Zhang Wang was ordered to enter Beijing, but he still temporarily lived in the Shanxi Guild Hall. Chen Tingjing was rare and quiet today, and asked Zhang Wang to visit the antique street. The two walked on the street for a while and entered a shop called "Wumo Zhai". When the shopkeeper saw the guests coming, he hurriedly greeted: "Yo, two, just take a look!" The things in my store are all genuine! ”

Chen Tingjing said with a smile: "I heard that the things in your store are good, so I'm going to take a look today." ”

The shopkeeper looked at Chen Tingjing and Zhang Wang, and said, "The two of you should be experts, and I have here a picture of the "Kuang Lu Map" of Jing Hao of the fifth generation. ”

Chen Tingjing was surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Jing Hao's painting?" If it's his, it's a supreme product! ”

The shopkeeper took out the painting from the cabinet, went to the side of the case, opened it carefully, and said, "This thing is too precious, and it is too bad to put it outside." ”

Chen Tingjing was silent, and leaned in to appreciate it carefully. Zhang Wang looked at it, shook his head and said, "Tingjing, it depends on your eyesight, I'm not good." ”

Chen Tingjing said: "I only know a little about the surface. ”

The shopkeeper looked at Chen Tingjing's eyes, looked at the painting, and said carefully: "Many connoisseurs have seen it and are amazed. ”

Chen Tingjing looked at it for a long time, nodded and said: "Looking at his painting style, it really has the atmosphere of Jing Hao." This sentence of waterfall flying down 3,000 feet, write the five old peaks of Lushan Mountain, is the inscription poem of the Yuan Dynasty poet Ke Jiusi, the first title of Jing Hao's real works of the gods, should be inscribed by the Song Dynasty. This painting does not have the artist's inscription, the so-called "Kuanglu Map", but later generations have spread false claims, which is called smooth. ”

Zhang Wang asked, "How can you see it?" ”

The shopkeeper also wanted to know what was going on, and opened his mouth to look at Chen Tingjing. Chen Tingjing said: "Jing Hao encountered troubled times, and lived in seclusion in Taihang Mountain in his later years. Brother Zhang Wang, you and I are both from Taihang Mountain, take a closer look at this painting, isn't it our hometown? ”

Before Zhang Wei could answer, the shopkeeper had already slapped his hands and praised: "Ah, you are really an expert." ”

Chen Tingjing shook his head and said, "You're welcome, shopkeeper. What is the price of this painting? ”

The shopkeeper stretched out two fingers: "No two prices, two thousand taels of silver." ”

Chen Tingjing shook his head and smiled, and kept his mouth shut. When the shopkeeper saw Chen Tingjing like this, he swore an oath, only saying that your old man is an expert and understands the market, and this price is really not expensive. Chen Tingjing still smiled and shook his head, his eyes looking at something else in the cabinet.

The shopkeeper was anxious: "Otherwise, you will make a price?" Such a good thing has to fall into the hands of connoisseurs, otherwise it will be a real waste. ”

Chen Tingjing still shook his head. The shopkeeper became more and more unwilling: "This master, just say a word, business is not benevolent." ”

Chen Tingjing smiled and said, "If I still don't speak, I will offend you if I speak." ”

The shopkeeper patted his chest and stomped his feet very boldly: "Where did you say this master?" You make an offer. ”

Chen Tingjing also stretched out two fingers: "Two taels of silver." ”

The shopkeeper said: "You're kidding! ”

Chen Tingjing still smiled: "I said I would offend you, didn't I?" ”

The shopkeeper seemed to suddenly realize that the visitor was not an ordinary person, and immediately laughed: "Where is it! I'm just saying, two taels of silver, it's outrageous. ”

Chen Tingjing said: "It's only worth two taels of silver, you know it in your heart." ”

The shopkeeper's round eyes slid and said, "This master, you can confuse me." ”

Chen Tingjing laughed: "Where are you confused? You're very shrewd. ”

Zhang Wang asked cautiously: "Brother Tingjing, may it be a fake?" ”

