The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 451 Mei Miao

Mei Hanlin never expected that the moment he retired from marriage, the emperor would end up personally offering a marriage to Jia Xue and his family.

Although the person involved was not Xue Baoqin, but her cousin Xue Baochai, Mei Hanlin was still very frightened, fearing that this was a harbinger of the emperor's imminent punishment.

As a result, he trembled for a few days, but there was no thunder falling. In addition, the matter of resignation received rave reviews in the Imperial Academy, and many radical literary leaders visited him one after another. After coming and going, he gradually became ecstatic. .

But it was said that in the evening, Mei Hanlin returned home with his sleeves in the wind, and just sat down to drink tea, when he saw the steward coming in from outside holding a name card.

Mei Hanlin knew that someone must have come here to admire his fame, so he took a few sips of tea in a leisurely manner, and then put on airs and asked, "What's the origin?"

"Go back to the master."

The steward said cautiously: "It's from the Secretary of General Administration."

"From the General Secretary?"

Mei Hanlin asked again: "What official position is it?"

"It seems... no official and no job."

After the steward finished speaking, seeing Mei Hanlin's face immediately darkened, he quickly added: "But he claimed to be the editor of Xia Bao, saying that he wanted to destroy the righteousness of the master... Bah! To publish the awe-inspiring deeds of the master in the newspaper, Spread the word to the world!"

"Um?!"

Mei Hanlin subconsciously stood up and said repeatedly: "Please, please!"

Feeling inappropriate after speaking, he hurriedly called to the steward again: "Wait a minute, master, I will go to meet you in person!"

As he spoke, he simply straightened his sideburns, and quickly walked out with his robe in hand.

In fact, there is no need for newspapers to help promote it. Now his name, Mei Hanlin, is almost well known in the capital.

But as a literati, who can refuse the temptation of "retaining a name in history"?

And this summer newspaper, as a newspaper sponsored by the Secretary of General Administration, is far less effective than those unofficial histories, even if it is not as effective as official history books.

But Mei Hanlin greeted him out of the hall in a hurry, and saw a well-mannered middle-aged man, looking at the layout of Meifu with his hands behind his back in the courtyard. Judging by his temperament, he knew that he must be a well-read person, and most of them had fame.

Of course, at most, he is just a Juren, and if he really won the Jinshi, he would not go to some newspaper editor.

Normally, Mei Hanlin would have put on airs in the face of such a 'backward student', but when he thought of his glorious deeds being published in the newspapers, his heart was burning hot and blood was surging, and the temperature on his face naturally couldn't drop. down.

Immediately, he took the initiative to salute enthusiastically and said, "May I ask what your honor is called?"

"Don't dare."

The visitor hastily turned away, and respectfully returned the salute: "Student Liu Yifei took the liberty to visit, please forgive me, Mr. Guangyan [Mei Hanlin's name is Rong, style name Guangyan]."

After speaking, he presented the official certificate of the Secretary of General Administration.

Mei Hanlin confirmed that it was correct, and hurriedly invited Liu Yifei into the living room.

After the guests and hosts were seated and the tea was served, Liu Yifei said straight to the point that he had two main purposes for coming here: one was to learn more details from Mei Hanlin; I hope that Mei Hanlin can recommend some classmates and colleagues.

"After all, this newspaper is sponsored by the Secretary of General Administration, and it is the official newspaper of the imperial court. Naturally, it must be objective and fair. If it is published rashly without a detailed investigation, it will be irresponsible to the imperial court. From this perspective, we can fully understand Guangyan Gong’s profound and righteous actions.”

After a pause, Liu Yifei hinted again: "Actually, the students could have directly approached your colleagues, classmates, relatives and friends, but the students admired Guangyan Gong's righteous deeds and believed that Guangyan Gong would not be unfair, so they took the initiative to come to you. Come."

When Mei Hanlin heard this, how could he not understand?
Immediately, I quickly recommended a few candidates, all of whom had the same smell as him on weekdays, and thought about sending a letter overnight to remind them that they must "tell the truth".

Liu Yifei solemnly asked him for a 'letter of introduction', and then borrowed Mei's study, and took the trouble to ask carefully about various details before and after the divorce, as well as Mei Hanlin's psychological activities at that time.

Naturally, Mei Hanlin would not tell the truth, he boasted so much that he almost praised himself as a saint, and at the end he reluctantly said a few words of humility, expressing that he was still a little short of the teacher's teaching expectations after all.

