As a veteran literati, Huang Tingjian is always unhurried and unhurried in doing things.

Besides, he is a historian, and he can't rush out if he wants to.

There are two kinds of officials in the Great Song Dynasty, whose official positions are very low, but they can be avoided by the court bosses.

One is the imperial history, the records of the seven products of the imperial history pulling down the first product abound, and it is definitely not nonsense. The majesty of the Taiwan counselor, the big men above the temple have all been taught.

Therefore, whether it is a reformer or a conservative, they all regard the Taiwan counselor as the most important control yamen, so as to control the right to speak in the court.

In particular, the Taiwan officials also have a preference, in order to become famous, they do not hesitate to die with the bigwigs, which makes people talk about it.

In addition, there is the chronicler, the petty official of the school secretary Lang Jiupin, and his status in Bianliang, Tokyo is not even comparable to the rats in the palace. After all, rats and eunuchs and palace maids chased and beat, and the school secretary was like a ghost, and even the eunuchs and palace maids would turn a blind eye.

But if he offends the school secretary, this person also has a way to govern people. For example, a small note was sandwiched into the record of the ancestor of a big man, the original record was destroyed, and a rumor was secretly spread. Let the later historians not be able to distinguish the true from the false, and then record it in the history books, and before you know it, you will leave people stinking for thousands of years.

Huang Tingjian couldn't do such a dirty thing, but no one deliberately couldn't get along with him.

As a literati, a literati with discipline and a clean soul, Huang Tingjian did not ask Li Kui's residence, let alone said that he took the initiative to find Li Kui.

Instead, he used a trick to wait for the rabbit - death and waiting.

The reason is very simple, he is an elder, where is the reason for the elders to rush to meet the juniors?

What's more, he forgot to ask Su Yuan.

has little contact with people, basically lives in his own world, Huang Tingjian rarely comes to visit him except for self-entertainment. So I didn't notice it for a while and forgot about it.

The school secretary is only twenty or thirty years old, and he has to send money to his hometown to support his family. In a prosperous place like Tokyo City, his little money basically has nothing to do with banquets. If you eat other people's invitations all year round, and your face can't go down, please come back, and your purse can't bear it. If it weren't for the fact that he would send thirty pieces of filial piety to the Huitong Money Village in the capital every month in the past two years, he wouldn't even be able to raise his little donkey.

There are horse sheds in the capital, daily rentals, and short-distance rentals of horses and carriages, but a trip costs more than 100 yuan, and he is also distressed.

Huang Tingjian looked at the empty courtyard and muttered: "What if this kid Li Kui doesn't come?" ”

Thinking about it, I suddenly became frightened. I just promised Su Yuan, and promised to help give Li Kui a few pre-exam special training, in case the students didn't come, wouldn't it be difficult for me, the teacher, to give Li Kui a few ways to teach the imperial examination in his dreams?

Thinking of this, Huang Tingjian suddenly became afraid, he would not have his status in front of a few Sumen juniors, just like he was an errand in Shangshu Province, without the slightest sense of existence, right?

Thinking of this, he pondered that he should do something to make up for it.

Looking for Su Zhe to ask for the address, he couldn't afford to lose this person.

Could it be that he, the master uncle, is really so unbearable in the eyes of several juniors, and he still wants outsiders to know?

It's definitely not going to work.

After thinking about it, I decided to discuss it with a close friend.

"Qin Shaoyou, it's you!"

But...... In case Li Kui went to see Qin Guan and didn't come to see him, he went stupidly and learned the truth, wouldn't it be that the status of the master was in jeopardy?

After thinking about it, Huang Tingjian felt that he had to use a more tactful method, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "In this way, not only does it take care of its own face, but it will not make Shaoyou alert." ”

As he spoke, he spread out the rice paper and drew a picture for Qin Guan, the composition was very simple, as long as the people in the capital knew that the painting was Qionglin Garden, which was a royal garden in the inner city.

The emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is good at this, his own things have never been hidden, in early March after the Qingming Festival, the Jinmingchi Qionglin Garden outside the Shuntian Gate was opened, and the emperor drove into the royal garden, although the people could only see the emperor's frame from a distance. And these days, Jinmingchi is a place where people are allowed to do business and tour, and it is also the most lively place in the capital during the Qingming Festival.

There is also a louder banquet in Jinmingchi, which everyone knows in the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the Qionglin Banquet.

Huang Tingjian painted such a landscape figure, and then sent someone to Qin Guan to send it.

After Qin watched it, he had a heart in his heart, and immediately mentioned a poem and sent it back.

The two brothers in the same sect had a lot of fun, and seemed to have forgotten Li Kui......

And Li Kui and Li Yun learned from the pain and decided to prepare well for the provincial exam. But before that, they felt that they had to run through all the elders they should visit.

After making a lot of lists, Li Kui and Li Yun were dumbfounded, looking at the full list, and asked themselves in their hearts: Didn't they go?

They have been in the capital for more than a month, and they seem to have failed to do the etiquette of the juniors. Li Yun panicked and said: "It's all because Uncle Shi and his old man don't want to see you and my brother, which scares people out." ”

Suddenly, Li Kui seemed to remember that there was still someone who hadn't visited, so he slapped his head and said in annoyance: "I forgot him like this? ”

"Second brother, why are there still elders to visit?"

Li Yun complained bitterly, he found that he didn't do anything, just to meet the elders, the family wasted a day, and it was likely that more than half a month would pass. Then have a Shangyuan Festival in a daze, and after that, it's almost time to try.

It's normal to be confused, and in such a state, if you can win, it's weird.

Li Kui pondered for a while, and said to Li Yun: "Don't panic in case of trouble! I think of a plan, there are still more than two months left in the provincial test, so I don't have to worry about these ten days and half a month. If there is a way, all the elders' emotions can be taken care of, and everyone has no complaints. ”

"What's the solution?"

"Send New Year's goods!"

Li Kui said casually, pointing to the list in front of him, and he was also under a lot of pressure. This family runs down, just entertaining people to give a smile, you can make him angry. Immediately decided: "Let Qiu Xuanhuai prepare the New Year's goods, it's almost the New Year's Day of the first month, we will send it just in time for the trip, the family will not pull it down, take a car to the whole city, and strive to finish it within one day." But before I can do that, I have to go somewhere and meet someone. ”

"Which uncle wants the second brother to go in person?" Li Yun was curious.

Li Kui said helplessly: "Master Liu, I almost forgot about his old man. ”

Li Yun covered his mouth and didn't know what to say Li Kui, this seems to be your cheap old man, right? Both families have this meaning and want to match, but in the end, Li Kui didn't even arch the cabbage of the Liu family, so he dared to forget the old man who planted vegetables. Li Yun didn't know whether to admire Li Kui or grieve for Li Kui's father-in-law.

Li Kui is also helpless, he has been playing mahjong for a month, and his mind is full of noise, how can he still remember Taishi Liu?

Besides, Li Kui also has a plan in his heart, if he wins the Jinshi in this course, the Liu family is estimated to be in a hurry to welcome him into the mansion and handle the marriage.

It's not right, Liu Qingqian is still a little bean sprout, right?

Thirteen?

Or fourteen?

But in case he didn't have a Jinshi in this department, don't look at Li Kui who helped the Liu family twice when the Liu family was in distress, and pulled Liu Baosheng back from the road of destruction. But now the Liu family has become the Taishi Mansion, and its status is no longer the one who did nothing in the Huaiyang Army back then. If you really put up the shelf of the Taishi, Li Kui's character will not be used to it.

share hardships, but I don't know if we can share prosperity.

This is what Li Kui is most worried about.

instructed Qiu Xuanhuai to prepare a cart of gifts, and he was going to go to Liu's house to see the situation in person.

