Since April, the peach blossoms have gradually fallen.

In the early morning, Yan's house is still peaceful.

Yan Yan woke up early and took Yong'er's hand to the lobby, she heard that her brother had been released from prison again, and she would bring all the stories she had written in the past few days.

No, Yan Zhenqing is already sitting there today.

"Grandpa."

"Your painting." Yan Zhenqing raised his finger and pointed to a scroll on the table.

Yan Yan stepped forward to take it, unfolded it and took a look, and Xue Bai was drawn on the scroll.

Because the characters in the "Domino Diagram" last time were actually drawn by her, this time Beiya also sent someone to verify and asked her to draw another painting as proof.

Or Yan Zhenqing said that her daughter was weak and did not implicate her, only the palace knew that the little lady of the Yan family was also involved in this matter. Of course, this kind of detail is not important.

"Don't mess around anymore."

"Okay."

Yan Yan responded, heard the movement and looked back, and sure enough, she saw Xue Bai coming.

She turned her back to Grandpa and made a grimace at Xue Bai, meaning "You are in trouble again".

Xue Bai just didn't see it, walked to the hall, and saluted Yan Zhenqing.

"Sanniang, you take the post and read it. For my father, I have something to say to my brother. ”

"Yes, Grandpa."

Yan Yan was overjoyed, took a few scrolls from Xue Bai's hand and left, and snorted, dissatisfied with him ignoring her.

"The night before and the night again, you played dominoes with the saint all night?"

"Yes, the student came home yesterday morning and has been resting all day."

"There's a post, look at it."

Xue Bai went over to pick it up and take a look, and saw that it was Yang Chen's post, and wanted to set up a banquet to entertain Yan Zhenqing.

Since he wrote "Wang Mang is humble and has not usurped the time" at the banquet, Yan Zhenqing's position in the court is a little helpless.

"It's the students who are the trouble with the teachers." Xue Bai said: "The students are ashamed. ”

"I don't blame you." Yan Zhenqing sighed: "The old man is narrow-minded, and he has signed the name of 'Han Yu', which is all self-inflicted. Yesterday, the saint issued an edict. ”

This is a big deal, and Xue Bai has heard about it, but he still listens quietly.

"The sage appointed Yang Zhen as the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu, the servant of the door, and the envoy of salt and iron; Ren Pei Kuan is also the secretary of the household department, the Hebei interview envoy, and the degree branch; Ren Zhangqiu and Qiong are the secretary of the ministry...... You've done it, and today Yang Chen's family is full of flames. ”

"The student is just threading the needle in it, and I can't say how powerful Uncle Guo is, it's just that someone can contain the brother slave."

"The old man has no objection to you. Just a reminder, to suddenly get a high position, you must have the same talent and character. ”

"The teacher's words are kind, and the students will remember them, and they will also use them to persuade Uncle Guo."

Yan Zhenqing nodded and said, "This post, refuse it for the old man." ”

"Okay." Xue Bai asked, "Is the teacher about to be promoted?" ”

"Shaft." Yan Zhenqing didn't expect him to have such a keen intuition, shook his head, and said, "There is still some time." ”

~~

Although he didn't know why Yan Zhenqing's promotion would have to wait for some time, he didn't delay the friend official that Xue Bai gave him.

Qujiang, Yang Chen's house.

The carriage slowly drove into the house, and Du Youlin took the five sons of Chunfu out of the curtain.

Pei Kuan had just arrived, and was being helped by Pei Zhen to get out of the car, and when he saw Xue Bai, a smile appeared on his face.

After greeting each other, they told Pei Zhen several times, "Now that no one in Chang'an City knows the name of Xue Lang, you should ask him for advice." ”

Yang Yan personally rushed to the front yard to pick him up, laughing and inviting everyone into the hall.

There are a lot of people who want to cling to him now, but the people who can really be trusted are these few people.

Everyone entered the mansion, and Xue Bai spoke directly.

