In a blink of an eye, on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Kangxi personally saluted the Taimiao.

Taimiao is in the east of [***], was built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and is the family temple of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. According to the ritual system, every time the new emperor ascends the throne, pro-government, wedding, canonization, longevity, emblem, sacrifice of prisoners and other activities, it is necessary to pay tribute to the Taimiao. There are also four Meng and twilight robes every year, and the same needs to be done.

Although the main priest of the Taimiao Temple is under the management of Taichang Temple, according to the rules, Kangxi has to take a big chariot to the Taimiao, so Cao Hao and their Taifu Temple are also busy for a while.

It's just a ceremony, coming out of the palace gate, there is not much distance to the temple, but there are many people such as the guard of honor and drums, sacrifices, etc., which makes the scene particularly magnificent and magnificent.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the ceremony of the Taimiao Temple ended, Kangxi returned to the palace, and the officials did not have to go to the yamen, but went to their own homes.

According to the system, Kangxi was sealed the day before yesterday, and the officials of the various ministries in the capital were sealed by Qin Tianjian on the twenty-fourth day of the auspicious month.

Except for the rotating officials, the others are considered to be on annual leave. After the fifteenth day of the first month, it was still selected by the Qin Tianjian to open the seal around the twentieth day of the first month.

The rotation table was arranged by the directors below, and in order to facilitate Cao Hao, the chief officer, he was turned to the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month. Cao Hao accepted his kindness, and also made people buy a lot of food gift boxes and put them on the side of the yamen, and received them according to the capitation, and arranged to give double and three copies near the thirtieth day of the lunar month. Of course, this is the fund in the yamen, and the cost is not much, but it makes the subordinate officials below feel a lot more intimate.

This came out of [***], and Cao Hao walked with Yi Duli for a while. In the meantime, Iduli stopped talking, as if he had something to say.

He changed out of his official uniform, put on his regular clothes, and cleaned up very neatly, as if he was looking for relatives and friends.

Cao Hao wondered in his heart, looking at him, he was also a cheerful person, what is wrong with him today? Could it be that you are going to a house where you are a guest, you don't have enough money, and you want to borrow money?

I can't complain that Cao Hao thinks like this, except for Yulu, the other silver that Beijing officials can receive is limited, and they can't be as filial as local officials. However, regardless of the income, this year's festival is indispensable.

The Spring Festival is the time of "three festivals and two birthdays", and the officialdom must prepare filial piety. Not to mention the officialdom, even between relatives, you can't be fooled in the slightest, otherwise it will hurt people's feelings.

Take the Cao family as an example, this Spring Festival gift costs three or four thousand taels of silver. Although it is a lot of money to spend and a lot to enter, one mile and one outside is just a hand, but the silver money that is subsidized is nearly a thousand taels.

Yi Duli said "hehe" twice and said, "There is one thing, but I want to inquire with Furuo......

Cao Hao smiled and said: "Look at the embarrassed appearance of the adults, what should the younger generation be, what should they ask?" What the younger generation can say is that they know everything and say everything. ”

Yi Duli raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal...... Speaking of this, he hesitated, thinking that Cao Haosu's surname was not touched at all on the female color.

Although the two are relatively familiar, they are still in-laws, and they are unusual colleagues, but some words are still not too casual. Thinking like this, Yi Duli changed his words and said with a smile: "There is an old man in my clan, who is also a tea lover. I heard that the winter tea flowing from Pingwangfu and Chunwangfu was discovered by Fu Ruo when he was in Shandong, so I asked me to help inquire. Since this Shandong produces tea, what about Zhili and Gyeonggi? ”

Cao Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly, where did he know where to go.

Over the years, although Cao Hao has gone to many places, most of them are on the road. In addition, it is that the local tea trees can be planted, which are related to the water quality, soil quality, and tea making methods, so that good tea can finally come out.

He was originally a layman for tea, but because he remembered several famous tea origins, he took a trick and took a big advantage.

Cao Hao replied: "My lord, do you think the younger generation has the kung fu to go to Zhili?" Over the years, in addition to going back and forth between Jiangning and Shandong, I have really never been to the border of Zhili. ”

Yi Duli smiled: "I just asked so casually, and after asking, I will do my best!" ”

While speaking, they had already reached the intersection, Cao Hao was going west, and Yiduli's family lived in the north of the city, so the two said goodbye.

