Xia Xun didn't notice Qiu Xia, a bad old man, a large number of civil and military officials hugged up, looking at the complement, it was a white pheasant and a heron, and there were also emus and yellow orioles and bears and rhinoceros or something, making him a little dizzy, everyone introduced themselves in a gossipy, Xia Xun didn't remember a few names at all, anyway, it was right to call an adult if he caught anyone.
Accompanied by the officials, the guard of honor of the imperial envoy arrived at the gate of Jinan Mansion in a lively manner, and the officials of the Department of Punishment and Prosecution who were waiting at the gate of the city greeted them.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department are the three legal divisions of the imperial court.
The thirteen provinces' criminal envoys are subordinate to the Criminal Department, so at the local level, the relationship between their judicial officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the closest, although Huang Zhenpin's rank is small, but he is sent by the imperial court.
This Lord Cao is the Cao Yuguang Cao Gongzi who succeeded Xia Xun as the new favorite of King Qi, and his father Cao Qigen.
Lord Cao is not yet fifty years old, his hair is black as ink, and his face is extremely young.
On such an occasion, Xia Xun can't go beyond his bounds, although Huang Yu'an is a wooden and decrepit, he can still speak the basic scenes, he came forward to thank each other, and then took them into the city.
Huang Yuenvoy and others were first sent to the post house to settle down, Lord Cao did not accompany him, only said that he asked them to settle down, rest for a while, and then invite them to have a banquet in the evening, and wash the dust for the two adults, and then went back to the ya, accompanied by other officials, all the way to the post house.
Jinan is now the most important big city on Shandong Road, so the scale of the post house here is also very large, not like the post house in a small city and a small county, it can only be used as a resting place.
The pattern of the post house in Jinan is just like the layout of a big official's house, the official's residence is usually divided into the outer house and the inner house, the main building of the outer house is the hall, the main building of the inner house is the bed, and the hall and the bed are placed through the corridor courtyard to form the front and back two large courtyards.
The main building in the front yard is the hall, the front and rear entrances are the entrances to the front yards, and the left and right are the two compartments.
The front yard is a place for reception, communication, transportation and other affairs; The backyard is where guests stay, and its main building is the upper hall, surrounded by a separate hall.
The courtyard is also a corridor courtyard layout, with bamboo trees, chiseling ponds for water, and rockery gardens for guests to relax.
Most of the people who have received inspections from their superiors know that even if the person who comes is a little deflated in his department, he will make a gesture when he arrives below.
And the people below must also be extremely courteous and preferential, ushering in the send-off, eating and lodging, all aspects must be perfect, considerate.
Even if he scolded secretly when he sent them away: "These grandsons can be regarded as getting out", but on the surface, they look like filial sons and virtuous grandchildren.
Now that's the case, Huang Zhen is a seven-grade official, Xia Xun is an eight-rank official, Jinan Mansion has three ya, there are many high-ranking officials and nobles, Huang Zhen and Xia Xun's rank is not on the table, but they are from Beijing to inspect, this treatment is different, the patrol according to the imperial envoy Huang Lord, the interview envoy Yang Adult have arranged a separate courtyard, each courtyard allocated seven or eight post guards to listen to the call, with the specifications of the reception of a product of the staff.
Of course, there are still slight differences in the reception specifications of these two adults, Huang Zhen's residence is more spacious than Xia Xun's, the layout is more reasonable, and the angle of the flower garden scenery seen by opening the window is better.
It's not that there are no houses of the same size, but because they have a chief envoy and a deputy envoy, they must show some dignity and humility in the reception.
Official, isn't this what you pay attention to?
Xia Xun couldn't wait to rush to Qingzhou immediately, he thought of a lot of ideas along the way, and felt that there was only one thing that was the most reliable: go directly to the door and treat each other with sincerity.
He and Ziqi already have the reality of husband and wife, and his identity and status are also worthy of Ziqi, even if the Peng family is very depressed because their daughter ran away from home, they still have to break up their Cui Yuanlie and Miss Zhu's example is there, as parents, just want their children to be good, how can it be difficult for him Of course, he also estimated that there would be a certain degree of difficulty, first of all, the group of brothers-in-law and brother-in-law would not have a good time.
I don't say that the matchmaker doesn't worship the church, and the eldest girl who abducted someone else's family is very embarrassing for the Peng family, these uncles and brothers must be unpleasant to look at him, maybe they will be beaten, so they have to admit it As the so-called sincerity goes, the golden stone is open.
