The liver is hot, and Xu Yuan is not the only one who is angry.

There are more than two pots of charcoal fire burning in the six duty rooms in the capital, and if it is winter, the number is even more amazing. The red and purple flames were caged into a cluster and burned at the top, and the room was as warm as three springs, which made people sleepy.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were busy for a while, and several of them were holding a rubbish of the secret thesis from the Huitong Bookstore and muttering softly, their fingers slipping from the top to the end. Because of the urgency, some words are not very clear, and several officials in their forties and fifties have a pair of unilateral glasses on the bridge of their noses, and their upper bodies are pressed against the table, and a few people pop up from time to time with one finger and the other hand holding glasses.

Xu covered the velvet cloak tightly and opened the door curtain to come in, and the cold wind suddenly rushed in.

"Huh, huh!" Xu didn't bother to take off his cloak, rushed over to open the officials, grabbed the topic and threw it into the drawer, and slammed it shut. "What are you doing if you don't do anything, peeking at my book!"

"It's really unkind that Brother Makusha secretly hid such good things and didn't take them out to share them with us!" The person who spoke was the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who was under the left attendant, and when he had nothing to do, he was so idle that grass could grow on his body.

"What's a good thing...... Xu Mask changed the topic, seeing that each of them was holding uncommon unilateral glasses in his hand, thinking that this time the sea had paid tribute to a lot of novelties, so he leaned over and asked: "These glasses are interesting, where can I buy them?" ”

The right attendant sent the one-sided glasses to Xu Bao, "Interesting, right?" We broke off a complete pair of glasses, and then asked the embroiderer to wrap the part that could scratch the skin in a cloth, so that everyone on duty could use it. ”

The Ministry of Rites is poor, which is known to all six departments.

"Brother Makusha's eldest son will compete next year, I'm afraid he will be shining brightly." Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, glanced at the secret question that was hidden by Xu, and had an unspoken expression on his face, "Gou Fugui, don't forget it." ”

Xu Bao hurriedly said that it must be certain, and the head of the Ministry of Rites behind him handed over a letter, and the handwriting was not familiar to him.

The head of the Ministry of Rites said: "The one sent by Pingyang Mansion may be the wife of Brother Musha." ”

The rest of the people in the room looked sideways, and the atmosphere instantly became solemn, wondering if Xu Bao's wife knew that he had a concubine in the capital, and specially wrote to question?

Xu Cover recognized Mrs. Xu's handwriting, opened the envelope calmly, and the rest of the people returned to their respective positions to drink tea and water the flowers, the room was quiet, and occasionally there were a few sounds of idle chess pieces.

"I'm going out on some errands." Xu Shu grabbed the envelope and stuffed it into his sleeve along with the letter, wrapped himself in a cloak and strode out the door.

What's so urgent? The right attendant no longer plucked the pipa strings, his eyes met with the principal and the staff one by one, and the three of them quickly put down the things in their hands, and pounced on Xu Bao's table like a hungry wolf.

"This question is very well conceived......"

"But the topic is too old, more than ten years have passed since the war in the northwest, and the emperor's favorite article is to be able to solve the current problems......"

“…… You say that if there is another war in the northwest more than ten years ago, who will save the Great Song Dynasty this time? ”

The three of them were silent.

The director suddenly said in a low voice: "Princess Baozhen should be thirty-three this year, and the days go by so fast." ”

The outsider holds his cheeks. "But no, in the blink of an eye, some people were promoted from the outer lang of the military department to the right attendant of the military department, but we stopped moving...... The scenery of this valuable room has been the same for more than ten years, but the people are different. ”

The right waiter was in no mood to look at the question anymore, put the secret question in its place, patted the principal and the outsider, and said: "Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven, the justice that God owes us will always be repaid." ”

……

Xu Bao went out from the duty room of the Ministry of Rites, waited for a quarter of an hour in the cold autumn wind, and waited for several officials in the duty room of the Ministry of War to go to the toilet, he took the opportunity to sneak into the Ministry of War, and went straight to the warm pavilion where Li Chongshan was located.

