The two wine glasses clinked together, making a delicate sound.
A glass of sake and two beans fried in oil.
"Brother Da Shen, what do you think of today's game?"
Zhu Yunxi, who poured himself a glass of wine, took his eyes away from Lanfang House next door and looked at Xie Jin, a Hanlin bachelor who was sitting in front of him, with a smile.
Xie Jin nodded, then shook his head: "You're a human being, the third master is now very mature. It's just... secretly communicating about the music, but it's not the way of a gentleman, and it shouldn't be applied to the country."
"Yan Sheji, can you conquer people like Zhang Zhiyuan?" Zhu Yunxi rubbed two fried beans and put them into his mouth, looking at Xie Jin with a faint look.
Xie Jin laughed self-deprecatingly: "I think I have misunderstood. For a person like Zhang Zhiyuan, only when he sees his old acquaintance who joined the East Palace rise in rank while he himself has not made any progress, can he arouse his unwillingness. And only Mingli can arouse his unwillingness.
Only by promising him can he win his heart."
Zhu Yunxi smiled and shook his head: "But thinking about it, even if he was dissatisfied today, he would not express his position immediately. He would hesitate, hesitate, and wait for someone to push him behind him."<
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Xie Jin frowned.
Although this method of controlling people is a permanent thing in the world and is the most basic quality for people of Zhu Yunxi's status, it always makes him feel a little delusional and strange when it is said so bluntly.
This is the imperial art.
Xie Jin didn't want to think deeply about this matter, so he changed his mind and said, "The third master is still worried about the celebration in the palace in a few days?"
Today he was called here by Zhu Yunxi. He had been told that the palace would be re-opened in a few days and that the troupe would be invited into the palace to celebrate.
Zhu Yunxi looked at Xie Jin, nodded, showed some sympathy, and sighed: "I have no intention of harming others, but I cannot be defenseless. If I want to take care of the family ties, I can only tell all the things that have never happened.
, press it from the beginning."
As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi showed his face and said deeply to Xie Jin: "Brother Da Shen and I are in the same clothes, so these words can only be said to Brother Da Shen. Looking around in the palace, there is no one who can
In other words, only the gentleman can relieve my worries!"
Zhu Yunxi is moving.
Xie Jin is also moved.
The relationship between ruler and subject, father and son, is something he has been learning since he was born.
As the grandson of the royal family and the king of Huaiyou County, Zhu Yunxi treated him with such courtesy from the beginning.
The thought of a scholar dying for his confidant was lingering in Xie Jin's mind.
He pondered, frowned and said: "Third Master is a pure filial piety and benevolent man, just keep this in mind. If Third Master holds his own, he will be as stable as Mount Tai. Even if a storm is caused, I think that the court will also
Countless ministers spoke out vigorously."
Speaking of this, Xie Jin met Zhu Yunxi's gaze and said in a deep voice: "One day, His Highness will be guarded by his ministers!"
Zhu Yunxi sighed, looked at Xie Jin solemnly, patted him on the shoulder, and filled his glass of wine.
And in Lanfang House on the side.
Zhang Zhiyuan, who was slightly drunk, probably because of some wine, kept murmuring in a low voice: "A good bird chooses a tree to roost..."
"Heroes and heroes..."
"A good man in the army?"
This was when Sun Cheng reached into his arms again, took it out lightly, and a bulging and round money bag landed in front of Zhang Zhiyuan.
Zhang Zhiyuan's eyes flickered, he shook his shoulders, raised his head, and looked at Sun Cheng in front of him.
He opened his mouth, but he let out a wine belch, then smacked his mouth and said, "Brother Sun, what do you mean? This time...is this time Brother Sun's intention, or...or..."
Because of the gap between him and Sun Chengsheng, and thinking about how he had been doing nothing these days and not making any progress, he was a little drunk with wine, but his consciousness was sober.
The slightly opened money bag was clearly filled with a bag of golden beans.
According to visual inspection, it is no less than ten taels.
This is not a small sum of money!
Sun Cheng has been a small banner official of the Yulin Guard for many years, and now he has just taken the position of a hundred households. How can he have so much savings?
His remarks today about good birds choosing trees to roost in. It is obvious that this bag of golden beans was made by someone else.
And that person’s identity...
Zhang Zhiyuan's eyes gradually became clearer and he stared at the other person quietly.
