Great Qing Xiangguo

Chapter 29

Master Wei Xiangshu taught Chen Tingjing the word "waiting", and his father-in-law taught him the word "forbearance".His "waiting" and "forbearance" means that more than ten years have passed.At this time, Chen Tingjing was already a bachelor in charge of the Hanlin Academy, a good teacher, a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the president of "Records of the Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty".Yueyuan gave birth to two sons early, the eldest was named Yupeng, and the second was named Zhuanglu.

Chen Tingtong had won the Juren early, but he failed to win the Jinshi again, and he was too lazy to do anything else.Chen Tingjing had nothing to do with him, so he had to find him a job in Beijing, as a post in the Ministry of Industry.This Chen Tingtong and his elder brother have two temperaments, he only lamented his bad luck and didn't meet a nobleman when he failed to achieve his fame.He always watched Kong'er go up in this house and out in that house.

One summer night, Chen Tingtong wanted to visit Mingzhu's mansion.Mingzhu has long been a scholar of Wuyingdian, a prince and a grand teacher, and a minister of the Ministry of officials.Chen Tingtong was wandering outside Mingzhu Mansion, when he saw a sedan chair approaching, he dodged in a hurry.It was Gao Shiqi who got off the sedan chair.Gao Shiqi is still only a secretary in the cabinet, but he walks in the south study.He was very surprised to see someone walking away in a hurry.The bright moon was in the sky, like daylight, he recognized someone unexpectedly, and shouted: "Isn't it Tingtong? What are you doing standing outside?"

Chen Tingtong was embarrassed, walked over, and said, "I want to pay my respects to Lord Ming, but I, a seventh-rank official, dare not enter Lord Ming's door!"

Gao Shiqi laughed loudly, and said: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhse ah. Come, follow me in!"

Chen Tingtong was still hesitating, he hesitated and said, "But my hands are empty."

Gao Shiqi shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'll just give you the door bag, you can go in with me."

As Gao Shiqi said, he stepped forward and knocked on the door.The concierge opened the door, seeing Gao Shiqi, he said with a smile: "Oh, Mr. Gao, my master is full of guests today! Please!"

Gao Shiqi took out a packet and handed it to the porter.The concierge accepted it with a smile, but said: "Master Gao is just being polite, and rewards the younger ones every time!"

Gao Shiqi also smiled, but secretly scolded this little bastard in his heart, if he didn't give him a door bag, it would probably be inconvenient for Master Ming to entertain guests!Gao Shiqi was shabby back then, and sometimes he couldn't afford money, so he was often pissed off by the concierge in Mingzhu's mansion!

Gao Shiqi entered the Ming Mansion, and was greeted by the housekeeper, An Tu.Antu smiled and said, "Master Gao, are you here?"

The housekeeper also needs to collect money, so Gao Shiqi handed over an envelope and said, "Housekeeper An, I haven't seen you for a while."

Antu took the money and said, "I want to be a tall man! Hey, who is this?" Antu looked at Chen Tingtong, his eyes immediately turned cold.

Gao Shiqi smiled and said, "I brought it here, Chen Tingtong, Lord Chen Tingjing's younger brother, works in the Ministry of Industry."

Antu hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "So it's Mr. Chen's younger brother, sorry for your disrespect!"

Chen Tingtong returned the gift and said, "I hope that the housekeeper will take care of you."

Antu led Gao Shiqi and Chen Tingtong to the guest room of the Ming Mansion, and from afar, someone could be heard shouting inside, "God's fortune, really fortune teller!"

After hearing this, Gao Shiqi knew that Zu Zeshen, the half-immortal of the capital, must be here.Zu Zeshen's reputation is getting bigger and bigger now, even the prince and elder brother invite him to look at his face.

Antu asked Gao Shiqi and Chen Tingtong to wait outside the door, and went in first.Not long after, Antu came out and said, "Master Ming is here to invite you!"

As soon as Gao Shiqi bowed to enter the door, Mingzhu laughed loudly and said, "Ah, Shiqi is here! Take your seat quickly!"

Gao Shiqi hurriedly walked in front of Mingzhu, and asked Ann seriously: "Shiqi pays homage to Master Ming!"

Mingzhu laughed again, and said: "Shiqi is just too polite, you and I are together all day, why bother to make such a gesture? Eh, who is this?"

Gao Shiqi hurriedly turned his head to greet Chen Tingtong, and introduced him, "Chen Tingjing's younger brother, Chen Tingtong, works in the Ministry of Industry as a writer. He wanted to come to visit Master Ming, so I brought him here."

Mingzhu hurriedly stood up, pulled Chen Tingtong to sit beside her, and said, "Ah, it's Tingtong! I've heard about it a long time ago, and even asked your brother about you! Please sit down!"

Chen Tingtong blushed, and said: "Tingtong's mediocre style of writing is not worth remembering by Master Ming!"

Mingzhu shook her head and said: "You can't say that. Everyone here today, most of them started from the style of writing. This Lord Samuha, Minister of the Household Department, he is in the hands of Lord Shunzhi, just like writing!"

Chen Tingtong hurriedly stood up to say hello: "Tingtong has met Lord Samuha!"

Samuha was smoking the pipe, laughed, coughed a few times, and said, "We are full of people, and we are not as good at reading as you Han people, and we don't have so many fancy intestines in our stomachs, so we are straightforward!"

