marquis of jingan

Chapter 457
Hearing Ding Man's words, Shen Yi was taken aback, and then couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart.

I don't know when it started, the young Xu Fu who was begging in Jiangdu with five children and brought to Jiankang by himself from Jiangdu, had to carefully confirm in advance even when he saw him.

Shen Yi lowered his head and thought for a while, then lowered his eyebrows and said: "Go back and tell Xiao Xu, as long as I don't explicitly tell him not to allow him to come to see me, he can come."

Ding Man nodded quickly, then bowed to Shen Yi and said, "Young Master, I'll inform the boss right away."

"Well...you go, I'll wait for him at home."

Ding Man responded, and trotted away.

After Ding Man left, Shen Yi got up from his chair and came to the yard. He happened to see Pinger passing by the door of his study. Shen Yi greeted him and said, "Pinger."

Ping'er hurriedly trotted over and stood in front of Shen Yi. The somewhat joyful girl smiled and said, "What's the matter, my lord? Is it too hot in the study, and I want my servant to fan you?"

Shen Yi smiled dumbly, shook his head and said: "Go and see if there is anyone in the back kitchen, and ask them to send some dishes to my study. If there is no one in the kitchen, you can ask your family to go to the dining table outside and order a table of food and drinks. , bring it to my study."

Ping'er replied yes, and then asked, "Your Master, are you hungry?"

"No."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said, "A friend will come later."

Pinger nodded and went down to prepare to go.

But Shen Yi still went back to his study to write a letter. This letter was written to his father-in-law, asking him how the old man is doing in Jiangdu recently, and if he is free to come to Jiankang for a few days and so on.

As soon as a letter was written, Ping'er walked in with a food box, and then placed six or seven side dishes on the small table in the study, among them was a very good sliced ​​beef sauce, which should have just gone out to buy .

After setting the dishes, Ping'er put two jugs of wine on the table, then looked at Shen Yi, and asked, "Do you want my servant to stay and serve the wine?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "No need, it's getting late, you should go and rest if you have nothing to do, this day is so hot, don't get sunstroke from busy work."

The two maids, Qing'er and Ping'er, have taken care of Shen Yi personally for a long time, and their relationship with Shen Yi has become like a family member, so when they speak, they speak like their own family members.

Ping'er nodded first, then she bit her lip, stood in front of Shen Yi, and asked: "I heard from them that the young master will still go to the imperial envoy's side to do business in a few days."

The brush in Shen Yi's hand stopped, a little surprised: "Who told you?"

Ping'er lowered her head and said, "Lian'er said..."

Lian'er is Lu Qingque's maid.

Speaking of which, Junior Sister Lu asked Shen Yi if she would leave in the past few nights, and Shen Yi did tell her that there was a high probability that he would go to the southeast to do things, but he would definitely come back before the child was born at the end of the year.

Unexpectedly, this matter had already spread within the Shen family.

Ping'er lowered her head and said: "Sister Qing'er and I want to go out with the young master. On the way, we can also take care of the young master's daily life..."

Shen Yi first frowned slightly, then shook his head resolutely and said: "No, I have to meet many soldiers on this trip. They practice every day and work extremely hard. If I know that I took the two of you there, I will lose my temper."

Seeing that Ping'er was still talking, Shen Yi frowned and said: "I know you two and Lian'er are not getting along, but I have serious business to go out with, so I can't take you with me."

As soon as Shen Yi finished speaking, there was a knock on the door of the study.

A voice came from outside the door.

"Young master, it's me..."

When Shen Yi first met Xu Fu, Xu Fu was still a young man with an immature voice. Now he is about seventeen or eighteen years old, his whole voice has changed, and it sounds quite different from before.

Both unfamiliar and familiar.

Shen Yi waved at Ping'er, signaling her to leave first, and then said to the door: "You push the door and come in."

