Go to Kaifeng to be a civil servant

"Ugh--"

A long sigh came out from the Kaifeng mansion's study, revealing three points of sadness, three points of resentment, and four points of helplessness.

Wang Chao and Ma Han, the two lieutenants guarding the door of the study, also sank when they heard this sigh.

"No. 20 eight times..." Wang Chao sighed.

"It was only ten times the day before yesterday, but it was sixteen times yesterday... It seems that this time is in serious trouble..." Ma Han also shook his head.

"Alas—" Another long sigh came out.

"No. 20 nine times..." Wang Chao and Ma Han looked at each other and said in unison.

"Mr. Gongsun and Captain Jin went out to purchase medicinal herbs the day before yesterday, why didn't they come back today?" Wang Chao said with a bitter face.

"It should be soon..." Ma Han's long face stretched even longer.

Suddenly, a rash voice came over.

"Brother Wang, Brother Ma, Mr. Gongsun and Captain Jin are back!"

The two looked up and saw Zhang Long hastily running into the Confucian Courtyard, his face full of joy.

Two people walked slowly behind Zhang Long, one was wearing a Confucian shirt and three light beards, he was Mr. Gongsun, the head of the Kaifeng Mansion, and the other was wearing a commoner, with a thin figure, he was Jin Qian, the sixth-rank school lieutenant of the Kaifeng Mansion .

"Mr. Gongsun, Captain Jin, you've come back!" Wang Chao and Ma Han's eyes lit up immediately, and they all said in unison.

Mr. Gongsun looked at a few people, with a puzzled look on his Confucian face, he asked, "Why are you so flustered?"

Jin Qian frowned, and muttered: "There won't be another big case, right?"

"Mr. Gongsun, Colonel Jin, please don't ask, you will understand when you enter the study!" The three captains shot at the same time, and pushed Mr. Gongsun and Jin Qian into the study.

The two stepped into the study room, stabilized their figures, looked up, and were suddenly shocked.

I saw that in the study room, there were piles of piles, densely packed, looking around, they were all piled up with book cards, which made the huge study room extremely crowded and opaque.

Where is this still the study of Kaifeng Mansion?

It's even more like a warehouse than Kaifeng Mansion's warehouse for storing sundries!

Mr. Gongsun frowned, Jin Qian clicked his tongue, the two stepped over several stacks of letters, bypassed two piles of letters, and finally came to Mr. Bao's desk.

On the desk, there were two stacks of letters on one left and one on the right, hiding Mr. Bao who was studying hard behind the desk, his dark face was hidden under the shadow, and he couldn't see his expression clearly.

"My lord?!" Mr. Gongsun was puzzled

"My lord, did something serious happen?" Jin Qian looked anxious.

When Master Bao heard the voice, he quickly raised his head, and then saw the two people in front of the case, their black faces suddenly glowed, and he stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Mr. Gongsun, Captain Jin, it's good that you come back!"

"My lord, these letters are..." Mr. Gongsun said solemnly as he looked around with his phoenix eyes slightly open.

"Alas—" There was another long sigh, Master Bao frowned, and he said helplessly, "These are invitation posts for the banquet in three days..."

"Posts for the banquet?!" Mr. Gongsun was surprised for a while, then suddenly his face changed, and he said loudly, "Could it be... how come there are twice as many as last year?!"

After all, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and the tone of his voice was exactly the same as Mr. Bao's.

Jin Qian blinked, looked around, couldn't help feeling a little puzzled, and asked, "There are so many posts about going to the banquet?"

Master Bao frowned and handed a dozen booklets to Jin Qian, and said bitterly: "Lieutenant Jin will understand after reading it."

Jin Qian took the booklets and read them one by one, but when he finished reading, he was a little confused.

These letters are all invitation cards. Although the posters are different, the writing styles are different, and the words and expressions are different, the central idea of ​​the theme is surprisingly unified.

To sum it up, it can be roughly divided into the following three levels:

One: In order to congratulate Mr. Bao for being promoted to the first rank, a banquet will be held in the mansion on the seventh night of the seventh month, and I hope Mr. Bao will appreciate it.

Second: During the period, those who attended the banquet included: all the family members in the mansion, including the wife, the dog, and the little girl.

