Gongsun Chan sat in the post house, waiting in despair for the notice of leaving for Yuenan, but suddenly someone came to the palace, the Son of Heaven forgave Liu Ji's sins, no need to go to Yuenan, and then gave Gongsun Chan a bigger surprise, quickly changed clothes, cleaned up neatly, the Son of Heaven wants to see you.

It's like a big pie falling from the sky and smashing it on his head, Gongsun Chan was blindsided at that time. Liu Ji, who was glad to have escaped death, was a person who had been a big official after all, he first understood, and hurriedly took out the money to thank Xiao Huangmen, who came to announce the edict, and then congratulated Gongsun Zhan, Bo Jue, your opportunity has come, the Son of Heaven cares about the war in northern Xinjiang, you must seize the opportunity and prepare well.

It took Gongsun Zhan a long time to come to his senses, and hurriedly dressed up according to Liu Ji's main points, and asked Liu Ji for some rules for seeing the driver, and then entered the palace to ask for a meeting. He was tall, energetic, had a good voice, was very good looking, had quick thinking, and had his own unique views on the war in northern Xinjiang.

The Son of Heaven was very satisfied, and immediately issued an edict to confer on him the Zhuo Order, and rewarded him with ten gold, instructing him to do his best for the country. Gongsun Zhan was grateful, and the mountain shouted long live. He used to be the secretary of the Taishou Mansion of Liaoxi County, and he was considered an official, not a formal official of the state, and a subordinate official of the Taishou Private, but now he is a county order, although the official salary is only 600 stones, but it is the official official establishment of the state, which is the starting point of the official career. Zhuo County is not only the county governance of Zhuo County, but also the location of Youzhou Thorn History, is the most important position in the counties of Youzhou, and Zhuo County Taishou, Youzhou Thorn History and the same city, the opportunity for promotion in the future is invisibly a few more points.

What made Gongsun Chan even more faintly proud was that Zhuo County was the hometown of Liu Xiu and several of them, and he had become their parents, and when he thought of the scene when he saw Liu Xiu and others again in the future, Gongsun Chan couldn't help but want to laugh.

After returning to the post house, he told Liu Ji about the situation, Liu Ji stroked his forehead and celebrated, and said to Gongsun Zhan, you are talented, loyal and loyal, I know that you will not succumb to a scholar in the future, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. Do a good job, this is an eventful time for the country, and it is a good time for you young people to make a difference.

Gongsun Zhan was very happy, waited for a few days, got the seal ribbon from Situ Mansion and prepared to set off, before leaving, he decided to go to Buyunli to say goodbye to Liu Xiu and them.

Liu Xiu learned that Gongsun Chan was visiting, and hurriedly greeted him, and learned that Gongsun Chan had been awarded an official, Liu Xiu and the others were very happy, and asked Liu Bei to buy some wine and meat, and had a meal together. Gongsun Chan was in a good mood, talking and laughing, and his words not only did not have the frustration he had a few days ago, but he was a little more energetic. Among these people, he was the eldest, so he said to Liu Xiu and them in the tone of a big brother, you have to work hard, I think the Son of Heaven is not as mediocre as those people say, and he can be regarded as a good person. He also said to Liu Xiu in particular, your military exploits in Ningcheng are obvious to all, I believe that the Son of Heaven will not forget you, maybe you will be awarded an official soon, and you can work hard to serve the country when the time comes.

Hearing his words, Liu Xiu nodded again and again, but the faces of Liu Bei and the others were a little embarrassed, Gongsun Zhan didn't care too much, but they felt embarrassed when Liu Bei said goodbye, and it wasn't until he said goodbye and went out that Liu Bei found an opportunity to tell him quietly: "Brother Bo Jue, my eldest brother has just awarded Hu Benlang." Liu Bei was probably afraid that Gongsun Zhan would be unhappy, so he added: "But the grade is not as high as yours, and it is only three hundred stones." ”

Gongsun Zhan was a little embarrassed at the time, but Liu Bei then said: "Actually, the eldest brother cares about you, after meeting you last time, he has always taken this matter to heart, in order to let people pass a word to you, he also promised to write a fu for Bi Lanzao's thirst for the court, don't look at him can write and martial arts, but the writing is worse than me, Ziyan said that he is bullshit, and he has been worried about it for the past two days." ”