However, Yiduli did not return home, nor did he go to visit relatives and friends, but went to the coast of Shicha.

At the place where the appointment was made yesterday, there was already a man in a cotton robe waiting there. Seeing that Yi Duli had arrived, he hurriedly picked up the box on the ground, stepped forward, and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, uncle, you are here, the little one has been waiting for you for half an hour!" ”

Yi Duli rode on his horse and said to the little guy behind him: "Reward! ”

The little man took out a piece of broken silver and threw it into the man's arms.

The man hurriedly took it and put it in his arms with a smile. Yi Duli looked at the bamboo tube pinned to his waist and asked, "Have you picked it up?" ”

The man said with a smile: "I have already followed the instructions of the master, and all the sticks have been painted with braised chicken." ”

Yi Duli thought about the smile of the "Young Lady Bai", and his heart was itching, and he almost asked in front of Cao Hao. But it's ridiculous to think about it, although the other party is a little widow, it's not easy to let Shangguan get involved and pretend to be pimping.

Yiduli raised his whip, pointed to the gate not far away, and asked, "Does his little grandmother still draw lots every day?" ”

The man said: "If you go back to the uncle, you will say that you will smoke it!" Every time I smoke a few fat chickens, I reward people casually, so that the porter is called a pro when he sees the small one these days! ”

Yi Duli nodded, and without saying anything about finding a place to take refuge, he stood diagonally opposite the door not far away. Then he said to the man, "Shout! ”

The man bowed down and went to the door of the house, pulling his neck and shouting, "Fat braised chicken...... Fatty braised chicken ......"

Before the shouting fell, I saw that the door of the house was opened, and a little servant came out, and said with a little anger: "Why is it late today, our little grandmother has already made people ask twice?" ”

The man stepped forward and said with a smile: "In the New Year, there are many people who buy braised chicken, and they are delayed in other alleys!" ”

The little guy asked the man to wait, and turned around to pass the word to the second gate.

After a while, I saw a half-purple body exposed at the door. Iduliba looked at it, but he couldn't see his face in the shadow, so he urged the horse to take a few steps forward, and heard a soft voice: "Today I want to see how lucky I am, but I only smoked two yesterday, which is really not fun." ”

It was Yang's Ruixue who came out, because under the New Year, he lived alone in this house, and he was so bored that he took this lottery as a pastime.

The man smiled and flattered: "Grandma must be the best luck today, and she must draw a dozen or so!" ”

"You can talk, but you're just coaxing, who knows if you're playing tricks on the stick! Otherwise, how can one say that it is less than the other! Speaking of this, Yang Ruixue covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled coquettishly.

The man hurriedly said: "Little grandma, the little one eats this mouthful, but you don't dare to break the rules and make that black money!" You can inquire in these alleys, the small nickname Braised Chicken Zhang, the most responsible person! ”

Because of the number of times he has seen him in the past few days, this man also looked at Yang Ruixue a little not very dignified, and his eyes were not very honest.

Yang Ruixue is in the house here, she hasn't touched a man's body for a long time, and she is panicking about a man. Although he looked down on this braised chicken, he was not annoyed by his frivolous eyes. She straightened her waist more and more, and said with a smile: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and hand over the sign!" ”

Only then did the man remember his "errand", there was still a banner man behind him, did he die, and dared to grab "food" with nobles.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look back, but saw that Iduli had already arrived a few feet away and was standing on horseback.

Yang Ruixue also leaned out and looked behind the man, but he was facing Yidu.

In the capital for more than half a year, Yang Ruixue also practiced a good eyesight, and with just one glance, he knew that he was an official.

Yiduli said that he had a heart, and his whole body was bright. Yang Ruixue was looking at the python satin on Yi Duli's body and the gems inlaid on the hat, and felt that the other party's gaze was hotly glued to her.

Although men don't pay attention to whether they are good-looking or not, speaking of which, Yiduli is in his thirties, tall, elegant in appearance, and can be regarded as dignified.

