When Chen Xi introduced Su Tong and Zheng Qian to Zhu Houzhao, he introduced the situation of the two in detail.

However, Zhu Houzhao didn't care about this at all. As long as he knew the surnames could be called to each other, he had no careful notes on the names, characters, etc.

Su Tong and Zheng Qian were embarrassed and blushed and told their names. Zhu Houzhao nodded: "This matter is not difficult to deal with. Twist the housekeeper. You took Mr. Zheng and Mr. Su to find someone to get the joints and let the two brothers take up positions in the inner court. If the arrangement is inappropriate this time and there are any mistakes behind it, you should know the consequences, right?"

Xiao Tiaozi lowered his head and thought to himself: "It's nothing to do with me. It's obviously your Majesty, you and Zhang Yuan's husband. Am I qualified to inquire about the affairs of the court?"

However, Xiao Guozi still gave the court honestly: "Please rest assured, young master, the villain will arrange the matter properly." After that, he took his leave and hurriedly arranged errands for Su Tong and Zheng Qian.

Su Tong and Zheng Qian were still confused and at a loss. Afterwards, during the banquet, they were very nervous, fearing that they would be cheated if they knew the person.

Zhu Houzhao was very happy. Not only did she appreciate the singing and dancing performances, but she even called the singers and dancers she brought to her. The atmosphere at the banquet was very charming, but this was quite in line with Su Tong and Zheng Qian's appetite. Soon the two sides eliminated the barriers and started to have fun.

But in the bottom of my heart, Su Tong and Zheng Qian were still a little uneasy because they didn't think there was anything extraordinary about this "Young Master Chi". Except for bringing different women every time, there was nothing special.

From beginning to end, neither of them associated Zhu Houzhao with the identity of the emperor. The problem is that Chen Xi and Zhu Houzhao are not like monarchs and ministers, but more friends. Zhu Houzhao is arbitrary, and Lord Shen often scolds the lessons. How could he be the arrogant emperor today?

Zhu Houzhao has a bad reputation among the people, and gives people the impression that he is domineering and does not know what he knows. Liu Jin, who he personally promoted, framed the loyal and kind people, and finally rebelled, almost subverting the Ming Dynasty. As for Zhu Houzhao's greed for enjoying and addicted to alcohol and sex, there are not many rumors among the people, otherwise Su Tong and Zheng Qian would know Zhu Houzhao's nature and would definitely doubt the true identity of the young master in front of him.

It was the third day again, and Zhu Houzhao did not choose to stay in Su Mansion. At this time, he was already dizzy and looked at people. He was in a state of dizziness. He was in a state of misunderstanding. He was in no mood to mess with women. Su Tong and Zheng Qian were worried about watching the list in the future, and were not ready to play all night. After all, tomorrow is the first day of March, which is the day when the rankings will be released. They had to maintain enough sleep to get up early to look at the list.

So the two of them did not try to keep them and stood up to see Zhu Houzhao out.

Zhu Houzhao's face was flushed, she was shaking when she walked, and was drunk. Because Xiao Tiaozi didn't come back, several guards helped him walk out.

When he was about to leave the gate, Zhu Houzhao was still boasting: "Tell you, it's right to find me if you want to be an official. You can be as big as you want. Even if you want to join the cabinet, I will find a way to make you do what you want...don't."

When you drink a confidant, you can drink a thousand cups of wine. Zhu Houzhao meets a "confidant". When drinking, he completely ignores the problem of his poor alcohol tolerance. He talks nonsense when he gets drunk. However, one thing he remembers is that he cannot reveal his identity as an emperor... But the problem is that his identity is not exposed, and what he says is not much different from farting.

Su Tong and Zheng Qian were originally not at ease with Zhu Houzhao's previous arrangements for the lack of officials. After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, they were even more worried.

After sending Zhu Houzhao into the carriage, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing several carriages leaving, Su Tong shook his head and sighed: "Usually, you and I drink without discrimination. When they get to the table, they like to talk nonsense, which makes many gentlemen look down upon them. As a result, when they meet this young master Chi, I realize that we are still a good candidate."

Zheng Qian frowned: "Who is this Mr. Chi? Lord Shen came with him before. Judging from his attitude towards Mr. Chi, he should not lie to us. Mr. Chi's status after the nobleman of the nobleman is confirmed... But is he related to which nobleman in the court?"

Su Tong shook his head: "Where does this know? Lord Shen is not in the capital. If we know his whereabouts, we can find him to ask clearly. We can't always make friends with an unknown person, right? If Mr. Chi's words hurt Chi Yu, we will go to prison and don't even know what happened."

Zheng Qian's eyes rolled and suggested, "Or what if we send someone to follow Mr. Chi to see where he is from?"

"Will this... be punished by Lord Shen and Mr. Chi at the same time? Depending on the situation, they do not want to reveal their identities." Su Tong looked worried, "Lord Shen is very interested in our old friends and promised to help arrange errands. Now that Lord Shen is not here, we rashly check his students, and if he knows it afterwards..."

