Just when Zhang Yanling was looking at the drawings attentively and thinking about ways to improve it, Chen Shi woke up lying on the chair. He yawned and sat up, and the fur cloak covering his body also slipped down.
He looked around sleepily, his unshaven face full of confusion.
"Chen Baihu, are you awake?" Zhang Yanling stood up and said with a smile.
Chen Shiyi squinted his eyes and saw a long and tall man standing in the sunlight under the long window. The dazzling sunlight made it difficult for his eyes to adjust and he couldn't see the man's face clearly.
"Come here, serve tea to Chen Baihu. People who are hungover must have dry mouth and tongue. Drink some tea and you will wake up." Zhang Yanling said loudly.
Chen Shiyi asked: "Who are you?"
Zhao Yuancheng said: "The new governor Zhang Houye."
"Ah?" Chen Shi stood up in astonishment and said loudly to Zhang Yanling: "Are you the new governor?"
Zhang Yanling approached slowly, smiled and said, cupping his hands: "If I guess correctly, you are Chen Shi Yi Chen Bai Hu, so you are polite."
Chen Shiyi hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "Oh, why didn't anyone wake me up? This is so rude. Master Zhenfu came here to see someone of low rank?"
The servant who came in with tea called out: "Chen Baihu, this is the public house of Lord Zhenfu. You ran in and sat on Lord Zhenfu's chair and fell asleep. Lord Zhenfu specially asked you to sleep a little longer.
, let us not wake you up."
"Ah?" Chen Shiyi was shocked and embarrassed at the same time. He smiled bitterly and said: "I thought this was Zhang Qianhu's public house. I have only been away for a few days, and they even changed the public house. Damn it, damn it. This is a despicable position.
Lord Zhenfu's office is in a mess. I'll tidy it up."
"That's okay. Chen Baihu has a sip of tea first and then we can talk. I'll just clean up the file myself. It's not a big deal."
Zhang Yanling stretched out her hand to sort out the messy files on the table and said with a smile.
Chen Shiyi stood in a daze. The handyman whispered: "Chen Baihu, go wash your face and tidy up. You smell of alcohol, your eyes are about to fall out, and you are dirty. How rude."
"Yes, yes, I'm going to wash up and see Master Zhenfu later." Chen Shiyi said hurriedly.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Chen Baihu can do it himself."
Chen Shiyi cupped his hands and walked out quickly. Zhang Yanling sorted out the files and wiped the chair before sitting down to drink tea. Before he finished the cup of tea, Chen Shiyi rushed in from outside like a gust of wind, with water on his face.
The stains had not yet been wiped dry, and although the clothes on my body had been tidied up, they were still in a mess and smelled of alcohol.
"Chen Shiyi, who is of humble duty, is here to see Lord Zhenfu. Please forgive me for being rude just now." Chen Shiyi knelt down on one knee and saluted.
Zhang Yanling hurriedly smiled and said: "Chen Baihu doesn't need to be polite, just sit down and drink tea."
Chen Shiyi then sat down on the chair across from the table. Zhang Yanling pushed the tea cup in front of him. Chen Shiyi was indeed thirsty, so he drank the tea in several sips and sighed with satisfaction.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Has Chen Baihu's personal matter been finished?"
Chen Shiyi cupped his hands and said: "It's done, something happened, and I need to deal with it in my humble position. So I took leave and went back to my hometown to deal with it."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "That's good. In the few days since I took office, I have seen almost everyone in the yamen, but I haven't seen you, Chen Baihu. Today you are back and everyone has met. Especially since you are still my personal guard.
Baihu, I still need to discuss many things with you."
Chen Shiyi said in a deep voice: "My lord, just give me your orders."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "Actually, there is nothing to do. Let's not talk about business for now. Did Chen Baihu come back last night?"
"Yes, I went back to the Yamen last night. It was already early in the morning when I got here, and I had nowhere to go, so I went into this public room to sleep. I didn't expect that this was the public room of Lord Zhenfu. It's very rude." Chen Shi said.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "When I came, the doors and windows of the public room were closed, and the servants outside didn't hear anything. How did you get in?"
Chen Shi smiled and said, "Sir, it's not difficult to enter a house like this. You don't have to go in and out through the doors and windows. So, you come in from the beam."
Chen Shiyi pointed to the top of his head, and Zhang Yanling looked up, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. The roof tiles were intact, and there was no roof mezzanine. He didn't know what method Chen Shiyi mentioned to get in.
"Awesome, it turns out that Chen Baihu has the ability to fly over eaves and walk over walls. It's amazing." Zhang Yanling said with a smile.
Chen Shiyi hurriedly said: "There is no evil intention in my humble position. I just don't want to disturb other brothers. I thought this was Zhang Qianhu's public house. There used to be a bed here. Zhang Qianhu would sometimes stay here. I was afraid of him.
If he didn't open the door for me, he would sneak in and leave him helpless. That's all."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "It sounds like Chen Baihu and Zhang Qianhu have a very good relationship, and they can sleep in the same bed."
Chen Shiyi smacked his lips and said, "To be honest with you, my lord, people in humble positions are not very popular. There are not many friends in this yamen who are in humble positions, but Zhang Qianhu is definitely one of them."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Why does Chen Baihu say that he is not popular?"
Chen Shiyi said: "Bi Zhi is a straight-tempered person who will say whatever he wants. He likes to talk when he doesn't like him, which offends a lot of people. Naturally, he is not popular."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "I have read your resume. You were originally a member of the 100th household in the 3000th household. After a fight with someone, you were demoted and became a 100th household. What happened?"
Chen Shiyi said awkwardly: "Why do you need to expose my shortcomings, sir?"
Zhang Yanling laughed and said: "What kind of exposure is this? Isn't it normal to fight? Last year, I had a fight with Zhu Lin, the young master of Chengguo Palace, and was almost beaten to death by him. What's so strange about it?"
Chen Shiyi was stunned and suddenly said: "Oh, Master Zhenfu is...Jianchang Marquis Zhang Yanling?"
Zhang Yanling said: "How? Did you know it was me?"
Chen Shiyi laughed and said, "I didn't react for a moment. I only remembered it when I heard your Excellency talk about the fight with the Young Master of Duke Cheng's Mansion. Everyone in our Yamen knew about that incident."
Zhang Yanling laughed and thought: You are Jin Yiwei, how could you not know about the fight between me and Zhu Lin? Your dog's nose is very good.
"Yes, that was because Zhu Lin and I had a conflict. We slipped and fell down the Cuiping Tower and almost died. There is nothing unexplainable about this matter. It is natural for people to feel happy, angry and sad, and it is normal to get angry and fight." Zhang Yanling said with a smile.
Chen Shi nodded and said, "What you are saying makes sense. I just don't want others to feel unhappy after hearing this. The person I beat is someone from our yamen. If he hears it, he will jump up again."
Zhang Yanling said: "Oh? Did you have a dispute with someone from my office?"
Chen Shi said: "I don't want to hide it from your lord, I beat Shen Qianhu. That's why I was demoted."
Zhang Yanling was stunned, smacked his lips and said, "So you had a conflict with Shen Liang and Shen Qianhu. What was that for?"
Chen Shiyi said: "I am a person with a straightforward temper. I can't bear to see someone showing off his power in front of me. I can't stand him bullying his brothers in the yamen or playing dirty tricks behind his back to harm others. If I don't beat him, who will I beat? That's all, let's not talk about these things. So that others won’t think I’m complaining in front of the adults. The adults will think I’m a bitch and like to talk about people behind their backs.”
Zhang Yanling nodded and said with a smile: "I can see that Chen Baihu is a straightforward person. It's okay not to mention the past things. However, it is better for colleagues to unite as one, support each other, and minimize conflicts. Don't you think so?"
Chen Shi curled his lips and said, "How can humans and beasts unite? I won't talk too much with him. Just don't offend me. If you offend me, beat me up. At worst, a hundred households won't do it."
Zhang Yanling looked at Chen Shiyi's angry look with a smile and thought: Sure enough, this yamen is not monolithic. Chen Shiyi is a person with a straightforward temper. This kind of person may be easier to get along with. It seems that he and Shen Liang are not getting along with each other. Shen Liang and Zhang Yin seemed to have a good relationship. In this way, Zhang Yin had both sides, which made Zhang Yanling even more interested.
Things in the Fusi Yamen of Xiaonan Town are really complicated, and things are getting more and more interesting.