After breaking up with his younger brother Wu Haowen, Wu Haogu took Olga straight to Gao Yu's newly purchased mansion. In less than a year, Wu Haogu's elder brother Gao Yu has changed houses twice. Now moved to a large mansion in the west chamber of Kaifeng Mansion near the original Duanwang Mansion, it is very close to Duanwang Mansion from this house, and after entering Duanwang Mansion, you can directly enter the imperial city through the newly built Yongdao, which is indeed very convenient.

At the same time as changing houses, Gao Yu's official position has also risen rapidly, and now he has been promoted to the east of Bapin, and he has also taken over Pan Xiao'an's prince and palace envoy to take care of the small treasury for Zhao Ji.

And Pan Xiao'an was also promoted to an official after Zhao Ji's pro-government, and the military rank official jumped to the deputy envoy from Qipinke Province and was sent to Yanzhou as a soldier and horse commander. Of course, Pan's officials don't know how to fight, and the soldiers and horses in the northwest don't have much real power. Song Huizong sent Pan Xiao'an, a banker, to the northwest, naturally to let him be gilded, and by the way, to recruit some brave generals of the Western Army, which would be of great use in the future.

Well, Song Huizong is a holy monarch, and the holy monarch always needs civil and martial arts, so he has to cultivate a henchman who will lead troops to fight.

Now among his three confidants, Wu Haogu was born as a painter, and it seems that he can't be trained as a general.

Gao Yu is not much stronger than Wu Haogu, he is just a master of juju, and he doesn't look like he can fight.

However, Pan Xiao'an looks dignified, and he is a descendant of the famous founding general Pan Mei, and he has also served as the commander of the Japanese army, which is a bit similar. So I went to Yanzhou to accumulate military experience very sadly......

When Wu Haogu came to the door of Gao Yu's mansion, he found that the street outside the door was full of carriages. The side of the carriage was guarded by the servants of the Haonu family wearing Ayara, and at a glance they knew that they were from a large family.

Wu Haogu didn't line up, and drove directly to the gate of Gaofu, a man who was probably a servant of Gaofu didn't know where he came out, looked at Wu Haogu, who was dressed plainly, and snorted with his nostrils: "This is the mansion of Gaogong Division, if you want to see it, go and line up!" ”

There's still a queue! Wu Haogu glanced at the long line, smiled slightly, and said in his heart: Now that the New Year is approaching, it is a good time to give gifts! I don't know if there are cars and horses outside my house?

"This official is the deputy envoy of the East Cabinet Gate, and he is the secretary of Jiehe City, and he has brought imperial weapons to Wu Haogu." Wu Haogu reported to himself, and then asked with a smile, "Can I go in?" ”

"Oh, it's the official in charge of the city's shipping department......" The Gao family who was the gatekeeper took a breath, the city's shipping department is rich! Then he looked behind Wu Haogu again, there was no carriage and horse to follow, only a golden retriever maid on a horse followed, could it be a gift to his master? But why is this gift still carrying a long sword? It looks fierce, and I don't know if it will bite......

"Your old Gao surname is ...... Could you please say it again? "The doorman of the Gao family is also an old qualified Bianliangzi, and he knows that there must be a demon when abnormal.

"Wu Haogu," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "I'm a friend of Gao Shiyan. ”

"Ah, you are the Wudongmen of the Republic Bank! Disrespectful, disrespectful! The servants of the Gao family finally reacted, and hurriedly changed their smiling faces and bowed.

Wu Haogu didn't mean to blame at all, and smiled and ordered Olga behind him to reward the other party with a small silver ting, and then watched the person fly and run to report.

After less than a quarter of an hour, I saw the main gate of Gaofu open, Gao Yu and a few Hao slaves walked out quickly, and when he saw Wu Haogu, who had already come off the horse and was standing there with a smile, he stepped forward and sang, "When will the eldest brother return to Kaifeng Mansion?" Why don't you let someone know? ”

"I only arrived in the afternoon today," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "I went to the Han Xianggong Mansion first, and then I came to my brother's place, but I came in a hurry, and I didn't bring a gift, so I will ask someone to send it tomorrow." ”

"What did Da Lang say? If you come, what kind of gift will you give? You and I are brothers...... Don't stand stupidly at the door, come with me. Come on, let the kitchen prepare a banquet and send it to the Pine Forest Pavilion. ”

As he spoke, Gao Yu dragged Wu Haogu into his mansion together.

Gao Yu's mansion is a deep mansion in the courtyard, although it is not as good as the Pear Flower Courtyard and Pan Jiayuan and Xiao Pan Garden, but in the Kaifeng Mansion City, it is also a first-class mansion.

The two of them were talking and laughing as they walked inside the mansion of Nuoda, passing through several courtyards one after another, and stopped outside a secluded courtyard in the back house of Gaofu.

Gao Yu pointed ahead with his hand, "It's time for you to come, and I'll take you to meet a wonderful person." ”

"Wonderful?" Wu Haogu frowned, Miaoren must be a woman...... put it in Gao Yu's mansion, I don't know what it has to do with him?

Wu Haogu knew that the big officials of the Song Dynasty were very erosive in their private lives in this year, and it was common for family concubines and family servants to send them back and forth...... However, as a guest of later generations, Wu Haogu is still not very accustomed to it.

Entering the courtyard, Wu Haogu saw a small building surrounded by pine trees on three sides, standing alone.

The location of this small building is extremely remote, and it is shaded by pine forests, which is a relatively independent area in Gao Yu's mansion, and I don't know who lives here?

