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Chapter 274
Outside the yamen, the atmosphere is generally joyous.

Li Fusu looked back, wanted to laugh, saw the expressions of Li Xian and his wife, and was slightly taken aback:
"Father and mother, what's the matter with you, why don't you talk?"

"Ah, I was a little distracted just now. I'm fine. Lianghan has been promoted and has a bright future. It's time for me to realize."

Li Xian's face was both sad and happy, he waved his hands, sighed and said:

"These are all worthy of Lianghan's nephew, worthy of him."

The rich man couldn't help but loosen his shoulders, turned his head and looked at his wife Wei Mei, and continued to murmur:

"It is gold that always shines. We should have thought of it a long time ago. With the talents and achievements of Lianghan and nephew, it is a matter of course that he can go straight to the capital, be appointed as the Qing noble servant censor, and have unlimited future. , soaring into the sky, without any falsehood..."

Li Fusu listened, and suddenly opened his eyes, thinking about the pros and cons of this matter.

Needless to say, if it is good, if it is bad, it will naturally have a bright future, and there is no way to win Brother Lianghan to stay with their family.

If the sixth-rank Beijing official serves as the imperial censor, stay here and wait for them in this shitty place?

"There are also experts in Luojing's side. They have discerning eyes and see pearls, and they have seen Lianghan's ability."

When Li Xian's voice came, he rubbed his tired face, a little dejected, and murmured:

"That's right, this kind of sage left behind in the wild is like a pearl in the dark night, how can he hide it so easily..."

When Li Fusu heard the words, there was also disappointment in his eyes, but he was happy for his friend's promotion from the bottom of his heart. He had complicated feelings:
"Father, let's not delay..."

Li Xian turned his head and interrupted directly:
"Dalang, go back to the mansion now and prepare a heavy gift, plus a hundred taels of gold, as a gift, and send the gift to the Meilin Courtyard after the envoy of the gods leaves."

The middle-aged rich man smiled and ordered, but couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes. Wei Mei stretched out her hand and gently covered the back of his hand.

Li Bao'er listened silently to the words of the family behind her for a while, then she turned her head suddenly and asked the smiling red-clothed woman in front of her:
"Sister Xie's family is going to the capital too?"

Xie Lingjiang didn't turn his head back, didn't answer, and asked softly:

"Sister Bao'er how to keep him now, have you thought of a way? Do you need my help?"

Li Bao'er bit her lip and was silent for a while, she turned her face away, stared at the floor tiles next to her, and said unexpectedly:
"In the eyes of sister Xie, is Bao'er such a pure and unscrupulous person?"

"Sister Bao'er, will you feel ashamed?"

Xie Lingjiang nodded, softly stroked the long and narrow sword case resting at his feet with soft fingers, lowered his eyes and said:

"If senior brother doesn't want to leave, he won't leave at all. If he wants to leave, no matter how much he lies in good faith, he will leave and can't stay.

"Like now, how will Sister Bao'er keep him?

"Promise to be a marquis and worship a minister? Is the senior brother the kind of person who eats big cakes?
"Besides, with the ability of the senior brother, the bright future of the weak crown sixth rank is going to skyrocket, is it difficult?
"If you only talk about the pros and cons, and don't talk about friendship, why only bet on your family?

"Obviously there are more powerful and safer choices like Prince Xiang's Mansion, Prince Wei's Mansion, and Princess Changle, so the chances of winning on and off the table are not higher than yours?
"No matter how bad it is, you can be neutral for the time being, whoever wins will follow who, or climb the mountain alone, accumulate capital, wait for the future, and be courted by all parties who are vying for the throne.

"Weighing the pros and cons again, wouldn't it be more sophisticated and prudent to have your ass drop and make a lot of money?

"Why did you put all your eggs in one basket so early and take such a big risk for nothing?"

Li Bao'er was speechless, the palm-sized Fu Rong's pretty face under the snow-white tulle flushed.

The little girl was a little ashamed.

Xie Lingjiang didn't look back at her, half a catkin pressed the side of the box, closed his eyes and said:

"So I said earlier that there are some things that you don't need to hide from him. Besides, you can hide it for a while, but can you hide it forever?"

