Plant mulberry and hemp in spring, and February is crucial. All localities reported on time, urging the Ministry of Households to allocate funds. There are piles of chores piled up in Qidu, and all the departments are very busy. Li Jianheng was rewarded, Xiao Chiye entered the Marquis of Dingdu, and Shen Zechuan was promoted to the third-rank commander, concurrently in charge of Beizhen Fu affairs, and began to take charge of the imperial prison.
At first, the cabinet did not agree with this matter, but Cen Yu recommended it, and Hai Liangyi also changed Shen Zechuan's view because of the epidemic, so it was settled.
Xiao Chiye carried the earring box, and never found a chance to meet Shen Zechuan. Shen Zechuan ran to the prison, and he had to look at the cases accumulated years ago. He was so busy that he forgot to eat and sleep. At the other end, he wanted Qiao Tianya to guard Xi Hongxuan, trying to find a way to get Qi Huilian and Ji Gang back.
Ruyan roamed the beams, weeping willows sprouted, and the red walls and green tiles of Qudu were gradually exposed. After a few days of clear skies, when the spring rain continued, Cen Yu hosted a banquet and invited friends from this incident. Hai Liangyi didn't go to the private banquet easily, and when he was still ill, he didn't come this time.
When Shen Zechuan arrived it was too late, he was led directly to the main hall, and when he lifted the curtain, he saw some familiar officials inside.
Cheng Han, Kong Qiu, and Cen Yu were at a table. Xiao Chiye had already drunk three rounds, and he was listening to Yu Xiao, who was sitting below, with his arms folded.
As soon as Shen Zechuan came in, Yu Xiaozai hurriedly greeted him with a salute: "Your Excellency is late, hurry up and take a seat."
Shen Zechuan took off his cloak and said with a smile: "There are a lot of things in the prison, all of you adults, take more care, I'll sit down."
Cen Yu got up and waved his hand, saying, "The private banquet is not popular with the outside world. Come on, we are both friends, so why should we still hold the ceremony? Lao Han, you call him!"
Han Cheng said: "That's the reason, Lan Zhou, come up and sit here. We are old and useless. Today, we have also been exposed to the light, and we are on the same page with the Lord Hou. Lord Hou, you are also considered a high-ranking person. It's cheap!"
"The commander is stepping on me," Xiao Chiye seemed to be a little drunk. He didn't look at Shen Zechuan, but smiled, "Which one of the seniors here is not a respected senior? I have to look up to you for more advice in the future."
Shen Zechuan was already seated, he was a little distance away from Xiao Chiye, and he could reach across the table with his legs stretched out. Neither looked at each other nor greeted each other. Kong Qiu looked around and smiled, "I heard that the two of you had a holiday earlier, why didn't you even say a word when you met? This errand was done together, I think it's good, why do you still remember the past grievances? ?"
"I think the two of them are young and promising, and they don't refuse each other when they do things. It's better to take advantage of today's opportunity to smile and forget their grievances." Cen Yu said and raised his hand, "Jinyiwei and the Imperial Army should also take care of each other, and in the future There are many opportunities to continue working together. How about it, Lord Hou, can it be done?"
Xiao Chiye glanced lazily at Shen Zechuan, his eyes were unclear, and he only said: "How can I not succeed? Lord Zhenfu give a smile, what else can I achieve? Thank you very much this time."
"When I saw Lord Hou, when did he not greet him with a smile?" Shen Zechuan touched the wine glass, "I forgot about the past, haven't I never had a chance?"
Han Cheng was the one who drank the most with Xiao Chiye. Seeing this, he picked up his chopsticks again and said while picking the dishes, "Let's have a drink then, Marquis, show your face!"
Yu Xiaozai didn't sit down, and immediately filled the two of them with wine. Xiao Chiye held the cup, but didn't get up, and said, "Then touch one."
According to the rank, Xiao Chiye really shouldn't get up. Shen Zechuan stood up, revealing his wrist bones when he lifted the cup.
