Chapter 9, no intention to be an official
Xu Ke followed the prestige, the person who came was short in hands and feet, less than four feet tall, and there was nothing desirable on his body, only a pair of snow-white long hair hung straight down to the ground. He hurriedly stood up, hugged his fist at Shuxian with a smile and said, "Brother Shuxian, what's the matter with looking for me in such a hurry?"
"Of course there is something! Right now, your Xu Mansion is already crowded with people, if you don't go back to your house, be careful that the tiles in your 'Honghu Residence' will be overturned!" Shu Haotian walked up to the second floor, strode towards Xu Ke with short legs, and shouted angrily. Behind him was the shopkeeper who had welcomed Xu Ke and Yiqing into the second floor earlier. Thinking about it, Shu Hetian was able to enter the second floor, and he also used his Tsing Yi Wei wooden card hanging from his waist.
However, when Shu Haotian suddenly saw that it was Yiqing from the Emei faction who was sitting opposite Xu Ke, he couldn't help but change his complexion, and his five-short body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"It turns out that Daoist Yiqing is also here! The old man took the liberty to disturb, and he really didn't want to go......" Shu hated the world and subconsciously arched his hand towards Yiqing, and said with a smile.
Yiqing just said "um" lightly and did not return the courtesy. She said to Xu Ke: "Sick wood, since you have something at home, go back quickly! Next time, I'll invite you again, the place, just go to the 'Deyue Tower', I heard that the chefs there, the skills have caught up with the imperial chefs in the palace, but...... You can pay for the silver for the treat!"
"Okay, okay! There is something in Xu's house today, so I have to take the first step, and another day in the Moon Building, I will definitely invite the girl to have a drink, and I will not return if I am not drunk!" Xu Ke saw Shu Haotian and signaled with his eyes, knowing that there must be an important guest in Xu's house. He had no choice but to say goodbye to Yiqing, and then followed Shu Haotian downstairs in a hurry, settled the wine account, and the two left the Star Picking Building, and went straight to Liquanfang.
It wasn't until the two of them left the Star Picking Tower and walked out of the distance that Shu Hattian sighed, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and said: "I'm dripping into the sky! I actually bumped into this 'female devil' again today!
Xu Ke saw Shu Hattian's pale face, and couldn't help laughing:
"I said Brother Shuxian, Yiqing is just a girl, in your eyes, how could she become a 'female devil'? She won't eat you, why are you scared like this when you see her?!"
"Ahem, you don't know...... Shu hattian sighed again: "In my life, I am most afraid of two women." Before, there was only Mao Jiaojiao who scared me, but now, there is another 'female devil' there!" After saying that, Shu Hattian pointed in the direction of the Star Picking Tower again, and his face was still with a worried look. It seems that in front of the window on the second floor of that restaurant, a woman in white will fly at any time, perform unparalleled swordsmanship, shock him to his original form, and then trap him in a wire cage......
Seeing that Shu Haotian was so timid, Xu Ke didn't want to mention Yiqing's matter again, so he diverted the topic and asked immediately:
"Brother, you said that there are many people in my family, who are they? What are they doing in my house?
"Speaking of the guests in your house, that's really not a small one!Moreover, this person is still one of your 'old friends'!" Hearing Xu Ke talk about the "distinguished guest" at home, Shu Haotian was interested again, and he said to Xu Ke with a smile. Looking at the expression on his face, he instantly returned to a hippie smiling face and cynical appearance. It seems that as long as Yiqing and Mao Jiaojiao are not mentioned, then Shu Hattian will become a white-haired and respected "old fairy".
"Who is one of my 'old friends'?" Xu Ke asked rhetorically. He thought to himself, could it be said that the Queen Mother of Sang Kingdom has come to my house, no, at this time, Yoshida Ryoko has not yet become the Queen Mother of Sang Kingdom! Moreover, it is absolutely impossible for Yoshiko to come to my house suddenly, and she has lost all her memories of my past?......
Xu Ke's face flushed slightly, just because he heard Shu Haotian's words of "good old man", he thought of Yoshida Ryoko in the east of the sea. Although this thought came naturally, when Xu Kegang thought about it, he couldn't help but feel ashamed and uneasy.