Third: Special emphasis: Among the entourage led by Mr. Bao, the four lieutenants can be omitted, and Mr. Gongsun can be indispensable, but Zhan Zhao, the fourth-rank imperial guard with a sword, must not be absent.

Jin Qian raised his eyelids, looked at Mr. Bao, then at Mr. Gongsun, and said inexplicably: "I don't know what auspicious day is the seventh day of the seventh month, why do you choose this day to entertain your lord?"

As soon as these words came out, Lord Bao and Mr. Gongsun were both taken aback.

"Lieutenant Jin, the seventh day of the seventh month is the Qiqiao Festival..." Mr. Gongsun said in surprise.

The seventh day of July?Qi Qiao Festival?

ah!Cowherd and Weaver Girl!

It is the famous ancient Valentine's Day!

So to say……

Jin Qian bowed his head and savored the theme of the book again, suddenly he was a little dumbfounded.

The meaning of the so-called drunken man is not in the wine, but in the mountains and rivers;

The meaning of the so-called banquet is not about the old bag, but about the royal cat.

The book invitations in the house of feelings are all invitations for Lao Bao to go out on a blind date with the cat from Kaifeng Mansion...

"Mr. Gongsun, what do you think should be done?" Mr. Bao looked around again, his face became more gloomy.

Mr. Gongsun twisted his beard and remained silent.

"It's not as good as it was last year. When I entered the palace, I asked the saint to issue an order. Tomorrow, the guards will be sent to the palace to be on duty. Let's avoid it for now..." Mr. Bao murmured.

"Absolutely not!" Mr. Gongsun's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he raised his voice, "Did your lord forget that last year, the guards of Qiqiao Jiezhan entered the palace on duty, which caused all the palace ladies in the harem to get into a mess and chaos; The concubines and concubines were even more tricky, coming up with all kinds of excuses to ask for orders, trying to deploy guards to guard them, and what's more, they slandered each other and fought violently, which caused the sage Longyan to be furious and had a cold war with the harem for a month. It’s been a long time, and it’s almost a crime of lax control! This method must never be used again!”

Jin Qian stared: That's too exaggerated!

"Then...it's better to decline all of them..." Mr. Bao thought for a while and said again.

"Reject?" Mr. Gongsun raised his eyes and said, "May I ask you, who sent these posts?"

"The two stacks of books were sent by several ministers in the court, and the stacks in the house are posts from the wealthy officials in the city, and..." Mr. Bao pointed along.

"That's it!" Mr. Gongsun said with a frown, "No matter which one, they are all powerful, powerful, and respectable people. If the adults are offended, how will they govern Bianliang City and Kaifeng Mansion in the future?!"

"This..." Mr. Bao's black face showed embarrassment, and he let out a long sigh, lowering his eyes and remaining silent.

Mr. Gongsun held his forehead with his fingers, feeling quite helpless.

Jin Qian glanced at this, looked at that, rolled his narrow eyes, took a step forward, clasped his fists and said: "Master, I have a way to solve the urgent need!"

Both of them were taken aback when they heard the words.

"What method?" The two asked anxiously at the same time.

Jin Qian grinned and said, "Since you can't refuse, why not accept all of them!"

"All?!" Master Bao and Mr. Gongsun shouted at the same time.

"Captain Jin..." Master Bao exhaled twice, but was finally speechless.

"Lieutenant Jin..." Mr. Gongsun put another hand on his forehead and said, "There are at least a hundred posts here, how can I answer them all?!"

Jin Qian showed a bright smile, and his slender eyes shone with dazzling brilliance.

"I don't know if my lord and Mr. Gongsun have heard of the Qixi blind date meeting... Ahem, that should be--Qixi Lantern Appreciation and Magpie Bridge Meeting?!"

-

Seven thousand lights illuminate the blue clouds, and there are many people with red sleeves in high-rise buildings.

On the banks of the Bianhe River, there is a breeze, and there are many pavilions, standing beside the river, with painted buildings and flying clouds, exquisite in all directions.

But tonight, the banks of the Bian River are a bit special. Both sides of the banks are decorated with colorful palace lanterns, and the weeping willows along the banks are all covered in red and green, which is very festive.

The pavilions of Linhe restaurants are even more brightly lit with red gauze wrapping around the beams and hanging colored lanterns.