"Uncle Guo, you and I don't have to hide between each other. Hebei Yanyan is the first to see the Jiechi, Puzhou is the key, I want Yuan Jie to be the county lieutenant of Xie County, Huangfu Ran to be the county lieutenant of Yuxiang, and Du Fu to be the secretary of Puzhou Salt and Iron Envoy. ”

Yang Yan actually didn't understand these mundane affairs, and turned his head to look at Pei Kuan.

Pei Kuan groaned, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"The official department is still the secretary of the book, and the hatred and the qiong are our people." Yang Yan said: "I'll talk to him." ”

Pei Kuan said: "You go to the ministry to select, and after passing the exam, you will be treated as an official." ”

Yuan Jie, Du Fu, and Huangfu Ran glanced at each other, but they didn't expect that the official position that others had been elected for many years could be obtained so easily, and they hurriedly thanked them.

Yang Yun stroked his beard and smiled, praising them a few words, thinking that these talents were his team to worship in the future.

But in fact, he still doesn't quite understand what to do with the salt.

Most of the time, Pei Zhen and Xue Bai were discussing, and the meaning was simple, setting up salt officials in various salt-producing areas in Hebei, buying salt from salt households, and then selling it to merchants.

The Pei family knew these things very well, which made Yang Qian suddenly gain a lot of confidence.

After a long time, I finally finished talking about these chores, and then talked about how to fight for power in the next step.

"If you want to let your brother and slave be dismissed, you must let the saint know that our rulership is far better than that of your brother, and the old man expects that the brother slave will embezzle taxes......

Pei Kuan's meaning is very simple, since it is to see who can make the saint more satisfied, only relying on honest tax collection is not comparable to Li Linfu, and it is right to make Li Linfu stumbling.

Yang Zhen understood as soon as he heard it, and said, "Cha Gannu! Goshidai has my people. ”

"If you want to check the god, you should check the king."

At this point, Pei Kuan looked at Du Youlin and said, "The old man wants to plan for you, and first reinstate the official as a member of the household department, and then ask for a grade, can you?" ”

"Thank you, Gong Pei."

Pei Kuanlang smiled, patted Du Youlin's shoulder, and sighed: "It's a pity that you and I haven't become in-laws, and the old man is old and can't take care of the little girl......"

Originally, it was just the Lu family pulling the strings, so that the children of the two families looked at each other, Du Youlin already felt that Gao Pan was up, and he didn't care about it.

Du Wulang was even more happy, and couldn't help but look at Xue Bai, as if he had something to say.

Pei Kuan rejected the Du family lightly, his eyes fell on Xue Bai intentionally or unintentionally, and his tone became more and more cordial.

"I heard that your grandfather went out to hide from debts? Is there anything the old man can do to help? ”

Xue Bai said: "I don't know where I went, I searched for many days, but I couldn't find it." ”

"The old man will ask someone to help you find it, so that your father and son can be reunited as soon as possible."

"Then thank you Pei Gong."

Yang Yun saw Pei Kuan's mind at a glance, and secretly said that his sister's friendliness was good, but could he be Pei Kuan's grandson-in-law?

Although Xue Bai has not yet entered the ranks, his talent in the eyes of everyone is already good.

Now that there is a backer, the future is clearly visible.

~~

On the way back, turning into Suzaku Street, Xue Bai got out of the car and rode a horse, and Du Wulang had to go to his house as a guest.

The two walked side by side, chatting casually, quite relaxed.

"When Pei Gong talks about marriage today, I think of one thing."

"Huh?"

"My uncle's sister, but I want to marry you, so I made a lot of trouble at home and smashed a lot of things."

"She's going to smash things?"

"Hey." Du Wulang said: "I also want to marry my sister to you...... What about you? ”

The last two words were very quiet, as if he had swallowed it himself.

And there happened to be a large group of people entering Suzaku Street, people neighed on their horses, Xue Bai turned his head to look, and did not hear Du Wulang's voice like a mosquito.

"Have you returned to Beijing to report on your work?"

"What?"

