Yan Cigui.

Shuntian Prefecture.

In the study, Shan Shen worked hard to write.

As the new year approaches, the imperial court has set a seal on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, and everyone in the mansion has to make preparations.

After a whole year of hard work, there must be a good ending.

I was busy, but I heard a report from a small official outside that it was the Duke Fu who came.

Shan Shen was taken aback, got up and went out.

Xu Jian strode in, familiar with the door and the way, all the way to the back office.

Shan Shen bowed to him, and said cheerfully, "I haven't had time to congratulate you in the future, why did you come to my place?"

"Come borrow a chair from Master Shan," Xu Jian said.

This statement is nonsensical, Shan Shen didn't understand it for a while.

Xu Jian explained a few more sentences: "Lord Shan knows that His Majesty doesn't like me being idle all day long.

I usually push back a lot, but it's not appropriate to push back after I just got a marriage from the Holy Spirit.

But I really don't have any Yamen that I want to go to, and it was only half a month ago, so I might as well come to Shuntian Mansion for a sit-down.

It's just an expedient measure, Mr. Shan doesn't need to take care of me, just give me a chair and a bowl of tea. "

Shan Shen: ...

It is better to be cooked than raw.

This one can really talk.

But can he not see it as an adult?
There are a lot of people from the yamen on the left and right of the Qianbu Corridor, and they are close to the imperial court, and the relationship is complicated. Duke Fu only wants to drink tea to spend the New Year.

But Shuntian Mansion is a place where you just eat tea and don't work hard?
Come and sit on his site, there is always some money for tea.

Shan Shen was thinking about how to collect incense with this bodhisattva he had found, but he heard Xu Jian say something else.

"If it's useful..." Xu Jian paused, "It's almost Chinese New Year, so there shouldn't be anything wrong, right?"

Shan Shen widened his eyes.

That's right!

It's the Chinese New Year, so it's best to be peaceful and peaceful.

If there is really a place that needs the help of the Duke of the State, the government will not be able to survive this year?

Shan Shen asked the little official to tidy up, and then said to Xu Jian: "The table and chairs you had before are still there, and I piled up some files and sundries, so you can sit there after moving them away. You don't dislike the thick tea here, just sit on it." on."

After saying this, Shan Shen thought about it and added a few more sentences.

"Don't think that I talk too much," he said, "The Holy Majesty values ​​you so much, and pointed out Princess Ning'an to you, always trying to shirk and want to be idle, it's really not the way to be a minister, you still have to find a place to go. Of course, Shuntian Mansion familiar, but..."

But Shuntian Mansion has one radish and one pit.

Can't he Shan Shen give up the position of Fu Yin to Duke Fu?

He is willing, even Duke Fu is not willing.

From Shan Shen's point of view, the Duke of the State certainly has the ability to run the government office, and it's no wonder that the sage cherishes talents, but the Duke of the Kingdom only wants to be a Bodhisattva who occasionally gives advice, and Shuntian Fuyin is such a hard-working official who takes care of everything big and small. , he does not want to burden.

There is no long-term incense for Bodhisattvas in Pian Shun Tianfu.

The Holy Majesty also thought the temple was too small.

This Bodhisattva is really not easy to place.

However, that person is the Ninth Five-Year One after all, if the Bodhisattva doesn't have a little heart, how can he do it?
Seeing Master Shan hesitate to come and go, Xu Jian couldn't help but smiled: "I know it well."

Expediency is indeed expedient, but it only comes when something happens.

Otherwise, before the Holy Majesty, he would not have been able to delay the past half a month.

He came for Honest Lane.

The two went back to the study and sat down, the fragrant tea was already prepared.

Xu Jian felt complacent, picked up a few more files and documents that had just been removed, and flipped through them from beginning to end.

Shan Shen also picked up his pen again, suddenly his mind moved.

He does have something that needs to be done by the Duke of Fu.

Hao Tong had reported it two or three times, saying that Honesty Lane had been well repaired, so Jing Dabao suggested that some candidates should be allowed to move in a few years ago.

There are a lot of benefits, and Shan Shen sounds reasonable, but the regulations are fixed, and they will be reported one by one, and when they are approved, it will not be a year later?

It's not impossible for him to report directly to the imperial study room regardless of the opinions of other officials in charge, but it's not very authentic.

This is not embarrassing to Fu Guogong, it is not troublesome at all.

The tea money is only two copper coins!

Shan Shen made up his mind.

Slowly, let people sit on their buttocks to heat up, and after an hour, he will speak.

On the other side, Xu Jian, who was flipping through the paperwork, was also thinking about it.

Based on his understanding of Shan Shen, Mr. Shan should speak within today, tomorrow morning at the latest.

He still handed over the initiative to Shan Shen, so as not to appear prepared.

It was a good idea to think about it, but no one thought that someone from outside the government office would report to the official.

The little official came to report in a hurry: "Chen Gui, the uncle of the uncle's residence, came with the handlebar of the uncle's residence and said he wanted to report to the officials."

Shan Shen almost choked on a sip of tea, then turned to look at Xu Jian.

Xu Jian was also slightly startled.

Chen Gui brought the coachman from the uncle's mansion to report to the officials, which must have been approved by the mansion.

What is the little princess thinking about?
Chen Gui and Niu Bo were also very surprised to see Xu Jian in the yamen.

Surprised, but relieved a lot.

There are people in the yamen who are good at handling things!

Chen Gui saluted, and remembering that it was the "first time" he met Fu Guogong, he briefly introduced his relationship with the uncle's mansion.

"Today the second lady of the mansion and the eldest girl went up to the mountain to pilgrimage, and it was Uncle Niu who was in charge of the car," Chen Gui said to Xu Jian and Shan Shen according to the words he had prepared, "On the way down the mountain, the car suddenly skidded, if it wasn't for the man who happened to be called Yabian The rocks got stuck on the wheels, and I'm afraid they fell down with the car.

After returning home, the more I think about it, the more afraid I become. There are many pilgrims on the mountain road, what if...

So let us come to the yamen to report and ask the yamen servants to go and have a look. If there is ice on the road, we should shovel it away earlier. "

Shan Shen exclaimed alarmingly: "It's good that people don't have serious problems! I'll order some people to follow you to the place where the accident happened."

Xu Jian asked Shan Shen to take a step to speak.

The two walked aside, Xu Jian said in a low voice: "Master Shan, please send a few more people, please Zhang Fucheng go too?"

Shan Shen was quite surprised when he heard this.

It's just shoveling some ice, something that the yamen servants can do, why let Zhang Yuan go too?
After thinking about it, Shan Shen suddenly realized.

New uncle, you have to behave.

It's not that such people are really needed for this matter, but it is necessary to show the attitude that the new uncle attaches importance to.

Touching his beard, Shan Shen was happy: "Then listen to the Duke and let Mr. Zhang go too."

Xu Jian thanked him, and when Shan Shen went to explain to Zhang Yuan, he found Chen Gui again.

"How did the princess explain it?" He asked in a low voice.

Chen Gui was quick-witted, and hurriedly explained the ins and outs, and then said: "The princess suspects that someone has done it, and Uncle Niu also thinks that the road conditions are not right..."

Xu Jian asked again after listening, "Do you have that piece of paper with you?"

"The princess gave it to me, and asked me to go to Dacheng Tea House to ask." Chen Gui said, taking it out of his sleeve.

Xu Jian took it, opened it, and raised her eyebrows.

Then, he handed it back to Chen Gui, saying: "Before leaving the city, let someone tell the princess that the owner of this word is Yu Pu."