"The purpose of letting you know in advance is to remind you that it is better for you to manage your politics well in the Criminal Division. It is best to do some political achievements. When you get promoted, you will also avoid a lot of trouble."
Kou Ji didn't know what Fan Zhongyan was thinking, so he said casually.
Fan Zhongyan let out a sigh of relief and nodded slowly.
"Thank you brother Kou for the point. Fan will definitely come to thank you with a great gift another day."
Kou Ji accompanied Fan Zhongyan to chat about the affairs of the Criminal Division for a while, and then asked Fan Zhongyan to return to the Criminal Division's Yamen.
He came to Fan Zhongyan today to persuade him that promotion and the like are just casual excuses.
After he had a conversation with Fan Zhongyan, he probably also understood Fan Zhongyan's personality.
Fan Zhongyan has not yet grown into a famous official in the history books, and he has not handled the affairs of officialdom, especially the officialdom of Bianjing city, not smoothly enough.
If today’s scene is replaced by the Beijing officials who have been in Bianjing for many years, let's not say what they think, but if they show loyalty, they will definitely say a word or two.
But Fan Zhongyan didn't say a word of loyalty.
More importantly, he has a rigid prejudice against the warriors in his bones, and he has no idea of reforming bad governance.
Still need to hone.
After Fan Zhongyan left, Kou Ji recruited Kou Zhong and asked him to prepare a generous gift.
He took a generous gift and went out of the palace.
Just walked to the gate of the house.
Yuyou quietly appeared beside him.
This servant is always fascinating. If Kou Ji returns to Kou Mansion, the others will disappear.
Once Kou Ji leaves Kou Mansion, he will immediately appear in front of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji looked at him unexpectedly, "Why are you still here?"
Kou Ji originally thought that Kou Zhun was recuperating at home, and the equipment supervisor was sent to Yuyou and others to be withdrawn.
Yuyou rolled his eyes and said faintly: "I am the official bestowed Kou Xiang a lifelong guard..."
The implication is that Kou Zhun will not die, he will never go back to the equipment supervisor.
Kou Ji sighed inwardly, Kou Zhun's treatment was really good.
Envy fiercely.
Then he walked forward sullenly, no longer taking care of the fish swim.
The place he was going was not far from Kou Mansion, so he didn't take a sedan chair.
Yuyou doesn't know what he belongs to. The more you pay attention to him, the more happier he will be. If you ignore him, he will be quiet.
Kou Ji doesn't like to find someone to beat him up.
Kou Ji went out of Ma Xing Street, turned around, and arrived in front of a mansion.
Look up.
The lintel reads the word Xiangfu.
Xiang's Mansion is very big, a little bigger than Kou Mansion.
It was given during the reign of Emperor Taizong in Xi Nian, and it is said that it used to be a royal residence.
The mansion of the king was supposed to be extremely luxurious.
After Xiang Minzhong moved in, after several repairs, a luxurious mansion of the king was restored into a door courtyard with a fragrance of books.
Even the door at the entrance is dressed as a scholar.
After seeing Kou Ji coming, he didn't open his mouth to drive away, but bowed and asked: "I have seen the son, is the son visiting a friend or visiting relatives?"
Kou Ji replied, saying: "Kou Mansion Kou Ji, come to visit Grandpa Xiang."
Hearing the words, the door suddenly said: "It turns out to be a family friend, please..."
The door knew the identity of Kou Ji, and immediately led Kou Ji into Xiangfu.
Xiangfu has a lot of rules.
As soon as the door led Kou Ji into the door, he handed Kou Ji to a similar steward.
Then the steward led Kou Ji to the side hall.
The corridors to the palace are tortuous and elegantly furnished. There is no shortage of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.
There are many poems between the walls and on the stone pillars.
Those poems, like when someone was walking, were inspired by the handwriting.
The handwriting is not neat, and there are new and old.
The steward led Kou Ji to the side hall, and Kou Ji heard a loud reading.
Seeing Kou Ji listening, he explained with a smile: "That's the family school of the mansion. The young masters and girls in the mansion are all studying in the house. The rules set by the master, morning, afternoon and evening, each read the same day. Article."
Kou Ji casually admired: "Xiang Mansion is indeed the first of the scholarly family."
The steward said humbly: "The son is absurdly praised..."
Kou Ji clicked his mouth to say something, but finally held back.
The little ink in his stomach is okay to pretend in front of other people, and it is easy to disassemble it when pretending to be in the scholarly family of Xiangfu.
The steward didn't know Kou Ji's thoughts, he saw that Kou Ji didn't mean to speak any more, and he didn't talk to Kou Ji again.
After he invited Kou Ji to sit down, he asked the maid to help Kou Ji prepare fragrant tea, and let the mother light the incense, and sent the family to the back house to report to Xiang Minzhong.
