At the end of the month, Cao Hao was going to be the east, and invited his colleagues to have a meal, which could be regarded as the end of his life in Taifu Temple.

Where are the people willing to follow him, Yiduli Zhang Luo gathered a part, and set a table in a tavern in front of the Xidan archway, and gave Cao Hao practice.

Cao Hao has been the chief official for two years, and in addition to official dealings, he has a few drinks with the yamen, and rarely gets close to the subordinate officials below.

Like Wang Jingzeng, an official who is close to a professional class; Yi Duli is often accompanied by banner officials; Tang Zhiyu is not picky about people in the Manchu and Han dynasties, and he is very important to those subordinate officials who do things in a down-to-earth manner.

At the beginning, everyone thought that Cao Hao had a big shelf, but after a long time, they knew that he was also gentle. It's just that the official is awe-inspiring and doesn't like to talk much, so everyone rarely moves forward.

The relationship between people is the most difficult to figure out.

"Distant relatives, close resentment", this relationship is better, naturally there are more things to look forward to and think about. If your wishes come true, you will naturally be happy and grateful; If you can't get your wish, I'm afraid you will be discouraged and disappointed, and you will be resentful in vain.

If the relationship is estranged, there will be nothing to ask for, there is no thought, there is nothing to be disappointed or disappointed. If you receive its favor occasionally, you should be grateful.

In the past two years, among the four chief officials of Taifu Temple, Cao Hao has the best official reputation and popularity. In addition, he usually said that he promoted his subordinates, and he rarely spoke ill of him in the evaluation book, which won a lot of gratitude.

Thinking of changing the chief officer, thinking of the previous box of meat and snack boxes, these subordinate officials couldn't help but be concerned.

It is practice, this wine is indispensable, and everyone took the wine cup and went to Cao Hao's side to toast.

Cao Hao stood up and drank them one by one.

Looking at the unfamiliar faces, muttering names one by one, Cao Hao was also quite emotional.

Xu is in the eyes of others, this Taifu Temple is a cold and insignificant yamen, but Cao Hao likes this errand.

There are people, and it is inevitable that there will be disputes and quarrels.

Compared with the dumping over the six parts, the disputes here are like a child's farce. If you don't hurt your muscles or bones, I'm afraid it will make those officialdom oilers laugh.

Those who can't stand the loneliness have already shown their magic powers and left here. The rest, either down-to-earth and hard-working, or don't like this leisurely.

Cao Yan was out of office for six or seven years, first the guard department, then the household department, then Yizhou, and finally the Taifu Temple.

Yizhou is far away from the provincial capital, and he is in charge of his own affairs, saving a lot of right and wrong. In the two places of the guard and the household department, Cao Yan is used to interpersonal tilting, but if he does not die, he will also fade his skin, he is really walking on thin ice, and he can't be wrong at all.

On the side of the military department, in Cao Yan's eyes, although it cannot be said to be a tiger's den and wolf cave, it is the source of trouble, and he is really unwilling. In comparison, this Taifu Temple Yamen can be regarded as a paradise.

Although Cao Yan is not close to these subordinate officials, he also feels quite close in his heart whenever he hears Yi Duli talk about this gossip and Tang Zhiyu praises whose diligence.

Today, he said goodbye, and he was a little reluctant in his heart.

It's just that after all, he is a man, and there is no reason to mourn, so Cao Yan can only accept the big guy's toast with a smile and drink it cup by cup.

At the beginning, the big guy still felt that Cao Yan's surname was bold and kind, and he felt that his face was bright.

After a while, seeing that Cao Yan had drunk more than a dozen cups in a row, many people began to worry.

Yi Duli frowned, stood up, stopped Cao Yan's arm, and persuaded: "Always change your breath, eat two mouthfuls of food first, and then it's not too late to drink!" ”

Cao Yan is a person who drinks on his face, and he is already a little drunk, and said with a smile: "Don't get in the way, I'm happy today, drink!" ”

Cao Yan is not very old, but he is usually happy and angry, and no one can know what he thinks in his heart. Now it is different, although he has a smile on his face, but the people who look at it feel uncomfortable.

There was a little official with a white beard, who couldn't help it, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and cried.

In the past two years, Cao Yan has many heart-warming actions. In addition to Cao Yan, there are also many officials who have received his favors and promotions.

