Yushi Zhang Qi's home is in Tofu Lane [Xian Mo: see the line on all sides, one clear and two white] A single courtyard, two narrow rooms and a pan of kang, the house is very old, the gray courtyard wall is not low at half height, inclined inward, the bricks on the ground in the courtyard have been stepped on for a long time, and the texture arc of the brick joints is subtle, very much like a dustpan, [ Xianmo: Extremely interesting, living in a dustpan, every day fart upside down, you can know how unstable, the official has nothing to do with this state, thinking ridiculously, to take the dustpan tofu, this tofu is even more shapeless, it can be seen that this official will have no edges and corners, it is a chicken shaved tofu, messy,]

Zhang Qi's deep clothes are half open at the moment, one leg bent and one leg stretched out is sitting on the kang tip of the inner room, leaning against the wall and tilting his neck to the window, listening to the sound of cicadas in the courtyard, looking worried, thinking that he will stand up to Zhan Yang at the Xiaonian State Banquet, and angrily reprimanded Liang Bolong, thinking that he had given Xu Ge Lao a boost. With a long face, he came back from the party, but he always felt that others looked at him differently, and he pondered for a long time before he realized that there was something wrong with his words, so he was sincerely afraid, and hurriedly went to Xu's house to ask for guilt, but he didn't expect that Xu Sangongzi refused to meet, Wang Shizhen and other Xu Party colleagues did not give themselves a good face, I thought that this matter was not big, and it could fade away slowly, but there was still no change in the past few months, I was not respectful, I didn't want to see him, and my life became more and more difficult.

He understands in his heart that officialdom would rather do the wrong thing, not say the wrong thing, the level of speaking, represents a person's ability, whether it is well-behaved, whether it is exquisite, whether it is usable, must be reflected from the words, sometimes lose the momentum, that is, in a sentence, say the right, proper, the Venerable Master can fly Huang Tengda when he sees joy, if he is not right, he rushes into the lungs of others, then he will be beaten into the cold palace, and it will be rare to turn over forever, [Xianmo: Officialdom is easy to say the wrong thing, so it is better not to say it, and it is not possible to say it nonsense, why not be a man,]

Recalling Zhan Yangpi's vine that climbed up to Chen Yiqin, the Golden Palace sued a crooked situation, although he was let go to Yunnan, after all, he also won a good reputation, the emperor released him, but I am afraid that he is also thinking about Xu Ge's face, and if he has political achievements in the future, most of them can justifiably transfer him back to Beijing, but he is Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, making trouble inside and outside is not a person, thinking about it, he feels more and more cowardly,

Suddenly, there was a loud noise, Mrs. Wu arched the bamboo curtain with her back, brought it into a small kang table, and put it beside him, two small dishes and a pot of wine on it, the dish was fried leeks and mixed cucumbers, one was cool and one was hot, the wine was not good wine, but it was also warm and fragrant, after putting it away, she wiped the chopsticks in the corner of her clothes and put them on his hand [Xianmo: Today's people look dirty, but it is the norm for women in the old days], leaned over to the edge of the kang and sat down, holding his thighs [Xianmo: Homely as seen] Persuaded:" Husband, don't think so much, this official is always in place, safe and stable."

His wife's maiden name is Xiao Fei [Xianmo: really "no small non", no small evil, just to cause a big disaster,], and the word Lanfang [Xianmo: Yo Yo,], the hand is diligent and fast-talking, is a woman who can keep a husband and a family, and she is also born with a lovely face, only a few small hemp pits are sprinkled on her cheeks, so the neighbors and aunts call her "Little Sweet Orange" [Xianmo: Yo yo,], at this time, I saw that her husband's eyes were straight to the ground, and he didn't seem to listen, and continued:" I think that Xu Ge Lao's current momentum is more and more like Yan Song at the beginning, the cabinet has been making trouble all these years, and it has not stopped, maybe one day who will fall, who will gain power, although you are not a big imperial historian, fight, you can't fight you, fight, can't beat us, isn't this very good. ”

"Go, go, go. Zhang Qi put away her hand in disgust, slapped the chopsticks on the table, and crossed her legs: "Women's Taoist family, what do you know, a manly husband must have a brocade robe and jade belt for the glory of the ancestors, when the township test will be tested, I am brilliant, and everyone is satisfied [Xianmo: The township test will be tested, that is whether everyone in the village is good or not], and now only do this little imperial history, will not live up to this talent, good youth. Wu smiled: "Yo, you are talented." As he spoke, he leaned over and put his elbow on his thigh [Xianmo: yo], put his cheeks on the thin white wrist with the shrimp and silver bracelet [Xianmo: yo yo], raised his eyes [Xianmo: yo yo], and looked at him from under his chin with a smile: "Then, compose a poem for me." "[Xianmo: It's sweet enough, at least four plus signs,]

