Su Jin greeted the door of the inn, Ouyang Xiu's sedan chair had just landed, and Su Jin stepped forward to help Ouyang Xiu open the sedan curtain.

"Oh, Lord Zhongcheng, what kind of wind blew you here?" Su Jin smiled and threw his hand into the sedan chair.

Ouyang Xiu was stunned for a moment, then calmly lowered his head and got off the sedan chair, and said with a smile: "Why is this envoy Su?" You are also sent by the emperor, helping the official to open the sedan curtain, isn't this killing the official? ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "Lord Zhongcheng is so polite, you and I are more than one round apart in age, and the official position is also above the lower officials, shouldn't you be respectful?" Besides, it's not strange to have many people. ”

Ouyang Xiu stroked the black beard under his chin and smiled, "Hmm...... It seems to make sense, but there is also a saying that there must be a plan for courtesy, and there must be a reason for being courteous."

Su Jin scolded secretly: Give shameless things to the face; But his face was dazed, and he rolled his eyes and said, "Former and backward? Is the lower official disrespectful to adults? Xia Guan forgot when it was, but Lord Zhongcheng remembered it very clearly, and the adults really have a good memory. ”

Ouyang Xiu's face stiffened, and he said in his heart: You still pretend to be innocent and pretend to be confused for me, and you actually insinuate that the old man likes to hold grudges, what a tricky and lazy guy.

I didn't have much to say in public, so I snorted and said, "Should we go in and talk?" ”

Su Jin hurriedly bowed down and led Ouyang Xiu into the lobby of the inn.

The table has already been set up, the tea has also been placed, and even a few plates of dried fruits and melon seeds have been placed on the table, Ouyang Xiu nodded slightly and said: "Special Envoy Su, the tea has been prepared, it seems that you know that this official is coming?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Be prepared, Lord Zhongcheng's car is luxurious, and it is very lively wherever he goes, and the people below will come to report when they see it, and the lower officials think that Lord Zhongcheng must have come to congratulate him on his humble position, so he asked them to prepare it in advance." ”

Ouyang Xiuwei was stunned and asked, "Hexi?" What am I here to congratulate? ”

Su Jin pretended to be surprised and said, "Why, didn't Lord Zhongcheng come to congratulate Xia Guan on successfully getting back the grain that the profiteers had stored?" Isn't it a great joy to have 1,800,000 stone of grain? I'll tell you the truth, after I returned to the inn last night, I didn't sleep all night in excitement. ”

Ouyang Xiu had no choice but to arch his hand and said: "Congratulations, Su Zhuan has succeeded in making the horse successful, and Yangzhou City has finally been able to defend the clouds and see the moon." ”

Su Jin returned the salute in a serious manner: "Rejoicing and rejoicing, borrowing the luck of Lord Zhongcheng, the adult is at a loss before he comes, and the adult will win immediately as soon as he arrives, which must be the good luck that the adult brings to the lower officials; In this report, I will definitely write this article. ”

Ouyang Xiu rolled his eyes, this kid was obviously showing himself his merits, what he came to Yangzhou to bring him luck was nonsense, the purpose was to tell him that he had made another great contribution, and at the same time he was ashamed of himself with words, it seems that he must be cautious and cautious on this trip today, and a battle of wits and courage is indispensable.

Ouyang Xiu opened the teacup, took a sip of tea, and praised: "This tea is good, the envoy will enjoy the blessings, rented an inn to live, but did not go to the official post or yamen to live, indeed, how can that place be compared with here." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "My lord misunderstood, Xia Guan is not greedy for enjoyment to live in this good inn, but because the Xia family is here, naturally he wants to come and see it often." ”

"Family? Is the envoy already married? ”

"That's not true, it's just that a few maidservants in the family originally followed me to serve and study in Yingtian Academy, and then the emperor summoned them and had to take them to the capital, and now they have been ordered by the emperor to come to Yangzhou, and they have to follow me to come here; But how could there be so many self-people living in the yamen, so the lower officials rented this inn at their own expense and let them live here temporarily. ”

Ouyang Xiu sighed, nodded and said, "Envoy Su should have sent them back to their hometown a long time ago, how about following you around?" ”

Su Jin smiled: "I want to too, but I can't send them away." ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled and asked, "How can there be a reason why you can't send it away, can your caller still be unable to move?" ”

Su Jin said: "It's just my maid, it's okay, it's okay not to talk about it." Su Jin suddenly fell silent.

