"Young Master, Young Master..."
After receiving the note from Yan Song through the crack of the West Garden gate, the servant rode quickly to Yan's mansion. People in the mansion said that Yan Shifan had not returned yet, so the servant went to the Ministry of Works and learned from an official that Yan Shifan was there, so he rode here as fast as he could.
However, when he saw that Yan Shifan was drunk and his speech was unclear, he couldn't help but become anxious.
Yan Song was old and sometimes lacked the energy to handle some things, which inevitably made him feel overwhelmed. His ability to remain as the chief minister of the cabinet depended largely on the assistance of Yan Shifan. Every time Yan Song entered the cabinet to guard, for the sake of safety, he always sent a few servants to guard the gate of Xiyuan Palace, just to receive the notes from Yan Song and quickly pass them to Yan Shifan for answers.
This boy is one of the guards and he is in charge today.
Now seeing his son drunk, his tongue almost tied, and drunk like this, the servant couldn't help but worry. How could he help the prime minister solve the problem when he was drunk like this
"Why are you shaking? How am I going to catch the note if you're shaking like this..." Yan Shifan tried to grab the note right in front of him but couldn't, so he could only scold with his tongue sticking out.
Uh, I was holding the note without moving, you must be too drunk. However, facing Yan Shifan's reputation for drinking, the servant obviously didn't dare to say that.
"Yes, yes, it's me who deserves to die. This is the note from the Prime Minister." The servant said, slapped himself in the face, apologized repeatedly, and then stuffed the note into Yan Shifan's hands.
Um... ...
Yan Shifan took the note in his hand and wanted to open it, but he was too drunk to complete the task of unfolding the folded note.
"Sir, the master needs it urgently." The servant added at the right time.
"Damn, why didn't you say it earlier?" Yan Shifan sobered up a little after hearing this, and reached out to slap the servant on the head.
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault." The servant was slapped on the head, but he smiled and admitted his fault as if he had won the lottery.
"Alright, alright, go get a basin of hot water and some towels. Go quickly, or you'll be in trouble for me! You'd better watch your skin!" Yan Shifan urged, shaking his head.
The waiter responded and ran out quickly, and soon came back with a basin of boiling hot water, followed by the proprietress holding a towel. She came slowly, twisting her willow waist, her clothes were thin and revealing.
This is the prototype of the power-for-sex transaction. It seems that it won’t be long before Yan Shifan and the proprietress will be able to get together.
Zhu Ping'an just took a look and came to a conclusion.
The proprietress was also tactful. She probably knew that this was a critical moment. After handing the towel to Yan Shifan, she gave him a seductive look and walked away with her slender waist twisted, causing Yan Shifan to look at the proprietress's sexy back a few more times.
The Hanlin scholars present had no idea what Yan Shifan was doing with a large basin of hot water, and they were all very curious.
After Yan Shifan withdrew his gaze from the proprietress's back, he immersed the towel in his hand into the basin of hot water. Then, while the towel was still hot, he pulled the towel out of the hot water. He rubbed the towel twice with his fat paws to squeeze out the hot water from the towel, and then wrapped the towel around his head three times in total.
A smell of alcohol emanated from Yan Shifan, and the red smell on his drunken face gradually faded away.
Well
This guy is actually sobering up
Zhu Ping'an was sitting next to Yan Shifan and could clearly feel that Yan Shifan's drunkenness had subsided a little.
After about ten seconds, the towel cooled down a little. Yan Shifan took off the hot towel wrapped around his head, immersed it in hot water again, took it out again and wrapped it around his head again.
After about three reciprocating blows, Yan Shifan woke up and no longer looked drunk.
"Well, Liu San did a great job. Go back to the accounting office to collect your reward." After Yan Shifan sobered up, he nodded to the servant who brought him the note.
"Thank you, sir." The servant's face was full of joy.
Yan Shifan took the note on the table, unfolded it slowly, and looked at it. There were only four words on it:
"Rank and Morality"
After seeing it, Yan Shifan read it silently.
Although Yan Shifan did not make any sound, Zhu Ping'an understood his lip reading by watching the movements of Yan Shifan's lips and knew the words on the note at the first time.
Rank and virtue
These four words must be the code word from Emperor Jiajing.
The apparent meaning is whether Xu Jie's age and virtue match. If we understand it literally, Emperor Jiajing asked Yan Song, what do you think of Xu Jie's virtue.
is that so
Zhu Ping'an recalled the movie "Things about the Ming Dynasty" that he had read in modern times. There was a similar example in it, which said that Xu Jie received a note from Emperor Jiajing, and there were four similar words on the note: Qing Chi Yu De.
It is said that when Xu Jie saw these four words, he was shocked and broke out in a sweat. His first reaction was, "My dear, do your age and virtue match? What does it mean? Does it mean that Emperor Jiajing is dissatisfied with me and wants to remove me from office?" Then, Xu Jie was so scared that he couldn't sleep all night. When he met Ouyang De on the way to the government office the next day, he suddenly laughed. Xu Jie only then understood what Emperor Jiajing meant: "My dear, who is older, you or Ouyang De?"
Not everyone can understand the secret code used by Emperor Jiajing.
No wonder Yan Song passed the note to Yan Shifan. It is estimated that Yan Song did not quite understand what Emperor Jiajing meant when he first received the note.
Yan Song was quite satisfied with Xu Jie recently. Xu Jie had given in recently and often visited Yan Song's residence. He was consistent with Yan Song on all matters of the court. He would come to Yan Song for instructions when he was unsure. Therefore, when Yan Song received the note from Emperor Jiajing, he was unsure of what Emperor Jiajing meant, so he asked Yan Song to pass it to Yan Shifan for an answer.
After seeing the note, Yan Shifan was stunned for a few seconds, then burst into laughter.
"Ouyang De's teeth are older than Xu Jie's"
After Yan Shifan laughed, he took out a brush, wrote eight words on the back of the note, handed it to the servant, and asked him to pass it to the West Garden as soon as possible.
Yan Shifan did not avoid mentioning Zhu Ping'an and others in his writing. After seeing the eight words written by Yan Shifan, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but feel a little in awe of Yan Shifan. It turned out that Yan Shifan was indeed cunning and resourceful. He could figure out the Emperor Jiajing's intention clearly in such a short time.
I know the secret code of Emperor Jiajing thanks to the events of the Ming Dynasty, but Yan Shifan was able to figure out the real meaning of Emperor Jiajing so quickly, which is really amazing. You know, this guy was drunk just now, and after sobering up with hot water, he picked up the pen and answered the secret code of Emperor Jiajing.
It turns out that we cannot underestimate the ancients.
This is an extremely dangerous person. Zhu Ping'an secretly raised his vigilance against Yan Shifan again. (To be continued.)