I don't know where to get the three hundred taels of silver from the lower officials?" ”

Xiao Huangmen pursed his lips and smiled: "All the matters concerning the rewards of the hundred officials of Your Majesty are from the Inner Treasury and are distributed by the Ministry of Rites, so you can go there and ask." ”

"Thank you, thank you." Fang Hao asked about the whereabouts of the reward silver that he was most concerned about, so he let go of a lot of his heart and followed Xiao Huangmen to the outside of the palace.

Out of the left door along the royal street for half a mile to the Ministry of Rites Yamen, Xiao Huangmen said hello to the gatekeepers, led Fang Hao directly to a signing room, bowed down to send a piece of paper to a middle-aged official sitting behind the bookcase, and said: "Ma Langzhong, our family brought this Fang Dai to come to receive the official's reward." ”

That Ma Langzhong obviously knew about this a long time ago, but he didn't pay attention to Fang Hao, who bowed to him, and just said to Xiao Huangmen with a smile: "There are nobles in labor, this official should act according to the rules, please go back." ”

After Xiao Huangmen completed the task, he no longer stayed, turned around and went out.

Ma Langzhong continued to look at Fang Hao without glancing at him, leaving him aside, and bowing his head to deal with the case by himself, as if he was very busy.

Fang Hao was angry in his heart, but he was helpless, this kind of bureaucratic behavior he had seen a lot in his previous life, and the officialdom called it killing power, which was similar to the prisoner who had to be beaten and killed when he first entered the prison, aiming to highlight the majesty of the upper official and force the inferior officials who entered the meeting to be afraid and submit to him.

After half an hour, Ma Langzhong rubbed his sore wrist and slowly raised his head, as if he found that there was still a person standing in front of him, and frowned: "Who are you?" ”

Fang Hao said quietly: "The next official Hao has seen Ma Langzhong. ”

Ma Langzhong seemed to have forgotten everything that Xiao Huangmen said just now, and snorted: "What is the matter with seeing this official?" ”

Fang Hao sighed: "The lower officials have come to receive His Majesty's reward, and please bother your lord." ”

Ma Langzhong then put his hand on his forehead, and suddenly realized: "Oh, this official is busy with official business, and he forgot about it, you are the scribe Fang who defeated the Liao envoy in the Golden Palace, hahahaha, this official is disrespectful." ”

Although Fang Hao felt awkward in his heart, he didn't want to offend people for the first time as an official, so he couldn't help but arch his hand impatiently in his heart and said: "The carving insect is a little skill, but it makes the adults laugh." ”

Ma Langzhong put on a smiling face in an instant, picked up the document sent by Xiaohuangmen and read it carefully, and read in his mouth: "Your Majesty personally gave Jinshi background, Feng Chengxinlang, Hanlin Academy recruited, rewarded with three hundred taels of silver, and traveled across the horse for half a day, so glorious, so glorious." ”

He nodded a few words of approval, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Fang Daizhao, there are three ways to parade the streets, I don't know which one you want to choose?" ”

Fang Hao was a little confused, scratched his head and asked, "The lower official is dull, please make it clear to your lordship, is there anything special about these three methods?" ”

Ma Langzhong smiled and said: "Fang Daizhao, seeing that you are a great talent, the official will tell you the truth, the Ministry of Etiquette organizes the ceremony of crossing the horse and parade the street, and is particular about the time and the choice of horses, and the official will tell you carefully." ”

"When there is the most crowd on the street in broad daylight, riding a tall horse, the official gong opens the way, and the people compete to watch and applaud, this is the first method and the most beautiful."

"In the early morning and dusk, the street is sparsely populated, riding a thin old horse, the official is lazy and shouting, this is the second method, this street is swimming, but the scenery, of course, is also a lot worse."

"As for the third method, it is to ride an untamed inferior horse in the middle of the night, when the street is empty, and the official is groggy and follows him, and no one watches the ceremony.

"Fang Daizhao, this official said this, can you hear clearly?"

Fang Hao was in a cold sweat, this cold sweat was not frightened, but by this shameless guy, not only surprised, but also by the whimsical admiration of these guys, the darkness of the officialdom of the Great Song Kingdom was simply unheard of, there was such a ridiculous method.

The old man of the emperor probably never dreamed that his old man gave him the glory of crossing the horse and parading the streets, but he did not specify what horse to ride at what time, and these grandsons of the Ministry of Rites can really take advantage of loopholes.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and pretended to mutter: "This, how can I choose which method?" ”

Ma Langzhong laughed, stood up and walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Fang Daizhao is really smart, the official will also open the skylight and say bright words, if you want to choose the first-class method to tour the street, the silver and silver awarded by His Majesty will be drawn ninety percent, if you are only willing to pay fifty percent, then you can only choose the second method." ”

Black, too dark, Fang Hao was speechless, he was about to be defeated by his shamelessness, but he still asked with interest: "Then what if you choose the third method?" ”

Ma Langzhong's face sank: "This official has been serving in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years, and I have never heard of someone choosing the third method, Fang Daizhao will not be so stubborn, right?" ”

Fang Hao has been poor and scared for more than ten days in this world, and finally has a large sum of silver, where is he willing to be blackmailed by this grandson in such a daze, and immediately put on a straight face and said: "Then the lower officials don't travel to the streets, don't you go to the head office?" ”

Ma Langzhong smiled: "Don't swim? Fang Daizhao said lightly, Your Majesty is rewarded, you say that if you don't swim, you won't swim, don't you dare to resist the decree and disrespect? ”

Fang Hao was speechless, gritted his teeth and said, "Then, then the lower official chooses the third option." ”

Ma Langzhong stretched his face and said: "The third kind is drawn twenty percent, and there have been hundreds of cross-horse parades in the past ten years, and I have never seen you such a hairless iron rooster, hum." ”

Fang Hao almost vomited blood, the third kind of hemp skin had to be pumped twenty percent, black, it was really black, but there was no way, there was no place to make sense?

"Okay, two makes two into two." He gritted his teeth and felt a pain in his liver.

"Hmph, how can this be reasonable," Ma Langzhong looked angrier than him, and wrote a note back to the bookcase with an angry face and threw it to him: "Go to the back of the library to get the silver." ”

Fang Hao couldn't help but take the slip and look at it, and said again: "What? Two hundred and ten taels, my lord, it should be two hundred and forty taels after drawing twenty percent, why is it only two hundred and ten taels? ”

Ma Langzhong said disdainfully: "You iron rooster, no matter what kind of street parade method, Curry's colleagues routinely have to draw one percent, I really haven't seen someone like you who doesn't understand anything." ”

I'll go, Fang Hao was completely defeated by his shamelessness.

"Remember, tonight, the servants who are waiting in front of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and waiting for you to parade through the streets are not very good-tempered." Ma Langzhong coldly dropped a sentence, lowered his head and dealt with the case again, and ignored him.

"Got it, Master Xie." Fang Hao's teeth were itchy.