Chen Tingjing said: "You ask the shopkeeper! ”

The shopkeeper said with a bitter face: "It's really a fake, and I will suffer a big loss!" I bought it as the real thing! ”

Chen Tingjing smiled: "The shopkeeper is still blinding the two of us." ”

Zhang Wang looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Brother Tingjing, you are only afraid that if you say it, the shopkeeper will be silent." ”

Chen Tingjing said: "I don't know too much, what I really understand is Gao Shiqi, he plays a lot, he is an expert." ”

When the shopkeeper heard about Gao Shiqi, he hurriedly asked, "Are you talking about the tall man in the palace?" ”

Chen Tingjing smiled and didn't answer, only asked, "You know each other?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "The little one doesn't dare to deceive the two adults!" ”

Chen Tingjing hurriedly helped the shopkeeper up, and said with a smile: "We are not wearing court clothes, and there is no official word written on our faces." ”

The shopkeeper stood up, patted the ash on his knees, and said respectfully: "Since you two adults know each other with Lord Gao, they must be officials of the imperial court." The tall adults can afford the small ones, and the small ones here have genuine and high-quality works, so please ask the tall adults to have long eyes. The authenticity of this "Kuanglu Map" is in the hands of the tall people. The genuine "Kuanglu Tu" is worth more than two thousand taels of silver. The small one was sold to the tall man for only two thousand taels. Master Gao also bought a fake that was exactly the same as this one, and it really only cost two taels of silver. ”

Zhang Wei asked: "What does Master Gao want to do with fakes?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "This is the habit of the tall man, he said that the real thing is ruined outside, and there are not many people in the world who can recognize the real and the fake." If he really wants to meet an expert, he will come out to see the real thing. ”

Chen Tingjing and Zhang Wang looked at each other and smiled. The two of them went out of Wumo Zhai, found a restaurant, had a few drinks, chatted, and returned at dusk.

A few days later, in the south study, Mingzhu chatted while watching the recitals, asking everyone about the promotion of honest officials and erudition. It turned out that the emperor allowed the four grades or above to raise the world's honest officials as candidates, and recommended learned people to enter the erudite words. Although Gao Shiqi is not as good as the fourth grade, he is the emperor's literary attendant, and he is also ordered to recommend talents, so he said: "Shiqi is pondering, and he hasn't thought about it yet." ”

Mingzhu asked Chen Tingjing if he had thought about it. Chen Tingjing said: "Tingjing thinks that Lu Longqi of Jiading Zhi County, Shao Siyao of Qingyuan Zhi County, and Liu Xiangnian of Wujiang Zhi County are all honest and loving officials. If you want to talk about a well-educated person, Tingjing is the first to recommend Fu Shan. ”

Hearing Chen Tingjing's words, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at each other.

Mingzhu said: "Ting Jing, Lu, Shao, and Liu, although they are famous, their talents are mediocre. I've been in charge of the Ministry for many years, and I know it best. Fu Shan, don't say it again, he has been thinking about reversing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, who in the world doesn't know? ”

"Who wants to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore sight?" Suddenly, the emperor came in, and the ministers were so frightened that they crawled to the ground.

The emperor went up and sat down on the kang and said, "I didn't let Zhang Shande say hello first, so I came in." Mingzhu, what did you just say? ”

Gao Shiqi hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor's words, it was Chen Tingjing who wanted to sponsor Fu Shan to be erudite and erudite, Mingzhu said that it was inappropriate, everyone in the world knew that Fu Shan and my Qing Dynasty were not of the same mind." ”

The emperor sighed and said slowly: "I have heard of Fu Shan since I was a child, and one of his anti-poems is very famous, not only among the readers, but even the children in the market can recite it. Do any of you remember? ”

There was no one saying a word for a while. After a while, Chen Tingjing replied: "The minister still remembers that the poem is written 'A lamp continues the sun and the moon, and does not sleep to worry about it.'" Between life and death, how to embrace it! The sun and the moon are bright, and this poem is indeed anti-poetry. ”

