Chapter 407: Rich wife and rich friends

When Qin Lin heard that there was no space, he didn't want to be too troublesome today, so he turned around and wanted to pull Qin Lei away.

"Stay here, two." The fat shopkeeper said again and asked: "There is one for our master to leave for a long time, so please come with the younger one."

Qin Lin laughed and said, "Are you afraid that your master will blame you?"

The fat shopkeeper looked at Qin Lei with a respectful look on his face and said softly: "If it is someone else, it's not okay to be noble or low, but it's natural that you two can do it."

Qin Lei also recognized him at this time. The fat shopkeeper was a relative of Shi Meng. He met him at the Shi family during the Chinese New Year. It seemed that he recognized him. However, this man was quite well-behaved. Seeing that he was silent, he did not come forward to recognize him rashly.

The two were taken to a suite on Linhe on the third floor by the shopkeeper. Looking at the decorations in the house, Qin Lin couldn't help but be shocked.

The fat shopkeeper respectfully asked the two to sit on the big round table, lowered his eyebrows and asked, "What kind of tea does the guest like to drink?"

Qin Lin couldn't help but smile and said, "Young Master, I like Lu'an melon slices in my daily life. Do you have them here?"

The fat shopkeeper said respectfully: "Some."

Qin Lin changed his mind and said with a slight smile: "But man wants to drink Dahongpao today, do you have this?"

"Some, some." The fat shopkeeper still looked so cute.

Qin Lin deliberately made things difficult for him: "Let's drink the 'Mengding Stone Flower' and serve tea." Whether it is Lu'an tea or Dahongpao, it is very rare, but at least it is a place to look for it. And this 'Mengding Stone Flower'... He has only seen it in the "Tea Sutra", but has never seen the real thing.

But the fat shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "Yes, you can go later."

Qin Lin disbelief: "This 'Mengding Stone Flower' is said to have been lost. How could you have a mere hotel?"

The fat shopkeeper smiled and said, "The great official doesn't know that this tea is produced in the famous mountains of Yazhou, Jiannan. It is not in our territory of Daqin, and it is not called "Mengding Shihua" now, but is changed to "Ya'an Tea", so I don't know much."

Seeing that he was very sarcastic, Qin Lin knew that he could not help him, so he stopped talking and said, "Just come up with good wine and good food, and then go out all of them. We are serving us."

The fat shopkeeper stepped down respectfully and went to serve the food and drinks.

After no outsiders were found in the hall, Qin Lin whispered to Qin Lei: "This shop is so generous. Look at the clear pineapple wooden tables and chairs, as well as this large Persian cashmere carpet. Then look at the ornaments in the room, which are all top-quality three-color porcelain from the previous dynasty, and are accompanied by Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Yan Liben, and Li Sixun on the wall. Not to mention the price of this room, the decoration is ten thousand yuan, but what is more valuable is coordination. As soon as people come in, they feel like they are back in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. This restaurant is really one level higher than Wanlilou."

Qin Lei chuckled softly, "I said to Grand Secretary, you have been chattering since you got on the car. Why do you still talk about your business when you get here?"

Qin Lin then remembered the serious matter and scratched his head and said, "Third brother, I'm just fine."

At this time, the fat shopkeeper brought people in, served with tea, wine and dishes. The tea was Mengding stone flowers, the wine was nectar and jade liquid, and the dishes were delicacies of mountains and seas. After a while, a dazzling table was set up. The fat shopkeeper bowed and smiled and said, "Please use it slowly, two officials." Then he stepped out quietly.

Looking at the table full of wine and food, all of which were his favorite dishes, Qin Lei's mouth curled up slightly. Although he didn't like flattery, he still enjoyed this invisible plea.

Qin Lin poured wine for Qin Lei, and the two brothers started to drink. After the morning meeting, they were both a little hungry, so they first picked some easy topics to talk about. After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Qin Lin then put down the wine glass and sighed, "Brother, today's father made me a little dizzy. Do you take my pulse and sort it out?"

Qin Lei picked up a chopstick and steamed bass, put it into his mouth and tasted it carefully: "Why do you do it so clearly? Anyway, no one dares to offend you."

Qin Lin laughed and said, "Yes, no one dares to bully me now." Then he said, "But why did your father choose me?"

Qin Lei put down his chopsticks and smiled and said, "Nothing is enough to balance the forces of all parties. For the father, you are the inevitable choice."

"Can you tell me more specific?" Qin Lin said with a glass of wine to Qin Lei.

Qin Lei thought to himself: 'What do you know so much about?' But then he thought that this person would work in the center in the future and walk in front of the emperor. If he doesn't have a clear understanding of the current situation, he will suffer a great loss. Thinking of this, he finally nodded and said: "I'll tell you."

"Okay, okay." The third brother said happily.

