The Shangqing Palace was still so cold, and even Miaozhen's shouts did not cause much trouble. The most taboo thing for Qing cultivators is instability of mind. Xuan Chengzi seemed to have known about this for a long time, and his expression was dull.
Like words.
But not everyone is so steady, "Junior brother is leaving now? I have just arrived at Shangqing Palace!"
Ye An was lifted up in a bear hug. From this warm greeting, he knew it was Jingwu, a fool. When he taught him the hug ceremony, he did it to tease the Taoist priests at Laojun Temple...
Just imagining the way those Taoist priests in daily life were lifted up in a bear hug by Jingwu, Ye An couldn't help laughing.
Unexpectedly, Jingwu and Jingzhen both left the mountain. Jingzhen was a little more polite. He had been in the officialdom for many years and knew that Ye An's future was limitless, so he treated him with courtesy as a civil servant.
Jingzhen sighed a little: "Junior brother is now an official. The saint gave him the same background as a Jinshi, and he also used the title of bachelor to teach officials in the ban. The saint's favor is getting stronger!"
Ye An quickly returned the greeting and said: "Senior brother, you are so polite. Ye An is ashamed. I don't deserve such praise from senior brother. In fact, it's not a very good thing. It's just that Ye An's family education is quite different!"
It seems that there are many things in the palace that cannot be hidden from Xuanchengzi. At least he can enter and leave the palace freely, otherwise where can we get such accurate information?
"Senior brother, are you returning to the Ministry of Rites and Shrines to report on your duties this time?"
"Well, an idle official like senior brother can only judge the affairs of the temple, unlike a figure like junior brother who is in the heart of the emperor!"
Jingwu was very dissatisfied with the politeness of the two, and kept urging Ye An to prepare something to eat for him. At the same time, he put his hand into Miaozhen's sleeve and took out some food, looking like a child.
Seeing that Jingzhen was in a bad mood, Ye An stopped being polite and left with Miaozhen and Jingwu. Xuan Chengzi whispered: "Come to the clean room later to find a teacher!"
Ye An crossed his hands and bowed in agreement. After he left, Xuanchengzi said to Jingzhen: "Don't compare with him. Some people are born to be officials. They have good fortune and luck. You can't compare with him."
Jingzhen pursed her lips and said: "He is only sixteen years old, and he is already a scholar. He is also a bachelor's degree student of the official family. If he does nothing, he will be able to flourish and become a humerus when he takes charge of the official family.
Minister! Compared with him, I am like a firefly, I dare not compare him!"
Xuan Chengzi smiled and glanced at him: "You have learned all your skills from a teacher, so you are not suitable to work in the Department of Ancestral Temples. The place you want to go to in the future is not the Department of Rites, but the Imperial City Department."
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"Imperial City Secretary?!"
Jingzhen was suddenly startled, and looked at Xuan Chengzi with eyes full of surprise. He really didn't understand how he could be involved with the Imperial City Department. After all, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial City Department had nothing to do with each other.
Xuan Chengzi took Jingzhen into the clean room, sat down slowly on the futon and said: "As a teacher, I myself can be considered a member of the Imperial City Division. I am a young envoy of the third class without leaving any files, and I will serve as an official in the west!"
Jingzhen was slightly startled. Of course he knew about the enshrinement officer at Xitou, but what kind of young envoys were there if he didn’t leave a file? How could there be a small envoy of the third class who didn’t leave a file?
Seeing his disciple stunned for a moment after being told, Xuan Chengzi looked serious: "Not leaving a file means not leaving a complaint in the Third Class Courtyard. Only the sage officials know about it, and the high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs know about it.
Being an official in Xitou is not an ordinary official price. He is considered an internal minister and is more important than a foreign minister. He can also serve the Heavenly Family and the left and right, so his rank is lower."
Jingzhen knew it now, and the expression on her face changed from loneliness to surprise. She didn't expect that she was the only inheritance of the master. She nodded slightly and said: "Disciple understands!"
Xuanchengzi drooped his eyelids and said: "You know? You don't know if you are a teacher! Tomorrow you go to the Ancestral Temple Department to report on your duties. After you are off duty, go to the Imperial City Siguan Yamen to wait. There will be a personal official to guide you there.