If Cao Yan was promoted, they would not be so uncomfortable if they were reluctant to be subordinates. However, it is a demotion and demotion of officials, from court officials to judges, which inevitably makes people unfair.

Yi Duli sighed in his heart and lowered his arm, unwilling to sweep Cao Yan's interest anymore. He, like everyone else, thought that Cao Yan was depressed about the demotion thing.

The person who conscientiously buried himself in the first case, because of natural disasters, was implicated in natural disasters and was demoted to three levels in a row, what is this called?

Cao Yan didn't know why he was annoyed by anything, but he felt that his heart was blocked and panicked, which made him extremely angry. With just a smile on his face, he stood there, took everyone's toasts, and drank them all up.

Tang Zhiyu saw that Cao Yan was drunk, so he signaled the subordinate officials who were toasting behind him not to go one by one.

In this way, three or five people came forward, and it was a cup; Seven or eight people stepped forward, and it was also a cup, which could also make Cao Yan drink less.

Although Cao Yan had some alcohol, he was really drunk at this time because he was not happy and had an empty stomach.

He endured it, didn't let himself lose his temper, and waited until everyone's toast was drunk, Fang picked up a glass of wine, and said to everyone: "Two years with the ya, thanks to the care of all the adults, Cao Mou here, a glass of water and wine, talk about gratitude." After saying that, he drank it all.

Everyone stood and drank their glasses of wine.

Cao Yan's body was already unstable, and he closed his eyes and almost fell. Yi Duli sat next to him, hurriedly got up to support him, and said, "Fu Ruo is drunk? ”

Although Cao Yan heard it clearly, he only felt dizzy and didn't want to speak, so he heard Yi Duli call Xiaoman, Zhang Yi and others and helped him out.

Along the way, there are parting words such as "Master Cao walks slowly" and "Lord Cao takes care".

Cao Yan closed his eyes, but his heart was open.

In this life, no one can accompany anyone from the beginning to the end, not one. Sometimes, you can only endure loneliness, alone.

He is not a hard-hearted person, but he is afraid of trouble and constraints, and he is unwilling to bother for others except for his family, blood relatives and close friends.

It's just that people are not plants and trees, how can they send and receive as their own hearts.

Just like when he was about to say goodbye, Cao Yan still thought in his heart that Tang Zhiyu had punished Yu Lu, and his livelihood was difficult, and he had already said it tactfully, so it shouldn't hurt his face, right? Yiduli is getting closer and closer to the fourteenth elder brother, so it's better not to suffer unwarranted disasters in the future.

The lord Bo Qinjie was one of the two subordinate officials who accompanied Cao Yan to Mongolia in the first month, and he contracted chilblains.

The little official who cried just now was the old king of the classics, his hair was white, and he said little, but he was respectful and had a bit of unconcealable love for Cao Yan.

Every time Cao Yan said that he needed to pass the documents, Lao Wang sorted them out early and placed them on his case, so he didn't need to spend any time. The hot water in the teacup is also prepared.

Cao Yanyuan was still a senior official, although he could be considerate, but he was embarrassed to accept it with peace of mind. Wanyan persuaded him twice, but he didn't see any change in Lao Wang.

In other words, if it was someone else, if he didn't listen to the persuasion, Cao Yan was afraid that he would be annoyed. But Lao Wang's side can't make people tired.

Lao Wang's "stuttering", unlike others, did not deliberately please, but was extremely natural.

Although the human heart is difficult to fathom, the true and the false, the clear-eyed person can still distinguish it.

At this time, Cao Yan also knew some of Lao Wang's conditions.

Lao Wang is more than half a hundred years old, and once had an only child, who died when he was infected with the epidemic a few years ago, and now there are only two old people in the family to spend time. Some relatives wanted to give him their sons as heirs, but he refused, saying, "I don't want to lose a son in order to get a son." ”

Lao Wang is an old man from Taifu Temple, otherwise he would not have been arranged to be an errand boy next to the hall official.

The epidemic a few years ago, wasn't that the spring and summer of Kangxi's 50th year? Cao Yan remembered the old things, and he was also emotional.