This Liu Yifei recorded until almost midnight, and received another big red envelope, and then left with a stomach full of embarrassment.

After getting out of Mei's mansion and getting into the carriage, he wiped his face with a handkerchief a few times vigorously, and the five-willow long beard became three wisps, and the eyebrows and bridge of the nose also changed slightly.

After driving two or three streets, the carriage stopped at the backyard of a restaurant.

Liu Yifei got out of the carriage and found a private room on the second floor. Seeing that Jiao Shun was drinking and chatting with Zhao Yan, he sat down honestly, picked up his chopsticks and ate directly.

Jiao Shun picked up the jug and filled him a glass, and after he took a few mouthfuls, he smiled and said, "Master Liu is really tired this time, I don't know if things are going well?"

But it turned out that Liu Yifei was the classmate Zhao Yan had recommended to Jiao Shun at the beginning—of course, his real name was not Yifei.

"Thanks to Dong Weng, the students are lucky."

Master Liu put down his chopsticks, took out the notes and the few name cards from his pocket, pushed them to Jiao Shun for a look, then continued drinking and eating.

Jiao Shun glanced at it a few times, and said with satisfaction: "In this way, the matter is half done."

Zhao Yan also poured a glass of wine for his friend, and said with a smile: "I don't bother the second master with one thing, I'm afraid Brother Liu will be busy in the future."

His daughter now recognizes Jiao Shun as her adoptive father, and when the establishment of Gong Xue frees up many official positions, she naturally spares no effort to curry favor with Jiao Shun, hoping to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie.

Jiao Shun put the notes into his sleeve, returned those famous posts to Mr. Liu, got up and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, you can drink a few more drinks with Mr. Liu, and I won't disturb your old friends here anymore. gone."

The two hurriedly stood up to greet each other.

Jiao Shun went downstairs alone, then drove straight to You's new house.

At this time, Second Sister You had already fallen asleep, and when she heard that Jiao Shun was coming, she hurriedly got up again and welcomed him into the house in disheveled clothes.

Second Sister You was tired and sleepy, but she still forced herself to help him wash up.

Jiao Shunyin asked about Miaoyu's recent situation, and Second Sister You said: "I don't know if that fake nun is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid, and the request is getting more and more detailed every day, and it's just for bathing. It took four or five times to change the fragrance before she was satisfied—but other than that, she never went out of the house, so she is really more calm than the old turtle!"

Although she was very dissatisfied with Miaoyu's picky behavior, she also learned a lot of tricks from rich and noble families, which is an eye-opener.

If you don't know that the other party will be your "rival" in the future, you can't really ask for advice.

Jiao Shun was noncommittal when he heard the words, and did not tell Second Sister You to proceed with the next plan until he left the next day.

Second Sister You was also well-behaved, she went to the small courtyard where Miaoyu was just after sending Jiao Shun away.

Compared with when Miao Yu first moved in these ten days ago, the layout and style of the place have obviously improved a few grades, and a small Buddhist altar was set up in the bedroom for Miao Yu's usual use of worshiping Buddha and chanting sutras.

That's right!

After recovering a life of fine clothes and fine food, Miaoyu also returned to the embrace of my Buddha—it was said that she was completely cleansed and beautiful, but she could only live in such a luxurious life. In order to regain the 'firm' belief.

Seeing that she was just staring at her and had no intention of greeting the guests, Second Sister You had no choice but to ask, "I wonder if Ms. Miaoyu is safe in my house?"

Miaoyu nodded, cherishing ink like gold and said: "This place is very good."

This is what she feels from the bottom of her heart. She has been used to being alone since she was a child, and even when she was in Quicui Nunnery, people would visit her from time to time, which is far less clean and comfortable than this small courtyard.

Not to mention that Second Sister You never refuses her many requests.

If it is not from Jiao Shun's instruction, but purely respecting Buddhist disciples, then to her, it is equivalent to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!
Second Sister You waited for a long time, but she didn't see any more words from her. She cursed in her heart that this fake nun really liked to put on a show, but she had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue reading: "That's good, that's good—I'm going to My son, ask the doctor to come over and show the girl, if you are almost ready, you, master and servant, can leave at any time."

Hearing the word 'Leave', Miaoyu's delicate body shook, and the originally pretty face of Gujing Wubo inevitably showed a wince, biting her cherry lips lightly and hesitatingly saying: "This is the meaning of Mr. Jiao..." ?”

"nature."

