There was snow outside, and it was a little dark upstairs, and there was smoke and fog, and it was hazy.

Looking carefully, there are more than 30 people, sitting at the table drinking tea, occasionally tasting some fruits, and are deliberating.

"What Brother Cang said is very true. A county gentleman wiped his hands with a handkerchief: "Brother Jinde suffered from the cold, I went to see him, he said that he just wanted to live a stable life, and he really didn't want to be involved in this whirlpool." ”

"What I said is that this Ye Qing took everyone to make a fortune, and asked us to pay some tribute, and we all tolerated it, and wanted to tie us up and fight with the governor, this is the villain" A middle-aged man sitting next to him put down his tea at this time, and said categorically: "He is the Duke of Bangyan, I heard that he is still a seven-grade Hanlin, viscount, or it doesn't matter - do we give him a pawn?"

At this time, a thirty-year-old man smiled: "It's nothing more than that the governor is powerful, and we can't be involved, but to be fair, Bangyan Gong has made a lot of money with us." ”

"Old Ma, what are you kidding - I mean, even if you make some money, can you compare it to the family foundation?"

"—Even if we make some money by begging for light, we can't be tied to him—I heard that he has not only offended the governor, but also offended the prince of the capital, how long can such a person last?"

At this time, several county gentry immediately agreed: "That's right, and without our help, even if it's a list, you can make so much money."

"That's right, without us, how can this wine alliance make money, not only do we not owe the Ye family, but the Ye family owes us"

"If you can hit the list, you are still talented, but most of these talented people are short-lived and very ......"

Cang Guangren listened to the tone of this group of county gentry, and gradually felt that he was reasonable, and he wanted to bite Ye Qing to death, he was a little emotional, his body was upright and he was about to speak, a middle-aged man had come over, this person was from the Ma family, this person approached the Ma family, and whispered a few words with his eyes, the head of the Ma family was suddenly startled, stared at it, exhaled heavily, and his smile was gone, and he got up directly and saluted: "I'm sorry, there is something at home, so I will retire first." ”

"......" Everyone is stunned, this is a meeting in the south of Pingshou to discuss the alliance, no matter how big the matter is, it will be said that it will be said when it is over, and leave halfway, not afraid of offending everyone?

Just thinking about it, three more people came over anxiously, Cang Guangren frowned, knew that something was wrong, and waved his hand: "Let them in." ”

The three of them hurriedly said yes

Entering, facing everyone's surprised and surprised eyes, but no one spoke, just watched the three people whisper to their own family master, faintly with words such as "Imperial Court Earl", "Wupin Hanlin", "Law Circle" and so on.

After finishing speaking, the faces of the three family gentlemen suddenly changed, and although they did not withdraw directly, they obviously hesitated.

Then, his own housekeeper hurriedly came in and said a few words to Cang Guangren, and before he finished speaking, Cang Guangren's face changed, and he said to him, "You go down first." ”

Waiting for these people to go out, Cangguang Renzhi couldn't hide it, and said gloomily: "Everyone, I just received the news that the imperial court sent a messenger to Yejiazhuang to announce the decree. ”

"The imperial court promoted Ye Qing to Wupin Hanlin, and also awarded the title of Nan Lianzi"

Seeing that all the gentlemen of the family were discolored, and some even got up in twos and threes to say goodbye, he knew that Lu Dao couldn't keep it, and he didn't keep it, just a reminder: "You have to calm down, don't fall for Ye Qing's differentiation plan."

"No, no" responded mostly in a perfunctory tone, engaging in this alliance was originally local self-preservation, who would shout loudly to be the enemy of the county?

How can these county gentry understand the difference between the real position of the empty lord, in their opinion, the five-grade Hanlin is on an equal footing with the Taishou, and the earl is quite the fourth grade, this is not a county wang, what else is a county wang?

Some people even chuckled: "When we get together, it's not easy to despise and get more benefits...

"Yes, no, the benefits are coming......" The person who said was a little proud.

"When it comes to the safety of the family, you still have to buy a set, this array is more reliable than the county government array......"

"Go ......"

After all, it was over, leaving only an empty venue, and when there was no one behind, Cang Guangren's face was pale, and he was calm, and then he said: "Please someone from the Yu family." ”

After a while, a man in black came over, and when he saw this, his eyes froze: "This is what you said to my lord?"

Cang Guangren was also not angry: "The Ye family has newly sealed the Wupin Hanlin, earl, people's hearts are in chaos at once, and there is a magic circle, how much profit can your Yu family make? Don't say that you don't know the way, I can't take this plate."

The man in black was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "Please hold on for a few more days, at least the county and the Southern Alliance are not harmless to your family, the state and county are too far away to say, just think about the county town Lord Lu, he must be happy to check and balance each family, this acquiescence of all parties can expand the influence of your family, why not?"

"To expand the influence, you have to come up with resources, and the matter of empty words and white teeth ......" The Cangjia family monarch suddenly stopped his voice and frowned at the envoy: "Do you have another secret hand?" Forget it, I don't care about these, now that the Ye family is like this, you still want to make a checks and balances alliance, and your Yu family has to invest money again, and there are trade preferences......"

The man in black had an ugly face, and he didn't expect that this trip would cause twists and turns in vain, he didn't have this authority, so he only said: "This matter must be reported to my lord." ”

"Please hurry. Cangjia Jiajun picked up the teacup and made a send-off.

The man in black turned around and scolded these local county gentry for being rats and grass on the wall......

