Chapter 3: The Rise of the Wind and Clouds, the Road to Immortals Section 226: Picking up guests
"Brother Chengjie, just now my uncle asked you to say something, it took such a long time. Wang Lianmin saw Geng Fengxian walking over with Li Chengjie, he took two steps forward and asked.
Mu Youzhi, Xu Yu and Chen Yun also stood here and looked at Li Chengjie with some curiosity. And he was even pulled over by Geng Fengxian. Although Li Chengjie himself couldn't see Geng Fengxian's expression, everyone could see it clearly!
Most of them speculated in their hearts that Geng Zhi's call for Li Chengjie to speak was false, and it was true to take the opportunity to create an opportunity to let his second daughter Geng Fengxian and Li Chengjie be alone! After all, there are young talents all over Kyoto, except for Wang Lianmin, this Li Chengjie is the "most fragrant and fragrant" fragrant bait! Almost all the high-ranking officials in Kyoto know that whoever can get a little close to Li Chengjie and get a little bit of a reason is the blessing of the ancestors!
Mu Youzhi looked at Li Chengjie's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, she also walked up and said, "Senior brother, where did you go for recreation just now, and you didn't even bring my junior brother with you!" Then he pulled Geng Fengxian over as he spoke.
When Geng Fengxian let go of Li Chengjie's hand, she saluted several adults in the hall, and Mu Youzhi also said with a smile, "This girl is so beautiful, it seems that the outside world is true, and the three daughters of the Geng family are all superb!"
"Youzhi, this is Uncle Geng's second daughter, Geng Fengxian!" Wang Lianmin also stood up and introduced at this time.
"Well, Youzhi, the master came just now!" Li Chengjie looked at Mu Youzhi's current appearance, others don't know, can he still not know? This is obviously Mu Youzhi jealous. He hurriedly walked to Mu Youzhi's side and whispered.
"Oh, Master Ling is here, Brother Xian is willing to introduce Brother Ling, I haven't had the opportunity to see Master Master Ling in the house several times, Brother Fool is very sorry in his heart!" Chen Yun also heard Li Chengjie's words and walked over a little excitedly.
"Yes, Brother Chengjie, I also want to visit Lingshi. When Wang Lianmin heard Li Chengjie's words, he also came over to join in the fun.
To say that the fame of Yuan Zixin in Kyoto is all caused by the results of Mu Youzhi and Li Chengjie's examination, and now Li Chengjie has been given the title of "Qilinzi" by His Majesty, and most of everyone has heard of it, when Meng Lang's father-in-law passed the decree that day, he specially explained, "The lord of Yuanfu will not come to receive the decree, even if you want to watch the ceremony, you can avoid kneeling..."
"Meng Lang, the chief manager of the palace, went to deliver the decree, which is not ordinary. After entering the house, it is just a matter of proclamation not to kneel. But listening to the meaning of Meng Lang's words, it is okay for the master of Yuanfu to come or not to receive the order, and it is even more casual whether to kneel or not... But even so, the old man of the Yuan Mansion still did not go to the front of the house to receive the order... Such an honor, such an imperial grace, this old man seems to be completely unconcerned... It also pushed the speculation of the people in Kyoto about the rebirth of the fate to an unprecedented height..."
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's really unfortunate that the family teacher is here to treat Geng Furong, the third daughter of Geng Lao. The master didn't like the hustle and bustle, and he had already left. If I have the opportunity next time, I will recommend you!" Li Chengjie said. In a few words, this time will be revealed.
Geng Fengxian looked at Mu Youzhi, Xu Yu and Li Chengjie, the three sons, her eyes flowed, as if she was vaguely comparing who was her good match, and her eyes were rolling. However, it seems that in addition to "Li Chengjie's talent name" is the largest, and "Mu Youzhi grows the most beautiful", only the "promise to be both beautiful" is just not as tall as a unicorn, and the beauty is not as good as Mu Youzhi...
It can be said that the three of them have their own strengths, and she is difficult to decide for a while. So Geng Fengxian turned his head to look at Wang Lianmin and said, "Prince Wang, this sister's peach and plum banquet is about to begin." Are you going to prepare?"
