Xu Shi'an came to visit Qin Dewei today. Seeing that the sun was turning to the west, he had no right to stay up all night and had no choice but to say goodbye and go home.
Qin Dewei sent Brother Nai out of the door. Xu Shian hesitated and said: "Is there really nothing wrong with you?"
"The war has begun." Qin Dewei looked at the water of the green stream in front of the door and said lightly.
Seeing Qin Dewei pretending, Xu Shi'an was a little relieved, which meant that Brother Qin's IQ was still online, his mind was normal, and he had some ideas.
I couldn't help but ask again: "The other party is so arrogant, can you tell where he comes from?"
Qin Dewei seemed to be talking about a very trivial matter, and asked in surprise: "You didn't even notice this? Think about it, the other party didn't ask me my name and origin, and when they came in, they immediately assumed that I was the owner of this place. Such a style.
Simple and crude, what does this mean?”
Xu Shi'an said angrily: "It shows that the other party looks down on you very much, despises you very much, treats you like an ant, and treats you like a bug. He will step on you and pinch you if he wants!"
Qin Dewei: ""
Although he had no evidence, he always felt that Xu Laosan was showing some kind of dark psychology.
First, he stopped Xu Laosan from continuing to express his feelings, and then Qin Dewei quickly explained: "In addition to what you said, more importantly, it also means that the other party knows my details and thinks that everything is under control, so he does not pay attention to details and acts unscrupulously.
Such arrogance!”
"It makes sense, I think so too, but I haven't had time to say it yet." Xu Shi'an nodded and said.
Qin Dewei added: "No matter what, I am now relying on the county magistrate with real power, and I have done some minor work recently.
Knowing this details about me, and yet dare to be arrogant, I guess the other party must be from a well-dressed person, claiming to be able to stabilize me within the system. The details will be revealed tomorrow."
The so-called well-dressed people can be regarded as a general term for scholars. Regardless of whether they are officials or not, they are all considered to be in the circle.
Xu Shi'an said a little unconvinced: "The power in Nanjing is not only scholars and civil servants, but also our military and health officials!"
Qin Dewei asked back: "I have the real power of the county magistrate, even if the military and health official is domineering, but he dares to be so arrogant that he directly grabs the property if we don't agree with him? He is not afraid that I will turn around and give the land deed to the county magistrate.
You said this house belongs to Mr. Feng?"
In these days, the civil servants are noble but the military officers are inferior, and the military officers are controlled by civil servants. Even the promotion and honor of military attachés are under the control of the Ministry of War. Under normal circumstances, military attachés really don’t dare to provoke civilian officials. Unless they can’t pay food and wages, or they are about to be beheaded, they may be anxious to do it.
Make a mutiny.
Xu Shi'an was still very unconvinced and shouted: "Don't look down on the military and health officials so much. Our Duke is also a person of this kind!"
Qin Dewei retorted: "How can the Duke come over to grab a small house from a twelve-year-old boy like you when he has enough to eat and nothing to do like you? If he has time, why not go to Mochou Lake and continue to build a building?"
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Xu Shian argued again: "Then there are still eunuch forces!"
Qin Dewei held Xu Shian's shoulders and turned Xu Shian's direction so that Xu Shian looked south.
"Look, next to it is the Xiyuan Garden that Mr. Gu, the literary ally, is building. To the southwest is Gongyuan and Fuxue. To the south, across the Qingxi Huaiqing Bridge and then across the Qinhuai River Banqiao, is the old Qinhuai Academy where beauties gather.
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If you, Xu Shian, were an eunuch, would you choose a place near scholars and beautiful women?"
Xu Laosan imagined it for a moment and was speechless. If he became an eunuch, he would definitely not rob the house here. While being despised by scholars blocking the door of his house, while seeing beautiful women unable to eat, why bother?
In the end, Qin Dewei said with great certainty: "And the Xiyuan Garden is being built next to it. This will become the focus of Nanjing's literary world. Most people can't think of this!
So at this time, whoever wants to come and rob the house, no matter what the purpose is, whether they are being instigated by others to stir up trouble or want to use it for their own use, anyway, they must be well-dressed people!"
"I think it's aimed at you." Xu Shi'an had a premonition: "Because you are such a hateful person."
Qin Dewei argued: "What does it have to do with me? Mr. Feng is about to go on sale, ah no, when it is about to be released, I will just mess around every day, and I don't even dare to care about your father's crotch!"
I'm just waiting for Mr. Feng to show off his talents after he settles down and takes up his new position, without provoking anyone else! I just met Mr. Gu by chance, had a round of fighting, and provoked Xiang Zhengming."
Xu Shi'an sighed: "Okay, okay, I understand. That empty post as Baihu Official is meaningless. It just means you can get an extra salary. If you don't, it will be gone. I really don't blame you."
