Outside the yamen, the atmosphere was generally jubilant.

Li Fusu looked back, wanted to laugh, saw the expressions of the idle couple, and was slightly stunned:

"Father and mother, what's wrong with you, why don't you speak?"

"Ah, I was a little distracted just now, it's okay, it's okay. Liang Han was promoted, and his future was bright, and he should be a big deal. ”

Lixian's face was sad and happy, he waved his hand, sighed and said:

"These are all good and virtuous nephews deserve it, and they are worthy of him."

The rich man couldn't help but loosen his shoulders, turned his head and glanced at his wife Wei Mei, and continued to murmur in his mouth:

"It's gold that always shines, we should have thought of it a long time ago, with the talent and merits of Lianghan's virtuous nephew, it is natural to be able to go straight to the capital, grant the position of serving the imperial history of the Qing nobles, and get a great future, it is a matter of course, the hidden dragon is in the yuan, soaring into the sky, and it is not ...... at all."

Li Fusu listened, suddenly opened his eyes, and thought clearly about the pros and cons of this matter.

Pros, needless to say, disadvantages, naturally have a good future, and there is no way to win over Brother Lianghan and stay with their family.

Liupinjing officials don't do it, stay in this place where birds don't and wait for them?

"There are also masters over there in Luojing, who have a discerning eye and can also see Lianghan's ability."

The voice of leisure came, he rubbed his tired face, a little depressed, and muttered:

"Also, this kind of wild relic, like a pearl in the night, how can it be easily hidden privately......"

When he heard Fusu's words, he was also disappointed in his eyes, but he was happy for his friend's promotion from the bottom of his heart, and he had mixed feelings:

"Father, let's not delay......"

Turn your head and interrupt directly:

"Da Lang, now go back to the house, prepare a heavy gift, plus a hundred taels of gold, which is counted as a winding gift, and after the envoy of the gods leaves, send the gift to the Meilin courtyard."

The middle-aged rich man smiled and commanded, but he couldn't hide the sad look in his eyes, Wei Mei stretched out his hand and gently covered the back of his hand.

Libao'er silently listened to the words of the family behind her for a while, she suddenly turned her head and asked the red-clothed woman in front of her who was smiling:

"Sister Xie is also going to the capital?"

Xie Ling Jiang didn't reply, didn't answer, and asked softly:

"Why does Sister Bao'er keep him now, have you thought of a way? Do you need my help? ”

Li'er bit her lip and was silent for a while, she turned her face away, stared at the floor tiles next to her, and said:

"In Sister Xie's eyes, is Bao'er such a pure and unscrupulous person?"

"Sister Bao'er, will you be ashamed?"

Xie Lingjiang nodded, gently stroked the narrow sword box resting at his feet with his five fingers, lowered his eyes and said:

"If the senior brother doesn't want to leave, he won't leave, if he wants to go, no matter how white and lied he is, he will leave and can't stay.

"Just like now, how can Sister Bao'er keep him?

"Promise to pay homage to the prime minister? Big brother is the kind of person who eats flatbread?

"Besides, with the ability of the senior brother, the current bright future of the weak crown and six products is soaring, is this matter difficult?

"If you only talk about the pros and cons, not about friendship, why just bet on your family?

"Obviously, there are more powerful and more secure choices such as Xiangwangfu, Wei Wangfu, and Princess Changle, and the odds of winning on and off the table are not higher than your family?

"No matter how bad it is, you can also be temporarily neutral, whoever wins will follow whom, or climb the mountain alone, accumulate capital, wait for the future, and be begged to win over by all parties vying for succession.

"Weigh the pros and cons again, the butt falls, and the money is full, wouldn't it be more sophisticated and safe?

"Why do you want to take such a big risk so early?"

Li Bao'er was speechless, and the palm-sized face of Hibiscus under the snow-white tulle was flushed.

The little girl was a little ashamed.

Xie Lingjiang didn't look back at her, half of the soft wattle pressed the edge of the box, closed his eyes and said:

"So I said earlier, there are some things that need not be hidden from him. Besides, you can hide it for a while, but can you hide it for a lifetime? ”

She seemed to ask someone, and she seemed to ask herself.

