The banquet lasted until the third watch in the evening, and the two old men, Lu Gui and Shi Yuanya, were a little drunk and left each other, leaving only Cao Yongyi and Li Tianyang to clean up the mess.

As Li Tianyang expected, although the banquet invitation was sent by Lu Gui, in the end, there was still only Li Tianyang who paid the bill, and even Cao Yongyi, another party, did not politely ask Li Tianyang.

However, looking at Cao Yongyi's stunned expression at this time, Li Tianyang didn't think it was strange, and with Li Tianyang's understanding of Cao Yongyi, in the end, Cao Yongyi would not bear the meal money of more than 1,000 taels of silver with Li Tianyang tonight.

Why is Cao Yongyi stunned?

It's not because Lu Gui and the two of them, who left first, chatted at the dinner table, and spent most of their time reminiscing about the king, and only a few words asked Cao Yongyi and them, but they didn't mention anything closely related to Cao Yongyi and them.

Even Lu Gui, who showed that he was the matchmaker for Cao Yongyi, rarely mentioned Cao Yongyi and them in person, and in the end, seeing the banquet over, Shi Yuanya didn't say anything to Cao Yongyi and them.

In this way, Cao Yongyi, who originally thought that he had taken advantage of Shi Yuanya's father-in-law, should make progress, but because of this, he had some gains and losses.

"Let's go, Lord Cao!" When it was over, after settling the accounts and taking care of the aftermath, Li Tianyang walked into the private room, and a word woke up Cao Yongyi, who was in a daze.

"It's coming......" A weak voice came out of Cao Yongyi's mouth, and a person who was originally quite energetic was like a seriously ill patient at this time.

"Little brother, what do you mean by this Father-in-law Lu, he said that he would introduce us to a nobleman, but when the nobleman came, he seemed to have forgotten about us, so he didn't recommend a few words to us at all?" On the way back, Cao Yongyi, who couldn't figure it out in the end, still turned his head and pulled Li Tianyang to discuss.

"......" To be honest, Li Tianyang was just a small person in his previous life, and he rarely did such things as pulling relationships and asking people to do things, so he was not very clear about Lu Gui's actions tonight, but looking at the worried look on Cao Yongyi's face at this time, Li Tianyang still couldn't help but speak to comfort him: "Don't worry, since our father-in-law Lu has traveled thousands of miles to bring you a letter and let you come to Beijing, and he has gone to great lengths to arrange all this for you, where may I forget you!" ”

"Besides, such a thing as entrusting people to take care of, characters like Gonggong Lu and them may not be like us people, laying out the matter and talking about it, presumably people have already discussed it in secret, come to eat this meal today, that is, let us meet this nobleman!" The more Li Tianyang said that, the more he felt that his reason was a little close to Lu Gui's thoughts, so he was a little more confident in his tone.

Hearing Li Tianyang's words of consolation, although Cao Yongyi's face was still full of worry, but there was still a bit of backbone in his words, for Li Tianyang's wisdom, Cao Yongyi still admired it, and it was not an ordinary person who could go out to sea at the age of less than twenty and lay such a large foundation.

After going back, as if there was no reply, for two consecutive days, Cao Yongyi and Li Tianyang could only wait for the news of Father-in-law Lu Gui in the inn where they stayed, until Cao Yongyi couldn't bear it anymore, and on the third day, he quietly touched Father-in-law Lu's small courtyard outside the imperial city.

Li Tianyang opened the window and watched Cao Yongyi walk from the inn door to the direction of Dongcheng, but he didn't stop him, nor did he want to follow Cao Yongyi to inquire about the news again.

There was no news for two days, not only Cao Yongyi couldn't sit still, but even Li Tianyang himself was a little flustered, secretly wondering if it was because his gift was not in line with his wishes, or was it Lu Gui's own disadvantage?

Waiting is the most abrasive thing, Cao Yongyi can quietly go to Lu Gui to inquire about the news, but Li Tianyang cannot. Cao Yongyi has been filial to Lu Gui for so many years, and the friendship is there, but Lu Gui and him Li Tianyang are only meeting for the first time, why should people help you, is it because of the gift you gave?

The difference between intimacy and intimacy can be found anywhere, so when Shan No. found out that Cao Yongyi went to Lu Gui to investigate, Li Tianyang was more willing to let Cao Yongyi go to investigate.

It's not a matter of hiding in the inn and waiting for news, whether it can be successful or not has to have a letter, so Li Tianyang and them have other plans.

When he went out, Cao Yongyi had a sad face, but when he came back, he had a peach blossom on his face, just an expression, and Li Tianyang knew that the news that Cao Yongyi brought back must be good.

There is no need for Li Tianyang to ask, the first thing he did when he returned to the inn was to find Li Tianyang and share the good news from Lu Gui and Lu Gonggong with Li Tianyang.

"Hey, hey, hey, tell you, little brother, if you want to see me in the future, you have to come to Yingtianfu to find me!" With a triumphant expression on his face, Cao Yongyi obviously did not come to share it with Li Tianyang, but to show off naked.

"Then I'm here to congratulate you on your promotion!" Li Tianyang had a happy expression on his face, and he really sighed in his heart, from now on, the only eyes and ears of their team in the middle and upper echelons of Fujian officialdom are gone.

But then, Li Tianyang couldn't help but rejoice, this time he came to Beijing to make a wise move, at least after this trip, Li Tianyang and they still hope to find a relationship in Beijing.

"Be polite, oh my little brother, you are really my nobleman, this time I went to my father-in-law to inquire about the news, although he scolded me fiercely, saying that I was not strong enough and my heart was too small. But outside of what he said, he liked the things that I gave to his old man this time, and he would never have gone to such great lengths to plan for me. Patting Li Tianyang's shoulder, Cao Yongyi, who had settled on the big stone, sighed in his heart at this time, and muttered as if in a dream: "Grandma is a ball, Tang Tang is the deputy commander of the capital Jingwei, how much incense has been burned by our ancestors, so that I have the opportunity to get ahead today!" ”

It is also said that when Li Tianyang and them returned to Magong Island in time, Cao Yongyi, who was far away in Beijing to take refuge and ask for help, suddenly became a blessing in disguise, and turned his head and spent all his money to ask Lu Gui to deceive his superiors and subordinates to turn the defeat into a victory, and immediately changed from the Penghu garrison to the military attache of the fifth rank to the deputy commander of the Zhenhai Guard Station with a false title from the third rank, but there was no more than the fourth rank.

But in fact, in the position of deputy commander of Zhenhaiwei, Cao Yongyi is just an ornament, and no one from all walks of life at the bottom buys the account of his sudden colleague, until now he has only installed a few cronies to live in Zhenhaiwei, but it is better to be at ease when he is in Penghu.

(End of chapter)