Su Jin's life in the capital can be described as colorful, as a new star in the political arena, everyone's flattery is naturally indispensable, and the old elites in the DPRK and China also take turns to invite Su Jin to the banquet to enjoy the light, and people with a little vision understand that this Su Jin will be in the position of Zaifu in the future, as long as he does not engage in crooked ways, this matter is almost a certainty.

After a person is in power, you go to the knot, that is a fake flattery, when he is still unknown, you choose to firmly support him, and when he takes the position, he will naturally repay you in every way.

The officials were amazed by Yan Shu's vision, when Su Jin was still a student of Ying Tianfu, Yan Shu took a fancy to this one from a pile of stones, and now, this stone has been polished and has shown the light of a gem, which shows how correct Yan Shu's original choice was; Ginger is still old and spicy, and some people just have special sensitivities, and they can't accept it.

Of course, since he didn't have the vision to find this gem at the beginning, it is not too late to show favor now, after all, Su Jin has not yet reached the time when he is above 10,000 people under one person, and if he takes 10,000 steps back, even if he can't get Su Jin's return, as long as he doesn't target himself, it is enough; Most people don't have much hope for the future, they just want to be able to live a luxurious life without worrying about food and clothing, as for who goes up and who goes down, they don't really care too much, as long as these people don't destroy their good life, otherwise they will attack them en masse.

Su Jin is invited to go, never leave a banquet, in Beijing for more than ten days, than in the capital for a year to know more people, the officials of the yamen, the emperor's relatives have almost taken a photo, the famous people have also seen a lot, in history has not heard of a few dozen.

Originally, Su Jin didn't plan to do this, but he had his own considerations, because Su Jin gradually understood that a secret to surviving in this era was to integrate into it; All kinds of discomfort and misfit bring me not success, but rejection; There is a kind of mainstream group that naturally forms up and down the court, and you may not feel much in it, but once you get out of it, you will soon find yourself struggling.

The original Su Jin belonged to the person who was neither outside nor inside, in other words, he was not qualified to enter this circle, not that you won the champion, you took Yan Shu's niece, and you can enter it as a matter of course after you have done a few errands; The acceptance of you in this circle is only considered from two points, the first is what is the emperor's attitude towards you? The second is the size of your office. Both of these things are in line with their expectations, and they will try to reach out to you and include you.

To put it simply, this invisible clique is a group of friends, which is something that is not allowed by the imperial court, but exists secretly; Obviously, there is more than one such party, they both cooperate with each other and turn against each other, and everything is brewing and intensifying imperceptibly, like the swollen dark clouds rolling in the sky before a storm.

The day before leaving Beijing, Su Jin went to his own ready-to-wear shop in Bianliang City, and he hadn't been to see the white peony for a long time, and he had always wanted to come but couldn't come in order to avoid suspicion, but Su Jin always wanted to know how the white peony and their life were.

When Su Jin walked into the store wearing a green coat and hat, several women with green cloth and Baotou were explaining the colors and fabrics to several female dependents, pointing to the large ready-to-wear patterns on the wall to explain the matching characteristics of the clothing.

Su Jin stepped into the door, and immediately provoked the whispers of several female customers, and a round-faced female guy stepped forward and said: "This guest officer, this store only accepts female guests, if the guest officer wants to customize clothes for the family, you can invite the female relatives of the family to come, thank you." ”

Su Jin was stunned and said, "Only accept female dependents?" ”

The round-faced woman said, "Yes, there is a sign at the door, and the guest officer may not have paid attention." ”

Su Jin asked, "Who set the rules?" ”

The woman said: "It is the rules set by the white shopkeeper of my family, and the shopkeeper of my house is a woman. ”

Su Jin smiled: "I see, of course I understand, very good!" Trouble the little lady to bring a message to your white shopkeeper, just say that there is a surname Su to visit her, since the store does not accept male guests, then I will not stay more, tomorrow I will leave Beijing, please take care of your white shopkeeper, goodbye. ”

The girl was a little surprised and said, "Do you know my white shopkeeper?" ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Naturally, your white shopkeeper is called White Peony, right?" ”

The girl said: "It's been a long time since I called this name, my shopkeeper has changed his name to Bai Suzhen." ”

Su Jin laughed dumbly, and immediately understood the meaning of the white peony, changing the name of the flower is equivalent to saying goodbye to the past, Su Zhen's meaning does not need to be explained, although it is a little funny to have the same name as the legendary white lady, but Su Jin completely understands the white peony's mind.

