He looked at Zhou Ze pretending to be embarrassed: "Brother Zhou, since I like Green Qi so much, it is not an exaggeration for me to continue to use it as a lottery ticket, but this Green Qi is indeed my favorite. If Brother Zhou wants to
If you take it away, then I don’t know what you will use as a lottery ticket next.”
Zhou Ze didn't even think about it: "If I lose this game, I will write a personal recommendation letter for my dear brother and send it to Mr. Ren Zanhua, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I believe that my dear brother will be inspected by then. If he gets promoted,
It's not difficult to become a knight, but I wonder if this item might change my dear brother's mind?"
This is what Song Jintang has been thinking about day and night these days but can't bring himself to bring it up. At this moment, he was a little overwhelmed by this sudden surprise.
But he still tried his best to pretend to have a clear understanding of the righteousness: "Any promotion or promotion is just a passing thing. I never care about these false reputations. I just want to have fun with my elder brother. Brother Zhou, you have to work hard this time."
Zhou Ze's smile was a little weird: "Of course, I should do my best for my brother."
Song Jintang had won two games in a row and was already so dazzled by the victory that he was so dizzy that he didn't even see clearly how Zhou Ze moved, and he had already lost.
The smile on Zhou Ze's face became even bigger: "Thank you, dear brother, for showing mercy to me. I will take this piano with you."
Song Jintang had a smile on his face and secretly cursed himself for being careless and letting Jingzhou take away Luqi so easily without getting any more benefits.
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered the real purpose of inviting Zhou Ze to play chess. He quickly stood up and said to Zhou Ze: "Brother Zhou, little brother, I suddenly remembered that there is something that needs attention in this green Qi, so I wrote it on a piece of paper.
Come on, now go get this piece of paper and ask Brother Zhou to sit down for a moment."
Zhou Ze was busy looking at Qin and didn't seem to hear what he said at all.
When Song Jintang opened the door, he deliberately swept a piece of paper that had been placed by the desk at Zhou Ze's feet before turning and leaving.
After Song Jintang left, Zhou Ze carefully put down Lu Qi, looked at the place where he left, and sneered. He picked up the paper on the ground. Since Song Jintang wanted him to open it so much, he had no choice but to open it and take a look.
willing.
There are two letters in this envelope, one of which has been completed and was written to Song Jintang by Zhang Quan, the prefect of Weihui Prefecture. The main purpose is to ask how is the thing he wants to do? Has the person he is looking for been found? Is he still there?
He was promised many benefits.
Another unfinished letter is Song Jintang's reply to the prefect, to the effect that he will not accept any of these benefits, and also advises the prefect to do more good deeds and not continue to oppress the people.
If Zhou Ze had not seen his greedy nature and flattering face, just looking at this reply letter, he is really a good official who is not afraid of power and dedicated to the people!
Zhou Ze sighed, not knowing what to say to him. If the prefect really asked him to do something, why would he leave such obvious evidence of correspondence with him? Did he overestimate his own IQ?
Did you underestimate Zhou Ze's IQ?
But he didn't want to waste time on such meaningless things, so he slapped the letter on the table and waited for Song Jintang to come back.
In order to give him enough time to read the letter, Song Jintang waited for a long time before going back. Sure enough, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhou Ze sitting at the table with an unhappy expression. On the table was the letter he had written specially.
He was happy in his heart, but pretended to be worried on the surface: "Brother Zhou, what's wrong with you? Why are you so angry all of a sudden?"
Zhou Ze pushed the two letters forward: "Tell yourself, what's going on with this letter?"
Song Jintang seemed helpless: "Since you have seen it all, I will tell you the truth. In fact, Mr. Zhang often asks me to find some beautiful women for him on the pretext of going out for business. I have been evading and politely refusing,
So he has been a little angry recently. To be honest, I am also thinking about resigning and not having to be angry with him here. But if I leave, there will be other people to do these things for him. I really don’t want to.
I can’t bear to see the people suffer.”
Zhou Ze said sincerely: "I know that Jintang and you all have good intentions and want to persuade Zhang Quan to do good. But after all, not everyone can be as fair and dedicated to the people as you, my dear brother. You are harming him by hiding it for him."
, and it even hurts the people who have great trust in you."
Song Jintang nodded: "Brother Zhou is right. I have realized my mistake and will never tolerate this kind of behavior in the future."
Zhou Ze nodded with satisfaction: "I will report this matter to the Ministry of Household Affairs truthfully. Officials who harm the people like this do not deserve to be promoted and reused. I will take these two letters as evidence first. It is getting late.
, Dear brother, you should also rest early."
Song Jintang politely sent Zhou Ze back to the wing. When there was no one around, he laughed wildly. He didn't expect that this minister of etiquette from the capital was so easy to deceive, and he fooled him with just a few words.
Round and round.
Although it is a pity that I lost Lu Qi due to carelessness, I think that this time I not only got a large number of orders from the palace, but also successfully obtained the right to be promoted, which can be regarded as a lot of money.
Therefore, he went to rest in a particularly good mood today.
Zhou Ze carried Qin back to the wing. At night, as he expected, a figure flashed in.
"Sir, how was the chess game?"
Zhou Ze rolled his eyes: "Please stop screaming. I can't bear the sound of your voice. My life will be shortened by at least ten years."
Lin Chong curiously rummaged through the tightly packed items: "What is this? The trophy you won from that scumbag?"
"Be careful, this is Lu Qi."
"Is it the green Qi that Sima Xiangru used when he chased Zhuo Wenjun?" Lin Chong became even more curious. He even wanted to reach out and play it twice.
Zhou Ze was startled and quickly stopped his movements: "Your Majesty...will lure others here...let's watch tomorrow, okay?"
Lin Chong also realized that he had almost caused a big disaster, and he quickly retracted his hand.
Zhou Ze carefully put the piano down and reported to him the progress today.
Lin Chong nodded while listening: "Okay, very good. The fish has taken the bait. You have to be more careful these days and don't let him leak any news from elsewhere."
Zhou Ze nodded: "Don't worry, I know everything."
Lin Chong was satisfied and asked again: "By the way, did I give you the jade pendant you pressed on him? Why don't I remember?"
Zhou Ze waved his hand: "When did you reward me with a jade pendant? I'm just telling you. That jade pendant was a gift from someone else for one year, and it's not a precious thing."
"You just casually exchanged a jade pendant for a guqin, wouldn't you have made a lot of money? It's pitiful that someone thought he was about to become famous and was so complacent, pitiful, pitiful."