Qin Dewei asked again: "Do you still want to come over tomorrow? Can you bring Xu Miaojing over?"
Xu Shi'an reminded: "Have you really thought about it? If it's just Xu Miaoxuan, it doesn't matter, but her brother is a drag, Xu Miaoxuan won't let go, are you sure you can lead him?"
"Hehehehe!" Qin Dewei smiled very proudly: "That's because you have eyes but don't recognize the treasure. Don't think so far away for now, just say that it is still very useful at the moment."
After seeing off Xu Shi'an, Qin Dewei returned home. Xu Miaoxuan stood waiting at the door of the central hall. Seeing Qin Dewei come in, she asked: "Are you going to ask Feng Xian Cheng for help? Feng Xian Cheng has been an official in Nanjing for several years, so he must
There will be some connections."
Qin Dewei asked: "What did you think of the other party?"
Xu Miaoxuan replied: "I can roughly guess some directions."
Qin Dewei praised sincerely: "You are much smarter than Xu Laosan!"
Xu Miaoxuan was speechless. Is this a compliment?
Qin Dewei sighed: "But you don't understand, I don't dare to go to Mr. Feng."
"Why?" Xu Miaoxuan didn't understand.
When it was Xu Laosan who asked, Qin Dewei didn't even bother to explain: "At the most critical moment for promotion, Mr. Feng didn't even want to go to the Dongyuan Gathering, which shows how cautious he is now.
If you seek help from an opponent who is obviously very strong, it will easily lead to estrangement, and in the long run the gains will outweigh the losses."
Xu Miaoxuan still couldn't understand the subtleties of interpersonal relationships: "Aren't you and Feng Xiancheng close to each other and considered close friends? I heard that you two are usually in the same position. Could he be unwilling to help? Why don't you give it a try?
knew?"
"Never test people's hearts!" Qin Dewei warned: "If Mr. Feng is unwilling to help, then I will have some dissatisfaction and estrangement. This is human nature and is inevitable.
But if Mr. Feng was forced to fight against a strong opponent for unnecessary benefits during the critical period of promotion, whether out of love or out of a sense of justice, would Mr. Feng complain in his heart that I didn’t understand the importance?
Will it create a barrier for me?
If that powerful enemy can't even stand up to Mr. Feng and affects Mr. Feng's promotion, it will be even more sinful!
Now, in front of Mr. Feng, I actually don’t have much hard capital, and I rely solely on friendship to maintain the relationship, so I must pay special attention to maintaining this friendship, and it is best not to create impurities."
Xu Miaoxuan thought about it for a moment and suddenly realized: "So what you are saying is that you just do the hard work yourself and push the other party to the point where you can't bear it. If it affects Feng Xian Cheng, Feng Xian Cheng will naturally get involved without you having to ask?"
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Qin Dewei's expression was very scared: "I really have no such plan now. I feel that I can solve it myself and don't need to trouble Mr. Feng for my own selfish reasons. But I don't dare to be too absolute. If something like that happens, no one wants to do it."
It's better to have someone tell the truth than no one to tell the truth
For some unknown reason, Xu Miaoxuan actually stayed that night and slept in Liu Yue's room in the west wing. As for the old soldier who was said to be the bodyguard but looked very old, he was sent to sleep in the utility room in the east wing.
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The next day, Xu Shi'an came over early in the morning, but he didn't bring Xu Miaojing, only two servants to help out.
"Mr. Zeng and Xu Miaojing are ready to leave today!" Xu Shi'an reported: "Mr. Zeng left a message saying that he did not want to see his children to say goodbye. See you next year!"
Qin Dewei was speechless. He didn't expect to leave now, without even a chance to say goodbye. He was indeed Mr. Zeng. Since Xu Miaojing didn't have it, he didn't have it. Although he was gone, he still had his own mouth.
Xu Shi'an stayed behind, waiting for the unwanted guests to come to his door together with Qin Dewei and Xu Miaoxuan.
Simply waiting is always boring. Xu Miaoxuan thought it was a waste of time, so she said to Qin Dewei: "Waiting is also waiting, why not start your studies?"
Qin Dewei sighed and said: "I am so restless at this moment that I really have no time to polish my article."
Xu Shi'an interrupted and said: "Then you can practice couplets at will. Mr. Zeng said you don't need to practice couplets deliberately. I would like to see what level you are at."
In the eight-legged essay format, there are certain paragraphs that must be written in couplets. Therefore, anyone who is interested in studying and studying should also practice the basic skills of couplets while studying the classics and meanings.
The usual practice method is that the teacher pronounces a word, and the students correct one word, and then the teacher gradually increases the number of words, and the students follow suit.
When Xu Miaoxuan heard this, he said: "It's okay. I don't know how good Brother Qin's couplets are. I have to find out."