"Master Li...... Xiaguan Xu covers up something, please see you. ”

"Enter."

The warm pavilion of the military department is a hundred times better than that of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Bao just stepped into it with a burst of warmth and the fragrance of orchid.

Li Chongshan didn't raise his head, and asked coldly: "There are a lot of people on duty in the Ministry of Rites, how did you come over?" ”

The implication is that he is worried that Xu Bao's private dealings with the military department will be discovered.

Xu Bao hurriedly handed the letter to Li Chongshan, "Because this matter involves the family affairs of the lower officials, I don't know how to deal with it, so I ask Master Li to show it." ”

Li Chongshan glanced at the words "Dafu Temple" and "Killer" on the paper, and asked, "The letter was written by Ling Gongzi?" ”

"She is a wife whose eldest son has not passed through the door, and she is ready to wait for the eldest son to marry after Dabi."

"If good things are near, how can you have the leisure to take care of this idle matter?" The pen in his hand drew a heavy color on the rice paper, and the force penetrated the back of the paper, "How old is she this year?" Whose daughter is it? ”

Xu covered his body and replied: "She is fifteen years old, and she is the eldest daughter of Ruan Yanzhe, the third brother of General Ruan Yanliang. ”

Li Chongshan dipped the ink brush and wrote a big "will" on the paper, feeling that it was not good, and dipped it in cinnabar and made a striking cross on it.

Xu covered his eyes and nose and stood with his nose and heart, until he heard Li Chongshan snort, and he hurriedly reached out and pulled out the paper he had written and threw it into a ball and threw it into the stove.

"The eldest daughter...... What's the ranking? ”

Xu Baolisuo replied, "Second." ”

"Didn't I tell you to change your marriage with the Ruan family last time? Why is she still your eldest son's wife? ”

Xu Bao said: "In fact, the eldest son Xu Heng only loves Miss Ruan Er, plus Miss Ruan San has an arrogant personality and makes things difficult for Miss Ruan everywhere, and she does not have the demeanor of being a housewife, so this is ......"

Li Chongshan snorted: "So he plans to enjoy the blessings of Qi people?" Mao didn't grow up like learning to fly first, I think the reckless person is him, not Miss Ruan's family! ”

Xu Mian was definitely not happy to be scolded by others in front of his son, but it was Li Chongshan who scolded him, and he had to endure it no matter how unhappy he was.

"I don't want to know how he is, but Miss Ruan San must be the main room." Li Chongshan's compassionate gaze shot at Xu Bao, as if he could kill, "People in the world have eyes and mouths, if Princess Baozhen's daughter marries as a concubine, how do you block the mouth of the secluded people?" I don't want to cause more trouble before it happens, let your eldest son be in peace! ”

Xu Mask nodded in response, and stopped talking, "...... Adults allow the subordinate to ask one question each time......"

Li Chongshan frowned, "What do you want to know this time?" ”

"Why do you hate Princess Baozhen's family so much?"

Seeing that Li Chongshan's hand holding the pen was inexplicably tight, Xu Bao knew that he had asked the key, and the hand hidden in his sleeve pinched and pinched, and finally ...... Will he be able to get closer to the center of power?

I'm looking forward to it......

"There are some things that you know too much about the faster you die." Li Chongshan opened the drawer and took out a small gold medal and threw it on the table, "When the big competition comes, I will ask the emperor for an order to let you assist in the invigilation." ”

Yes?

Trembling Weiwei picked up the dazzling little gold medal, Xu Wei was still indulging in surprise and couldn't extricate himself, he could also invigilate the exam as a courtesy man! And it's by the emperor's will!

"Thank you, thank you, your Excellency! The lower officials will definitely repay the cultivation of adults with their hearts and brains! ”

Xu Bao led the little gold medal to run happily and jumped back to the duty room of the Rite Department, and Li Chongshan's eyes fell on the letter again.

"Hell has no door...... you break in"

The small window was suddenly blown open by the wind, and the paper brush on the table slammed into the dish full of cinnabar, one, two, three...... Bright as blood.

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