After being quiet for a while, she didn't raise her head and asked, "That incident, Sister Xie still complains a little bit about us?" ”

The girl in red turned her head and said in a serious tone: "Is this called resentment?" ”

Libao'er found that this Sister Xie's way of speaking became more and more intriguing, and she didn't know who she was learning "bad" from.

Li'er bowed his head and sighed:

"Don't blame Sister Xie for criticizing, what was done at that time was indeed ...... It needs to be discussed, but if it is mentioned now, it will not lose even more points and make everyone ashamed and embarrassed. ”

Halfway through the sentence, he suddenly found a white jade palm stretched out in front of him.

"Bring the purse, borrow a little for the time being."

Xie Lingjiang was unceremonious, and reached out to beg:

"My small treasury has all been invested in the newly established Nursery Division, and I have tried to stand on my own for nearly half a year, and I haven't asked my father for money for a long time, and I don't bother to go to Xie Mansion in Wuyi Lane."

The red-dressed girl, who is ranked seventeenth in the clan, has a straight waist, a pretty face, and speaks in an orderly manner:

"The senior brother received the edict, and he had to entertain the envoys of the heavenly officials, and it was difficult to avoid vulgarity in giving gifts or something, all of which were the customs of the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the senior brother could not appear too unsociable.

"I know that Sister Bao'er's purse is bulging, and she received a lot of birthday gifts last time."

Li'er couldn't help but look at Xie Lingjiang's side face.

"Sister Xie's little sister has more heart than Xian Neizhu, which is all considered for him."

Complaining in her mouth, the little girl in plum blossom makeup lowered her head, took out a bulging embroidered lotus wallet from her sleeve, and silently handed it to Xie Lingjiang in front.

The latter glanced at her sideways and put away his purse.

At this moment, there was a commotion at the entrance of the county office, and the crowd naturally separated.

Xie Lingjiang and Li'er turned their heads to look, it turned out to be the Luoyang Imperial Decree and his party drinking tea in the county government, accompanied by Ouyang Rong, and slowly walked out.

Ouyang Rong and Song Hao stopped and stopped, greeting and asking questions, as if they were saying goodbye.

"Lord Song won't stay a little longer?"

"Still no, this time I came in a hurry, it was for the sake of Lianghan, now...... It's over, let's go back as soon as possible. ”

Song Hao sighed and shook his head, Ouyang Rong calmly shook his head:

"Then Lord Song, walk slowly, pay attention to safety on the road."

The young county order seems to be just polite, and there is no real intention to keep it.

Song Hao couldn't help but glance at him more.

Before leaving, the secretary of the ministry, Wai Lang, nodded solemnly:

"Ouyang County's order, please stay, what you entrust, this official will try his best to bring."

After a pause, he added:

"Ouyang County Order, there will be a period later."

"Lord Song has a good trip."

The two were polite and said goodbye and left.

However, the surrounding melon-eating crowd was curious to find that before leaving, Lord Song, the envoy of the Divine Capital, turned his head to look at Ouyang Rong's eyes, which seemed to be mixed with some strange colors.

The entourage officials around Lord Song also frequently looked sideways before leaving, and glanced at Ouyang Rong a few more times, their expressions were indescribably complicated, and they didn't know why.

Song Hao led a group of accompanying officials to leave one after another.

Ouyang Rong stood at the gate of the county yamen and watched.

Xie Lingjiang, Lixian's family, and Diao County Cheng and other county officials quickly surrounded them, most of them enthusiastic.

Diao Xiancheng leaned up with a face and said cautiously: "Ming Mansion, why did the envoy go so fast?" Is there a hurry? ”

The old county looked back at the direction Song Hao left, and looked as if he was going straight to Peng Langdu, preparing to leave by boat and return to Jiaocha.

Ouyang Rong looked at him and nodded.

