Chapter 5: The Concierge and the Servant
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Returning to his house from Xu Liang's small courtyard was only a hundred steps away, but Xu Xun drank wine first, and secondly, his body was not completely well, and he slowed down his pace for a while before he arrived. As soon as he entered the door, he happened to bump into a short man, he looked at it with drunken eyes, and recognized it as Jin Liu, who was the gatekeeper, and before he could speak, the other party smiled and stepped forward.
"Oh, young master, is this out? Your body is still empty, and Latham actually left you to come back alone, it's really unruly. ”
The Jin Liu said a few words with a smile on his face, and suddenly patted his head and said, "Look at my surname, I forgot about business." Young master, just now I went out to buy something, and I happened to meet someone from the second master's house in the west, and I heard about something. The sixth master said that he was going to be promoted, but when the official document came down, the Xu clan planned to congratulate him at that time, or the proposal of the eldest master, and the sixth master also agreed. You are a junior, and you have to do your best to give this gift. ”
Xu Xun looked at Jin Liu's courteous smiling face, nodded casually and said, "I owe you attention, I know." ”
With that, he walked slowly inside. As soon as he entered the second gate, he heard a woman's strange voice from behind him: "I want you to do a lot of things!" The young master has always ignored these favors, in case he turns his face and scolds you when he listens to it, wouldn't it be wronged? ”
"You know what, long hair and short knowledge! In the past, the young master was out to make trouble, and I couldn't control it and didn't dare to take care of it, but this time the matter was big, I heard that the eldest master and several clan elders were discussing behind his back, and the seventh young master couldn't please him, where are the two of us? Such a light errand, those few vegetable plots also save our boss a lot of chewing, and there are also a lot of purchases. ”
"Where are you on an errand? It's not that you committed a crime at the beginning, otherwise stay in the yamen, and the old lady will need to suffer here with you? ”
"You dead mother-in-law, no one has gone in yet, so shout loudly, if you hear it, then I am wronged!"
If Xu Xun hadn't been completely drunk and deliberately listened attentively, this low noise would have been missed. At this time, his face was silent, but his heart had to ponder repeatedly, and when he entered the main room, he saw that Rayson came up to make amends, so he waved his hand and sat down on the shelf bed against the wall in the west room, and he said to Rayson who bent down to take off his shoes: "Layson, you will go out to inquire later, what official my sixth uncle has been promoted, and how big a scene he plans to put up at that time." ”
Ruisheng was putting the two shoes together, and when he heard this, he immediately raised his head in surprise, and then nodded: "Don't worry, young master, I know." ”
Seeing that Ruisheng turned around and was about to leave after agreeing, Xu Xun suddenly thought that this kid had only come up from the countryside for a month, and this person was sophisticated and influenced by the previous master's unobtrusive influence, so it would be half the effort to let him do this kind of thing, so before he could get to the door, he shouted: "Wait, don't be busy, call Jin Liu first!" ”
"It's Brother Jin, not Sister Jin?"
Ruisheng was confused, but seeing Xu Xun nodding, he had to go out in wonder. After a while, he entered the door with Jin Liu.
