Upon hearing the voice, Han Kezhong hurried out to greet him.
"Brother Yang, Brother Cui Xian, why are you here?"
The visitors were none other than Yang Rong and Cui Yingying.
Now Liu Nianen, Jiang Hongye and others who were good friends with Han Kezhong have returned to their hometown. Han Kezhong in the capital does not have many friends around him, and these two are the ones who often interact with each other.
The two of them have been to this small courtyard several times.
Yang Rong still looked calm, with a warm smile on his face.
Cui Yingying was very angry. She looked at the landlord and said, "Tell me how much your house costs, and I will buy it!"
Han Kezhong advised, "Brother Cui Xian, why do you have to!"
"Brother Han is too talkative. Why are you so groveling to him? Aren't you just a landlord who eats tiles?" Cui Yingying continued to look at the landlord and sneered, "Buy the yard and you will have a place to stay when you return to Beijing in the future!"
He comes from a wealthy family and is used to speaking arrogantly.
But the landlord was not easy to deal with either. He sneered and said, "Huh, buy it? This is the private property left by my ancestors, a house in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and family heirlooms. Even if you give them to Wan Zang, I won't sell them!"
Then he added, "There are two bad money men who want to buy my house in the capital. It's true that I am a common man, but I don't need your scattered silver. I am poor and ambitious, but you are the best!"
"What's going on, you want to bully me just because you have money or an official position? Believe it or not, I'll call out all the neighbors, old and young, to comment!"
Cui Yingying was furious, "You..."
"Forget it!" Han Kezhong quickly advised, "Okay, okay, I don't want the deposit, okay?"
The landlord rolled his eyes at him and said, "There's no reason to give it back to you in the first place. I'd be sorry to ask you to clean this little courtyard before you leave!"
"This is unreasonable!" Cui Yingying said angrily.
"Hey! Who would believe that the number one scholar in the dynasty was so bullied by others?" Yang Rong said with a smile, "Brother Han, why are you so miserable?" Then he said to Cui Yingying, "You don't deserve it either. Just say a few words, why speak so quickly!"
What! The champion?
The landlord looked at Han Kezhong, and his expression suddenly changed.
The poor man in front of me is actually the number one scholar?
How can the number one scholar live in Nancheng?
Yang Rong said to Han Kezhong again, "I heard that Brother Han you have been promoted to the imperial censorship, and my foolish brother came here to congratulate you. Why are you leaving the capital now?"
"Without further delay, Your Majesty has resigned as emperor today and will leave the palace early tomorrow morning!" Han Kezhong said.
"You're in such a hurry, you don't even have a farewell drink!" Cui Yingying said with a smile.
Although he was a bit reckless by nature, he was not a bad person and was sincerely happy for Han Kezhong. However, Yang Rong had other concerns. The patrol censor of a province was not the patrol censor of a state capital. He could not be held unless he was a close confidant of the emperor.
When he just learned the news in the afternoon, he was stunned for a long time.
The censor who patrols a province will be the censor of the Supervisory Office when he is transferred back to the capital in the future, and the higher level will be the censor of the left and right governors.
"Speaking of which, in the capital, we are the only ones who are quite close to each other!" Yang Rong smiled and pulled Han Kezhong to sit down in the yard, "Brother Han is leaving, and I feel empty in my heart!"
Han Kezhong was moved and whispered, "It's not that I won't tell you, it's because I'm afraid of you..."
"Are you afraid that we will spend money again?" Yang Rong laughed and said, "Brother Han, friends have a common financial relationship. Is it possible that we are not your friends?"
"Brother Yang misunderstood!" Han Kezhong quickly waved his hand.
"Brother Lao, let's go!" Yang Rong said to the boy again, "Go to Zuixianju and let them bring the food and drinks I ordered!"
"Okay!" The boy jumped up and down.
Cui Yingying took out two bundles of silver coins wrapped in red paper directly from her sleeves and said, "Brother Han, you come from a poor family and are rich, take it with you!"
"This is impossible!" Han Kezhong felt very hot. The two bundles of silver coins cost at least twenty silver dollars. This is not small money. "No, no, no!"
"Take it!" Yang Rong said, "You and I are friends. I know you won't take it if I give you too much. The money should be just enough for your expenses on the road. If you don't take it, you really don't think we are friends!"
"This..." Han Kezhong blushed, "It's not time for me to ask everyone for help!"
"It's not relief, it's Cheng Yi!" Cui Yingying said with a smile, "Brother Han, what I admire the most is your straightforwardness, why are you such a mother-in-law now! When you go out to be an official, you have more places to spend money in the local area. This is our
of my heart!"
Han Kezhong felt even more ashamed, "Brother Xian, I..."
"Brother Han, don't say anything!" Yang Rong patted the back of his hand and said seriously, "Take it! If you don't accept it, you won't treat me and Xiao Cui as friends!"
Han Kezhong thought for a long time, clasped his fists and said, "Han is ashamed, I won't say anything more. I will keep this in mind!"
"That's right!" Cui Yingying smiled, and her eyes suddenly fell to the side, the landlord who was listening attentively, "Why are you still here? Let's go!"
