In mid-June, it's the hottest time of the year. Although Daozhou is located in Lingbei, the weather in this season is no less hot than Yongzhou.

Xu Ping sat on a bamboo chair in the shade of a tree in the courtyard of the post house, holding a copy of "Mencius" and reading it without a match. Mencius was popular in this year, and as a scholar from Jinshi, Xu Ping also had to enrich himself at any time, otherwise it would be embarrassing to talk to others.

A few days ago, he went to visit Ding Wei, and after a long day of leisure, he could be regarded as completing a courtesy return visit. Unless it is really necessary, Xu Ping will not meet with the former prime minister again, and meeting him is really harmful to himself rather than beneficial. Ding Xianggong has offended too many people, and most of the princes in the court now have a deep hatred with him. Prime Minister Lu Yijian was originally promoted by Wang Dan to restrain Ding Wei, and the second prime minister Li Di hated Ding Wei to the core, and when the two were both in power, they had to fight with him for life and death.

Zhizhou Xin Ruoji still did not come back in Guiyang Prison, and the general judgment inspected Ningyuan County, and it happened that there was a case in nearby Yongzhou that asked him to review, and he couldn't come back for a while. The manager who is presiding over the state affairs in the army, Zhang Yuxi, came to visit Xu Ping once, and the status difference between the two was relatively far, and they couldn't discuss the government, but they just talked about poetry and literature, and talked in generalities, but they didn't leave a deep impression on each other.

Not far behind Xu Ping, Ren Shouzhong held a bowl of bayberry soup in both hands, stood straight, did not squint, and waited for Xu Ping's call at any time. If you want to say that this servant, you have to be convinced, when you have a little status, you may not have other skills, and you are all first-class in serving people, otherwise how can you be liked by the Queen Mother and the Emperor?

Since I learned the news of the death of the queen mother, the emperor is in power. Ren Shouzhong is like a different person. Every day in front of and behind Xu Ping. handed over food and drink, laughed and relieved boredom, and annoyed Xu Ping.

"You're so attentive, what do you want me to do for you?" Xu Ping asked Ren Shouzhong.

"How dare you bother with the Ministry of Labor and Industry, as long as you don't do anything, it will be a blessing from the small previous life!" Ren Shouzhong cautiously looked at Xu Ping's face and replied.

Today's emperor is a benevolent person, and no matter how jealous he is of these people, he is nothing more than driving him out of the palace. Just find a remote place to arrange an idle ministry. Ren Shouzhong has been in the palace for many years, and he is still accurate about this. However, he offended Xu Ping too much before, and he was afraid that he would hold a grudge in his heart, and he might ruin his life if he went up to the concert. Now Xu Ping has made great contributions, and he has a lot of relationship with his uncle Li Yonghe, so Ren Shouzhong naturally has to be careful.

Xu Ping has always dealt with either officials or literati gentlemen, and the first time he encountered such a faceless villain, he had no choice but to let him go.

Originally, Xu Ping's heart. also played a role in his own illegal behavior of saying that Ren Shouzhong was in the chapter, or with the help of Li Yonghe's relationship. The mind of putting Ren Shouzhong to death. But after thinking about it, he became a new star in the officialdom that everyone in the court paid attention to, and it was when he wanted to be obscure, so forget it. If you can't get along with an in-house servant who escorts you, you will inevitably be mean in the eyes of others, which is not conducive to making friends in the court in the future.

Just by mistake, Ren Shouzhong became Xu Ping's little follower, his hands and feet were diligent, and he couldn't even intervene in Xiuxiu, so he had to go.

Xu Ping's identity has not changed, it is not good to walk around, Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang can't stay in the post house, they go out early and return late every day, enjoy the scenery, touch the fish and catch turtles, and have a lot of fun.

The days went by day by day, and before I knew it, it was June 12.

The Queen Mother died at the end of March, coupled with the reburial of Concubine Li Chen, the whole April was basically a funeral, and it was only in May that the government slowly got on the right track. This was followed by a series of personnel changes, a few years ago, because the Empress Dowager asked the Empress Dowager to return to power, and the people who were degraded had to be recalled, the most typical being Fan Zhongyan, who was recalled to Beijing as the right secretary. Some of the people who were attached to the Empress Dowager and thus promoted to the throne had to be dealt with, and the entire court was mixed and unclear.

Xu Ping reads the newspaper every day, although there is a general context, some specific court affairs are in the clouds. He has always been an official in Lingnan, far away from the center, and many major affairs of the court and politics are not clear.

At this time, the Di newspaper was different from the former Tang Dynasty and even the early Song Dynasty, and it was collected and sorted out by the various road Jinjuan Yuan and changed to the unified distribution of the imperial court under the Zhongshu Jinjuanyuan.

Moreover, the newspapers of this era were all hand-copied, and the circulation was very limited, that is, Xu Ping spent every day in the post house to read it, and it was really not easy for ordinary officials to see it in time. Thinking that I didn't get the news of the death of the Queen Mother in time in Quanzhou, I thought that it was not Ma Zhongfang's sloppiness, but that there was a legitimate road, and the newspaper had already been taken away by others.

A lot of things happened between April and May, and Xu Ping couldn't figure it out in the remote place of Daozhou, anyway, on the afternoon of June 12, he had nothing to do, and he was reading "Mencius" in the post house alone, and Ren Shouzhong was carefully serving behind him.

Just when Xu Ping was bored, half-asleep and half-awake, Yicheng, who didn't know what to do outside, rushed back from outside, until he reached Xu Ping's side, bowed down, and said loudly: "Congratulations to the official, the edict of the court has arrived, and the envoy has arrived not far ahead!" ”

Xu Ping opened his eyes, looked at Yi Cheng, and said in a daze: "What edict?" ”

Yi Cheng said: "Isn't the official here to be ordered? Naturally, the edict has arrived! ”

Xu Ping came to his senses at this time, and after more than a month of departure, did he finally come down with his will?