Xiao Chiye suddenly said, "Since it's a wine that's justified by old grievances, naturally you can't drink it like that. Zhenfu, let's go to a wine bar?"
Han Cheng smiled immediately, pointed to Xiao Chiye, shook his head and sighed: "Master Hou, this is too inauthentic, what are you doing to make Lan Zhou embarrassed?"
"Is this an embarrassment?" Xiao Chiye said, "It's too late for me to love him so much, isn't this a sign of determination?"
Cen Yu knew Xiao Chiye's temper and thought he was thinking about Zhongbo's revenge and wanted to embarrass Shen Zechuan. He was about to speak to discourage him, but Shen Zechuan had already laughed.
"Okay," Shen Zechuan said, "Listen to Lord Hou."
Shen Zechuan took the cup and leaned over, Xiao Chiye could see his faint collarbone. The two people's arms crossed, Shen Zechuan's Adam's apple slipped when he was drinking, and Xiao Chiye's eyes seemed to grunt as he slid into the robe along with the drink.
Xiao Chiye drank slowly, holding the wine in his mouth, and his eyes never left Shen Zechuan for a moment. When his arm hooked Shen Zechuan by mistake, Shen Zechuan could clearly feel his firmness.
The moment Xiao Chiye finished drinking, he seemed to laugh, but no one heard him, only Shen Zechuan looked down at him. His eyes are naked | naked, full of dangerous and vigorous desires.
Shen Zechuan pulled out his arm and sat back, sweat dripping from his back. Xiao Chiye didn't seem to have changed. He put his arms back on the chair and listened to people talking.
Cen Yu said: "After the spring ploughing, it is the spring season again. This year, Taixue will also recruit new students. I think the Ministry of Household should have a headache again."
Kong Qiu sneered and said, "What does Wei Huaigu hurt? He is the money manager! It's up to him, these things should have been arranged properly, but now it's considered negligence."
"He's the treasurer of money, you're the living king of hell!" Han Cheng put down his chopsticks, and said, "Zhongbo is in such a mess right now, and the number of cases he has handed over to the Ministry of Punishment is overwhelming. If you don't send someone to take care of it, it won't work. "
"I think the old man is thinking about who to let go," Cen Yu sighed, "If Lan Zhou enters the court seriously, maybe he will have a chance this time."
Shen Zechuan didn't know if it was because of the heat, or if he drank his face, and his face was blushing. He said, "I can't do it. How can I be qualified to go out? I can't help it."
"It's enough to have more experience." Han Cheng became interested and said, "It's said that the officials are tricky, but how can the officials be as smooth as the local officials? Dad's are very cunning! There are two copies of the account books in the house, and you can't tell the truth when you go to Cen Xunyi. Every year, the imperial consignment is very noisy. They heard the news long ago and rushed to the territory before you arrived. The disaster victims and homeless people are all sent out, and you are not allowed to see them. This is the 'environment without hunger and worry' in the evaluation. When you arrive, they will hold a banquet and set up a feast, looking for reasons to pour alcohol for you, drink it until dawn, and then After sleeping until dark, people are so drunk that they can’t even get out of the gate of the government office, how can they still have the energy to check the accounts? When the time is up, when the time is up, the money is swept away, and the evaluation is excellent, then go to the next place to drink, this is considered an investigation It's over."
"There are still people who do things, and you can't kill them all with one shot." Cen Yu said and sighed, "Xue Xiuzhuo has been very good in the past few years, and the accounts of the thirteen cities in Juexi are well organized, and there are no mistakes. I originally thought that he should go to the Ministry of Household, but who knows that the old man will be transferred to Dali Temple."
"Will he have a bright future under Wei Huaigu's hands?" Kong Qiu leaned against the chair, "The Ministry of Households are now useless as servants, and Wei Huaigu has the final say in coordinating the accounts. If he goes, won't he be abolished? The old man has the heart to grind him, and he will do great things in the future."
Kong Qiu had never dealt with Wei Huaigu and Pan Xiangjie, and everyone knew about the discord between their faces and their hearts, and now they were not afraid to speak in front of Han Cheng's face.
