The emperor's likes and dislikes are the top priorities of the eunuchs.
Although Eunuch Gao did not personally receive a gift from Cui Xie, even the beautiful pictures presented to the emperor were won by his nephew with real money and knowledge, but he cared for Cui Xie no less than those who often gave him gifts. Silver's godsons.
In order to make Cui Xie meet the expectations of the emperor, Eunuch Gao asked the Daxing County magistrate about the Cui family, transferred his papers from the Hanyuan, and asked Gao Su in private to let the nephew and the righteous son go after the value. Go to Cui's house, and remind Cui Xie to take care of the housework - especially after his step-brother comes back, pay attention to discipline him, and don't leave such a point of talk.
Gao Su smiled at him, patted his chest and said, "This is a trivial matter, don't worry, Daddy, I promise to teach that Cui desk officer to handle it properly!"
He said it casually, but he was no less devoted to the divine mandate than his father. Because of this kind of disclosure of the banned Chinese language, I didn't dare to take it seriously. After dark, I changed into a modest Tsing Yi, picked up a small car and sat in the Cui Mansion, and knocked on the mansion door.
At that time, Cui Xie was leaning on the sofa, watching a copy of Xue Hedong's "Book of Reading".
When he was in the county, although Mr. Lin taught "Poems", he also explained Zhu Zi's "Biography of Poems", but because he was not a master of science himself, he emphasized exegesis and neglected justice in his lectures. When it comes to Sinology, it is different. The exegesis should be thoroughly understood by the students before entering the school.
And this principle is not just memorizing Cheng Zhu's writings. Although the Ming Dynasty respected Zhu Xi's biography, each master of the classics had to develop his own philosophical theories in private through Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism. Although the philosophy of the Ming Dynasty really developed by leaps and bounds and broke out of the rut of Neo-Confucianism, it would take Wang Yangming's enlightenment and the birth of psychology, but before Wang Yangming's "a thousand-year-old hero" was born, there were still many "temporary icons" to learn.
When Lin Jiancheng spoke a poem, he had to cite the annotations made by Song Confucian scholars and the sages of the current dynasty.
While reading the book, Xiao Songyan suddenly pushed open the door and walked in, leaned over and said tremblingly, "Young Master, an official from Jinyiwei came to you outside and said that he has something important to say."
Cui Xie's waist immediately straightened up, and he also stood up from the sofa, his eyes glowing, and he closed the book and asked, "Jin Yiwei? Is it an adult surnamed Xie?"
Xiao Songyan shook his head: "It's not Xie, it's Gao."
Cui Xie's interest suddenly fell, and Xiao Songyan remembered how many people were thrown out of the house when the whole family knelt outside the door to greet the decree, and asked him, "Isn't this the lord the son knows well? Could it be that something happened to our family that provoked Jin Yiwei to check?"
Cui Xie didn't know either, but it wasn't a big deal. If he really wanted to raid the house, Tiqi would have broken in long ago. As a little councilor with no background like theirs, Jin Yiwei didn't have the face to wait in the living room.
Since he made a special trip to find him, could it be related to Xie Qianhu
He had just finished confessing these days, and his mind was about to turn to Xie Ying.
As soon as he saw Gao Su, he recognized it—the nephew of Eunuch Gao, who won the idle man who had won Da Qiao's painting and left! Could it be that he knew about the relationship between the Cui family and Ju Anzhai, and wanted to buy or order original paintings from here
He thought a lot in his heart, but his face remained calm, and when he entered the door, he cupped his hands and smiled and said, "Cui Xie, I have seen Lord Gao."
Gao Su was drinking his milk tea and eating milk pastry. When he saw him coming in, he put down the tea bowl, stood up and cupped his hands. Li, I have heard your name long ago, and it is my honor to meet you. I heard that you are a benevolent gentleman with both filial piety and righteousness. You donated money to the Daxing County Nursing Home and even became an old man for your grandfather. Bed, I'm here to meet you."
Cui Xie couldn't understand his intention for a while, so he was stunned, and showed a professional smile: "My lord is too much. I just follow my heart when I do those things, and it's not a big deal.
