When the edict of appointment was sent to Shaoxing, Gao Mansion was all excited, Gao Jian was even more happy and almost did not turn his back, this time he did not report much hope, in his opinion, although Gao Huaiyuan has been to Beijing as an official, but after all, he is only a servant of the prince's mansion, far from the extent that he can call the wind and rain, so although he spent a lot of silver, he did not have much hope. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The reason why he will get the news of Gao Huaiyuan, spend a lot of money on gifts, but he just wants to take the opportunity to get acquainted with a group of big people like Xue Ji, this time not good, but also a familiar face, for the future promotion to lay a foreshadowing, and Yangzhou is an important town, the prefect is a fat shortage, it stands to reason that there will be more people in the competition, there are not a few people in the Beijing who want to take over this official position, with him as a magistrate, want to win this official position, basically it can be said that there is no hope, so after giving gifts, He also forgot about this matter, after all, his political achievements in Shaoxing over the years have not been too good, and there is no reason to put such an important position on his head.

But what he didn't expect was that there was a magical reversal this time, and in the end, the hat of the Yangzhou prefect really fell on his head, which was like pie in the sky, just hit him, how not to make him feel excited?

So after receiving the edict, Gao Jian for two or three consecutive days as if stepping on the clouds, fluttering and not knowing where he was, those local colleagues in Shaoxing, after learning about this, even came to congratulate the people who almost kicked the threshold of his house to break, just to deal with these people's banquets, Gao Jian was a little dizzying.

It wasn't until a few days later that Gao Jian began to calm down and analyze the matter, feeling that things shouldn't be so simple, there was no reason to be so beautiful, just because the little silver he gave away fell on his head, so after calming down, Gao Jian thought of Gao Huaiyuan, who was in the capital.

Could it be that this promotion is really related to Gao Huaiyuan's son? Gao Jian was still skeptical about this matter, so he immediately packed his bags, prepared a big gift and left Shaoxing Mansion, preparing to go to Yangzhou to take up his post.

From Shaoxing to Yangzhou, Hangzhou Lin'an City is a must-pass place, Gao Jian decided to stay in Lin'an City first and figure out this matter.

Gao Huaiyuan also learned about this matter for the first time, knowing that the two generous gifts he gave these two times played a vital role in this matter, for Gao Jian's father, he felt that he had finally reciprocated, so he specially prepared two generous gifts and sent them to Shi Miyuan and Xue Ji's mansion to thank them in the name of his father.

Xue Ji now knew that Gao Huaiyuan had also been valued by Shi Miyuan, so after receiving the generous gift, he also made a special trip to a banquet for Gao Huaiyuan and established a relationship with Gao Huaiyuan.

This is also in line with Gao Huaiyuan's intentions, in the capital, he finally came into contact with Shi Miyuan's core group, which paved the way for him to act in the capital in the future.

So he was also very respectful in front of Xue Ji, and even treated Xue Ji with the courtesy of master and apprentice, which made Xue Ji very happy, even those of them who were working under Shi Miyuan were not necessarily very harmonious with each other, and they all wanted to have more connections, although he still couldn't see that the little guard chief surnamed Gao in front of him would have any great achievements in the future, but just because he was favored by Shi Miyuan, it was enough for Xue Ji not to underestimate him, and Xue Ji had already seen something in the matter of Guicheng, It's just that it hasn't been confirmed yet, and no one can say what this servant by Guicheng's side will achieve in the future, so I'd rather befriend him than offend him.

Gao Jian had already arrived in Lin'an City at this time, he did not go around to visit his old friends or colleagues first, nor did he immediately go to Xue Ji's mansion to thank Xue Ji, but immediately found Gao Huaiyuan's residence, where he saw Liu Er, who was cooking for Gao Huaiyuan at home.

When Liu Er was busy in the kitchen, she heard someone knocking on the door, Erhu immediately went to open the door, and when she came out to see who came to their house, she saw a figure she was very familiar with, and she was originally happy, and she immediately became nervous.

"The slave has seen the master! The slave didn't know that the master had arrived, and she didn't come out to greet the master just now, and I hope the master will forgive me! Liu Er hurriedly knelt down to welcome Gao Jian's arrival in a panic, the memory of living in Gao Mansion since she was a child, made her have a fear of Gao Jian that could not be swept away, because because of Gao Huaiyuan since childhood, Liu Er was often scolded and even beaten by Gao Jian, so that when she saw Gao Jian today, she couldn't help but have a sense of fear.

And Gao Jian has not seen Gao Huaiyuan and Liu Er for several years, when he drove Gao Huaiyuan back to Daye County, Liu Er was just a stunted yellow-haired girl, although Gao Huaiyuan later took Liu Er back to Shaoxing once or twice, but Gao Jian did not pay attention to Liu Er, but later heard people chew their tongues and talk about it, his second son Gao Huairen ran away from home and disappeared The matter seems to be related to this Liu Er, but he is not very clear about the specific situation.

