Hearing Ding Man's words, Shen Yi was startled, and then couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart.
I don’t know since when, Xu Fu, the young man who was begging with five children in Jiangdu and was personally brought from Jiangdu to Jiankang, had to check carefully before even meeting him.
Shen Yi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then lowered his eyebrows and said, "Go back and tell Xiao Xu that as long as I don't explicitly tell him that he is not allowed to come to see me, he can come."
Ding Man nodded quickly, then bowed to Shen Yi and said, "Young Master, I will inform the boss right away."
"Well...just go ahead and I'll wait for him at home."
Timon responded and trotted away.
After Ding Man left, Shen Yi stood up from his chair and came to the yard. He happened to see Ping'er passing by the door of his study. Shen Yi greeted and said: "Ping'er."
Ping'er hurriedly ran over and stood in front of Shen Yi. The cheerful girl said with a smile: "What's wrong, sir? Is it too hot in the study? Do you want a slave to fan you?"
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely, shook his head and said: "Go and see if there is anyone in the kitchen and ask them to bring some dishes to my study. If the kitchen is empty, ask your family to order a table of wine and food at the dining table outside.
, send it to my study."
Ping'er said yes, and then asked: "Master, are you hungry?"
"no."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said, "Friends will be coming soon."
Ping'er nodded and went down to prepare.
But Shen Yi still went back to the study and wrote a letter. This letter was written to his father-in-law, asking him how he was doing in Jiangdu recently and if he had time to come and stay in Jiankang for a few days.
As soon as she finished writing the letter, Ping'er came in with a food box, and then placed six or seven side dishes on the small table in the study room, including very good-quality sliced soy sauce beef, which she must have just bought out.
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After placing the dishes, Ping'er placed two more bottles of wine on the table, then looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Master, do you want my slave to stay and serve the wine?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "No need for that, it's getting late. If you have nothing to do, just go and rest. It's so hot today, don't get heatstroke from working too hard."
The two maids Qing'er and Ping'er have taken close care of Shen Yi for a long time. Their relationship with Shen Yi has become like family, so they speak like family members.
Ping'er nodded first, then bit her lip, stood in front of Shen Yi, and asked, "I heard them say that the young master will have to go to the Imperial Envoy on errands in a few days."
The brush in Shen Yi's hand stopped, and he was a little surprised: "Who told you?"
Ping'er lowered her head and said, "Lian'er said..."
Lian'er is Lu Qingque's maid.
Speaking of which, in the past few nights, Junior Sister Lu asked Shen Yi if he would leave. Shen Yi indeed told her that he would most likely go to the southeast to do work, but he would definitely come back before the child is born at the end of the year.
Unexpectedly, this matter has already spread within the Shen family.
Ping'er lowered her head and said: "Sister Qing'er and I want to go out with the young master, and we can also take care of the young master's food and daily life on the road..."
Shen Yi frowned slightly at first, then shook his head decisively and said, "No, I have to come into contact with a lot of soldiers when I go out this time. They train every day and work extremely hard. If they know that I took you two with me, I will lose my temper."
Seeing that Ping'er still wanted to talk, Shen Yi frowned and said, "I know you two are not getting along with Lian'er, but I have serious business to go out with, so I can't take you with me."
As soon as Shen Yi finished saying this, there was a knock on the door of the study.
A voice came from outside the door.
"Sir, it's me..."
When Shen Yigang met Xu Fu, Xu Fu was still a young man with a childish voice. Now he is almost seventeen or eighteen years old, and his voice has completely changed, and it sounds very different from before.
Both strange and familiar.
Shen Yi waved to Ping'er, signaling her to leave first, and then said to the door of the room: "Just open the door and come in."
Xu Fu nodded, opened the door and walked in, and saw Ping'er walking out. He was stunned, but he still lowered his head and called "Sister Ping'er."
Ping'er looked at Xu Fu, nodded silently, and then walked out of the study.
After Ping'er left, Xu Fu raised his head and looked at Shen Yi. After the two looked at each other for a moment, Xu Fu knelt down on the ground, lowered his head to Shen Yi and said, "Xu Fu, please see the young master."
Shen Yi shook his head, walked to him and helped him up, sighing: "What are you doing?"
After Xu Fu stood up, he smiled calmly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you a little."
"And it is only natural that I kowtow to the young master."
Shen Yi helped him to the low table in the study room. At this moment, the low table was filled with wine and food. The two of them knelt down and sat on both sides of the low table. Shen Yi smiled and said: "The wine and food I just asked Ping'er to prepare. You and I haven't seen each other for a long time."
, I should also have a few drinks today."
Perhaps because of the improvement in living conditions and the increase in age, Xu Fu's height is now almost the same as Shen Yi's. He sat opposite Shen Yi, picked up his wine glass and toasted Shen Yi, and then without saying a word, he looked up.
Drink it all in one gulp.
After drinking the opening drink, Shen Yi looked at Xu Daguan in front of him and asked with a smile: "Ding Man said that you want to see me but don't dare to come directly. Tell me, what's the matter?"
Xu Fu lowered his head and took another sip of wine.
He is now a high-ranking official. Although he has become half an imperial merchant, there are still some occasions where he must go and drink.
At this time, Xu Fu's drinking capacity has basically been developed.
After drinking a glass of wine, Xu Fu took out a few bank notes from his sleeve and placed them in front of Shen Yi.
He looked up at Shen Yi with a sincere expression: "Master, this is 40,000 taels of silver. Although it is not a lot of money, I have saved it little by little during this period."
It is impossible to do business in a down-to-earth manner even if you work as an errand for the palace and as an imperial merchant.
The gifts that should be given must be given, and they may even be heavier.
Therefore, Xu Fu spent a lot of money in order to take care of the people in the palace.
Therefore, although he is now working as an imperial merchant in the palace and making a lot of money, most of the money he got has been resold or "invested", and the cash in Xu Fu's hands is not particularly large.
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Seeing the banknotes in front of him, Shen Yi frowned, shook his head and said: "Our brothers' business only stops at Huangshizhai. As for the business outside Huangshizhai, it is my own money, I don't want yours.
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Xu Fu took a deep breath, lowered his eyebrows slightly and said, "This is what I want to ask of you, Master."
He was silent for a while and sighed: "Sir, although I can make some money now, I have become a party member of Eunuch Gao. Maybe at some point, I will be confiscated and exiled by an imperial edict."
Xu Fu, a smart man, seemed to have figured out his situation early on.
He looked at Shen Yi and whispered: "Sir, you are a second-ranked Jinshi of the imperial court. You have a bright future, so you don't have to worry about your future..."
"So I was thinking that if I can't get out of Jiankang one day, Master can use this money to take care of those guys for me..."
"Take care of your own favors."
Shen Yi raised his head and looked at Xu Fu, with a smile on his face: "Yesterday when I entered the palace, His Majesty praised you in front of me for your decent work. This shows that His Majesty is still very satisfied with you. Within a few years,
Nothing can go wrong."
Xu Fu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "But Master, I don't remember that I have done any errands for His Majesty. If I have, it is that one..."
"that matter…"
Shen Yi immediately thought of what happened between the emperor and Gu Hengbo...
It seems that Xu Fu did such an errand for the palace.
If the emperor really praised Xu Fu because of this incident, then Shen Yi would have to re-evaluate the emperor's feelings for the Gu family...
Thinking of this, Shen Yi remembered what Gao Ming once said to him.
"Could it be..."
Shen Yi muttered in his heart: "Let me give Gu everyone an identity?"