Ouyang Xiu naturally didn't ask these things, these things were just foreshadowing and warm-up, just like two people coming together to say hello and shake hands with each other, and then they were going to get to the point; Even if you hug and shake hands in front, you should scold your mother or scold your mother when you talk about business, and it has nothing to do with the politeness in front of you.

"Special Envoy Su, in fact, this official is here today to inquire about other important matters, but congratulating Special Envoy Su on his success is also one of the purposes of this trip." Ouyang Xiu finally spoke.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Lord Zhongcheng doesn't have to be polite, the lower officials know that you are not here to congratulate you, and Shicai is just interfering with the adults; The officials naturally understand that it is a matter of course to do a good job of the emperor's errand, and the people come to congratulate them because these things are good for them, or they are grateful for the emperor's favor and can't see the emperor, so they give it to me, and the officials naturally understand that it is natural to do a good job, how dare the lower officials ask for congratulations and praise? ”

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "You can see it very thoroughly, this official sounds like he is saying that the officials are cold, and the people know the meaning of Entu Bao more than the officials." ”

Su Jin hurriedly said: "The adults are too worried, but the lower officials didn't say that." ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "This official is also joking, Special Envoy Su doesn't have to take it seriously." ”

Su Jin smiled: "It turns out that adults also like to laugh like the lower officials, it seems that the lower officials can get closer to the adults, there may be a lot of common topics, and maybe they can also learn some ways of being an official from the adults." ”

Ouyang Xiu laughed, and suddenly the laughter turned into a sneer, and he said in a low voice: "This official wants to be close to Envoy Su, but unfortunately this official is afraid that he will not have that blessing, Envoy Su, if the official asks you something, you have to answer truthfully." ”

Su Jin said: "Adults turn their faces faster than books, this is something that the lower officials can't learn, don't open your mouth first, let the lower officials guess what?" ”

Ouyang Xiu sneered: "At this time, do you still have the heart to sarcastic people?" ”

Su Jin said: "It's fun in suffering, it's a day to be happy, it's a day to be unhappy, anyway, it's just a few days in a lifetime, so why bother pretending to make yourself uncomfortable?" ”

Ouyang Xiu said with a sigh: "You think about it, but this official doesn't have the same consciousness as you, this official sees that the person who is a traitor and a criminal, if he is not brought to justice, it will be a day and he will not think about it, he can't eat well and sleep, he always has to ask him and hurry up." ”

Su Jin said: "This habit is not good, and if you don't feel happy, you will get sick." ”

Ouyang Xiu said angrily: "Don't go around in circles with me here, I'll ask you ......"

"Are you asking me if I have moved the military rations to help the people?" Su Jin smiled.

Ouyang Xiu opened his mouth and said, "You...... Do you know the purpose of this officer's visit? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Although the envoy has only been in Yangzhou for two months, he has also made a lot of friends, and he can't hide it. My lord went to the government office in the morning to put the prefect of Song under house arrest, if I don't know, is it still worthy of being in this Yangzhou city? Can you still fight the treacherous and vicious Feng Jingyao? ”

Ouyang Xiu carefully savored the meaning of Su Jin's words, suddenly shuddered, and said in a trembling voice: "You are threatening this official, Yangzhou City is your world, right?" ”

Su Jin shook his head and said: "Lord Ouyang, you said such things to make me feel a lot less good for you in my mind, could it be that the people you brought down in your hands were all accused of such a crime and put them to death?" ”

Ouyang Xiu said in a low voice: "Shut up, you are slandering the reputation of this official, which case in the hands of this official is not conclusive evidence?" Have you ever framed someone? ”

Su Jin hurriedly pressed his palm and said: "That's the mistake of the lower officials, adults don't need to be so excited, there are all people outside, it's not good for adults to lose their temper, it will damage the prestige of the officials." ”

Ouyang Xiu calmed down his mood, and he also felt puzzled, on weekdays, he was like thunder when he said what others said, how could it be reversed today, he was excited by this kid's words, this is not his own style; And today I came to Xingshi to ask about the guilt, why is it that now it seems that Su Jin has the upper hand, what a fucking ghost.

Ouyang Xiu drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, closed his eyes and calmed down, and said, "Then the official asked you, is this matter true or false?" ”

Su Jin raised his eyebrows and looked at Ouyang Xiu and said, "What does Lord Zhongcheng want me to answer?"