Shi Kefa walked out of Qian's house with a gloomy face.
Covering his brows with his hands, he looked up at the sky above his head.
Although the sun was dazzling, he could not feel the slightest warmth.
"Go back home." Shi Kefa told the bearer, bent down and got into the sedan.
After Nanjing became Kyoto again, land prices soared, but for the vast majority of officials, even if they could not afford to buy a house, they could still afford to rent a few tile-roofed houses.
Shi Kefa lives not too far from Qian Mansion.
The area where the two families lived was the residence of wealthy people. As the deputy censor of Zuodu, Shi Kefa, although he was not greedy, would not refuse such things as ice, charcoal and charcoal.
And although he was born in Henan, his family was not poor.
Really poor people can't afford to study. Even though Hong Chengchou's family is not rich, his mother can still sell tofu in exchange for money and food to support his family and arrange for Hong Chengchou to study.
The real poor do not have an acre of land or a ridge, and it is impossible to sell tofu. When they wake up every day, they think about how to survive, and they have no spare money to spend on reading and literacy.
"My guest, I'm really sorry, our place has been occupied today, we should go to other places to eat!"
When the sedan passed by a restaurant, these words came into the sedan, and Shi Kefa inside listened.
Perhaps because he heard that someone had booked the restaurant, Shi Kefa in the sedan subconsciously opened the curtain of the window on one side and looked outside.
But at this glance, he saw someone he didn't expect to appear in front of the restaurant.
"Go back quickly and go back to the restaurant." Shi Kefa shouted to the bearer outside the sedan.
The sedan had only taken a few steps past the restaurant, and the bearer quickly returned to the door of the restaurant.
"Get off the sedan, get off the sedan." Shi Kefa asked the bearer to put the sedan on the ground, and he opened the sedan curtain on the side facing the restaurant, revealing a small slit, and looked at the few people in front of the restaurant door.
"It's a pity. I originally wanted to try your salted duck, but it seems I won't be able to do that today."
The person who was stopped by the restaurant waiter said this. There was no anger on his face, but he did not forget to look up at the direction of the second floor of the restaurant while speaking.
Shi Kefa in the sedan opened the slit in the sedan curtain wider and looked toward the second floor.
On the second floor of the restaurant, he saw two heads looking down from above, and he happened to recognize the faces of the owners of these two heads.
Both of these people have elders in their families who are officials in the court, and they themselves can be regarded as rising stars in the officialdom.
He knew the person who was stopped outside the restaurant because he was Hong Chengchou, the envoy sent by the Tiger Character Banner for peace talks.
Shi Kefa in the sedan just thought for a moment and guessed what was going on.
Although what the two people on the second floor did was a bit childish and could only disgust Hong Chengchou, he felt comfortable in his heart just looking at it.
Hong Chengchou only glanced at the two young faces on the second floor and then withdrew his gaze.
Having been an official for so many years, he can see through such little tricks at a glance. It would be in line with others' wishes if he was really angry about it.
Since he couldn't enter the restaurant, Hong Chengchou turned around and prepared to leave.
Just when he turned around, he spotted the sedan behind him and saw half of a familiar face behind the curtain of the sedan.
At first glance, he is an acquaintance.
Hong Chengchou had a smile on his face, raised his legs and walked towards the sedan.
He arrived in front of the sedan in a few steps. At the same time, he raised his hand to the person in the sedan and said, "It turns out he is Xian's virtuous brother."
"Ambassador Hong, are you sure you didn't call the wrong person? I don't remember when I was so close to you." Shi Kefa told Hong Chengchou to admit that he was wrong, and simply walked out of the sedan.
Feeling Shi Kefa's alienation, Hong Chengchou raised his hands to cover his face with his sleeves, and said with shame: "I'm just asking for help. I didn't expect to see Shi Kefa here, and to be seen by Shi Kefa in such a desolate scene."
"Ambassador Hong wants to eat salted duck?" Shi Kefa did not answer, but asked about the duck.
Hong Chengchou smiled and said: "I've always heard that salted duck is delicious. It's hard to come here once. Naturally, I have to taste it to make this trip worthwhile."
"Ambassador Hong has nothing to do and only ate a few ducks. I'm afraid he won't be able to do business when he gets back!" Shi Ke said sarcastically in French.
After hearing this, Hong Chengchou shook his head slightly and said: "Otherwise, this trip has already shown our attitude. How to choose is a matter for the Ming Dynasty. As for whether it will succeed or not, to be honest, my lord is really not that kind." care."
Shi Kefa's face immediately darkened.
In order to prevent the imperial court from negotiating peace with Huziqi, he worked hard and did so many things, but the other party didn't care that much.
It made him feel like he had done so much but still looked like a clown.
"Censor Shi is also here to eat salted duck?" Hong Chengchou asked.
Shi Kefa shook his head and said: "I don't like to eat this food, but I happened to pass by and saw Ambassador Hong being blocked from the door. This scene made me very happy, which shows that the people of our country can use it."
"Using power to suppress the people's hearts cannot be considered the real people's hearts." Hong Chengchou smiled and shook his head. At the same time, he did not forget to look up at the two figures on the second floor of the restaurant.
When he and Shi Kefa stopped to talk, the two people on the second floor wanted to lean out and listen to the conversation between them.
Hearing this, Shi Kefa frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Ambassador Hong is not received by the restaurant. It shows that your actions are dissatisfied by the people all over the world. Even the waiters in the restaurant hate you. Faced with this fact, Ambassador Hong What's wrong with admitting it? There are only you and me here, no one will laugh at you."
"I, Mr. Hong, have never been afraid of people's jokes." Hong Chengchou said with a smile, and then added, "The two young men on the second floor who are about to fall out of their bodies, Yushi Shi should be familiar with them!"
Shi Kefa knew who he was talking about, but he still looked up at the second floor.
The two people on the second floor may have noticed Shi Kefa's gaze, so they retreated back into the restaurant.
However, even if the two people shrank back, they had already been recognized by Shi Kefa.
Shi Kefa disdained lying about this kind of thing and admitted frankly: "If the two people Ambassador Hong pointed out are the two people who just leaned out from the second floor, I do know them, but this is different from Ambassador Hong. What does it matter if you can’t eat salted duck?”
"Should one of the elders in these two families be an official in the court?" Hong Chengchou asked.
Shi Kefa nodded and said, "Yes, one of these two people is the son of Fang Qianfu, the governor of Huguang, and the other is the son of Mao Zongqi."