Although Gao Qianhu was here to give him some advice, he couldn’t reveal the forbidden Chinese language, and explained the investigation of the sage too clearly. Sir, take a look?"
Although Cui Xie was a little afraid of him, he still couldn't retreat on the principle of issue, he shook his head and said, "If it's getting late today, the second elder in the family should rest in peace, the adults will see, I will find someone to order one tomorrow and send it to the house. Get on. Although this bed is called an old man's bed, in fact, ordinary people can sleep. The matching goose feather cushion on the bed is soft and breathable. When you want to sit, ask someone to lift half of the bed by shaking the chain. Leaning, it is most comfortable to sleep when you are lazy."
Hearing this, Gao Su felt that the joints in his whole body were sore, and he wished he could lie on that bed for a day.
But he was here to do business, and he was carrying the emperor's will and the entrustment of his adoptive father. So I shook my head and said, "That's all, I just heard Daxing County magistrate Jiang praise you for serving your grandparents with great filial piety, so I came to take a look. You don't need to give that bed, so I asked Daxing County to come and make one for myself. ."
Cui Xie heard that he didn't mean to come here for calligraphy and painting, and it didn't seem like there was any serious business, but it was like a reporter came to the house to dig deeper into the story after the superior leader commended good people and deeds. Think about the adoptive father of this hundred households...
Wouldn't it be the Daxing County magistrate who reported his case, the imperial court sent Jin Yiwei to investigate, and then wanted to erect an archway for him
- He didn't know that this time the emperor thought of him and wanted to reward him with more than just a dead thing.
Cui Xie was thinking about Gao Baihu, and Gao Su was also thinking about him. Although he didn't see the bed, he also saw Cui Xie's filial piety towards his grandparents.
Without raising the eunuch, just because of his status as a Jinyiwei family with a hundred salaried households, but if it is not those pedantic Qingliu who will be killed by a word with Jinyiwei, who does not have to give three points of face when they see it? Don't stop him from going to see his grandparents, I'm afraid they have to rush them out to see him. Cui Xie, a helpless superintendent, must be extremely filial to stop him in order to let the second old man rest.
He nodded slightly and asked again, "But I don't know how many sons and daughters are in your house? I came in and saw that there are people living in several places in the outer courtyard, but I don't know which respected relatives live?"
Cui Xie came back to his senses, and hurriedly took out the attitude that he had when he came to the stage to give a report and interviewed poor students. With a correct manner, he smiled sincerely and generously at Gao Su: "The one living in the outer courtyard is the teacher Lu, who my father had invited to our brothers. Sir, and my righteous brother Cui Qi, he grew up with me since he was a child, and now he is also studying with Mr. Lu."
Shaodong, who lives in Anzhai, lives in the Cui family. The relationship between master and servant of this family is really good. The rumors are true...
Gao Su wanted to see if there were any pictures of beautiful women, manuscripts of the Three Kingdoms, etc. in Cui Qiyuan, but unfortunately the timing was not right, so he had to put down the matter and asked Cui Xie: "I heard that you have two younger brothers, why don't you see them?"
"The younger brother in the family is still young. Although he is officially studying with his husband, he can't live by himself. Sooner or later, he will still live in the backyard with his biological mother." There is a former stepmother, the second younger brother of Mrs. Xu, who was divorced because of her biological mother's crime, so she was sent away by order, and I am afraid she will not come back until the second half of the year."
Gao Su made a special trip from the eunuch's house to remind Cui Xie to care for his younger brother, and said quickly: "I heard that the south is hot and severe, this trip is long, and the escort is in a hurry. Even if he comes back alive, I'm afraid his body will be completely empty. When he comes back, you can take care of him a little more, don't discipline him too harshly."
Cui Xie's heart lit up, and he finally understood his purpose.
He looked at Gao Su, smiled and said, "Don't worry, lord, Cui is not the kind of person who is mean to the family. I have two younger brothers and sisters from the family, and I have invited the gentleman for them to study for them. The younger brother is back, naturally. It’s the same care. It’s just that he’s getting older, I can’t let him go out and play like he used to, and I must ask Mr. Haosheng to teach him to read.”
