Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 84: The Doctor Who Spits Out Food, the Prefect Who Accompanies You, and the Honest Little Cook

After receiving the report from General Liu, Cao Yong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Prefect of Lin'an, immediately took the next step.

As soon as the court was over in the evening, he went directly to the residence of Ji Ruoxun, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat.

Ji Sheren had just returned home from office and had not yet changed his robe. When he heard that the prefect of Lin'an had come, he felt a little surprised.

People of their status and position, if they want to visit someone, they have to send a visiting card a few days in advance.

You need to reply to the post to ask the person you want to visit whether he has time, when he is free, and when he can meet the guest.

Only when both parties have this agreement will the visitor come to visit with a reply at the agreed time.

It is rare for someone to show up unannounced like Cao Yong did today.

Ji Ruoxun didn't know what important matter he had, so he quickly asked someone to invite Cao Yong into the study. He quickly changed his clothes and rushed over.

Ji Ruoxun and Cao Yong were both members of Qin Hui's party.

But their paths to success were very different.

Cao Yong had sponsored the poor scholar Qin Hui in his early years. After Qin Hui became successful, Cao Yong returned the favor by promoting him.

Cao Yong is really lucky.

The rise of Ji Ruoxun, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, is much more inspiring.

Ji Sheren’s current status is entirely due to his own efforts.

Once at a banquet, Qin Hui sneezed. This was certainly very indecent for a prime minister to do in public, so Qin Hui felt very embarrassed.

Ji Ruoxun, who was sitting at the end of the table at the time, burst into laughter when he saw this. This laughter not only made him spit out a mouthful of rice, but also made him cough non-stop with a red face and thick neck.

For a moment, Ji Ruoxun became the object of everyone's ridicule, and no one paid attention to Qin Hui's sneezing.

Qin Hui was very impressed by his tact and promoted him to serve under his trusted assistant, Wang Ciweng, the Vice-Minister of State Affairs.

From then on, Ji Ruoxun was given the nickname "Doctor Who Spits Out Rice".

Later, with the mediation of Qin Hui, the Kingdom of Jin agreed to let Zhao Gou's biological mother, Queen Dowager Wei, return to the Kingdom of Song.

Qin Hui sent his trusted confidant Wang Ciweng as the welcoming envoy, and Empress Dowager Wei's younger brother Wei Yuan and Qin Hui's brother-in-law Wang as deputy envoys on the left and right.

They went to the border together to welcome the Empress Dowager, and "Doctor Pengfan" also went with Wang Ciweng.

Empress Dowager Wei and her entourage left Wuguo City in April and arrived in Yanshan Prefecture in June.

The weather was already very hot at this time, and the further south they went, the hotter it got. The Jin soldiers began to dawdle and did not want to continue their journey.

Empress Dowager Wei was afraid that the night would be too long and she asked the Jin envoy to borrow 300 gold coins, saying that she wanted to buy some Buddhist supplies, and promised to repay him double after returning to Song.

This in and out means doubling the profit, so the Jin envoy readily agreed.

After Empress Dowager Wei received the money, she used almost all of it as a reward to the Jin soldiers who escorted her south.

After receiving her reward, the Jin soldiers no longer complained or delayed, and their marching speed increased.

In August, Empress Dowager Wei's carriage finally arrived at the border.

Empress Dowager Wei was looking forward to returning to the Song Dynasty, but the envoy from the Jin Dynasty came to demand a debt from her, demanding that she pay the money first before releasing the person.

Queen Mother Wei sent someone to the border of Song State to borrow money from her brother Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan, this coward, didn't even dare to make a decision on such a matter, so he ran to ask for instructions from the envoy Wang Ciweng.

Wang Ciweng didn't think much about it and was about to agree. Fortunately, Ji Ruoxun reminded him: "Does the ruling party want to befriend the Queen Mother and distance itself from the Prime Minister Qin?"

These words suddenly woke Wang Ciweng up.

He became successful thanks to Prime Minister Qin, and it was Prime Minister Qin who facilitated the Queen Mother's return to the south.

If he acted on his own, would the Prime Minister of Qin think that he was trying to bypass him and take credit from the Queen Mother Wei?
As the younger brother of Empress Dowager Wei, Wei Yuan did not dare to borrow the money without permission, so how could he take the blame?

