When she arrived at Shou'an Hall, the old lady felt more and more cordial when she saw Li Hao, and after letting Li Hao sit down, she said, "I was going to your house to thank you, but I didn't expect you to make this trip." ”

Li Hao replied: "I didn't do anything, in fact, I don't have to. The tired lady has prepared a bunch of gifts, and she is also a hard lady. ”

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang said: "This should still have the number of courtesies, if it weren't for the fact that your parents were not in Bianjing at this time, otherwise our husband and wife would have to thank you in person." ”

At this time, the old lady answered and said, "What the eldest lady said is right, since it is given to you to hold." Then he said to Li Hao: "Now your cousin has also come out of a separate yard, right next to it, if you have nothing to do, you can go over and have a look." ”

Li Hao thought that the old lady and Mrs. Wang had something to talk about, and she wanted to get rid of her own intentions, so she agreed: "Then I'll go to see my cousin, and then I will go back to the house directly, and I won't come to disturb the old lady when I leave." ”

The old lady agreed, and then asked the maid to lead Li Hao over to the twilight of the day.

After entering the twilight cangzhai, Li Hao saw that Minglan felt very different from what he had seen in the past today, so he said: "My cousin is now in charge of the housekeeping, and this momentum looks a little more obvious." ”

Minglan smiled after hearing this: "What is my cousin talking about, I am just helping the housekeeper of the family temporarily, where is there anything imposing." ”

Li Hao replied: "Also, my cousin originally set up her own door and temporarily acted as a housekeeper, I should also send a gift to celebrate, but I heard Cousin Changbai mention it on the way here, and I didn't prepare in advance, and I will be sent when I am ready in two days." ”

After hearing this, Minglan politely refused, but when she saw that Li Hao had to send it, she didn't say anything. Then he took Li Hao for a walk in the yard, and he didn't know what to talk about later, so Li Hao said goodbye and left.

After coming out of Dusk Cangzhai, Li Hao ordered someone to bring things and go home, as for Sheng Changfeng, who was educated by Sheng Hong, Li Hao didn't inquire anymore. It's just that in the back, people specially found some for Minglan to practice calligraphy, and the good calligraphy was sent over, and the right to make a congratulatory gift, but I don't know what Minglan reacted to when she received this.

Li Hao didn't go to the Sheng family again for a while, anyway, there was nothing big about it, except for practicing martial arts and studying at home, he took Fu Deng to play around Bianjing City. Until one day, news came from the Sheng Mansion that Sheng Changbai's official position had been decided, and he was arranged to serve as the editor of the Hanlin Academy.

When Li Hao heard the news here, he thought of going to Ouyang Xiu's Mansion to inquire about the news and see if his official rank had been decided. But when he didn't go over, he didn't have to go back to the mansion yet, only the Xue family was in the mansion, so the Xue family asked Li Hao to go to the main hall to talk.

After Li Hao saluted, Xue asked Li Hao to sit down, and then talked about his son's study, speaking of which the Ouyang family also has a lot of heirs, a total of four sons, the eldest son Ouyang Fa is now older than Li Hao, is seventeen years old, and the second son Ouyang Yi is the same age as Li Hao, and now the two are studying in Nanjing Guozijian. The third son, Ouyang Di, is ten years old this year, and the fourth son, Ouyang Bian, is eight years old this year, and now they are all studying in the school.

Originally, he was talking about Ouyang Fa's study, but Xue digressed to Ouyang Fa's marriage as he spoke, saying that he had seen the girl of the Li family again. Then he asked Li Hao's parents if he was looking at each other.

Li Hao was full of depression after hearing this, thinking in his heart that it seems that whether it is modern or ancient, these elders are very enthusiastic about the marriage details of the younger generations.

