Ye Xiaotian said: "Why, don't uncle dare to bet with me?"
Father Xia said: "Upgrade to the sixth rank after three years? Okay, I bet you!"
The two stood up, took three steps towards each other, and stood facing each other, fighting with awe-inspiring spirit.
Clap clapping three times, Father Xia said: "One word from a gentleman!"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Hurry up!"
The two looked at each other, and laughed "hehe" together, both of them looked like they had ghosts in their hearts.
Father Xia was very proud, he didn't believe Ye Xiaotian's wild words at all, but he didn't dare to hit Ye Xiaotian's self-confidence just now, in case Ye Xiaotian also felt that his bet was too risky and had little chance of success Yue, didn't I have nothing to do with him
Father Xia doesn't really have nothing to do with Ye Xiaotian, if he really wants to deal with Ye Xiaotian, there are at least a hundred ways, but his precious daughter is in the middle, so he can't help but be afraid of it. If Ye Xiaotian insists on not letting go, he really can't think of any good way to make his daughter turn back.
Now that Ye Xiaotian proposed such a harsh condition on his own initiative, it fell right into the hands of Father Xia. After the two made a bet, Father Xia sneered and said: "Upgrade to eighth level in three years, hey! I have never heard of such an arrogant statement, boy, you will lose this time!"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "There seem to be quite a few officials who have been promoted to eighth rank in three years, right? I won't mention the ones from the previous dynasty, but it seems that there are such things in this dynasty."
"This dynasty..."
Hearing what he said, Father Xia suddenly thought of Qian Ning and Jiang Bin in the Zhengde Dynasty, and couldn't help sneering: "Then the lucky minister must have a ridiculous emperor to be promoted. Do you think that the current emperor will be like the former emperor?" Is Emperor Zhengde generally absurd?"
As he said that, he looked Ye Xiaotian up and down again, and said earnestly: "There is no good end for a lucky minister."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Those who take one step at a time, there are also a lot of people who don't end well. Each has its own fortune, each has its own opportunity, and no one can blame others for what it ends up with. Besides, the principle that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger I understand, I don't want to be a lucky minister in front of the emperor."
Father Xia sneered and said, "If you work for the emperor, you will be promoted to the eighth rank in three years, and there is still a chance. If you don't become an official before the imperial court, then there is absolutely no possibility of success!"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Ha! That's the younger generation's business, why should uncle worry? Besides, uncle should be looking forward to my failure now, right?"
Father Xia snorted coldly, and said: "Success, the bet has been made, you go back and be your official, I will take Yingying home tomorrow, I want to see what skills you have, you can be promoted to eighth in three years level, to be a sixth-rank official!"
Ye Xiaotian also laughed, is it difficult to be promoted to eighth grade in three years? Of course it is difficult, even though Ye Xiaotian first entered the officialdom, he also knows how difficult it is to be promoted, especially now that he is a low-level official, from low-level to high-level, it is a natural barrier.
Besides, in the text, he is not a Jinshi in the second list. In Wu, he is not a famous general with all victories, and it is unimaginable to be promoted in a short period of time. However, is it too difficult for those eight elders to overthrow the ancestral canon? Is it so difficult to get the Xia family to agree to marry Yingying, whom they love more than their lives, to a man who is destined to leave the family in his prime
Miracles are easy to happen around the real dragon emperor, and also easy to happen where the sky is high and the emperor is far away. In Guizhou, he has the right time, place and people. With such great luck, can't he accomplish in three years what some people can do in thirty years
"Brother Tian is here?"
Suddenly there was a surprise cheer from behind the screen, Ye Xiaotian and Father Xia heard the reputation together, and saw Xia Yingying with black and beautiful hair loose, wearing a snow-white coat, and running from behind with her two little feet bare come out.
Seeing Ye Xiaotian, Xia Yingying's eyes lit up immediately, she cheered, and threw herself into Ye Xiaotian's arms like a happy little swallow.
The majestic gesture that Father Xia tried to make was instantly destroyed. With a woman like this, he really wanted to die as a father. Fortunately, Ye Xiaotian took the initiative to make a bet with him, otherwise how could he stop these two things? Personal contact? What a sin...
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At the head of Zhenhuai bridge, there is a snack bar that has been open for more than 20 years. It is named Zheng's small shop after his surname. Because the price is reasonable and the food is delicious, it is very popular among nearby residents. Many people don't like to have a party in the morning, so they simply come to this snack bar for breakfast.
Qiao Naihe is a regular customer of this shop. Almost every morning, he would show up at Zheng’s small shop, ordering a duck blood vermicelli soup, a plate of Jinling salted duck, a shredded wind fish, and a bowl of Dongba tofu. Dry, and serve with a drawer of steamed buns.
The old man's food has remained unchanged for almost ten years, and his clothes seem to have remained unchanged for ten years. He always wears a pair of black satin soft-soled soap boots, a starched and yellowed white collared shirt, and a square hat on his head. Soft hat, walking in a boxy step, very gentle.