Liu Bei regretted it after speaking, Gongsun Zhan's face was swollen and red, he didn't have to think about it to know that he could run from time to time, all because Liu Xiu did not hesitate to defile himself. He stood at the door for a moment, reflexively strode into the house, went straight into the hall, stood in front of Liu Xiu, snorted for a moment, and finally bowed: "Deran, your great kindness, I will never forget." ”

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, looked at Liu Bei with an innocent face, and knew that he must have said that he had leaked his mouth, and it was not good to blame him in person, so he had to pull Gongsun Zan up first, and said in a loud voice: "Bo Jue, this is the wisdom of the Son of Heaven to know people, and you deserve it." Even if I don't talk too much, with your talent, sooner or later you will stand out. ”

Gongsun Chan was grateful and ashamed, and bowed away. Watching his back disappear outside the door, Liu Xiu blamed Liu Bei for his life. Gongsun Chan is a good person, but his self-esteem is too strong, and he always wants to overwhelm others, especially when he is with them, Gongsun Chan's conditions are the best, and his sense of superiority is also the strongest, he is the kind of person who unconsciously has been the first person, otherwise he would not have left Peach Valley in anger because of his defeat to Yan Rou. In the last war, he failed to make meritorious contributions, and he was already uncomfortable, but now that he is an official, he finally has the upper hand, so he came to resign in a hurry, what do you have to tell him about the background behind this. It's a shame that he's still a little graceful, otherwise this good thing would have turned into a bad thing.

Liu Bei was very embarrassed, laughing dryly and scratching his head again and again. However, Liu Xiu's celebration of being an official quickly diluted this little accident, although it was only a tiger Benlang who was more than three hundred stones, but Lang Guan has always been a shortcut to his career, Liu Xiu is still young, and for their family background, this start is very early.

But in addition to being happy, there are many things to be busy with, Liu Xiu not only has to prepare himself for various procedures for entering the palace, but also arranges the lives of so many people. After he entered the palace, he had to stay in the palace according to the custom, and he could only go out of the palace for one day every five days. Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Mao Zong are not the masters of peace, and causing trouble is first-class, so it is a bit suspenseful for them to hold on to this family. He invited the landlord Luo, looked at the servants she helped invite, picked a few who seemed to be more loyal to serve the Zhang family, and discussed with Luo Shi and asked her to help take care of them.

A few days ago, Liu Xiu did some research on the makeup of Han women, combined with the experience of his previous life, and suggested a few makeup looks suitable for Luo Zhi, after Luo Zhi dressed up according to the law, he looked like a different person from the inside out, not only his own radiant appearance, but even her husband An Quan was shocked, and found that his wife could be so beautiful for the first time, so that Luo Zhi's self-confidence increased greatly, and he smiled and added a bit of charm.

Luo was very grateful to Liu Xiu, and was also very willing to help him, as soon as she heard that Liu Xiu was going to enter the palace as a Lang official and asked her to help take care of it, she agreed again and again, and pulled An Quan to congratulate her.

After the arrangements were made, Liu Xiu came to the palace to take up his post and began the life of a civil servant in the Han Dynasty. Liu Yunshuang, who loved the orchid finger, was very happy, and busily took him to familiarize himself with the situation, with his help, it was much easier for Liu Xiu to get acquainted with it, and he couldn't help but have a little more affection for this little eunuch who was a little demonic.

The task of Hu Benlang is to guard the gates of each palace and the palace gate, and their residence is in the house outside each palace, which is a collective dormitory, and four people live in one room. After Liu Xiu completed the relevant formalities, he walked towards the house outside the Changle Palace with his luggage.