Xu Xun saw that as soon as Jin Liu entered the door, his eyes turned around and looked around, whether it was the tall wardrobe, the camphor wood box with copper locks, or the high porcelain vase in the corner, the shelves and beds under him were all swept over, and he had a rough number of people's hearts and surnames in his heart. instructed Ruisheng to bring a stool for people to sit down, and he said straight to the point: "Just now you said that the sixth uncle was promoted to an official and wanted to hold a banquet, but do you know what official he has been promoted, when he is going to hold a banquet, how many banquets to hold, how many guests to invite, who are the people?" ”
Jin Liu sat on the stool, but his eyes were not honest, but when he heard this question, he was really stunned. A little unexpectedly, he peeked at Xu Xun's expression, and when he saw that it didn't seem to be a remark, he suddenly came to his senses: "The young master is asking me for this." Today I met the second master's family who was in charge of going out, and he was deliberately showing, but he said it clearly. The sixth master has been promoted to experience the division, and this is finally from the seventh grade. It is said that in addition to the relatives of the family, the sixth old man's family is ready to send out more than 100 invitations, and the neighboring famous people are not counted. Coupled with those big families, if you don't say anything, you will have twenty tables, and most of them will celebrate three times in a row. ”
Although Xu Xun roughly knew that there were many subordinate officials such as Tongzhi Tongju in this Ying Tianfu, when he heard these various titles at this time, he immediately felt that his head was big, and immediately interrupted: "Slow down, what big Yin, second Yin, third Yin?" What's the driver's manager? ”
Ruisheng on the side saw Jin Liu smiling smugly, cleared his throat again, and couldn't help urging: "Young master asks, Brother Jin Liu, don't sell Guanzi!" ”
"This big Yin, two Yin, and three Yin originally said that the big and small masters in the county government, but now they are also called like this in the government office. Let's Ying Tianfu Ya Yin Yin, naturally that Ying Tianfu Yin Wu is a high-ranking official, even if he interacts with those bosses in the court, he is just a mutual courtesy. Besides, Lord Wu was not in good health at the beginning of this year, and the sixth master would definitely not dare to work. The second Yin and the third Yin are the Lord Liu of Tianfu and the Lord of Tianfu to govern the Chinese side, these two officials are high-ranked, and they may not be invited. As for don't drive, it is the Lu Tong judgment and Zhu Tong judgment of Ying Tianfu, and the manager is Shen Tuiguan. Coupled with the officials from Jiangning County and Shangyuan County who may come over to show their faces, the number of guests is definitely quite large. ”
Xu Xun originally just thought that Jin Liu was sleek and sophisticated, and it was safer to come to him to inquire than to go out and ask around, but he didn't expect Jin Liu to talk endlessly with one mouth, but he looked at him differently. Seeing that he was dry-mouthed, he instructed Ruisheng to bring tea to people, and when Jin Liu took it and drank it happily, he said with a smile: "I used to see that you didn't hum or ha, but I didn't expect that you knew everything about the affairs in the yamen, and it was not unyielding to stay here to watch the door?" ”
Jin Liu, who was drinking water, was suddenly choked, stuffed the teacup to Ruisheng next to him, coughed for a while before he hurriedly stood up, and saluted again and again: "Young master forgiveness, young master forgiveness, the little ones are all heard from people, not intentionally talking ......about it."
"I'm just kidding!" Seeing that Jin Liucheng was terrified, Xu Xun squinted his eyes and skipped the stubble, because he smiled, "You won't say you don't know about the preferences of the sixth uncle, right?" ”
At this moment, Jin Liu didn't dare to open his mouth like he had just done. Standing there and thinking about it for a while, he said with a smile: "The little one is at most looking at the six masters from afar, how can the preferences of the six masters be ......"
Xu Xun didn't give Jin Liu a chance to push at all, and cut off his words at once: "Since you reminded me about the promotion of the sixth uncle, I will leave this matter to you to inquire." Whether it's the news of the right path or the gossip, you have inquired carefully. The more carefully and inquiringly the better, as long as it is done, I will not treat you badly. ”
"This ......"
Seeing Xu Xun's face full of invigilance, Jin Liu couldn't help but be stunned, and it took a while before he realized it and hurriedly agreed. When Rayson led him out, as soon as he stepped out of the main room, he reflexively grabbed Rayson's sleeve and asked, "Young Master, what's going on, it seems that he has changed as a person, and he is all at once concerned about these things?" ”
"You ask me, who do I ask! The young master originally asked me to do this, and it's cheap for you! ”
Jin Liu wanted to ask again, but Ke Rui was angry, and as soon as he broke free of his hand and went back to the house, the curtain that was thrown up almost hit the bridge of his nose. He took a step back, looked up at the neat main room, and only turned to leave after a while, and when he reached the courtyard gate, he laughed unconsciously.
"What did the young master just say? Won't be disadvantaged...... Tsk, no wonder that Rayson kid is aggrieved, it turns out that it's for this! Hey, are you the only one allowed to sell in front of the young master? Fight with Lao Tzu, you little cub is still tender! ”