Xue Bai looked at each other and muttered, "General Longyou? ”

"Hey, you're nosy." Du Wulang hurriedly pulled the reins of him, "I have instructed you, don't make trouble again, let us prepare for the exam with peace of mind and become a jinshi next year." ”

Xue Bai had already understood who was returning to Beijing, so he pulled the horse with him and turned back to Changshoufang.

Liu Xiangjun was sitting in the front yard embroidering with several daughters, and when he looked up and saw them coming back, he hurriedly greeted them with concern. Xue Bai still responded with a smile, with some rustiness in his politeness, but Du Wulang was very enthusiastic, helped her sit down, and chatted with her.

"Aunt's peace of mind is that Xue Bai and I are now in the eyes of the saint, who can easily touch us?"

"That's good, every time I hear that you are in prison, my old body is always worried in my heart."

Du Wulang was patiently relieved.

Occasionally, Xue Sanniang sat on the side and embroidered demurely, embroidering a picture of a cat, and he guessed whether it was because he took her to Du's house to see the cat.

This kind of little thinking about each other scratches him all the time...... Da Xi Yingying is really too exciting for him.

"Today, I went with Xue Bai to see Pei Gong." Du Goro slurred, "Oh. There is one more thing, the little lady of the Pei family didn't take a fancy to me. ”

"That's a shame."

"It's a pity that I didn't let her like it with a hard time."

Speaking of this, it really made Xue Sanniang laugh.

Du Wulang was about to say something more, Liu Xiangjun had already looked up at the door, but when he turned his head, he was startled.

"Shame...... How did the girl come? ”

~~

The west backyard of Xue's house is a single family and quite quiet.

Qinglan is very good at housekeeping, not only cleaning up the courtyard very refreshingly, but every time Xue Bai comes, she will change his clothes very diligently.

"Lang Jun seems to have grown taller again."

The girl tiptoed and compared, just in time to meet Xue Bai's eyes, and was shy.

What is there to be ashamed of afterwards? We've all been in the tank together.

"Uncle Du is going to be reinstated, and there will be a family banquet then. We went to the banquet together, stayed at Du's house for one night, and went to the Qing the next day. ”

"Really?" Qinglan's eyes lit up, "Then I'll prepare a gift?" ”

"Okay."

Xue Bai's expenses are all in her charge, which can be said to be the duty of the maid, but also the housekeeping of the housemother, she has always been very dedicated.

"I've thought of a way, maybe I can make you make a great contribution and get rid of the cheap and good, and I need your cooperation."

"What?" Qing Lan was stunned for a moment.

It's been more than ten years, and she hasn't thought about getting rid of her cheapness for a long time, but she is a little flustered.

"But, but now many people are running away and selling themselves, and slaves and maids don't have to be good."

"That's Ding Nan's tax evasion, you're different. Who likes to be a lowly, and even their children and grandchildren will be lowly in the future. ”

"But I'm afraid, I'm involved in a big case, and if my identity is passed out, it will cause trouble for Lang Jun."

"Don't be afraid, you have to face it."

Qinglan's face turned red, getting redder and redder, lowered her eyes, and whispered: "Lang Jun, do you want Qinglan to be a concubine?" ”

"When you are good, you can have your own ......"

"Lang Jun." Qinglan raised her head, her eyes bright, "Can you, kiss ......?"

"Bang!"

Someone kicked the door open, and the two turned their heads to look, only to see that it was Kyauknu standing by the door, and the Xue family was chasing after them.

"Good thief, hide in the house and play with the maid during the day."

"What does it have to do with you?" Qinglan was shy in front of Xue Bai, but she was not afraid of the slave, and crossed her waist and said, "I am Langjun's maidservant, who are you?" Why come to our house and meddle in our business? ”

The young slave swept his eyes and saw that this Qinglan's face was flushed, much whiter and tenderer, and she was dressed in brocade and a silver bracelet in her hand...... I can't help but be annoyed.

She lived a light life like water in the Taoist temple, but the maid of a small family lived as a little lady?