Pushing open the door, the room was quiet, a little dim, Liu Xiu calmed down, looked at the situation in the room, and found that only one of the four beds along the wall was empty, he put down his luggage, and smiled politely at the man who slept in the innermost part who turned his head when he heard the voice: "I am a newcomer, a native of Zhuo County, Youzhou, surnamed Liu Mingxiu, the word Deran, please take care of me in the future." ”

The man's face was not very good, and after listening to Liu Xiu's self-introduction, he reluctantly sat up, coughed twice before he could speak, and then said embarrassedly: "Welcome, welcome, I am from Wuwei in Liangzhou, surnamed Jia Mingxu, and the words are harmonious." ”

"Look up for a long time, look up for a long time." Liu Xiu responded habitually, opened the quilt, just picked up the pillow, suddenly felt a little strange, turned his head to look at Jia Xu, and blinked: "What did you just say?" ”

Jia Xu coughed twice more and said it again. Liu Xiu turned his head, rolled his eyes at God with Jia Xu behind his back, and couldn't help laughing. He put down the pillow, rubbed his nose vigorously, made himself look less surprised, and said as calmly as possible: "It turned out to be Brother Jia, you are from the northwest, I am from the northeast, it is really rare luck to be able to meet in Luoyang and live in the same house." ”

Jia Xu was obviously not so excited, he smiled weakly and did not say anything.

"Brother Jia, what's wrong?" Liu Xiu noticed his face and asked with concern.

"Nothing." Jia Xu was a little embarrassed: "Two days ago, I was occasionally affected by the wind and cold, and my body was a little uncomfortable. ”

Liu Xiu's eyes swept and noticed that what he was covering was a winter coat, and it was a little shabby, and he immediately understood. The clothes and horses of the Lang officials are all brought by themselves, and the clothes for the change of season are either bought by themselves or brought from home, and the public does not send them, Jia Xu may have been away from home for too long, it is already late spring, and he is still wearing winter clothes, and he takes them off when he gets hot, and he gets cold and colds when he takes them off.

"Have you taken any medicine?" Jia Xu, known as the No. 1 poisoner of the Three Kingdoms, is right in front of him, and it happens to be sick and needs to be cared for, if Liu Xiu doesn't know how to seize this opportunity, he won't be Liu Xiu. Regardless of whether Jia Xu was used to it or not, he naturally reached over and touched Jia Xu's forehead.

I'm dizzy, it's a little hot.

Jia Xu quietly brushed Liu Xiu's hand away: "It's okay, I'll rest for two days." ”

Liu Xiu shook his head, didn't say anything, got up and went out, and with some effort, found Liu Yunshuang, who was busy with work, and asked him for some medicine. When Liu Yunshuang heard this, her eyebrows raised, and her orchid fingers curled: "There is medicine in the palace, but there is no medicine for the Lang officials." ”

Liu Xiu was immediately unhappy, "Lang officials are not people, and they don't even have a medicine when they are sick?" ”

Liu Yunshuang smiled and hurriedly explained. It turned out that although there was a Tai Doctor Department in the palace, they all served the Son of Heaven and the nobles, and the Lang officials were not among them.

"Then what should the officials do if they want to see a doctor?"

"Alas-" Liu Yunshuang patted Liu Xiu's shoulder coquettishly: "How many of the current Lang officials are outsiders?" When they are sick, they naturally go home to find a healer, do you see that there are people living in your house? It's not that there is no one, it's that those people don't live in the palace at all, in addition to being on duty, they spend most of their time outside the palace, isn't it convenient to see a doctor? ”

Liu Xiu didn't understand it all of a sudden, he originally thought that he would live in the palace entirely, and he bothered to arrange so much, if he knew this, I would go back to live in the clouds every day. He didn't have time to talk to Liu Yunshuang, so he hurriedly prepared a little ginger soup and boiled it and sent it over. Liu Yunshuang frowned, and said angrily: "What do you think of me, a Lang official who is more than three hundred stones, actually dares to call me a little yellow door of six hundred stones, are you too bold." ”

"Hehe, who made us friends, the official position was thrown aside in advance, saving people's lives, and winning the seventh-level floating slaughter."

"Yo, do you still know about Futu?" Liu Yunshuang was taken aback. Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he seemed to have leaked his mouth, he rolled his eyes, and asked rhetorically, "You also know?" ”

"Of course I know, there is a floating temple in the palace." Liu Yunshuang said disdainfully, and glanced at Liu Xiu with resentment: "For the sake of you treating me as a friend, I will run for you." Alas, it's really hard, if you don't do things for me, it's just that, I still have to do things for you. ”

Liu Xiu's goosebumps fell to the ground, and for the sake of begging for help, he had to endure it. He touched two Hu Biscuits from Liu Yunshuang's house, and hurried back to the Lu House first, soaked the Hu Biscuits in hot water first, and fed them to Jia Xu to eat. Although Jia Xu didn't adapt to his enthusiasm, he was indeed not lightly ill, and someone who cared so much about himself was always very grateful, and he barely ate half of it.

