Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 132 3.39 Brother Fu happens to have a sister
Volume Three

3.39 Brother Fu happens to have a sister
"It's not easy to invite Brother Zhou, hahaha!" Two days later, at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, as soon as Zhou Yang got off his horse, Jia Lian came up to him with a big smile, hugged his arm and pulled him through the door, "Did you win?" Jinshi, you look down on me as an unmotivated person, otherwise why haven’t I seen you come to my door for so many days?”

"This." Still wearing the hat of "Rongguo Mansion disciple", Zhou Yang definitely couldn't accept this, "Second Brother Lian was joking, haven't you been busy with your career these days? There are many things to deal with after this Spring Festival, If it weren't for Second Brother enjoying the wine today, I would have been so busy that I almost forgot about the time - huh? Second Brother Lian, isn't this the way to your yard?"

"Although this is a post for my brother today, it is my second uncle who is doing the hosting." Jia Lian took him and strode into a small courtyard. The plaque of "Mengpo Zhai" above the courtyard door seemed to be made by a famous artist, with very beautiful handwriting. You Fengfeng said, "Originally I planned to see you again in a few days, but my second uncle couldn't wait any longer. He's been urging me hard these past two days. Fortunately, Brother Zhou came to visit me today. Otherwise, I would have been in trouble!"

"It turns out it's Uncle Zheng!" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, but followed him into the living room. He saw that an exquisite banquet had been set up, and a middle-aged handsome man sat at the head of the table with his beard lightly twirled in a graceful manner, "Old acquaintance "Fu Shi came up with a smile. It seemed that he was the guest today. "My nephew, I'd like to meet my second uncle!"

"Nephew Zhou Xian's high school martial arts examination, the roll call at the court meeting, really makes me envious and ashamed!" Jia Zheng was obviously putting on airs, and when Zhou Yang saluted, he just stood up and offered help, "It's a pity that it's still a little bit worse. If he could take the right path of the imperial examination , Jinbang High School is also a good story!"

"Second Uncle Zheng is so flattering!" Zhou Yang was almost overcome by his sour smell, and forced himself to put on an attitude of being humble and accepting, "My nephew has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, so naturally he wants to join the army to serve the country. That's right, I can't compare to my second uncle in studying the book, I'm really ashamed!"

"Uh." Jia Zheng, who had never even passed the scholar examination in his life, almost broke his defense. His hand slipped and pulled off a few beards. His expression changed in pain, but fortunately he recovered immediately, "Haha, my nephew is too modest!"

"Come on, come on, brother Zhou, hurry up and sit down." Jia Lian, who was standing on the street, almost stopped laughing and quickly extended his hand to smooth things over, "I prepared a few side dishes for my brother today. Brother Fu happened to be here, and the whole family happened to sit down. sit!"

"Oh?" Zhou Yang took a quick look at Fu Shi, who had been standing with him the whole time, and was a little surprised to find that he had already put on a long robe for the people. "It turns out that Fu Shixiong is already in high school. I'm sorry for not being able to congratulate you in time!"

"Brother Zhou, please don't laugh at me!" Obviously, Fu Shi, who had won the imperial examination, became a lot more hardened. Even his titles became equivalent, "Brother, even though I was lucky enough to win last year, Qiuwei was only lucky enough." If I can accompany you to the last seat, I'm afraid I won't be able to attend the banquet in Qionglin and receive the reward given by the emperor in this life!"

"Hahaha, Brother Fu is too modest!" Zhou Yang smiled faintly and had no intention of answering.

Next, of course, there was a useless exchange of greetings in the wine shop where I was good to everyone, and I endured the sour smell of Jia Zheng's old soy sauce garden. Fortunately, both the food and the wine were very good, so Zhou Yang simply closed his five senses. I spent all my energy on dealing with the delicious food in front of me, and finally survived the "high pressure zone".

"Since Ziyang is already in high school, I think it's not far to be here to confer an official position. According to the usual practice, it should be in May or June." Finally, after three rounds of wine and five dishes, Jia Zheng opened his mouth and brought the topic down to business, "I wonder if you have any ideas?"

"Second uncle, thank you for asking. My nephew is waiting for the court's arrangements!" Seeing his attitude of "Come and beg me quickly," Zhou Yang was speechless and did not speak politely. "However, two days ago, Senior Brother Chen from Duke Qi's Mansion was enjoying the wine. Treat me, promise to help and ask, Brother Liu also promised to help, I guess my nephew won’t have to worry!"

"Well" he had no choice but to lose two beards again. Jia Zheng almost choked and passed away. Although he was actually the head of the Rongguo Mansion, he had never entered the inner circle of Hachigong. Anyway, the heads of the other six families had not. One of them answered him, "Since Mr. Liu has spoken, I think my nephew will have a good future.

However, being an official in this imperial court is not something that can only be done by one person. It would be much more convenient to have one of your own to follow you. I think that with my nephew's ability, he should be appointed as Deputy Qianhu in the capital camp. I wonder if there are any suitable candidates to assist him? "

"Oh?" Zhou Yang's heart moved, and he glanced at Fu Shi, who was pretending to be calm but with erratic eyes. "Second uncle Rongzhen, my nephew has officially expressed his stance to Senior Brother Chen. If there are no surprises, he will apply for a foreign post this time. It is to set up a place with thousands of households outside and command the subordinates."

"Ah?" Zhou Yang's answer surprised the other three people. Jia Lian asked hurriedly, "Brother Zhou, why do you need to be released? With your relationship with several brothers, deputy Qianhu is just a springboard. It will only last for five years at most. Don't say It's a thousand households, even if it's a guerrilla position, it's just an easy job!