"Oh, oh, good, good, sister, don't worry, just leave everything to the mercy people!" Wang Lianmin naturally heard the meaning of Geng Fengxian's words. This "prepare to prepare" is to ask him to prepare to pick up customers!
"Brother Chengjie, Gongzi Xu, there are still branches, there are few men in Geng's mansion, and today Uncle Geng's banquet is all high-ranking officials in the court, can you
For the sake of the banquet just now, accompany the people to the front of the mansion to greet the guests!" Wang said with a smile.
Geng Fengxian also nodded. That's what she just said. As a daughter, it is not very convenient for her to show her face, especially when it comes to "ushering in" to pick up customers, she is even more inconvenient.
"Anyway, the mercy of the people will be regarded as a member of their Geng Mansion in the future, and it is understandable to take up the post in advance at this time, after all, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty know that the marriage between Wang Lianmin and Geng Yulan can be said to be a certainty!"
Li Chengjie, Mu Youzhi and Xu Promise, the three of them looked at each other for a while, and they all nodded, they are all newcomers who have just entered the career, and at this time, take this opportunity to observe and understand the ministers of the court, which is also somewhat helpful to their careers. And for this "person who is about to get married", this face cannot be refuted.
Wang Lianmin looked at the three of them and nodded in response, turned around and walked towards Chen Yun.
"Pity the people, I won't join in your fun. Chen Yun seemed to be able to understand Wang Lianmin's intentions, he thought that it was not easy to refuse, so he would simply say something in front, so that Wang Lianmin could "know the difficulty and retreat"!
"Master Chen! We are all newcomers to the DPRK and China, and it is inevitable that we will not be able to recognize all the ministers of the DPRK and the DPRK! If we do not count the etiquette there, it is inevitable that the adults will blame us! Please take care of us newcomers and remind us from the side. Don't ask for merit but ask for no fault, after all, I'll be right in the future... If something goes wrong with today's peach and plum banquet and loses any decency, it is inevitable that Uncle Geng will only blame him in the future!" Wang Lianmin said with a sincere expression.
"Okay, okay!" Chen Yun looked at Li Chengjie and the others also nodded. It's kind of a hard response. "He is a dignified waiter of the Criminal Department, a member of the second rank, and a strong competitor for the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, who came to participate in the peach and plum banquet of the daughter of the Shangshu Geng of the Ministry of Justice, and was even pulled to work as a coolie... This can be regarded as selling a huge favor to the Geng family!"
"Eh, then thank you Lord Chen!" Wang Lianmin looked at Chen Yunying, and suddenly smiled. With his "help", the welcome lineup of Geng Yulan's peach and plum banquet can be described as "unprecedentedly strong", not to mention the rookies of the imperial court, even if Chen Yun stops there, she will "have more face"!
Wang Lianmin saw that everyone agreed, and was already thinking about how to go to his "future lady" Geng Yulan to ask for merit and reward!
"That Fengxian is here for my father and sister, thank you in advance!" Seeing this, Geng Fengxian also bowed down and said very politely.
"Please!" Wang Lian gestured, and led everyone towards the gate of Geng's mansion.
This road can be seen everywhere, and everywhere in this Geng Mansion is "full of lights"!
A group of five people came to the gate of Geng's mansion and saw that the servants of Geng's mansion had already set up a posture at the door, and there were already guests coming over one after another.
After Chen Yun's introduction, many second-grade and third-grade officials from the six departments had already given congratulatory gifts and were respectfully invited in by the people of Geng's mansion. There were also a few officials from the Criminal Department, who saw Chen Yun also standing outside the gate of the mansion, and went over to say hello very respectfully, which could be regarded as politely chatting with Wang Lianmin and Li Chengjie about the three upstarts.
Chen Yun saw a fat middle-aged man walking in the distance, he came to Li Chengjie and Wang Lianmin's side and said, this is "Liu Tianzhang and Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, who are considered to be the cronies of Lord Geng, and the officials behind him are also officials of the Ministry of Officials." ”
Li Chengjie and Wang Lianmin both nodded.
Wang Lianmin saw that Liu Tianzhang came closer, and he greeted him with a smile, "Lord Liu, look up for a long time!"