"As soon as Wen Yanbo left, a huge space of power suddenly appeared in the court. What about Your Majesty? He rarely took the initiative in distribution. The father originally wanted to take everything for himself, but after less than two months of persistence, he was exhausted and exhausted and had to allocate part of the power. Even so, the old man must hope that the future Grand Secretary will be obedient and not show up as old as Wen Yanbo again."

Qin Lin held the wine glass and said, "Then look for your own people."

Qin Lei clinked his glass gently and asked with a smile: "Owner? Who do you think is his own person in the eyes of his father?"

Qin Lin fucked her neck and smacked her lips and said, "You."

Qin Lei sneered and said, "Why don't you let me be a Grand Secretary?"

Qin Lin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Didn't Qu Yanwu be the one? In addition, who doesn't know that we are the two of you, the fifth prince's irons."

"Wang Anting, Tian Minnong, and what about Zhou Lianbian?" Qin Lei asked with a smile.

"Well..." Qin Lin was speechless for a moment and said uncertainly: "You can make up for the numbers."

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled, "Absolutely not. The emperor's arrangement was very clever. This time, the five great masters each represented one party, and none of them were used to fill the numbers." He said that, looking at him, and laughed, "If there is one, it's you."

Qin Lin drooped his eyebrows and said helplessly: "Although it is the truth, it still hurts people when he says it."

Qin Lei stopped teasing him, stretched out his index finger and dipped some tea in the cup, drew a line on the table, said: "Qu Yanwu represents me," and drew another line: "Wang Anting represents the prince," and drew another line: "Which Tian Minong represents a few old guys."

"Where is that Zhou Lianben? Who does he represent?" Qin Lin asked afterwards.

Qin Lei drew an intermittent water line and whispered: "He is Zhou's father, and he is also considered a Duke of a country. He was a Jinshi from the late emperor's dynasty and once served as a county magistrate. But soon he was punished for the incident and was dismissed from office and exiled for three thousand miles. His daughter was also sent to the palace as a slave. Later, when Jin Feng and Yulu met, his daughter became Zhou Guiren and gave birth to Lao Liu. His Majesty naturally pardoned him and promoted him to the prefect of Zhou Ping. For more than ten years, he actually served as the governor. He should be considered his Majesty's person." Qin Lei had known this list for a long time, so he naturally had to investigate.

"I'm another guy who makes a fortune in silence." Qin Lin muttered: "It seems that Lao Liu is going to make a big comeback. You don't know yet. He has already joined the Imperial Guard. It seems that the father is going to cultivate him."

"When is it? Why don't I know?" Qin Lei said in surprise. Before the New Year, Qin Lin begged to join the Black Guard, but later because he was injured on New Year's Eve, Qin Lei did not urge him. However, he never thought that he had climbed up a higher branch.

Qin Lin didn't expect him to react so much, so he quickly explained: "It was probably the time when you were busy with the spring exam. Maybe it was because you were busy, so I wouldn't disturb you for now."

Qin Lei nodded slowly and said lightly: "Maybe." Then he stopped talking about this and turned back to the original topic: "Now these four major officials are considered to be divided into four parties, so your position is particularly important."

"My?" Qin Lin said strangely: "Who doesn't know that you and I are wearing a pair of pants?"

Qin Lei shook his head and said, "It's okay. From now on, if you give people this impression, it's probably within a year or two that the Grand Secretary will change his position."

Qin Lin frowned tightly and said, "Why?"

"Your Majesty needs to be the majority." Qin Lei explained concisely: "After all, you are the son of your father, so he thinks you can still turn to him."

Qin Lin shook his head like a rattle and waved his hands repeatedly: "Since last year, when you came out for me and the fourth brother, I have decided that I have been with you, and that will definitely not change."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "Stern brother, don't be nervous. No matter what you think in your heart, at least you must support your father everywhere." He said, "There is no conflict between wearing a pair of pants with me and covering a quilt with my father."

"What if there is really a conflict?" Qin Lin frowned.

Qin Lei slowly shook his head and said, "No, I am a model son, let me go."

Seeing him say this, Qin Lin put down his worries, clinked with Qin Lei, and laughed and said, "Okay, let me listen to you."

The two brothers drank for a while and heard the sound of gongs and firecrackers outside. Qin Lei glanced at the window. Shi Gan hurried over and looked out, turned around and closed the window, and reported to Qin Lei: "A group of officials from the Ministry of Rites, wearing red and green, went eastward, and many ordinary people followed him to watch the fun."

Qin Lin suddenly said: "Today is the day when the spring exam will be released."

Qin Lei nodded and said, "So that's it." As the chief examiner, he didn't know about this, and he was really confused enough.

Qin Lin smiled and said, "As soon as Wen Yanbo's incident happened, the ranking of the third-tier team has been re-arranged?"

Qin Lei curled his lips and shook his head and said, "The old man did it himself and didn't ask me again, and I don't know."