The emperor smiled slightly and said, "You guys, you're all slippery!" I don't believe you all remember. I was still a yellow-mouthed child, and I remembered it, and I couldn't forget it for decades. Only Ting Jing dared to say that he remembered, it can be seen that he confessed with his heart! ”

Chen Tingjing handed over the notebook: "The minister wants to promote Lu Longqi, Shao Siyao, and Liu Xiangnian, three incorruptible counties. Erudite and knowledgeable, the minister first recommended the famous Confucian Fu Mountain in Shanxi! The minister has written a notebook, and I respectfully invite the emperor to read it! ”

Zhang Shande took the fold and put it in the emperor's hand. The emperor said: "You should discuss this excerpt first." I remember when I was very young, I heard Tingjing talk about Fu Shan, and I knew that he was a scholar who paid great attention to his own reputation, and in order not to shave his hair and grow braids, he put on his hair as a Taoist, and did not obey the Qing Dynasty. ”

When Gao Shiqi heard the emperor say this, he immediately played: "Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu are in cahoots, and they have served the Southern Ming Dynasty that has been struggling for a long time. ”

Chen Tingjing said: "Playing the emperor, what Gao Shiqi said is indeed true, but time has passed, and prejudices should be abandoned. If you want to talk about Fu Shan, Chen knows more than Gao Shiqi. ”

Gao Shiqi said: "That's true, Chen Tingjing and Fu Shan have been friends for many years. ”

Chen Tingjing heard Gao Shiqi's voice, and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and Fu Shan have had several fates, although they have different aspirations, they respect each other. If you want to talk about friends, you can't talk about it. From the day I became a jinshi, he encouraged me to leave the court; And from the day I met him, I persuaded him to submit to the court. ”

The emperor nodded for a moment and said, "Tingjing, I will allow you to protect Fu Shan." How old is this Fu Shan? ”

Chen Tingjing hurriedly kowtowed and replied, "It should be around seventy years old." ”

The emperor sighed with emotion: "He is already an old man!" Mingyang Quzhi County came to the door to implore Fu Shan to enter Beijing, I wanted to meet this old man. Okay, you've worked hard enough, so let's put aside what we're doing for the time being and say something else. ”

Gao Shiqi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister has collected a "Kuanglu Map" by Jing Hao, a famous artist of the fifth generation, and wants to dedicate it to the emperor!" ”

The emperor was overjoyed: "Huh? Jing Hao's? Bring it to me. ”

Gao Shiqi took the "Kuanglu Map" and opened it slowly. The emperor admired it carefully and nodded: "What a rare treasure!" Chen Tingjing, you also understand, take a look, how about it? ”

Chen Tingjing went up to take a closer look, and found that it was a fake, so he couldn't help but let out an "ah". The emperor hurriedly asked what was wrong. Chen Tingjing disguised and said: "Jing Hao's paintings are not much left, it's really rare!" The minister was amazed. ”

The emperor was overjoyed and said, "Shiqi knows a lot!" It's a miscellaneous family. His words were appreciated by the emperor, he was also good at playing antiques, and he also made a slingshot for me back then, and I have always hidden that thing! ”

Gao Shiqi hurriedly knelt down and said humbly: "The ministers are shallow in their learning, so they can only do some small things for the emperor and be loyal." ”

The emperor smiled: "You can't say that. If I want to say that I am reading, it is really the way that Shiqi led me into. When I was young, I read a book and took out any poem, so that Shiqi could know its age and whose family it came from. Later, I accumulated time and knew it myself. ”

Gao Shiqi arched his hand and said: "The emperor is talented, and he is a true god!" ”

Chen Tingjing listened to the emperor's appreciation of Gao Shiqi, and he could only sigh in his heart. Back then, Gao Shiqi often carried a few golden beans in his arms, and when he was looking for time, he asked his father-in-law in the Qianqing Palace what books the emperor had read and where he had read in the past few days. After asking, he handed over a golden bean. Gao Shiqi turned around and went to flip through the book, and made the book that the emperor was reading very familiar. Afterwards, as long as the emperor asked, Gao Shiqi answered fluently. At that time, the emperor was young, and he always thought that Gao Shiqi was very knowledgeable. As everyone knows, the father-in-law of the Qianqing Palace gave Gao Shiqi a nickname in private: Gao Jindou! For a while, "Gao Jindou" became the god of wealth for his fathers-in-law, and some fathers-in-law would go to tell him what the emperor had read recently. Zhang Shande was also young back then, and the old eunuch inevitably bullied him. Chen Tingjing couldn't look past it, so he spoke for him when he had the opportunity. Zhang Shande has always been grateful for Chen Tingjing's benefits, and knows everything to tell him.