The next day, Qiu Xuanhuai prepared a carriage full of gifts, waiting outside the door, Li Kui looked at the coachman on the carriage and said to Qiu Xuanhuai: "I'll catch the car, you take someone back." ”

"Young master, your status is noble, let me give you a car, right?" Qiu Xuanhuai really wants to tie up with Li Kui, his father often reminds him, don't look at Huitong Qianzhuang has a member of the Liu family, but the person in charge is always Li Kui, if Li Kui doesn't wait to see him, he will never have a chance to take over his father's position as the chief treasurer in his life.

Where will Li Kui let Qiu Xuanhuai go with him?

He is also familiar with the road in the capital, and the Taishi Mansion is even easier to find. In case he was not treated by the Liu family and walked out of the mansion on a cold bench, wouldn't he be seen by his subordinates?

Li Kui waved his hand impatiently and said, "If you want to go back, go back, noisy." ”

After speaking, Li Kui jumped into the carriage and drove the cart to the Taishi Mansion.

Liu Baosheng already knew that Li Kui had come to the capital, and waited for Li Kui to come to see him...... Then he waited for the news that his second son-in-law had lost the battle.

What a sludge you can't support!

His second son-in-law, with a commanded forbidden army, was defeated by a group of robbers. Although it is miraculous that there are no dead people, it will soon become a laughing stock in the capital.

If Li Kui leads the troops?

It's a pity that the good general immediately took the crooked path of a scholar. There is no need to guess, Taishi Liu has been having a bad time recently, and he wants to make a decoration in the court that no one pays attention to, but he is targeted by the people of Yushitai. The reason is very simple, the Liu family is rich, too rich, and the money comes from unclear.

The good deeds found that most of the Liu family's money was dividends from Huitong Bank.

Qian Zhuang also issued bills, which was to grab business with the imperial court's papermaking institute, which was the institution that issued Jiaozi.

What is this?

When the imperial master dug the corner of the household of the Great Song Dynasty. This made the imperial historians see it, can they bear it?

Liu Taishi was impeached in a daze.

Liu Baosheng was indignant in his heart, Jiaozi was issued by himself from all walks of life, and even if a businessman wanted to buy bulk commodities and go to a place, he would need to be accepted by the Chamber of Commerce before he could use it. That is to say, the Jiaozi in Sichuan and the Jiaozi on Jingxi Road are both Jiaozi, but the issuing institutions are different, and they cannot be circulated, and they need to be accepted by the Chamber of Commerce before they can be exchanged for money.

For businessmen, Jiaozi is lightweight, but it is still quite troublesome in the process of use. Huitong Money has simplified the original troublesome things, simple, and convenient for everyone, is there anything wrong?

Liu Baosheng was targeted by literati, and he didn't have to think about it to know who was making trouble, not who else was in the Xiang family?

In the past, Liu Baosheng always hoped that Li Kui would be a military general, which was the tradition of Jiangmen. In the Jiangmen family, there is no general who can hold up the façade, just like there is no one in the scholarly family. Now, though, his mind has changed a bit. I hope that Li Kui can be successful, otherwise he will be bullied to death by Xiangjia...... And the Xiang family is also a strange among relatives, Xiang Zonghui and Xiang Zongliang turned out to be the family of poetry and books, and his grandfather Xiang Minzhong also served as the prime minister.

Isn't that a scourge?

A good scholar doesn't do it, but he still comes to rob the door of his relative's identity. It's just shameless.

Especially the ten who made the other generals and relatives resentful, just because the Xiang brothers had a grandfather who was the prime minister, they could give the title of county king, which was too undisciplined.

If the imperial court is on a list of traitors, the Xiang family will definitely rank first.

The two Xiang brothers were both crowned county kings, which was rare among the relatives of the Great Song Dynasty. Except for his family, only one of his relatives was crowned king while he was alive.

Although the Great Song Dynasty was not like the Han Dynasty, the opposite sex did not crown the king. But there are all foreign surnames and kings, and they can be counted in a slap.