Li Hao could only reply helplessly: "This is not yet, my parents are not familiar with the official eunuchs in Bianjing; Second, I'm still young, and I'm not in a hurry to get married. ”

After hearing this, Xue retorted and said: "Although you are young, but now you have been hit by Tanhua, it is said that you should also get ready, after all, the self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, you are about to enter the officialdom now, and in the future, the affairs of the back house will be sent to someone to cook for you." And this good family is not something that can be found casually, you must always look for it first, and save the good people who can choose from in a hurry. ”

"But you said that your mother is not familiar with the official eunuchs in Bianjing, which is a problem. But it doesn't matter, I'll come and tell your mother to help her get to the better of her. ”

After hearing this, Li Hao smiled bitterly and said: "There's no need to be in such a hurry about this, I think I can wait a little longer to see if I can meet the right one." ”

After hearing this, Xue Shi said: "This girl's family only stays at home on weekdays, and the door is not out of the door, where can you meet it." Weddings in Bianjing City are taken care of by the elders of the family, and they are arranged to see each other. ”

Then he seemed to think of something, and said: "It's not that there is no opportunity, there are often polo clubs in Bianjing City, especially the lady Wu of the Yongchang Earl's Mansion likes to open them often, and every time the officials and relatives of Bianjing City are present." Wait for the next time, I'll lead you over to see, if you really have a good idea, your uncle will help you make the decision. ”

Li Hao really didn't know how to answer after hearing this, and was tired of coping. It happened that Ouyang Xiu had returned home, and Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

Ouyang Xiu came to the main hall and asked, "What did you talk about just now, it feels quite lively." ”

As soon as Li Hao wanted to ask a question, he was preempted by the Xue family and said: "Say that your uncle doesn't care about anything, and he doesn't think about Brother Hao." ”

Ouyang Xiu looked at Li Hao very suspiciously after hearing this, not knowing why he didn't take care of things.

Then I heard Xue Shi say: "Brother Hao has now won Tanhualang and is about to become an official." And Brother Hao'er's parents are also new to Bianjing, and they are not familiar with the official eunuchs in Bianjing, you say that you are an uncle, and you don't ask Brother Hao which family has a suitable girl, do you say that you have not fulfilled your responsibilities. ”

Ouyang Xiu suddenly realized after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, but now that your uncle is back, then this matter has to be handled by you." ”

Here, Li Hao looked at Ouyang Xiu and his wife, and when he spoke, he felt that he was going to finalize his marriage as soon as possible, and hurriedly wanted to change the topic. So he took advantage of the gap and said, "Uncle, I came today because I want to ask you." ”

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu replied: "I probably know your intention, originally you didn't come today, I will find someone to let you come in two days." ”

"In the past two days, some of the candidates for the undergraduate jinshi have been decided, and I also went over to take a look, your relative Sheng Changbai, the son of the Sheng family, was determined to be edited by the Hanlin Academy, and I think you will come to inquire about your own affairs when you know about it, right."

After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "That's true, I'm not in a hurry, I just heard that someone has already confirmed the award, so I came to ask my uncle about it." ”

"There are indeed a lot of officials selected this time, like Zhang Hengwei will be the supervisor and sentenced to Huzhou. Dou Bian was the judge of Dali Temple, and he was sentenced to Ruzhou. Ouyang Xiu said.

Li Hao was still waiting for Ouyang Xiu to continue, but when he saw Ouyang Xiu, he stopped, which made Li Hao very depressed. However, Xue Shi saw this scene and became happy.

Seeing this, Li Hao said helplessly: "Uncle, don't tease me, tell me quickly, do I have any arrangements for this." ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled after hearing this: "You, I don't know how much love you have received from the official family, and the official position given to you is the judge of Dali Temple and the judge of Kaifeng Mansion." ”

Li Hao was very surprised when he heard this official position, because even if he served in Bianjing, he always thought that he would be able to refine his qualifications in a noble place such as the Hanlin Academy, and then he would be appointed to a real position.

You must know that the judge of Kaifeng Mansion is Kaifeng Deputy Yin, although it is inconspicuous in Bianjing City, which is full of vermilions, it can be regarded as holding real power.

And Kaifeng Mansion is not an ordinary magistrate, the emperor is far away, this is doing things under the noses of hundreds of officials in the imperial court, and the slightest mistake is about to enter the eyes of the courtiers, Li Hao's first feeling after hearing it is that there is a villain who wants to harm himself.