Daming: I'm rotten, my father is Hu Weiyong

Chapter 116 Tat for Tat

Chengxian Street.

Mishi alley.

This hutong is only separated from Chengxian Street by a wall. The houses built are basically tall and deep, with octagonal corners.

Inhabited by generations of high-ranking officials with hairpin tassels.

The water transport envoys of the high-ranking civil servants in eastern Zhejiang have a three-entry mansion here.

There are high walls in the house, and there are multiple halls and roads.

The street in front of the gate is full of official sedan chairs coming and going.

Among these official sedan chairs, there is an eye-catching blue-topped carriage.

The blue-topped carriage stopped in front of the water transport envoy, and a young man got off.

Zhang Xi stepped on the spacious stone road, and glanced at the gilded tin-nailed gate.

Looking up to admire the mansion of officials and officials, looking at the patches of blue and green peaks, I really felt a sentence.

Jinshen Xizhi's mansion.

Next to him, a follower of the melon cap ran over first.

'Papa' smashed the door and asked the porter to open the side door.

The concierge looked at the attendant in disgust, and asked: "Is there a greeting card?"

The attendant glared at the concierge: "Open your old eyes and see who is here."

The concierge poked his head out from the side door and saw Zhang Xi standing at the gate looking at the blue sky, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "I don't know if it's the fourth master who came, I'll make up for the fourth master."

The Water Transport Envoy has three sons in total, and his nephew Zhang Xi grew up with him since he was a child. The servants in the family will respectfully call him the fourth master.

Zhang Xi smiled and walked in without blaming the concierge.

Passing by the attendant, he looked at him thoughtfully, thinking that he would send the attendant back to Wucheng's hometown tomorrow.

Into the side door.

Go through the arch again.

Go straight along a green brick path.

Came to the gate of Yimen, which looks like a stone archway.

Keep going.

Sweat broke out on Zhang Xi's forehead as he walked, and then he walked to the main hall of the mansion.

The main hall is usually used to receive guests, and there is usually only one hall.

There are five main halls in the mansion of the Water Transport Envoy, and there is also a rather elegant nickname 'five halls and three parks'.

Zhang Xi stepped over the threshold and walked into the main hall, where he sat on the official hat chair to rest.

Several delicate servant girls quickly brought him a pot of Huangshan pineapple tea and several dishes of tea and food.

Zhang Xi picked up the official kiln fine porcelain teacup, poured a cup, and took a sip.

I felt very comfortable in my heart and relieved the fatigue along the way.

Zhang Xi drank several cups one after another, and couldn't help but admire: "Good tea is good tea, enough to make people calm and calm."

Huangshan songluo tea is produced in Huangshan, and the price of silver per catty has reached an astonishing two or three taels, which can only be enjoyed by such high-ranking civil servants in eastern Zhejiang as water transport envoys.

Had a few cups of tea.

Before the Water Transport Envoy came out, Zhang Xi took a slight look at the main hall.

At first glance, I was attracted by a pair of tin silver pine and crane screens.

The screen is obviously made by famous masters.

While timeless and elegant, the main hall is divided into a large and a small pattern.

Just about to admire the screen carefully.

The envoy of water transport came out from the tin silver pine and crane screen at the back of the main hall.

Zhang Xi, who was sitting on the official hat chair, stood up calmly and looked over intently.

The water transport envoy's face was fair and clean, with a wisp of beard, and he was clean and elegant.

Between his gestures and gestures, he revealed a profound demeanor with a sacred origin.

Seeing Zhang Xi recovering from a serious illness, the water transport envoy didn't say a word of condolence, but only gave a word to the servant girl.

Go to the back of the tin silver pine and crane screen again.

Sitting on the red sandalwood official hat chair, he closed his eyes and meditated.

Not long after, a delicate servant girl walked in.

The pot of Huangshan pineapple tea was replaced by a small bowl of Liaodong ginseng tea.

Zhang Xi didn't say a word of gratitude, and continued to stand beside the screen calmly.