Twenty years have passed, and it is no longer the old Zheng and his wife who got up early in the morning to be busy in the small shop, but the young Zheng and his wife. Seeing Qiao Naihe coming, Xiao Zheng immediately greeted him enthusiastically: "Master Qiao, good morning, sit down, please sit down."
While greeting him, he quickly wiped the table and benches. Qiao Naihe smiled and nodded at him, and then sat down at the table. Don't look at Qiao Naihe's shabby clothes, but he really deserves the "Master" because he is an official and a censor. The censor is only a seventh-rank official, but as a rumor official, he supervises all officials and plays rumors, so he has a lot of power.
Qiao Naihe is a regular customer, and Xiao Zheng knows his taste very well. Xiao Zheng greeted the back shop, and the lady Zheng, who was wearing a floral blue dress and charming medicine, served duck blood vermicelli soup, salted duck, shredded duck, and so on. Fengyu and dried tofu were brought out, and a tray of steaming steamed buns was handed over.
At this time, a man limped into the shop on crutches. Xiao Zheng took a look, went up to him and helped the man, and said with concern: "Brother Zhang, what's the matter with you, you were fine yesterday, but you walked in a hurry, why did you still use crutches early in the morning?"
Qiao Naihe looked back and saw a man in his thirties, wearing blue two-piece clothes, wearing a pair of crutches, with splints and bandages on his legs, and some scratches on his cheeks. So embarrassed. Qiao Naihe didn't care, and went back to continue eating. The old man was particular about eating without talking, so he couldn't be bothered to meddle in other people's business.
Brother Zhang sighed angrily, and said, "Hey, don't mention it, it's really fucking bad luck!"
He sat down at a table and yelled towards the back of the shed: "Siblings, two drawers of steamed stuffed buns, and a bowl of soup!" After shouting, he said to Xiao Zheng: "Isn't this a horse hanger with some friends yesterday? A small win, I planned to go to the street to look at the lanterns, but as soon as I came out of the alley, there was a man riding a horse and rushed towards me. Fortunately, I was fast and I was not killed by him, but my calf was trampled. folded."
Hearing this, Xiao Zheng said: "Oh, then you have to take good care of yourself and don't become disabled. Horses are not allowed to gallop in this city, not to mention that it was Shangyuan night yesterday, and there were people everywhere, and that man actually galloped Ma Feiben is too outrageous, he has to pay a large amount of medical expenses."
Brother Zhang became even more depressed when he heard that, and sighed authentically: "Come on, pay for the medical expenses? I dare not borrow our courage."
Xiao Zheng said nervously: "What kind of powerful person makes you so taboo?"
Big brother Zhang said mysteriously: "Hey! You won't believe me when I tell you, he is the uncle of the dynasty!"
Xiao Zheng was taken aback, Uncle Guo? For a while, he really didn't want to understand what the extremely unfamiliar title of Guojiu meant.
Brother Zhang said in a somewhat showy tone: "I really listened, followed that person and several people followed, galloping like horses, shouting 'Uncle Guo, wait a minute! "Hey! That's Uncle Guo, the emperor's own uncle! I, Zhang Yuqing, was stepped on by Uncle Guo. How dare I ask him for compensation? They beat me to death, and I dare not make a sound."
Brother Zhang said so, but Gu Pan was beaming with joy, with a proud look on his face, as if he was a common man, so he was considered to be on the sidelines with the royal family.
Qiao Yushi was eating his own breakfast peacefully at first, and didn't pay much attention to what they were saying, when he suddenly heard the word Guojiu, he couldn't help turning his head away suddenly, and his eyes shone brightly: "Young man , You said that Uncle Guo was riding a horse in the street, trampled on and broke your leg, and walked away without losing money?"
Brother Zhang said: "That's right! As soon as I came out of the alley, a black shadow arrived wrapped in a gust of wind. Thanks to my quick hands and quick eyes, I dodged in a hurry and was not hit by the horse, but was scraped by the horse's body and fell After a somersault, the horse’s hoof stepped on my leg. Hey! I scolded him at the time. As soon as I finished scolding, a few horses came after me and called Uncle Guo to the front, but Scared the hell out of me."
As Brother Zhang said, he looked so honored. In the whole world, people who have scolded the emperor's relatives face to face can be counted on one hand. This is a great honor. When he has a grandson, he can show it off For a moment, but he doesn't even have a wife now, and his grandson is nowhere in sight. If you don't tell others, it will really suffocate him to death.
Qiao Naihe smiled and said to Xiao Zheng: "Xiao Zheng, I like listening to stories the most. Come on, move the old man's dishes to that table, and have a jug of water and wine. The old man and this young man have a good chat. "
Qiao Naihe is the censor, what is the censor? To put it bluntly, they are just looking for trouble. Everyone is afraid of big things, but the censor is not afraid. When the censors are all poor and poor, they will bite whoever they catch. Do not win "name". The most painful thing for them is that there is no one to bite. Now, Uncle Li Guo is being followed by Qiao Yushi, who is so idle...