In the evening, Liu Yunshuang sent ginger soup like a thief, entered the door and glanced at Jia Xu who was crooked on the bed, complained first, and said that he was lucky, he actually met Liu Xiu, such a good person, came to the palace, did not do an errand for His Majesty, and waited for you first. Do you know who he is, he only entered the palace with military merits, not those Confucian students who read dead books, die reading, and die reading - this comment was said by Liu Xiu when he was chatting with him, and he felt that he was deeply in my heart, and from time to time he hung his mouth to show his disdain for those Confucian students.

Jia Xu only then knew how Liu Xiu entered the palace, he always thought that Liu Xiu entered the palace with filial piety and honesty like him, and the Han Dynasty now emphasizes literature and light on martial arts, and it is rare for people to enter the palace as a man with military merits.

Liu Xiu blasted out the chatter Liu Yunshuang, let Jia Xu drink ginger soup, and then fell asleep, sweated, and got up the next day, making Liu Xiu secretly sigh that the ancient people still had good physical fitness, and in their previous lives, such an important cold could not be solved in the hospital without hanging water for a few days.

As soon as Jia Xu's health improved, he immediately went to cancel the leave and went to the duty with Liu Xiu. Their post is the gate of Changle Palace, and inside the door is the Jiade Hall where the Empress Dowager Yongle lives, but there are two heavens inside and outside the door, and the outside of the palace is in charge of Hu Benlang, the supervisor is Hu Ben Zhonglang General, and the palace is responsible for the eunuchs, and the supervisor is the history of Changle's facial features, and Hu Benlang is not allowed to enter the palace gate without an order.

The Lang officials were only on duty for two hours a day, with eight people per shift, and there were six people in addition to Liu Xiu and Jia Xu. Liu Xiu greeted them warmly, but they didn't seem to be interested. It can be heard from their accents and tone of voice that almost all of these people are from Luoyang, and their family backgrounds are not bad, unlike Liu Xiu and Jia Xu who are from the poor families from the border counties, don't look at Liu Xiu's family in Zhuo County, they are also passable, but in a place like Luoyang, where wealthy families gather, they are standard poor families. Those Luoyang people are quite proud, and they are not willing to talk to Liu Xiu and the others, and they have a feeling of rejection thousands of miles away.

Local discrimination was no exception in the Han Dynasty.

Although Liu Xiu was a little unhappy, he was a newcomer and couldn't ask too much, but fortunately, after asking around, he never found such a heavyweight potential stock as Jia Xu, and the surname Suo was not interested in accompanying the smiling face, just talking to Jia Xu. Jia Xu has been neglected in the palace for a long time, and suddenly a partner who is in a similar situation to himself came, and Liu Xiu is a warm-hearted person, and he went to the eunuch to ask for medicine specifically for him, so that he was a little grateful, and unconsciously felt closer.

Although Jia Xu was much better, his body was still a little weak, and when he stood down for two hours, his face was a little ugly. As soon as the duty came, those colleagues disappeared, leaving only Liu Xiu to help Jia Xu back to the house, let him lie down and rest first, and then he took the bowl and the rest of the ginger to the stove in the corner of the palace office to boil ginger soup.

There was no one in the stove room, Liu Xiu boiled water and soup with his hands and feet, and after a short time, the unique spicy taste of ginger soup wafted on the stove, and he was burning the fire while thinking about Jia Xu's gratitude, and he couldn't help but be a little proud, and hummed a little song in his mouth.

"What does it smell like?" A sharp female voice came in from outside, Liu Xiu looked up, and saw a young woman dressed in Luo Qi walking in with a straight face, glanced at him, and shouted: "What are you doing, a strange smell, it smells in the palace, it disturbs the Queen Mother, do you still want to live." ”

Liu Xiu was taken aback, hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and carefully explained the situation, the woman snorted in her nose, looked Liu Xiu up and down, saw that his eyebrows and eyes were straight, his attitude was sincere, and it was for the sake of his sick colleagues, his face softened, and he took care of him and quickly finished leaving, then he flicked his sleeves and turned around and went out. Liu Xiu secretly wiped a cold sweat, and he didn't know where this was sacred, he was a little carried away just now, and he played with this as if he were his own home.

