Besides, Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan were going to investigate the case of the disappearance of disaster relief grain in Xuyi County, Huaiyin Prefecture two years ago, and Lingyu asked them to inquire along the way, and local officials should pay more attention to whether they have a good relationship with Li Gelao. The two hired a small boat from the wharf of the Tongzhou Canal, took the boat to the south, and walked very leisurely by boat, sometimes sleeping in the boat and closing their eyes to recuperate, sometimes the two sat in the cabin to talk about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, sometimes standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait, and went ashore to inquire about every big port.

At noon on this day, the boat went to the dock of Jining Mansion, Tong Yunfei asked the boatman to dock the boat to stop, and then he and Hao Yan got off the boat and went ashore. Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan got on the dock and asked people about the way to Fucheng and went straight to Jining Mansion and City, both of them were carrying burdens, Hao Yan's short sword was hidden on his body, Tong Yunfei was holding a folding fan like a scholar, he couldn't see that he was a character in the rivers and lakes at all, the two were commensurate with brother and sister, and when someone asked, they said that they were looking for relatives.

Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan came to the city of Jining Mansion, because there were not many pedestrians at noon, he walked on the north and south streets, looking at the shops on both sides and trying to find a better restaurant, and walked to the middle of the street to see a [satisfaction] inn, the store is two floors, like a high-end. When the two of them walked to the door, Xiao Er greeted them and said, "Are the two guest officers staying in the hotel or eating?" Tong Yunfei said: "Eat first, and then we'll talk about staying in the hotel." Saying that, the two walked into the hall to see that there was an empty table in it, and Tong Yunfei said: "Let's get three muddy vegetables first, then three vegetarian dishes, and a pot of good wine, and bring it to that table for us." ’

After Tong Yunfei finished speaking, he pointed to the empty table in the middle, and Xiao Er responded: "Okay, guest officer, you go and sit down first and wait." Then he went to the kitchen. Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan walked to the hollow table and sat down. They all put their burdens on the stools beside them. Tong Yunfei glanced at the hall and saw that there were still a lot of guests, some of them were drinking and guessing the boxing order at the table, some were talking while drinking at the table, and some were talking softly on the table, which looked so lively.

After a while, Xiao Er brought three vegetarian dishes, a pot of wine, and cups and chopsticks, and said while placing the wine, dishes, cups and chopsticks: "Guest officer, you drink first." The back one is good right away. Tong Yunfei said: "Little Er, let's not rush, take our time." Xiao Er said: "Thank you to the guest officer." After saying that, he put it away and left, Tong Yunfei said: "Little sister, do you want to drink some wine." Hao Yan said: "Big brother, I'll drink less." Tong Yunfei picked up the wine jug and poured Hao Yan a glass first, and also poured himself a glass, the two let them take a sip of the wine glass and put down the food, and the two listened to the other drinkers talk while eating and drinking.

On the left table, there were several men in their twenties who were talking, and one of them in a white shirt said, "Brothers. This son tells you a good news, in a few days, Zhou Youcai, the son of the prefect Zhou (Bingkang), and Ding Jinfeng, the daughter of the canal salt transport envoy Ding (Kaiyun), got married. A boy in blue said, "Brother Zheng." We already know what kind of good news you have, and besides, everyone is going to give money to congratulate us. The other sons also said yes, and they were going to break the bill again. The white-clothed Zheng Gongzi said: "Brother Hu, this is wrong, it is an honor for us to have the opportunity to go to the prefect's gate to be a guest, and we can also get an official and a half-job if we have the opportunity." ’

The blue-clothed Hu Gongzi said: "If you want to get an official and a half-position from Lord Zhou, it will cost a lot of silver, and even if you spend money, you may not be able to get an official." Zheng Gongzi said: "The prefect Lord Zhou and the canal salt envoy Lord Ding have a very good relationship with Li Ge Lao, and I heard that Lord Zhou is about to be promoted. Hu Gongzi said: "This is really someone in the court who is good to be an official, and it seems that we still have to befriend the prefect." The others echoed the words.

There were two sons sitting on the right table, one was called Lin Yunchuan and the other was Fu Xiangsheng, and the two only ordered two vegetarian dishes, and while drinking, they whispered about Shu Fa's unhappiness in his heart. Lin Yunchuan said: "God doesn't open his eyes, now he is corrupt and perverts the law, violates the law and discipline, and the people can rise to prominence, and those who really think about the court and the people have suffered many disasters." Fu Xiangsheng lowered his voice and said, "Brother Lin, don't drink and talk falsely, so as not to attract death." Lin Yunchuan said with drunkenness: "Brother Fu's lesson is that those are all major affairs of the imperial court, which is the matter of poor scholars such as me, let's have wine today and get drunk today, no matter how cold water it drinks, come, Brother Fu drinks." After saying that, the two of them raised their glasses together, touched them, and then drank them all.

At this time, the white-clothed Zheng Gongzi gently shook the folding fan and walked to the table of Lin and Fu with a drunken smile: "These are not our two great talents in Jining, Lin Gongzi and Fu Gongzi, why don't you order these small dishes to drink today, why don't you take out your Jinxiu articles and drink." Several of the sons at Zheng Gongzi's table laughed.

Lin Yunchuan sneered: "My son just likes to eat green vegetables and tofu today, this is called radish and cabbage, and everyone has their own love, which hinders you Zheng Dagongzi." Zheng Gongzi said: "Of course, it's in my way, you have insulted the face of our scholars." Lin Gongzi said: "Zheng Dagongzi is getting more and more unfathomable, how can I lose the face of a scholar." Zheng Gongzi said: "The sage said that everything is inferior, only reading is high, you see that you read so many books and eat is not as good as ordinary people, what is the use of your reading, I think it is better to rent a few more acres of land to plant, you can also have more income and buy some meat to eat." After saying that, he laughed sarcastically. Lin Gongzi sneered: "I think that Zheng Dagongzi is relying on the family wealth left by his ancestors, so what kind of face does he have to laugh at others?"

Zheng Gongzi laughed proudly and said: "You nerd don't know, the county order of Yunxiang County disregards the law and discipline to the superiors and the court, and has been deposed first, and the prefect Zhou is ready to recommend me to take over as the magistrate, and I will soon be the magistrate." Lin Gongzi said: "Even if you become a magistrate, you also bought it with silver, and that is to lose the face of the scholar." Zheng Gongzi said: "Doing things depends on the results, studying is to be an official, but after reading a book for a lifetime and not doing anything, it is a failure, how to say that you nerds will not understand." After that, he laughed and went back to his desk.

Hu Gongzi hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Zheng on his success." The others also congratulated, and Zheng Gongzi smiled: "It's still early." Hu Gongzi said: "Brother Zheng will become the magistrate of the county when he arrives, but we don't want to forget it." Another son said: "Brother Zheng is the most righteous, even if he is a master of Futai, he will not forget us." When Zheng Gongzi heard this, he smiled happily and said, "When you are a master of Futai, I haven't thought about it yet." ’

Lin Yunchuan was so angry that he was also teased for a meal, so he called Xiao Er to settle the account, and left the satisfaction inn with Fu Xiangsheng.

Tong Yunfei and Hao Yan said in a low voice: "It seems that the relationship between this Jining prefect and Li Ge Lao is not ordinary, we have to take a closer look." Hao Yan said: "I think I will ask that Lin Gongzi about it, and I will definitely be able to gain something." Tong Yunfei said: "I think so too, you stay to settle the bill, I'll go with you to see where they live, we will meet at the crossroads." After speaking, he left the satisfaction inn. (To be continued......)