Zeng Yukun and Zhou Xiangli simply met each other. Just sit down separately.

Zeng Yukun said: "Brother Zhou, Lord Taishou and several of his subordinate officials have been sent away, right?" ”

Zhou Xiangli said: "Yes, they are all gone, let's rest for a while, and we are about to prepare to leave." This is the last stop to enter Ba Province, and everyone has been prepared, where the prince will live, where Miss Mingzhu rests, and the supply of the fleet, everything has been ordered. The Taishou here is still very capable, so there shouldn't be a problem. ”

Zeng Yukun nodded and said: "Even if they can't do it, this is a matter of being the king of Qin, and they will become capable." However, we haven't even entered Pakistan and the boat is already full, so what's going on? I wrote to Miss Mingzhu. Miss Pearl only told me that everything is under your arrangement. Brother Zhou, you say, what should I do? ”

Zhou Xiangli smiled, Zeng Yukun, the son of the world, is still different from most of the sons of the capital city. Although he is also greedy for enjoyment and pays attention to modesty and courtesy, he is honest, practical, and most importantly, knows what can and cannot be done, does not abuse power, does not authoritarian, is modest, and is willing to learn. Therefore, Zhou Xiangli was more willing to teach Zeng Yukun, and said: "Zeng Shizi, how dare I order you." You're a serious deputy. However, since Miss Mingyue said so. I also consulted the King of Qin. His Royal Highness said, let us register the gifts given to us by officials along the way, and indicate who, when, and where, and what kind of things were sent, and we should record them in detail and in duplicate. Keep one for yourself, and report it to His Royal Highness and Miss Mingyue every once in a while. ”

"The ordinary items in here will be handed over to us to dispose of. It just so happened that we also purchased some things for Miss Mingyue along the way, and there was a boat back to the capital, so it would be good to take that boat and send it back. Those that are particularly valuable, when the time comes, His Royal Highness the King of Qin will circle them and ask us to send them to the ship, directly to the mansion of the King of Qin in the capital, and the King of Qin will naturally be useful. ”

Zeng Yukun was still not at ease when he heard it, and he believed it and breathed a sigh of relief when he knew that Zhou Xiangli handed him the letter written by King Qin.

Zeng Yukun smiled and said to Zhou Xiangli: "Brother Zhou, I've said it a few times. In private, you are my brother, and you taught me a lot of officialdom along the way, and Yukun is grateful. You can just call me Yukun. Where else do you want to call the prince, the deputy envoy? ”

Zhou Xiangli smiled: "Didn't you forget? ”

Zeng Yukun sighed and said: "Hey, the situation of my family, I think you have heard about it in the capital." In my life, the past few years have been better, but the past few years have long been precarious. If Miss Mingzhu hadn't rescued me and asked me to be His Royal Highness King Qin's deputy envoy, whether my life could be saved or not is a matter of two words. What do you call me? ”

Zhou Xiangli is inconvenient to speak, and it is really difficult to say when it comes to other people's family affairs. However, he had already heard about the Zeng family. The Zeng family spoiled the concubine and killed his wife, and everyone who was decent in the capital knew about it. This is a problem of bad family style. Of course, this is still a small problem, a big deal, there are daughters in the family who don't marry into their family. However, there is another strange thing in their family.

The third aunt who was favored by Fuchunhou as a treasure actually looked for wild men everywhere in the capital. I also took a fancy to take it away directly with an incense car. I've heard that a living man can be killed. This is a careful statement by the people who love to chew their tongues in the capital. What's even more strange is that if there is someone who doesn't obey the third aunt like that, Fuchunhou actually came forward and asked the government to detain these men, so that these people would end up unjustly killed.

This man is willing to cuckold, and it is really rare. Even if you are a cuckold, you still have to use the power in your hands to bully the good to cuckold, and you are really the only one.

Such ugly things, although Zhou Xiangli has heard a lot, it is not easy to comment in front of Zeng Yukun. I can only hey twice.

Zeng Yukun sighed and said: "Actually, even when my position as the son of the world is stable, where is there such glory as today?" The local officials and the officials of the feudal territory competed for a banquet, and they were too guarded, and the county orders all respected me as a guest. Not only the hospitality of delicacies from the mountains and seas. All kinds of flattery poured in without money, and gifts were given. The poorest county order also sent two hundred taels, and the rest of the rare jade treasures were even more strange and of extraordinary value. Even if a person like me, who grew up in the rich township of the capital, saw it, he was amazed. ”

"I didn't dare to be so gracious, but I was a little frightened. If it weren't for Miss Mingyue and King Qin's orders, I wouldn't dare to accept it. ”

Zhou Xiangli sighed and said, "You received a soft gift, why shouldn't I?" This hasn't gotten to Pakistan yet, we're just passing along the way, that's it, what if we get to Pakistan? I don't know what the situation is? ”

"The places we passed through along the way, whether it was Zhili, Lu Province, or Jiangnan Province, have had disasters over the years. Especially last summer, the flood disaster in the south of the Yangtze River killed many people, and the imperial court was too busy to provide relief. But look at what you see along the way. The people are poorly clothed, and the officials are rich. ”

"Looking at the officials we have contacted in the past few days, there are few upright ones, and many of them are flattering and sycophants. After a few exchanges, Yukun can also see that there are few officials who are really thinking about the people, devoting themselves to government affairs, scraping the ground, messing around, and flattering. ”

Zeng Yukun sighed: "Isn't this the case in the capital? It has been more than 200 years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the number of nobles is increasing day by day, but there are still a few decent and powerful ones. is like Miss Mingyue's family, how can it be more than a family? The outside is still full of flowers, and the inside is long empty and broken. ”

"Although I am only in the circle of nobles and the inner circle of the Yan, and I have never entered the court, I have also heard some things about several bigwigs. Although it is also a diligent duty, but in the end, it lacks sharpness, and the court should have changed a long time ago, but there are many corpses and few things. ”

Zhou Xiangli's eyes flashed, it is rare for this boy to have such a remark. A little training, a bit of tempering, maybe it can really be of great use.

Zhou Xiangli said: "Yukun, although the current saint is old, his ambition is really a generation of masters. He is an old man who wants to change, but he has not yet encountered an opportunity, and he has not dealt with some things well. If so, the storage location is set. Come to think of it, change is coming. At that time, it was the time for my generation. ”

Zeng Yukun was taken aback.