She seemed to be asking people, but also seemed to be asking herself.

Li Bao'er was quiet for a while, without raising his head, he asked, "Sister Xie still blames us for that matter?"

The girl in red clothes turned her head, her tone was full of seriousness: "Is this called resentment?"

Li Bao'er found that this sister Xie's way of speaking became more and more intriguing, and she didn't know who she learned from "bad".

Li Zou'er lowered his head and sighed softly:
"I don't blame Sister Xie's criticism. What I did at the time was indeed... need to be discussed, but if I mention it now, it will lose points even more and make everyone feel ashamed."

Halfway through Li Bao'er's speech, he suddenly found a white jade palm stretched out in front of his eyes.

"Bring me the purse, let me borrow a little."

Xie Lingjiang was not polite, and reached out to beg:

"All my small treasury has been invested in the newly established Baby Care Department. I have been trying to support myself for the past six months. I haven't asked my father for routine money for a long time, and I don't bother to go to Xie's house in Wuyi Lane."

The red-clothed girl, who ranks [-]th in the clan, has a straight waist, a pretty face, and her speech is methodical:
"Eldest brother received the edict, and he had to entertain the Heavenly Official's envoys. Giving gifts is unavoidable. It's the official practice of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Eldest brother can't seem too out of place.

"I know that Sister Bao'er has a lot of purses, and she received a lot of birthday presents last time."

Li Bao'er couldn't help but look at Xie Lingjiang's side face.

"Sister Xie's younger sister, this junior sister, has more worries than a virtuous housemate, and this is all considered for him."

While complaining, the little girl with plum blossom makeup lowered her head, took out a bulging embroidered lotus wallet from her sleeve, and silently handed it to Xie Lingjiang in front of her.

The latter glanced sideways at her and put away his purse.

At this moment, there was a commotion at the gate of the county government office, and the crowd naturally separated.

Xie Lingjiang and Li Bao'er turned their heads to look, and it turned out that it was the Luoyang imperial order and his party who were drinking tea in the county government hall, and accompanied by Ouyang Rong, they walked out slowly.

Ouyang Rong and Song Hao stopped and went, exchanging pleasantries, as if to say goodbye.

"Sir Song, don't you want to stay for a while?"

"It still doesn't work. I rushed here this time because of Lianghan's business. Now... it's a matter. Let's go back as soon as possible."

Song Hao sighed and shook his head, Ouyang Rong nodded peacefully:

"Then Master Song, walk slowly and pay attention to safety on the road."

The young county magistrate seemed to be just being polite and had no real intention to keep him.

Song Hao couldn't help but glance at him more.

Before leaving, the official minister Uiro nodded solemnly:
"Ouyang county magistrate, please stay. I will try my best to bring what you entrust to me."

After a pause, he added:

"Ouyang county magistrate, there will be a period later."

"Sir Song, the journey is smooth."

The two politely said goodbye and left.

However, the melon-eaters around were curious to find out that before leaving, the god envoy, Mr. Song, turned his head to look at Ouyang Rong, which seemed to be mixed with some strange colors.

The accompanying officials around Mr. Song also looked sideways frequently before leaving, and glanced at Ouyang Rong a few more times, their expressions were indescribably complicated, and I don't know why.

Song Hao led a group of accompanying officials to leave one after another.

Ouyang Rong stood at the gate of the county government office and watched him off.

Xie Lingjiang, Li Xian's family, Diao Xiancheng and other county government officials quickly surrounded them, most of them were enthusiastic.

Diaoxian Cheng leaned forward and said cautiously: "Mingfu, why did the Imperial Envoy walk so fast? Could it be that there is something urgent?"

The old county magistrate looked back anxiously at the direction Song Hao left, as if he was going straight to Peng Langdu, and was about to leave by boat and return to work.

Ouyang Rong watched with him and nodded.