Zheng Qian smiled and said, "If you don't say it, I won't say it, how could Lord Shen know? Don't worry, we will send someone to stare from afar and just know where Mr. Chi's mansion is... We don't rush to come to give gifts. After knowing his identity, we will be clear in our hearts and don't show it. We should eat and drink..."

"Okay, that's how things settled!"

Su Tong gritted his teeth, "It's not a solution to keep your heart hanging like this. After confirming Mr. Chi's identity, we pretended not to know that we would still be friends with Mr. Chi in the future."

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Su Tong and Zheng Qian each sent slaves to follow the far-distance carriage, and then turned back to the yard. Because they were a little drunk and were going out to check the list tomorrow, they went back to their room to sleep. However, these two were really ridiculous. They did not sleep with their own women, but instead of sleeping with each other's concubines. This was also their bad habit. They were too open to drinking and sex, and they were never favored by Shen Xi.

After about an hour, the person who went to investigate came back and Su Tong had already fallen asleep, but Zheng Qian was worried about the matter and couldn't fall asleep for a long time, so he finally got up and went to the flower hall to have tea and wait.

When he heard that his servant came back, Zheng Qian went to the yard to greet him. After all, this place was not his home, and he was a little restrained. After coming out, Zheng Qian saw the servant with a panic look at him and frowned and asked, "What's the matter so wrong? Is it because of Mr. Chi who has entered? "

The servant replied tremblingly: "Young Master, it's not a good thing. The house where Mr. Chi entered has no door plaque."

Zheng Qian said disdainfully: "What's wrong with no door plaque? The Su Mansion purchased the Mansion in Beijing also has no door plaque. Is this a strange thing? Now you can explain the general situation of the Mansion, where is the location, and what are the characteristics around it?"

The servant replied frightenedly: "The door of the house is very large, the courtyard wall is very high, and the surrounding streets... there are a large number of Jinyiwei patrolling... There are special people standing guard at the door... The small one dare not approach because the night is already deep and there are no people around, so we can't inquire, but it looks very cautious and does not look like the place where ordinary people live."

Zheng Qian was a little drunk, but when he heard this, his body suddenly shuddered and felt that the situation was not good.

"Let's go and see Mr. Su!" Zheng Qian didn't care about anything else. Even though he knew that it might disturb Su Tong Qingmeng, he insisted on waking up his friends and discussing them together.

The Su family servants have just returned and have not seen the head of the family yet.

Zheng Qian and the Su family servants went to the main hall to knock on the door. When Su Tong came out of the bedroom with sleepy eyes, there was a woman in disheveled clothes on the couch inside and looked out, but it was Zheng Qian's concubine.

Su Tong covered his mouth and yawned, "Didn't you agree to go and see the results tomorrow morning? Why is Brother Zheng still not sleeping so late and insisting on waking me up?"

Zheng Qian said anxiously: "Brother Su, you still have the heart to sleep now? Didn't we agree to send someone to inquire about the identity of Mr. Chi?"

"It's like this. Why did you find out? Which young master is it?"

Su Tong recovered a little bit, wiped his sleepy eyes, glanced at Zheng Qian, and then looked at his servants. Neither of them said anything, and asked in surprise: "Can we be fooled? That guy is a liar?"

Zheng Qian felt the problem was serious and called out: "Let's go, let's talk to the back house, and some things should not be known to outsiders."

Because there were servants and women in the yard, and the environment was noisy, Zheng Qian had to call Su Tong to the back hall. After entering, Zheng Qian stepped back and called the two servants from the family to tell Su Xiao in detail.

The gate of the mansion, the wall of the high courtyard, and the imperial guards.

Su Tong was confused when he heard this: "There are many large houses in this capital city, and the gates of the Shangshu family are not small, just like the gates of the Shangshu Mansion or the plaques brought up by the late emperor. The houses of the Dukes and Dukes for generations are extremely luxurious. What can this prove?"

Zheng Qian said, "Why didn't Brother Su understand? There were Jinyiwei patrols outside the courtyard wall in the capital at night, and there was a place where the guards stood guard at the door. How could it be the mansion of ordinary princes?"

"This..." Su Tong was stunned and asked the servants quickly, "Do you know where you are going? At least you can find out the name of the alley?"

Zheng Qian corrected: "Northerns call Hutong."

"Yes, what kind of alley is that?" Su Tong asked again.

The servant of the Su family replied: "I know this, it is Baofang Hutong."

"call!"

Zheng Qian and Su Tong stood up suddenly, and they seemed to be standing at the scene, standing there for a long time and unable to speak.

Finally, the two looked at each other. When Su Tong sat down again, although he tried hard to calm down, his hand that reached out to hold the teacup was trembling violently and was out of control. In the end, Zheng Qian held it in a hand to prevent the tea from leaking.

Zheng Qian seemed much calmer and said to the two servants: "You have nothing to do here, please step back. If you have any questions, I will call you. Remember not to reveal this secret to anyone, otherwise the consequences will be borne by yourself, and the discount will be light!"