What is so lively?

Eh!Who doesn't know, who doesn't know in Bianliang City, Tokyo?

Today is the Qiqiao Festival on the seventh day of July, and it is also the "Qixi Lantern Appreciation and Magpie Bridge Party" organized by the Emperor Bao of Kaifeng Prefecture for the people of Bianliang.

What is "Qixi Lantern Appreciation and Magpie Bridge Fair"?

As the name suggests, it is a gathering where young men and women in Bianliang City take advantage of the Lantern Festival on the Qixi Festival to meet with their favorite people, or a matchmaker to match them up. It is similar to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

But tonight this "magpie bridge meeting" is a bit special, not for anything else, just because the people who guard and patrol the "magpie bridge meeting" all night are the government servants of Kaifeng mansion.

Of course, Mr. Zhan Zhaozhan, the well-known fourth-rank imperial guard with a knife, must be indispensable among them.

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"Master Zhan, Hongyu is polite."

Looking at the young woman in a bright red gauze dress bowing gracefully in front of him, Zhan Zhao felt his forehead swell slightly.

Sure enough, before the words fell, he heard the noise from the side immediately, full of confidence and joy.

"Oh, isn't this Miss Zhu Hongyu, the daughter of Master Zhu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"

Star eyes turned slightly, and glanced at the thin figure beside him.

But seeing the dazzling brilliance in those narrow eyes, it actually overshadowed the bright lights on both sides of the Bian River.

"Miss Hongyu, she is sixteen years old, she is beautiful and intelligent, she is out of the world, she usually does not go out of the door, and does not go out of the door, I really did not expect to meet here here, it is really a destiny, a destiny!"

The high-octave voice continued to chatter.

"Lieutenant Jin has won the award, but Hongyu is just an ordinary woman, how can she bear such a wonderful praise." The woman in red had slightly flushed cheeks, lowered her head and whispered.

"Miss Hongyu is really humble and polite, I admire you..."

Zhan Zhao secretly sighed, and instinctively blocked Jin Qian's noisy line.

If it wasn't for the time when Mr. Gongsun was about to leave the government office, Mr. Gongsun gave thousands of instructions, never to be disrespectful to the people passing by tonight, and everything was arranged by Captain Jin, I am afraid that he would have already used his light work and taken the road away at this time.

Speaking of the smiling face of Mr. Gongsun today...

Coupled with the continuous encounters and chance encounters along the way...

Ugh……

A wry smile spread over his handsome face.

Zhao Hu whispered behind him: "Hey, Brother Zhang, is this the first lady from a predestined official family to meet?"

"It took less than half an hour to patrol the streets, and this is already No. 16..." Zhang Long's voice was a little listless.

"Awesome!" Zhao Hu sighed, "You said that Jin Qian has been talking non-stop, and you don't feel tired..."

"I think the more you talk, the more energetic you are!"

"Brother Zhang, tell me, have we been deceived by Mr. Gongsun? We're not here to patrol the streets, we're here to give Mr. Zhan a blind date!"

"I said you kid, it's been a long time, how did you react?!"

"Hey, that's true. Then again, do you think that Jin Qian looks like a matchmaker?"

"Hey, what a matchmaker, I look like the madam of Piaoxiangyuan!"

Bustard? !

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, and took a look at the thin figure who was still talking in front of him with great joy—if he had a big handkerchief in his hand, he would really look alike...

With a slight hook of her thin lips, a faint smile appeared on her handsome face.

The young lady of the Zhu family happened to raise her eyes at this time, her cheeks flushed immediately, she quickly lowered her eyes, and said at a loss: "Master Zhan, this is a sachet embroidered by Hongyu himself... If Master Zhan doesn't mind... please accept it." Down……"

"Ah, what an exquisite sachet, what an exquisite embroiderer, Miss Hongyu is really ingenious!" the noisy voice continued.

The smile on his handsome face gradually dissipated.

"Miss Zhu, Mr. Zhan still has work to do, so he will leave first."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his fists and saluted, Ruosong turned around and left.

"Master Zhan..." The red-clothed woman's eyes were reddish, she fixedly stared at the straight figure in the distance, and the sachet in her hand fell down with the wind.