Zhang Qi was stopped, and his two hands seemed to grow on the body of the long worm, and the excess was not scratched, and there was no place to place [Xianmo: Mr. Liang is a passionate man with nowhere to put it, he is two dogs with no place to put his paws, laughing to death,], he sniffed, blinked his eyes, swallowed saliva, and made a grunt, as if his tongue was world-weary and jumped into the well [Xianmo: People are not ashamed, and their tongues are still ashamed,], so he searched for dry intestines for a long time, and looked at Mrs. who was silent and couldn't bear to laugh, and suddenly became angry, shook her legs, and said: "Write poetry, you have to be in the mood to compose poetry, look at you like that, your hair can't be combed properly, and your feet can't be wrapped well, I see if you can be in a good mood, and you still compose poetry. Wu pouted and held the hairpin on his head: "I don't have that ability, but I came to blame someone's feet, [Xianmo: Why don't you give him a kick,]"

Zhang Qi picked up the wine jug and wanted to fight, Wu put his face together: "You fight, you fight......" The voice was surprisingly charming, Zhang Qi's bones trembled: "You are ...... in the middle of the day" blamed in his mouth, but he couldn't help but touch his hand into her arms, but unexpectedly, there was a "snap", and the back of his hand was slapped with a crisp sound, Wu Shi said: "The chicken that is fighting outside wants to step on the old lady's eggs, phew." Fluttering a smile, she went to the stove to clean up her things [Xianmo: A good orange], Zhang Qi begged for a boring child, shook his head and sighed, "Only villains and women are difficult to raise, [Xianmo: Zhuang, I am the most holy master, I don't know how many scumbags in the church use this sentence to abuse the good daughter of the world,] "Hanging his eyes, he grabbed the chopsticks and put the leeks in his mouth, and chewed them tastelessly like hay [Xianmo: In fact, the more couples like this, the more delicious they are, if they respect each other every day like a guest without blushing, they will inevitably be cold, and if they are inextricably beaten, they will be irritable,] At this time, there was a call for the door outside the courtyard, and the lady went to see it, and came back after a short time and beckoned: "Don't drink, Xu Sangongzi sent someone to ask you to come over." ”

Zhang Qi was stunned, and jumped off the ground, thinking that the third prince ignored me for so long, how could he send someone to find the door, the lady next to him urged, he hurriedly changed his clothes and hat and dressed neatly, and rushed out of the door, Wu shouted after him: "You ...... that tooth" He walked in a hurry, and he didn't hear it,

Came to Xu's Mansion and sat on the bench in the gatehouse for a long time [Xianmo: This is Xu San's arrangement, and it must be given by Xu Jie, the so-called "Dun Yidun", Na Na Shi faction,], and then he was led to the Inner Flower Hall, Xu Ying was teasing the bird with the two servants [Xianmo: show his leisure,], saw him go to the bottom of the steps, waved his hand to signal the servants to carry the bird down, and said with a faint smile: "Zhang Yushi is here, sit down." ”

Zhang Qi bowed down and laughed: "In front of the third prince, how can there be a seat for the lower officials." "Smiled and opened his mouth, revealing the green leeks between his teeth, [Xianmo: Hehe, leeks are aphrodisiac, it's better to eat more,]

Xu Ying almost laughed on the spot, but this was not the time, so she hurriedly turned her face to the back of the table, and said with a shrug on her shoulders: "Cough, well, my own people...... Don't be inhibited. ”

Zhang Qi's heart is beating back and forth in the left and right ears [Xianmo: the tongue jumps into the well, the heart is playing hopscotch in the head, Zhang Gong is really a person who does big things, tsk,], how can you see what is wrong, politely sat down, Xu Ying said: "These days, my father is not in good health, and I have been very busy, I heard that Zhang Yushi came a few times, but he didn't take time to receive it, so you ran a lot of miles in vain." Zhang Qi hurriedly said: "Third master, where are you talking about." Xu Ying waved his hand to stop his words, and said with a smile: "Zhang Yushi is too out-of-this, how can my father take this little thing to heart, as for how do you feel that you have been left out in the cold" Zhang Qi hurriedly said: "Humble duty has no meaning at all............" Xu Ying pressed his hand again, signaling that he didn't have to worry about defending first, and said: " It is true that he snubbed you, this is what my father meant, so that my colleagues deliberately kept some distance from you, but it was not to exclude you, on the contrary, his old man wanted to use you. ”

Zhang Qi was stunned, [Xianmo: The hopscotch is resting, quickly fish up the jumping well,]

Xu Ying said: "If you think about it, on weekdays, no one knows that he Zhan Yangbi and Chen Ge have dealings, but their sudden force can catch people ......off guard."

