Ruan Zhenmei has been a provincial student and politician, and she doesn't dare to say that her protégés are all over the world, but there are really a lot of people who come out of his door. The two middle-aged scribes in the room were younger than him, Ruan Zhenmei opened her drunken eyes and looked carefully, she really couldn't remember each other's names, and she couldn't even remember where the two in front of her had met. But the things on the scene must be done, and he hurriedly said: "No courtesy, no courtesy." ”

After speaking, he muttered to himself in his heart, after he returned to his hometown, he didn't see how many protégés came to the door, he had just been activated, and this protégé was immediately found. It's just, how do they know that I'm going to come here?

"Student Sun Youlin and student Li Guobin, hearing about the resurgence of their teacher, came to visit." The two said in unison.

"Oh, oh......" Ruan Zhenmei nodded, as if remembering these two names, waved her hand and said, "Sit, sit ......"

While speaking, Ruxian helped him to sit down in front of the chair, and then walked out of the room with a special acquaintance, and closed the door with his hand.

Ruan Zhenmei didn't look at the wine she had drunk, her consciousness was still clear, and she said: "I don't know where the two of you are now, how do you know that the teacher will come here?" ”

"Ah...... Hehe......" The two smiled, and listened to the one named Li Guobin say: "The student is now following Gonggong Wu, the supervisor of Jizhen Town, as his guest. Brother Sun followed General Sun, the chief soldier of Jizhen, and the two of us came this time, one is to visit the teacher, and the other is to say hello to the teacher on behalf of the proprietor. ”

"The old man has long wanted to return to the countryside, and after the idle clouds and wild cranes, who wants the emperor to remember that when the old man is in office, he has a little work, and he does not think that the old man is old, and he will rise again. We are full of poetry and books, and we should serve the country and the people, this is the duty of being a courtier, how happy is it. "Nguyen Zhenmei is deliberately humble. But I was wondering in my heart, how could I send someone over for no reason because I had a friendship with the chief soldier of Jizhen and the supervisor of Jizhen.

It turned out that when Gonggong Wei was drafting the decree, he only talked about the resurgence, and promoted Ruan Zhenmei to the right deputy of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and did not mention the case. Therefore, Ruan Zhenmei did not know the purpose of her trip.

Sun Youlin said with a smile: "The teacher's words are true, and we should be like this as courtiers." For the country and the people, do your best. I think the teacher is wondering why the proprietor of the student sent me and the two of us here, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is the proprietor of my family who has been famous for a long time, and he wants to make friends, but the distance is far away, so he has no chance. Now that he heard that his teacher was going to Beijing, he sent the two of us to say goodbye. ”

After speaking, Sun Youlin stood up, walked towards Ruan Zhenmei, and when he got close, he took out a post from his cuff and presented it to Ruan Zhenmei. "Teacher, please take a look."

Ruan Zhenmei took a look, only to see the word gift list written on it, opened it casually, and when she saw the content inside, her head was "buzzing". Half of the wine woke up in an instant.

What is written on this, in fact, is very simple, five thousand taels of gold. What a lot of money this is, I have no friendship with others, and I have no interests, how can I give such a big gift without a reason. Ruan Zhenmei was startled, and hurriedly stuffed the gift slip into Sun Youlin's hand, and said: "How dare you accept it without merit, please take back the gift list and tell your owner, his intentions, the old man understands it, but he dare not accept this big gift." ”

Sun Youlin didn't pick it up, but said: "The teacher is polite, my general and Wu Gonggong are really the names of the master for a long time, so they sent me and others to make friends, and the small profits are really nothing." When the teacher arrives in the capital, there are many places where you need to spend money, so please don't be too little. The things on the gift list have been sent to the post station, the teacher's residence, and the teacher can rest assured that no one will see it. ”

"That's not going to work, the old man can't accept these things, please bring them back quickly. Otherwise, Hugh blames the old man for being unkind. Ruan Zhenmei said righteously.

Lord Ruan was not an incorruptible official back then, but he knew what money could be collected and what money could not be collected. With such a large sum of money, I don't know how much I will do for others in the future, how can I accept it indiscriminately.

"Don't be angry, and listen to the student." Sun Youlin said with a smile: "When I entered the capital, there are a lot of places to spend money, and my general and Gonggong Wu are also afraid that their mentor will be tight, so they take the liberty of doing so." Before leaving, I once instructed that I hoped that the teacher would not shirk, and that the teacher would rest assured that he would never bring any trouble to the teacher in the future. ”

After he finished speaking, Li Guobin also walked over, and in his hand, there was a painting scroll, and when he arrived in front of Ruan Zhenmei, he unfolded the painting. "Teacher, this is a little bit of the heart of my father-in-law. The father-in-law said that it is not a respect, so please don't shirk the teacher. ”

Ruan Zhenmei is also a connoisseur, and just by looking at it, you can see who this is the handiwork of Fan Kuan of the Northern Song Dynasty. Fan Kuan's landscape paintings are hard to find, Ruan Zhenmei is also quite fond of this way, and when she sees this painting, she will inevitably tremble.

Literati, some don't particularly care about gold and silver, but they love such celebrity calligraphy and painting, and Ruan Zhenmei is no exception. It seems that the other party has seen through Lord Ruan's thoughts, and he is afraid that he will not be able to impress him with gold and silver alone, so he came together.

Li Guobin rolled up the painting slowly, presented it to Ruan Zhenmei with both hands, and said with a smile: "Please also ask the teacher to accept it, otherwise the student will never be able to substitute for the bus when he goes back." ”

"This ......" is difficult to buy with money, Ruan Zhenmei can refuse gold and silver, but this Fan Kuan's painting really makes him in a dilemma, and he wants to resign, but he is really reluctant.

