Zongxue has been on vacation since the twenty-ninth day, and Xie Wan began to follow Xie Lang in and out of various rooms in the past two days.

Although this is very different from her previous style, it is not surprising to walk around in the name of sticking to her brother.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Xie Hong collected the accounts and returned home, and together with Pang Xin, he brought back many silk satins and fur beads and other things, most of which were filial to the Wang family, and the Wang family turned around and rewarded him in the name of gratitude for his filial piety.

Xie Qi has always had a lot of delicious food in his mouth in the past two days, and his clothes are also left and right, like a flower butterfly in the room. I'm afraid that people don't know, and when I see people, I always have to talk about which items were bought and where, and which ones were made in what shop. If Xie Wan hadn't changed the soul of an old woman in his body, he was afraid that he might really drool at her.

Of course, Xie Wan wants to go to the third room the most, to be precise, where Xie Rong is there, she is not very close, for example, when he talks to the Wang family in the upper room, she jumps rope with the girls in the courtyard, and if he accompanies the Huang embroidery in the third room, she will play chess with Xie Wei in the corridor not far away.

So after lunch on Chinese New Year's Eve, she saw Pang Xin take a letter to Xie Rong, and Xie Rong immediately went to the main courtyard to find Xie Qigong after reading it, just in time to see Xie Qi showing her new clothes again, so she also said to her: "Let's go to the old man's courtyard to see the camellia." Your clothes look very beautiful with the color of the camellia. ”

Xie Qi happily followed her to the main courtyard.

Xie Qigong was talking to Pang Fu, and when he saw Xie Rong coming in, he smiled and beckoned him to come close and asked him to eat persimmons from Fujian.

Xie Rong said with a smile: "My son is not very comfortable today. ”

Not very comfortable but running over with a smile? Naturally, there is something to say. Xie Qigong asked Pang Fu to go down to the big kitchen to see the offerings to the ancestral hall early tomorrow morning, and asked the people to stand under the porch outside the door.

Xie Qigong smiled: "Where is Weiping uncomfortable? "Weiping is Xie Rong's expression.

Xie Rong took out the letter in his arms and put it on the case, and said: "Guo Xing, a member of the Ministry of Officials, is a student of Lord Ji Zhenyuan, and Lord Guo is quite close to me. ”

"That's a good thing!"

Xie Qigong slapped his hands when he heard this, and immediately turned out from behind the bookcase: "Since the founding of the country, this dynasty has had a rule that non-Hanlin is not allowed to enter the cabinet!" Although not all scholars from the Hanlin Academy can enter the pavilion to worship the prime minister, after all, the people there are Qingliu scholars who are extraordinarily valuable, if you can enter the Hanlin Yuan, then the future will be different! ”

Under the surprise, his voice inevitably became a little higher, and the two people who picked flowers in the corner of the courtyard looked into the house when they heard this.

Xie Rong was obviously not as overjoyed as Xie Qigong, he groaned and said, "But how difficult it is for dozens of people to come out with this leader. After speaking, he looked at Xie Qigong again: "Father, do you know why I came back this time?" ”

Xie Qigong said: "Why? ”

Xie Rong got up and looked out the window, the two winter camellia trees in the courtyard were blooming purple, and the two villains under the trees were putting their heads together to discuss stealing the flowers from the trees.

He raised his lips and said, "No matter which yamen I want to enter now, the first thing that matters is to have connections. There are many people in the same family, and the court does not have to be me. Without reliable connections, I was recommended by Guo Xing, and I could be topped down at any time. ”

Xie Qigong was surprised: "What, isn't this Guo Xing's strength enough?" ”

Xie Rong said with his hand: "It's just a member of the ministry, so it's naturally a little bit worse." ”

Xie Qigong pondered for a moment, and said, "Your mother's meaning is to find Guangenbo Mansion through the Ren family. Nowadays, although most of the noble families are in decline, they are the heroes of the country and have the opportunity to face the saints. Moreover, it is precisely because of the decline of the nobles that the Zeng family needs to rely on Wenchen even more, so the two compartments are mutually beneficial. ”

"I already knew about this, but my father's words are wrong!"

Xie Rong looked at the little Xie Wan outside the window and kept jumping up and reaching out to pick flowers, squinted and turned around, and said: "Don't say that there are few capable juniors in the Xungui family, and it is difficult to form an alliance with me, even if there is, it is very unreliable."

"There have been four emperors in this dynasty so far, and the number of clan relatives and nobles is increasing day by day, and the burden on the court is increasing, so it is imperative to reduce the number of lords. Who will be the first to be slaughtered? There are only a few families like Guangenbo Mansion that are the most unenterprising and take the imperial court in vain! If I go to unite with the Zeng family, it will be tantamount to going to a dead end! ”

Xie Qigong was shocked when he heard this, he was not as good at analyzing the situation as his son, but now that he heard this, he nodded unconsciously.

"In this way, it won't work on the Ren family's side."

"Nature doesn't work!" Xie Rong said categorically: "The last time I replied to the Huang family, it was clear in the letter that we just need to maintain the same contact with the Ren family as before. Too close, if the Zeng family falls in the future, we will be in a dilemma. ”

Xie Qigong heard that his daughter-in-law had already known about this, but she had never revealed half a word to her in-laws, and her face showed a hint of hesitation. However, Xie Rong's future is still important, and now is not the time to worry about this, so he suppressed this displeasure.