Xie Ling Jiang Su threw away the small purse with his hand, tilted his head and was curious:

"Senior brother, don't you leave anyone down for dinner? Stuff or something? Anyway, we have come all the way to deliver good news, do you think that we don't understand the rules, and we still have to pay attention to what people are going to...... It's okay, the expenses, all wrapped around my sister. ”

The girl in the red dress said politely.

Leaving the Wrap: "......"

Ouyang Rong shook his head slightly.

Lixian and Wei Mei glanced at each other, turned sideways and took the red cloth coil in the tray held by the maid behind him, and the idle couple stepped forward and stuffed the coil with a promotion gift into the hands of the young county magistrate.

Lixian patted the back of Ouyang Rong's hand, his eyes covered the gloom of loss, and he tried to smile:

"Congratulations to the virtuous nephew, congratulations to the virtuous nephew, I am happy to have a beautiful mission, and I have returned to Luojing, and it is a good position to serve the imperial history...... All officials, not Lizhou County, not Taiwan Province.

"Liang Hanxian's nephew has the merits of Longcheng, and he has surpassed too many talents of his peers, one step is fast, one step is fast, it is really Hengda's official luck, Lianghan's virtuous nephew seizes the opportunity, and he can go to Qingyunyi."

Wei Mei also interjected: "Lianghan Xian nephew accept it, this is a little bit of uncle and aunt's heart, in fact, there is not much." ”

Ouyang Rong caught the entanglement and gifts, and found that it was heavy in his hand, very pressing, this is not much?

"I could have helped my nephew again."

The woman in the long skirt wanted to speak and stopped, her slender eyebrows like willows were wrinkled, she glanced at the north, and said sadly:

"It's a pity that although the concubine was born in the house of Jingzhao Wei, she is wearing the body of a sinner now, so it is not good to affect them."

Wei Mei shook his head and continued:

"But the virtuous nephew turned back to Luojing, if it is officialdom, a door, or a house and a business, you need silver, although it is said, even if you part, but the friendship is still there, and your uncle has saved savings over the years, don't be polite to him."

Li Xian scratched his head, "Listen to Mei Niang, Mei Niang is thoughtful." ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head when he heard this, weighed the gold entanglement, and calmly put it into his sleeve, and the next moment, he suddenly turned his head and asked a very marginal question:

"Even this 100 taels of gold is a small amount of money for uncles and aunts? In other words, there are still a lot of treasures in my uncle's mansion? ”

Li Xian was slightly stunned, did not feel offended, nodded and admitted:

"I have saved a lot of gold and silver, and I have a lot of money every birthday gift, but most of them are antique calligraphy and paintings, which need to be sold at a discount. These expenses in the house are managed by Bao'er and her aunt on weekdays, and the money bag belongs to them. ”

Ouyang Rong bowed slightly, thoughtful.

Before the couple could figure out why they were asking, Lida Lang and Yan Liulang had already squeezed in.

Li Dalang smiled and said: "After Lianghan arrives in the capital, don't forget to write to us to talk about the magnificent scenery of Luoyang when all countries come to the court." ”

Yan Liulang rubbed his hands and said a little excitedly:

"Mingfu, what about the edict, show it to everyone, I'm so big, I've never seen an edict of this specification.

"I heard that on this kind of edict, there will be a 'edict' in the pen of the saint today.

"We, the rural people, can't see the face of the Son of Heaven, but it's good to take a look at the Son of Heaven's words, it's enough to blow for our children and grandchildren."

Ouyang Rong looked at him, and then looked at the people gathered outside the door, the atmosphere was jubilant, and they all cast expectant eyes.

In front of everyone's eyes, the young county magistrate, who was empty-handed today, and even had a missing part of his sleeve, shook his head and said:

"The edict is not with me, but with Lord Song."

Yan Liulang was stunned for a moment, and asked everyone behind him: "Where is Lord Song...... What about Lord Song? ”

"Let's go." Ouyang Rong said truthfully: "I went back to the capital on a business trip." ”

Diao County Cheng was puzzled: "Then why did you take away the edict of the Ming Mansion, not to appoint the imperial history of the Ming Mansion Imperial History Terrace...... Belch. ”

Lao Xiancheng's words stopped abruptly, his eyes slowly widened like copper bells, and he was unbelievable: "You, you, you shouldn't ......?"

"Why not?" Ouyang Rong looked curious: "If they give me a promotion, do I have to go?" ”

Pause:

"But this time, someone from Luoyang will hand over the fold for me, but you don't have to trouble Liulang for you to run."

Ouyang Rong smiled and nodded, looking around.

found that the air at the entrance of the county government was a little silent.

Lixian and Fusu's family, Diao County Cheng, Yan Liulang and other county officials, as well as onlookers...... Everyone on the field looked at him in shock and stunned, and they couldn't speak for a while.

The history of the six products of the Beijing official service is not ...... Don't want it?

It took a long time to digest it.

Xie Lingjiang was the first to speak, and said worriedly: "Senior brother, is this considered a violation of the holy decree?"

"No, it's just an edict."

Li Bao'er looked at Ouyang Rong with complicated eyes, and took the lead in explaining:

"The edict is a proposal from the government hall or a heavenly official, signed by His Majesty, and it is not a document ordered by the Holy One himself, and it is not considered a violation of the holy will, but only a reasonable resignation.

"In this regard, this dynasty still has the legacy of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the imperial court has conquered, and the sages and celebrities can refuse, but in addition to Ding Wei or contracted diseases, this dynasty has not heard of anyone rejecting the edict ......"

Li'er looked at Ouyang Rong again, who was calm and calm.

Diao Xiancheng looked at Ouyang Rong and sighed:

"Celebrities can refuse to raise hope, but ...... What if the above takes it seriously, or gets angry, and doesn't promote you next time? Isn't it a mess, who dares to try it? ”

The old county couldn't help but ask: "Does the Ming Mansion want to clear its name or ......?"

"Don't guess."

Ouyang Rong shook his head and interrupted everyone's gossip:

"It's just that I just don't think this servant is suitable."

He laughed at everyone: "I can't say it, on the second day of taking office, I couldn't help but write a warning, the emperor was angry, and then he was demoted to Longcheng and met with you."

"Also."

Ouyang Rong squinted and said, "Recently, I have found a new 'position', but I can't just leave Jiangnan Dao. ”

The young county commander waved his hand and left.

Everyone was dumbfounded and looked at his dashing and slender back.

Xie Lingjiang looked sideways, and the family was stunned and stood in place.

Everyone is not stupid, and naturally knows the true meaning behind this move.

The meaning of a thousand gold.

The surprise seems to have come...... Some too fast.

I suddenly wanted to cry.

Li Fusu lowered his head and rubbed the corners of his eyes, looked up again, and confirmed that it was not an illusion.

"Let's all go back."

Ouyang Rong didn't look at the family, took the lead in leaving the gate of the county government, and left in the stunned eyes of everyone.

Xie Lingjiang's face returned to calm, and he kept up with the senior brother's footsteps.

The family reacted quickly and followed.

Passing by the gate of Merlot Garden, Li Xian and the others thought that the young figure in front of them would turn into the door as usual, but they didn't expect that he passed by the gate of Merlot Garden without squinting, and went straight to the mansion of the Su Mansion, and no one entered the door.

Xie Lingjiang and the family looked at each other.

After a while, on the promenade of Sufu, Ouyang Rong, who had an indifferent expression, did not go to Yilanxuan, nor did he go to the idle study as the head of the family, but walked to Juxian Courtyard with a familiar car.

The young county magistrate walked into the study room away from Fusu, picked a chair at the end, and sat down freely, he supported his chin with his hand, tapped the armrest with two fingers, and waited with his eyes down, as if he was contemplative.

In Russia, the idle family who followed behind entered the house one after another, or couldn't help themselves, or were ecstatic, or busy pouring tea.

From today on, Luoyang Zhou Court has one less of the youngest servants, and Jiangnan Su Mansion has one more weak strategist from a poor family.

(End of chapter)