Zhu Ping'an was led by Chu Xiong, walked along the boulevard, and not far after the archive building, he saw a horizontal row of halls with five bays and two rooms. The main hall is a standard old-style official-style building, highlighting a tall and steady, composed of the front hall and the apse, and the middle is connected by a patio and a corridor, just like the word "work".

Chu Xiongren was too fat, and after walking this way, Zhu Ping'an deliberately slowed down, and he was already gasping.

Perhaps, not only fat, but also a little weak...... Zhu Ping'an silently put another label on Chu Xiong.

"Ahem...... Little Brother Zhu, this is where our official office is located. This is the front hall, which is five rooms wide, and the Lord is on business with the outside world; Our daily business is in the apse. Further back is the inner house, which reserves an independent hall for the little brother Zhu, and the little brother Zhu can later settle his family from the side door. Let's go, I'll take you inside to meet Lord Zhentai first. ”

The two walked to the front of the main hall, Chu Xiong supported his waist with his hands and gasped twice, and then said to Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an is naturally good.

"What about our lords......" On the way, Chu Xiong pondered his words and deliberately reminded.

"Please also ask Brother Chu to mention it." Zhu Ping'an arched his hand.

"Our Lord Zhu is the most simple, and when we meet Lord Zhentai, don't be too surprised by Brother Zhu." Chu Xiong reminded.

"Thank you Brother Chu for reminding me." Zhu Ping'an thanked him, feeling a little strange in his heart, can Lord Zhentai be so simple that it is surprising? !

When he saw the Jiangsu and Zhejiang criminal envoys, Zhu Ping'an understood why Chu Xiong specially reminded him.

The Jiangsu and Zhejiang procurators are emaciated old men, and he even has a feeling of weakness, and his figure and Chu Xiong are two extremes. Sure enough, as Chu Xiong said, it was simple, too simple, not only the official uniform he was wearing was faded and lightened, but even the cuffs were patched with two patches.

When Zhu Ping'an came in to pay a visit, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang criminal envoys were having lunch, and they should have been busy with official business and missed the meal, because he was browsing the file with one hand and enjoying lunch with the other.

The lunch is also unusually simple, just a stack of nests, a stack of pickled vegetable gnocchi, and a bowl of boiled water.

Although it is simple, but according to the inspection envoy while reading the file while eating with relish, even Zhu Ping'an did not notice that they came in, and even when the crumbs of the nest head were scattered and fell on the table, the inspection envoy was also very skillful to reach out from the table and pinch it, and put it in his mouth without disgust, the whole set of actions was smooth and in one go, and he knew at a glance that he usually did this.

No wonder Chu Xiong reminded himself not to be surprised.

As a probationary envoy of the third grade, it is not surprising that he lives so simply.

"Zhentai, the new servant Zhu Ping'an has come to report." After Chu Xiong led Zhu Ping'an in, he stepped forward and said.

"Oh, our champion has finally arrived. Yes, yes, we are short of young people in our official offices. Jiang and Zhejiang pressed the envoy to come back to his senses from the file and lunch, put down the file with one hand, put down the nest head with the other, took out a handkerchief with both a sense of age and vicissitudes from his sleeve and wiped his mouth, looked up at Zhu Ping'an with a smile, and said with a kind face.

"Xiaguan Zhu Ping'an pays a visit to Lord Zhentai." Zhu Ping'an bowed his hand and saluted, and after the salute, he presented the official documents of the famous Cambodia and the Ministry with both hands, and then stood aside respectfully like a junior student meeting the teacher.

"No courtesy, no courtesy, peace and speed, please take a seat. Late Cheng, you also sit down, here with me, what are you polite about. ”

Jiang Zhe's envoy stretched out his hand and pointed to the chair opposite, and said to Zhu Ping'an and the two with a smile.

"Late bloomer" is the word of Chu Xiong, taken from the word "late bloomer". Chu Xiong was born in a family of eunuchs, and was given high hopes by his family since he was a child, but he was not very brilliant until he was over thirty years old, and he relied on the grace of his family to enter his career. In order to change his luck, the family changed the word "late bloomer" to "late bloomer", hoping that he could be a late bloomer. Coincidentally, after Chu Xiong stepped into his official career, he was really mixed like a fish in water under the care of his family and relatives, and he really responded to the word late bloomer, and when he was approaching fifty, he rose to the status of today's five-grade affairs.

"Hehe, Zhentai and Ping'an chat, the lower officials will not bother. The next official will come to bother the boss another day. ”

Chu Xiong smiled and resigned.

"It's fine. Oh, by the way, late bloomer, you remember to inform the chef, cook two more dishes tonight, and we'll wash the dust together for peace. Jiang Zhe nodded with a smile and instructed Chu Xiong.

"The subordinate officer takes the order." Chu Xiong took the order, said goodbye and left.

"Where is Ping'an? How many people are in the family? What's the name of the table? Have you ever been married? ......”

According to the envoys of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they asked about the basic situation of Zhu Ping'an as if they were chatting about their daily routines.

"Back to Zhentai, Ping An is a native of Xiahe Village, Huaining County, Anqing Prefecture, with two brothers in the family, and the elder brother has become a family; The word 'Zihou' is the word of peace, and the words of the matchmaker on the orders of his parents have also been married......"

Zhu Ping'an replied one by one.

After learning that Zhu Ping'an was married, the envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang said with some pity, "This official has a niece, who is twenty-eight years old, beautiful and wise, gentle and virtuous, and is waiting for the word boudoir." Zihou is young and promising, and he is a good match. I originally wanted to be a month old, but I never thought it was a step too late...... Time is also ...... life"

"Thank you for your love, peace and mediocrity, people in the countryside should not be 'young and promising', not 'good match'. Not having a chance with Ling's niece is also a blessing for Ling's niece. Let her niece show off her wisdom, be gentle and virtuous, and she will definitely be able to find a good match. ”

Zhu Ping'an replied with a humble face, expressing his gratitude for the appreciation of Zhentai.

"Zihou doesn't need to be modest, he is not yet weak, he is already a five-grade thing, if he can't be called young and promising, I just hang the southeast branch by myself. If you can't force this kind of thing, Zihou doesn't have to care. Jiangsu and Zhejiang waved their hands according to the envoy, and the matter of pulling the line was stopped.

"The platform is humble and open." Zhu Ping'an arched his hand.

"Zihou is young and promising, and since he is full of vitality, there is no need for these officialdom to be stale."

Jiang Zhe shook his head with a smile.

"Thank you for your teachings." Zhu Ping'an thanked him.

"I can't teach it, it's just a little emotion from the people who have come over." Jiang Zhe said with a smile, and then continued, "Zihou, you came just in time, this reception banquet, you can get to know your colleagues in the official office one by one." If they had come a month earlier, they would only have seen the old man and Deputy Envoy Jiang, and the rest of the people, such as Chu Xiong and others, all went to Zhedong, Haiyou, Zhejiang, Jinhua and other provinces in February, and did not return to the government office from their respective provinces until October. They hadn't been back long ago. It's only been two or three months since we got together. If you miss it, you can only wait for next year. ”