Before Zou Run could speak, Zhang San, the street rat, got there first.
This Tokyo gangster who had lived half his life by stealing vegetables from the vegetable garden of Daishouguoji Temple had a bright smile on his face. He twirled a few strands of rat whiskers on his lips and spoke in a tone that seemed nonchalant. With.
"At first, a few of us discussed playing tricks on Master, but later we asked Master to use tricks to convince us. At that time, we discussed that we wanted to sincerely support Master, and it took more than a dozen of us to collect a few kilograms of money. , only enough to lead a pig and buy a few bottles of wine to entertain Master. I am not afraid of Master Zou’s joke. Things are expensive in Tokyo, but pork is as cheap as dirt... At that time, we were still afraid that Master would be angry and refused to eat it. Miles."
Speaking of this, Zhang San couldn't help but feel funny, and Li Si also laughed. The two looked at each other, and Li Si said.
"Unexpectedly, Master not only did not dislike it, but instead drank heavily with us and everyone else and ate all the pork. Later, Master spent a lot of money to buy sheep and invited us back. To tell the truth, I, Li Sichang It’s the first time I’ve eaten mutton at such a big age, and it’s also the first time I’ve been treated to a meal, hehe…”
As the grass snake Li Si spoke, he stretched his hand to the back of his head and scratched it, and started laughing again, but his eyes were filled with crystal tears unknowingly.
"At that time, we brothers decided that we would only serve Master in this life. Although we are gangsters, we are dirty but our hearts are not dirty. As long as we follow Master, we are not afraid of Gao Yanei, let alone his father Gao Qiu. I'm just afraid that Master will dislike us and refuse to make a contract with us. Zhang San, do you think so?"
"Yes, as long as Master does not despise us, we are willing to follow Master wherever he goes. Not only the two of us think so, but the brothers outside also think so. Brothers, don't you think so?"
Zhang San wiped the tears from his eyes with some embarrassment, pretended to be bold, and shouted out the window.
A low but firm response sounded outside the window, and Zou Run quickly stood up and opened the door.
I saw more than a dozen rogues standing outside the dark door. It was a cold winter night. Many of them were wearing thin clothes and their faces were a little blue. The white breath coming from the tips of their mouths and noses was... A thin layer of frost formed on the eyebrows.
But they were all smiling. Coincidentally, their hands were still holding wine bottles and wrapping pork just like when they first invited Lu Zhishen to have a drink.
"Master, we didn't eavesdrop on purpose, but the brothers discussed with each other. Today is New Year's Eve. Taking advantage of the time when Master came out of the cellar for some air at night, we pooled together some money to treat Master to some wine and meat. Let’s celebrate the New Year together…”
Zou Run looked back at Lu Zhishen in the room. This tough man had tears streaming down his face, and he couldn't help but smile.
In the early morning of the last day of 1114 AD, in Tokyo, Zou Run, Lu Zhishen, and a group of brave men spent an unforgettable New Year's Eve in a shabby residential house outside the Jujube Gate.
After eating this meal of wine and meat, they will say goodbye to the city of Tokyo at their feet tonight at the latest.
There is another person who also wants to bid farewell to the Tokyo city below, and that is Huahua Taisui Gao Yanei.
Gao Yanei, formerly known as Gao Peng (Note 1), was originally the son of Gao Qiu's uncle Gao Sanlang. Well, that's right, he was Gao Qiu's younger brother in terms of seniority.
However, because Gao Qiu found himself unable to have children after he became successful, for the sake of the prosperity of the entire Gao family, for the sake of Gao Qiu's official position itself, the number of official positions (note 2) would not be wasted, and for Gao Qiu's desire to truly be a father, Gao Peng reluctantly (overjoyed) became his brother's son.
Being an official is not shabby, no, not long after I became my brother's son, Gao Peng, ah, Gao Yanei, became Rong Yin for Cheng Xinlang.