His thoughts were immediately seen by Li Guobin, who didn't wait for Ruan Zhenmei to say anything, and simply stuffed the painting directly into his hand.

"This ...... How did this make ......Ruan Zhenmei half-push, half-pushed, but still grabbed the painting into her hand. In this way, the five thousand taels of gold will not be able to be sent back.

"What is the purpose of your proprietor sending me these, what is the request for me, or should I open the skylight first and speak brightly?" Since I agreed to accept it, the conditions must be explained first, what they want me to do, if I can, then it's okay to say. If you can't do it, you'll leave it at that.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, the imperial court has been worrying about the salary of the Jiubian army now, and it has the heart to send people to the Jiubian to inspect the soldiers and horses and check the number of people. My father-in-law is a person from my father-in-law Wei, so he naturally received the news that this time he inspected the border army, and there were adults among them. The emperor summoned the adults into Beijing, most likely to inspect the soldiers and horses of Jizhen. This kind of errand is once in a few years, and it is nothing, and you can't find anything, do you say, my lord? Li Guobin said with a smile.

Review the Frontier Soldiers! The reason is obvious, and it is not suspicious.

The bad habits of the nine sides, Ruan Zhenmei has been rolling in the officialdom for so many years, and she is not unaware, drinking soldiers' blood, eating empty quotas, and sometimes selling some military supplies, this is all commonplace, and she is very fat. The imperial court also sent people to inspect from time to time, but it was rare to find out the problem, the reason was very simple, all those who were sent were fed by others.

This kind of thing belongs to the officialdom that is not a secret secret, and it is only the emperor who is fooled. The members of the various ministries know it in their hearts, but when they take other people's money, they have to close their eyes.

Ruan Zhenmei thought to herself, it turned out that it was for this, this kind of deed is commonplace, and it is nothing. What's more, even if I really found something when I was patrolling the border soldiers, I wouldn't dare to really play it. But whoever is the chief soldier and the supervisor of the border town, which one is not in the backstage of the court, is really offended, and he has to walk around without food. When people give face, they can't be shameless. Let's just use a sedan chair to carry people.

Having made up her mind, Ruan Zhenmei deliberately looked embarrassed, and said: "This matter is really embarrassing for the old man, the old man has just been activated by the emperor, and he has to be entrusted with a heavy task, oops, ......" said, shaking his head again and again.

He didn't continue to send things back, what thoughts, of course, were seen clearly. Sun Youlin and Li Guobin understood that he agreed, but it was just a gesture on face.

Sun Youlin hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the general of my family told Gonggong Wu that he will never embarrass his teacher." On the other side of Jizhen, it has already been prepared, and the teacher can only rest assured. ”

"If that's the case, the old man will be disrespectful...... Ruan Zhenmei said pretendly.

"Teacher, don't worry." Sun Youlin and Li Guobin bowed, and then Li Guobin said: "Wait for the teacher to be ** moment, the students are inconvenient to disturb, so I will leave." ”

"Play on the spot, play on the spot......" Ruan Zhenmei hurriedly shook her head with a smile, stood up, and said: "After the two of you go back, please say thank you to the teacher and your host." After saying with a trust, although speaking. ”

"Definitely, definitely...... The teacher didn't have to go far, and we took our leave. With that, they turned and left the room.

As soon as the two of them left, Ruxian immediately walked in, first serving Ruan Zhenmei to drink tea, and then spending the night **.

Yanjing City, Shuntianfu.

Lord Yue has just returned to Jingshi, and he can be regarded as home. In the evening, a wine banquet was set up, and the big guys had a good meal.

The Li family has a house in Yanjing City, and it is bigger than the back house of Lord Yue's Shuntian Mansion, but Li Yuanchen and his sister don't seem to plan to live in their own house, so they still stay here in Yuesu and eat together.

After dinner, Li Yuanchen invited Yue Su to his guest room to talk. Yue Su thought that he had something to say, so he agreed.

When they arrived at Li Yuanchen's room and sat down, the two of them first gossiped, and Li Yuanchen asked about Yue Su's attitude when he entered the palace today.

Because of Li Qiongying's relationship, Yue Su didn't treat Li Yuanchen as an outsider too much, so he told the truth.

After listening to Yue Su's story, Li Yuanchen hugged his fists and said: "I didn't expect Your Majesty to be so important to my brother, and my younger brother is here to say hello to my brother." ”

Yue Su waved his hand and said humbly: "Jun is magnificent, I really dare not be ashamed of my brother." ”

"My brother is humble. The emperor's grace to his brother is beyond the reach of the whole dynasty. It's just ......" Li Yuanchen changed his words and suddenly said: "Brother also knows that my Li family Bo has a family property, and I also have a business and a house in this capital, and many people help to take care of it." These people walked the streets and alleys, and heard a news that was very bad for my brother. ”

Li Yuanchen followed Yue Su into Beijing this time, and he had a mission. What is the task, it is naturally to investigate the situation in the court, to see if Yue Su can stand it, if he can stand it, then help him, if he can't stand it, he will immediately take his sister away and draw a clear line.

Therefore, the people of the Li family in Yanjing City are not idle at all, asking for news everywhere, as long as there is a disturbance, they must record all of them, and when Li Yuanchen arrives, they will report it together. At this moment, Li Yuanchen didn't dare to say anything about the movements in Yanjing City, and he also knew a ** thing.

(To be continued)