Zhang Xi took a sip of ginseng tea.

The servant girl walked into the main hall with a young man dressed in Su-like silk.

The young man only saw Zhang Xi, and he bowed respectfully to the silver pine and crane screen: "Student Qi Tai, I pay my respects to my teacher."

The water transport envoy still closed his eyes and rested his mind, without saying a word.

The atmosphere in the main hall was inexplicably stagnant.

Qi Tai became more and more nervous, feeling even more uneasy.

Among the six ministries of the imperial court, the Ministry of Officials has the most authority, and the Ministry of Officials has the most authority of the Department of Wenxuan.

The Water Transport Envoy used to be in charge of the Wenxuan Department, and the future of all officials in the Ming Dynasty was in his hands, and there are still many contacts left until now.

Qi Tai came here this time, firstly because he wanted to curry favor with this prominent official, and secondly because he wanted to be transferred to a fat county as the county magistrate.

Not for money, just for promotion as soon as possible.

Some civil officials in eastern Zhejiang are greedy for money, and some are greedy for power. He is the part of officials who are greedy for power.

Qi Tai took out the lacquered gold box in his hand and offered it with both hands.

All the delicate maidservants retreated immediately and called the servants to guard the door.

Wait until there are only three people left in the main hall.

Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment, then immediately stepped over and took away the lacquered gold box.

Qi Tai breathed a sigh of relief: "The student heard that the teacher likes to make clean confessions on the desk, so he specially found the red silk inkstone from the previous dynasty's collection."

Zhang Xichu was next to the screen, originally he was a little puzzled by Qitai's arrival.

Hearing Qi Taihao's tone of respecting the teacher, he felt funny: the civil servants in eastern Zhejiang really played tricks on respecting the teacher.

The Water Transport Envoy served as Qi Tai's chief examiner that year and was his teacher.

Giving the teacher a precious red silk inkstone should be punished by the Ming Dynasty as a bribe, which has become a filial piety of respecting the teacher.

In addition, Qi Tai's level of gift giving is really admirable.

Gift giving is all about what you like.

Qingzhou inkstone was regarded as the best inkstone in the world in the Tang and Song dynasties, and the red silk inkstone was a rare product in Qingzhou inkstone.

For literati and scholars who love this kind of confession, it is really sent to the heart.

The red silk inkstone collected by the Six Departments Hall in front of this square inkstone is not to say that the Water Transport Envoy can become a Department Hall in the future.

This flattery is really superb.

The water transport envoy opened his eyes when he heard that it was the red silk inkstone collected by the former court.

He looked at Zhang Xi who was standing beside the tin silver pine and crane screen.

Still didn't say a word.

He just stretched out his finger and nodded the bowl of ginseng tea.

Close your eyes again.

Zhang Xi still followed his memory and called the housekeeper to serve him a cup of ginseng tea.

What happened next made Zhang Xi completely incomprehensible.

It was obviously a good thing for Qi Tai to get a cup of ginseng tea, but there was a disappointed expression on his face.

Although it was well concealed, Zhang Xi still caught it keenly, and vaguely guessed some of the tricks in it.

Participating in tea should refer to a certain official position.

However, Zhang Xi did not know which official position he was referring to.

I don't know if I don't know, but I should keep all this in my heart, and when it is reported to the office of the General Secretary, everything must be written clearly.

The water transport envoy thought that Zhang Xi didn't know that he killed Zhang Xi's father, and that he climbed to his current position by stepping on his sister-in-law's head.

Because of the meritorious service of the water transport envoy in exposing Zhang Xi's father, everything will happen again now, but the water transport envoy is about to be exposed.

Such a head of his would also become a stepping stone for Zhang Xi to climb up, not for becoming an official, but for revenge for killing his father.

Qi Tai was full of complaints in his heart, and he scolded that he was really greedy, but he still had a humble look on his face: "Students will stop bothering the teacher, and come to visit again when they have time."

Zhang Xi watched Qi Tai leave, already thinking about how to write the newspaper.

(End of this chapter)