Zhang Qi immediately realized what this meant, and was flattered for a while, and he didn't know what to do.

Xu Ying was very satisfied with his expression [Xianmo: I even convinced my father that he had the ability to invite people to buy people's hearts], and said with a smile: "Some people, don't do the right thing, just think about knocking others down, fighting down, their eyes are thieves, they will attack when they seize the opportunity, my father is the first assistant, and some officials will be regarded as party members when they get closer, although our feet are not afraid of crooked shoes, but we are always remembered and calculated, and it is not very troublesome." ”

Zhang Qi nodded again and again: "Exactly, exactly." ”

Xu Ying approached him and pressed her hand on his shoulder: "Zhang Yushi, some unintentional mistakes are nothing, on the contrary, my father's heart to protect you has always been very rewarding." Zhang Qi stood up excitedly and said: "Don't dare to be, it should be, this is the duty of the lower officials, the elder is really wise, he can know the heart of the lower officials, the lower officials have been restless these days, and they have been worried that the elder has misunderstood, but the result is ...... Alas, the lower officials are really ...... It's really a discord to say something. ”

"Hmm. Xu Ying smiled and gently patted him to sit down, paced and said: "The previous snub was to hide people's eyes, so that you can fade out of our side, and then do things for the Xu family, so that you can not be suspected, Brother Zhang, you are in the heart of your father, but it is a very important chess piece, oh, hehehe, it may be a little inappropriate to say that it is a chess piece." [Xianmo: Therefore, Xu San will not be able to think of flaws, it must be instructed by Lao Xu, and he is very treacherous]

Zhang Qi hurriedly said: "How can it be inappropriate, it is extremely proper, it is extremely proper, it should be said that it is the honor of the lower officials." ”

Xu Ying said "um" again, and her face gradually became solemn: "Now the situation in the court is getting more and more chaotic, Chen Yiqin has been an official for many years, his temperament is in our hearts, this person can't muster much wind and waves, and he is not worried about it for the time being, but Chang Sihao and his gang, whether they have sued the emperor since childhood, or the peak of Wanshou Mountain, they are becoming more and more aggressive, and the spearhead is directly aimed at his father, which cannot help but make people worry." ”

Zhang Qi's face was full of disdain: "The surname Chang is just an old man, do you still need to be afraid of him." As soon as the words came out, I saw Xu Ying's eyebrows condensed slightly, and when she knew that she had said the wrong thing again, she hurriedly slapped herself lightly and said, "Look at my mouth, it's not that I'm afraid, Ge Lao is just too cautious." ”

Xu Ying raised her hand and said: "I think so too, but be careful to make the 10,000-year-old ship, everything must be guarded against, [Xianmo: Dwarf oil, the third brother can also be an idiom,] Zhang Qi said: "Yes, yes, or the elder of the pavilion has thought it through." Xu Ying said: "I heard that Chang Sihao came back from the south, and I haven't been out of the house much during this time, and I don't know much about the outside world, have you heard about him?" Zhang Qi said: "I heard that he was mixed with the people of Dongchang, and called some officials to listen to the opera and enjoy the paintings every day, eat, drink and have fun, and I also received an invitation, but I have a small official position, and I don't know much about drama, poetry, and painting, so I was not invited to the meeting." Xu Ying smiled: "Isn't this a little too worried, go over and take a look, increase some travel, understand more, know yourself and know your opponent, there is nothing wrong with it." ”

When Zhang Qi heard this, he vaguely felt a little eyebrows, nodded and smiled: "Actually, Xia Guan has always wanted to contribute to the old man, and if he does this, isn't he afraid that the old man will misunderstand." Xu Ying understood that he was on the verge and was afraid of going to the meeting in the past, so that the Xu family would misunderstand that he was going to take refuge in the new master, so he laughed and said: " Think too much, think too much, but I also understand, Zhang Yushi is a hearted person, there is a heart to live up to the sky, the Ministry of Industry recently said that there is a shortage, anxious to select a right waiter from the bottom, took the list to ask the father's opinion, the father looked at the list, all of them are old, then a little disliked, the emperor first ascended to the treasure for a year, quite a lot of hard work, should have been exceptional to promote some young talents, sweep away the stale atmosphere in the court, I was present, just said that you have been doing this imperial history for a few years, the performance has been very good, everyone also thinks that you are relatively young, young and strong, should be properly pressed a burden。 ”

