(Thank you Taoist Yehe for generously giving the reward!)
Su Jin waited until the evening. Although Yan Biyun was seriously ill, he could not forget Rou Niang's condition and urged Su Jin to go back to take care of Rou Niang. Su Jin saw that her complexion had improved a lot, so she left Yan's house and returned home with some instructions.
Home.
In the evening, after the rain, the sky cleared up and the sky was filled with colorful clouds.
In the car, Su Jin breathed in the fresh fragrance of flowers and trees after the rain, and her mood improved greatly. One person in the family was unconscious, and the other in the Yan family was sick. This day had been extremely stressful, but at this moment, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief, at least Yan Biyun
His illness is serious.
Early the next morning, Su Jin changed his dejected look. After getting up early, he followed Wang Chao, Mahan and others to play some fists and kicks in the yard. He also took a bath and shaved his face to regain his appearance. After breakfast, he ordered Xiao Sui'er to prepare a generous gift and sit down.
Get on the carriage and go straight to Ouyang Xiu's mansion.[
While walking on the street, she heard the sound of firecrackers. There seemed to be many happy events on the street. Su Jin also wanted to know the reason and went straight to Ouyang Xiu's residence.
Ouyang Xiu had not returned from the previous court, but the housekeeper at home was very polite. Especially after seeing Su Jin's famous post, he knew that this was Master Su who had made great achievements in Yangzhou and Luzhou with his family. He was immediately in awe and showed utmost respect.
He was able to do something, and he took pictures of the servants and went to wait for Ouyang Xiu outside the palace gate, fearing that Ouyang Xiu would have other entertainment.
When the spring sun rose to two or three feet high, Ouyang Xiu rushed back in a hurry. As soon as he entered his courtyard, he loudly said: "Master Su, oops...I kept you waiting for a long time. I'm rude. Why didn't you send someone to inform me in advance?"
Just say it, I can take leave today and not go to court."
Su Jinxin said: Ouyang Xiu's skills are so cute, why don't you go to court for me? But although the words are false, they sound really nourishing, so he stood up, saluted and said with a smile: "How dare you delay Ouyang Zhongcheng's official duties?
This is some personal matter for the officer to ask for permission."
"Come to think of it, your brother's business is my business, Ouyang Xiu's. Sit down, Lao He, go get the new tea and make it for Mr. Su. Naturally, the distinguished guests will have good tea." Ouyang Xiu laughed.
The butler hurriedly said: "Sir, it has been brewed. That's it for drinking."
Ouyang Xiu pointed out: "Lao He always does things safely. Yesterday, Mr. Chen, the young minister of Dali Temple, came, and Lao He was not willing to make new tea. It seems that Mr. Su's face is much greater than his."
Su Jin chuckled and said: "Isn't it true that Ouyang Zhongcheng thinks of me? He helps me with everything. I have been wanting to pay a special visit to the capital for more than two months since I returned to Beijing, but I don't have time. Today I am here to make up for it, Sui'er.
, go out and ask Xiaozhu to bring over some gadgets we prepared on the carriage."
Xiao Sui'er agreed quickly, turned around and went out. After a while, Xiao Zhuzi came in with a big box in his arms. He seemed to be very careful. There must be something valuable in the box.
Ouyang Xiu said with a straight face: "Brother, do you and I still need this? Take it, take it, I can't take your things."
Su Jin smiled and said: "Master Ouyang has a clear sleeve. As the chief official of Yushitai, he naturally has to set an example. But I am not giving you any gold and silver treasures to bribe you. They are just some tasteful trinkets. If you want to put them at my place
Just waste it and leave it to the adults, then it will be in its proper place."
Ouyang Xiu's appetite was whetted and he just smiled without saying anything. Su Jin smiled and opened the box with his own hands. Ouyang Xiu was dazzled when he saw a dazzling array of various objects in the box.
Su Jin stretched out his hand and pointed: "I have heard that Ouyang Zhongcheng has great literary talent and is a leading poet and lyricist today. I have a half-foot inkstone, three boxes of high-quality Hui ink, eighteen large and small Hu pens, and three rice paper knives. These things are stored below."
Where I am is a pearl cast in darkness. If you put it in the hands of Ouyang Zhongcheng, you will write an article that will shine through the ages. Let us read it with pleasure. Please be sure to accept it."
Ouyang Xiu originally thought it was some gold, silver and jewelry, which he would not accept until death. First of all, Ouyang Xiu was not greedy for money, and Yushitai was always complaining about the corruption of officials. How could he take the lead in collecting them?
He was very careful about bribery; but Su Jin's move was to attack his weak point. Although Ouyang Xiu had a bad reputation in the court, it did not harm his first-class literary talent. His articles
Even Yan Shu and others have to give thumbs up to his poetry. In the final analysis, he is just a literati.
Literati's favorite things are naturally the things in the study room. The greater the literary giant, the more they pay attention to these things. This is like a glutton who can wear tatters, but he must eat and drink without getting tired of fine food and fine food. A gambler can eat and drink without getting tired of it.
You can ignore it, but you must have some spare money and a few dice in your waist; while drug addicts can ignore everything, but they must have something to smoke and smoke for entertainment; the literati's love for study toys can be broadly classified into
this.
Su Jin didn't give up yet, and continued to point to the items in the box one by one and said: "This is the pen holder of Sancai... the brush washer from Jun Kiln, this is the brush lick... this is Shuicheng... the inkstone drop...