Gao Su was also relieved, and smiled: "Okay. This is what it looks like to be a brother. But I heard that your family sold a shop. Now, can you live on at home? Is there any difficulty?"
There are enthusiastic leaders to help poor families.
Cui Xie was very familiar with this pattern, and shook his head with a smile: "That's not necessary. Although there are only two small shops in the house, but because of the help of Ju Anzhai, they use their color-printed paper to wrap the goods, which also attracted people. Some buyers. And another clever guy in my family learned to steam flower water, and in a few months, he will be able to make fragrant flower dew that is similar to foreign flower dew, and the shop will be able to support it by itself. "
Their flower dew is definitely not comparable to imports. To sell it, it has to rely on packaging, but the packaging cost is high, and it does not follow the high-quality and high-priced route like fragrant soap. I am afraid there is no advantage in selling it. If you can ask the female relatives of Gaobai households to recommend it among those noble ladies, it will be much easier than they have to work hard to promote it.
He slapped his palms lightly, got up and said, "Sir, wait a moment, I'll ask someone to bring a bottle."
It was only then that Gao Su realized that the aroma of their house was not the incense, but the smell of steamed flower dew, and he couldn't help being a little interested: "You steam it yourself at home? Can you take me to see the steamed flower dew? place?"
Cui Xie said hesitantly, "It's in my yard, it's just a cramped place, and it's sweltering, so I don't dare to condescend..."
What are you afraid of, what are you afraid of, what are you afraid of, just watch something new!
This Cui Jiansheng is really a wonderful person. Not only is he sensible, he can study, but he can also do such good things. The last time Xie Ying wore the new clothes he made, he was in the limelight for several months. If he could get this new flower water, wouldn't he have to envy the people in the Weisuo for several months
Gao Su excitedly asked Cui Xie to lead the way and went to his yard to watch the steamed flower dew.
Since the Qixi Festival, Cui Xie tried out the flower water, and he brought Cui Liang home to find the flower water in the cellar. These are all steamed first, some are steamed in water, some are steamed in water, and some are smashed and steamed. They are all the same and have the same pure floral fragrance, but the taste of different steaming methods is slightly different.
They compared the flower dew on the market, and felt that the steamed ones at home were not strong enough, and the others were not bad, so they began to study the method of concentrating the fragrance.
Cui Liang is trying to throw dried petals into the already scented flower dew and extract it many times. At this point, Cui Xie couldn't help him at all. He could only raise his grades, raise his salary, and send a few more handy family members to help him, so that he could study to the fullest.
When Gao Su entered the kitchen without seeing anyone, he was smoked back by the hot steam mixed with flowers in the room. He ran outside and fanned his nose and took a deep breath: "Xiang kills people, blame you for not letting me see. I have used it for years. The flowers and water in the garden are not so fragrant, how do you live in this yard?"
Cui Xie rubbed his nose and said with a smile, "That's the hot incense in the kitchen, but the smell is actually good outside, not much stronger than the usual incense. This was originally something I wanted to do on a whim, so I asked someone to come over. I did it, and I got used to it later, and I don't bother to move the place anymore. It's uncomfortable to stay here, should Master Gao go back to the hall to rest?"
Gao Su said "that's it", waved his hand, and was about to leave directly when he suddenly saw a large bookshelf on the wall from the open window of the main room. The shelf was actually very pale yellow-white, like a willow or elm wood, not the mahogany color they saw in the hall, and it looked very shabby.
He couldn't help but take a second glance and walked towards the window.
The closer you get, the more you can see that the home is indeed a piece of mahogany and nothing at all, and it is all made of cheap boards. The style is not bad, there is a "Qian'an-like" narrow bed and a large wardrobe, but no matter how you choose it, you can't choose a good one.
Gao Su is used to seeing good things, and has excellent eyesight. At a glance, he can see that the furnishings in this room are all cheap, and they don't even look like them. The hall of his house is clearly not like this. Why does the person in charge of housework use such inferior furniture
Gao Su couldn't help asking: "Your parents... the divorced stepmother will live in such a house for you?"
