Xie Jin was frightened by Fang Xiaoru's sudden scolding. After he came to his senses, he said angrily,
"Old Fang, what are you doing, scaring me?"
Fang Xiaoru looked at Xie Jin. There was no usual indifference in his eyes. They were all serious. He said in a deep voice,
"This is the palace!
Moreover, as a minister, how can you evaluate His Majesty at will? !
When I was in the palace just now, I just wanted to say to you, Jie Jin, I tell you, if you are still like this, from now on you and I will be treated as if we have never known each other! Just walk like a stranger! "
Fang Xiaoru flicked his sleeves, and it looked like he was about to cut off his robes and sever ties in the next second. The comradeship the three of them had accumulated in the Capital University Hall and the Qinhuai River was instantly wiped out.
Xie Jin was also a little stupid. Fang Xiaoru rarely called him by his first name. It seemed that Lao Fang was really angry.
"Old Fang...I just want to say it, I have no other meaning. Are you a little too serious..."
Seeing Fang Xiaoru turn his head to the side, Xie Jin pulled Yao Guangxiao, who was watching the excitement, and said anxiously,
"Old Yao, just say a few words. You also know that I am just a quick talker and have no other meaning.
You said this, why are you so confused that you want to break off the relationship? "
Yao Guangxiao was dressed very strangely. He was wearing an official uniform on the outside and a Buddhist robe on the inside. He put his hands into the sleeves of the Buddhist robe, looked at Xie Jin and said with a smile,
"The poor monk thinks there is nothing wrong with Xiao Fang."
"You!" Hearing Yao Guangxiao say the same thing, Xie Jin became a little anxious, "Old Yao, why are you like this? Are you two working together to punish me?"
Yao Guangxiao shook his head and asked again,
"Xiaojie, you don't think His Majesty and you are friends, do you?"
Xie Jin was startled when he heard this, and Fang Xiaoru also turned his head to look at Xie Jin.
Xie Jin is a man of great talent. In terms of talent, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he dominated the entire Ming Dynasty.
But this person's character, to put it nicely, is that he does whatever he wants, to put it worst, he is neither serious nor serious.
This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang has always looked down upon Jie Jin.
Take Fang Xiaoru as an example. He is one of His Majesty’s earliest direct descendants. But from beginning to end, Fang Xiaoru has always put his relationship with His Majesty as the first priority in his heart.
But this Jie Jin is different.
When His Majesty was a Saint-grandson, he always treated everyone with a humble attitude. It didn't matter if your Jie Jin was older or younger. But now that the Saints have ascended the throne, it would be a bit inappropriate for you to treat His Majesty as a Saint-grandson.
This was Fang Xiaoru's kind reminder that if other officials looked at him, Xie Jin would be charged with valuing His Majesty as a child.
And this needs to be known to Master Hongwu...
He can only let Xie Jin wish for happiness.
In the Yongle Dynasty, Xie Jin was also like this. He was no older than Zhu Laosi, but he didn't end up well in the end. In addition, Xie Jin was not very popular, and no one reminded him at all.
Now, after passing Yao Guangxiao, Xie Jin figured this out, a look of fear flashed in his eyes, he looked at Fang Xiaoru, bowed and said,
"Brother Fang, thank you for saving your life! Otherwise, I would have been on the road to death!"
When Fang Xiaoru talked about breaking up the friendship, she didn't really want to break up the friendship with him. She just wanted to beat him up. Seeing that Xie Jin had come to his senses, Fang Xiaoru sighed and said,
"You can carry it more with you from now on, got it?"
"Yes, yes, brother Fang."
Yao Guangxiao added next to him,
"Now you and I are divided into the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry. We should serve His Majesty wholeheartedly."
The eyes of the other two people flashed. This time they understood Yao Guangxiao's attack.
Your Majesty wants to start with these three.
Fang Xiaoru cupped her fists and looked in the direction of the palace, and said seriously,
"Of course you have to do your best to serve His Majesty!"
"Me too!"
Jie Jin held Fang Xiaoru and touched his body with his other hand. Fang Xiaoru frowned and said,
"You have lice?"
"No, just look at it...Oh! Here it is!"
With that said, Xie Jin took out a piece of silver from his official uniform.
Fang Xiaoru and Yao Guangxiao looked at each other, and then, like a magic trick, Xie Jin conjured pieces of silver one by one from his body, head, and the soles of his shoes.
Seeing this, Yao Guangxiao finally broke his guard, pointed his finger at Jie Jin's nose and cursed,
"What a good Jie Jin! On weekdays, you can pretend to be poorer than a poor monk! When we went to dinner, you stayed with me for a whole day because you didn't want to pay the bill!
Co-author, you hide all your money here! "
Although Fang Xiaoru didn't say anything, his eyes looked at Xie Jin with a hint of murderous intent. Yao Guangxiao said that he was a poor monk, but he still paid money once in a while.
Xie Jinlao said that he was a poor scholar, and when he went out to play, he only wanted to accompany him without spending any money.
Since no one had money, Fang Xiaoru naturally paid the most.
Fang Xiaoru thought that if the two of them really had no money, it would be fine. Why would they work together with the eldest brother and the third brother to trick him?
Even if Liu Guan and Zhang are playing like this, they have to break up!
Jie Jin looked apologetic and said hurriedly,
"You wait a minute, we'll talk about it later, we'll talk about it later!"
As he spoke, Jie Jin put his hand into his back, with a painful look on his face, and then made a sound of opening the cork of the red wine bottle.
With a "pop" sound, Jie Jin felt relieved.
He slowly took out the last piece of broken silver, but it had a weird color stuck to it.
Yao Guangxiao slowly gave a thumbs up to Xie Jin.
"You are awesome. If you have this skill, you should have told me earlier. Why do you still have to pay for it?"
Fang Xiaoru quickly took two steps back, looked at the silver particles in Xie Jin's hand, and asked in a horrified tone,
"Where did you get this from?!!"
Xie Jin cast an ambiguous wink at Fang Xiaoru.
"Don't ask."
Then, he threw the silver into his other hand, holding the pieces of silver in his hand, and said with a loyal look,
"Before, I was a brother and I acted dishonestly, but now I understand that nothing is as important as brothers if I come back after all the money has been spent!
In this way, is it okay for Mr. Jie to pay for all the consumption of the Qinhuai River today? "
When they heard that they were going to Qinhuai River, Yao Guangxiao and Fang Xiaoru looked much better on their faces and muttered,
"That's pretty much it..."
"Let's go, let's go. I must not get drunk or come back today to show my gratitude to my little brother."
Seeing Jie Jin trying to hug him, Fang Xiaoru said angrily,
"Don't touch me with your hands!"
Jie Jin had a heartbroken expression on his face.
"Brother Fang, you..."
Fang Xiaoru asked,
"You want some more Yu'er?"
Xie Jin said of course,
"yes!"
Fang Xiaoru was silent for a while and said,
"Please tip Yu'er more."
"Ah?" Xie Jin asked in confusion, "Why is that? It's more money than it should be. Should I give her more?"
Fang Xiaoru looked at the silver in Xie Jin's hand, then at Xie Jin's hand, and suppressed her nausea and said,
"Okay, I will spend five taels of silver at my own expense to reward Yu'er."
Xie Jin said hurriedly,
"What are you doing? Why don't you ask me to invite you if you don't tell me? Besides, is giving rewards to good stewards something that our brother, with his level of consumption, is not worthy of doing?"
Fang Xiaoru said seriously,
"Don't worry about this. I feel now that it's really not easy for Yu'er to have to serve you."