Today, the emperor was very happy, stayed in the south study for half a day, and returned happy. Seeing off the holy driver, Mingzhu asked, "Shiqi, where did you get so many good things?" Honor the emperor every once in a while. ”

Gao Shiqi smiled: "Shiqi just has this heart, and he can always find things that the emperor likes." ”

Mingzhu smiled, turned around and pulled Chen Tingjing to the corner, and said, "Lord Chen, since you have already played the emperor, I don't want to say more." But I'm worried about you! ”

Chen Tingjing asked, "What is Lord Ming worried about for me?" ”

Mingzhu said: "Lu, Shao, and Liu, the official character is good, but the temperament is too strong, and if you don't get it right, you will get into trouble, and I'm afraid that it will affect you when the time comes!" ”

Chen Tingjing said: "As long as they are really good officials and clean officials, what does it matter if they affect me? ”

Mingzhu was originally avoiding people to say this, but Gao Shiqi listened with pointed ears, and actually interjected: "Why should Lord Ming worry about Lord Chen? They are loyal! Mr. Zhang, do you say yes? ”

Zhang Ying was stunned, raised his head suddenly, didn't know what to do, and asked, "What did you say?" ”

Mingzhu smiled implicitly and said, "Zhang Dacai is really smart!" ”

Chen Tingjing also looked at Zhang Ying and smiled, but didn't say anything. He admired Zhang Ying's characterization very much, he could not say a word all day long, just bow his head and copy and write. It's not that I suddenly remembered that almost everyone would forget that there was a Zhang Ying in the south study.

Zhang Wang's errand was not ordered to come down, and it was very unhappy. In the evening, he visited Chen Tingjing. Zhang Wang sat down in Chen Tingjing's study, and sighed: "I have been to the Ministry of Officials a few times, and Lord Mingzhu always said to let me wait." He said, it should not be said that I should make up for the four products, but I can also make up for the three products, and it depends on the emperor's intentions in the end. I, Brother Meng Tingjing, was promoted in front of the emperor and returned to Beijing to listen to it, and I was grateful. Can Brother Ting Jing do his favor to the end, and then talk about it for me in front of the emperor? ”

Chen Tingjing was quite embarrassed: "Brother Zhang Wang, it's inconvenient for me to speak in front of the emperor!" Although it is said that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, after all, you and I are the in-laws of our children, and we will let others leave a handle. I'm afraid that if I talk too much for you, it will not be good for you. ”

Zhang Wang asked, "Brother Tingjing is worried about Mingzhu?" ”

Chen Tingjing shook his head and said, "Mingzhu is very well-behaved, and she won't come to me openly." ”

Zhang Wang asked again: "Then who else?" ”

Chen Tingjing said: "Gao Shiqi! ”

Zhang Wei asked puzzledly: "Gao Shiqi is old with you and me, why should he not get along with you?" Chen Tingjing sighed: "You have not been in the capital for a long time, you don't know the wind and clouds of the sea and the vicissitudes of the world!" Gao Shiqi is a subordinate of Suo Etu, Suo Etu is the opposite of Mingzhu, and Suo Etu has always thought that I am the person of Mingzhu. Hi! They got into a lot of trouble with each other, but they insisted on getting me involved, and it was extremely boring! ”

Zhang Wei didn't know what to say, only sighed. Chen Tingjing said again: "I can't explain it to anyone. Do I have to make it clear that I am not a person from Suo Etu, nor am I a person from Mingzhu? I am not a party or selfish, and I don't want to be involved in anyone's circle. ”