Seeing the excitement, Xu Shi'an didn't think it was a big deal and shouted: "Start, start!"
When Xu Miaoxuan saw the candlestick on the table, she said one word: "Silver."
Qin Dewei said without thinking: "Gold!"
"Silver candle." Xu Miaoxuan added the word, and the poetic meaning came out.
Qin Dewei continued without thinking: "Golden Spear!"
Xu Miaoxuan: ""
Although she had no evidence, she knew that if she continued to confront him, she would be invincible.
"Change it." Xu Miaoxuan saw the flower pots placed in the courtyard outside the window and said a very common word: "Red."
Qin Dewei randomly answered the word: "Purple." It's all purple and red, there's nothing wrong with it!
"Red Peony." Xu Miaoxuan began to add words.
Qin Dewei's eyes suddenly dropped, and he casually said, "Purple Grape."
"Ox chews red peonies." Xu Miaoxuan didn't react and continued to add words.
In front of the female gentleman, Qin Dewei shyly only said the word "人" and did not dare to continue. Xu Miaoxuan was confused, but she felt something was wrong.
Qin Dewei braked the car decisively and waved his hands quickly: "Forget it, I'm a serious person and it's really not suitable for me to practice couplets with a female gentleman."
At this time, the door suddenly banged. Qin Dewei and Xu Shian looked at each other, and sure enough they were here!
Then he said to Xu Miaoxuan: "I don't know what will happen. You should hide in the room first and don't come out!" Then he ordered Liu Yue and other women to hide in the room and not come out.
After opening the door, several people came in. In addition to the middle-aged man in robes and the seven or eight servants he saw yesterday, there was also a young man under thirty, who was surrounded by people and entered the courtyard.
Looking at this young man again, although he is dressed as a scholar, he is simple but not simple. The clothes are made of fine and elegant materials. The Tang scarf on his head and belt are decorated with beautiful jade. At first glance, he is a scholar from a wealthy family.
Qin Dewei didn't want to welcome him into the middle hall, so he stood on the steps and asked loudly: "Who is coming!"
The young master didn't bother to talk to him, and the old man in his robe replied: "My young master is the second master of Jiang."
Qin Dewei interrupted the introduction rudely: "I'm not interested in who Jiang Er is, I just ask who his father is!"
The middle-aged man in the robe choked for a moment, but Young Master Jiang could not help but speak and said viciously: "My father is Jing Zhaoyin!"
Qin Dewei was also a little surprised. This was not a small matter. Officials like to use ancient names to refer to him. Jing Zhaoyin refers to the governor of the capital.
In Beijing's Shuntian Prefecture and in Nanjing's Yingtian Prefecture, the chief official of the Zhengyin was not called the prefect but was called Fu Yin. He was elegantly called Jing Zhaoyin. He was a third-rank official. His official position was also very high, similar to that of the chief minister of the temple or the minister of the six departments.
Qin Dewei worked in the county government, so of course he knew who the boss of the government office above him was. Now the Yin of Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture's surname is Jiang Mingxiao, and it seems that he is the father of the second master Jiang in front of him.
When it comes to the relationship with the yamen, they are completely defeated. The government yamen can dominate the county yamen. Qin Dewei almost had the urge to turn around and rush to the county yamen to hug Mr. Feng's thigh.
No matter whether you ask Mr. Feng to move out of the Nanjing Civil Service Department or the Nanjing Military Department, you may be able to defeat the government office.
No, no, people have to be ambitious, but they haven’t reached that level yet. Now they are just a staff member versus an official!
Qin Dewei shook off the distracting thoughts and asked again: "You can't find it here, so who ordered you to come here?"
Jiang Cunyi and Mr. Jiang are very dissatisfied. Now being asked back and forth like this, it seems that he is very passive. What kind of dignity does he have in the government office?
He said impatiently: "No need to talk nonsense, just this place, do you want to sell it or not?"
Qin Dewei also responded very forcefully: "I made it very clear yesterday, I won't sell it!" If you say sell it, then Qin Dewei still doesn't want to lose face?
Second Master Jiang chuckled and said, "If you want to act arrogant, you have found the wrong person. Second Master, I never tolerate others!"
Before he finished speaking, several of the servants he brought suddenly started to take action, smashing the flower pots in the small courtyard to the ground, pushing over the water vats, and then smashed them to pieces.
Qin Dewei's face turned livid. This situation was unexpected. He didn't expect the other party to be so arrogant and domineering!
Xu Shi'an pointed at the two soldiers he had brought with him and winked at Qin Dewei repeatedly. He didn't know what he meant, but Qin Dewei didn't say anything.
"Sell it or not?" Mr. Jiang asked again with a smile.
Qin Dewei gritted his teeth and responded again: "Not selling!"