Yang Ruixue saw him looking at himself like this, and he also turned half of his face sideways and squinted his eyes to look over.

Idu Lizhi felt that his body was crisp, and he thought in his heart that among the women he had seen, there was no such style.

Yang Ruixue glanced at it several times before she remembered that this person was too abrupt, and couldn't help but stare twice. Although he stared, but with the strange look on his face, he seemed to be coquettish.

Ituli's eyes straightened, and it took a long time for him to come to his senses.

Although she knew that this man was watching herself, Yang Ruixue didn't shy away from it, this was a private house, and it was not easy for the other party to break in. Therefore, she exposed her waist and asked the man who sold braised chicken to give her a bamboo stick.

The man took a bamboo skewer and sent it forward, and Yang Ruixue used a handkerchief to cushion it and twisted out a bamboo skewer. Seeing the appearance of a chick outlined with red ink above, Yang Ruixue's face immediately bloomed with a smile, and she clapped her hands lightly and said, "Hit, hit!" ”

The man flattered: "The little one is grandma's luck today, you see, isn't that the case?" ”

Yang Ruixue "giggled", handed the skewer to the maid behind her, and twisted another one, her eyes were bright, adding a bit of coquettishness.

"Still!" Yang Ruixue held the skewer and smiled, but her eyes glanced at Yi Duli, seeing his stupid appearance, she pursed her lips and smiled, and beckoned the man to continue to draw lots.

When the third skewer was also braised chicken, Yang Ruixue smiled. She was originally a girl from a business family, so she naturally knew the crooks and turns of the merchants.

This buying braised chicken, for her, is just a trick to play with lots, as a pastime to relieve boredom. She didn't believe that her luck was so good, and she hit three in a row. She grimaced and grabbed half a handful of sticks out.

Sure enough, just as she guessed, each one was a braised chicken skewer.

Yang Ruixue opened her beautiful eyes, just looking at the braised chicken seller, but she knew in her heart that this eighty percent had something to do with the person standing on the road.

The man who sold braised chicken saw that he was revealing the details, and said with a smile: "Little grandma, don't worry! Speaking of this, he pointed to Yi Duli and said, "That master said that it was your old man, and when he saw you playing this, he ordered the little one to do this, so as to please you!" ”

Yang Ruixue's body trembled when she heard the word "old man", and she hurriedly raised her head and looked at Yi Duli carefully, but she hadn't seen it herself. Last time in the restaurant, she was drunk, and she only cared about looking at Cao Hao, so she had no impression of Yi Duli.

Yi Duli looked stupidly for a long time, and when he saw Yang Ruixue looking over, he knew that his kung fu was almost done, so he turned over, walked in front of him and hugged his fists and said, "May I ask but Mrs. Bai?" ”

Yang Ruixue's face immediately changed, and she restrained her frivolity, and looked at Yi Duli with a little suspicion. In the Li family, others have always called her "Grandma Yang" and "Miss Yang", but they have hidden her husband's surname.

Who is this person in front of you, and how can you know yourself? Her face was cloudy, and she asked in a low voice, "Dare to ask this uncle......"

Yi Du Li said: "Two months ago, I met the young lady once! ”

Seeing her puzzled appearance, Yi Du Li hurriedly patted his head and said, "By the way, last time Mrs. was drunk, and I walked with Lord Cao Hao Cao below, and I met Mrs. Cao at the Qianmen Tavern." ”

As soon as he said this, Yang Ruixue knew that he was thinking too much, so he smiled and said, "I see, last time the little woman had a lot of gaffes, so this uncle saw a joke!" ”

Yi Duli hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Madam, you're polite, here...... I think this is the cousin's house where Madame lives temporarily? ”

Yang Ruixue nodded and said, "This is the idle house of my cousin's family, and it just so happened that the little girl went to Beijing, so she lived here temporarily." ”

Iduli has been circling around here several times in the past few days, and he has also made people inquire. Because Li Ding's father and son come and go here early and return late, it is a little secretive, and the result of his casual inquiry is that he knows that this family seems to be a woman, and when he listens to Yang Ruixue's words, his heart becomes more and more happy......

(To be continued)