I believe that with his status, family background, and the fact that he and Peng Ziqi have achieved good things, and then show a gesture of deep affection, not to mention that he can move the heavens and the earth, it is still possible to move the old man and his uncles It's just that I just arrived in Jinan today, and it's not good for me to slip away immediately, not to mention the ugly face of the nominal boss, Lord Huang, the officials of Jinan Mansion are going to be nervous, they don't know what I'm doing, as long as the officials who are not clean on the buttocks have to be nervous, there is no need to make the chickens and dogs in Shandong Mansion jump.
So he had to hold on to his surname, deal with these official contacts first, and then find a reason to talk to Huang Yue, and then go to carry out his great cause of chasing his wife.
The banquet place was set up in the post house, and four masters in charge of the spoon were invited from the Eight Immortals Building to cook a sumptuous wine banquet.
According to the inspector envoy Lord Cao only came to sit for a while, drank a few glasses of wine, and said that there was still something important to do, and as soon as he left, the atmosphere at the banquet became lively, and the Qiu Counselor of the Political Envoy's Mansion laughed and said: "There is no wine and no fun, it is boring, Lord Yi, there is no female music?"
This Lord Yi's name is Yi Jiayi, and he is a person who is a person in the Shandong Procuratorial Envoy Division, and the rank of the Inspector Cao and the two Beijing officials is too different, and it is really not a good match, and he is mainly responsible for receiving and responding.
Master Yi smiled when he heard this: "Old man, I know that you are turning flowers and intestines, what, as soon as Lord Cao left, you couldn't hold it back."
As he spoke, he turned to Huang Zhen and Xia Xun again, and said with a smile: "The envoy is here, and the official has not dared to make a mistake."
Haha, this class of female musicians is still the most skilled female musician I specially instructed from the teaching workshop to be transferred from the teaching department, everyone is qualified and beautiful, and they are discerning and wise, and they are washing the dust for Lord Huang and Lord Yang, and helping them to drink. ” Yi Jiayi commanded, and many musicians walked in outside, holding musical instruments, carrying tables and chairs, and sat down in both compartments, and then saw peach and willow green, purple and red, and walked into many slender and moving women.
Xia Xun raised his eyes, and his eyes suddenly fixed on a girl with an outstanding figure inside, the woman was wearing an emerald green dress, standing in the middle of a group of daughters with outstanding appearance, still showing special beauty, that posture was obviously higher than other women.
"The Girl in Purple" At first glance, Xia Xun couldn't help but be surprised.
Wisteria was also looking at him, her eyes were fixed on his body, her expression was shallow and faint, but her eyes seemed to be emotional, and when the music was together, the green sleeves were turned over, and the girls sang and danced, and her eyes were removed from Xia Xun.
"Hehe, Lord Yang, this woman's name is Ziyi, she is the Oiran of Yixiangyuan, her appearance is very beautiful, she is better than all the girls, and she can also enter the eyes of Lord Yang."
Qiu Xia saw Xia Xun's gaze on the purple vine for a long time, and couldn't help but smile.
In fact, among the singing and dancing girls in the hall, the purple wisteria is the most beautiful, and as soon as they come in, most of everyone's eyes will stay on her, even Huang Zhen Huang Imperial Envoy is no exception.
At this time, Qiu Xia said that Huang Zhen heard that Xia Xun also fell in love with this girl, and couldn't help but secretly scream bad luck, knowing that he couldn't compete with him, he immediately retreated to the second place and went to find the second target.
As soon as they heard Qiu Xia say this, they joked to Xia Xun, Xia Xun smiled faintly and said: "Lord Qiu misunderstood, Yang has lived in Shandong for many years, and he only returned to Jiangnan at the beginning of the year."
This girl in purple is an old acquaintance of the lower officials, so she took a few more looks. ” When all the officials heard this, they all showed a knowing smile, and they all said "oh", their expressions were full of ambiguity, Xia Xun knew that they had a misunderstanding, but it was not easy to explain, so he had to laugh, and said with a cup: "Come on, come on, now the delicious food, singing and dancing girls are all ready, adults, please drink, please drink." ” And everyone took their cups and welcomed them.
Just now everyone sat down and reported their names to each other again, Xia Xun had vaguely remembered the Qiu Qiu he had caught in Putai County, it seemed that there was a cousin who was an official in Jinan, and then he heard that this person's name was Qiu Xia, and he was secretly vigilant in his heart, and he was much more careful when he spoke in front of him.
These women are all beautiful, pretty, and versatile, or solo dance, or group dance, or show their singing voice, or stroke the bamboo and blow the flute, which does add a lot of color to the banquet, but after all, this is an officially organized banquet, and they can borrow women's music and dance from the teaching department to help the wine, but they should not let their wine serving and sitting mess up the system, so everyone at the banquet is well-dressed and polite, but there is no poor and evil image.