At that time, the epidemic has been said to this day, and the court is still silent, and it is rarely seen in documents. The corpses that were sent to various places for incineration were nothing more than numbers, and they were included in the documents of the Shuntianfu.

Who will pay attention to the blood and tears behind it.

It was Cao Yan himself, who finally saw that the epidemic was under control, and he was happy and a little proud, but he couldn't remember those who had passed due to the epidemic.

After that, Cao Yan accepted Lao Wang's "courtesy".

Although there is no difference between treating Lao Wang in front of people, when the two get along, Cao Yan is also willing to talk to him...... On the side of the restaurant, everyone sent Cao Yan out, and when they saw him being helped on horseback and walking away, they were all full of emotion.

Although he only ate half of the wine and food, the big guy was in a mood and lost the interest in drinking.

Yi Duli's heart is also a little pantothenic, although it is all the capital, and it can be seen at the court meeting in the future, but it is different after all.

He exhaled and beckoned the shopkeeper to come over to settle the bill, but only then did he know that Cao Yan had already made someone settle the money first. Not only that, but according to the old practice, I also asked this side to prepare a box of dishes.

On the outside of each box of dishes, everyone's name is pasted, and everyone has a share.

Yi Duli smiled bitterly and shook his head, returned the money to everyone, and divided the box of dishes.

Everyone looked at each other, thinking of Cao Su's compassion, and could only sigh.

Tang Zhiyu looked at everyone's dejected expressions, his mood was a little complicated, a little reluctant, and he was faintly relieved.

This is not the position he is worried about Cao Yan, after all, there is a difference between Manchu and Han, and the Manqing of this Taifu Temple is either promoted by Yi Duli or came from outside, so it will not be his turn.

Because of the ranch, Yidu Licai was demoted and retained, and it was impossible to be promoted. The new Taifu Siqing is the promotion of other officials of the yamen.

Tang Zhiyu was born in a class, wanted to be a virtuous minister, conscientious, and refused to make any mistakes.

He didn't dare to breathe a sigh of relief.

There is a boss above who is inconspicuous but has outstanding achievements, and a strong person like Tang Zhiyu is naturally under pressure.

In addition to admiring his ability, there is also jealousy in his heart, right? Whether it was the ranch epidemic prevention in the year before last, or the "captive feeding method" in the middle of the month, Tang Zhiyu couldn't think of it.

Thinking about this clearly, Tang Zhiyu couldn't help but be stunned, and was immediately ashamed and indignant in his heart to be "jealous and jealous", and he boasted of being a gentleman in vain, and actually gave birth to the heart of a villain.

Fortunately, Cao Yan is his superior, although he is jealous, he can only work diligently, and he doesn't want to be pulled down too far; If this talented person is his subordinate, will he have any dirty ideas?

The excerpts of "captive house feeding" and "forage savings", when Cao Yan asked them to sign a joint name, he said that he was ashamed, and his heart was red, right?

Tang Zhiyu only felt as if he had been beaten with a stick, his body trembled, and he was a little unsteady.

Seeing him swaying, Yi Duli couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Lord Tang is also drunk, so I saw that you drank two cups?" ”

Tang Zhiyu's expression froze, and he said, "Let Lord Yi laugh, Tang is afraid that he is really drunk." After speaking, he carried the box of dishes and walked out of the restaurant in a daze.

Riding a mule, when he returned home, Tang Zhiyu's face was already melancholy.

After handing over the box of dishes to his wife, he went to the study, and in addition to his shame, he also added a little fear.

After reading the books of sages for decades, is the so-called gentleman so virtuous? He sighed, couldn't help but close his eyes, thinking about what he had been in the company for more than ten years?

Is it his self-proclaimed "loyalty and patriotism", or is it to climb up?

The truth was embarrassing, and he lowered his head and felt very depressed. At this moment, footsteps were heard, and someone pushed the door in.

"I want to read a book," Tang Zhiyu didn't look up, but the few people in the family also heard the footsteps of his old wife Chen: "You can use it yourself for supper, I'll go back to the room later." ”

"Master, this ...... The silver ......" Chen's voice was a little afraid, and said, "Someone has done something, is this a bribe to the master?" ”

Tang Zhiyu was confused when he heard this, and when he raised his head, he saw his wife with her hands outstretched, holding two silver ingots, and a letter on them......*

(To be continued)