Xie Ling Jiangsu tossed the small purse in his hand, tilted his head curiously:

"Eldest senior brother, don't you want to leave anyone to come down for dinner? Some kind of gift or something? After all, they came all the way to deliver the good news. Do you think we don't know the rules, and we should pay attention to people's favors... It's okay, Hua Pin it, wrap it up and wrap it up with your younger sister."

The girl in red dress said bluntly.

Li Baoer: "..."

Ouyang Rong shook his head slightly.

Li Xian and Wei Mei looked at each other, turned sideways to take the red cloth coil from the tray carried by the maid behind him, Li Xian and his wife stepped forward, and stuffed the coil and a gift of promotion into the hands of the young county magistrate.

Li Xian patted the back of Ouyang Rong's hand, his eyes concealed his disappointment, and tried his best to smile:

"Congratulations to my nephew, congratulations to my nephew, I am glad to have received a good job and returned to Luojing. It is a good job to serve the censor...An official, regardless of the state or county, does not plan to be a province.

"Nephew Lianghan has the merits of local dragon city, and he has surpassed many talents of his generation. One step is fast, one step is quicker. It is really a prosperous official luck. Nephew Lianghan seizes the opportunity and can go to Qingyun."

Wei Mei also interjected: "Nephew Liang Han please accept it, this is a little wish from my uncle and aunt, but it's actually not much."

Ouyang Rong took the package and the gift, and found that they were heavy in his hand, which was very overwhelming. Is this not much?
"I could have helped my nephew again."

The woman in the long skirt hesitated to speak, her slender eyebrows were furrowed like willows, she glanced at the north, and said sadly:
"Unfortunately, although the concubine was born in Jingzhao Wei's family, but now she is a sinner, so it is not good to implicate them."

Wei Mei shook his head and continued:

"However, when my nephew came back to Luojing, if he wanted to follow the courtesies in the officialdom, make connections, or buy a house and settle down, he needed money. Although speaking, even if we parted, the friendship was still there. Uncle Youli had saved his savings over the years. Don't be polite to him."

Li Xian scratched his head, "Listen to Meiniang, Meiniang is considerate."

Ouyang Rong nodded when he heard the words, weighed the gold on the plate, and put it in his sleeves calmly. The next moment, he turned his head suddenly and asked a question that had no sense of margin:

"Even this hundred taels of gold is small money to uncle and aunt? That is to say, there is still a lot of money in uncle's house?"

Li Xian was slightly stunned, not feeling offended, nodded and admitted:

"There is a lot of gold and silver saved, and Bao'er also earns a lot of money from birthday gifts every year, but most of them are antique calligraphy and paintings, which need to be sold. These expenses in the government are usually managed by Bao'er and her mother, and the money bags belong to them .”

Ouyang Rong nodded slightly, thoughtfully.

Before Li Xian and his wife wondered why they asked this question, Li Dalang and Yan Liulang had already squeezed forward.

Li Dalang said with a smile: "When Lianghan arrives in the capital, don't forget to write us a letter and tell us about the magnificent scenery of Luoyang when all nations came to court."

Yan Liulang rubbed his hands, a little excitedly said:

"Mingfu, what about the imperial edict, let me show you, I, Liu Lang, am so old, I have never seen an imperial edict of this size.

"I heard that on this kind of imperial edict, there will be a word 'edict' written by the current emperor himself.

"We rural people can't see the face of the emperor, but it's good to see the character of the emperor, it's enough to brag to our children and grandchildren."

Ouyang Rong glanced at him, and then at the crowd gathered outside the door. The atmosphere was full of joy, and they all cast expectant glances.

Under the eyes of everyone, the young county magistrate who was empty-handed today and even lacked a memorial in his sleeve shook his head and said:

"The edict is not with me, it is with Mr. Song."

Yan Liulang was taken aback, and asked for the people behind him, "Where is Master Song...how about Master Song?"

"Let's go." Ouyang Rong said truthfully: "Going back to the capital for business."

Diao County Prime Minister couldn't figure it out: "Then why did you take away the imperial edict from the Ming Mansion? Didn't you appoint the imperial censor at the Imperial Palace of the Ming Mansion...uh."