If we strive to be sent to other places at that time, the official position of commander will be indispensable everywhere, which is the position of the fourth rank. How many people will never be able to get the door in their lifetime. Even then, Brother Zhou will not be in his thirties. Looking at it, The world can be said to be young and promising, so why be in a hurry? "

"This -" Zhou Yang showed a "wry smile" and threw the pot at Princess Yongchang again, "Some things cannot be decided by me alone. I have no choice but to follow the instructions given by the nobles, right?" "Huh?" In addition, The three of them were all startled, with blank expressions on their faces. After a while, Jia Lian came to his senses and even looked horrified, "Brother Zhou, it's not like that, right? Brother Zhou has always heard about you and Sister Dongfang, and thought it was just a rumor. But even if it's her—no, could it be you and "

"Ahem!" Zhou Yang "kindly" interrupted Jia Lian's brainstorming. In fact, this can also show that the information in Rongguo Mansion is blocked. Last time at the Duke of Qi Mansion, the other six people immediately realized Princess Yongchang's secret. Identity, "In short, I will be released this time. As for the specific location, it has not been decided yet."

"In that case, I won't say more as a brother!" Glancing at Jia Zheng and Fu Shi, who were still confused, the contempt in Jia Lian's eyes flashed but he quickly concealed it, "Second uncle's intention of coming to you today is actually For the sake of Brother Fu, he wanted the government to help run a position. However, in this century of peace, even the Jinshi Master still had an unknown number of people in the capital, so there would not be any positions left.

Originally, the second uncle wanted to trouble Brother Qiu of Jingtian Hou Mansion. It happened that there were still a few vacancies in Shuntian Mansion, and the current general judge was also old. It must have been a few years before Brother Fu could not take over, but Brother Qiu He said that he was not familiar with the current Shuntian Prefecture Yin, so he did not accept the offer. Brother Zhou happened to be a new official, so he must still be short of a lot of manpower, right? "

"If that's the case, I can really help." I remembered that in the original work, Fu Shi could become the general judge of Shuntian Mansion. Although the help of Rongguo Mansion was indispensable, his personal ability should be fine. It just so happened that he didn't have any civilian staff, so it would be better to give him a favor. Yes, but don't be too happy. "There will still be some days after I am released. I wonder if Brother Fu is willing to wait?"

"This -" Fu Shi was obviously a little unsure, because the civil servants under Qianhu Office only had the position of chief clerk, which was usually from the sixth grade or even the sixth grade. It was indeed not low, but this position was common in most Qianhu Offices. There are many empty turbans, and there are not many famous people in the turban who are willing to take up the post. "In this case."

"Brother Fu might as well think about it." Zhou Yang actually didn't care whether he agreed or not. It's almost the same anyway, but it's too ugly to refuse on the spot. "Anyway, I haven't even been awarded an official yet, so don't worry."

"Hahaha, Brother Zhou is open!" Jia Lian saw Zhou Yang's perfunctory, but he had no intention of smoothing things over, and did not forget to change the subject, "On the contrary, when he took office, Brother Zhou's back house was a little too empty, and Brother Fu happened to have a compatriot. Sister, I heard it’s good, but what do you think?”

"Brother Lian is joking!" Zhou Yang glanced at Fu Shi, who had a calm expression next to him, and then thought of the girl in the original work who was delayed until she was 28 years old and had not left home. Knowing that there was no need to talk in depth, he smiled and stopped talking. talk.

Seeing that the business was "settled", there was no need to say anything more. The four of them chatted and laughed, drank wine and ate vegetables. However, within two sticks of incense, it was obvious that Jia Zheng was too drunk. Jia Lian skillfully arranged for people to send him to the back room to rest. , it’s naturally time to end the show here.

"Okay, let's finish talking about irrelevant things. I just have some small things to trouble Brother Zhou!" Jia Lian kept sending the two guests to the gate. Just when Zhou Yang was about to say goodbye and leave, he didn't want to be dragged in by him again. He came back and took him to his small courtyard. There was even a table of wine and food placed in the living room, "I'm afraid you didn't enjoy the meal just now?"

"Thank you for your hard work, sister Ping'er!" Although it was a little strange, Zhou Yang was too lazy to think about it. He turned to Ping'er who was sitting on the side and smiled, "Looking at the current posture, I guess the second sister-in-law is not here?"

"Master Zhou asked me, I don't want to be a slave!" Ping'er bowed down and blessed Yifu with a smile, "The ancestors were laying dominoes over there. It turned out that the grandma who helped me had returned home beforehand, so I let Yuanyang My sister came over and pulled our grandma on top, I’m afraid she’s having a lot of fun right now.”

"Haha, with Sister Ping'er here, we still can't walk in the yard!" Zhou Yang ended the conversation with a smile, and then turned to Jia Lian and said, "Brother Lian has such a beautiful family, I really envy him - —Or, what is it that makes you open another table specially!"

"Brother Zhou is absurd." I didn't want Jia Lian and Ping'er to show embarrassing expressions at the same time, Ping'er simply bowed his head and left, which reminded Zhou Yang of Sister Feng's "History of Domineering Qi" in the original book, and he smiled and didn't say any more. "Didn't you talk about the release last time? Everything else is easy to arrange, but in terms of manpower, Brother Wei really can't figure it out. Isn't this going to trouble Brother Zhou again?"

"Huh?" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, unable to follow his train of thought, "Brother Fu just couldn't get the real job, so he arranged it for me. Why not?"

"Humph!" Jia Lian's expression was obviously not good-looking.

(End of this chapter)