"Are you?" Liu Tianzhang asked suspiciously, looking at Wang Lianmin. He was not usually very sociable, and among the officials of the six departments of the imperial court, that is, the officials of the Ministry of Officials, he was a little more familiar, and now when he saw someone coming, he looked at the colleagues around him and shook their heads at him, so he asked.
"Late
Senior, Wang Lianmin, I am here to greet Lord Liu!" Wang Lianmin looked at this chubby Liu Tianzhang, called himself a "junior", and said humbly and politely.
"Oh, it turned out to be Jinke's Tanhualang, so you don't have to be so polite. Just call me Uncle Liu, we will all be a family in the future. Liu Tianzhang looked at Wang Lianmin, with his relationship with Geng Zhi, he naturally knew how much Geng Zhi admired Wang Lianmin, and he knew that how much he appreciated it now, there would be this truth of "relying on more" in the future. He didn't put on the posture of a servant of the ministry, patted Wang Lianmin's shoulder very kindly, and said kindly.
With a chubby face and greasy figure, Liu Tianzhang is now very approachable.
Wang Lianmin also called "Uncle Liu" without any emotion, and then bowed to the officials around him, and then invited them into the mansion.
Liu Tianzhang and all the officials of the Ministry of Officials greeted Wang Lianmin, and then walked to the side in turn to leave congratulatory gifts.
Liu Tianzhang presented a "glazed coral" very magnificently! The workmanship is so fine and the glaze is so precious that when Li Chengjie saw the "glazed coral", he smashed his mouth. Mu Youzhi was also attracted by the "glazed coral". It can be seen how much this glass loves their girls' hearts.
Other officials also offered gifts such as "crystal, agate, jasper", Li Chengjie looked at the gifts of these officials, any one of them should be worth a year's worth of money...
"I don't know if they're really willing to give gifts, or if their income is much more than their income..."
"Yo, this is a unicorn, the newly sealed Dali Temple Secretary Li Chengjie, Lord Li?" Liu Tianzhang finished his salute and was about to enter the mansion when he saw Li Chengjie also standing at the door, he shook the fat all over his body, and walked towards Li Chengjie.
"Lord Liu, do you remember me? But this Lord Li, the younger generation will never dare to be it! Don't talk nonsense, it's not good, tomorrow the Yushitai will join me, regardless of the elder and the young!" Li Chengjie looked at this chubby Liu Tianzhang, and he really "had a sense of joy". And Chen Yun also specially introduced them just now, indicating that this person may be able to make friends. Li Chengjie is also "self-cooked" joking.
"It's really a young talent, when I was in the court, I haven't had the opportunity to say a word or two because of my identity, it's good now, if I have a chance later, I want to have a few drinks with you!" Liu Tianzhang looked at Li Chengjie's appearance, and didn't tease him anymore, and also patted Li Chengjie's shoulder gently.
Obviously, he has the same attitude towards Wang Lianmin and Li Chengjie, but he wants to get closer to Wang Lianmin, so that Wang Lianmin can call him "Uncle Liu", and if he wants to get closer to Li Chengjie, he would never dare to say such things.
But if people are not happy, Liu Tianzhang is not willing to find himself bored. People who have been talented since ancient times are even more arrogant!" For a "unicorn" like Li Chengjie with an unlimited future, these old fritters in the officialdom can only be held respectfully, and they don't know when they will become their bosses...
Li Chengjie looked at Liu Tianzhang's departing figure, and he also smiled, he can now roughly know what kind of "status" he is now among the many officials in the imperial court.
After all, a person can only better "deal with the enemy" if he understands himself first.
If you think too highly of yourself, you will inevitably underestimate the enemy, and there will be no day to turn over "capsized in the gutter".
And if you are too humble and position yourself too low, although you have the advantage of "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger", but in the officialdom, if you "pretend to be a pig", you will not be able to walk in front of the "tiger" at all, let alone fight with him, and then "eat him in one bite"!
In some cases, status is their invisible bargaining chip! Perhaps in things, their advantage is split in half, five or five points. But with the addition of their respective identities, the scales are extremely easy to tilt!