There are only two main streets in the city. With a little asking, you can find out where the county seat is. Kong Yinjing's carriage quickly arrived on the street outside the Yamen.
"Go and ask if Hong Fantai is working here!" Kong Yinjing did not get out of the car, but asked the accompanying servants to go to the Yamen Gate to inquire about the whereabouts of Hong Chengchou.
After receiving the order, the servant ran to the yamen gate. After a short time, the person returned to the carriage.
"Master, I have found out clearly that the Hong Fantai is in the Yamen, and the food and accommodation are there." The servant told the people in the carriage exactly what he had learned.
Kong Yinjing, who was sitting in the carriage, let out a long breath and immediately got out of the carriage. He said, "Let's go, help me to go to the Yamen." The servant helped Kong Yinjing towards the Yamen with his hands.
After walking a few steps, Kong Yinjing's legs relaxed, and he let go of the servant, gesturing for him to send the greeting card. The servant took the invitation and ran to the Yamen.
There are special yamen servants here at the yamen gate. As soon as the greeting card is delivered, someone will immediately come in to report it. After a while, the people who went in to report came out and took Kong Yinjing in.
Kong Yinjing was taken directly to the signing room where Hong Chengchou worked.
"Your Majesty, we've brought him here." The officer who brought Kong Yinjing over saluted Hong Chengchou in the room.
Hong Chengchou put down the pen in his hand and said, "Okay, please step aside first!" The yamen servant bowed and stepped away.
"Students have seen Hong Fantai." As soon as the Yamen servant left, Kong Yinjing quickly saluted Hong Chengchou and said hello, and glanced at the other person next to him out of the corner of his eye.
Hong Chengchou looked Kong Yinjing up and down and asked, "Are you from the Kong family in Qufu?"
"The student is from the Kong family in Qufu." Kong Yinjing admitted frankly. Hong Chengchou nodded slightly, turned to Sun Chuanting and said, "The Kong family of Qufu is a descendant of a saint. Judging by his name, he should be the same generation as the contemporary Yan Shenggong."
"I'm looking for you." Sun Chuanting said expressionlessly. After following Hong Chengchou for so long, although he did not agree to join the Tiger Character Banner, he helped Hong Chengchou do a lot of things, especially the civil affairs of the Tiger Character Banner, and he already knew a lot about it.
Hong Chengchou withdrew his gaze, turned to Kong Yinjing, and asked, "If you don't stay in Qufu well, why are you here? I remember that there should be officials in charge of Qufu."
"Gong Yansheng knew that Fantai had come to Laizhou, so he sent students to see Fantai. He hoped that Fantai could visit Kong's family temple when he had time." Kong Yinjing invited Hong Chengchou.
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Don't go to such trouble. Just tell me your purpose of coming, or why Duke Yan Sheng asked you to come to see me?" Such straightforward words made Kong Yin Jing was stunned for a moment.
The person sent to Qufu by the Tiger Character Banner also spoke so straightforwardly and clearly. Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou, who was a scholar, also spoke so straightforwardly and clearly.
"What? You just came to see me? I don't believe it. Don't even talk about visiting the family temple. I don't have much free time to go to Qufu." Hong Chengchou said in his mouth.
Although he didn't have much contact with the Kong family in Qufu, he had heard about it a lot. He knew that these people were all unprofitable and could not afford to start early. He had no friendship with the Kong family in Qufu. The other party came all the way from Qufu to see him, so he naturally had some concerns. beg.
Seeing this, Kong Yinjing knew that it was impossible not to say anything, so he looked at Sun Chuanting aside. It's not good to have outsiders present at this kind of thing.
Hong Chengchou noticed his gaze and said directly: "If you have anything to say, just say it. He is a member of the official and will not talk nonsense." After hearing this, Sun Chuanting just smiled and said nothing.
"Since you are one of our own, then the student should speak out." Kong Yinjing said,
"Yanshenggong sent his students to see the feudal lord in the hope that the feudal lord could say a few good words to my Qufu Kong family. Now my Qufu Kong family's life is very sad. The descendants of the saint are so harshly criticized. When word spreads, it also affects the reputation of the tiger-character flag. It's a hindrance." After hearing this, Hong Chengchou looked at Kong Yinjing in front of him with a playful look on his face, and said, "Is it that the entire Kong family is having a hard time, or is it a few Kong family members who have lost a lot of land that are having a hard time?"
"Of course it's not easy." Kong Yinjing said,
"Dong Yansheng knows that the feudal lord is also a scholar, so he hopes that the feudal lord can speak kindly to the Kong family in Qufu." As he said this, he bowed and saluted.
Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said: "Of course your Kong family's affairs will be solved by the officials in Qufu. If the officials in Qufu can't solve the problem, they will naturally send the problem to me. At the moment, the officials in Qufu have not sent any difficulties that cannot be solved. , it can be seen that there is still nothing important in Qufu."
"No, the Kong family is really about to die, otherwise the students would not come to see Fantai, and ask Fantai to lead the attack for the Kong family!" Kong Yinjing bowed deeply again.
Hong Chengchou leaned back and said: "Go back, I still know what happened to you Kong family. Duke Yansheng and those people behind you are not short of money. Even if they lose their land, they will still have a lifetime." It's enough to have enough food and clothing." How could such a special place as the Qufu Kong Family not attract attention?
What the Tiger Character Banner did in Qufu, including the details of the Kong family in Qufu headed by Yan Shenggong, was no secret to the Tiger Character Banner.
"Students are here this time. Duke Yansheng has prepared a generous gift for the vassal, and I hope the vassal will accept it." Kong Yinjing Qufu Kong's name was not easy to use, so he chose to bribe Hong Chengchou with benefits.
"There are also generous gifts!" Hong Chengchou laughed and said,
"I'm secretive, what kind of gift you brought, if you can't satisfy me, I won't accept it!" Kong Yinjing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
All you need to do is accept the gift. Once you accept the gift, there will naturally be more to talk about.
"Don't worry, Fan Tai. I can definitely satisfy Fan Tai, but I also ask Fan Tai to allow me to talk to my servants and ask them to deliver the things." Kong Yinjing said.
Hong Chengchou nodded. Kong Yinjing entered the yamen together with his servants, but the servants did not enter Hong Chengchou's signing room and were left outside the house.
After giving a few instructions to his servants, Kong Yinjing returned to the signing room and waited. Not long after, the servant greeted two people who came in from outside the house carrying a heavy wooden box.
"It seems to be quite heavy." Hong Chengchou smiled and said to Sun Chuanting beside him. Sun Chuanting curled his lips after hearing this.
He didn't believe that Hong Chengchou couldn't guess what was in the box. The wooden box was placed on the open space in the middle of the signing room. Kong Yinjing waved his hand and signaled the servants to step back. Then he reached out to open the lock on the wooden box and opened the lid.