Su Jin smiled and nodded, and walked out, the girl hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask the guest officer's surname, how should I answer if my shopkeeper asks me when I pass the word?" ”

Su Jin stopped and turned around and said, "You just say that my surname is Su, your shopkeeper naturally knows who I am, and I will send two more sentences to her." Su Jin thought about it and walked quickly to the counter, there was a stroke of ink on the counter, Su Jin took a pen and wrote two lines of words, walked away quickly, and disappeared into the crowd.

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The Su family convoy set off for the northwest, this time the entourage of the people was really a lot, just like a big move, from the tables, chairs, benches, to the tea set and incense burner, I heard that the city in the northwest is very bitter, there are few shops, but also let Rou Niang Huanniang heartbreak, the family purchased for a few days, loaded with five carriages of things, plus Su Jin brought back to the northwest by the way to replenish the armor and weapons materials of the team, and it is a large team of thousands of people.

However, this trip to the west is completely different from the mood of the last trip to the west, if you talk about the fear of being ignorant and ignorant about the future, this time Su Jin's mood is obviously much lighter, and more is just a heavier responsibility and hope.

Rou Niang and Huanniang also accompanied them to the northwest, Su Jin originally wanted Mrs. Wang to go with her, but Mrs. Wang refused, she understood that Su Jin didn't want to let herself stay alone in the capital, but she was a virtuous mother, she understood when to let go, when not to let herself become a burden to Su Jin, her son's achievements were enough to let the ancestors of the Su family rest in peace, and she herself fulfilled the responsibility of the daughter-in-law of the Su family, worthy of her dead husband.

There was a small episode before leaving, Xia Zhu actually came to visit Su Jin in person after the morning of the first day, the festival between the two was tacit, but on the surface it was still very kind, Xia Zhu's purpose was not to make peace, he brought a box of clothes and a box of jewelry to Su Jin.

Let Xia Zhu ask Su Jin's tone in a hundred ways, Su Jin gritted his teeth and did not let go, did not admit or deny that Xia Siling was by his side, and finally Xia Zhu was helpless, leaving the box and leaving with a sigh, Su Jin felt a little pity for him, but he quickly warned himself that he must not be emotional, dealing with people like Xia Zhu, if you think he will be easily defeated, then it is very wrong, Xia Zhu is like a hibernating snake, it is still in a state of convergence, once you don't pay attention, he will bite you hard and inject venom into your bodyand let you die unexpectedly.

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On the morning of Su Jin's departure from Beijing, business was still busy in Su Kee's ready-to-wear store in Beijing.

As the only ready-to-wear shop specializing in receiving female guests, it has become well-known in the capital; The quality of Su Ji's ready-to-wear is not very good, but it is better than the renovation of tricks and endless ideas, and it has become a pastime for the ladies of the boudoir in Beijing after tea and dinner.

There are also young women wearing clothes in this shop, so that people can see the advantages and disadvantages of the clothes in three dimensions, and the shopkeeper here is good at painting Danqing's picture, and more than ten pairs of clothes and ladies are hung on the inner wall of the store, which makes people clear at a glance.

Today, the regular customers of this shop suddenly noticed that there was an extra banner in the shop.

In the middle of a large number of ladies' pictures, in the most conspicuous position, there is a newly framed banner, made of the most ordinary rhubarb paper used for bookkeeping and coating on the cabinet.

There are only two sentences on it: out of the sludge but not stained, clear ripples but not demons!

It was Su Jin's parting words; After changing her name, Bai Suzhen also knew in her heart that this was also the last meeting between her and Su Jin, and since then, there has been no intersection between Su Jin and her.

Regrets? Actually, there are, but more often than not.

Bai Suzhen never married, a few years later Su Ji gave the ready-to-wear shop to Bai Suzhen, a few years later she became the most famous garment shop in the capital "Cai Diexuan" female owner, decades later she became a benchmark figure in the Great Song Dynasty clothing industry, influence throughout the Great Song Dynasty and surrounding subject countries.

In her shop, this banner will always be hung: out of the sludge but not stained, clear ripples but not demons!