Second Sister You pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Originally the master didn't mention this matter, but when he was leaving in the morning, he ran into my sister, and the girl made some nonsense to annoy the master. In order to prove his innocence, the master just... "

She paused for a while when she said this, and then said: "If you can afford it, girl, you might as well go to the temple to clean up in the afternoon. No one has lived in it for more than ten days, so I'm afraid it will take a while to clean up."

Miaoyu hesitated to speak when she heard the words, but how could she be willing to succumb in front of others with her temper of wanting face and suffering?

In the end, she bit her cherry lips tightly until Second Sister You left without saying a word.

After Second Sister You left, she eavesdropped on Jingyi in the corner for a long time, and walked in with a face full of disappointment. Seeing that her own lady was still staring blankly at the position of Second Sister You just now, she couldn't help but distressed: "Senior sister, you can't Say a few soft words, let her give us some time?"

Miaoyu remained silent.

Jingyi sighed helplessly, and simply sat aside and became dazed.

Not long after, a doctor came to see and treat him, and he said a set of mysterious and mysterious words, which probably meant that he was already well, but he still needed to be recuperated carefully, and he should not be overworked.

afternoon.

The You family sent another car to take her master and servant back to the temple to tidy up.

Jingyi intends to speak soft words for the master and servant, but the second sister You never showed up from the beginning, and the coachman is even more 'dumb'.

So she had no choice but to give up.

When they arrived at Zijin Street, Jingyi first went to the Civil Information Bureau to urge her to inquire. The shopkeeper only said that the letter must have been delivered, but he didn't know why there was no reply.

Jingyi argued a few words to no avail, so she had to mail out the confession letter she wrote on behalf of the lady, and thus spent the last little savings of the two of them.

When she came out of the Civil Letters Bureau and walked all the way to the gate of the ruined temple, she saw her young lady standing blankly on the steps, as if she wanted to go in but didn't dare to go in.

Jingyi sighed, and while talking about the Civil Information Bureau, she took the initiative to open the courtyard door and walked in.

Compared with more than ten days ago, the temple has become more and more dilapidated, and the severed Buddha statue has simply become a spider's nest.

And because the door was not locked when they left, even the messy bedding and pots and pans were all gone.

What's more, there are actually some people urinating in the main hall!
The disgusting master and servant scrambled to escape.

Then Miaoyu refused to enter the house, so Jingyi had to cover her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, took a broom and went in to clean.

But the more she looked at the dilapidated interior of the hall, the more she missed the rich and noble life of the You family. What kind of energy would there be in cleaning it?
It wasn't until evening that the dumb coachman came over, and took the relieved and fearful master and servant back to You's new house.

When we got back to the small courtyard, Second Sister You had already been waiting for a long time, and politely asked the master and servant if the temple had been cleaned up, and when they planned to move out.

The master and servant were speechless.

After a long while, Jingyi was about to say something in embarrassment, but Second Sister You suddenly said generously: "If it is not tidy, then continue to sweep and sprinkle tomorrow, and it will be the same when we move in the next day."

Then, ignoring the reaction of the two masters and servants, they left the place with the maid.

Miaoyu and Jingyi were looking at each other, and someone delivered a sumptuous and exquisite dinner as usual, as well as everything needed for bathing and changing clothes, as well as enough incense and tributes to worship the shrine.

The two masters and servants ate their meals with heavy thoughts, and then bathed and washed one after another.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, the two of them lit buttery candles mixed with spices and looked at the plants and trees inside and outside the house.

On the second day, after breakfast, the dumb coachman took them to Zijin Street, ignored them at noon, and only picked them up at night when they were hungry.

After seeing the embarrassed master and servant, Second Sister You asked when she would move out as usual, and then gave another day off again when she failed to get an answer.

If so four times...

Both master and servant are used to such a day-to-day life, and even Jingyi has learned to hide snacks in the morning so that she can make do with food in the temple at noon.

But from the beginning to the end, Miaoyu never stepped into the gate of the palace.

Day [-].

After the two returned from the ruined temple, they thought they would repeat the scene of the previous few days, but they were shocked to find that Second Sister You was not in the courtyard.

The two walked into the room suspiciously, only to see a tall and familiar figure sitting in the living room eating leisurely.

This is not Jiao Shun, who else could it be?

Miaoyu and Jingyi looked at each other, really didn't know what to do, so they listened to Jiao Shun's outrageous greeting and said: "What are you doing in a daze, sit down and eat while it's hot."

(End of this chapter)