Zhang Wei asked: "Gao Shiqi is just a cabinet secretary who eats six products, and everything he does is just copying and writing, where does he get his arrogance?" ”

Chen Tingjing said: "You don't know, Gao Shiqi is the best at pleasing the emperor. Do you know how bold Coats is? He gave the fake "Kuang Lu Tu" to the emperor! ”

Zhang Wang was shocked and couldn't speak for a long time. Chen Tingjing said: "This is a great crime of bullying the king! But I could only keep my mouth shut. ”

Zhang Wang asked, "Why is that?" ”

Chen Ting sighed: "I said, doesn't it mean that the emperor is a fool?" ”

Zhang Wang was very resentful and said: "Gao Shiqi is really bold! A six-grade little official! ”

Chen Tingjing shook his hand and said, "Alas, fortunately, it's just a fake painting, and it won't mislead the king and the country, so I'll pretend to be deaf and dumb!" ”

Zhang Wei still felt strange and asked: "Brother Tingjing, Suo Etu has lost power, according to Gao Shiqi's character, he will not follow him closely?" ”

Chen Tingjing said: "What Gao Shiqi is afraid of is not the emperor, but Suo Etu. Suo Etu is a royal prince, maybe one day he will make a comeback. The emperor will not kill Gao Shiqi, Suo Etu may kill him if he loses his temper! ”

Zhang Wang left Chen's house and wandered alone on the street. After hesitating for a long time, he simply went to Gao Shiqi's house. I thought that although Gao Shiqi was a villain, it might be useful to ask him to do something. On the door of Gao's house, he didn't give Zhang Wang face, only said that no matter who it was, it was so late, and Lord Gao had already rested. Zhang Wang was anxious, thinking that he had been old with Gao Shiqi for many years, so he was stubborn. On the door, I actually saw that Zhang Wang didn't give the door bag, so naturally there was no good word. Zhang Wei didn't know the rules, and the anger came up as he spoke.

In the middle of the night, the sound of the door reached inside. If Gao Shiqi had gone to bed early on weekdays, he would have no sleepiness if he played with "Kuang Lu Tu" tonight. He heard the commotion at the door, and asked. After a while, the door replied, saying that there was a man named Zhang Wang, who insisted on coming in to see the master. Gao Shiqi heard that it was Zhang Wang, and hurriedly said that please come in quickly. The door was frightened at this time, and respectfully invited Zhang Wang into the house.

Gao Shiqi saw Zhang Wang, held hands, and welcomed into the study. The people below saw that the old man led Zhang Wang directly to the study, and knew that the person who came was extraordinary, so he was busy making the best tea and bringing it up. Gao Shiqi looked very angry and said, "Brother Zhang Wang, I was just thinking that Toting would like to invite you to come and sit at home. Old friend, it's been a few days since I've been back in Beijing, why haven't I seen your shadow? ”

Zhang Wei said: "Master Gao is busy, how can I disturb!" ”

Gao Shiqi smiled: "Tingjing, he can't get you to the capital, just don't care!" ”

Zhang Wei sighed and said, "I don't know how to say this. Tall, please help. ”

Gao Shiqi shook his head and said: "Brother Zhang Wang, although I, Gao, serve the saint every day, I am only a cabinet secretary and a six-grade official. I can't help you with this! ”

Zhang Wang smiled: "Lord Gao, I know that you are a person with a way. ”

Gao Shiqi still sighed: "Hey, it's difficult......"

