Xu Guangzuo's father Xu Shiying died early, therefore, the death of Xu Yongning, the prince of Dingguo, as the grandson of the eldest grandson of the long house, became a bearing grandson, and he deserved to be the mourner. He had helped with the funeral in Xing'an Bo Mansion not long ago, and now that he has experienced it himself, he is naturally handy, and the people in the family have filial piety belts tied around their waists, but their expressions are not very sad.

Old and immortal are also called thieves, and the late Dingguo Gong Xu Yongning can be said to be such a type. Xu Yongning said that he had a madness and mistakenly destroyed the edict and lived at home, but there was another reason - after he became a knight, he actually wanted to move his grandmother into the ancestral tomb to be buried with his grandfather, and moved his grandmother out, but he was denounced by his grandmother - he has not been to the court for so many years, and the Dingguo Mansion has also ended up in the field it is today. And this old man is smashing things in the room when he is fine, or he is angry with the people around him, and he is already hated by people in the house, and everyone wants to stay away. Now that people are dead, it can be said that everyone from top to bottom is relieved.

Xu Guangzuo is the mourner, so it is naturally inconvenient to greet him at this time. Coming to greet him was a concubine in the second room, although his eyes were red, but when he followed someone in from the door, Xu Xun smelled the smell of pepper, which was exactly the same as his tricks at Xu Sheng's funeral in the past. It's just that he was still cleaning up at that time, and this one was obviously not in the mood to cover up.

Wang Shouren was borrowed from the Ministry of Rites to assist in the funeral, so he immediately went to pay homage first, while Xu Xun went to change his clothes and then went in to pay tribute. Although according to the etiquette system, relatives and friends who come to mourn also have to cry with the mourner, but the rules are rules, and now unless they are close relatives, the rest of them are just comforting one or two, and there is no need for everyone to hide a handkerchief full of pepper in their sleeves.

After worshipping and saluting in front of the spiritual seat, offering sacrificial wine, and putting on incense, Xu Xun was just about to say that he was groomed and sent it, and Wang Shouren read out a text casually, although there were only about 100 words in the whole text, but Xu Guangzuo was still overjoyed for a while, and hurriedly came up to bow and thank you.

"In a hurry, I can only do this, and I will write a letter again and burn it to the Duke of Dingguo."

Although he was borrowed for funeral treatment, he muttered in his heart, but Wang Shouren would not even understand this bit of human sophistication. At this time, seeing that everything in the mourning hall was ready, he and Xu Guangzuo arched their hands and walked out of the mourning hall, but they were ready to go to the door to take care of the affairs, so as to fulfill his duty as an official sent to treat the funeral. Seeing him leave, Xu Guangzuo immediately invited Xu Xun to serve tea under the pretext of inviting people to the side hall.

After sending two small servants to guard outside, Xu Guangzuo pulled Xu Xun to sit down and sighed and said, "I didn't expect such a change to happen suddenly at home, and I also alarmed Xu Shizi to come to mourn in person." Now that this funeral is together, I will be inseparable for a while, and I have only contacted three or four people in a hurry about the things I discussed with you before. ”

Xu Guangzuo really has no choice, no matter which family has a funeral this year, Yushi will definitely stare at it with two eyes, especially a noble family like him, one is not good to be ginseng and the other is not careful, then it will be a big trouble. So, after he sighed, he changed to the right color.

"It's Wang Shouren, the head of the military department who came with Xu Shizi today, Xu Shizi might as well make efforts. His father Wang Hua won the top prize that year, and he was the head of the Hanlin Academy before that, and Wang Shouren was young and talented, so he fell into the first two subjects, and he didn't point to Hanlin after Dengke. But now Wang Hua has just been promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and the connections in the DPRK and China are not trivial, and Wang Shouren himself has been praised by Li Ge Lao of the cabinet, although he has never entered Hanlin, but he has served as the director of the Criminal Department, presided over the Shandong Township Examination, and I heard that as a civil official, he is also proficient in archery and horses. ”

As the head snake of the capital, Xu Guangzuo's news vision made Xu Xun breathtaking, and more importantly, he already understood that although Wang Shouren has not yet become the grandmaster of the founding faction, he is by no means unknown. So, for Xu Guangzuo's reminder, he thanked him repeatedly, and suddenly his eyes rolled and he said: "I see that the Dingguo Mansion is fully staffed, and it has been arranged inside and out, even if there is no king in charge, this funeral should be appropriate." I went to the Ministry of War today to take office, and it just so happened that someone from the Ministry of Rites came to ask the king to come to the Dingguo Mansion to help, which is really a bit strange. ”

"Well...... this" Xu Guangzuo hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "The imperial court sent someone to treat the funeral, but it was just to give the princess a decent face, but there was no one in the Ministry of Rites, but he went to the Ministry of War to ask for Wang Shouren, which is indeed a big fuss." I heard that he took sick leave and went to Shandong to preside over the township test, and then came back to serve as the military selection department of the Ministry of War, which was recommended by Li Gelao, and now his father is in the Ministry of Rites, and he is borrowed from the Ministry of Rites. In this way, I went back to the book and said a word or two, as long as it is in the hands of the cabinet, Li Ge Lao should know what is going on, and it is impossible to keep him as an idler in the Dingguo Mansion. In this way, I can be regarded as selling someone a light and clever favor. ”

"It's a good plan to set the eldest grandson!"