After the servant left with fear and anxiety, after Zheng Qian closed the door from inside, Su Tong finally put down the teacup and said anxiously: "Brother Zheng, do you think it will... it's really... that..."

Zheng Qian hesitated and said, "It can't be the current emperor, right? Even if it is really a Leopard House Alley, wouldn't there still be a wealthy family?"

"But there can't be patrolling the Jinyiwei at night, and there are guards standing at the door... Mr. Chi usually speaks very loudly. Even if Lord Shen is on the side, he often says some presumptuous words. The servant named Zhuo Butler beside him has a sharp voice and is probably a eunuch."

Su Tong was in chaos. He hadn't thought about many things before. At this time, he recalled a little and his body trembled even harder.

Zheng Qian himself was also scared, his face was pale and his body was shaking. "Don't panic, let's not scare yourself. The dignified Lord of Nine Five is not in the palace and the leopard room. He will come out every day to be unrestrained with us, drinking and having fun and playing with women. I can't argue, right?"

"Yes, yes, this cannot be the way the Holy Emperor is. Maybe it is a favorite minister around His Majesty?" Su Tong quickly comforted himself.

Just at this moment, the servant's words came from the Moon Gate ahead: "Two masters, Mr. Chi's servant outside the door has arrived, saying that he was coming to send official certificates. Should he invite him in?"

Since he speculated that Xiao Tiaozi might be the eunuch in the palace, how could Su Tong and Zheng Qian dare to be negligent? He immediately went out to welcome Xiao Tiaozi and invited Xiao Tiaozi into the door. He was going to pick him up in the main hall, but Xiao Tiaozi signaled that there would be no need for such trouble.

Xiao Guozi smiled and said, "Congratulations to the two, after my son's reconciliation, we have arranged new errands for the two. They are the left errand supervisor and the right errand supervisor of Shanglinyuan. They are both official positions of the seventh rank, and they are the same as the magistrate. If the two pass the Jinshi, they will arrange them separately. It is not too late for the two to take office after the exam is released later."

Su Tong and Zheng Qian felt something was even more wrong.

Although the Left Supervisor and the Right Supervisor are not the chief officials of the Shanglin Yuanjian, the Shanglin Yuanjian is not the chief supervisor and the deputy supervisor. Usually, the Supervisor is responsible for the responsibilities of the Fourth Department of the Shanglin Yuanjian. In other words, without the Supervisor, the two can firmly control the Shanglin Yuanjian.

Both of them realized a problem. Apart from the emperor, even a prince could not have such great power. He would set up his errands in one sentence, especially in such a short time.

Su Tong asked: "This errand...is settled?"

"What's wrong? Do the two young men still doubt my young men's ability to do things?"

Xiao Zhuozi's face was full of displeasure. Although Zhu Houzhao tried hard to hide his identity, Xiao Zhuozi had long been impatient. Especially when he saw Su Tong and Zheng Qian accompanying Zhu Houzhao to eat, drink and have fun, he wanted to remind the two to keep restrained.

After all, Xiao Guozi was also the attendant around the emperor. He was full of majesty under his eyes and said with his head high, "What my young master said will definitely come true. Today I just came here to say hello. You don't need to take up your posts in Shanglinyuan. You can wait until the exam will be released tomorrow before performing your duties. After that, someone will send the official certificate to the two. Say goodbye."

Xiao Twist is not speaking in the manner of a person below, but is more like a high-ranking official.

If it were the past, Su Tong and Zheng Qian would definitely not be able to accept it, and would even rebuke it. But at this time, the two could almost confirm that the young man who spoke silly was a eunuch. Judging from his attitude and tone of speaking, his status was still low, so they had to accept each other's arrogance and rudeness.

Xiao Tiaozi was about to leave, and Su Tong stepped forward to persuade him to stay: "This little brother, I haven't asked you, where is your young master from? Why can you arrange the errands of my brothers in one sentence? Could it be that your young master has any background in the court?"

Since the other party wants to keep it confidential, some words cannot be said too directly. You must pretend not to know anything. The questions raised by Su Tong are also common people will ask for them.

Xiao Taozi smiled and said, "The two young masters are smart people. Some words do not need small reminders. Don't forget. My young master was personally recommended by Lord Shen. Even if you don't look at monks, you have to look at Buddha's face. My young master's ability is much more than you think. You can just serve my young master in the future! If you don't say anything extra, it's inconvenient to say something, so as not to be punished by my young master. Please!"

After saying this, Xiao Tiaozi didn't stop for much and left Su Mansion directly.

After Xiao Tiaozi left, he made a cup of tea, and an official from the Ministry of Personnel sent the letter of appointment from Su Tong and Zheng Qian. Now the two couldn't help but believe that the person they had offended was not actually a "Young Master Chi", but Zhu Houzhao, who is the current emperor and the world of Ming Dynasty.

The two of them were depressed and extremely nervous, but they didn't know what to do next, and whether they should take up their jobs was a question.

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