Cui Xie shook his head again and again: "No, no, I changed it myself later. I was originally given good furniture at home, but after my stepmother returned, she took away the main house's family. I don't think the main house is empty. It looks like I can't have anything to match at home for a while, so I moved the furniture that my deceased mother accompanied me in the early years."
Gao Su looked at him dumbfounded.
Cui Xie thought he didn't believe it, but he didn't want such a leading mouthpiece to misunderstand, so he smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the main room with me. Although my father is an official outside, he is in charge of this house after all. How can we as children only care about our own comfort and leave our parents’ house empty?”
Gao Su shook his head, the muscles on his face twitched a few times, he shook his head and said, "I'm not suspicious of you, I really... I didn't expect that I would have a dutiful son like you in the Ming Dynasty."
He patted Cui Xie on the shoulder and said with deep sympathy: "I should have thought that your family has reached the point of selling property. Naturally, the mountains and rivers are almost exhausted, so what are you demanding. When your brother comes back, you don't need to be too much. Get used to him, if someone wants to criticize you, I will speak for you! After all, your family is not the same as before..."
No, he really didn't want to sell miserable!
What he wants to show in front of the reporters is actually an image of an ambitious young man who is actively struggling!
Cui Xie was silent for a while, wiped his face, and tried to explain: "Thank you for your care, but my family is decent, at least I don't have to work hard. In fact, this kind of furniture is very popular in Qian'an County. Many people love to use this. It just looks bad, and it is very comfortable to sit on. If you don't believe me, can you try it?"
Gao Su glanced at him sympathetically, and couldn't bear to say that although big families also use this kind of narrow bed with thick duck and goose feather cushions, the bed frame is all carved from high-quality mahogany, and no one really goes to the countryside with small counties. Like inside, sleeping on a wicker-plank bed.
He said what he should have said this time, and asked what he should ask, and he has lived up to his uncle's wishes. He was afraid that it would be night and inconvenient if he stayed any longer, so he had to get up and say goodbye.
When Cui Xie sent him out, he asked someone to bring a bottle of freshly steamed jasmine water, told him to smell it, and said, "This flower water is not fragrant just after it has been steamed, and there are still a few steps needed, so I am here. A red string is tied to the bottle, and I tell them to be more careful when they do it, and it will be ready in mid-October, and they will be sent to the house at that time, what do you think?"
Gao Su usually lived in Eunuch Gao's house, but he couldn't tell anyone about this address, so he said: "You can give it to the shopkeeper of Jinyun Tower in the north of the city and ask him to hand it over to me. I'll ask someone to bring you money later. ."
Cui Xie pointed to his family as the spokesperson, and there was no reason to charge him back, because he said, "My lord also saw how I steamed here, it's all my own stuff, and it's not the precious goods from other countries, it's worth it. What kind of money. The adults just keep it, my family still has a shop, I can afford it, sir, it’s not that poor family.”
Gao Su pushed back a few times, but happily accepted it.
In fact, flower water is not a rare thing these days. What is rare is that he watched the steaming with his own eyes, smelled the smell of the flower water that had just been steamed, and tied a red rope on the bottle with his own hands, and waited for a few months to brew the true fragrance before he could get it. , something unique.
At that time, the one who has been in the limelight in Beijing and is envied by Jin Yiwei, wouldn't it be his turn
A few days after he returned, it was the Chinese New Year's Day.
The elusive Qingzhutang published the Diamond Sutra and the new Great Compassion Mantra again, and printed the white-robed Avalokitesvara statue, which was sold at stalls outside large and small temples. The good believers are all vying to be invited home.
In such a day when everyone would go to the mountains to worship temples, go to the streets to invite Buddha statues, and buy incense, flowers and candles for offerings, Cui Xie had to draw a clear line with these feudal superstitions. He put on the Qixi outfit that he had briefly passed through, and was forced to wash his body in white water, sprinkle mature gardenia perfume, swayed out of the city in a carriage, and once again arrived at the Xie Family Courtyard.