Yejiazhuang

The wind seemed to have stopped, and patches of snow fell, covering the earth tightly, and hundreds of people were at the door to greet them, and I don't know who said: "Quiet, the Qin mission is coming"

Suddenly some of the voices stopped, and in silence, everyone looked out, and sure enough, several carriages came over, covered with a thick layer of snow.

With a sound, the carriage landed steadily, and I saw an official come out, but it was an old man who was clear, followed by a group of pro-soldiers, and the specifications of the reward were different this time.

"Greetings to Lord Qincha" At this time, people with status are all standing up and making waves, and now is not the time to kneel.

When he arrived inside, the incense case was finished, and the old man stepped forward and stood firmly.

Ye Qing wore a new seven-rank official uniform, knelt down and saluted: "Listen to the holy oracle"

The official was expressionless, took the holy decree from the hands of his own soldiers, and slowly unfolded it and read it: "Zhao said: Ye Qing is pure and good, I know it well, and you can still repeatedly frustrate the thief army, destroy this devil's nest, the national system, but justice rewards and punishes the ear, now Ye Qing adds two products, Jin Hanlin reads, and reads military merits, and gives a special gift to the Lord of Nanlian, Qing should be encouraged, admirable"

"Minister...... Shane"

As soon as it was answered, the two strands of luck fell, although the source was the same, but it was not confused.

Hanlin establishment, the head of the university is the third grade, the bachelor of the Chengzhi and the bachelor of the Hanlin straight from the third grade, the bachelor of the service is the fourth grade, and the bachelor of the lecture is from the fourth grade.

Hanlin serves the five grades, which is the highest official rank that a celestial can obtain without truly joining the imperial court.

I saw a golden aura descending, but it was only forty percent of the real Taishou, but it was much richer than the quality and number of the seventh grade.

Ye Qing was originally the second layer of Chide, and instantly felt that the uproar was rising, and in a blink of an eye, he reached the peak of the second layer, and then there was a sense of righteousness, the color was golden and green, although the quantity was less, but the quality was very high, and in the blink of an eye, it made Chide break through the peak of the second layer and reach the middle and upper part of the third layer.

And the original Ye family's luck stream, suddenly had another piece of golden yellow, rendering it down.

It was all a matter of an instant, and I saw that the official waved his hand, and there were two attendants holding a gold plate in each hand, and on each plate was a set of clothes.

The former is an official uniform, pressed with a black gauze hat and a gold seal, and the latter is pressed with a silver crown, and the silver crown has four pearls glowing with warm light, this is the knight's suit.

Ye Qing bowed down solemnly again: "Thank you for the emperor's reward, thank you for Lord Qincha." ”

The official smiled, hurriedly handed over the will to Ye Qing, and personally picked up Ye Qing, saying, "This is really a great grace and a great joy...... Speaking from the heart, I really envy you, the imperial examination at the age of fifteen, a smooth journey, a man from heaven at the age of seventeen, and now he is only twenty-one years old, and he became a five-grade Hanlin, and he was also named an earl, this is all based on your real talent and learning, who can disagree with those who know the Tao?"

Ye Qing took advantage of the situation and smiled: "Don't dare, in front of Lord Cen, I don't dare to accept this praise, Lord Cen is a famous minister, when the bullet was released, the government and the opposition were shocked, I really admired it in my heart - the snow is heavy outside, please go inside to talk." ”

This Qincha is a Cen question, he was born in the same Jinshi, and he is an upright person, so he has a bumpy career, and he has survived until he is about to retire, and finally he has obtained the four-grade official, and before he retires, he has won this Qincha ministry.

Ye Qing had already obtained the information, and he still had some respect, so he waved his hand and invited him to the banquet, and secretly ordered: "Prepare two hundred taels of gold." ”

The banquet lasted for an hour, and it was quite cheerful, and when he saw that the banquet was over, he ordered to serve again, and when he came out, he walked with Lu Shangjing.

"Congratulations, my lord, now that I am an earl, there is a lot more room for it. ”

Ye Qing had a heat wave in his heart, with this karma, even if there was nothing else, this Chide would be able to attain great perfection, but he felt sweet and bitter.

He looked at Lu Shangjing and wanted to pour out his thoughts, but he knew that the other party had already knew, so he just sighed: "This joint, the tree wants to be quiet, and I don't want to, I will break off the relationship with the court and the king of Yujun." ”

"My lord, this is a clear matter, what you are doing now, although it is in line with the will of heaven, but it is not in line with the will of the court, although the court cannot reprimand, or even has to reward, it will not give you a name, so that you can be justified. ”

"The king of Yujun and the lord have had a good fate, one of the lords has not officially taken refuge to determine the title, and the other is the king of Yujun after all, the Da Cai clan, how can I support you to divide the territory?"

"It's a big measure to have the results we have now. Lu Shangjing said.

"That's what you're talking about. Ye Qing closed his eyes and muttered: "It's just that I'm still a little melancholy, this officialdom can't help it, alas, ......"

He smacked his lips and stopped talking.

Lu Shangjing pondered and said, "It's useless to think about this matter, and the lord has to relax his heart...... This is not useless, at least when the county order sees the lord, he will have to bow in turn, and there will be room for many things. ”

"The county gentry in the county are considered to be a party in this county, but they are much smaller in this pattern, they can't understand the relationship inside, and most of them will hesitate, and this new alliance will naturally be yellow. ”

"The alliance of these county gentry is a trivial matter, but the gradual break with the governor is a major matter, if I have a reputation, I am not afraid, without a reputation, I will be passive everywhere...... Hey, I'll think about how to solve this problem. As he spoke, Ye Qing pursed his lips, and the joy of the reward was swept away, just thinking about it.