So Wang Ciweng ordered someone to ride fast back to Lin'an to ask for instructions from the Prime Minister of Qin.

In this way, Empress Dowager Wei waited at the border for three days, but she could not cross the border line.

Finally, Wang couldn't stand it anymore. Wang was Qin Hui's brother-in-law, and Qin Hui was a bit henpecked, so Wang didn't have so many scruples.

Therefore, Wang lent 600 gold to Empress Dowager Wei. After Empress Dowager Wei repaid the debt, she returned to the Song Dynasty.

After Empress Dowager Wei returned to Lin'an, she immediately cried and complained to her son Zhao Gou about Wang Ciweng.

From then on, Zhao Gou hated Wang Ciweng deeply.

Qin Hui therefore treated Wang Ciweng as his most trusted confidant, but Zhao Gou hated Wang Ciweng to death.

After all, Wang Ciweng was just a running dog of Qin Hui, and Qin Hui would not turn against the emperor for this.

The government repeatedly found fault with Wang Ciweng, and Qin Hui protected Wang Ciweng several times. Later, he could not bear it anymore, so he gave Wang Ciweng a sinecure, hoping that he could temporarily avoid the government's limelight.

But Zhao Gou still refused to let Wang Ciweng go, and Qin Hui had no choice but to let Wang Ciweng retire.

Qin Hui thought that he should let him be unemployed for three or two years first, and then find an opportunity to reinstate him.

As a result, Wang Ciweng was unlucky and died of illness within two years after his retirement.

Although Wang Ciweng is dead, Ji Ruoxun is still alive.

Qin Hui knew that it was Ji Ruoxun who put him first, so he reminded Wang Ciweng at that time, and thus he also made him his confidant.

After Wang Ciweng's death, Ji Ruoxun's career has been very successful, and now he has held the important position of Zhongshu Sheren.

Therefore, the relationship between Cao Yong and Ji Ruoxun can be regarded as an alliance of sharing weal and woe.

When Cao Yong met Ji Sheren, he didn't bother to be polite and said straight to the point: "Since the Chiyu was lost, Madam Tong has been depressed.

"Prime Minister Qin is also very unhappy about this. I intend to let my daughter accompany Madam Tong to Phoenix Mountain for a walk to relax.

"It's just that Madam Tong is only close to Brother Ji's granddaughter Shuyao, and they are close friends. This matter still needs Brother Ji's help."

After hearing this, Ji Ruoxun couldn't help but respect Cao Yong.

Prefect Cao has finally come to his senses and figured out a way to have his daughter accompany him on the tour. His ability to fawn on others is quite similar to the style of my "Doctor Who Spits Out Food" back then!

This kind of thing would not do him any harm, so Ji Ruoxun agreed immediately.

……

At night, an unexpected rain came.

The rain in the south of the Yangtze River is gentle. Even when it comes down from the sky, it carries some fierce momentum, but once it encounters the black tiles, white walls, and flowing water in the lake, it will become lingering.

The rain did not affect the interest of the tourists, but Song's snack shop still closed early.

Luxi stood under the door and hung a notice board on it.

Written on the notice board were eight characters: "A happy event at home, closed for two days."

A neighbor lady walked by holding an umbrella and saw the notice board. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hey, Luxi, is there a happy event at home?"

"Ah! It's Aunt Sun!"

Lu Xi lowered her head, tucked up the corners of her clothes, and said shyly, "Auntie, how did you know that he was going to get engaged?"

Aunt Sun was stunned. Do I know?

This child, when I asked her this, she thought she knew it and told me right away. She is so honest.

Old Man Song dragged his crippled leg around the room, counting over and over again the things that would be used to entertain the matchmaker and deliver to the man tomorrow.

"Eh? Where's Luxi going?"

As Old Man Song was counting the hours, he suddenly realized that his daughter was missing.

I just asked her to hang up the closing notice, but it's been an incense stick of time and she hasn't come back yet?
Old Man Song was worried, so he supported his lame leg and walked towards the front hall.

As soon as Father Song walked into the lobby, he heard someone outside say, "Luxi, you're closing so early today. What the hell are you doing... Hey, is there something going on?"

Then came Lu Xi's shy voice: "Oh, it's Uncle Zheng. I'm just getting engaged tomorrow. Engagement is a small joy, not a big joy..."

(End of this chapter)