"Shangguan Qi, are you sure you want me to say it here?"
On the way to the west city gate, people were coming and going. Two people were riding horses and bridles side by side, and there were more than a dozen people riding horses or walking quickly nearby.
Qi Wei knew he was anxious: "It's just a joke. Let me try to see if you have told me the truth. Alas, I don't understand the hardship of being an official in the capital. My colleagues all said that I committed heinous crimes in my previous life." , and then attached himself to Guo Jingcheng as an official."
He was eager to make contributions, and Luojing was divided into two counties, while Qiwei belonged to Yong'an, West County.
"In my dream, I want to make meritorious service as soon as possible so that I can pass the official examination with merit and be promoted to an official position. I don't want to stay in Luojing for a day." Qi Wei sighed.
"There are countless aristocratic families in the city like crucian carp crossing the river, and the families that have made great contributions to the founding of the country are even more like nothing. Their children have made mistakes. The young man said, can those of us who work as cows and horses in the government arrest people? Catch him, there is someone in the court, and before the prisoner has time to go to jail, someone from above is asking for his release! People will still remember you, it is really like walking on thin ice. Don't arrest us, officials are right under the nose of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. If he is discovered, he will be held accountable, whether he is arrested or not, which is very distressing."
Qi Wei sighed repeatedly: "Look, young man, I have just passed my thirty-fourth birthday, but my hair has turned white. My friends who are serving as officials outside the capital are now as young as young men." .”
By the way, I am sorry to say that he is not the only one who feels this way. Anyone who is an official in Luo Jing feels this way.
Even the important officials in the temple are also cautious, for fear of causing trouble for themselves and ruining their future.
"It seems that Qi Shangguan is about to be promoted." Shen Li caught Qi Wei's mentality and said with a smile.
"really?"
"I would never dare to deceive Shangguan a word."
"Okay, okay, great. You and I will go to Zuifenglou to have a drink and talk while we eat." Then, Qi Wei added, "It doesn't matter if you are full. The snacks at Zuifenglou are not as good as those in Luojing." You have a name, but you can’t eat it in other places. You have to come to Luojing. The pastry chef is a master and a disciple, a single pass!"
His description was exaggerated. Zui Feng Tower was not worth a penny in Luo Jing. It was just that few people went there, so that they could avoid being heard and talk to Shen Li. He would tell him what kind of information he had brought that enabled him to make meritorious deeds.
"Go this way, go this way, don't go wrong, Zuifeng Tower is not there."
Qi Wei led Shen Li on horseback to a remote street.
At the beginning of the Northern Sui Dynasty, except for messengers, no horses were allowed in the city.
But Luojing was too big. When Taizu passed away and Emperor Taizong took over, the restrictions were gradually relaxed, allowing officials of fourth rank and above to ride horses in the city.
After the late emperor ascended the throne, he continued to relax restrictions, and anyone with an official status could ride a horse.
Now the empress has simply abolished all restrictions. Everyone can ride a horse in Luojing, but they cannot gallop like the messenger. If someone catches a galloping horse, no matter how big his background is, he will follow the rules of the Northern Sui Dynasty. Law and order, twenty sticks.
Zui Feng Tower is really not that good.
Shen Li handed the reins to the waiter, followed Qi Wei to the second floor, sat down by the window, and ordered tea and several plates of snacks.
"Young Master, please look, there is the palace wall. Behind the wall, there is a pool with tens of thousands of koi carp. When the palace people feed the fish, the thousands of koi carp make a great noise. It is a wonderful sight in the world."
"Qi Shangguan even knows the situation in the palace?"
"Of course, I was lucky enough to go there and see such a wonderful sight with my own eyes."
Qi Wei poured himself tea and picked up a piece of delicate pastry. After the waiter left, he looked at Shen Li who was admiring the red walls of the palace and asked, "It's time to talk now, right?"
"There are two pieces of news. I wonder which one Qi Shangguan will listen to first?"
"Huh? Could it be that one is good and the other is bad?"
"No, no, this is good news for Qi Shangguan."
Qi Wei stared at Shen Li's face and was slightly angry: "Are you kidding me?"
"How dare you tease Shangguan?"
"Ha, I'm sorry you don't have the guts, just say whatever you want, I'm listening." Qi Wei chewed the pastries. In order to appear relaxed in front of Shen Li, he deliberately ate to hide the expectant expression on his face.
"Two pieces of news can be said to be one." Shen Li said nonchalantly.
"Are you going to say it or not?"
"Tell me, tell me, Qi Shangguan, don't worry, let me drink some tea to moisten my throat."
Qi Wei glared, feeling more and more that the boy in front of him was indeed playing tricks on him!
How unreasonable!
Qi Wei had already begun to think about how to punish the young man.
"The person sitting in front of you is a disciple of the Xingxiu Sect who has experienced three battles in Kaixi City, Woxia Temple and Qifeng City." Shen Li said slowly, "Qi Shangguan, do you understand what this means?"
Three fights in Kaixi City, Woxia Temple, and Qifeng City?
Qi Wei couldn't figure it out for the time being.
He kept silent and touched about half a cup of tea when he suddenly understood.
"That's it, that's it!" Qi Wei laughed loudly, "The young man is indeed a noble man."
From "I am" to "I am under".
Attached to Guo Jingcheng, how come Qi Wei doesn’t know that there are people in the Xingxiu Sect in the court? And he is a high-ranking official. Shen Li has already said it. He has experienced three battles in Kaixi City, Woxia Temple, and Qifeng City, and the meaning behind his words cannot be more clear!