Maybe he was in a good mood, Qin Lin couldn't sit still and said, "Let's go and take a look on Gongyuan Street."

Qin Lei had this intention, so the two of them hurriedly met the account and went downstairs and got up the car eastward.

Along the way, I saw many scholars rushing to Gongyuan Street through the screen window. No matter how tall, handsome and ugly these people were, they all looked "nobody's face" and thought "uneasy". Qin Lei also saw a few familiar scholars, even the one who was sure to be Fang Zhongshu was just like that.

Fang Zhongshu was originally a guest at Duke Maoguo's mansion today. He said that he has lived a very comfortable life these days. All the officials and nobles in Beijing believed that their ten "sons of the emperor" could go to high school, so they naturally had to rush to invite several new highs. But when others gave him the opportunity, they still had to earn face by themselves. Over time, these ten old men were divided into different situations in the hearts of the nobles.

Among them, Fang Zhong's long white neck and clean face, writing good words and playing a good flute, is a king of kings and writing poems and paintings. Naturally, he is strongly sought after by nobles in the capital, and is the best among the ten people. A few days ago, he was invited by Duke Mao to visit, and the Duke's wife was accompanying him for the first time. He kept asking about his marriage status and family background. Even a blind man could see that this was the meaning of recruiting a son-in-law.

The character of Fang Zhongshu was romantic and flexible, so how could he not hear the meaning of it? He claimed that he was a widower and was about to hand over to the Duke of the Kingdom. Soon he heard someone's message. He and Duke of the Kingdom's daughter were in line with the eight characters of the prince, so he happily prepared the bride price and was hired by the palace today.

Both sides were in love and naturally, and they were naturally happy. They were about to change their words to "father-in-law" and "son-in-law". But at this critical moment, someone came in to report that: "The results are released! The results are released!"

Fang Zhongshu couldn't sit still at that time and thought to himself: 'No matter what, you have to confirm whether the lower middle is not, otherwise you will be laughed at and be flirted with Meng Lang.' Thinking of this, he stood up and claimed the crime and said: "My nephew is already anxious, please... Master, forgive me."

Duke Mao Guo was preparing to recruit a Jinshi son-in-law, so he naturally would not stop him. He nodded and said, "It should be, it should be." Then he ordered his family to prepare horses for Fang Xiannie, and said sourly: "Wait for you to come back with warm wine, I wish you two good luck..."

Fang Zhongshu responded repeatedly, and accompanied by several servants from the Duke's Mansion, he rode his horse away from the Duke's Mansion. As soon as he went on the street, the cold wind blew, he woke up most of the wine, and he began to feel nervous... If he could think about it all, he would think about it.

While walking forward without any reins, he was startled by the 'Brother Fang' from behind. Fang Zhongshu was shocked. When he looked back, he found Tu Gongchun and a group of scholars from the north of the mountain. However, other scholars turned their heads and pretended to turn a blind eye. Only Tu Gongchun was still as enthusiastic as usual.

Fang Zhongshu beat him a little embarrassedly, but he scolded the talkative Tu Gongchun in his heart: "What are you talking about like!"

Tu Gongchun laughed and said, "Brother Fang, are you going to check the list too?"

Fang Zhongshu said indifferently: "Yeah..."

Someone next to him couldn't stand it anymore and sneered, "Old Tu, have you ever heard of 'Rich wife and good friends'? Fang Jinshi is on the golden list today, and he is about to be rich and noble. Maybe he doesn't even want a yellow-faced woman. How can he look down on us shabby students? Don't put your hot face on someone's cold butt."

Tu Gongchun blushed and said, "Brother Fang is not that kind of person!"

The scholar next to him sneered: "You only think it's not. Could it be that the rest of the people are fools?"

Tu Gongchun was about to refute, but a classmate next to him sternly said, "Ask him where he threw all our visits?" Everyone saw Fang Zhongshu going in and out of the high-ranking house all day long, so they wrote visits and asked him to recommend them. Once they failed, they could find a way to settle down.

Fang Zhongshu said with a straight face: "I have handed it to you. What can I do if I don't see you? Why do you blame me instead?"

"Bah!" Someone cursed in anger, "You don't have it at all!" Then he pulled out a dozen wrinkled and dirty letters from his sleeve and asked loudly: "Da Zhangsheng Fang, what is this? Why is it in the garbage dump behind the guild hall?"

Fang Zhongshu's face turned red and he said in anger: "Everyone earns fame and fortune, why should I help you? I owe you money or what?"

When Tu Gongchun saw him admitting it in person, his face turned red and turned up in anger, and was about to pull him off from his horse and question him.

The servant from the Duke's Mansion next to him quickly stopped him and said unreasonably: "You poor people, dare to hurt our son-in-law!" Although the other party was a disciple, the evil slaves from the Duke's Mansion didn't care.
Chapter completed!