But I saw that the bamboo in the calligraphy and painting was painted with charm, and there were two rocks underneath, which seemed quite imposing. The poem written was: Hold on to the green mountains and do not relax, and the roots were originally in the broken rock. Thousands of mills and thousands of blows were still strong, no matter how winds east, west, south and north.

Seeing his poem "Bamboo and Stone" being cited, he could only smile helplessly. There is no concept of copyright protection in this era.

In fact, the poems about his gentleman have long been quoted by many scholars and are hung in their own living room, flower hall, study room, etc.

Lin Ran is not a stingy person. After all, he actually quotes others. Just looking at this calligraphy and painting, he suddenly remembered that he had not released a new work for a long time. In order to preserve his reputation as a bamboo gentleman, he seemed to need to throw another poem.

The sky was not beautiful, and snowflakes suddenly floated.

Lin Ran sat in the flower hall waiting. Although he had been waiting for most of the hour, his face was still leisurely, drinking tea leisurely and enjoying the snow scene in the yard.

The bare peach trees in the yard, the branches and trunks were quickly stained with some snowflakes. From a distance, they looked like some blooming petals.

Lin Ran couldn't say he liked or hated Xue. Seeing the peach trees was just in a daze, Butler Guo stepped forward and bowed: "Premier Lin, my master is invited!"

"Butler Guo, please lead the way!"

Lin Ran put down the teacup and said with a smile on his face.

Butler Guo looked at Lin Ran in surprise and found that there was no dissatisfaction on Lin Ran's face. When he was secretly admiring, he was also honestly leading the way forward.

"I have seen the young master!"

At the corner, Butler Guo met Mr. Guo and immediately saluted respectfully.

Mr. Guo has been very happy recently. He just returned from drinking and looked at his housekeeper and said carelessly: "Butler Guo, where are you going, where are you going?"

"The master asked me to lead Prefect Lin to the living room!" Butler Guo flashed and raised his hand to point Lin Ran behind him.

Lin Ran faced Mr. Guo, who was drunk, and said with a smile: "Mr. Guo, long time no see!"

When Mr. Guo heard Lin Ran, his drunkenness immediately dissipated and looked at Lin Ran in horror. However, he did not forget the hard days he had at Shuntian Prefecture last year.

Butler Guo looked at Mr. Guo for no reason, and looked at Mr. Guo without saying a word, bowed to Mr. Guo, and made another gesture to Lin Ran.

Lin Ran looked at Mr. Guo with a smile and walked forward.

"If you have grudges, you will not avenge them!"

Mr. Guo watched Lin Ran walk away, and then he came to his senses and immediately said hatefully.

Guo Pu did not meet in the study, but in the living room.

Lin Ran had no emotional fluctuations about all this. As Butler Guo arrived in the living room, he bowed to Guo Pu who was sitting on the master's seat and said: "Secretary Lin Ran has met the Heavenly Official!"

Guo Pu had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a standard national face, wearing a first-class official uniform, his entire official power was even more powerful, and he raised his hand to Lin Ran and said, "Premier Lin, please sit down!"

"Thank you, the official of Heaven!" Lin Ran bowed again and then sat down in the seat next to him.

Guo Pu pinched the tea lid and poured the tea with the rolling soup. He looked up at Lin Ran, but suddenly asked with a stern face: "Prince Lin, why do you want to make such a joke with me?"

Lin Ran knew that he was referring to the test he had passed Zhang Yongming yesterday, and did not choose to shirk responsibility, but explained: "Lord Tianguan, the lower official also heard this and mentioned it to Mr. Zhang, but he didn't want it to be heard so soon!" As he said that, he bowed to Guo Pu and said, "Is it a false thing to say that?"

Guo Pu knew that the previous words showed the intimate relationship between him and Zhang Yongming, but his face remained unchanged: "Not bad! It's a false thing, it's clearly you're spreading rumors!"

"Sir Tianguan, then if this matter is true, what would you do?" Lin Ran immediately opened the right path and looked at Guo Pu seriously and asked.

When he was saying this, he was actually a little nervous. If Guo Pu made a promise, the matter would undoubtedly be a good result, but if Guo Pu made it clear that he would stand on Xu Jie's side, their situation would be extremely passive.

Guo Pu picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea. Then he looked up at Lin Ran and said with a stern face: "I will tell Brother Yue Jing about this, don't get involved, you junior!"

Lin Ran was undoubtedly a disrespect for him when he heard the title of "junior", and anger immediately surged in his heart. More importantly, Guo Pu did not answer his questions positively, let alone give them some promises.

After years of officialdom, he was able to control his emotions. Lin Ran suppressed his anger and solemnly asked: "I came here this time on behalf of my father-in-law. Please tell me the truth!"

"You can't represent your father-in-law. I will talk about this in detail with Brother Yu Jing! This is also an assumption. Lord Yuan Fu is not such a narrow-minded person. Don't judge a gentleman as a villain!" Guo Pu put down the teacup, but said with a stern face.

Lin Ran listened to the other party's tone and had already thrown the teacup aside. He no longer intended to continue discussing with him, and even felt that he, the "junior", had no qualifications to negotiate with him.

Guo Pu has become the Minister of Personnel and is highly valued by the emperor. Not only has a deep connection in the capital, but also his important positions such as the Left Censor, the Governor of the Grain Transport and the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are already his.

Now that his power and strength have increased significantly, he is about to preside over the most important Beijing Campaign, and he no longer takes him as the little Shuntian prefecture in his eyes.

Lin Ran's hand couldn't help but clenched his fists in his sleeves. However, his years of official career had suppressed the young and energetic Nuhuo, and then he poured out the teacup and said seriously: "The progress of opening the sea in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is slow. The official thought the problem was the candidate for Ningbo Maritime Supplier. I want to recommend one person, I wonder if it is possible?"

"You are too impatient when opening the sea. I don't think it's inappropriate. Don't interfere in the affairs of my Ministry of Personnel!" Guo Pu still said with a stern face and a warning tone.

Ningbo Maritime Affairs Reopened, but the candidate for Maritime Affairs was Xu Jie's disciple. After taking office, this person did not actively promote the opening of the sea at all, and it was simply a corpse-like meal.

Most importantly, as the Japanese pirate problem in Fujian intensified and Hu Zongxian's resignation made the Southeast unstable, the current court has voiced closing the Ningbo Maritime Warehouse.

Lin Ran’s case was not actually intended to hope that Ningbo Maritime Shishiju could replace him, but actually he was conducting another test on Guo Pu.
Chapter completed!