That's right, it was the same rank awarded by the court after Yang Zhi accepted the military examination, starting from the ninth rank.
But Yang Zhi, who was no more eager to make progress, didn't understand the situation and hurriedly went to the staff department to fill the vacancy. In the end, he was filled as the envoy of the Palace Commander's Mansion, which was bullshit.
Gao Yanei is different. His father is a Taiwei, and he has a clear position in the civil service department. There are no good positions in the vacancies at the moment, so Gao Yanei currently only has an official status, but has not yet been sent out, that is, He has a rank from Ninth Grade, but has no actual job.
So he can get his salary without going to the yamen to work. What a wonderful thing this is, and he can wake up laughing while others are sleeping. But Gao Yanei was different. He hadn't laughed for a long time. Even though he had just become a serious official in the Song Dynasty, he couldn't laugh.
Facing the helpers around him who were congratulating themselves and asking for rewards, Gao Yanei said listlessly:
"What's the point of being an official of the Song Dynasty? If I could really become an official of Lady Lin...hehehe, that would be really interesting!!"
Youdao said whatever he was talking about. As soon as he thought about Mrs. Lin, a helper stumbled in from outside the door. He was as happy to see Gao Yanei as he was to see his own father. He held up a piece of paper in his hand. , reported happily:
"Yanei, good news, good news! Mrs. Lin has written a letter."
Gao Yanei, who was initially annoyed, immediately became energetic and shouted quickly: "Come and see me soon!"
Gao Yanei nervously opened the small plum-blossom paper, and saw that it was clearly written in elegant and graceful semi-regular characters, "I heard that the young master is honored with an official status, and I would like to congratulate the young master at home."
The signature is a simple Zhang character.
In just sixteen words, Gao Yanei almost saw the flowers, and stared at them for a long time. It was not until a helper next to him whispered in his ear that Gao Yanei woke up from a dream and started drooling. It had already flowed all over the ground.
"Beast! What are you calling me for?"
Gao Yanei was furious that his sweet dream was disturbed, and he waved his fat hands like pig's trotters to show off to the gang.
The gang of idlers hurriedly ran away, shouting: "The old man came to call, and he only told the yamen to stay at home tonight and to visit his relatives tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings. Don't go too far on the street, lest the prince come back in the evening." If you can’t see it, you have to blame it again.”
"What should I do? If I can't go out, won't I have to live up to my wife's wishes?" Gao Yanei frowned when he heard this. He thought hard for a long time, but he came up with a way. "Okay, all I have to do is pretend to be sick and lie down on the bed for a while, and then I'll wait for the boss to come over and take a look. Then I'll lie down on the bed alone and wrap myself in a quilt, so that I can get away and see my wife!"
As expected of Huahua Taisui, whose IQ is as high as 2.5%, Gao Yanei instantly became concerned.
First, he stripped naked, lay down on the bed, and screamed ouch, and when the boss came to help, he pretended to have a fever and a headache, only saying that he was dizzy and needed to rest, and he couldn't get out of bed.
The old man was so dim-sighted that he couldn't tell the truth from the false. He thought he was really sick and planned to ask a doctor to come. However, Gao Yanei dissuaded him and said that it was okay. He would just have a good sleep. He would not delay getting up early tomorrow to pay New Year greetings. It was just I can't stay up late tonight.
The old man was busy with all the New Year matters, so he didn't raise any suspicion when he saw it. He just asked his servants to take good care of him, and then went out to do his own work.
As soon as Lao Duguan left, Gao Yanei got up and put on his clothes. He also grabbed the official's newly issued official body, and hid a bottle of fun medicine close to his body. He raised his legs and tried to sneak to the back door of the backyard.
Before leaving, Gao Yanei did not forget to come back and warn the substitute on the bed to help.
"You're so good at pretending to be me. If you fool me tonight, you'll get a reward. If you can't fool me tonight, you'll look good after you eat me!"