The fragrant tea that the maid brought up was a cup of tea soup.
Kou Ji held it to his lips, took a sip, and was a little uncomfortable with it. Fresh goat milk was added to it, which was a bit fishy.
He just put down his teacup.
The sharp-eyed steward leaned in front of him and asked with a smile: "The son is not used to drinking?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said, "It's kind of... You can let me prepare a cup of warm water."
The steward nodded, "The villain, let the maid prepare."
After a while.
A cup of warm water was placed in front of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji drank two cups of warm water, but did not wait for Xiang Minzhong.
He looked at the scrolls full of the room, listened to the loud reading outside, and said with emotion: "It's not unreasonable that Xiangjia is full of flowers."
"Does that mean that in your heart, Kou Mansion is not as good as my Xiang Mansion?"
A soft voice rang outside the door.
Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, a shadow has appeared in the side hall.
The visitor is a young girl, she should be young, with a curtain on her face, full eyebrows, and a blue skirt.
When Kou Ji saw her, he was taken aback for a while, slowly got up, and said, "The girl is polite..."
The girl replied with a bow and opened her mouth: "You haven't answered my question..."
Kou Ji retracted his hand and smiled calmly: "Each has its own merits..."
The girl blinked her eyes, glanced at Kou Ji, and yelled: "Your answer is a trick. It neither belittles my Xiangfu nor weakens your Koufu's name. But I am not satisfied, and you answer again."
Kou Ji was stunned, and laughed out of his voice: "Why do I want you to be satisfied..."
After saying this, he sat down in a chair.
He is reluctant to go on a mess with a little girl.
Seeing this scene, the girl stamped her feet and said: "You! Disrespectful!"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and curled his lips and said, "It seems like you are not rude. I am a guest, and when you arrive at Xiangfu, you, as the host, shouldn't entertain me well, and you chased me to ask questions and forced me. Give you a satisfactory answer. Isn't that rude?"
The girl stomped her feet in anger when she heard the words.
Those princes and grandsons who met her on weekdays did not follow her wishes and please her.
She looked like a civet cat in front of her, she asked what and what to answer.
She really hadn't met a rascal person like Kou Ji.
Kou Ji took a sip of water and said to the girl, "Don’t stamp your foot. If you stamp your foot again, the brick under your feet will be broken. Although it is not bad for the mansion, the fact that you chopped a brick will be spread. I can't get married anymore."
It's okay for Kou Ji not to mention this. When it comes to this, the girl is completely annoyed.
"Even if I marry a pig and a dog, I won't marry you."
The girl bit her silver teeth, pointed at Kou Ji and roared.
Kou Ji was taken aback, rolled his eyes, and muttered: "Inexplicable..."
"You! You! You bastard!"
The girl was yelled at by Kou Jiqi.
Before Kou Ji could rebut, she covered her face and ran out of the side hall.
Kou Ji looked blank, turned his head to look at the steward who was waiting on the side, and asked: "Is she... here... there is a problem?"
Kou Ji raised his finger and pointed his head.
The corners of the manager's mouth twitched, and there was no reply.
"Ahem~"
Two heavy coughs came from the back hall.
Kou Jixun's reputation passed, and he saw Xiang Minzhong, wearing a large robe and carrying his hands, appearing in the side hall dangling.
He held a paddle ruler in his hand, and a corner of the paddle ruled out from behind him. Kou Ji saw it clearly.
Kou Ji looked at this old man, as if he had just returned from teaching.
The old man usually goes to the palace to teach the prince, and when he returns to the mansion, he also has to educate the younger generation in the mansion.
The old man looked very busy, not at all like the rumors outside said, he was recuperating at home, waiting for the official approval of his begging for bones.
"Is that kid who doesn't know what is good or bad, saying bad things about the old man and granddaughter?"
Xiang Minzhong muttered a question knowingly, he sat on the main seat of the Pian Hall, and put down the ruler in his hand.
Kou Ji slowly got up and bowed, "Boy Kou Ji, I have seen Grandpa Xiang."
Xiang Minzhong glanced at Kou Ji, and said indifferently, "Is your kid talking bad about the old man and granddaughter? Among the many disciples of the old man, you are the first one who dares to speak bad about the old man and granddaughter."
Kou Ji shook his head decisively, "The kid never said anything bad about your granddaughter."
Xiang Minzhong's mouth twitched, staring at Kou Ji and said, "You are the first to dare to tell lies in front of the old man."
Kou Ji pretended to be in a daze, "It turns out that the girl just now is your granddaughter? I'll just say, how can she be so handsome and handsome."
The corner of Xiang Minzhong's mouth twitched again, and he raised his hand to get the ruler.
It was just that he thought that this was not a classroom, so he accepted the thought of the ruler.