The servants took action again, pushed Qin Dewei away, and rushed into the middle hall. They lifted up the tables and chairs and smashed them to the ground. After a while, the small middle hall was in a mess and was in tatters.
Second Master Jiang raised his chin to indicate, and then asked: "Sell it or not?"
Qin Dewei shook his head: "I won't sell it!"
Without any instructions, the servants returned to the courtyard gate, skillfully removed the door panel and lit it on fire.
Mr. Jiang said in a relaxed tone: "I am a person with a bottom line. I generally don't want to cause harm to the injured or disabled, but if you don't know what's good and what's good, then it's not good."
Qin Dewei was even more angry, but his face gradually returned to normal: "Are you here to buy a house today, or are you here to humiliate others?"
Mr. Jiang laughed loudly and said: "You are quite smart, so I might as well tell you that since I have taken a fancy to you, I also want to teach you a lesson! I advise you to be familiar with others, so as not to suffer physical abuse.
bitter."
Qin Dewei sarcastically said: "What's the bottom line for a person like you? If you say you don't want to cause casualties, I'm afraid it's someone else's special instruction, right?
I think the son of the dignified Jing Zhaoyin is just a lackey and a lackey, driven by others, which is ridiculous!"
Mr. Jiang's smile gradually turned ferocious, "You really don't dare me to break the precept?"
Qin Dewei quickly whispered to Xu Shi'an, Hao Danian and others beside him: "Don't act rashly, follow my orders!"
Then Qin Dewei took a few steps forward alone, faced Jiang Cunyi who was a head taller, and said firmly and forcefully: "Although I am young and weak, my morality lies and this courtyard must be protected!"
When Qin Dewei stood together with the others, it might have been difficult to win. Now that Qin Dewei actually took the initiative to stand out, Mr. Jiang was not polite.
Immediately, two powerful slaves got the command and walked towards Qin Dewei. Qin Dewei silently began to count down to ten times in his heart, and when he finished counting,
"Wait, stop!" At this moment, Xu Miaoxuan suddenly rushed out of the room, stood firmly in front of Qin Dewei, and bravely confronted the two slaves.
Jiang Cunyi was surprised, but his eyes lit up, and he teased casually: "Hey, there is such a beautiful little lady." So Haonu looked at Mr. Jiang again, waiting for new instructions.
Qin Dewei was very anxious, why did you sister Xuan come out to steal the show? You are a weak woman, wouldn't you be causing trouble by coming out now? Isn't it good to just stay in the room and watch others act?
Suddenly there was another banging sound, and everyone followed the sound and subconsciously looked around, only to see that the door of the utility room in the east wing was forcefully opened.
Another person walked out slowly. He was in his fifties, with gray hair, a long green dress with narrow sleeves, and a straight waist.
In such a tense situation, he walked up to Xu Miaoxuan calmly and took out a ruler-long sharp knife.
The old man looked at Mr. Jiang, played with the sharp dagger, and asked: "I don't want this life anymore. Does anyone want to change my life?"
Jiang Cunyi subconsciously took two steps back. The opponent actually had a murder weapon! Today, we just wanted to rely on the strength of the people and didn't bring anything with us!
It would be difficult to deal with it if a life was really going to happen. A gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall, and this old man felt very dangerous, so Mr. Jiang immediately ordered a retreat.
Before leaving, he said to Qin Dewei: "I'll spare you today. I'll have something to do tomorrow, so I'll come back for advice the day after! If you don't sell your house for one day, you won't be able to live in peace!"
Xu Shi'an was dumbfounded. In the past few years, he and Xu Miaoxuan were in the same family school. He often saw this old man picking up Xu Miaoxuan's siblings, but he had never cared about it, and he didn't even pay attention to his name!
Unexpectedly, such an ordinary and inconspicuous old man suddenly showed his majestic temperament today!
Just when Xu Shi'an wanted to show his admiration, he saw Qin Dewei, who was repeatedly upstaged at the last moment, became very angry and yelled at the old man:
"You know that the other party is from the government office, but you dare to hold a sharp knife illegally. Do you know that this is strictly prohibited by law? Do you want to be arrested and sentenced to prison in the government office? Do you want to implicate Sister Xuan!"
The old man put away the illegal items in embarrassment and argued: "Although I have resigned from my post, my military status is still in Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, the capital!"
"Oh, that's okay." Qin Dewei decisively forgave the old man's illegal behavior and asked with expectation and curiosity: "What is the old man's original position?"
The old man continued to answer: "Just a school captain."
"Oh, it's okay then." Qin Dewei lost interest. A small school is a small school, no matter what kind of captain it is.
It can be understood that the captain in Jinyiwei can be compared to the servant in Yamen, but his name is more generous.
Qin Dewei sighed secretly, it was just that today's ending was not ideal and he did not receive a few spankings. Then when he goes to Hun Ya Ji tomorrow, he will have to work harder.
