Chapter 44: One Day at the Receiving Pavilion
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Bai Du said that although he was not a prison court, he should not be slackened either, but Zhang Jian Yuan was not there, and it was not easy for him to enter the city and settle down on his own, so he was also waiting in the official pavilion.
Song Zhiyuan and Kong County Ling accompanied, served refreshments, and talked with Bai Du about Qingmiao Qian. Zhao Ran in the queue was summoned over again, and Bai Duyan cordially said a few words of gossip to him, and the words of praise were no different from that Chen Tongzhi. However, Zhao Ran really mixed a few cups of tea to quench his thirst, and stuffed a few pieces of dim sum to fill his stomach by the way, which made the rest of the deacons in the queue envious.
The waiter waited until the sun set in the west, and the messengers sent by Guyang County to inquire about the news ten miles away went back and forth several times, but they all said that they did not see the car of Zhang Prison. Song Zhiyuan couldn't help but ask Bai Dujiao what was going on, Bai Dujiao shook his head and showed that he didn't know, only said that when he first entered Guyang County, a little Taoist priest stopped the car halfway and handed a letter to Zhang Jianyuan, claiming to be from Ziyang Yuan, Xinning County, Kuizhou. After reading the letter, Zhang Jian Yuan parted ways with everyone, saying that he was going to see an old man and would come later.
So everyone had to continue to wait patiently, but until the top of the moon, there was no trace of Zhang Prison's car.
When Zhang Jian Yuan left, in addition to the pyrotechnic monks who drove the car, there was also Pan Zhixiang, the owner of the Fang Tang of Xizhenwu Palace, who led four patrol guards, and it stands to reason that if Zhang Jian Yuan was too late to arrive at the county seat tonight, he should also send someone to send a message, and he didn't know what was involved. There was not even a single one who came back to report the news.
Everyone in the official pavilion was full of doubts, but Bai Dushu was present, and no one was good at talking about it, but some people couldn't help but slander themselves, feeling that the prison shelf was too big.
It's not a way to do this and wait, so Bai Du is in charge. Let everyone go back first, leaving only two deacons of Wuji Temple to continue to wait here, and the others all entered the city to rest for a while. Bai Du said that Zhao Ran and Zhao Zhixing were left by name, and Zhao Ran needless to say, he was the initiator of the reform of Qingmiaoqian, and he was kept for consultation; Zhao Zhixing was a guest of Wuji Academy, and it was his duty to welcome Zhang Jian Yuan.
Zhao Ran left behind the ten henchmen brought out from Fang Tang, led by Guan Er and Lu Jin, and scattered in the direction of the official road. conducted a fan search, and he sat in the pavilion with Zhao Zhixing, enjoying the refreshments left behind.
This was the first time Zhao Ran had been alone with Zhao Zhixing, and he couldn't help but be a little curious, so he tentatively talked to Zhao Zhixing. Since this Zhao Zhixing arrived at Wuji Courtyard, it can be said that the dragon has seen the beginning and not the end, except for the appearance of the Chongdà Zhai Jiao ceremony, many times he does not even participate in the deliberations of the three capitals. I don't know what to do all day long.
Zhao Ran was a department-level cadre in the unit before he crossed over, and he himself had been suspended at the grassroots level before he was promoted. The bottom can also understand Zhao Zhixing's feelings. Because the suspension period is relatively short, if you take over the regular work, you have to sort out the materials and prepare for the handover before you are fully familiar with it, and if you accept heavy tasks (which is quite rare), to be honest, you really can't get started. Therefore, the one with a stronger sense of responsibility usually helps to play the side drum. Those who have the ability may also pull in a few projects with their own connections. However, under normal circumstances, if they take the opportunity to rest and recuperate, they should take a vacation for themselves, neither interfere in the specific affairs of the temporary unit, nor get involved in the power struggle, and return home as soon as the suspension period expires. Hello, I'm hello, everyone, you can't go wrong with the temporary assessment.
Zhao Ran first tentatively asked Zhao Zhixing about his views on the reform of Qingmiaoqian, and Zhao Zhixing praised it, but he couldn't say anything substantive. Zhao Ran asked him about his next plans, and Zhao Zhixing said that he was going to learn more about the experience of the fellow Taoists in handling affairs, see the customs and customs of the county, and prepare to comprehend various Taoist scriptures for the rest of the time.
After asking two questions, Zhao Ran had already roughly judged what kind of person this airborne acquaintance belonged to.
