Mo Zhifu thought about it, and had an idea, so it was better to quietly inform the Fang family, hide Miss Fang, or marry quickly, so that neither side would be offended. Called a housekeeper and instructed: "I am inconvenient to repair the book in this matter, you go to see the master of the Fang family immediately." ”

In this way, the steward immediately received the order.

But he said that the master Yuan Chengyu saw that the owner was indecisive, and he was very angry, and he couldn't take care of the opportunity when he was close to him, so he immediately prepared a generous gift after coming out, and asked for the recommendation of Eunuch Yao's fellow countryman, and met him overnight.

The gift was given, worth at least five hundred taels of silver, Yao Yin was very happy after seeing it, this is still the first person to give a heavy gift, can you not see it? Invited people in, and said with a smile: "This prisoner has come from afar, how can I accept your gift?" Alas! If you don't accept it, you have to say that we are willful as internal officials. ”

"My father-in-law is straightforward." Master Yuan looked respectful, drank tea, and said: "Is there something I want to ask my father-in-law about my late life, may I ask if the purpose of going to Jiangnan to select a young girl this time is from the imperial court, or is there another reason?" ”

Eunuch Yao laughed and said, "How can you say such a thing? Who would dare to pretend to be the will of God? How many of my dares to go out of Beijing without permission? You're overthinking. ”

"Oh!" Master Yuan asked again: "Then the order to choose a young girl, is it really for beauty, or is it a false story?" ”

Yao Yin couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "I asked this, this time this time the prison was ordered to choose a woman to enter the palace, and it was necessary to choose one hundred out of a thousand, ten out of a hundred, and one out of ten. To tell you the truth, these beauties have to be strictly selected when they enter the palace, and the best ones are sent to the thirty-six palaces to serve, the middle ones are separated from the seventy-two courtyards, and the rest are three thousand fandel, which is favored by the saint. If one of them satisfies the saint, he will be given the title of nobleman, and he will immediately live in another house, and everyone who does things at that time will be rewarded. This is at stake for the future of the prison. So I really hope to find a few beauties, if you are lucky enough to be favored by the prince, it is not small to be rich and rich. ”

Master Yuan nodded and said: "If this is the case, then why did the government not choose the newspaper for what I saw and heard in my later life, the most famous beauty in our mansion, in order to live up to the expectations of my father-in-law, but offered it to the ugly person, why?" ”

Eunuch Yao was very surprised. He said angrily: "How can this be justified! I made it very clear to the county officials, how dare they dare to hide it? Good, good, good! I will tell the Holy God the truth and ask him about the crime of deceitful king. But I don't know what the beauty Mr. is talking about, who is her surname and what family she is from? I'll send it over to the county. ”

"Huh." Master Yuan didn't answer, but said: "If my father-in-law only lets the government search for it among the people, I think it will not be easy to find a beauty." ”

"Why is that?" Eunuch Yao was curious.

I saw Master Yuan shaking his head and saying, "Father-in-law, you think." Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, those village girls and foolish women in the market, and the daughters born are nothing more than wild flowers and weeds. Even if there are one or two outstanding ones, they are only worthy of being called folk beauty, where can there be a heavenly national color? If you want to be born in the ancient books, you will inherit the innate spirit of your parents. Therefore, most of the stunning beauties are often from the families of the princesses. ”

"Really?" Eunuch Yao felt refreshed, and dared to love him for not recognizing a few words, and he had no knowledge at all. I can't hear Yuan Chengyu's words on paper.

Among the four beauties in ancient times, Xi Shi was a village woman, and Zhaojun was a son of a good family, who seemed to be a scholar in a small county town; And Diao Chan is a dancer of Situ Wang Yun's family, either bought or born by the family, only Yuhuan was born in a first-class aristocratic family.

In the mouth of Master Yuan, the Spring and Autumn penmanship used by scholars was adopted, Xi Shi is the princess of the Yiguang clan, Zhaojun is the princess of the Han Dynasty, Diao Chan has become Wang Yun's illegitimate daughter, plus Yuhuan, they are all beautiful women.