Not to mention Qifeng City, there were only two battles in Kaixi City and Woxia Temple. Only one person became famous all over the world and was called the genius cultivated by the Xingxiu Sect by the good people in the world.
"Are you that person?" Qi Wei couldn't believe it.
He is really too young, too young to be true.
"I can't believe it."
Shen Li stopped talking about each official, and said with a smile: "You will come with me to meet someone?"
"Can you prove yourself only after meeting that person?" Qi Wei asked.
"I am who I am. You just don't believe it. Once you meet that person, you will believe it."
"Xiao Langjun..."
"Sinking carp."
"Mr. Shen, if it's true, can you give me a promotion?"
"What is your current position?"
"Alas, it's just a mere Dianshi. Before the restructuring, the Dianshi was not in the mainstream and had no rank. After the Fengyuan restructuring, the Dianshi was an official of the ninth rank, the size of a sesame seed."
"How many grades do you want to upgrade to?" Shen Li asked with a smile.
Qi Wei quickly waved his hand: "I can be promoted if I want to. According to the rules of the civil service, to be promoted to a ninth-grade official, you must pass the civil service assessment. If...if I am promoted to the position of county captain, I will be satisfied."
The county magistrate, county magistrate, and county lieutenant are the main officials of a county, and the rest is the county chief. For example, Qi Wei's Dianshi, who is from the ninth rank, is not even as good as the chief official, and is almost the same as the officials of the county government. , the good thing is that Dianshi is now a rank, and he is an official from the ninth rank, so don't use bean bags as dry food.
"Easy to say, the position of county captain is indeed suitable for you."
"Haha...Mr. Shen, didn't you lie to me?"
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. It's up to you whether I go or not."
Qi Wei suddenly asked coldly: "Mr. Shen, aren't you afraid that I will order someone to arrest you and put you in jail to be tortured?"
"Ha, you and I are chatting happily, why do you bring up prison?"
"Because you dare to lie to Yong'an County's classic history, let me tell you, although Yong'an County's classic history is from the ninth grade, it is different from the ninth grade from other counties!"
Shen Li smiled and nodded: "I know it's different. The county magistrate in Luo Jing is indeed superior to others."
Qi Wei poured himself another cup of tea, and picked up a piece of pastry without haste. Shen Li also tasted it. It tasted okay, not bad. The ingredients for making the pastry were genuine. It tasted sweet, waxy and fragrant.
"If you dare to lie to me..."
"Before you came, Zhu Yu, a householder in Tongquetai, had already identified me at the inn. I made a big fuss in Qifeng City again. You can report it to Tongquetai and let them catch me." Shen Li said with a smile, "Look, these are the two pieces of news I want to tell you. The first piece of news is that I can help you get promoted, and the second piece of news is that even if I lie to you, you can still report me to the Tongque Tower to arrest me for meritorious service. "
Qi Wei swallowed the cake and took a sip of tea, his face looked better now.
"Okay, I believe you, where can I meet someone?"
Shen Li said: "Luojing Baihua Tower."
Baihualou.
Indeed there are a hundred flowers.
But this flower is not that flower.
It is indeed difficult to find a rival for Pingkangfang of the Copper Coin Society in Luojing.
However, there are several flower buildings that are rising rapidly, chasing Pingkangfang.
Baihualou is one of them.
Even the one that’s rising fastest.
Pingkangfang has begun to cheer up and prepare to list Baihualou as an enemy.
These hundred flowers are the signature of Baihua Tower.
It’s not a flower, it’s a person.
A beautiful person.
It is precisely because of these one hundred people that Baihualou suddenly became famous in Luojing. From the princes and nobles to the common people, everyone knows that every one of the one hundred women in Baihualou was carefully selected.
Others didn't know it, but Shen Li knew it clearly.
Although Baihua Building is not opened by the Xingxiu Sect and has nothing to do with the Xingxiu Sect, there are many people from the Xingxiu Sect placed in the Baihua Building.
The good sister Song Wanru changed her name to Kou Xiaowan and settled in Baihua Building.
Originally I was going to another one, but my plan changed and I temporarily changed it to Baihualou.
On the way from Qifeng City to Luojing, there was a post station. Shen Li took a break. It happened that the postmaster of this post station was a disciple arranged by the Xingxiu Sect. This person may have seen Shen Li's portrait and recognized him at a glance. Give him a letter written by Qin Xianqing, as well as various information about the Xingxiu Sect in Luojing.
The one most involved is Baihua Tower.
Speaking of which, Fireworks Alley and Willow Land are the easiest place to get all kinds of information, but the Xingxiu Sect has not opened and only opened restaurants and inns.
Along the way from Nanwu, the Xingxiu Sect strongholds we passed were either restaurants or inns. Perhaps Qifeng City was an exception, but Shangguan Xi took his people to a farm outside the city for the time being.
Qi Wei stood across the street, looking up at the three-story Baihua Building, and murmured: "Mr. Shen, do you know that the salary of the Dianshi is not high, not to mention the Baihua Building, which has become famous in the capital recently? I am in the ordinary fireworks alley." I haven’t been there either, it’s definitely not because I don’t have the heart and I’m short of money.”
"Since Qi Dianshi is an official, he has not been greedy for money or bribes. This is very difficult. He is a good official."
Qi Wei laughed at himself: "What a good official. I just want to be promoted and transferred to the capital and not to be involved in countless conspiracies. I have just kept myself clean. If I have no worries, I will not refuse anyone who comes. I have really had enough of the days of clear soup and little water." Got it!"