"Wild maid, be arrogant again, tear your mouth apart." Kyaunu snorted and said, "And you, Seventeen Niang let me tell you that Qixuan Zhenren has returned." ”

Qing Lan immediately stopped and hid behind Xue Bai, not knowing the same as the Kyauknu.

Xue Bai said: "I don't know if Qixuan is ...... real person."

"I don't know."

The slave was very arrogant, clasped his arms in his hands, looked up, turned his head and left.

Walking away two steps, she was still angry, turned around and pointed, and scolded: "Thief, the loss of seventeen mothers deliberately ran home to intercede for you, and was ridiculed, you are good, you didn't say thank you for a few days, and hid at home to play with the maid." ”

……

Du Wulang watched from the sidelines, quite shocked, and then realized.

"No wonder Xue Bai said that men should be self-respecting, otherwise they will cause such and such trouble."

~~

Next.

In the alley in the southwest corner of Fuxing Fang, the young man led the horse, looked at the Yuzhen Temple in front of him, and saw that the side door was opened.

A middle-aged man with a handsome spirit and a clear temperament led the horse.

"Mr. Maha?"

"Xue Bai?"

The two who met by chance glanced at each other, Wang Wei raised his hand and asked, "Drink together?" ”

"It's as good as it gets."

Walking through the alley, neither of them spoke, until they sat down in the private room of the restaurant, Wang Weifang said: "Recently, I have heard a lot about you. ”

"Let Mr. Maha laugh."

"Wu Kangcheng is dead."

Xue Bai was silent.

He promised Wu Kangcheng that he would save him from prison...... At that time, he planned to frame Ji Wen, and Xue Bai and Li Linfu said that they would buy Wu Kangcheng and use him as eyeliner. But what I didn't expect was that it was Donggong who went to kill it.

Longyou is a dead soldier, and the four towns are the envoys, this is what the East Palace cares about the most.

"Xiao Guan is waiting to ride, and he is all protected by Yan Ran." Wang Wei muttered: "Duhu is long gone, and the waiting rider is gone." ”

"The details of this ......"

"I don't blame you." Wang Wei waved his hand, "With you and without you, there will always be dead people in the court." Drink together today, I still want to persuade you. ”

"Listen up."

Wang Wei was about to speak, but he thought of his own appearance, how could he persuade others not to cling to power.

Looking at each other, Xue Bai already understood what Wang Wei meant.

He picked up his wine glass and toasted Wang Wei.

"I understand what Mr. Maha means. But we are different, Mr. was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, the family is prominent, the talent is outstanding, and the talent is unparalleled. If Mr. wants to set up a career, he can choose the shade, recommendation, and imperial examination, and the reason why he is competing for the champion is because this talent should be the champion. From the very beginning, you have reached heights that countless people in the world cannot reach in a lifetime. ”

Wang Wei smiled bitterly and drank all the wine in the cup.

Xue Bai said: "I'm different, I escaped from death several times, clinging to the powerful, rolling in the quagmire, and doing dirty things that my husband can't see, just to get the opportunity you were born with." ”

"Taught." Wang Weidao, "I always know that my life is too smooth. ”

He knew that Xue Bai was not arguing, but encouraging him, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly again and shake his head, drinking.

The two had a tacit understanding and would not talk about these anymore.

Anyway, they're all here to find the female crown today.

"Sir, the official is in charge of the treasury." Xue Bai asked, "But the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War?" Managing an arsenal? ”

"Jilu official, no real power. You don't have to count it on my head. ”

"Sir doesn't want to be motivated?"

Wang Wei was surprised when he heard this, and then his expression became more and more quiet and indifferent, and even the melancholy of Fang Cai dissipated, and he asked rhetorically: "Do you know what others call me?" ”

Xue Bai paused slightly, and responded: "Poetry Buddha? ”

He knew that it was ridiculous today, and he usually took others to seek advancement, but he actually lobbied in front of the poet and Buddha......

(End of chapter)