"Alas, newcomer, what kind of tune did you hum just now, why haven't I heard it?" The woman covered her nose and stood outside the door and screamed. Liu Xiu hurriedly walked outside the door and replied respectfully: "Back to my eldest sister, this is the slang of my hometown, which disturbed my sister, and please do a lot of Haihan." ”

"The boy's mouth is quite sweet." The woman sneered, glanced at him with interest, asked Liu Xiu's name, and turned to leave. Liu Xiu scratched his head, and said in his heart, Is my mouth sweet, Youzhou is like this, and when I see strange women, I call them eldest sisters, even if they are old enough to be a mother. This woman probably misunderstood that I wanted to be close to her, and she was really self-inflicted. He shook his head, turned around and went back to the house, added two fires, boiled the soup, and served the rice again, and brought it back to the house together.

Jia Xu was nibbling on the remaining cold Hu cakes, as soon as he smelled the hot ginger soup, he suddenly had a big appetite, took a deep breath, didn't care about the heat, drank the ginger soup in a few bites, sweated, and ate most of the bowl of rice, and his originally pale face had some blood. Liu Xiu was also very happy to see that his spirit was much better than yesterday, and he told him what happened just now.

"Woman?" Jia Xu, who was sweating in the quilt, was stunned for a moment, asked the woman's appearance, shook his head, and said "It's dangerous", Liu Xiu was very curious, so he joked: "Is that woman terrible?" I think she still looks a little good. ”

Jia Xu motioned for him to go outside to see if there was anyone, Liu Xiu saw that he was so cautious, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he hurriedly went outside to check it out, and saw that it was quiet everywhere, so he went back to the house and closed the door, and came to Jia Xu's side. Jia Xu lowered his voice and said, "You are new to the city, and you don't know who she is, so you can be so casual." If you knew who she was, I'm afraid you wouldn't dare to say that about her. ”

"So serious?" Liu Xiu was also a little nervous.

"Her name is Huo Yu, the official residence Changle Men Shi, although she is just a small female official, but she is a close confidant of the Queen Mother, and she is the most favored female official in the harem of His Majesty's nurse Zhao Rao. Too often Zhang Hao and Tunqi Captain Gai Sheng have to call her aunt when they see her, do you call her eldest sister? ”

Liu Xiu was taken aback, no wonder the woman had such an arrogant face when she walked through the door just now, it turned out to be such a fork, and I thought she was a palace maid. But this is also true, although she is not much older than the palace maid, but as the saying goes, the prime minister is a seven-rank official in front of the door, and the queen mother is much older than the prime minister, not to mention that this is still someone's territory.

He touched his neck and said with a smile: "It's so hanging, I inadvertently walked around the ghost gate." ”

"Maybe you're a blessed man." Jia Xu's spirits improved, and he joked, "You don't have to be afraid, if she doesn't like it, she will be angry just now, since she let you go, she must have a good impression of you, maybe you have her blue eyes." ”

"Forget it, I don't dare think so." Liu Xiu smiled and tucked the corner of the quilt for Jia Xu: "You can sleep well, it should be better tomorrow." ”

"Thank you Deran." Jia Xu nodded gratefully: "I didn't expect to make such a friend as you before leaving." ”

"You're leaving?" Liu Xiuyi frowned. Jia Xu is filial piety and honesty, if he can't be awarded an official, his trip to the capital will be in vain. Perhaps, he just got mixed up with Dong Zhuo in the future because he didn't find a way out when he came to the capital? No, I have to hold him down, this guy is too dangerous to Dong Zhuo.

"What else can I do if I don't leave, waiting to starve to death in Luoyang?" Jia Xu smiled bitterly, shook his head helplessly, and said that the palace has not been paid for a few months, and my little savings have been spent, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to afford summer clothes.

"Don't make a fortune?" When Liu Xiu heard this, he immediately jumped up, why did the Han Dynasty owe wages like unscrupulous sweatshops?

Seeing Liu Xiu so surprised, Jia Xu was also very surprised, the two asked each other, and Liu Xiu's heart, which was hot because he served a golden rice bowl and ate imperial grain, suddenly cooled to his heels.

(To be continued)