After seeing Liu Er today, Gao Jian was a little surprised, he didn't expect that after not seeing Liu Er for many years, Liu Er would actually become such a bright woman, tall and with a very good temperament, and there was no longer the kind of timid look when he was in the Gao family, which made him feel bright.

Gao Jian stood in the courtyard and looked Liu Er up and down, but his heart was immediately clouded, he suddenly thought that Gao Huaiyuan this year is already in his early twenties, in this era, the average man will marry a wife and have children at the age of seventeen or eighteen, but Gao Huaiyuan is still single, never married, although this is related to Gao Huaiyuan's experience in the past few years, but Gao Jian has not been less because of this matter before, and wants to find a wife for Gao Huaiyuan. But in the end, it was all pushed away by Gao Huaiyuan under various excuses.

Today, when Gao Jian saw Liu Er, he found that Liu Er was already like a young woman, and he immediately understood some reasons, it turned out that Gao Huaiyuan was not interested in women, but it was probably this Liu Er who accepted Gao Huaiyuan's heart and made him unwilling to marry a wife!

Thinking of this, Gao Jian's face couldn't help but immediately become gloomy, he waved his hand and didn't say a word, You Liu'er knelt in the courtyard, and strode into the living room, and sat down in the upper position.

Liu Er didn't know why Gao Jian suddenly showed an unhappy look after seeing her, and actually ignored her, so she entered the guest hall alone, and was suddenly confused, and she didn't know for a while whether it was better to stand up or continue to kneel in the courtyard!

But Erhu was immediately unhappy, in his eyes, Gao Huaiyuan is the sky, then Liu Er is the earth, for this Gao Lao that he has never seen, he doesn't have much respect, if it wasn't for someone knocking on the door just now and reporting that he is Gao Huaiyuan's father's identity, he wouldn't even let Gao Jian and others enter the door!

But he saw that Liu Er seemed to be a little afraid of Gao Jian, and when he saw Gao Jian, he quickly knelt down to greet him, but Gao Jian didn't even say a word, so he brushed his sleeves away, went straight into the guest hall and sat down, and let Liu Er kneel in the courtyard and ignore it, so he immediately became annoyed, and stepped forward to say to Liu Er: "Sister Liu Er, get up quickly!" Why are you kneeling like that? ”

Liu Er hesitated for a moment, feeling that kneeling like this was not a solution, after all, this was Gao Huaiyuan's residence, and she couldn't say that Gao Jian didn't go to serve tea when she came, so she lifted her skirt, quickly stood up, and hurriedly went into the house to make tea for Gao Jian.

Gao Jian looked around at Gao Huaiyuan's residence, which was a bit different from his initial expectations, after all, Gao Huaiyuan's size was also an official, and he was still on an errand in the Yiwang Mansion, and the courtyard where he lived should be about the same, but after looking at it today, he realized that Gao Huaiyuan's residence in the capital was so small, which was quite different from his expectations.

But this small courtyard looks clean and clean, and the interior furnishings are relatively simple, not public, so I don't think about it anymore, after all, most of the Beijing officials rent houses by themselves, and the government has no spare money to buy a house for each official.

He remembered Liu'er's matter again, and saw that Liu'er got up and was busy making tea for himself, so he asked a few of his entourages to move the salute to the courtyard first, and then settle down.

Liu Er delivered the tea to Gao Jian, and stood aside silently, carefully serving Gao Jian to drink tea, not daring to look up at Gao Jian's face.

After Gao Jian drank a few sips of tea, he asked, "Where is San Lang now?" Why don't you see him at home? ”

Liu Er hurriedly replied: "Master Qiyu, San Lang is now on an errand in the palace, and he will come back later, so the slave will arrange for someone to invite the young master back!" ”

Gao Jian nodded, Liu Er hurriedly went out to greet Erhu to go to the palace to inform Gao Huaiyuan and ask him to come back quickly, at this time Li Ruohu happened to come back from outside, and after hearing about it, he hurried over to meet Gao Jian.

Gao Jian nodded and let Li Ruohu go out, and then asked Liu Er, "For so many years, have you been serving San Lang?" ”

Liu Er hurriedly bowed her head and replied: "The slave maid is loved by Saburo, and the slave maid has always been by his side to serve him!" ”

Gao Jian looked at Liu Er's demeanor, and was even more sure that Liu Er was already Gao Huaiyuan's person, and when Liu Er mentioned Gao Huaiyuan, the look on his face was respectful and joyful, so he was more sure of his thoughts.

Gao Jian nodded, wanting to take advantage of Gao Huaiyuan's absence at this time to warn Liu'er, Liu'er in the province did not know his identity and delayed Gao Huaiyuan's marriage, so he sank his face, coughed lightly, and said to Liu'er......