How could Shu Haotian guess what Xu Ke was thinking at this time, he smiled as he walked: "Brother who is not sick, this 'good old friend' of yours has a really good temper! This person has been waiting for you for a long time and has not seen you return to the house, and he is already furious, saying that he will not give up until you return to the house to see him......! In my old man's opinion, this person is really interesting to you......"
"Brother Shuxian, who came to my house?" Xu Ke asked again. He saw Shu Hattian's indifferent appearance, and knew that that person must not be a dangerous person, and the female dependents of the family did not need him to worry. However, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious about Shu Hattian's repeated actions to whet his appetite.
"Who is this person, won't you know when you go home?" Until this moment, Shu Haotian was still slowly stroking the long hair under his chin, deliberately selling Guanzi and not talking about it.
Xu Ke glanced at Shu Haotian, then didn't ask any more questions, he stepped up his feet, and walked quickly in the direction of Liquanfang.
When he was about to arrive at the door of Liquanfang's house, Xu Ke suddenly asked again: "Brother Shuxian, how did you know that I was drinking in the Star Picking Tower today? Could it be that you have really traveled half of Chang'an?"
"Don't you have a brain when I am a scholar and an old brother? In order to find you, I really went to search for the entire Chang'an City?!It's my old sister, with a sniff, I know that you are near Taipingfang, and my old man will pinch his fingers again, according to your love of drinking wine, if you don't go to the Star Picking Tower, where else can you go?" Shu Hatian smiled.
Xu Ke said curiously: "Oh, I see, I didn't expect Sister Hu to have this kind ......of ability, as soon as I smell my nose, I know where I Xu Ke is!"
"How...... While I'm not here, are you talking bad about my sister again?" A soft and tactful laugh came, and Hu Yiyina's figure had already walked out of the two stone lions in front of the Xu Mansion.
"Sister Hu, who is coming to my house? Look at the old brother of the book fairy who is in such a hurry!" Xu Ke hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile at Hu Yiyi.
"It's not an 'ordinary person' who came, you will know it when you see it!" Hu Yiyi replied with a smile.
Xu Ke followed Hu Yiyixin into the gate, walked through the front yard of his house, and as soon as he arrived in the front hall, he saw a fat figure in a purple robe, who got up from his seat in the front hall and strode towards him.
"Oh, little brother of the Xu family, our family has been waiting for a long time, but we can be regarded as waiting for you!"
As soon as Xu Ke heard this soft voice, he couldn't help frowning at the moment, and when he looked up, he saw that the person who came was none other than Gao Liangshi, the chief administrator of the inner court in the Daqian Palace.
"It turned out to be Manager Gao, and the Manager was anxious to see Xu, is there anything important?" Xu Ke slightly arched his hand towards Gao Liangshi and asked.
"Oh, hey, my little brother of the Xu family, I haven't seen our family for a few days, so it's so different from the miscellaneous family?"
Gao Liangshi walked up to Xu Ke, holding Xu Ke's arm intimately, his eyes were full of charming smiles like a spring breeze, his waist swayed slightly, and the lotus step moved lightly, while pulling Xu Ke slowly into the front hall, and said in his extremely soft voice:
"The miscellaneous family came to you, and there is something important to come! However, even if there is no important matter, the miscellaneous family comes to see you, isn't it?"
"This ...... cough cough ...... "Xu Ke was held by Gao Liangshi like this, and he couldn't help but move forward, and his heart was really a little twisted. He had the heart to push, but he really couldn't bear to refuse the other party's "enthusiasm", so he had to cough a few times to hide the embarrassment in his heart.
Gao Liangshi completely ignored Xu Ke's embarrassment, he not only carried Xu Ke's arm "affectionately" along the way, but also looked at Xu Ke from time to time with "charming eyes like silk......
"Hey, little brother of the Xu family, don't be embarrassed, this time, it's not the miscellaneous family who wants to come to you, it's the emperor and his old man who have something to appoint to you......" Gao Liangshi still said softly.
"Your Majesty, ......?" Xu Ke said with some doubts.
When the two of them had just walked into the front hall, facing the many eunuch entourages standing in the hall, Gao Liangshi suddenly let go of Xu Ke's hand, changed his grim expression, and preached loudly:
"There is a decree in the saint, Xu Ke listens to the announcement!"
Hearing that the emperor had issued a holy decree, Xu Ke hurriedly knelt on his knees and kowtowed to listen to the announcement.