Wu Haogu followed Gao Yu into the small building, there were already a lot of lanterns and candles in the small building, the light was dim, it could be seen that the decoration here was very delicate, and the air was filled with a faint fragrance of fat powder, which was obviously a woman's boudoir.

"Chun Niangzi, Gao Yu and Wu Dalang are here." Gao Yu shouted.

"The slave family will come down now."

This voice sounded a little fragrant and familiar, but Wu Haogu couldn't remember who that person was for a while. At this time, the stairs sounded, and a beautiful woman in red had already come, walked to Wu Haogu and Gao Yu, and made a blessing salute: "Nujia Chunlan, I have seen two big officials." ”

Chunlan? Wu Haogu immediately recognized the woman in front of him, it was Zhao Ji's earliest favored palace maid Chunlan.

How could a palace man appear in Gao Yu's house? And also...... She can't be Gao Yu's wonderful person, right?

"Brother Gao, what's going on? How could Spring Lady be here? Wu Haogu asked with some surprise.

"Hehe," Gao Yu said with a smile, "Let's talk while drinking...... Spring lady, is it convenient? ”

"How inconvenient? Let's come with the slaves. Chunlan just smiled lightly, then made a gesture of please, and walked to a side hall.

"Brother Gao, this is ......" Wu Hao Gu Gan stood and did not dare to move.

Chunlan is the emperor's woman! How did she get out of the palace? What is this place?

"Da Lang," Gao Yu lowered his voice, "this place is the closest to Duanwang's Mansion, there is a secret passage to connect it, and the official family sometimes comes here to meet with the beautiful woman, presided over by Chun Niangzi." ”

I see, this Zhao Ji is really good at playing!

Wu Haogu understood, it turned out that this was a den of Zhao Ji's "experience life" outside the palace. Zhao Ji must have used the excuse to go back to Duanwangfu (Duanwangfu is a hidden mansion, and it will not be sent out again, usually a Taoist temple or something) to see, and then entered Gaoyu's mansion through the secret passage...... It seems that Gao Yu is the real first confidant!

Gao Yu smiled and said, "Da Lang, in fact, this spring lady should follow you...... You're the big owner of Oiran Shops! You should be more familiar with women's affairs than I am. ”

What do you say...... Wu Haogu thought to himself: How can he become a pimp in front of the emperor if he is a great Confucian?

Gao Yu didn't care what Wu Haogu thought, he pulled him into the side hall, the side hall was brightly lit, there was a square table in the middle, the tea set had been placed on the table, and a red clay stove was placed on the side of the table, and on the stove was a silver kettle engraved with dragon patterns, and white mist rose from the mouth of the pot.

Spring Lady was ordering tea, she used a bamboo spoon to take out the thick green cloud tea from the paper bag, put it on a piece of white paper, brushed off the finely chopped tea, and put it into the purple clay pot. Then take a silver kettle and pour boiling water. Her technique is extremely sophisticated, the boiling water poured in is just level with the mouth of the pot, and the tightly rolled tea leaves stretch out slightly, without overflowing at all, and a refreshing tea fragrance immediately wafts out. Chun Niangzi picked up the lid of the purple clay pot, skillfully skimmed off the fine foam from the mouth of the pot, covered it, and poured boiling water on the pot.

While waiting for the water on the body of the pot to dry up, Wu Haogu had already begun to talk to Gao Yu about business.

"Brother Gao, do you know anything about the Privy Council's Department of Military Sciences?"

"The Department of Military Sciences? I know," Gao Yu smiled, "It's going to be cut soon." ”

"Definitely a layoff?"

"That's ah......" Gao Yu said, "This thing is already nonsense, the central commander of the army, is the ancestral family law fake?" How can this be done by a powerful minister with ill intentions? ”

"But without the Military Science Division, who will go to Yanyun in the Northern Expedition in Japan?"

"Northern Expedition Yanyun? No way? Isn't it good to be with the Great Liao Kingdom now? ”

Wu Haogu frowned when he heard this, wasn't Gao Yu a lieutenant later? Why don't you want to fight at all?

"Brother Gao," Wu Hao Gu paused, "You haven't thought about holding the Military Academy Division in your hands?" ”

"I didn't think about it, I didn't think about it at all!" Gao Yu hurriedly shook his head, "This thing is too hated...... Da Lang, don't fight the idea of the Military Academy, this is hot, that is, the old thief of Zhang Dun dares to do it. ”

Wu Haogu frowned, "What does the official family mean?" ”

Gao Yu still shook his head and said with a smile: "The official family never tells me this, and I don't ask." ”

Do you just care about pimping?

Wu Hao Gu belly scolded.

"What does Big Brother Gao say to the official family on weekdays?"

"Women, of course, and ...... Qionglin Palace! Gao Yu smiled and asked, "Da Lang, Qionglin Palace is your business!" You have to hurry up and prepare, now that the Queen Mother is not in good health, if her old man is gone, this Qionglin Palace will be able to start to get it. ”

Wu Haogu thought for a while, and then asked, "Who should I talk to about the war?" ”

"Your brother-in-law, Brother Pan Eleven!" Gao Yu said, "Look at the meaning of the official family, it is to promote him to be the third government to manage the army, and if he wants to go north to Yanyun in the future, it will be time for him to lead the troops." ”

What the? Pan Xiao'an leads the troops? He's a banker! Can he still be saved by letting him go to Da Song?

"Brother Gao, you really haven't thought about ......"

"No, no." Gao Yu waved his hand, "Da Lang, Qionglin Palace is the most important thing!" The official's appetite has risen, you can't let him down! ”