Two people with the same surname look at me, and finally smile at the same time. When Xu Guangzuo sent out of the side hall, when Xu Xun resigned and came out, he didn't forget to shake it in his hand, and said with a pun: "Even if the eldest grandson can't leave the house for a few days, if there is any good candidate in the future, you might as well ask someone to report to me, I will definitely try my best." ”

Xu Guangzuo's eyelids jumped, knowing that the reason why Xu Xun played this package of tickets was not unrelated to his previous words, so he nodded heavily and said, "Okay, Xu Shizi, you are really happy!" ”

Coming out of the mourning hall all the way, when he was about to reach the gate, Xu Xun saw Wang Shouren pacing back and forth in the courtyard with a scene of idleness, and he immediately greeted him: "This is the ...... the king."

As soon as Wang Shouren turned around and saw that it was Xu Xun who came out, he immediately smiled bitterly and spread his hands and said: "This Dingguo Mansion is not thin and understaffed, whether it is the person who welcomes guests at the door, whether it is the book of ceremonies, or the assignment of things, everyone performs their own duties, where can I interfere?" The Ministry of Rites just doesn't send people to come, and the funeral of Dingguo Gong can be taken care of, where can I borrow it? But that's it, if you come, you will be safe, I heard that the Dingguo Mansion still has some military notes left by the King of Zhongshan back then, Xu Shizi is familiar with Dingchang's grandson, can you tell me about it? ”

"It's easy. However, there are so many nobles in the capital, if they all go on like this, wouldn't King Ming'er really have to be called a funeral expert? Xu Xun picked up the conversation, saw that Wang Shouren's face changed slightly, and then smiled to himself, but he didn't have much to complain about, so he raised his hand and invited the director of the Military Election Department of the Ministry of War to talk to the side. Seeing that there were no subordinates from the Dingguo Mansion around, he said, "Dingchangsun also mentioned to me just now, Dao is the busiest place for the Military Election Division, and now it is approaching the end of the year, and the head of King Lao is here to help with the funeral, which is really overkill." Ding Changsun said, when he turned around, he would send the music up, and when a few pavilion elders saw it, there would always be a disposition. ”

Wang Shouren is now in his prime, and he still has the momentum of a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers. He didn't have much friendship with the Xu family, the Duke of Dingguo, but even if he was not happy, he had to obey the assignment of Shangfeng, who would have thought that Xu Xun would give Xu Guangzuo such an idea. For a while, he didn't know what to say, and after a long time, he arched his hand with a smile and said, "I don't want to meet the prince for the first time today, and the prince will help me so much!" ”

"Where, where." Xu Xun returned the salute with a smile, and said again, "I'm afraid it will take three or two to fold this piece of music, and I'm afraid that the king will have to talk about it here." Having said that, just now Dingchangsun Zeng said that Wang Zhuzheng has a lot of research on the art of war and military, I don't know if I have time to come and ask for advice? ”

If Xu Xun said something else, Wang Shouren would have to weigh it, but Xu Xun said that he came to ask for advice on the art of war, and he didn't say that he would train the soldiers in Xiyuan, he wished that what he had learned had a chance to practice, and immediately agreed: "I don't dare to ask for advice, and I am willing to discuss one or two with the prince!" ”

After receiving this answer, Xu Xun knew that the spirit of the road and in the Dingguo Mansion was not in vain, and immediately felt relieved: "With the king's government to mention, I have a lot of confidence in my heart." After all, I hadn't even had the opportunity to talk about it on paper before. Today, the head of the Wuxuan Division almost pointed at my nose and said that I have entered, if I am trained in Xiyuan, the bosses of this academy will not be able to see it, and I don't know how to arrange it behind my back! I couldn't help but say it in the Wuxuan Division, if I really don't feel at ease, I asked them to put someone to watch, this can always be relieved, right? ”

Xu Xun smiled bitterly as he spoke, and seeing that Wang Shouren was thoughtful, he didn't say much, shook his head and arched his hand and left. As he was about to leave the door, he suddenly heard a cry from behind him.

"Xu Shizi!"

Thankfully, it's finally here!

Wang Shouren, who caught up with him, saw Xu Xun turn around, he hesitated for a moment and asked: "If Xu Shizi really has this intention, I will unload this funeral and go to Liu Shangshu to invite Liu Shangshu to go to Xiyuan to observe the training of the avant-garde young army of the government army, I don't know what Xu Shizi thinks?" ”

I don't dare to ask for it!

Xu Xun couldn't wait to take out these eight words directly, but when the words came to his mouth, they changed their meanings: "At the end of every year, isn't it the busiest time for the Wuxuan Division, how can the king have such free time?" ”

"I've only been in office for a few months, and the number of subordinate officers of the Wuxuan Division has always been the largest in the military department, a lot less than me, not much more than me, it's rare to have a chance to train the army, and if you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life." Speaking of this, Wang Shouren paused for a moment, and then smiled freely, "Moreover, does the prince know that just before and after the early dynasty today, many imperial histories were circulating that you instigated the prince to escape from the Wenhua Palace to give lectures?" Although I am not talented, but my father is in the Ministry of Rites, and he has also participated in the Li Ge Old Literary Association many times. ”

Although Xu Xun had known it for a long time, the meaning of the words was very different from that of Wang Shouren. At that moment, he almost without thinking about it, and was about to say two words of thanks, but he was held up by a pair of strong arms.

"If you want to say that you are not the only one who was scolded by the imperial history to annihilate the villain, I wanted to re-preside over the Shandong township test after recuperating at home, but I was also scolded by a royal historian for being fraudulent and disloyal, and the big book has been lost, why should I use an unfaithful person like me to preside over the township test and delay the scholars! Therefore, if you really listen to those imperial historians about anything, others don't have to do things! ”

(To be continued)