Chapter 10: Doing What They Like (I)
Xu Xun had ridden trains, cars, motorcycles, and bicycles in his previous life, but he had never tried a horse-drawn carriage. It had been less than an hour since he had been wandering in the carriage for less than an hour today, and he was already feeling dizzy in his head. At this time, he got off the station again on Fudong Street, rubbed his temples and calmed down, then raised his head and carefully looked at the lively Fudong Street outside the east gate of Yingtianfu, and looked at the many buildings that were faintly visible in the high wall on the side.
There is a way that has been open since ancient times, and there is no reason to come in without money. The main gate of this yamen has always been sitting in the north and facing south, so the east gate is directly connected to the rear yaguan. At this moment, Xu Xun listened to Jin Liu's explanation, and looked left and right distractedly, revisiting that calculation in his heart. After all, this Nanjing is not the other Nanjing, and the Ying Tianfu Yake is much more important than the Nanjing Municipal Government in later generations.
Since there is a government office across the wall, there are many carriages and horses parked under the wall on the other side of Fudong Street, and dozens of brightly dressed coachmen and sedan chairmen are chatting their teeth. As for the east gate under the high wall over there, there were four men standing there, looking as if they were careless and bored, but their eyes were all sharp, and they were obviously well-trained.
Jin Liu, who was on the side, also looked quietly while talking, and saw that Xu Xun glanced around after listening, and walked slowly towards the east gate over there as if no one was around, and couldn't help but sweat in his heart. The front door of the government is for serious officials, and the back door is for officials and their relatives to enter and exit, and only this east gate is a place where all kinds of idle people enter and exit. Even so, ordinary people can't help but be stunned when they see such a place with high walls and majestic momentum, even if he was familiar with this kind of place, he is also a little uncomfortable at this time.
"Excuse me, dare to ask Brother Zhu, the housekeeper who has experienced Si Xu Liuye?"
Xu Xun had a gentle smile on his face when he asked, and more importantly, his hand tucked into his sleeve quietly shoved something into the hand of an old man. The old man is also an old oilman in this industry, and as soon as he pinches and checks the things, he immediately tastes the taste, and his face that was originally ignored has eased a little.
If you want to see the top few bigwigs in the government, even if they are the henchmen of those bigwigs, the people on his brand name don't dare to make a mistake, but if it's just the experience department of managing the clerkship, and the housekeeper of the experience department who has just been promoted, if the oil and water are enough, this errand will be won.
"Do you have something to do with Steward Zhu?"
"I'm Xu Liuye's nephew, and I'm going to discuss something with Brother Zhu."
Knowing that Xu Xun was promoted, the Xu family was very enthusiastic about it, so the old man decided that it was not a troublesome deal, so he nodded at Xu Xun reservedly, signaled him to wait, and immediately beckoned to the other three men.
Seeing this, Xu Xun retreated to his carriage so as not to hinder the others who asked to see him. A gust of cold wind hit, he rubbed his hands and was keeping warm, and suddenly felt that someone had a thick sheepskin jacket on his shoulder, and when he turned his head to see that it was Jin Liu, he smiled and thanked him.
Jin Liuyuan felt that this master had changed as if he had changed since the previous accident, and this intention to please him really worked, so he was more daring, and immediately smiled: "The young master is serious, how can the little one be worthy of a thank you?" The little one used to feel that he was very sophisticated in human affairs, but when he saw the young master today, he knew what it meant to be truly self-taught. The sedan chairs waiting at the root of the wall here, don't look freshly dressed, but their owners are all nesting in the sedan at this time! The door of Ying Tianfu is very difficult to enter, that Wu Dayin is the most iron-faced square, it is said that he hates people the most about human favors or asking for things, and the people who have come here to ask for a meeting can't enter a stop in ten stops......"
Xu Xun didn't expect that the response he had just made was worthy of Jin Liu's flattery, although he was funny in his heart, he couldn't stand Jin Liu's spirit and said good things next to him, and the corners of his mouth gradually showed a smile. Regardless of his past life or present life, he hadn't experienced such a continuous high hat for a long time, and it had relieved his tense nerves. It wasn't until the old man came out over there and beckoned to him that he patted Jin Liu's arm, returned the leather jacket, and then walked forward quickly.