Jin Qian glanced at the heartbroken woman in front of him, sighed secretly, took out a booklet from his arms, flipped through two pages, and said to himself: "Daughter of Master Zhu, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials: Encounter by chance, I will accept five taels of silver; Talking with each other, I will charge seven taels of silver; sending a sachet, I will charge ten taels of silver... Tsk, the ten taels will be refunded... oh..."

"Lieutenant Jin!" Zhao Hu's voice suddenly came, interrupting Jin Qian's thoughts, "Another girl I met by chance!"

"Come on!" Jin Qian was shocked immediately, and rushed over in two steps.

But when he fixed his eyes on it, he was taken aback for a moment.

I saw the young girl in front of me, dressed in plain green clothes, embroidered cloth shoes, and her hair in a bun like ink, but without any decorations, with beautiful features, but without any extravagance.

Ok?

Common people's style, fresh and elegant tone, unconventional?

creative!

Jin Qian hurriedly stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "May I ask who this young lady is?"

The girl in green raised her eyes to look at Jin Qian, then quickly lowered her eyes, her ears were slightly red, and said in a low voice: "Xi Lian."

"Xilian?" Jin Qian was taken aback, quickly flipped through the booklet for a long time, frowned and said, "May I ask Miss Xilian, which family's daughter are you?"

"Xilian is not the daughter of the official family, Xilian is just a flower girl..." The woman in green lowered her head.

"Flower girl?" Jin Qian was speechless for a moment, hurried forward and said in a low voice. "Little girl, it's not that I didn't remind you, the fee is not low if you want to meet Mr. Zhan today. If you have nothing serious, it's not too late to talk about it when Mr. Zhan is patrolling the streets..."

"Master Zhan?" Xi Lian was taken aback, looked up at Jin Qian, then lowered her head and said, "Didn't Xi Lian come to see Master Zhan..."

"what?"

"Xilian is here to see Captain Jin..."

"Jin, Captain Jin?!" The tone-changing voice instantly resounded through the sky.

Jin Qian stared at the shy girl in front of him, his face twitched and said, "You, you, you mean, you, you came to see me?!"

The girl blushed and nodded slightly.

Jin Qian's whole body stiffened immediately.

"Lieutenant Jin, not bad!" Zhang Long laughed and stepped forward to pat Jin Qian on the shoulder.

"Jin Qian, why didn't you tell us when you met this girl?" Zhao Hu also echoed.

"This..." Jin Qiandun felt a cold sweat running down his back.

A gust of cold wind blew, making Jin Qian, Zhang Long, and Zhao Hu tremble.

Looking back, I saw Zhan Zhao's handsome face icing, arms holding sword, red clothes like blood, and said stiffly: "Lieutenant Jin, no wonder you haven't improved in martial arts for a few days, it turns out that it's because you are absent-minded and not doing your job properly!"

"Huh?" Jin Qian was stunned.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were stiff.

However, the girl behind her was not affected at all, and under such high pressure, she put a sachet with both hands and said: "If Captain Jin doesn't dislike it, this sachet..."

"Miss Xilian!" Jin Qian exclaimed as if stung by a scorpion, "I really have no chance to accept the kindness of the girl, and I hope the girl will find a good match... That Jin still has official duties, so here's the deal." Farewell, farewell!"

After saying that, he ran away like burning his buttocks.

He heard Zhao Hu yelling behind him: "Hey, Jinqian, that little girl is crying..."

The cold was worse behind him.

Jin Qian only felt that he wanted to cry, but he cried out in his heart:

This cat is really small-bellied and stingy.

It's just a poor and powerless flower girl expressing her heart to us. Compared with his many fans of noble ladies, she is nothing compared to the big one, so why be so fussy...

Afterwards, along the way, Zhan Zhao, the fourth-rank imperial guard with a sword, who is known as gentle and refined, put his handsome face full of cold air on his face, and went unimpeded at the "Magpie Bridge Festival of Lantern Appreciation on Qixi Festival", and no one dared to get close to him Wednesday within feet.

In short, Jin Qian's painstakingly planned "blind date meeting to make money" plan unfortunately fell through.

-

The dew is white, the wind is clear and the night is facing the dust, and the little star hangs down the moon and buries the wheel.

"Ah—" A long sigh came from the courtyard of the third class courtyard.