The reason why the girl appeared in the side hall was all instructed by him.
He also heard the conversation between the girl and Kou Ji without fail.
Kou Ji is now talking nonsense with his eyes open, how can he not be annoyed.
Xiang Minzhong narrowed his eyes, endured annoyance, and said quietly: "You praised the old man's granddaughter so well, did you miss her?"
Kou Ji was taken aback. He thought that Xiang Minzhong was joking with him, so he clicked his mouth and said with emotion: "He has longing for it, but he can't afford it."
Xiang Minzhong's annoyance disappeared a lot when he heard this.
He waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk."
Kou Ji arched his hands, sat on the seat, held up the water glass, and took a sigh of relief.
As soon as Shui entered, he heard Xiang Minzhong's faintly said: "Since you like the old man's granddaughter so much, and you are willing to go to the house to ask for a kiss, the old man will reluctantly give up her love, how about beating her to you?"
"puff!"
The water in Kou Ji's mouth spurted out instantly, he looked at Xiang Minzhong in amazement, and blurted out, "Are you kidding me?"
"Ok?!"
Hearing this, Xiang Minzhong's old face went dark and his eyes stared.
Kou Ji realized that he was rude, and hurriedly explained: "The kid didn't mean that. The kid said, to grandpa, don't joke with the kid. The daughter of your mansion is something that many princes and grandchildren can't ask for. Just a poor boy from the country, how can he afford it
This time the kid is not here to beg, but to ask Grandpa for a favor. "
Xiang Minzhong glared at Kou Ji, with a dark face, and said solemnly: "Do you look at the old man's appearance, do you seem to be joking with you?"
Koti smiled dryly and whispered in his heart.
Although he has reached the legal age for marriage in the Song Dynasty, he really hasn't thought about it.
Suddenly someone mentioned this, and he was really confused.
His mind was a little confused, and he couldn't think of a reasonable rejection word for a while, so he could only shirk: "Grandpa Xiang, this marriage has always been the order of the parents and the matchmaker.
The kid can't be the master by himself.
I need to go home to ask my dad. "
Xiang Minzhong stood up suddenly and said solemnly: "The old man will accompany you back to the Kou Mansion."
Kou Ji hurriedly waved his hand when he heard the words, "No need, no... Really no need... The kid went back and said by himself..."
Kou Ji did not expect that Xiang Minzhong was so fierce that he was going to accompany him back to Kou's Mansion. Seeing his posture, it seemed that the marriage had to be decided.
When Xiang Minzhong heard what Kou Ji said, instead of letting go, he frowned and asked, "You look down on the old man's granddaughter?"
Kou Ji opened his mouth and really didn't know what to say.
If he said that he didn't like it, he would definitely offend Xiang Minzhong, and even offend the entire Xiangfu.
At that time, let alone ask Xiang Minzhong to do errands. If Xiang Minzhong doesn't give him trouble, he will have to burn incense and worship Buddha.
He wanted to say that he was fancy, look at Xiang Minzhong's posture, I'm afraid he will rush to Kou's Mansion before night, and make this marriage decision.
Xiang Minzhong stared at Kou Ji and said coldly: "The old man asked Wang Shu to talk in the middle, but he never got a reply from Wang Shu. Today, the old man put down his face and talked to you personally, but I didn't expect you to reject it. Now, It seems that you look down on the old man’s granddaughter and are unwilling to offend the old man, so you pretend to be ignorant."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this. He explained, "The kid really doesn't know... My uncle didn't tell me about it, and I didn't hear my father and my grandfather mention it."
"The old man knew that you were before, but didn't know about it."
Xiang Minzhong said coldly.
Kou Ji was stunned, "You believe it?"
Kou Ji thought it would take a bit more words, but he didn't expect Xiang Minzhong to believe it so easily.
Xiang Minzhong said coldly: "Because the old man did not hear from Wang Shu after mentioning the matter to Wang Shu, but saw Wang Shu's wife, and asked someone to help her son and begged the old man's granddaughter. ."
Kou Ji was stunned, "Is there anything else?"
Xiang Minzhong nodded.
Kou Ji suddenly remembered the scene where Wang Kou and Wang Yuan had trouble in Kou Zhun's bedroom.
She thought that Wang Kou and Wang Yuan were playing innocently with him.
Now it seems that the root is actually in Xiangfu.
It must have been from the mansion that he refused the Wang Kou clan to help Wang Yuan to ask for a marriage, so Wang Kou clan was implicated in Kou Ji's head.
"You refused?"
Kou Ji questioned.
Xiang Minzhong nodded and said calmly: "Wang Yuan is not qualified to compare with you, my son-in-law of Xiangfu, not everyone is qualified to do this. Wang Shu doesn't do this thing idiomatically, so the old man doesn't mind being in front of you. Expose his hypocrisy."