Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 361, boil, can see the truth

Take back Qi Yanyan during the Chinese New Year, and her gift to her in-laws.It may not be appropriate to use filial piety here, and it may be more appropriate to use gifts. After all, this marriage is considered a forced marriage, and Qi Yanyan did not agree at the time.

During the whole first month, Mrs. Nanyang Hou's face was shining brightly. The guests who ate the New Year's wine said that her tiger skin was good, and the seafood in the New Year's dishes was also top-grade. Eating New Year's wine, he suddenly realized what his father said at this time, you should invite your colleagues.

Luan Jing heard this order from the Marquis of Nanyang before the Chinese New Year, and thought to himself that he would throw it to the dogs and not invite his colleagues.

The No.1 uncle in the second class seems to be a little closer. Luan Jing took the initiative to talk to his colleagues when he arrived at the yamen after the annual leave, and talked about how he was worried about the No. [-] uncle in the Northwest during the New Year. This is how his colleagues responded .

"Really?"

Everyone's eyes are wide open, as if the sun is rising from the west.

Under such eyes, Luan Jing felt that he was too shrunk to see, so what about the prince, the incompetent prince was worthless in the eyes of this group of hard-educated officials, he held back his embarrassment and went back to his office, when he heard there was someone behind him. Sneering.

Someone whispered but deliberately let him hear: "You can't raise a horse, but you can still have a second-class uncle. Could it be that the uncle was snatched?"

"Let me tell you, such a person may have molested many people. When I was waiting for Chun Wei in Beijing, one night it was cold and I went out to find some friends. It might be warm for everyone to read together. I think it's true. A few dudes came here drunk and molested the woman selling wontons on a cart, and he was one of them!"

"Well, in that case, his uncles can't be counted."

Luan Jing was trembling all over, and when he almost couldn't help pulling out his old fists at them, an old colleague, although he also despised Luan Jing, usually didn't offend him, and persuaded him: "People will leave when they have a way. The temple is blocking our way, everyone, let's go, can the imperial horses bring water?"

Luan Jing lost his temper, and he made a lot of jokes after he became an official. His colleagues laughed at him not just for inquiring or seeing that the prince was a dude, and a few royal horses were sick. Jing boasted that he had entered the palace, so he should understand, but he volunteered to try, and the horse looked even worse. His superiors had to work hard to save it, and Luan Jing lost another reputation as an idiot.

His full name in Yuanma Temple should be: Master Luan, the son of a fool.

Therefore, when it came to treating Luan Jing, he became more angry and had a severe headache.But when Wu Tianxiong first came to the yamen to show off, his colleagues were fine. No one ridiculed him as a dandy, and there were some fellows who ate flower wine. The problem was that Wu Tianxiong wanted to pay for the flower wine, and Wu Tianxiong was very reluctant.

Unless you are a close friend, why should I pay back when you sleep with someone? The most annoying thing is that there is an oiran with a bit of literary talent, who only likes a bit of literary talent, and generally ignores Wu Tianxiong. He pays for his colleagues to enter the account, Wu Tianxiong feels He was hit ten thousand punches.

On this bleak night of spring rain, Wu Tianxiong came to the tavern. He didn't like to find his brothers to eat flower wine. The places where he and his colleagues eat flower wine did not overlap. Even if they were in the same brothel, they each had their own places. Entering a brothel is like visiting a market, let's talk about it after shopping around.

Ever since Prince Wu started his official career, his colleagues and colleagues used to look for him before eating flowers and wine. Who told you that the Wu family is a marquis with a lot of money, and your prince is still happy to spend it.

Wu Tianxiong and Luan Jing shared the table and ordered the food and drink: "Old Luan, listen to me, here is a salted duck, a fried belly, a roast fish, and a sausage. There are also four vegetarian dishes here, you and I each have a dime of wine, it’s only a matter of more than one tael of silver, I’m happy after eating and drinking, and I’m going home to sleep well, it’s worth the money.”

"That's right." Luan Jing nodded.

"Tell me, I pay more than a dozen taels for a treat. What kind of disease am I committing? I want to spend money like this." Wu Tianxiong took a sip of wine, clicked his mouth, and said with straight eyes: "I will return to you this day." Not before."

Luan Jing agreed: "I can't go back."

He used to be annoyed, so he called his brothers to have a good time, go home and sleep, wake up and continue to make fun with his brothers, but now he can't, he will have fun tonight, and he will have to go to the yamen to suffer in the morning. Thinking about this, he asked: " Old Wu, who will help you write your official documents?"

These two dandies didn't like books when they were young, and they didn't take the imperial examinations when they were adults.

Wu Tianxiong was annoyed: "It's too expensive to ask others to write for me, Lao Luan."

Luan Jing smiled wryly: "You can still write it with money, but I have no place to spend money, so I have to write it myself."

Wu Tianxiong comforted him: "Ten days to one knot, one month to another, three months to three months, half a year to one year, not too much." He meant that the money was still affordable.

Luan Jing's eyes were dull: "I'm about to be driven crazy, those hateful people in my yamen, the articles are well written, it's easy to write with a pen, I can't write in the format of the former official, I don't know what I do these days came."

Holding a glass of wine to drench his worries, he inadvertently noticed that he was dazed in the drink, and Luan Jing raised his neck to dry up, only to feel more sorrow.

Suddenly, Wu Tianxiong asked: "I heard that you want to change the yamen?"