Zhang Wang said: "Lord Gao, you can even refer to me one way." ”

Gao Shiqi asked, "Have you ever looked for Lord Mingzhu?" ”

Zhang Wang didn't understand the intention of Gao Shiqi's question, so he didn't dare to answer casually, so he picked up the teacup and took a few sips, thought about the rhetoric, and then said: "I have been to the Ministry of Officials a few times, and Lord Ming said that I can send a four-grade errand, and I can do it by sending a three-grade errand unusually, and finally I have the emperor's permission." ”

Gao Shiqi also picked up the teacup, took a few sips, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang Wang, you and I have been friends for many years, so I will tell you frankly." You have to go out for a walk at night, and there are some things that you can't do during the day! ”

Zhang Wang hurriedly said: "Thank you Master Gao for your guidance!" Mr. Gao, you and I have been friends for many years, and I don't care about the number of courtesies, and I came to the door in the middle of the night. Mingzhu always smiles every time he sees me, but I really can't figure out his temper! ”

Gao Shiqi said with a smile: "Lord Zhang has really promoted me by taking Gao as a confidant." ”

Zhang Wang climbed straight up. To be polite, Gao Shiqi asked: "Are you worried that you will have an unhappy quarrel with Fulun in Texas, and Lord Mingzhu will not help?" No, it won't! As long as you go to the door, Lord Mingzhu is tolerant of all rivers! ”

Zhang Wang's face was embarrassed, and he said, "I am very grateful to Master Gao for telling the truth. However, I am shy in my pocket! ”

Gao Shiqi said: "Tingjing's family is a century-old wealthy man in Shanxi, you might as well look for him." ”

Zhang Wang said: "I am related to him, and it is even more difficult to talk about it!" ”

Gao Shiqi nodded and said, "That's right, Tingjing is an unsophisticated person. Well, it's a rare friend, and I'll think of a way for you. I have a friend, Yu Ziyi, a native of Qiantang, who is doing well in business and is also righteous. I asked him to lend you three or five thousand taels of silver. ”

Zhang Wang arched his hand and said: "Lord Gao, Zhang Wang is very grateful!" ”

Gao Shiqi smiled: "Brother Zhang Wang, this is at home, don't say a word about the tall man." You and I are still brothers in private! ”

Zhang Wang said: "Okay, Brother Xie Shiqi will not give up, Zhang Wang is a person who knows how to repay his kindness." ”

Gao Shiqi leaned closer, patted Zhang Wang's hand, and said, "Brother Zhang Wang, I am a person who has not obtained fame in the examination, and I can't do much as an official." You are a jinshi, and you have been an official in the local area, if you really make up a third product this time, it will not be long before you put it down, and you will be a feudal official! ”

Zhang Wang arched his hand and said: "Brother Xie Shiqi Jiyan, there is really that day, you have the grace of reinvention for me!" ”

Gao Shiqi shook his hand and said, "You're welcome, I'll count on you to take care of me then!" ”

It's past midnight. Gao Shiqi stayed warmly, and Zhang Wang lived in Gao's house.

Within a few days, Zhang Wang's errand was settled. On that day, in the south study, Mingzhu invited the emperor to make a vacancy and elected Zhang Wang to fill it. The emperor seemed to feel that something was wrong, and said: "Zhang Wang was originally promoted from the fourth grade to the third grade, can he convince the public?" ”

Mingzhu replied: "The General Political Envoy is in charge of the excerpts of the provinces, and it is not appropriate for the official to be from Wenhan." Zhang Wang has been a local official for more than ten years, and he knows the people's feelings in detail, and the ministers think it is appropriate. ”

The emperor turned around and asked Chen Tingjing: "What does Tingjing think?" ”

Chen Tingjing said: "The minister is close to Zhang Wang, so it is inconvenient to speak. ”

The emperor said: "Since ancient times, there has been a way, and the virtuous do not avoid relatives. However, it is inconvenient for Chen Tingjing to say, but it doesn't matter. Tell me, what is Zhang Wang's official doing? ”

Mingzhu recital: "Zhang Wang is capable, sympathetic to the people, honest and honest. In the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, he was sent to Shandong, and for more than ten years, it can be described as a breeze on both sleeves and spotless! ”

The emperor smiled coldly and said, "Mingzhu shouldn't talk too much. As a local official, there are naturally honest people, but when it comes to being innocent, I may not believe it. ”

Chen Tingjing said at this time: "Zhang Wang has been an official for more than ten years, and he has no long things. When he returned to Beijing to listen to it, he had no place to live, and he lived in the Shanxi Guild Hall. ”