The words of the old county magistrate came to an abrupt end, his eyes slowly widened like copper bells, it was unbelievable: "You, you, you, you..."

"Why not?" Ouyang Rong looked curious: "If they give me a promotion, do I have to go?"

Paused:
"But this time it's just right, someone from Luoyang will pass me the envelope on the way, so I don't need to bother you, Liu Lang."

Ouyang Rong smiled and nodded, looking around.

But found that the air at the gate of the county government office was a little quiet.

Li Xian, Li Fusu's family, Diao Xiancheng, Yan Liulang and other county government officials, as well as the onlookers... Everyone on the field looked at him in shock and astonishment, and was speechless for a while.

A sixth-rank official in Beijing serving the imperial censor, no... no more?

It took a long time to digest.

Xie Lingjiang was the first to speak, and said worriedly: "Eldest senior brother, does this count as violating the imperial decree?"

"No, it's just an edict."

Li Bao'er looked at Ouyang Rong with complicated eyes, and took the lead in explaining:
"The imperial edict was proposed by the government affairs hall or the heavenly official, and signed by His Majesty, and it was not ordered by the Holy Majesty to make the book himself. It is not considered a violation of the holy will, but only a reasonable resignation.

"In this regard, there is still a legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties in this dynasty. When the court conscripts, sages and celebrities can refuse. However, except for Ding You or Sickness, this dynasty has never heard of anyone rejecting an imperial edict..."

Li Bao'er glanced at Ouyang Rong who was calm and composed again.

Diao Xiancheng looked at Ouyang Rong and sighed:
"Famous scholars can refuse to be adopted, but... what if the higher-ups take it seriously, or get angry, and don't promote you next time? Isn't it a mess? Who dares to try it?"

The old county couldn't help asking: "Does the Ming government want to be famous or..."

"Stop guessing."

Ouyang Rong shook his head, interrupting everyone's chattering:

"It's just that I simply feel that this censor is not suitable."

He made fun of everyone and said, "I can't say it. On the second day after taking office, I couldn't help but write admonitions. The emperor got angry and was relegated to Longcheng to meet you all.

"in addition."

Ouyang Rong narrowed his eyes and said, "I recently found a new 'position', so I can't leave Jiangnan Road casually."

The young magistrate waved his hand and left.

Everyone stared dumbfounded at his handsome and slender back.

Xie Lingjiang looked sideways, Li Xian's family was dazed, and stood still.

Everyone is not a fool, so they naturally know the real meaning behind this move.

The meaning of weight is like a thousand pieces of gold.

This surprise seems to have come... a little too soon.

Li Xian suddenly wanted to cry.

Li Fusu lowered his head and rubbed the corners of his eyes, looked up again, and confirmed that it was not a hallucination.

"Go back all."

Ouyang Rong didn't look at Li Xian's family, and left the gate of the county government office first, and left while everyone watched them blankly.

Xie Lingjiang's face returned to calm, and he followed the footsteps of the elder brother with the box.

Li Xian's family reacted quickly and followed.

Passing the gate of Meilu Garden, Li Xian and the others thought that the young figure in front of him would turn into the gate as usual, but he didn't expect that he passed the gate of Meilu Garden without looking sideways, and went straight to the mansion listed as Su's mansion, entering the gate as if no one was there.

Xie Lingjiang and Li Xian's family looked at each other in blank dismay.

In a short while, on the long corridor of the Su Mansion, Ouyang Rong, who had a calm expression, neither went to Yilanxuan, nor to the Lixian study room where he was the head of the family, but walked to Juxianyuan with ease.

The young county magistrate walked into Li Fusu's study room, picked out the last chair, and sat down calmly. He rested his chin on his hand, tapped the armrest with two fingers, and waited with downcast eyes, as if in deep thought.

Suddenly, Li Xian's family following behind entered the house one after another, some couldn't help themselves, some were ecstatic, or they were busy pouring tea.

From today onwards, Zhou Ting in Luoyang lost one of the youngest censors, and the Su Mansion in Jiangnan gained a weak-ranked counselor from a poor family.

(End of this chapter)