"Yeah, I didn't tell you, how do you know?"

"Your cousin Lao Ma said that, Lao Ma's family collected another sum of money, and asked Mr. Huang to find a way. It doesn't matter whether Lao Ma or Lao Ma is free to have an official. Mr. Huang said that he has been too busy recently. I have to be busy with changing the yamen for you."

Mentioning his cousin Ma Dechang, Luan Jing's complexion was not good, Wu Tianxiong persuaded: "Your aunt's family has been unlucky for two or three years, calm down, I am not trying to persuade you to make peace today, I want to say that Lao Luan has a place to stay It’s not bad, change to another yamen, and we will be tortured by irrelevant people again, why bother.”

His words were not high-level, but it was like a blow to the head, Luan Jing hurriedly said: "Tell me in detail."

"Just let me tell you, everyone in my yamen loves money. I went there for a few months and fed them for a few months. At any rate, I can get by with business. If I change to another yamen, I will feed them again. Am I crazy?"

Luan Jing felt more and more enlightened, and called the shopkeeper: "Send some more dishes." Said he was a treat, and asked Wu Tianxiong to explain in more detail.

Wu Tianxiong's conversation became lively: "Think about it, don't those sharp ones have the ability to rise? He left and I stayed, and my ears and purse were quiet. Then, he will respect me later, I am now The entertainment money spent will be recovered from the later ones. If I change the yamen, I will respect others every day, and there is nowhere to find the money."

Luan Jing blurted out, "It makes sense."

Going to Wu Tianxiong's side: "But these people who look down on me now, not all of them are promoted."

"Those who don't get promoted are incompetent. Those who are incompetent put on airs now, and they can only treat you and me as colleagues if they don't get promoted. When the time comes to talk long and short about him, can't he just listen? Wait until He has no arrogance, his family background is not as good as you and me, his purse is not as good as you and me, it is not obvious who will be the honest person in the end."

Luan Jing said excitedly: "Yes!"

If he could see the truth about some of his colleagues, it would be worth it to stay in Yuanma Temple.

Seeing him listening, Wu Tianxiong smiled and said: "There is one more thing to talk about. I didn't expect to meet you today. In fact, I was thinking about asking you to come out for a few days. Uncle Xihe Viscount Chen Shishu begged me. As soon as I said a few good words, I took it."

"Say what you say." Luan Jing felt that his confidant had a deep friendship at this moment.

"Master Huang heard that you and I were run on in the yamen. I didn't want to change the yamen, I just praised you. He is now fully committed to changing the yamen for you. Uncle Chen wants to be reinstated. Mr. Huang said that he has no energy. If you want me to say that Uncle Chen Pustule, Mr. Huang looks down on him year by year, but Chen Shishu found me and begged me not to change the yamen, so that the next official position that can be moved will be his."

When Wu Tianxiong said this, he subconsciously paused.

It is said that the Marquis of Nanyang took out the tiger skin that was praised by his family as a gift. It was warm and the tiger skin should be stored in the warehouse. The Marquis of Nanyang took it out privately, so when Wu Tianxiong heard about it, he was also told not to say anything.

One of the officials Mr. Huang asked for had cold legs all the year round, and he was rare for things like tiger skins when it was warmer this day.

This is also one of the reasons why Wu Tianxiong agreed to talk to Luan Jing. Your family gave the tiger skin to seek an official position for the Chen family, and you Luan Jing followed inside to grab the official position. Isn't it awkward?

"Old Luan, if you think what I just said is reasonable, don't change it for now. How about you change it after Chen Shishu is reinstated? This way you and I can save money. I know you spent a full month on Chen Xianggui. Dozens of taels, I also spent a lot, half of his Chen family’s New Year’s necessities are prepared by you, and half are paid for by me. Uncle Chen has an official and income, so you and I also save money.”

Luan Jing was still immersed in the honesty of the "proud colleagues", nodded and said: "Yes, you are right." Suddenly raised his head: "Oh, I paid Chen Xianggui 120 three taels, not tens of taels .”

Speaking of this, a person walked in outside, Xihe Viscount Chen Xiangui was overjoyed: "Where are the two elder brothers here? I met by accident, this is great, my son encountered something."

Before he finished making up his reasons, Wu Tianxiong and Luan Jing each took out some loose silver. The two thought he was talking too much, so they wanted money anyway, so I'll give it to you.

Chen Xianggui nodded and bowed his thanks and came out. He counted more than a dozen taels in the rain, and he muttered: "Today, I am generous, yes, our ancestors made a fortune together, and I think there were countless cares for each other back then. Why am I poor?" You don't care?"

He happily left.

In the tavern, Luan Jing wondered, "Is he older than me?"

"Older than me, always call me brother, if you don't say it, I can't even remember that Chen Xianggui is my brother."

The Chen family has nothing to say, the old man is incompetent and the son is clumsy. If it were the two dandies in the past, they would make jokes, but think about it, they will go to the yamen tomorrow, and every day from now on. In the trouble of going to the yamen, the holidays can be ignored , They didn't care about talking about the Chen family, and they discussed how to be prestigious in the Yamen.

Before the third watch drum sounded, the servants came to let them go back. When they passed the intersection of Yanyan's shop, Luan Jing took a look and saw that in the darkness of the street, Yanyan's shop was flushed with candlelight like a mirror of pearls. He secretly thought, still studying?These people can really read.

(End of this chapter)