Houya."
Seeing Xuan Chengzi's explanation so clearly, Jingzhen completely believed that his master could hide it so deeply.
Thinking about Ye An's future, and then thinking about her current assignment, Jingzhen smiled bitterly and said: "Disciple really can't rely on academic qualifications to move up like a junior brother!"
Xuan Chengzi shook his head slightly and said: "Everyone is different. When I first selected someone, I took a fancy to you at first sight. You are upright and not good at adapting. This is a disadvantage and a benefit.
What the Xitou Enshrinement Officer wants is people like you. Your loyalty is unquestionable. You must know that all the Enshrinement Officers are trustworthy people of the Tianjia.
When the saint summoned you and asked you to act secretly, it was not just because of your status as a master, but also because of your ability. Now that Mr. Kou has died as a guest in a foreign country, you have done an excellent job in front of the saint."
Jingzhen nodded heavily and said: "Disciple understands!"
Xuan Chengzi nodded slightly when he saw Jingzhen's appearance: "Very good, write down my teacher's words. In the future, you will take over as the worship officer of Xitou for my teacher and secretly run errands for the Tian family. But you must also remember that your junior brother Ye
An is also your helper!"
Jingzhen was slightly startled, then nodded and said: "Master, don't worry, my disciples will never do evil things like killing fellow disciples!"
Seeing the seriousness of his words, Xuan Chengzi smiled: "As a teacher, I want you to help him in times of emergency."
Jingzhen was stunned for a moment and then smiled bitterly and said: "Master, don't worry!"
Although she said so, Jing really didn't believe that Ye An would need her help one day. She couldn't say that she would still need the help of this junior brother!
Ye An, the east chef of Shangqing Palace, took off his apron and threw it to the dissatisfied Wang Gang while bringing the food to the table.
Wang Gang and Tieniu were very dissatisfied with the treatment of this young junior brother who suddenly appeared and whom Ye An personally cooked for.
But seeing that Jingwu's attitude towards him had not changed, Ye An was extremely happy. Compared to Jingzhen, his senior brother treated him with more respect and politeness. Jingwu's attitude had not changed at all, which made Ye An feel comfortable.
After finally going down the mountain once and arriving in Tokyo, there was no other request but for him to make him something to eat. In Ye An's opinion, this was not excessive at all, and it was even what he should do.
After glaring at Wang Bang and asking him to entertain Jingwu nicely, Ye An went to Xuan Chengzi's clean room and saw Jingzhen coming out of it. They both bowed before leaving.
In the clean room, Xuan Chengzi sat cross-legged. When he saw Ye An coming in, he smiled and said: "I heard that you plan to be a lonely minister. Why, you also know that you will be independent in the Song Dynasty?"
Ye An rushed to Xuan Chengzi and raised his voice: "The ban has been corrupted to this point?! Has Ye An's story spread throughout Tokyo?"
Xuan Chengzi snorted dissatisfied and said: "Don't say these sensational things. I will tell you today, my master. I am the enshrinement officer at the west end of the Third Class Courtyard. Your matters were naturally told to me by others."
Ye An touched his chin: "Third Class Courtyard? Xitou Enshrinement Officer? How could an eighth-grade envoy find out such a confidential matter?"
Xuan Chengzi laughed: "How do you know everything about the palace? It's just a glimpse of the leopard! The secrets of the palace that I know are not what you imagine."
Xuan Chengzi finally felt that he was proud of himself in front of Ye An and was able to control him, with an unpredictable smile on his face.
"It's great that you want to be an isolated minister. I had too many close friends with King Sanhuai and King Taiyuan before, which is not in line with the feeling of being an isolated minister. Now that you plan to be an isolated minister, you have to separate yourself from Wang Hao and Wang Yuan.
Master has seen your estrangement from Wang Hao, but I have never seen you estranged from Wang Yuan!"
Ye An grinned: "I told Senior Official Lan and Senior Official Chen that me being a lonely minister may be different from the lonely ministers you have seen, so don't doubt that I am a lonely minister, but I am not alone!"
"It is not a good thing for a lonely minister to have both sides. On the contrary, it is just a matter of fact and becomes the behavior of a villain!"