Henan, Kaifeng, Qufu.

When Qu Wenhai returned to the house on a business trip, he saw a letter from the capital and a letter from Shandong on the desk in the study, stamped with a private seal and painted with fire paint, he picked it up and looked at it and put it down.

The left waiter of the criminal department of the third product in the capital, Lord Lu, has already mentioned the excerpt of Zhishi, and the emperor has also approved it, and it will be completely handed over in the near future, and the position of the left waiter of the criminal department is a fat difference, and there has been news in the capital that both the emperor and the cabinet are interested in mentioning people from the thirteen provinces according to the judge.

These envoys are the most likely to be transferred to Beijing, even if they are transferred flat, and if they are really in charge of entering Beijing, they will be regarded as being promoted.

Qu Wenhai anxiously picked up the black lacquered wooden box, checked the seal on it and didn't see anything abnormal, so he opened it and took out the letter inside.

His hands trembled slightly, he had been an envoy in Henan for six years, and if he couldn't find an opportunity to transfer to the capital this time, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to find such an opportunity until Zhishi.

Foreign officials are sixty Zhishi, but Beijing officials can be seventy Zhishi, he is now forty out of fifty, and he must seize this opportunity no matter what.

Putting down the letter in his hand, the restlessness in Qu Wenhai's heart could not be calmed down for a long time, and Lord Qian, the secretary of the Criminal Department of Huagaidian University, actually solemnly proposed to the cabinet that he take over the position of Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department.

He spread out the paper and ink, his hand holding the pen trembled slightly, he pressed the excited heart to repair the book, put it back in the wooden box, and stamped the private seal and affixed the seal, and then opened the letter next to it, which seemed to be a little thin.

The letter paper is divided into two layers, and the first thing he opened was an article, which was different from Yu Youtai's joy when he saw the exam papers, and he had long since lost the mind to select talents for the country after many years of ups and downs in the sea, and a touch of appreciation rose slightly in his heart, and the article was put on the table without reading it.

casually unfolded the letter paper written by Yu Youtai, and looked at it line by line, and his face instantly turned blue.

In the main room of Chunhui Courtyard, all the subordinates were waved away, and Qu Wenhai smashed the letter paper directly on Tian's body, "You did a good thing!" Do you know that now is the critical period of transfer, if this matter is exposed, we can only die in Kaifeng Mansion in this life! ”

Tian's face turned red, this was the first time in so many years that Qu Wenhai had made her so shameless, she forcibly suppressed the anger that surged up, picked up the letter and glanced at it a few times.

"I'm just letting them hold a funeral for Bozhong in Pingxian County, what's wrong with that!"

"What's wrong? During the mourning period, did you send someone to give them a lot of money? Why didn't you send someone to bring them in June? ”

Tian Shi was pulling the veil stiffly, naturally because she didn't want to see the Qin family!

"It's really a woman's opinion, and the daughter of the Hanlin family is nothing more than that."

One sentence is just that, it directly turned Tian's face white, and Qu Wenhai shook his robe: "Arrange for the next person to go to Shandong tomorrow to pick up the person, do you know?" ”

Tian didn't know whether it was sadness or anger in her heart, one side of her heart seemed to be burned and painful, and the other side was cold and cold, she relieved herself a few times before she asked tentatively: "You are about to be transferred, why don't you wait for us to get to the capital and then send them news?" ”

Qu Wenhai's eyes swept Tian coldly, turned around and went out and dropped a sentence: "I am the head of the family." ”

His face was completely bloodless, Tian sat on the couch with cold hands and feet, and it took a long time for Xu Mama to enter the door.

The bustle in front of Qin's door lasted until late, and in the end, she threw a hundred or so big money for those children to rob, which made the neighbors who came to congratulate leave.

Only a few days later, the heat still did not dissipate, as if Qu Qingyan was not a student, but directly won the champion.

Every day, a group of half-grown children shouted in her ear, either asking strange questions or making trouble with the paper balls she practiced calligraphy, and her reading was completely affected.

Hearing that the Qin family closed the courtyard door, she hurriedly came out of the study, "Mother, you are also a widow, it is not suitable for us to come and go in front of the door, and it will also affect your name." ”

"Impact? What is the impact, I am sitting upright, my son has entered the school, and people come to congratulate me, and I have to drive everyone away? Qin's eyes were horizontal, and a knife flung over, and Qu Qingyan was suddenly defeated.

"Mother, there will be a scientific exam next year, and I will end the New Year, I am afraid that I will not have enough time to study and practice, so you don't have to accept these neighbors."