This is a white jade paperweight... an inkstone screen... an ink bed... a purple gold paper knife..."
Ouyang Xiu was so angry that he couldn't get through it, and his eyes were wide open. This was really the complete study room that he had dreamed of. Although he also had these things in his study, they were very rare with such specifications. He could just take any of them and put them in his study.
There are more than a complete set; I was originally quite satisfied with the collection of literature I collected, but now it seems that it is just a frog in the well, which is extremely ridiculous.
Su Jin saw Ouyang Xiu's expression and smiled inwardly. Although Ouyang Xiu tried his best to hide it, his expression could be disguised, but his eyes could not.
In fact, Su Jin asked Ouyang Xiu to be a matchmaker, which was a deliberate move to win over him. Although Ouyang Xiu spoke for him several times in the palace, Su Jin was always uneasy about this person; just like Zhao Zhen suddenly learned that he had opened a warehouse to release grain.
Likewise, Su Jin always felt that Ouyang Xiu was the one who tipped off secretly.[
Regardless of whether he was a whistleblower or not, Ouyang Xiu still had to win over him. He told the emperor that he still had a way to survive. If his big mouth spread in the court, he would have no chance of survival; even if this matter came out, it would be very harmful to him.
Ouyang Xiu himself is also at a disadvantage, but after all, he is not the main culprit, and the one who loses his head can only be Su Jin, so whether he asks Ouyang Xiu to be a matchmaker or gives these heavy gifts, it is Su Jin's attempt to win over and silence him. These things he has wanted to do for a long time
, but at this moment, I just took advantage of the opportunity of asking him to protect the media and made a move, so others can also criticize him.
"This...is too precious...I...I can't...take it." Ouyang Xiu couldn't hold his tongue straight.
Su Jin smiled and said: "What is this? It is nothing compared to the care you take for me. By the way, there is also a small stone here, which is pressed under the box. I almost forgot about it."
Su Jin carefully took out a palm-sized wooden box from under the box. After opening it gently, there lay a bright yellow stone about a finger and a half long and about the thickness of a pigeon egg. Su Jin took out the stone and handed it to Ouyang Xiu.
He said in his hand: "I have prepared a seal. I wanted to find someone to help you carve it, but when I thought that my master himself was proficient in the art of metal and stone, it would be unsatisfactory if someone else carved it, so he brought the stone intact; Zhongcheng
Sir, take a look, can you use it?"
Ouyang Xiu's heart was beating wildly. He looked left and right with the stone. He stood up and came to the entrance of the hall. He raised the stone to the sun and looked at it carefully. However, under the sun, the whole stone showed a golden halo and seemed to be stagnant.
It is so transparent, looks gentle and noble, and is extraordinary.
Ouyang Xiu quickly turned around, came to Su Jin's side and said, "What... what kind of jade is this?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "You are a master of gold and stone, but you come to ask me. In my opinion, it is just a yellow stone that is useless for building a wall and cannot be used to hit people."
Ouyang Xiu knew in his heart that this was the best Shoushan field yellow stone. It is said that "one or two fields of yellow stone, ten thousand taels of snowflake silver" is a bit exaggerated, but this kind of stone is rare in the world, and these are large and beautiful pieces of the best, which are even more valuable.
Not cheap.
Ouyang Xiu had his heart to say, but this was exactly what he had dreamed of. Regardless of anything else, this stone was worth more than one hundred thousand guan. Together with these other items, the total price exceeded 200,000 guan. Su Jin suddenly
He gave me such a huge gift, what was he asking for? Could it be that there was something wrong with the law that I wanted to excuse him from?
Love is love, Ouyang Xiu was smart enough to ask clearly before speaking, so as not to be dragged into a trap by this kid again just for the sake of these 200,000 yuan.
"Um...Brother Su is so kind, I am really ashamed of myself. Just now you had something to ask for my help. I don't know what it is?"
Su Jin knew that Ouyang Xiu had learned his lesson, and this time he would not let go of the hawk when he saw the rabbit, so he handed over his hands and said: "I want to ask Ouyang Zhongcheng to help me find a matchmaker, and I want to ask Yan Sansi to hire Miss Yan as my wife. The whole court
I have thought about civil and military affairs over and over again, and only Ouyang Zhongcheng is suitable, so I sincerely come here today to ask for permission."
Ouyang Xiudao: "That's it?"
Su Jin said: "That's it, don't ask for anything else."
Ouyang Xiu said unwillingly: "Is there nothing else?"
Su Jin said: "Master Ouyang, don't you want to?"
Ouyang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "How could you not want to? This is my honor. You and the Yan family daughter are a match made in heaven. I thought that the emperor would come to protect the matchmaking, but I didn't expect that.
But I have this honor, and the unsaid things are all wrapped up in me."
Su Jin bowed to the end and said: "I'm very grateful. My family is already preparing the betrothal gift. How about you follow me to my humble residence? Then I will order someone to carry the betrothal gift and follow you to the Yan Mansion to betrothal?"
Ouyang Xiu said in astonishment: "Today?"
Su Jin said: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, so why not today?"
Ouyang Xiu laughed loudly and said, "You are so impatient, are you afraid that Yan's daughter will fly away?"
Su Jin smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "I beg you, sir, to move!" [