Sun Cheng smiled faintly and said calmly: "Brother Zhang, don't think too much, it's just a reward for the brother's work these days."
Zhang Zhiyuan nodded with a hint of suspicion.
If we talk about rewards, that makes sense.
After all, after the death of the Crown Princess, all her personal belongings and money were left to the current Third Master.
Just working as a servant under that third master, can you really get so many rewards easily?
And he could still let Sun Cheng be delivered to him so indifferently?
He smiled self-deprecatingly: "Brother Sun, are you going to give these... to me?"
"If not, why should I take it out?" Sun Cheng asked back.
Zhang Zhiyuan shook his head: "I can't take this money!"
He said it categorically without any hesitation.
Even though Sun Cheng had revealed his intention to recruit the third master today, he couldn't take the money until he thought about it clearly.
This is a moral rule.
Sun Cheng picked up the heavy bag of money and patted it directly in Zhang Zhiyuan's hand.
Then he said solemnly: "I heard that Brother Zhang and his mother are over sixty, and they are still doing sewing work for others. My sister-in-law has five nieces and nephews at home. Even so, she still squeezes time to go to work.
Washing other people’s homes. Not to mention, Brother Zhang’s old father has been bedridden for many years and needs medication every day.”
As he spoke, Sun Cheng became choked up and whispered: "We are all brothers. We all work in the East Palace. Those are the prince's people, what outsiders call the princelings. Zhang
How can a brother ignore the difficulties in his family?"
Zhang Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment. He never thought that Sun Cheng knew so much about his family's affairs.
Looking at the bag of golden beans in his hand, he already hesitated.
Yes.
Whether you are running errands for the third master or the second master, aren’t they all the prince’s people?
Just when Zhang Zhiyuan began to waver in will and uncertainty.
Sun Cheng took out another piece of paper from his sleeve.
Spread out in front of Zhang Zhiyuan.
Title deed!
After just one glance, Zhang Zhiyuan recognized what this thing was.
But he looked at Sun Cheng more and more doubtfully. It was unlikely that the Third Master would even reward Sun Cheng with land.
Not to mention that Sun Cheng could give something like this to himself.
Sun Cheng smiled, shook his head and said: "This thing is not mine at all, but the third master asked me to hand it over to you, Brother Zhang."
"Third Master?"
Zhang Zhiyuan suddenly looked hesitant.
Sun Chenghu said in a deep voice: "The third master also knows about the affairs of Brother Zhang's family. There are nearly ten people in the family, and they still live in only three rooms. The children are getting older, with boys and girls.
, always have to be separated."
"The location is not that good. You can enter the fifth house on the left on the south third alley of Xicheng City. There are probably five or six rooms in the courtyard that you enter from the front and back, which is always enough for Brother Zhang and his family to live in."
With that said, he tried his old trick again to force the land deed into Zhang Zhiyuan's hand.
However, this time, Zhang Zhiyuan refused to accept it no matter what.
He spoke repeatedly: "Brother Sun, you can't do this! You can't do it! How can I... suffer the consequences?"
But at this moment.
Outside Lanfang's house, there was a sudden cough.
The voice is very young.
Zhang Zhiyuan is very familiar!
He was suddenly shaken, and all the drunkenness in his mind had been wiped away, and then he looked at Sun Cheng with a look of shock in his eyes.
Sun Cheng smiled and nodded silently.
Zhang Zhiyuan immediately bowed towards the outside and bowed to the end: "See the third master below."
If the third master doesn't show up, that means he has the intention of not seeing you. It's a courtesy that can't be broken.
After the ceremony, Zhang Zhiyuan slightly raised his head and looked outside the room.
I saw two figures stopping outside the door.
The man walking in front gave a low hum, and then led the people behind him away.
It wasn't until a long time that Zhang Zhiyuan calmed down and looked at Sun Cheng with complicated eyes.
"How can this be done...how can it be done..."
Sun Cheng laughed and stuffed the land deed and money bag into Zhang Zhiyuan's hands: "The person before said that Zhang Xiaoqi has fulfilled his duties over the years, is neither corrupt nor corrupt, and has both loyalty and filial piety. Although the country has rules, people have their own private interests.
He cannot bear to see these hardships and sufferings, especially the people around him."
Zhang Zhiyuan held the money bag and land deed tightly with both hands, gritted his teeth, raised his foot with a solemn expression, and stomped twice.