The old housekeeper of Shaoyin Mansion is talking more and more, and it is very difficult to serve. I want to marry in, I can't look down on you, I don't want to get married, and I feel uncomfortable, and I feel that my master has been abandoned. Wu Qianping didn't stop it like before, Mingyi felt that he still had some mind in his heart.

However, these are just small things, and Wu Qianping's calmness is not inferior to any man she knew in the late Tang Dynasty, or even slightly better. This person can give up all his seven emotions and six desires, and he is dedicated to protecting his net worth and official position. Do it conscientiously, be greedy bit by bit, make a lot of money, and work with trepidation. I don't know if he is enjoying himself or reaping the consequences.

This time, for the sake of the wine and food in his hand, Mingyi was finally brought into no longer the study, but a spacious hall.

There is a set of ordinary tables and chairs, just like the ordinary people use for eating. Although the hall is not small, it is not very decorated. There is still a bookshelf, and at a glance, they are all ordinary classics, which can be called enlightened reading, and they have fallen into a thin layer of dust, and it seems that they have not been read for a long time. Placed here, it is just a cheap decoration, saving money, and it looks more incorruptible.

The calligraphy and paintings on the wall are mediocre in content, or poems that encourage studious and diligent government, and the pen lacks some sharpness; Or painting pastoral shepherd boys, chickens, ducks, cows and sheep, the painting is mediocre. Here, I can also see my thoughts, as if the comer declared: I just want to be a good official and return to the countryside as soon as possible.

"These calligraphy and paintings are the handwriting of Brother Qianping?" Ming Yi looked at these calligraphy and paintings, and always felt that he was far from others.

Wu Qianping nodded: "Casual work." ”

Ming Yi watched the old butler withdraw to get the cup, and chuckled: "I don't think this is a random work, but a work by Brother Qianping who is very careful to hide his edge." ”

Wu Qianping disagreed: "Naturally, it can't be concealed from Mingyi." It's just that above the officialdom, it's too exposed. Ambition is higher than that is foolishness. Dripping water is learning. ”

Mingyi arched his hand: "Brother Qianping's life, Mingyi is willing to bow down." ”

Wu Qianping snorted lightly: "Mingyi lives happily and comfortably, and it's too late to envy his brother." ”

Mingyi opened the food box and placed them one by one, and the old housekeeper also sent bowls and cups, and Zhiqu retreated. Mingyi carefully clothed and served thoughtfully.

Wu Qianping rarely had a smile: "Mingyi is a little different today? ”

"How is it different?" Mingyi asked.

"Thou hast taken much sallow today, and thou hast not come with what thou hast asked." Wu Qianping picked up the wine glass and smelled the refreshing fragrance, "Good wine." ”

Ming Yi thought about it, it was true, in the past, he was always uneasy, half because he didn't know his details, and half because he asked for help. Today is only a matter of promise, and there are no variables. Feel more comfortable, look at him, it's more pleasing to the eye.

"But I always come here without asking for anything, isn't it that Brother Qianping has gained a lot less?" Ming Yi thought back to the gold and silver treasures he sent again and again, and he was also a little distressed, especially for Cheng Yan to send out the jade Ruyi, although he didn't take it out himself, he also felt that he gave it out for nothing.

Wu Qianping took a sip: "If it is someone else, I am too lazy to socialize without asking for anything, and I dare not accept it at will." But Mingyi is different, if I ask for something, I will have it, I will have peace of mind, and I will be happy to drink with you if I don't want anything. ”

Ming Yi had no ripples in his heart, and toasted a glass: "Brother Qianping is too good at talking, which makes me a little ashamed of myself." ”

Wu Qianping shook his head gently, took a piece of snow-white fragrant osmanthus cake, and looked at it for a while: "This osmanthus cake is very much like a kind of woman, soft and glutinous on the outside, tough on the inside, with the sweet fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and the mellowness of a few rice wines, and the teeth are not good, but she has to suffer." What does Ming Yi think of this kind of woman? ”

Ming Yi knew that he had a heart today, and he was not stage frightened: "Tasting women, how can I be as good as the suave brother Qianping, I, I just love to eat." I know that if this osmanthus cake is sticky, it will be difficult to separate. If it is a woman, if you meet the person you like, it should be a catastrophe. If it is not the lover in your heart, it will be like an osmanthus cake overnight, the food is tasteless, and the two are not happy. ”

Wu Qianping couldn't hear the meaning of the words, and laughed: "That brother can only congratulate Mingyi and stick to your lover as soon as possible." ”

After this topic, the atmosphere at the table was better again.

"This wine and food is very good, is it from Rongyifang?" Wu Qianping was talking about the food and drink, but his eyes were looking at the food box.

"Yes, I'm afraid it's hard to have a restaurant in Chang'an City that surpasses Rong Yifang." Mingyi is convinced of the food in Rongyifang, although it is not as diverse as modern seasoning, it is better than the quality of the ingredients and the heat is in place.

Wu Qianping shook his hand: "The best delicacy in Chang'an is in some people's official mansions, although rich businessmen can buy precious ingredients and hire first-class cooks, but they are not as good as a high-ranking official who can enjoy the best products that are paid tribute from all over the world, and the famous chefs who may not bend their waists for money but have to bow to power." Every corn and vegetable in the restaurant has to be taken into account, and no matter how good the things in the government are, they are no different from grass mustard. ”

Mingyi's eyes widened, she understood this truth, but she didn't expect Wu Qianping to tell her this: "Brother Qianping, have you ever tasted the best of that official family?" ”

"Yes." Wu Qianping took another sip, "After all, I am Lord Fu Yin's most trusted deputy, and you also know that our Lord is the orthodox Cui family." At the family banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion that year, I was fortunate to attend, and eighty percent of the banquet were relatives of the Cui family. Those drinks and dishes...... I see, I pretend to eat, but I don't dare to really eat more, you know why? ”

Ming Yi shook his head: "Could it be that I am afraid that someone will poison me?" ”

"Hehe, who has that ability. I don't dare, I'm afraid that my tongue will remember those tastes, and after that, every meal will read that taste, and the unwillingness and intention in my heart will crawl out, crawl to my face, and crawl onto my bookcase. Then, smack! Wu Qianping suddenly slapped the table with his palm, "I just want to slap a worm to death, and be slapped to death on the table." ”

Ming Yi was frightened by him, and his heartbeat accelerated by his sincere words, and he didn't know how to deal with it, but he was stopped by Wu Qianping with a wave of his hand.

"I know that no one can help me, and nothing I say will change where I am now. Mingyi, I only have to tell you. You are not in this circle of power, nor are you in the rivers and lakes, so I believe in you and will not guard against you. I can't trust anyone but the old butler and you. Wu Qianping took another sip, looking a little drunk, looking at Ming Yi's eyes, straight, "Promise me, don't set foot in the rivers and lakes." You are a woman, and it is difficult to get close to officialdom, but I know that there are many gangs in Chang'an now, and I don't want you to get involved. ”

Mingyi was said in a fog: "I understand that I am not close to officialdom, but why is it not close to the rivers and lakes?" Will the rivers and lakes be related to your career? ”

Wu Qianping looked at her deeply: "Mingyi, I want you to say it in person, can I still believe you as I did in the past?" ”