"Tsing Yi Wei Baihu Xu Ke, sensitive and Shuda, gentle and elegant, although there is a rash and straightforward move, but can abide by the royal road, abide by the unity of benevolence and righteousness, its goodness is also great!
Xu Ke was specially promoted to inspect thousands of households for the Tsing Yi Guard, and his rank was from the four grades!
"Minister Xu Ke received the decree, thank you Your Majesty Longen! Long live, long live, long live!" Xu Ke immediately bowed down to receive the decree and thanked him loudly.
In front of everyone in the hall, Gao Liangshi read the holy decree aloud. As soon as he finished reading it, he changed his intimate face again, and hurriedly and enthusiastically pulled up Xu Ke on the ground, squinted his eyes, and said with a smile:
"Little brother of the Xu family, from today onwards, the miscellaneous family will have to call you Xu Qianhu! Lord Qianhu is really a good talent! At a young age, he was appreciated by the emperor, and he was just in his early twenties, and he became a thousand households of my Daqian Qingyi Guard. This is the first time in my 300 years of work!"
Xu Ke received the holy decree at first, but when he heard that the emperor had suddenly promoted him from a commoner to a high-ranking and powerful Tsing Yi Wei Qianhu, he was also confused for some reason. However, he experienced a series of time and space reincarnations in the God King Pavilion this time, and felt the strong emotional impact of life and death, and he was already indifferent to the fame and fortune in the world, as for whether he could be an official in the future, and what kind of official he would be, it was not a matter of concern to him for a long time.
However, at this moment, in the face of Gao Liangshi's smiling face so diligently, he couldn't ignore it at all. At that moment, he arched his hand towards the chief of the inner court, and he had to deal with a few words casually.
Gao Liangshi then instructed the many eunuchs standing on the side:
"Come on, change Xu Qianhu's clothes!"
The two young eunuchs respectfully brought a new set of official uniforms, Xu Ke looked at the indigo dove pattern on the official uniform, and knew that it was a new set of official uniforms from the fourth grade.
"Mr. Gao, what does this mean?" Xu Ke wondered.
Although he received the order today and won the official, he didn't need to go to court now, and besides, he didn't want to go to Tsing Yi Wei immediately at this time, and he didn't want to wear it in his heart in the face of the brand-new official uniform that countless people envied. He was not sad or happy at this time, thinking that since the emperor wanted me to be a thousand households, then I had the right to try, but why did I need to change into that official uniform on the spot?
"Oh! My lord of a thousand households, you should quickly change into that new official uniform! After changing, you will enter the palace with the miscellaneous family, and the emperor and his old man will see you immediately!"
Hearing that the emperor announced the summons, Xu Ke naturally did not dare to resist the decree, he had to take the new official uniform inside, and before long, he changed into an indigo blue dove pattern from the fourth grade official uniform, and walked out with a calm step.
This Xu Ke's new official has not yet taken office, he just put on a new official uniform, everyone saw it and didn't feel it, only to see Xu Ke walking stride, there was really a sense of brilliance in this front hall, not only Gao Liangshi, Shu Hetian and others, but even Hu Yiyi in the corner was with shining eyes, and he didn't feel secretly expecting it in his heart.
"Hey, Xu Qianhu! As soon as you wear this new official uniform, you are really more handsome than the groom's official!" Gao Liangshi moved lightly, and couldn't help but approach Xu Ke, looking at the look on his face, he couldn't wait to step forward and twist Xu Ke's handsome face with his own hands.
Xu Ke hurriedly took a step back and arched his hand: "Manager Gao, the emperor is anxious to see me, let's enter the palace!"
"Okay, good!" Gao Liangshi also found out about his gaffe, so he had to stop, and then ordered the little eunuch beside him: "Come, present the sword given by the Holy Emperor to Lord Qianhu!"
Xu Ke bowed down and took the Kunwu sword that he had been thinking about, and after looking left and right, he hid it in his arms with great joy. At that moment, he followed Gao Liangshi to the front yard of the Xu Mansion, and the entourage of eunuchs who accompanied him also came out, and followed the two of them out cautiously.
When Xu Ke was about to step out of the gate of the Xu Mansion, he suddenly turned around and glared fiercely at Shu Haotian, who was watching him go out.
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Xu Ke said in his heart: "Brother Shuxian, Brother Shuxian, it turns out that the 'old man' you said is actually an old eunuch in the palace......!