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Chapter 19 Meeting

The day after the appointment was issued by the yamen of the governor, the sons took office and the ones who went to Beijing took office, and the ones who went back to their hometowns all scattered like birds and beasts. Xu Boyi even kept his horse and immediately packed his clothes and ran to Hu County.

During the days when they were waiting for the government office to announce the resettlement results, the disciples invited each other and held banquets. In this era, the relationship between fellow townsmen and relationships in the same year are important links in the officialdom. They were both the same year and the same year, and were naturally closer to other officials. After taking care of each other, they were an unbreakable network of relationships.

However, Ye Xiaotian was not invited by other scholars. First, he was not from an orthodox scholar and had no connection with these people before. In addition, his temperament and temperament are really not like a scholar, and he is out of place with these people.

More importantly, he offended the Shilin leader like Cui Xiangxian and Wang Haoming and other official tycoons. Although there is no sign of suppressing him at the moment, it is better to stay away from him. Based on the officialdom, the relationship between relationships is important, but whether the team is correct or not is a crucial matter.

Once these scholars leaped over the dragon gate, they pulled their heads out of the saint's "Zhihuzhe", and naturally became based on reality in their actions, and the things they thought were more focused on real interests.

Ye Xiaotian was too lazy to deal with them, and he didn't mention it. Many of the customs and rules in the imperial examinations and officialdoms were confused and had no idea. Therefore, when he received the appointment from the magistrate's office, he saw that the above clearly stipulated the date of taking office, and immediately rushed to the carriage shop to rent a carriage, the long-distance carriage had already been booked.

Ye Xiaotian had no choice but to leave reluctantly, thinking while walking, the governor's office required that the time for taking office was so tight. Not to mention that Hongfeng Lake had no time to go, it became a problem to go on a carriage. It seemed that he could only buy a few horses, but the journey was long. Without a car, he had to take Yaoyao and Fuwaer, and it would be a big problem to rush on the road.

Although Ye Xiaotian seems unruly, he can still distinguish between the more and the more important. He was wild in Qiyunting and angrily beating Xie Chuanfeng in front of the government office, which was not the most fundamental thing. If anyone wants to deal with him based on his own likes and dislikes, unless he doesn't want to argue, there will always be a reason to say.

However, if the official order of the government is violated or overdue, then it is natural to deal with him, and he has no reason to defend himself. He does not want to lose this hard-earned official. If his father and mother learned that he had an official, they would not know how happy it would be. Such a great thing about glorious ancestors, he is just a young man who is just a young man who is in his prime, and he is not an old man who has seen through the world and sees the world. How could he not take it to heart?

Ye Xiaotian thought about it and couldn't help but sigh again. He was very happy to return to Huxian, but there were not only his unforgettable memories, but also his first friend he made after leaving Beijing, but he felt a little reluctant. Time was so tight that it was really hard to go to Hongfeng Lake and his party.

Ye Xiaotian thought about it all the way, and was a little unsteady. When he walked out of the gate of the Sihai Chema Shop, he just touched the shoulders with the two people coming towards him. The man suddenly stopped and sang to Ye Xiaotian: "Brother Ye?"

Ye Xiaotian stopped hearing the sound and turned around and recognized that this person was Zhao Wenyuan, a juren who was in the same subject as him. At the time, he was on the side of Qiyun Pavilion, this person explained to him the content of the debate between Li Qiuchi, Xu Boyi and others. Later, he fought with Xie Chuanfeng in front of the government office. This person also came forward to persuade him, and Ye Xiaotian had a good impression of him.

Ye Xiaotian hurriedly bowed and said, "It turns out it's Brother Wenyuan, I'm disrespectful, I'm disrespectful." Ye Xiaotian said, and glanced at the tall and beautiful woman standing beside Zhao Wenyuan, thinking to himself: "Can this woman be Zhao Wenyuan's wife?"

Sure enough, Zhao Wenyuan smiled and said, "Aha, it's indeed Brother Ye. Madam, this Brother Ye is my same year. This time I went to Hu County to work together and will become a colleague from now on. Brother Ye, this is Zhujing Qian's family."

Ye Xiaotian hurriedly bowed and said, "Xiaotian has met his sister-in-law's wife."

Qian Qingqing bowed to him and said in a sweet voice: "Brother Ye is exempt from the gift."

Qian Qingqing used to sing and dance with Bai Xiaoxiao in the tent, on the shore of Shenshui Lake, Shengmiao forbidden land. However, there were many maids and dancers serving in the tent that day, and they all wore thick dance makeup, which was very different from the appearance of Qingshui Furong at this moment.

Although Ye Xiaotian has no facial blindness, he does not have the good memory of "not forgetting half of his face". Since that day, only Bai Xiaoxiao has dealt with him. Qian Qingqing has never shown up again. At this time, he doesn't feel familiar with him.

Zhao Wenyuan said: "Brother Ye is also here to rent a car or horse?"

Ye Xiaotian smiled bitterly and said, "That's right, unfortunately, all the long-distance cars and horses were rented out. The registration date stipulated by the magistrate's yamen is approaching. I am planning to go to the horse market to buy a few horses."

Zhao Wenyuan laughed and said, "This time I went to Huxian, and I had a luggage companion. How could I afford to ride a horse? I had already booked a carriage and horse, because I would leave early tomorrow morning, so I came to pick it up today. Since Brother Ye has never booked a carriage and horse, it would be better to go with me tomorrow."

