Xu Ping sat at the table, holding a pen in his hand, tilting his head to look at the night outside the window, thinking about it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Continuing to stay in the capital and serve is no longer a big achievement, which is not good for the country or for his future career. But under what pretext? It's a big challenge.

Whether it is an official position or the dispatch of the deputy envoy of salt and iron, it is neither high nor low, and it is extremely difficult to deal with it when going out to work.

Xu Ping didn't mind letting go of his identity to go to a foreign governor, he originally lacked the qualifications of knowing the state, but others wouldn't think so. Xu Ping's qualifications are too lacking, and he has not yet reached the level of an important place to go out of the town as an important minister, and as an ordinary governor, he is heavily depreciated. After a year of hard work, I have also made a lot of contributions, and it is impossible to be degraded. Xu Ping is willing, and the subordinates of Zhongshu will not agree, there is no reward for merit, there is no punishment for mistakes, and there is no chaos in the officialdom.

If you don't know the state, you will go to the governor of the road. Xu Ping has never served as a sentencing envoy, a pacification envoy, and a transfer envoy at the road level, especially the sentencing envoy and the transfer envoy are the qualifications necessary for him to go further in the future. Zhao Zhen can let him skip these two steps and directly become the deputy envoy of salt and iron, but he must not skip over to be the third envoy. Regardless of the sentence, the qualifications of the transfer envoy must be supplemented, otherwise the appointment of the three envoys will definitely not pass the middle book, and no one will be able to be the prime minister.

The transfer envoy is at the same level as the judge of the third division in terms of seniority, and Xu Ping must have a suitable reason to do it. There is no explanation, a deputy envoy of salt and iron inexplicably applied to go out to be a transfer envoy, or is it too funny when the deputy envoy of the third division is doing well, who will agree?

Xu Ping just wanted to come up with a reason, and he had been for several nights in a row, and he didn't have a clue.

Xiuxiu polished the ink, Xu Ping didn't move, and from time to time he filled it with a little water, and slowly stirred it with an ink stick.

Not far away, Lin Suniang was doing needlework under the light, preparing new clothes for the child in her belly. looked up at Xu Ping from time to time, and saw half of Xu Ping's face that was swollen like a big steamed bun, and he didn't get angry.

The tooth at the end grew very strong, and it was pulled out abruptly, although Xu Ping rinsed his mouth with strong wine at that time, how could the wine be completely disinfected? Soon after returning home, my face was swollen, and the more swollen it became.

hurriedly invited the imperial doctor to come over, and after seeing that it was no big deal, Lin Suniang could barely put her mind at ease. There is no way to treat teeth too well, and this kind of extracutaneous injury is still good. The medicine was prescribed, saying that it would be ripe in a few days, and it would be good to squeeze out the pus, but Xu Ping would have to suffer for a few days.

Lin Suniang was so angry that she said Xu Ping many times, they are all in their twenties, and their children are seven or eight years old, how can they still be as sexual as when they were teenagers. If this is not good, the body will be seriously ill, and I have never thought about the consequences.

Xu Ping didn't argue with Lin Suniang, he listened to what he said, but he didn't think so. Women, after all, have long hair and short knowledge, and don't know the truth that long pain is better than short pain. This end tooth has tormented me for nearly a year, suffered countless hardships, and took three months of medical leave. Fortunately, there were no major events in the court in the past three months, and I had the emperor's care above and the help of my cronies below, so it went smoothly. If this is an ordinary official, I don't know how many opportunities I will miss in three months, and it is possible that I will be unlucky for a lifetime.

endured the pain for a while, and in exchange for the tooth never getting sick in the future, Xu Ping felt that he had earned it. What does it matter if your face is swollen? I can count the days and wait for the pus to disappear, and I am not as headless as before. You can't eat or drink, how can you live this life? Eat whatever you want and drink whatever you want in the future.

Xiuxiu followed Xu Ping to Lingnan to see the world, and she never complained at all. Anyway, officials always make sense to do things, and they don't understand it, they just don't understand that truth. Honestly helped Xu Ping boil medicine and medicine, make something that can be eaten smoothly, and take care of his body.

Xu Ping thought about it for a long time, his brain hurt, and he still didn't have an eyebrow. I felt that my body was numb, and I wanted to change my posture to continue thinking, but I accidentally touched the swollen half of my face, and I grinned in pain.

Moving his face to the moonlight outside the window, holding a pen in his hand, Xu Ping unconsciously fell on the table.

Lin Suniang saw it and coughed lightly.

Xu Ping sighed secretly in his heart, so he had to sit up straight again.

This is a habit that Lin Suniang has cultivated since childhood, at that time, Xu Ping followed Lin Wensi to read and write, and he couldn't sit still in his seat, squirming around. Lin Wensi saw the one who was going to be punished, and when Lin Suniang saw it, she would cough and remind Xu Ping, so that he could escape the teacher's punishment in time. One or two decades have passed, Lin Suniang's habit has not changed, and when she sees Xu Ping's improper posture, she will cough and remind her. Xu Ping is also accustomed to nature, and when he heard Lin Suniang's cough, he sat upright, like an old pedant behind the podium.

Xiuxiu saw it on the side, and seemed to be smiling. The official is a man who doesn't care about the world, but he is honest in front of his wife, and he has never seen him blush in front of his wife. A lot of the tacit understanding between the two has been cultivated since childhood, and now it has become a habit in life, and there is no reason to talk about it.

