marquis of jingan

Chapter 276 Benefits!
Shen Yi was deeply impressed by this eunuch Sun.

A few months ago when he was celebrating the New Year in his hometown in Jiangdu, eunuch Sun went to Jiangdu on imperial mission, but after arriving in Jiangdu, not only did he not ask for food and cards, but he was very polite and courteous. He even paid for the hotel by himself , can be said to be a model among eunuchs.

More importantly, Sun Jin is not very old, he looks like he is in his early 20s.

In other words, this is a potential stock among eunuchs.

In the past, Sun Jin was a middle-level employee in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but now he has been transferred to be the Secretary of the Mansion, that is, he has officially entered the high-level eunuch circle.

After all, the young Emperor His Majesty currently values ​​the Di Bao Si very much.

After Shen Yi collected the materials Sun Jin sent over, he looked at Eunuch Sun and said with a smile: "When I was in Jiangdu, I said that when we meet again in Jiankang one day, I must treat Eunuch Sun to a meal. We will meet again soon, let's find a place to sit?"

Sun Jin shook his head again and again, and said: "Mr. Shen, this servant is here on a mission. Now that the matter is finished, I have to go back and return to my order. Things like eating..."

He bowed his head respectfully and said: "One day when the servants are free, they will have the audacity to treat Mr. Shen to a meal."

Shen Yi was a little surprised: "Since Eunuch Sun is in charge of the Mansion News Agency, how come he still has a job?"

"My son doesn't know something."

Sun Jin hesitated for a moment, and said: "Although the servants are in charge of the Di Baosi, Eunuch Gao and His Majesty both value the Di Baosi very much. Most of the time, the servants are just running errands for them, not really. Master..."

The little emperor's foothold was not stable, and after obtaining the sharp weapon of the Mansion Newspaper to control public opinion, he naturally attached great importance to it. Even every issue of the Mansion Newspaper, His Majesty the Emperor, had read it before handing it over to the Mansion Newspaper Division for publication.

After listening to Sun Jin's words, Shen Yi smiled and nodded: "Then next time, the next time my father-in-law is free, he will come here to find me, and I will probably live here in the next month or two."

The examination list is released on April [-]th, which is known as the apricot list.

Shen Yi had to wait until after the general examination to know whether he should continue to participate in the palace examination, or wait for another three years honestly.

Sun Jin nodded and turned away.

Shen Yi watched Sun Jin leave, then went back to his study silently, read the material given to him by Di Baosi, and after roughly understanding what the palace meant, Shen Yi sighed secretly.

Still some relatively radical remarks.

Shen Yi thought of Yang Fan, Young Master Yang who had come to warn him, Zhao Zhuo of the Zhao family of the Huai River navy that Yang Fan had mentioned, and Fan Dongcheng who was hiding in the Imperial College and was hiding in the dark.

He silently put the materials aside, then glanced at the direction of the palace, and murmured: "If you don't give any benefits, it will be impolite..."

He contributed too much to the palace.

The mansion newspapers he wrote were basically written according to the meaning of the palace, with a little embellishment at most, and he didn't have much of his own opinion.

But now, because of the lack of strict secrecy in the palace, Shen Yi's personal information has basically been leaked everywhere, and he himself was even threatened by people from Xiang Yang's side. Yes.

Therefore, Shen Yi was not in a hurry to start writing, but put away the materials, and went out on his own. First, he wandered around Dongshi Street for a long time. When it was close to noon, he ordered a delivery meal at a restaurant, and then I bought two jugs of good wine, and brought them to Dayifang to find Old Man Gu for a drink.

It is worth mentioning that most of the restaurants in Jiankang provide "takeaway" services at the moment, and they just need to book in person and leave cash.

Old man Gu has been drinking heavily since he was "never used" by the imperial court. Over the past few decades, he has never been happy without alcohol. The old man was very happy to see Shen Yi bring him over.

After a while, the food from the restaurant arrived, and the little old man was even more happy to let the children in the private school go home from school early, and then happily dragged Shen Yi to the yard, drinking heavily.

Shen Yi doesn't drink very well, but old man Gu is his mentor, so he can only risk his life to accompany a gentleman. Fortunately, the alcohol content in this era is not very high. After a few rounds of drinking, Shen Yi is still conscious.

The old man was drinking happily, pulled Shen Yi and asked with a smile: "Zi Heng came here with the wine, I think he will do well in the exam?"

"Whether you did well in the exam or not, I don't know yet."

Shen Yi raised his wine glass, made a toast, and said with a smile: "But no matter how well you do in the exam, you should come here to invite Teacher Gu to drink this wine."

Hearing the word "Master Gu", the old man was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed and cursed: "You kid, don't try to get close, your teacher is Jiangzuo Confucianism, you recognize me, a bad old man, as your teacher, and tell others What a joke!"

Shen Yi smiled and shook his head: "According to your seniority, I still take advantage of you by calling you Teacher Gu."

Mr. Gu was stunned for a while, then looked at Shen Yi, and sighed a little: "The old man is just greedy for your wine, so I will give you a few words as much as I can, and you can call me whatever you like, but when there are outsiders, don't call me." I'm going to shout like that."

In this era, it is very normal for a scholar to have several teachers or even a dozen teachers.

But Shen Yi knew Old Man Gu's character, and understood that he didn't like trouble, nor did he like publicity.

After all, if outsiders know that he can do "imperial examination tutoring" here, I am afraid that the threshold of this private school will be broken in the future.

"Teacher Gu ordered, students remember."

Maybe he was happy to hear Shen Yi's name, or maybe he was happy to see the food and wine. Old man Gu was very excited today. Seeing Shen Yi kept drinking, he had already drank the two jugs of wine in a short while.

Shen Yi only drank half a jug of wine, and old man Gu drank at least one and a half jugs.

Shen Yi drank so much that old man Gu also became dizzy. Before he lost consciousness, the old man pulled Shen Yi's sleeve, and his speech was already a little slurred.

"Today... if you win this year, then... come and find me again."

"I... I'll buy you a drink!"

After saying this, Old Man Gu slumped down on the chair and passed out.

Shen Yi was only half drunk at the moment, he tried his best to help Old Man Gu up, and then helped him back to the bed in the house.

Fortunately, Mr. Gu is very thin, otherwise Shen Yi really couldn't help him up.

After settling Mr. Gu, Shen Yi himself sat dizzy on the chair and dozed off for a long time.

Shen Yi didn't wake up until the evening. He first went to the door of Mr. Gu's room to see if the old man was awake. After hearing the thunderous snoring inside, Shen Yi was relieved. After washing his face with water, he left Dayifang.

After walking out of Dayifang, Shen Yi returned to Jiankang North City. After identifying the location in all directions, he walked into a small alley, came to the door of an inconspicuous house, and knocked on the door.

Soon, the door was opened, and a middle-aged man dressed as an ordinary person opened the door, glanced at Shen Yi, and was a little puzzled: "Young master, who are you looking for?"

Shen Yi let out a mouthful of alcohol, and cupped his hands at this person: "This inner guard brother."

The middle-aged man's expression changed, and his gaze at Shen Yi immediately changed.

This is the hidden stronghold of the inner guard, and most people will not know it.

Shen Yi had to submit manuscripts to the palace last year, so Gao Ming gave him the address here.

After Shen Yi hiccupped, he continued.

"Please tell me that I want to see Eunuch Gao."

The middle-aged man was silent for a while, and said, "May I ask your Excellency?"

"Are you new here?"

Shen Yi let out a mouthful of alcohol and looked at the inner guard.

"Jiangdu Shen Yi."

(End of this chapter)