Ye Xiaotian hurriedly refused: "It's not appropriate. Although I don't have much luggage, I have many family members. It's so inconvenient to walk with my brother." Since there are female relatives, it's a long journey. How could he squeeze into the same car with other female relatives? Although the customs of Guizhou are different from those of Central Plains, this is also a very rude behavior. Ye Xiaotian of course has to refuse.

Zhao Wenyuan laughed and said, "You don't have to be polite, Brother Ye, I rented three carriages. Now you don't matter. If you have a female family member, you can have the same carriage as Zhujing. Just squeeze in with you and my brother, and you can have a companion on the road."

Ye Xiaotian said: "This..."

Zhao Wenyuan smiled and said, "Brother Ye, don't be polite to me. We were the same year, and we just joined the officialdom and worked in the same county. We will inevitably deal with each other in the future. Today we are closer and we can take care of each other if we have any problems in the future."

Ye Xiaotian said intimately: "This is to form a clique. It's okay. If Xu Boyi goes to Huxian, he will definitely make things difficult for me. He has many friends and many roads." Then he said: "So, thank you Brother Wenyuan."

Zhao Wenyuan smiled and said, "My brother is here to wait. I'll go out to get the carriage and horses. You can go with me and recognize my residence first. You can come here tomorrow morning and let's set off together."

Ye Xiaotian nodded and agreed, and Zhao Wenyuan asked his wife to wait outside the door to accompany Ye Xiaotian and walked into the carriage.

Qian Qingqing was just now seeing Ye Xiaotian, and she was still a little worried, but when she saw that Ye Xiaotian did not recognize her, she let go of her heart.

In fact, they all thought Ye Xiaotian was a chess piece in the Xia family's involvement in Huxian, so they believed that Ye Xiaotian knew Zhao Wenyuan's background, so it would be no big deal if he recognized her. They had no intention of washing away the mark of the Yang family in Bozhou. But since Ye Xiaotian did not recognize her, it would be more convenient for her to act in Huxian.

Qian Qingqing's eyes turned and suddenly said, "Brother Ye, what is the position of the official position when you go to Huxian?"

Ye Xiaotian bowed and smiled, "Oh! The governor's yamen has appointed me as a post as a decree of history."

Qian Qingqing said lightly, "Dianshi, I am very majestic in charge of judicial and criminal prisons. Alas, it's a pity that my husband is just a postmaster and does the unpromising life that comes and goes."

Ye Xiaotian frowned secretly and said to himself: "How can a wife scold her husband in front of outsiders? It seems that Zhao Wenyuan's wife must be very domineering at home."

Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Mrs. Sister-in-law, you are wrong. He is also an official secretary, but this Huxian official secretary is different. You know, that is the northern gate of Guizhou, and it is the most critical point of the post road. Anyone who can serve as an official secretary there is extremely powerful. Have you seen that the official secretary elsewhere can be sent to other postmen and soldiers? But this Huxian official secretary has more than a hundred soldiers under his command."

Qian Qingqing said, "Ah! So that's it, that's my wife's opinion. Did Brother Ye have ever married a wife? Are there any family members who go to Huxian now?"

Ye Xiaotian said: "I haven't married yet. I have only a five-year-old girl in Huxian. In addition, there are two brothers and one elder."

Qian Qingqing smiled like a flower and said, "That's great. Let your little girl have the same car as me tomorrow. I won't feel lonely along the way."

As the two were talking, several handlebars led the carriage out of the gate. In order to facilitate the entry and exit of the carriage, the carriage shop had neither steps nor thresholds, and the gate was spacious.

The handlebar was pulling a carriage in front of the handlebar, and the shopkeeper behind him accompanied Zhao Wenyuan. When he arrived at the door, he said a polite word "Thank you for your patronage, and the road was smooth". Zhao Wenyuan pulled Ye Xiaotian to a carriage, and sneaked Qingqing to the second car behind. Zhao Wenyuan said the address and let the handlebars go on the road.

Zhao Wenyuan is very talkative and good at creating topics. He talks and laughs all the way, and he gets closer to Ye Xiaotian. As the car is walking, a tall mansion suddenly appears on the side of the road, with blue bricks everywhere, two lions guarding the gate, and flagpoles on the wall, all of which are available.

Ye Xiaotian took a casual look and suddenly saw the two words "Xia Mansion" on the door. He was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Xia Mansion? Is this the residence of the Xia family in Hongfeng Lake in Guiyang?"

Zhao Wenyuan was stunned and thought to himself: "You are the son-in-law of Hongfeng Lake, why haven't you even come to Xia Mansion?" But he replied: "Yes, besides the Xia family in Hongfeng Lake, which Xia family can afford such a huge house?"

The car slowly moved. After a while, the wall of the Xia family's house spread along the roadside. Ye Xiaotian looked at the high courtyard wall of the Xia family and felt mixed feelings: "Hey! I remember when my elder brother said that his wife was a matchmaker, he just went to the door. When the parents of both sides met, the marriage was settled. My elder brother and I were a compatriot, and I only had a stick of incense later than him. Why was my luck so much worse? It was so difficult to find a wife?"

Ye Xiaotian complained and his optimistic nature made him quickly find a reason for himself: "It's different. How can Shui Wu compare with my sister-in-law? Even if her father was killed later, she had a long engagement, so she was destined to have many good things.

As for Yingying, let alone, she is a figure like the daughter of the Seven Fairies. Although the Seven Fairies follow the Cowherd, there are thousands of Cowherds in the world. What a blessing it would be to be the luckiest one among them!
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