In the end, Master Yuan concluded: "Now the daughters of these noble families are all hiding deep in the golden house, relying on the high-ranking officials of the family, and treating the officials below the prefect as idle, so how dare the prefecture and county report by name?" How did the father-in-law know? Therefore, although the holy decree is brilliant, it is only a piece of silk paper. As a courtier, he was born later, so he didn't dare to say anything. ”

Eunuch Yao was suddenly in awe, this Mr. Yuan's knowledge is high! Immediately, his attitude became affectionate and affectionate, and he said: "Brother Gaojian, I was almost deceived by the officials below. It's just that the beauty that Shi Cai said is still trying to explain, so that I can send someone to chase it down. ”

"I didn't dare to say it in my late life, but my father-in-law was dedicated to contributing to the court, and I didn't dare not recommend it." Master Yuan got up and whispered: "The beauty that the late life said is the granddaughter of Fang Xiaoru, she is really good at crossing the Dao Yun, and she is better than Wang Qiang, if you can get this woman to enter the palace, you will invite the holy favor, I don't know if my father-in-law dares to get this girl?" ”

Eunuch Yao laughed and said, "It's just a criminal who is not powerful, how dare the Fang family disobey me?" I named it directly, not afraid that the Fang family would be disobedient. ”

"Not really." Master Yuan said in his ear: "The Fang family is too famous, and it is best for my father-in-law to use some means to ensure that his family is willing." ”

"Yes." Eunuch Yao was overjoyed, and he was busy asking for advice on what means to use, and Master Yuan spoke confidently.

Here, the housekeeper of the Mo Governor's Mansion came to Fang's house and said to the people watching the door: "I am sent by Master Mo in the mansion, and I have something important to meet, so I want to meet Master Fang." ”

At this time, Fang Xiaoru had already died of depression three years ago, and Master Fang was referring to his eldest son Fang Zhongxian.

Fang Xiaoru was praised by Yao Guangxiao as the seed of scholars, the first great Confucian in the early Ming Dynasty, loyal to the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen, as in history, won the universal respect of Jiangnan Shilin.

Xu Hao didn't care about the counterattack of scholars and officials, the gun came out of power, and he didn't learn from Zhu Di and even innocent. In fact, there is no need to do anything, isn't there still a large number of officials who surrendered? First of all, the three generations of the direct descendants of the Fang family are not allowed to be officials, and the collective of disciples is suppressed by officialdom.

Although the reputation of the Fang family is great, after all, the family is in the middle of the road, and when the subordinates heard that it was the steward of the prefect's family, they didn't dare to slack off, so they ran in to pray.

Fang Zhongxian is similar to his father, and he is also a university scholar, he has a bad life in history, he died at a young age, and he lives well in this time and space. Because he did not know what it was, he ordered that people be invited in.

After the steward of the Mo Mansion came in, he said: "Master Fang, my lord said that a eunuch came to Shaoxing to select young girls to enter the palace by secret order, and now he is inspecting from house to house, and people are not allowed to marry." Yesterday, I heard that someone wanted to open your young lady's name for selection, but my lord didn't allow it, saying that the young lady had already been hired.

However, some villains insisted that my lord disobeyed the court and attached himself to the party for personal gain, and I am afraid that he would report it to Eunuch Yao. My lord said that these villains have evil thoughts and will have no good intentions, and that Yao eunuch is the famous Yao madman ten years ago, so my lord ordered the villain to come to inform him, hoping that the lord would prepare early. ”

Fang Zhongxian was taken aback and sighed: "Disaster also falls from the sky behind closed doors, alas. "Fortunately, the daughter of the Fang family has already made a promise, just tell the truth, and when she was in the capital in the past, she had some contacts with Yao Yin, and he may not miss the old love.