The emperor couldn't help but nodded: "From this point of view, Zhang Wang has been an official for more than ten years, and he is no different from the poor scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam?" ”

Chen Tingjing said: "The minister sees that this is indeed the case. ”

Gao Shiqi also said: "The minister can also testify." ”

The emperor finally approved: "Okay, let Zhang Wang fill the post of political envoy." ”

Mingzhu hurriedly arched his hand: "The minister will follow the order." ”

The emperor said with a smile: "Mingzhu, don't say it respectfully, it's a different set." Maybe it's all the traps you've set up a long time ago, just waiting for me to drill into it! ”

Mingzhu hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The minister is sincerely afraid, he only dares to look up to his intentions and do things according to orders, how dare he peddle any private goods!" ”

Chen Tingjing, Gao Shiqi, Zhang Ying and others also knelt on the ground.

The emperor smiled and said: "Okay, I'm just reminding you a few words, don't say anything to me, you are like this." Hey, Zhang Ying, why don't you always speak? ”

Zhang Ying replied: "Your Majesty, the minister only says what he knows, and only does his own thing!" ”

The emperor nodded for a long time and said, "Okay, Zhang Ying is a responsible person." ”

That night, Zhang Wang first went to Mingzhu Mansion to thank him, and then went to Gao Shiqi's house, where Yu Ziyi happened to be there. Gao Shiqi said: "Brother Zhang Wang, don't patronize and thank me, Ziyi has helped you a lot!" ”

Zhang Wang arched his hand towards Yu Ziyi: "Thank you, Brother Yu, Zhang Wang will repay him!" ”

Yu Ziyi was very humble: "What Lord Gao ordered, Yu will do, where can he afford a thank you word from Lord Zhang!" ”

After gossiping for a long time, Gao Shiqi pretended to suddenly remember, and said, "Brother Zhang Wang, I have something straight to say." Ziyi relies on business to eat, the money is borrowed, and the interest can be recognized! ”

Zhang Wang nodded hurriedly and said: "Borrowing money to recognize interest is a matter of course!" ”

Yu Ziyi said: "I'm really embarrassed! Seeing that it was not too early, Zhang Wang took his leave.

Sending Zhang Wei away, Yu Ziyi turned around and talked to Gao Shiqi: "Lord Gao, I found the next house for a few shops for you a few days ago, do you think it's okay?" ”

Gao Shiqi said: "If the price is good, let's get rid of it." Ziyi, you do business for me, the most important thing is to keep your mouth. ”

Yu Ziyi whispered: "Don't worry, Lord Gao, no one knows that my business is your old man's business." ”

Gao Shiqi asked: "Ziyi, is your housekeeper reliable?" ”

Yu Ziyi said: "Reliable, he is a dead hearted person." ”

Gao Shiqi nodded and pondered for a long time, and said, "He has come to the door with you several times, but I have never seen him." Since he is so faithful, let him come in and sit down. ”

Yu Ziyi said: "I don't dare to let the people below be presumptuous in front of the tall adults!" ”

Gao Shiqi said: "Don't be polite, let him in." Call...... What's his name? ”

Yu Ziyi replied: "Kuang Xiaomao." ”

After a while, Kuang Xiaomao bowed in and bowed: "The little one meets the tall man, and the little one thanks the tall man for looking down on the little one!" The little one is willing to be a cow and a horse for the tall man! ”

Gao Shiqi said: "Kuang Xiaomao, don't say a word. It's rare that you're loyal, and I like people like you. In the future, you can come with your son, you don't have to be so formal, just come in and sit. ”

Kuang Xiaomao only kowtowed: "The little one is loyal to the tall man!" ”

Gao Shiqi said: "Okay, don't just kowtow, raise your face, and let the old man look at you." ”

Kuang Xiaomao cowered and raised his head, his eyes only dared to glance at Gao Shiqi's face hurriedly, and hurriedly dodged away. Gao Shiqi looked very easy-going, but the more he laughed, the lower Kuang Xiaomao's head was buried, and he soon fell to the ground again.