"Then according to you, what do you do now?"

Xie Rong paused and said, "Father doesn't know that Aunt Jin's heir, Jin Yongjin Shude, has now entered the Sixth Division, and although his grade is not high, he also has the power to oppose the Holy Council. After the second brother moved out of the Xie Mansion that year, the Jin family had no contact with my Xie family. Even if Guo Xing recommends me, as long as Jin Yong joins my Xie family for this matter, I will not be able to participate in this early transfer. ”

Xie Qigong was shocked: "Then what should I do?" ”

Aunt Jin is Mrs. Yang's sister, who is resolute in her work, and soon after helping Xie Teng take back the family property, she moved out of Hejian Mansion because her husband Jin Lingguang was transferred to Shaanxi, and there has been no news for more than ten years. And this Jin Yong is Jin Lingguang's nephew, because Jin Lingguang has no children, this Jin Yong was brought over by Jin Lingguang as an heir.

Now that Aunt Jin has passed away for many years, the Jin family has moved to Jingshi early, let alone any dealings between the two families.

"It's not without a chance to turn around."

Xie Rong turned his head, his face returned to his usual confident expression, and his eyes also brightened.

"I'm coming back for this purpose. First of all, it is the premise for us to get back in touch with the Jin family, as long as we get in touch with the Jin family, if we can persuade him to help me, then this matter is equivalent to a certainty. In short, while the emperor's desire to promote Xinke has not yet been announced, he will first repair relations with Jin Yong, and even if he can't get any convenience by taking advantage of him, he can at least prevent him from publicizing himself in the court. ”

"Not bad!" Xie Qigong stroked his palm: "As long as you are officially appointed as the editor, no matter what happens to his Jin family, he can ignore it!" ”

"Father!"

Xie Rong couldn't help frowning when he heard his words: "The Xie family has no foundation in the court, if we can take this opportunity to reconcile with the Jin family, our family will not only have a good life in the future, but also have closer contacts." Crossing the river and tearing down the bridge does us no good. ”

Xie Qigong was stunned, and said for a long time: "I'm just afraid that Jin Yong won't be so easy to speak." He also said: "If you want to contact the Jin family, then you can't get around Brother Lang and their brothers and sisters-"

Xie Rong turned sideways to look at Xie Wan, who had already won two flowers in the window flowers, and was snickering under the tree with his mouth covered, and said with a gentle smile: "So, you have to be kind to Brother Lang and them." The little gain and loss in front of me is nothing. ”

Xie Wan insisted on two camellias and returned to Yifeng Courtyard.

The hugging building is lit with agarwood incense, which stretches under the curtains, reminding people of the sandalwood lit in the courtyard of Lion Hutong in the previous life to avoid medicinal gas.

She only knows a rough idea of Xie Rong's life.

In the third year of Qingping, that is, next year, Xie Rong was exceptionally promoted from Shu Jishi to the Hanlin Academy as an editor. Qingping was transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate in eight years, Qingping was appointed as a household servant in the fifteenth year, and in the twentieth year of Qingping, Guangxi broke out in the first uprising, Xie Rong took advantage of the situation to become the governor of Guangxi, and in the twenty-second year of Qingping, the cabinet was reorganized, and Xie Rong was transferred back to Beijing to serve as a scholar of the Middle Pole Temple, and concurrently served as the head of the household department.

Although Xie Rong was not the most powerful person in the court when Xie Wan died, because he controlled the household department of the world's money and grain, Xie Mansion became the most popular mansion in Beijing.

Such the most majestic wealthy family, but still refused to let go of Xie Lang, who had little time, and borrowed a few coins of silver from the maid's hand to send Xie Wan.

Counting it up, that is, from the beginning of entering the Hanlin Academy, Xie Rong had a smooth journey, and finally achieved his great cause.

But Xie Wan never knew that the reason why he was able to go all the way to the top was that the Jin family was actually the key at the beginning!

Xie Wan had no impression of Aunt Jin's wife, and Xie Lang had never seen it, everything he knew was heard from his father. After the Jin family moved out of the river, with the death of Aunt Jin's wife, the relationship between his father and the Jin family gradually faded.

But from his mouth, he also learned that Jin Yong respected Jin Lingguang and his wife very much, especially his aunt and wife who raised him carefully. When the Wang family coveted Mrs. Yang's dowry, this Jin Yong also accompanied Aunt Jin to denounce it, and also took a lot of care for Xie Teng, and before going to Shanxi, he also left a copy of "Spring and Autumn" to Xie Teng.

When Xie Lang took Xie Wan to live in Jingshi, he also visited Jin's house once, but it was completely different from what his father said, Jin Yong's attitude towards them was a little indifferent, and even just let people pour tea, so he took out twenty taels of silver to send them away, and he didn't even keep food. They didn't go to ask for money, which hurt Xie Lang's self-esteem very much, and he never visited again.

If Xie Lang had the help of the Jin family at that time, he would definitely not have ended up like that later, right?

Originally, it was not clear, but now that I think about it, if it is said that Xie Rong's entry into the Hanlin Academy is due to Jin Yong's credit, it can be seen that Jin Yong had already contacted Xie Rong before Xie Lang came to the door, and even helped him enter the Hanlin Academy. So, Jin Yong's attitude towards them is so suspicious, could it be because of Xie Rong's father and son?