"Me!" The landlord smiled and said to Han Kezhong, "It turns out that I am the number one scholar. You see, this little old man is clumsy!"
Before he could finish speaking, another voice suddenly came from outside.
"Does Han Kezhong live here?"
Everyone was stunned. The voice was very loud, but it was very unfamiliar.
Immediately afterwards, a tall, handsome man without anger or dignity stepped in. Seeing everyone in the courtyard, they were stunned for a moment.
The people in the courtyard all stood up and said, "I have met Mr. Cao Guo!"
The person who came turned out to be Cao Guogong Li Jinglong.
"It's so late for Mr. Cao Guo to come to his humble residence...?" Han Kezhong was puzzled. He had only met him twice, so why did he come to visit him so late?
Yang Rong, on the other hand, was shocked. How could he not know Li Jinglong? His teacher Xia Yuanji once wanted to take him to Li Jinglong's house, but he didn't see anyone even after going there twice. But he didn't expect that Li Jinglong would actually stoop here.
"Oh, it's quite lively!" Li Jinglong smiled, then looked around, "Is it just you?"
Everyone didn't know what he meant, so Yang Rong said, "Back to Cao Guogong, I heard that Brother Han is going to Fu Ren, so my subordinates and classmates came to see Brother Han off!"
"Well, they are all Jinshi of Jinke!" Li Jinglong looked again, and his eyes fell on the landlord, "Who is he?"
"Landlord!" Han Kezhong said.
Li Jinglong nodded again, and two burly men suddenly rushed out from behind, grabbed the landlord and dragged him out.
"Hey, hey! It's unreasonable. My house doesn't follow the rules!"
No matter how he screamed, it was to no avail. He was dragged away and then lost his voice.
At this time, Li Jinglong looked at everyone again and said, "Han Kezhong, pick up!"
"Ah?" Han Kezhong was stunned, not knowing why.
Yang Rong directly pulled him to his knees, "Brother Han, the emperor is here!"
In an instant, Han Kezhong's mind went blank.
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Under the moonlight, Zhu Yunxi walked in slowly wearing a cloak. Wang Sha was behind him and gently took off his cloak, revealing his face.
"My lord, wait and see the Emperor!"
The expressions of several people could be seen in Zhu Yunxi's eyes. Han Kezhong was frightened and worried, Yang Rong was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and the other one was a little stunned as if he was dreaming.
"After you left today, I remembered something!" Zhu Yunxi stepped forward, helped Han Kezhong up with his own hands and said with a smile, "Being an official in the Ming Dynasty was a costly job. You are a child of a poor family, and it is already very difficult to be in the capital."
"In the land south of the Yangtze River, it's even harder to move without money. If you go to Z to take up a post, you won't have enough money!"
Hearing this, Han Kezhong burst into tears.
As a minister, he has such great concern from His Majesty, even if he is heartbroken, he will not be able to repay His kindness!
"The salary in the Ming Dynasty was too low!" Zhu Yunxi continued with a smile, "You have just become an official, so it is impossible to have any savings." As he said that, Zhu Yunxi looked at the small courtyard and said, "I heard that in order to settle in the capital, your hometown changed.
Sold the land!”
"Your Majesty!" Han Kezhong was already sobbing.
"I thought that if I reward you with great fanfare, there will be criticism, so..." As he said that, Zhu Yunxi gave Wang Sha a look, and the latter placed two twenty-two-weight official silver ingots in Han Kezhong's arms.
"Take it, there are many places to use money!" Zhu Yunxi said softly.
"Your Majesty!" Han Kezhong cried loudly, "I can't take it... I..."
"Take it!" Zhu Yunxi continued with a smile, "A poor family has a rich life, and if you are going to Zhejiang, you have to prepare some outfits." He said, sighing, "When you saw me today, the robes under the official uniform were all
The edges are sharpened!"
"Your Majesty!" Han Kezhong cried loudly, "Your Majesty..."
"If you are really grateful, you will do your best when you get to the place!" Zhu Yunxi pulled him up, "Don't let down the local people!"
"My lord! Just die!" Han Kezhong kowtowed heavily, with tears streaming down his face.
"I don't want to say that I will die after death!" Zhu Yunxi said warmly, "You are the new champion, and I am the new king. You and I will be kings and ministers for a long time. Work hard. I am waiting for your good news in the capital!"
After saying that, he patted the other person's shoulder again, turned around silently, and disappeared into the night.
After a long time, Han Kezhong was still looking at the door with tears streaming down his face, holding two ingots of silver and trembling all over.
Yang Rong suppressed the excitement in his heart, supported Han Kezhong and said, "Brother Han, the Holy Father actually came in person. This shows how much you value Long Live!"
On the side, Cui Yingying reacted and shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty is here?"
He was so excited that he was incoherent. Yang Rong just smiled and said to Han Kezhong, "Brother Han, you are just going to Z to be the censor? Are there any other errands?"
Han Kezhong's face was solemn, "I have no other errands, but the censor I want to be is different from the censors next to me!" As he said that, he kowtowed again in the direction of the palace, "Your Majesty, when I go here, I will act vigorously and resolutely to shock Xiaoxiao!"
This chapter has been completed!