Xu Fu nodded, and after he pushed the door and walked in, he saw Ping'er walking out head-on, he was dazed, but still lowered his head, and called out "Sister Ping'er".

Ping'er looked at Xu Fu, nodded silently, and then walked out of the study.

After Ping'er left, Xu Fu raised his head and looked at Shen Yi. After the two of them looked at each other for a moment, Xu Fu knelt down on the ground, bowed his head to Shen Yi and said, "Xu Fu kowtows to you, Young Master."

Shen Yi shook his head, walked up to him and helped him up, sighed and said, "What are you doing?"

After Xu Fu stood up, he smiled calmly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you a little."

"And it's only natural for me to kowtow to the young master."

Shen Yi helped him to the low table in the study room, which was already full of food and drink at the moment, and the two of them sat kneeling on both sides of the low table, Shen Yi smiled and said: "I just asked Pinger to prepare the food and wine, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time , should drink a few cups today."

It may be because of the better living conditions, coupled with the increase in age, Xu Fu's height is almost the same as Shen Yi at this moment, he sat opposite Shen Yi, raised the wine glass to toast Shen Yi, and then without saying a word, looked up Drank it down.

After drinking the opening wine, Shen Yi looked at the senior officer in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Ding Man said you wanted to see me but didn't dare to come directly. Come on, what's the matter?"

Xu Fu lowered his head and took another sip of his wine.

He is now a senior official. Although he has become half an imperial merchant, he still has to go and drink on some occasions.

At this moment, Xu Fu's drinking capacity has basically been practiced.

After drinking a glass of wine, Xu Fu took out a few bank notes from his sleeve and placed them in front of Shen Yi.

He looked up at Shen Yi with a sincere expression: "My lord, this is 4 taels of silver. Although the money is not a lot, it is something I have saved up little by little during this time."

It is impossible to do business in a down-to-earth manner if you work as an imperial merchant in the palace.

The gift that should be given has to be given, and it will even be heavier.

So Xu Fu really spent a lot of money in order to manage those people in the palace.

Therefore, although he is now working as an imperial merchant in the palace and earning a lot of money, most of the money he got is resold, or "invested" out, and the cash in Xu Fu's hands is not particularly large. .

Seeing the bank notes in front of him, Shen Yi frowned, shook his head and said, "Our brothers' business ends at Huangshizhai, as for the business outside of Huangshizhai, it is my own money, and I don't want yours. "

Xu Fu took a deep breath, slightly lowered his brows and said, "This is what I want to ask of you, Young Master."

He was silent for a while, then sighed: "Young master, although I can earn some money now, I have become an obvious party to my father-in-law. Maybe at some point, I will be confiscated and exiled by a piece of imperial edict."

And Xu Fu, a smart man, seemed to have seen his situation early in the morning.

He looked at Shen Yi and said in a low voice: "My lord, you are the imperial court's second-best Jinshi, you have a bright future, and you don't need to worry about your future..."

"So I thought, if one day I can't get out in Jiankang, the young master can use this money to take care of those guys for me..."

"Your own favor, take care of yourself."

Shen Yi looked up at Xu Fu, with a smile on his face: "Yesterday when I entered the palace, His Majesty still praised you for your decency in front of me, which shows that His Majesty is still very satisfied with you. There's no way anything could go wrong."

Xu Fu was taken aback for a moment, then he lowered his head and smiled wryly: "But young master, I don't remember any work I did for His Majesty, if there was, it would be that matter..."

"that matter…"

Shen Yi immediately thought of the matter between the emperor and Gu Hengbo...

It seems that Xu Fu did such an errand for the palace.

If the emperor really praised Xu Fu because of this incident, then Shen Yi would have to reassess the emperor's feelings for that Mr. Gu...

Thinking of this, Shen Yi remembered the words that Gao Ming had mentioned to him.

"Shouldn't it be..."

Shen Yi muttered in his heart: "Let me create an identity for everyone Gu?"

(End of this chapter)