The Cao family produced a prince, who was posthumously crowned the king of Jiyang County after Cao Bin's death. Speaking of which, the position of the county king of the Cao family is the inherited king of Jiyang County, that is, Cao Tong, the younger brother of Queen Cao, the legendary uncle of the Eight Immortals Cao Guo, and the king of his relatives. Although other relatives also had the title of king, they were all posthumously crowned after death, and they only enjoyed such honors after they died. But the Xiang family had two princes at once, which was simply fraud.

Liu Baosheng desperately hopes that someone can discuss the countermeasures, and in his mind, the most ideal is Li Kui.

It's a pity that he waited left and right, and didn't wait for Li Kui, but found that his wife made another move, which made him quite dissatisfied.

Li Kui drove the car and came to the Taishi's Mansion leisurely, and found that there were many people waiting for gifts.

After all, Liu Baosheng is the imperial master, although his relatives have no power, but his status is high, and it is understandable to give him gifts. Li Kui was driving the car, thinking that he couldn't wait stupidly, right?

He's going to cut in line.

As for whether it is good to cut in line, this is another trip to the yamen to do business, but to see the elders, and it is reasonable to have a relative who is distant and close.

But as soon as he stopped the car, he heard someone shouting behind his car: "Where did the wild boy come from, do you know the first-come-first-served rule?" ”

Li Kui turned his head to look at the shouting slave, and there was a scholar with a good appearance, wearing a plain robe that was liked by too many students, he was not very old, he looked like he was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was staring at him angrily, his eyes were sharp like a knife, and he was stuck in his chest.

"Dead open!"

Li Kui is not used to people, besides, whose slave is so big that he dares to point at his nose and scold people?

It's also in the city, if it's in the wild...... Hum.

The young scholar's face changed suddenly, anger rose, and his eyes stared at Li Kui with resentment, but it flashed again, thinking that he was well disguised, but he didn't know that he had already been seen by Li Kui. sneered in my heart, just like you little chicken, still thinking about revenge?

"Where's your master?"

The scholar snorted coldly, as if he looked down on Li Kui as a material who could be the master of the house, and he was about to sue when he opened his mouth.

Li Kui snorted coldly: "I am the master of your family, return the master, take care of your dog, don't let him come out and bite people, be careful of being beaten to death." ”

The master didn't speak, but the slave couldn't help but shout: "Big black man, you dare to humiliate my family's office, don't you know how to write dead characters?" ”

Yanai?

Li Kui looked at the scholar curiously, is this guy Yanei? Why does it look so obscene, it's not like it!

Li Kui pouted and said, "It's strange, looking at the blessing who is not an official." ”

Although the scholar said that he did not have a scholar, he was also a student, Li Kui did not have the blessing of being an official, and immediately offended him to death, and the scholar was most afraid of people saying this, bad luck!

"Boy, it's best for you to report the name of your master, I don't want to reason with you as a rough person, but I have to talk to your master well."

"Cai You?"

"It's Cai You, Cai You. Virtue is important, and the light is revealed. of the critical. The scholar looked at each other angrily, and the servant on the side interjected: "My family is the eldest son of Kaifeng Mansion Yin, I'm afraid!" ”

Cai You gave the slave a much-talking look contemptuously, but he raised his head arrogantly and put on an invincible appearance.

Li Kui pointed at Cai You and said in surprise: "Cai Jing's son? Your father is a civil official, right? What is the intention of visiting relatives? ”

Cai You didn't expect that when he left the house, not only did he not scare Li Kui, but Li Kui was indiscriminately deducted a hat for colluding with his relatives, which was definitely a fatal mistake for civil officials. Cai You hurriedly explained: "My father doesn't know, no, it's that I admire Miss Five, not to meet the Grand Master." ”

See Miss Five?

Li Kui gritted his back molars and said, isn't this a legendary rival in love?