Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Chapter 117 3 People Gathering

After picking up Xiang Yu, Xiang Yuan led his family towards Nanling City.It was already the end of the twelfth lunar month, and seven or eight days later, it would be New Year's Eve. In order to get back to Xiang's house in Lizhong Weeping Liu Lane for the festival, they didn't stop too much along the way, just taking necessary rest. At that time, the carriage was parked at the post station to replenish food and grass.

After driving like this for three days, they finally arrived at the nearest prefectural city to Nanling - Huaishui Yunzhou City. Here, there were two acquaintances of Xiang Yuan, Xu Wenlin and Li Guangyu, both members of the Qianxin Club.

When the two found out that Xiang Yuan was going back to Lizhong for the holiday, they sent letters by coincidence, inviting him to stay in Yunzhou City for a while, so that they could fulfill their friendship as landlords.Xiang Yuan calculated the time and thought it was okay to stay for a day, so he wrote back and asked the two to meet in Yunzhou City.

Xu Wenlin passed the Jinshi examination three years ago, his family lost his connections, and was transferred to a county below Yunzhou City to become a seventh-rank county magistrate. Now that his three-year term is about to expire, I don't know where he will be transferred.As for Li Guangyu, after the palace examination, he first worked as an eight-rank county magistrate in a remote county in the southwest of the prefectural city. After four or five years, he was transferred back with great difficulty. The Tongzhi of Shangyun Prefecture married his daughter, and within two years, he became a professor of Yunzhou City Studies.

Although both Xu Wenlin and Li Guangyu knew that they were both in Yunzhou City, but one was in Xiabian County and the other was in Fucheng. They seldom interacted with each other on weekdays. Occasionally, when they met in official circles, it was just to say hello and exchange casual greetings. It's hard to see that the two of them are both from Lizhong, and they belong to the same literary society.Therefore, after receiving that Xiang Yuan had arrived in Yunzhou City and had already booked a restaurant and invited them to a banquet, the two discovered that Xiang Yuan had invited them both.

When they bumped into each other suddenly, Xiang Yuan found that the two looked rather embarrassed.Xu Wenlin has always been outspoken and arrogant, if he doesn't like a person, he will definitely say something sarcastic when he gets the chance, but seeing Li Guangyu now, he just greeted Li Guangyu with a smile, as if he didn't even want to say anything .

Seeing Xu Wenlin, Li Guangyu felt guilty for a moment, although it was fleeting, Xiang Yuan caught it with sharp eyes.

Thinking of the news from his personal inquiries, he said that Li Guangyu's current wife was actually chosen by Xu Wenlin's family for him before, but for some reason, Li Guangyu took the lead before the decision was made.Because of this, the relationship between the two, which was not bad at first, declined rapidly.

Before this, Xiang Yuan didn't know that the two of them still had such twists and turns, and Xiang Yuan was a little dumbfounded when the news was passed on and handed over by him.

Now that the situation is like this, Xiang Yuan has no choice but to bite the bullet and invite the two to sit down.

The atmosphere in the room of the three was weird, Li Guangyu flattered Xiang Yuan to the utmost, poured out good words, and held Xiang Yuan in his words, making Xiang Yuan very uncomfortable.Xu Wenlin sat on the other side with a proud face. Occasionally, when Li Guangyu flattered him too much, he squinted his eyes and snorted.Li Guangyu heard it clearly, but he didn't think it was disobedient, he just pretended that he didn't exist.It made Xu Wenlin even more angry, gritted his teeth secretly, and thought: When everyone in front of us was a member of the Qianxin Society, why didn't they see that Li Guangyu was such a sinister and cunning villain!As soon as he arrived in Yunzhou Mansion, he tried his best to ingratiate himself with his acquaintance, and he didn't care about a few words of ridicule. Who knows, he turned around and married the wife he liked. The little teaching was promoted to the professor of the government school!On the other hand, now that the three-year period has expired, and I still don't know what to do after the assessment, I feel depressed just thinking about it.

Xu Wenlin muffled his head and took a big gulp of wine.

"Wen Lin, is there any place you want to go after your term expires?"

When Li Guangyu met someone he knew well, he went out to say hello and socialize. Seeing that Xu Wenlin was depressed, with frustration written in his eyes, Xiang Yuan asked.

To be honest, Xiang Yuan didn't have a bad impression of Xu Wenlin. Although he was scorned by Xu Wenlin because of the problems left by the original owner, but in all fairness, it is better to be able to express his dissatisfaction in a blunt manner than to hide it. Much better off just stabbing someone.Just like Zhang Yan, a classmate like that, meeting him once is enough.

Xu Wenlin didn't want Xiang Yuan to take the initiative to ask this, so he was a little embarrassed.

Selfishly, this time I took the initiative to ask Xiang Yuan to meet in Yunzhou. Apart from the fact that everyone is a member of the Lizhong Qianxin Club, there is also a part of selfishness.For the first time, the family urged him to establish a good relationship with Xiang Yuan more than once, saying that he would not know what to do if he didn't use such good contacts.Especially after Li Guangyu flattered his superiors, married his daughter-in-law, and took advantage of his power to become a professor of the government school, the family members sent letters to him for several days in a row, telling him to put down his dignity, don't lose face and suffer, if you want to curry favor, you must curry favor , He also said that this is the officialdom rule, if you can't play it, you should pack up and go home as soon as possible.