Qin Shi had already walked in front of her as she spoke, the top of her petite head was only up to her chin, she raised her hand and poked at Qu Qingyan's head: "Are you so idle that I have nothing to do?" It's not that you have to use a lot of money for both the scientific examination and the big exam, and I don't think much of a way, so I rely on you to write letters to others to earn those two jujubes? ”

Qin's fingers were a little hard, Qu Qingyan took a step back, and shook her head helplessly, no matter what Qin said it was, it was easy to make sense, she still hadn't figured out the logical point of Qin's speech, she was so scared that she only felt that she was really redundant.

In the next few days, the courtyard was still as lively as a bazaar, Qu Qingyan got up very early every day in order to avoid everyone, and sat in the teahouse with a few copper plates all day, and people became extraordinarily smart!

"Brother Qu." She didn't go far from the teahouse, and there was the voice of Master Cui behind her, and she hurriedly turned around and bowed.

Master Cui's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum in this autumn day, so that his eyes were a little invisible, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over: "This is a letter from Henan Mansion, Brother Qu, Master Qu is going to take you back to Kaifeng Mansion, right?" It's time to calculate the time. ”

It has been a few months since the service was removed, if the time is really calculated, this letter has come a little late, and Master Cui dared to throw Qu Qingyan in the county government because he felt that there was no one above her, and as a result, he was slapped in the face as soon as he turned around.

Qu Qingyan took the book and looked a little strange, but he still had a smile on his face: "It has always been my mother who is in contact with my grandmother, and I have to go back and give the letter to my mother to check in my later life." ”

Master Cui hurriedly waved his hand: "Then don't delay Brother Qu, go back quickly." ”

His enthusiasm made Qu Qingyan stumble a little in the first few steps, and he couldn't stop turning around and arching his hands until the intersection. When I returned to the alley, I carefully discerned the movement coming from the courtyard, and saw that there was not much noise, so I pushed the door in.

"You still know to come back!" Qin Shi stood in the courtyard with a broom, and was about to smoke it when he saw her enter the door.

Qu Qingyan hurriedly sent the letter out: "Mother, the letter from Henan, Master Cui handed it over directly to me." ”

The hatred value was pulled away, and the Qin clan snatched the envelope.

"Hmph, I wrote to me before that our mother couldn't survive here, and my mother first asked us to keep filial piety here, and then I didn't even reply to the letter, and now I know that my son has a chance and wants us to pack up the burden and go over, he~"

Qin threw the letter paper on Qu Qingyan's body, and his words were extremely hard.

Qu Qingyan quickly finished reading the content, and there was not much content on it, just a cliché of sharing family and the like, and she was not mentioned separately.

"Mother, since my grandmother sent a letter asking us to go back and fulfill our filial piety, it is not suitable for us to stay here any longer." Especially when she arrives in Kaifeng Mansion, it is easier for her to continue her studies, it is best to return to the Qu family, and the Qin family in the high-rise mansion compound cannot be tossed like now.

"Accept your little thoughts, you can't see it?" Qin glanced at Qu Qingyan and turned around to go back to the room.

I went back to the study and flipped through the "Book Collection", but I couldn't look at it if I wasn't quiet, and the afternoon sunlight sprinkled obliquely on her body through the window lattice, making her drowsy.

"Mother, grandmother hasn't given us news, let's not wait, sell the yard and hire a carriage, let's go directly to Kaifeng, we are all here, they can't let us in."

In the humble bedroom, Qu Zhaoyun sat on the edge of the bed and hugged Qin's arm, the curtain on the top of the bed was hanging with ash and the old one was beginning to turn yellow, Qu Qingyan was a little restrained, standing aside but also looking at Qin with expectation.

The Qin family was already a little impatient when she couldn't receive the news, and after listening to Qu Zhaoyun's words, she raised her hand and patted her head: "Okay, I'll go to Mrs. Wang tomorrow and ask her to help us find a buyer." ”

When this set of yards was bought, it cost sixty taels, but because they were in a hurry to sell it, the Qin family also lowered two taels of silver, and the three of them paid for the burden, hired a carriage and went straight to Kaifeng.

It's just that as soon as they entered the city, they didn't have time to rush to Qufu, and they heard at the corner of the street that Master Qu had won the Great Luck Road and was transferred to the capital as a big official...... The Qin family was a little dumbfounded, and he didn't care if he was on the street, so he hit Qu Zhaoyun with the burden.