"Right Squire. ”

Zhang Qi was so happy that his tongue jumped back into the well again [Xianmo: just fished it up, and jumped ......], nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, thank you for the cultivation of the third master, the elder of the pavilion is heavy." ”

Xu Ying waved her hand and said meaningfully: "Hey, don't say that, people, don't you have to be perfect yourself, do you finally decide to take a look at your recent performance, I believe that with your Zhang Yushi's talent, there should be a good chance." ”

"Understood, understood. ”

Coming out of Xu's house, Zhang Qi felt that his body was also lighter, his legs were faster, and he walked as if he was floating up and down [Xianmo: Since eating calcium in calcium, the tofu is hard again,], and he didn't know how to get to home, and he didn't look at his feet when he entered the courtyard, and just kicked over the clothes basket, Wu put up a cloth shirt under the crossbar, and turned around to see the wet clothes spread on the ground, and immediately frowned: "Look at you, you have to wash it again when you get soil." Zhang Qi smiled and said: "What are you shabu, throw it away and buy a new one, [Xianmo: Burning the bag]" Wu looked at the leeks between his teeth [Xianmo: I haven't picked it yet, I don't know how many people have looked at it when I go home,], and I was happy: "Buy a new one, just your little money, and no one gives gifts, and you can't be greedy for corruption." Zhang Qi smiled: "What do you know, in a few days, maybe I will report to the Ministry of Industry." ”

Wu hurriedly asked him what was going on, and after listening to what happened, his face turned gloomy again, and he turned around and shook his clothes and said: "Dare to love is an empty favor, what are you happy about, [Xianmo: Good orange, rough skin, beautiful heart,]"

Zhang Qi came together and said: "How can this be an empty favor, as long as I go to find out the situation on Yunzhonghou's side and report it back, the third prince must not treat me badly, besides, the elder was not really cold to me before, it was deliberately alienated, so as to hide people's eyes, I, in the eyes of his old man, is still a general." ”

"Phew, you ......" Wu was about to say, and looked behind him, didn't dare to be careless, closed the courtyard door and came back, then poked his finger at his head and continued: "You lack morality, give some sesame oil to pull the intestines out, don't use your brain, if the Xu family's set of words is true, why don't you inform you in advance, then Xu San and his father are all bad seeds, the reason why you talk like that is because you are afraid that you will understand the taste and scold them for using people to face forward, not to face back, what a deep posture, it is all deliberately pretended, you can't see it, [ Xianmo: With this word, it should not be said that it is difficult to raise, but it is just about to be well raised and raised, where to find this good daughter-in-law?"

Zhang Qi's eyes straightened when he heard this, pondered for a long time, took his wife's hand and said: "If it really responds to what you say, as it is, [Xianmo: There is actually a solution to the sentence of informing in advance, for example, the Xu family is afraid that after informing in advance, Xiao Zhang's play is not real, but Xiao Zhang's IQ really can't imagine this distance,]"

Wu smiled weirdly, turned around [Xianmo: Wonderful, the world's royal husbands come and learn from it], bent down to pick up the wet clothes, trembled so much that the brush sounded, and said in his mouth: "Yo, my hair is also combed crookedly, and my feet are not wrapped properly [Xianmo: first take this scolding words back, it's a good mouth, and the fan is crisp], a woman's family, the man stays good, eat some leftover soup, the man doesn't wait to see it, so he has to wash his face with tears, there are only grievances in his stomach, what ideas can he have, [ Xianmo: Look, look, this little pitiful thing,]" Zhang Qi raised his face bitterly and chased after her buttocks: "The love in the world is nothing more than you and my husband and wife [Xianmo: Yo yo yo], how can I even take a joke as a grudge in my heart [Xianmo: Tut], the husband's belly is boiling, if you have noodles, hurry up." After a long time, seeing that she ignored her, she suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly pasted a smile on her face, making her hands up and down and tickling her arms.

Wu Shi was stirred by him and his heart beat for a while, and he giggled, looking at him Yishun, he knew that he couldn't stretch the bow too much [Xianmo: The heat is a big deal,], grabbed his hand and lowered his voice and said: "Okay, okay, you don't think about it, Xu San'er asked you to visit Chang Sihao, what is it for." "[Xianmo: I don't want to know why, I just want to pull you over and rub and rub and laugh,] [Xianmo's second comment: A good pot is not well covered, they are all married to broken gongs, women are all this fate,]