Hearing people say this the first few times, Xu Wenlin was filled with resentment, but after a few more times, he became a little numb. Now, sitting with a villain like Li Guangyu, watching him flatter Xiang Yuan like a dogleg, Xu Wenlin felt bad in his heart. Difficult to distinguish.

"According to my original intention, I want to stay in Yunzhou City, but my family thinks it's best to transfer outside again, so as to accumulate qualifications and improve in the future."

"Which direction are you considering?"

Xu Wenlin glanced at Xiang Yuan, and said sullenly: "Guanzhong, Hejian, and Jiangnan, these three prosperous places are more than our covet." After a pause, Xu Wenlin said frankly: "But according to my current qualifications, under normal circumstances It is impossible to be transferred to these three prefectures. Therefore, to tell you the truth, I specially invite you to meet in Yunzhou this time, not only at home, but also me, and I also want to ask you to help me."

Xiang Yuan smiled, a little glad that Xu Wenlin hadn't changed too much after all, although he was already quite sophisticated in dealing with people, he still hadn't lost his candor when facing people he knew well.

Before the capital left, Lin had a long talk with him about the treaty.From the court to the local government, covering all aspects, there are many things that Xiang Yuan didn't want to understand, and Mr. Lin was not stingy, and taught him everything.Xiang Yuan gradually became aware of the strangeness.Seeing this, Mr. Lin just smiled heartily. After the smile, he couldn't hide the silence on his face, and said slowly: "If the teacher's estimate is good, within a year's work, the teacher will have to be forced to return to his hometown. .”

Lin Gong didn't say the specific reason afterwards, Xiang Yuan pondered all the way secretly, and when he guessed the general reason, he couldn't help being shocked.

In fact, he should have already guessed, after the sage acquiesced to the prince to go to Hejian Mansion, and then specially asked him to visit the prince in the East Palace, he should have guessed the intention behind the sage.

The sage is probably the teacher who prefers to be the prince himself, which is justified.It's just that now that Duke Lin is the chief assistant of the cabinet, the power is not ordinary. If he is promoted to the prince's teacher under such circumstances, then over time, the court will inevitably become the leader of their Duke Lin faction. Not what a saint wants to see.

Now that the strength of the aristocratic family is declining and the imperial power is unified, the saint will naturally lean towards himself when he has to make a choice.Under such circumstances, Duke Lin must withdraw from the court.He sacrificed for him to become the master of the East Palace.

After realizing this point, Xiang Yuan was surprised and uncomfortable.

Surprisingly, the sage may have realized that letting factions develop will inevitably bring about the harm of party disputes, which is definitely very far-sighted and patterned; it is because of him that he is not comfortable, and Duke Lin is likely to withdraw from the court early , to live a retired life of returning to his hometown, this kind of result will not be accepted by Mr. Lin who is determined to do more practical things for the people.

"You and I have been classmates for many years and have been in the same club for so long. I will never sit idly by if I can help you."

Xu Wenlin was very moved.

Compared with Xiang Yuan before he didn't hurt his head, today's Xiang Congzi, even though he is in a high position, is still humble, polite and approachable, and he doesn't look sharp and sharp-tongued before.

"If it's not possible, don't be too embarrassing, Congzi. Although I am eager for opportunities, I am not an unreasonable person."

Xiang Yuan was about to speak, but Li Guangyu turned back, apologizing for going out to socialize before.Xiang Yuan didn't think too much about what he said, but he noticed that Niu Er followed Li Guangyu in quietly, and whispered in his ear: "Master, it's getting late, I'll go to Guangweizhai to buy roast goose first, and then come back to pick up the master." ?”

Xiang Yuan is also thinking about this matter in his heart. It is rare to have something his wife likes to eat. He has always kept it in his heart. He planned to rush to buy it for his wife after gathering with Li Guangyu and Xu Wenlin. Who knew that Li Guangyu talked so much, so he asked him to talk no end.And he had been in the officialdom both in his previous life and in this life, and under inertia, he couldn't stop the conversation in time, and it dragged on until this hour.

Niu Er didn't speak too softly, and there were only three people in the private room. Aside from Xiang Yuan, the other two obviously had nothing to say, so as soon as Niu Er opened his mouth, the scene was silent, and therefore, even if his words The whisper was also heard by the other two.

Li Guangyu had already found out for so many years, and as Xiang Yuan rose higher and higher, but the people around him were still the little brother from the Zhao family before, so he couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Wenlin was also emotional.Thinking back to the marriage between Xiang Yuan and the younger brother of the Zhao family, not to mention the uproar in the divorce, it was also a small-scale unrest.Especially before Congzi obviously liked the girl's house more. Who knows, it hurts his head, but he can calmly accept the matter of marrying a younger brother. Jun, there are no servants or concubines at all, which can be said to be very rare.

Seeing that Xiang Yuan was obviously absent-minded at this moment, Li Guangyu very obediently proposed to leave.With Xu Wenlin around, some things are very difficult to say, and it is not easy to be rejected in person. If Xu Wenlin is attracted to Xiang Yuan's idea, it will not be worth the loss.After all, there are not so many good opportunities.