Mingzhu was half offended, half joking: "Samuha, you are now a minister, and you can't change your temper!"

Gao Shiqi also laughed and said, "Master Samuha has a good temper, so there is no need for others to ponder him."

Gao Shiqi nodded to all the adults present while speaking.He just knew that the room was full of guests, but his eyes were blank.It wasn't until Mingzhu finished paying respects that he saw other people.Sure enough, Zu Zeshen was also here, and the others were old acquaintances, nodding to each other.At this moment, two servant girls came in with their heads down and fanned Gao Shiqi and Chen Tingtong.It was only then that Chen Tingtong saw that there was a fanning maid behind every adult.

Mingzhu pointed to a guest, and introduced: "Tingtong talked about the pen post style, there are so many people here who have become high-ranking officials from the pen post style! This Mr. Kerkun was originally the seventh-rank pen post style of the old man's official department. Now it is the Ministry of Household Cleaning Department."

Chen Tingtong greeted him again: "I have met Lord Kerkun."

Mingzhu pointed to another hand-cranked fan, and was about to introduce him, but Zu Zeshen interrupted him: "Master Ming, you might as well introduce it later, let's talk about it after reading the picture."

Mingzhu smiled and said: "Ah, I forgot, Mr. Zu is looking at the fortune teller! Ting Tong, this is Zu Zeshen, the magician in the capital. He is a fortune teller. You don't need to report your birth date, you just need to point to one at will. Things can be said to be accurate, known as the iron mouth straight off!"

Zu Zeshen nodded to Chen Tingtong: "Commoner Zu Zeshen! I have met Brother Chen!"

Chen Tingtong sat down, and saw the hand-cranked fan pointing to an inkstone on the table, and said: "I look like this inkstone, what do you say?"

Zu Ze took a deep look at the Duan inkstone, then looked at the fan shaker, and said, "This inkstone is thick in stone and has an octagonal shape. This is the image of eight seats. The world calls six parts eight seats, which shows that you have a very high official position, my lord." !"

Everyone was amazed and sighed.The man's face was bright, and he waved his fan more elegantly.

Zu Ze turned his eyes to Mingzhu: "Mingxiang, since we are meeting each other, can Zu speak bluntly?"

Mingzhu looked at the man and said, "Naturally, I want to speak out, what do you think?"

The man heard that there seemed to be something in Zu Zeshen's words, his face changed, but he said bravely, "But it's okay to say it!"

Zu Ze nodded deeply and said: "If Zu said something frank, I hope you will forgive me for offending you! Although the inkstone is the treasure of a scholar, it is an object in the study after all, not a material for the border! If you want to do it in this life, my lord I'm afraid it's useless to be a governor or governor!"

Hearing what Zu Zeshen said, everyone became embarrassed and embarrassed to look at that person's face.The person shaking the round fan had a look of embarrassment on his face, but he didn't like to get angry.Mingzhu suddenly laughed, and everyone laughed too.

Mingzhu said with a smile: "Mr. Zu, you are counting this as the cabinet bachelor, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, the teacher of Shu Jishi, and the president of "Gu Wen Yuan Lan". Master Xu Qianxue. Mr. Zu is really accurate, Mr. Xu is the one in the study Object, the literary attendant in front of the emperor! The official position is extremely respected!"

Xu Qianxue laughed at himself: "After all, it's not the material for sealing off borders!"

Zu Ze hurriedly cupped his hands and apologized: "Master Xu, I have offended you!"

Gao Shiqi saw that everyone was a little embarrassed, so he came up to smooth things over, and diverted the conversation: "Mr. Zu, 20 years ago, Gao was selling calligraphy in front of Baiyun Temple to make a living. You saw my future at a glance. Today, please come again How about it?"

Zu Ze shook his head deeply and said: "Lord Gao, you and I are old friends, we know the details, and we can't count them!"

Mingzhu was very interested and said, "Just for fun, let's see."

Gao Shiqi was taking out a towel to wipe his face, and said, "Take my towel and have a look."

Zu Ze nodded deeply for a moment, and said: "If you say this towel is pure and clean, it is a high-quality jade hall. The world calls the Imperial Academy the Yutang. It is a great honor for Mr. Gao to be entrusted by the emperor to enter the Imperial Academy as a supervisor."

Gao Shiqi hurriedly cupped his hands to the north: "His Majesty Shi Qimeng is so kind, I am very grateful!"

Zu Zeshen chuckled, and said, "Zu is about to speak frankly again. Although silk is used by elegant and wealthy people, it is too small after all."

Mingzhu asked with a smile: "Mr. Zu, do you mean Shiqi can't do much?"

Zu Zeshen also felt embarrassed, and said: "Zu made a judgment based on things, without thinking about it, so it's unbelievable, unbelievable!"

Gao Shiqi didn't find it embarrassing, and said: "It's okay, it's okay. Shiqi works in front of the emperor, but it's just copying, which is very trivial. As a courtier, no matter how useful he is, he is a mere minister. Only our emperor It is the latitude and longitude of heaven and earth.”

But Mingzhu said: "Shiqi is not a small person! He is currently working as an errand in the South Study Room, and he listens to the oracle all day long!"

(End of this chapter)