When he got closer, the old man gave way, pointed to a young man behind him and said, "This is Tao Hong of Xu Liuye's family, if you follow him, you will naturally be able to see Steward Zhu." ”
"Thank you, thank you!"
After thanking him, seeing that the old man dodged to make way, Xu Xun immediately lifted the straight hem and stepped over the threshold to enter. The young man who was called Tao Hong took two steps, but after squinting his eyes at Xu Xun, he frowned and asked, "This son, can you ask for advice?" ”
"What, the little brother suspects that I am not from the Xu family, but I was mixed in?" Xu Xun looked at Tao Hong with a smile, and said unhurriedly without waiting for him to speak, "This Tao Hong's name was given to you by the sixth uncle?" That is, the sixth uncle is elegant, and if it is other uncles in the clan, no one can come up with such a good name. ”
Hearing Xu Xun praise his name, Tao Hong suddenly showed a happy smile: "Do you think Gongzi thinks it well?" The master has only changed it for a few months, and it is said that it is a good article from Han Changli. ”
Xu Xun saw that Tao Hong was moved, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, it is named after Han Changli's "The Biography of Mao Ying". ”
Tao Hong was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and this happiness immediately threw away the original vigilance and vigilance out of the clouds, and while leading the way in front, he said with a high spirit: "This is what the master personally gave me when I went to serve the young master." The lord was afraid that I didn't know, and he wrote those two words to reward me, so I went out and framed it and hung it on the bedside to look at it every day. ”
Xu Xun was full of smiles when he said this last sentence, and he could only echo it on his face, and he couldn't show the slightest joking expression. He just asked casually in his heart, you must know that he has been learning words since he was a child, and the teacher who had taught him calligraphy for several years was famous for his love of dropping his book bag, and once talked about Han Yu's "Mao Ying's Biography", talking about Mao Ying's finger pen, Chen Xuan is ink, Tao Hong is inkstone, and Mr. Chu is paper, he felt novelty and went back to turn it over, but he didn't expect to use it this time.
So, he smiled and told Tao Hong the allusion of Mao Ying's biography, taking advantage of the little guy's vigilance, and asked Xu Yu sideways but there was still Mr. Mao Ying Chen Xuanchu, I heard that there was indeed one, his heart just moved, and Tao Hong actually explained two more sentences: "Mao Ying and Chen Xuan both went out with the master, and in addition to serving the young master, I also served the pen and ink in the study." Mr. Chu is a friend of the master, and it was because of Mr. Chu's joke that the master changed the names of us. ”
Although these names are irrelevant, Xu Xun thought that he would use them later, so he wrote them down one by one in his heart, but it was the roads of the Hou Yaguan of the Heavenly Mansion, he just remembered the general direction a little, and did not take it too seriously. After all, even if he comes back in the future, it is impossible for him to pretend to be a gentleman on the beam. Before Tao Hong led him to a room, he knocked on the door and there was an answer, and when he followed him into the door, he immediately cheered up.
"Master Zhu, this is the young man Xu who asked to see."
Standing in front of Steward Zhu, Tao Hong completely lost the rap he had just spoken in front of Xu Xun, bowed his head in a proper manner, and glanced at Xu Xun uneasily - it was only at this time that the little guy remembered that he had forgotten to ask Xu Xun which room Xu Xun was from and what he ranked. If Steward Zhu asked, he would definitely not know anything. Therefore, when he caught a glimpse of Steward Zhu waving his hand at him, he immediately left Xu Xun and left the house without saying a word.
As soon as he left on his front foot, Steward Zhu pulled down his face on his back foot, looked at Xu Xunpi and said with a smile: "The Seventh Young Master is really capable, you know that other people in the clan are not good at talking, so the surname Suo walked the way to my master?" ”
ps: Everyone is going for the holidays...... I'm still sadly coding, life...... The cover has changed, so this one is later......