During the banquet, the adults knocked on the side, and heard that although the two adults were not on special missions to Shandong, the main envoy was to investigate the White Lotus Sect bandits, and the yamen officials who had nothing to do with them were greatly relieved.
The officials were talking and laughing, and the guests and hosts were talking happily, Huang Zhen suddenly coughed dryly, twisted his beard and said with a dignified appearance: "Ladies and gentlemen, Emperor Wa created people, and it is said that they are all made of muddy water.
However, there is a world of difference between men and women, you see, that girl stepped on the colorful wooden ball, her body was light, fluttering like a fairy, how pleasing to the eye, if the man came to dance this ball, it would be unbearable. ” "Hey, this old guy actually has Jia Baoyu's general knowledge, saying that men are made of mud and women are made of water" In fact, Huang Zhen just fell in love with this girl, and he didn't know how many of his beards were pulled off, so he came up with these words that seemed to be just appreciation, and pointed them to Lord Yi, who was in charge of hospitality, but Xia Xun didn't understand these unspoken rules, and directly regarded him as Cao Xueqin1.
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Xia Xun glanced at him in surprise, and then turned his head to look at the hall, only to see that the hall was performing acrobatics at the moment, there was a girl, with pink faces, petite and exquisite, and she was only thirteen or fourteen years old.
She wore white socks on her feet, and stepped on a painted wooden ball, which was two feet high, and the little girl stepped on the wooden ball, and her feet kicked and turned, and the ball turned and lingered, and glided all over the house, all unsatisfactory.
But her body stepped on the wooden ball, her feet moved very flexibly, her waist did not shake her shoulders and did not move, she pitched calmly, and her clothes and belts fluttered in the wind, and she could not feel her movement on the ball, as if she did not move her feet, and flew off the ground.
Xia Xun said with a smile: "Why does Lord Huang say that our men are so vulgar, if you really want to talk about it, our men's magical powers are not inferior to Nuwa Niangniang, how can they be unsightly."
Huang Zhen was surprised and said: "Where did Lord Yang start with this?"
Xia Xun said solemnly: "Emperor Wa created virgins, and men created women, isn't this an ordinary supernatural power?"
Yi Jiayi squirted out a mouthful of wine with a "poof", pointed at Xia Xun and laughed: "Lord Yang can't be so tricky, the official was almost choked to death by this wine, hahaha" The officials in the hall thought it was funny when they heard it, and they all laughed and fell.
In the midst of the laughter, the female musicians who were hiding behind the screen and were preparing to play one after another didn't know what was going on, so someone looked at the hall, and the purple vine quietly poked his head out, and saw Xia Xun sitting in the hall, talking and laughing, thinking of the humiliation he inflicted on himself, a mouthful of silver teeth couldn't help but bite it secretly, "It's not too late, the two adults are tired all the way, and their bodies are tired, so let's rest early, I'll wait to say goodbye." ” The banquet was over, all the officials said goodbye one after another, Huang Zhen and Xia Xun were full of wine and food, and sent the officials outside the post house with a smile on their faces, and then returned, and they were polite to each other, and went back to their rooms.
At this time, it was already dark, and the room was already lit up, and when Xia Xun came back, the guards who stayed in the courtyard and waited gave a salute and quietly retreated.
Xia Luo was already slightly drunk, but also felt a little tired, opened the door and walked in, I wanted to rest in wide clothes, I didn't want the door to open, I saw a light like the moon, brocade spread, "ladies fluttering butterflies" on the painting fan screen, the beauty of the green clothes was lifelike, it seemed that she was about to walk out of the painting, Xia Xun couldn't help but be surprised.
He looked at it again, only to find that there was a beautiful woman standing in front of the screen, which could block the lady on the painting, no wonder this screen was a little strange at first glance.
"The Girl in Purple" Seeing the woman's appearance clearly, Xia Xun couldn't help but be a little surprised, this pretty girl was the old Qingzhou old man who had just met at the banquet, but it was not convenient to talk.
The wisteria has just been bathed, the long black hair is shining and the waist is reached, the thin collar spring shirt is half-visible, the looming skin is ruddy and snowy, a pair of pretty big eyes are shyly smiling, light and light, alienated and scattered, under the dark room lamp, charming and natural.
Seeing him come in, Ziyi smiled charmingly, Ying Ying bowed down and said: "Ziyi obeys the instructions of Lord Yi, makes beds and quilts for adults, and serves pillows, adults are tired, and please be wide-dressed, the fragrant soup is ambiguous, and the slave family is waiting for the adults to bathe" To be continued: