The first stop of this trip was not smooth, and Xu He didn't have the mood to come to the door to compensate for the smile, so he simply said to Gu Hengbo: "Let's go, I finally came to Huai'an Mansion, I'll take Sister Gu to buy something!" ”

Although Gu Hengbo is dressed in men's clothes when he goes out, he is a woman in the end, how can any woman not like shopping?

Hearing Xu He say that he wanted to take her around, his eyes suddenly lit up.

In this way, Xu He led her, and when she saw the store she was interested in, she walked in the door, the so-called money is a man's guts, and Xu He can be regarded as a gallant in the Great Wei Dynasty now.

It didn't take long for Wu Decao, who was following them, to be out of breath with a large bag.

Just when Xu He was about to find another carriage to liberate Brother Yaochen, he didn't expect to meet an acquaintance in a foreign land.

"Xiaohe, look, isn't that Shen Xuan?" Gu Hengbo reminded in Xu He's ear in a low voice.

Xu He nodded, and at this time, Shen Zongqi was walking out of the yamen of the Huai'an Salt Transportation Branch, followed by two or three officials.

After the two sides said goodbye, Shen Xuan got into the carriage.

Seeing this, Xu He's heart suddenly moved, called a little beggar on the side of the road, gave him some money, and asked the child to follow Shen Xuan's carriage to see where he went.

After waiting in place for about half an hour, the little beggar ran back panting and reported that the beautiful carriage had just entered a house next to the head of the household, and that it was the Shen family's courtyard.

"Big dog!" Xu He said secretly in his heart.

Then he found some scattered copper coins and rewarded the little beggar.

Before the beggars around him, Xu He led the two and left hurriedly.

The three of them first found an inn to live in, arranged their things, and after eating, they discussed tomorrow's itinerary.

First of all, it is definitely necessary to understand the inside story of this matter through the uncle's previous subordinate, the current director Guan Hong.

Then it's good to prescribe the right medicine.

"You patronized me today, and you can't go empty-handed when you visit me tomorrow, right?" Gu Hengbo said with a smile.

Wu Decao has always been the most positive about this kind of thing: "It's not dark yet, and there are still shops on the street that haven't closed, I'll buy some!" ”

Anyway, it was the money of the Yamen, and Xu He didn't feel distressed, so he took out a silver ticket of ten taels and handed it to Wu Decao.

Wu Decao looked at the silver ticket, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "I'll go right away!" ”

Xu He nodded and said, "Go early and come back early!" ”

After he left, Xu He looked at Sister Gu beside him, so he said with a shy face: "Meisheng, I'll go to your room to have a look!" ”

Gu Hengbo suddenly became vigilant and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

Xu He immediately said aggrievedly: "Can you still do it?" It's to see how this is going, if it's not good, I'll give you a room! ”

Gu Hengbo was so embarrassed by his words that she couldn't help but want to laugh, but she still deliberately glared at Xu He and said: "I said it at home, you have to be behaving when you come out, otherwise I won't have the face to see my mother when I go back!" ”

Xu He was just joking, but although she was not annoyed, she was serious, so he stopped teasing her.

The two talked, and went around and around to go back to today's matter, Xu He sighed: "Although the uncle's previous subordinates were from the Caoyun Yamen, to be honest, their status is not high, if they can see Ma Liangbi through him, this can be regarded as God's blessing!" ”

"The key is that time waits for no one, let's waste a day here, the hungry people in Hailing County will be hungry for a day, if they are old and weak, they may even worry about their lives!" Gu Hengbo also frowned and said worriedly.

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On the second day, Xu He led Wu Decao early in the morning, hired two shoulder servants, and went to visit him at home while the principal was not in office.

Xu Song's subordinate is an old man in his fifties, surnamed Gong, and he is an honest man in appearance.

Thinking about it, Xu Hedu has been retired from the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years, this guy has been a member of the Beijing Ministry of Officials and Workers, and he has only mixed up with Guan Hong, the head of Caoyun Yamen, and he is unsatisfactory.

But this kind of person is good because he misses the old feelings more.

After reading Xu Song's letter, Director Gong was very enthusiastic.

"After many years, the distance is not far, I should have gone to Hailing to visit, but it is inconvenient to travel far in this official robe, it is really rude!" Director Gong seemed to remember something, and his face was full of embarrassment.

Xu He bowed down and said: "Uncle Gong told me that Gong was the subordinate he relied on the most when he was in the Ministry of Engineering, and said that you are diligent, down-to-earth and hardworking, and never boastful!" ”

In fact, Xu Song's original words when mentioning this person were that this person was pedantic and did not know how to change things, even if he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, no one remembered his goodness, you can't be like him in the future, being an official is the same as being a person, and you have to let others know that you have done things when you do things, otherwise it is all blind work.

When Master Gong heard this, his eyes suddenly became wet, and he sighed again and again that the court did not use virtuous ministers, causing Xiaoshi Gong to waste his years in vain and stay in the countryside.

When he heard that Xu He turned out to be Nan Zhili's junior Sanyuan this year, this official clerk's mistake was made again, and he didn't care about anything when he came to the door, so he hurriedly pulled out his son, who was almost thirty, and said that he wanted Xu He to point out the article of his son.

Xu He had no choice but to patiently read the middle-aged man's article, and he was humble, pointing out a few flaws that did not fall into the other party's face, which made Director Gong feel very relieved, and even praised Xiaoshi Gong for having a successor.

Wu Decao saw the opportunity, and hurriedly took out the best pen, ink, paper and inkstone purchased last night and handed it to Director Gong.

Director Gong patted his head at this time, remembering that Xu He came to the door, but he was looking for something to do.

He first brushed his head, and then said to Xu He: "I, a little official with a big needle nose, it is impossible to ask to see Cao Du alone. However, our Caoyun Yamen has a criminal director stationed in the Criminal Department, surnamed Hou, he has a good relationship with me, because he is a person from the Criminal Department, although he is under the control of the Cao Governor, but fortunately, for the sake of the Criminal Department, he can always hand over the words to the Madu Governor, you go and prepare some gifts, I will take you to see! ”

He had to beg for someone again, Xu He was already a little tired in his heart, but he had to bow his head under the eaves, Xu He had no choice but to let Wu Decao go to the street to prepare a generous gift, and followed Director Gong to ask to see another Director Hou.

The chief of the criminal department represents the criminal department, and there is a separate small yamen in Huai'an, but the door of this small yamen is also above the top, and when he saw that the director of Gong brought people, he was polite on the surface, but he asked for a door bag in and out of his words.

Xu He came here, and it was not half a point away, so he handed over the door bag, and waited for about half an hour before the chief of punishment called the three of them in.

Xu He couldn't help but glance at Gong Gong with admiration, for such a long time, this person was still calm, he had sat in the gatehouse for so long, and he didn't even drink a sip of water, obviously he had expected such a thing a long time ago.

Yes, seeing this, Xu He already understands that this trip is basically in vain, they are all in charge, our Gong director was asked for by his colleagues, and even gave money to stay outside the door and wait for an hour, specially, if Xu He was in his position, he would have turned his face a long time ago.

Sure enough, when I saw the punishment of the chief Hou, this thing was very shrewd like a monkey, and he only talked to Director Gong, and as soon as Director Gong mentioned the matter, he was all over the place, and in the final analysis, he was unwilling to help.

In the end, if Xu He hadn't been for the sake of Gong's business, he would really want to lift the table and leave.

Thinking that officialdom is like this, begging for people is like eating, Xu He suddenly lost motivation for the imperial examination!

Now it's okay, coming out of the punishment yamen, Xu He spent a lot of money on the public funds of Hailing County, and in the end the was not done.

Now, he's really in a hurry!