So the two began to talk idlely, from the battle situation of Baima Mountain to the shape of Mingxia, from the Taoist Temple of Sichuan Province to the general view of Lushan. The main purpose of talking about gossip with the "cadres" on temporary posts is to talk as high as possible and drag them into the void, because they may not know much about the practice at the grassroots level, but the twists and turns at the upper level are almost clear, and this way of talking can avoid their unfamiliar and unknown areas, and directly point to the part where they have the most right to speak, which is equivalent to scratching the itch. During the conversation, try to lower your body as much as possible, and your expression and tone should be more "ah?", "oh!", "sigh!", "I see!", leaning on the top, in order to render the admiration of the mountains. When it comes to this level of conversation, congratulations, you'll be able to make a great impression on the other person's mind.
The two talked for more than an hour, and they already "knew everything", Zhao Zhixing sat in the official pavilion, his mouth was like a river, which can be described as "the autumn wind is proud", and he told many gossip about Xuanyuan Temple, Sichuan Political Envoy and even Lushan General Temple, and the imperial cabinet, which fully satisfied Zhao Ran's curiosity and gossip desire. So Zhao Ran knew that Li Yunhe of the Xuanyuan Guan Prison had a habit of cleanliness and rarely sat down after leaving the prison building; Zhao Ran also knew that the abbot of Xuanyuan Guan was a ninety-year-old great virtue, although he had not practiced the Daomen exercises, but he was still strong and healthy, and could eat three bowls of rice at each meal; Zhao Ran also knew that Lord Lin of Zuobu Zheng and Lord Yu of Right Buzheng secretly disagreed, and it was said that it was because Lord Lin's seventh aunt had taken over Lord Yu's business ten years ago when she was the Oiran of Chengdu Mansion......
Of course, how true and how false it is, Zhao Ran can't judge it for the time being, but overall, it still unveils a layer of high-level time and space for him.
When it came to the best of luck, Zhao Zhixing took the initiative to ask Zhao Ran's age, so the two talked about the senior brother in a grand manner, Zhao Zhixing was two years younger than Zhao Ran, so he called him Senior Brother Zhao, and Zhao Ran called him Senior Brother Zhao quite comfortably.
When the two of them were in the air, they heard the sound of horses' hooves on the official road in the distance. Zhao Ran and Zhao Zhixing hurriedly got up, tidied up their clothes, and then went out of the pavilion and waited on the side of the road.
Zhao Ran already had excellent eyesight, but as his mana gradually deepened, he could see farther and farther. Although he was in the dark night in the wilderness at this time, he still saw it clearly at a glance, there were a few horses galloping on the official road, and the immediate riders were Guan Er and several other patrols who were sent out by him to investigate, among which two horses were both one horse and two horses, although the one sitting in the back was covered with his head and face, but it was by no means Zhang Yunzhao.
Guan Er and the others hurriedly came to the front, kicked down, hurried to the receiving pavilion in a few steps, and said to Zhao Ran: "Master Fang, there is news, I don't know if it's true or not." ”
"Oh, what's the matter? I haven't seen Zhang Jian Yuan yet, what news have you found?"
Guan Er shouted at the two unfamiliar faces who rolled off the horse: "This is Lord Zhao Fang of the Fang Hall of the Wuji Courtyard, you two hurry up and say what Shicai said." ”
It turned out that these two people were Zuo brothers, who lived in Songfengling, northwest of the county, and lived by hunting every day. Today, his two brothers went into the mountains behind Songfeng Ridge to search for prey, and when the sun was about to set in the west, they planned to return home, but they happened to see a bald monk blocking the road and robbing the road, and the robbers were several Taoist priests. The two brothers were about to show up to help, but they saw a white light emitting from the top of the monk's head, and in the blink of an eye, several Taoist priests fell to the ground. The two brothers were shocked, guessing that it was probably the Buddhist demon law, so they hid in the forest and did not dare to go out, until the demon monk left, and then rushed over to check what was going on. Seeing that the Taoist priests who fell to the ground were all dead, he hurried out of the mountain, wanting to rush to Wuji Courtyard to report the news, but happened to meet Guan Er and others on the way.
Zhao Ran's heart sank, and he asked, "How many dead Taoist priests are there?"
The elder brother of the Zuo family said: "There are six in total." ”
Zhao Ran suddenly felt ominous, and asked again: "What kind of appearance?"
"All of them have terrible faces, and they can't see their original appearance, but it seems that one of them is a little older, about fifty or sixty, well, maybe seventy or eighty...... The others are younger. Lord Zhao Fang, go and see for yourself, I really can't bear to see it, my brother really doesn't dare to see more!"
Zhao Ran couldn't keep calm at all, so he whistled, called the old donkey, turned over directly on the donkey's back, and asked Guan Er to free up a horse for Zhao Zhixing, and said to the Zuo brothers: "Lead the way in front of the head!" and then shouted at Lu Jin: "Hurry up and enter the city to pass the Song Prison Hospital, please come later, and Senior Brother Zhao and I will go over now!" (To be continued......