But in the end, it was a troublesome matter, Fang Zhongxian sighed lightly, and said: "Lord Duocheng is reading Fang, thank you later." ”

Ordered someone to stay in charge to entertain the wine and dinner, who knew that the person had not left yet, and another door ran in and said: "Eunuch Yao has entered the gate with the holy decree, and the little ones who have come in first to inform the master and prepare to greet him." ”

Fang Zhongxian was stunned, so he had to quickly ask someone to put the incense case on the table, and clean the hall inside and out to welcome the holy decree. He hurriedly put on the official uniform, because Fang Xiaoru was the emperor's teacher, Fang Zhongxian himself had been an official, wearing a five-grade court uniform, and took the whole family all the way out.

I saw the great eunuch who stopped to admire from afar, and he hadn't changed a lot for many years, and Yao Maniac became Yao Lao Maniac. Fang Zhongxian stepped forward and bowed deeply, "I don't know that the holy decree was issued, and the lord came from afar, and he didn't greet him well, hoping to beg for forgiveness." ”

Eunuch Yao arched his hand slightly, and said with a smile: "The emperor's order is in his body, and he can't give gifts." See you inside. ”

Fang Zhongxian glanced at the holy decree he was holding, his expression was complicated, he lowered his head and followed behind Eunuch Yao, who was holding his head high, and led all the way to the hall.

As soon as he entered, Eunuch Yao respectfully offered the holy decree on the incense table in the middle, and ordered Fang Zhongxian to perform three kneels and nine bows.

Fang Zhongxian looked up at the other party, Eunuch Yao, who was going to salute first and then soldier, had a request for help, and walked to the side with interest, not playing the fox fake tiger power, even if he was already a fox fake tiger power.

After making a big salute, Fang Zhongxian should give a salute to Eunuch Yao, but because of the holy decree on it, it didn't work, so he invited the other party to the flower hall next door.

As the so-called visitor is a guest, and he is a big eunuch with a grade, Fang Zhongxian wants to respect him.

Eunuch Yao nodded with a smile, he was so happy in his heart, thinking that whether it was the Hongwu Dynasty or the Jianwen Dynasty, the status of the eunuchs was not high, even if the officials in the early Ming Dynasty were wantonly practiced by Comrade Lao Zhu, it was not comparable to the eunuchs, but it was a pity that in the Hongxi Dynasty, it was clear that the eunuchs had made great efforts, but they were still the same, and their status was just a little higher than before.

Fang Xiaoru was a great Confucian in the world, Zhu Yuanzhang also respected three people, his personality was upright, he never pretended to see the eunuch, Eunuch Yao went to the Fang family several times to pass the decree, and every time he was like a turtle grandson, who made the family the most trusted teacher of Emperor Jianwen, a hot minister.

Now that their status is reversed, Yao Yin learned the tone of Fang Xiaoru in the past, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Fang!" Miss Ling Ai is already a nobleman, Mr. is the abbot of Jiaofang, our family will be blindfolded by you on the other day, how dare you be courteous today? ”

Fang Zhongxian frowned slightly, and said: "The father-in-law is a saint and a close minister, and the students did not dare to be rude in the court in the past, but today the father-in-law is an angel, so why be humble?" ”

Eunuch Yao pretended to be very helpless and sat down. Fang Zhongxian arched his hand and said: "Fang has been at home for a long time, I don't know what the father-in-law has, please make it clear." ”

Eunuch Yao smiled: "Don't you know, sir? Now that the crown prince's wedding is imminent, the saint has ordered our family and several others to recruit nobles, and the students are responsible for the local area. When I wanted to be in Beijing, someone played the saint, saying that the young lady of the Fang family was beautiful and chaste, and she could be the mother of the surname, but unfortunately she later chose the current crown princess. However, the saint remembered this matter, and remembered the late Lord Fang, and specially ordered the students to come to Shaoxing to recruit Ling Ai into the palace, with Ling Ai's qualifications, presumably she must be a West Palace lady in the future. ”

Fang Zhongxian said in surprise: "The daughter of the lower is ordinary and ugly, how dare she be favored by the Sacred Heart?" And the little girl has already been hired, and she will get married soon. Please father-in-law read the feelings of the deceased, truthfully express his contempt, and a certain family of Fang is not ungrateful! (To be continued......)