Jinqian has a water bowl on his head, his arms are straight, his legs are bent at right angles, and his standard zama stance is quite imposing, but his face is full of bitterness, which shows off his glory.

Mr. Gongsun had just entered the gate of the class courtyard, and he couldn't help being taken aback when he saw this scene.

"Captain Jin, why are you doing this?"

Jin Qian mourned this face, and said: "Master Zhan, let the subordinates walk for two hours tonight..."

When Mr. Gongsun heard the words, he nodded slightly and said: "Zhan Huwei must have a deep meaning..."

Jin Qian nearly vomited blood.

"By the way, Captain Jin, how many ladies from the official family did the guards meet tonight?"

Jin Qian sighed: "Sixteen..."

"Sixteen?!" Mr. Gongsun was astonished.

Jin Qian shook his head and said: "This subordinate has done their best, and the rest of the dozens of young ladies probably ran away because they were afraid of Master Zhan's black face..."

"No, no, no!" Mr. Gongsun hurriedly said, "I'm just surprised that Zhan Huwei saw as many as sixteen people. It's really beyond my expectation. I thought that I could see at most three or five..." Speaking At this, Mr. Gongsun couldn't help but paused, looked Jin Qian up and down, nodded and said, "Sure enough, Captain Jin has a solution."

"Mr. Gongsun's praise..." Jin Qian replied with a twitching face.

There is a way? !

If we have a way, we won't be doing the squatting toilet here in the middle of the night!

"But that's fine, since the ladies from the official family left on their own, Lord Bao doesn't have to worry about explaining..." Mr. Gongsun nodded and said, then looked at Jin Qian, and clasped his fist slightly, "In that case, I won't bother Jin Qian The captain is practicing kung fu, so let’s say goodbye.”

"Mr. Gongsun, walk slowly!" Jin Qian squatted on the horse and walked.

Mr. Gongsun nodded, turned around and left.But when turning around, Fengyan glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the roof behind Jinqian, suddenly a smile appeared on Ru's face, and he recited aloud with his back: "The slender cloud makes a trick, the flying star spreads hatred, and the silver man travels secretly.

As soon as Jinfeng Yulu met, they won but countless on earth.

The tenderness is like water, the dream is like a dream, and the Gu Queqiao return home!

If the two feelings last for a long time, how can they be in the same day and night! "

Jin Qian's face twitched, and he thought: We are all in such a miserable situation, this Gongsun Zhuzi actually has the leisure to write poems!

But Mr. Gongsun came back leisurely again, and said with a slight smile: "Lieutenant Jin, from now on I will continue to study martial arts seriously. You must know that children love each other, but heroes are short-tempered. You are still young, and it may be fashionable to think about such matters of love and love. morning."

Ok?

Jin Qian wondered.

"It's windy and cold on the roof, so be careful to catch a cold..."

aha? !

What kind of riddle is this Gongsun Zhuzi playing?

Unexpectedly, as soon as Mr. Gongsun finished speaking, he heard a soft sound of roof tiles behind him.

Jin Qian was startled, and hurriedly looked back, but could only vaguely see a red shadow drifting away like the wind.

cat? !

Mr. Gongsun patted Jin Qian on the shoulder and said meaningfully:

"Lieutenant Jin, although the flower girl looks dignified, the Kaifeng mansion is heavily guarded these days, and it is absolutely forbidden to climb over the wall in the middle of the night!"

What?

After Mr. Gongsun left for a long time, Jin Qiansi thought for a while before he realized that his heart was burning and his face was distorted.

This stinky cat of feelings is squatting on the roof to watch us...

I'm afraid we will fall in love over the wall in the middle of the night...

Tsk, how can we, a dignified modern woman, be so tasteless, even if we want to climb over the wall, we should be handsome men and lovers...

Damn, do you still have the right to privacy these days!

-

In the Forbidden Palace, after listening to the reports of his subordinates, Renzong, the emperor of the current dynasty, had a gloomy face and sighed: "Alas... I have listened to Bao Qing's advice, and spent so much thought on organizing such a grand 'Qixi Lantern Appreciation and Magpie Bridge Party. ', why is it still impossible to resolve Zhan Huwei's lifelong matter? In this way, next year today, wouldn't I have to endure another verbal battle between princes and ministers to recruit a son-in-law? Sigh..."