Han Cheng laughed and said, "Don't talk about state affairs at private banquets! Why did you forget it? Lao Kong, you should be punished!"
Cen Yu pondered that he had almost eaten, and said, "Yu Jing came back a while ago and told me a game. I think it's still early today, so let's try it? You Jing, take out your cards."
Yu Xiaozai responded neatly, took out a wooden box, opened it and took out all the small wooden carving cards, saying, "This is something I saw people play when I went to Yongyi Port as an inspector. try?"
Han Cheng said to Xiao Chiye, "I can't play this kind of scholar's game. Lord Hou, for the staff?"
Xiao Chiye was drinking and said, "The commander thinks so highly of me Xiao Ce'an? I don't look like a reader."
"Have some fun, let's go. Yujing, deal the cards!"
Yu Xiao dealt the three of them with cards again, Xiao Chiye was playing with the wine glass, and while he was watching, something suddenly hit his calf. He paused, his eyes fixed on Han Cheng's card.
A foot protruded from the bottom of the table, and the toe slowly slid up Xiao Chiye's calf, playing back and forth along the arc a few times.
Han Cheng frowned and read the card, and said, "Is this flower embarrassing me! Lord Hou, do you recognize it?"
Xiao Chiye said: "You give him two according to the dog's tail flower, be sure to-"
The foot with the clean socks touched Xiao Chiye's knee, the sole of the foot seemed to be testing the position and stepped on his knee.
"Baozhun'er is stumped!" Han Cheng threw a card and said with a smile, "Yanxi Gouweichun is here, I'll just make up a first couplet and seek benefits, right!"
Han Cheng really didn't have much ink, but he didn't shy away from this, Kong Qiu and Cen Yu laughed. Between the three of them talking, Xiao Chiye glanced at Shen Zechuan.
Shen Zechuan pinched the fan, and Xiao Chiye asked someone to give it to him. He lit his fan for a while and listened intently to what he was talking about. He seemed to notice that Xiao Chiye was looking at him, and the corners of his eyes twitched into a smile.
The foot slid between Xiao Chiye's legs, rubbing against his inner thigh as if he didn't want to. Xiao Chiye held the wine glass with his thumb on the edge, motionless.
"Isn't this a fox?" Xiao Chiye smiled after a while, raised his hand and took out a fox with an ink hook from Han Cheng's card, and threw it on the table, "When the rain falls in the house, I dream of hearing the fox's chirping. Where to ask, tick tock - I'm sorry, got on the waves!"
Han Cheng and Xiao Chiye exchanged cups, and said with a smile, "Everyone speaks serious words, how come you have to turn a fox into a fox spirit!"
"I'm like this," Xiao Chiye drank and looked at Shen Zechuan, "Just recruit foxes."
"How can serious people pick this up? It's too rough." Kong Qiu sighed, "You Xiao Ce'an, you don't close the door when you sleep, and you blame others for looking for it. You are clearly looking forward to it yourself."
Xiao Chiye didn't say a word, the foot stepped on him lightly, and he laughed. Shen Zechuan's upper body was so stable that he couldn't see any clues, and his fingertips rubbed against the fan, and the corners of his eyes were turning red from the heat of the room.
It just so happened that Cen Yu threw the card on the ground, and Yu Xiaozai quickly rested his hands and wanted to lean over to pick it up.
Shen Zechuan was about to close his foot, but Xiao Chiye's hand grabbed his ankle. He stepped on Xiao Chiye's indescribable place with the soles of his feet across the cloth. Xiao Chiye slid his two fingers into the net socks and touched Shen Zechuan.
Shen Zechuan's fan was placed on the table, seeing that Yu Xiaozai had lifted his robe and his waist was slightly bent, he said, "Everyone, raise your feet, look at where you are..."
Xiao Chiye didn't panic at all, he held Shen Zechuan's ankle firmly, and his thumb squeezed a little, rubbing Shen Zechuan's spine numb, and pinching his fan.