As we approach the middle of August, the moon begins to round up, and before you know it, it hangs on the treetops and looks brighter and brighter against the jewel-like canopy.

Lin Suniang looked at the moonlight, put down the needle and thread in her hand and said, "It's not early, let's rest." There are still a few days left to go to the court, Da Lang thought slowly, not in a hurry at this time. ”

Xu Ping sighed, handed the pen in his hand to Xiuxiu, and stood up unhappily.

Xiuxiu took the pen, took it in her hand with the inkstone, and went to the yard to fetch water to wash the inkstone.

Lin Suniang watched Xiuxiu go out and said to Xu Ping: "Da Lang, I never ask you about the court, but you have been sad these days, and you must have encountered difficulties." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Suniang shook her head with a smile: "I know, according to your temperament, your face is as swollen as the previous two, and you won't feel sad no matter how difficult it is." This must be for official business. Da Lang, we are all from small families, not as good as those wealthy families, we have relatives to discuss when we encounter difficulties, we only rely on our own family people. I'm a woman, and I don't understand the major affairs of the court, but if you have nowhere to solve it, it doesn't hurt to talk to me. ”

Xu Ping lowered his head and thought about it, then suddenly raised his head and asked Lin Suniang: "Su Niang, you have lived in the capital for more than 20 years, do you feel tired?" The world is so big, have you ever thought about going out and seeing it? ”

Lin Suniang smiled and said: "What's the matter, I didn't have a good time in the court, and I want to go out to work?" But wait another two months, the baby in the womb is born, and I will go with you. Also, this time, don't choose the armies of remote states such as Guangnan, Chuanxia, and Shaanxi, and you can't bring your family. No matter where we go, we are good together as a family. ”

Xu Ping said: "I don't go far away, this time I choose a close place, which is to take a breath outside the court." You should also know that I have been in Yongzhou for six years, but I have been sentenced to general, and I barely got into Zhizhou in the last year. There is no clear statement in the Miscellany and Xitong Affairs, and their qualifications are too shallow. In the year I returned to Beijing, the saint took care of me in many ways, and immediately mentioned the position of deputy envoy of salt and iron. It's good to be in a high position, but my qualifications are incomplete, and I'm young, so the road in the officialdom will not be easy in the future, so I have to go out. ”

"Then go out, while you are young now, and make up for what you lack, otherwise the days to come will not be more difficult? I'm a poor and talented daughter, and I'm not a lady, what's the hardship I can't endure? You can do your own thing, and you don't have to think about your family holding you back. However, your face is swollen like this now, and the doctor only said that it was okay, and he didn't know if what he said was true or not. It's better to wait for your injuries to heal and the child to be born, and then think about these things. ”

Xu Ping sighed: "Su Niang, you don't know what is going on in officialdom, now there are more monks and less porridge, where are there so many empty official vacancies for me to choose?" If you want to go out, you have to plan in advance, send the recital early, and wait for the previous term to finish the exam before you can take office. What I want to go to now is Jingdong, Jingxi and Jinghu 3rd Road, which are close to it. Originally, it was best to go to Jingxi Road, everything is convenient, but unfortunately Wang Yong, the transfer envoy of Jingxi Road, is about to expire, and the next one has already missed someone, and he can't wait for another year. Jingdong Road transfer made Zhang Cunxin take office for less than a year, and he was about to complete the exam, which was just suitable, but because of the famine under his control, he was able to provide relief, and he was just rewarded, so it was not easy to transfer. Now, I'm pointing to Jinghu Road. Do you still think that as soon as I hand this piece in, I will be able to go out to work? Alas, what a difficulty—"

Lin Suniang smiled slightly: "Jinghu Road is Jinghu Road, what's the matter?" Wait a few months, and everything at home will be arranged, and it is best to do it. ”

"Now there is a difficulty, I applied for the position of deputy envoy of the third department to serve as a foreign transfer envoy, and there is no precedent to follow without derogation. I'm not stupid enough to beg for depreciation by myself, and think of some reason to give people a headache. ”

Lin Suniang said: "When Da Lang first returned to Beijing, didn't the original salt and iron judge Xu Shen go to serve as a transfer envoy on Jiangnan Road? I remember saying at the time, he wasn't belittled, was he? Although this year, he didn't turn over what Da Lang said about him. ”

"That's a judge, how can you compare to a deputy envoy? The deputy envoy of salt and iron can only barely be said to be a transshipment envoy to Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei, but now I don't want to go to the three roads along the border. ”

For Xu Ping, the three roads along the border are not only a long distance and a problem of not being able to bring their families, but the most important thing is that there is a handsome division there, and the transfer envoy is really only responsible for transporting grain and grass, and his authority is greatly restricted. Xu Ping went out to show his ambitions, not to be a grain transportation officer, and the first thing to rule out was the three roads.

Thinking about it, Xu Ping said to Lin Suniang: "Okay, I'll have a headache with these, you can take care of your body." There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and you can always think of a way. ”

Lin Suniang nodded, turned around and saw Xiuxiu come back with a pen and inkstone, and went into the study to put it away. whispered to Xu Ping: "Xiuxiu is also a big girl, and it's not good for you to keep her by your side and delay her." When your illness is cured, it is time for her to go home and find a good family to marry. Besides, since she is a foreign officer, it is not good to take her with you again. ”

Xu Ping turned to look at Xiuxiu, and there was an inexplicable irritability in his heart, and said to Lin Suniang: "I'll talk about this later!" Okay, it's not early, let's rest, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. (To be continued.) )