Standing up from the bamboo chair, Xu Ping said, "Let's wait for me to go back and wash my face and change into my official clothes." ”

Yi Cheng hurriedly led the way and led Xu Ping to his residence. Yicheng ushered in the send-off all the year round, and he had the most eye-catching, and he had already known that Xu Ping's return to Beijing was to be of great use, and he was naturally attentive and attentive.

Ren Shouzhong held the big bowl of bayberry soup, rushed forward in three steps and two steps, squeezed Yi Cheng away, glared at him and said: "Since the envoy is going to come to announce the decree, you still haven't prepared the incense case, you are the only one who is asking if you miss the time!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and said with a smile: "The small one is waiting for the Ministry of Labor to change clothes." ”

Xu Ping looked at him and shook his head, and said casually: "No need, I don't need others to be by my side when I change my clothes." You are familiar with all kinds of canons, so let's prepare everything together with Yicheng. ”

With that, he raised his feet and walked to his quarters.

Yi Cheng looked at Ren Shouzhong and smiled secretly in his heart. He looked down on this prominent chamberlain from the bottom of his heart, and when he first came, he was like a wolf and a tiger to Xu Ping, and as soon as he got the news of the death of the queen mother, he saddled up the horse and the horse, and was a slut.

Xu Ping returned to his residence, washed his face, and changed into official clothes.

Pity him for entering Shi High School, being an official for six years, making great contributions to the country, specially promoted, and the speed of promotion is arrogant to his colleagues, but he is only promoted from the eighth grade to the seventh grade, and he is still wearing a green robe. According to the statement of the seven-grade sesame official in his previous life, he is still a sesame mung bean official, and he doesn't know what year and month he will be able to reach the point of Zhu Zigui.

Back in the courtyard, Ren Shouzhong had already set up an incense case with Yi Cheng and was waiting for Xu Ping. In fact, I don't know how many officials are in the post house courtyard, and the post man is also well-informed, where do you need Ren Shouzhong's guidance.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves outside, Xu Ping walked outside.

The queen mother died, and there have been many changes in the palace, and now the chamberlain sent down should be someone close to the emperor, and he can't be neglected at all. Moreover, it was the emperor who came, so he naturally had to welcome him outside.

When I got out of the gate of the post house, I saw a group of people coming up on the official road in front of the door. There were one or twenty soldiers accompanying him, and just by looking at the tall men and horses, and their extraordinary bearing, they knew that they were all elites selected from the forbidden army. Among these soldiers were a high-grade chamberlain and two small yellow gates, like stars holding the moon.

It was not clear in the smoke and dust, so Xu Ping had to wait quietly on the side of the road.

In a moment, the horse team arrived in front of the post house, and the high-grade waiter on the horse stopped the horse, looked at Xu Ping on the side of the road, and shouted: "Yunxing, are you anxious to wait for the holy decree?" My brother sent it to you! ”

Xu Ping looked up, who was not Shi Quanbin?

stepped forward to salute at the moment, helped Shi Quanbin get off the horse, looked him up and down and asked, "Pavilion Chief Shi, why are you here?" I thought about it, but I didn't expect it! ”

"Why not me? Which one is suitable now but me! ”

Shi Quanbin was beaming with joy and took Xu Ping's hand and walked towards the post house.

Since entering the palace, he has been waiting by the emperor's side, and has been suppressed by the gang around the queen mother for more than ten years, Shi Quanbin finally ushered in his own time to get ahead, full of joy and was about to find someone to talk to, and Xu Ping was his best confidant.

Since Xu Ping was still white, the two have known each other, and their friendship has been cultivated little by little. When they first got acquainted, Shi Quanbin took a fancy to the relationship between the Xu family and Li Yonghe, and knew that one day this young man would grow up. But as the years passed, Xu Ping's growth far exceeded Shi Quanbin's expectations, and he cherished this friendship more and more.

As an internal servant, if you want to be promising, you must not only be liked by the emperor, but also have the support of foreign ministers, so that you can live in the palace without obscurity. Shi Quanbin's grandfather Shi Zhihao almost took the position to the festival envoy, although Shi Zhihao himself was open-minded and didn't think about it, Shi Quanbin regretted it deeply, and wanted to complete the position that his grandfather failed to reach.

When he entered the courtyard, he saw that the incense case had already been arranged, so Shi Quanbin asked Xu Ping to take the order and do the right thing first.

Ren Shouzhong on the side trotted over all the way, bowed to Shi Quanbin's side, and saluted: "Little congratulations to the Pavilion Chief, who has won the trust of the official family to do such a big thing!" If there is something in the future, even if you tell the small ones, give them a lot of help! ”

Shi Quanbin glanced at Ren Shouzhong and said disdainfully: "It turns out that you also have a well-behaved waiting, didn't your nostrils turn to the sky when you saw me in the palace!" ”

"At this time and that time, it is a small ignorant body, let the cabinet chief laugh, don't go to your heart!"

Shi Quanbin snorted coldly: "Count you smart, tell you about it, the official family has already dismissed the imperial medicine and the imperial medicine offering." Everyone else has a place to go, but you, wait until you go back this time! ”

Ren Shouzhong smiled all over his face, but he chuckled in his heart. Dudu emptied himself, it seems that he wants to be repressed according to the situation of completing the ministry this time, which makes Xu Ping say a bad word about himself, and it will really be doomed. (To be continued.) )