Hua Yaozu sent a servant to escort the man out, and then asked Hua Ju impatiently: "What does Prince Jia want from you?"

"Boring things." Hua Ju said in an indifferent tone.

"Boring things!"

Hua Yaozu was stunned. Hua Ju handed him the invitation. After he took it and read it, he said happily: "Prince Jia invites you to participate in the poetry competition. This is a great thing. How can you say it is boring?"

"I don't know how to write poetry, so when I go there, I just sit and accompany them. What else is it if it's not boring?"

For Hua Ju, it is boring to talk about poems and lyrics with a group of people who do not know each other at all.

When Hua Yaozu saw Hua Ju's disgusted look, he really wanted to open his head and see what he was thinking inside.

You must know that this is a poetry meeting organized by the prince. There are many people who have scratched their heads and tried to join in but there is no chance. Now that the opportunity is presented to his son, he is not unhappy. It really makes him angry.

"The prince holds a poetry gathering, and those who can attend must be high-ranking officials and celebrities. If you can attend, I can take this opportunity to get to know more people, which will also be helpful to your career in the future." Hua Yaozu said.

"When you meet someone at a poetry festival, they will help you. It's such a cheap thing." Hua Ju walked to the chair and sat down.

Hua Yaozu followed him, sat on the chair next to him, and said, "Even if those people don't help you, if you can have a good relationship with the prince, it will be the same if the prince helps you in the future."

Hua Ju glanced at him, took the invitation from his hand, rolled his eyes and said, "This Prince Jia is very close to Cai Jing, and now Cai Jing is targeting me everywhere, do you think he will help me?

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Hua Yaozu was taken aback, stared and asked, "Why, does he have a good relationship with Cai Jing?"

"Not only do we have a good relationship, but we also trust him very much. He believes everything Cai Jing says. Do you think he will go against Cai Jing for me?"

Hua Yaozu didn't expect that things would turn out like this. His mood instantly cooled down. He looked at the invitation and said, "Since you know that he has a good relationship with Cai Jing, why did you agree to go?"

Hua Ju turned to look directly at him, and Hua Yaozu asked: "What do you think I am doing, and what am I asking you?"

"Dad, Prince Jia is the current emperor's favorite son. This is the first time he has sent me an invitation. If I don't go, wouldn't I be denying him face? Then he won't hate me to death."

When Hua Yaozu heard this, it was indeed the case. If the prince dares not to give face when he sends the invitation, he is looking for discomfort.

Hua Yaozu was in trouble. He frowned and said, "If I don't offend King Jia, it won't be interesting. What should I do?"

"What else can I do? I have already agreed. Of course I have to go. The worst I can do is be a yes man. I will agree with whatever they say. As long as I don't offend them, I will deal with them."

Hua Ju thought very clearly that no matter what Zhao Kai's purpose was for inviting him to participate in the poetry meeting, as long as he was careful in his words and deeds and did not let the other party find any faults or excuses, nothing else mattered.

"Now I can only hope that everything will be safe."

Hua Yaozu let out a long sigh and said: "I have always hoped that you could become an official. Now that you have become an official, I realize that being an official is not easy. You have to guard against people's schemes at all times, even with whom you associate."

Be careful, I don’t know if it’s a curse or a blessing for you to be this official?”

Seeing his father worrying about his own affairs, Hua Ju felt very sorry. In order to dispel his worries, he reached out and put his hand on his shoulders and said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry so much. Your son is not made of paper."

Not everyone can control me. Since I dare to enter the officialdom, I have the ability to deal with those dangerous winds and rains. You, just put your heart firmly in your belly and wait for you.

My son will get you a bigger official, and by then no one will dare to care about you even if you walk around without clothes in Bianjing City."

"Go, go, there's nothing wrong with me. How come you're walking outside without clothes? You brat, you're using your father to amuse yourself. Do you believe I'll beat you up?" Hua Yaozu said with his eyes wide open, but the expression on his face was

There was already a clear smile.

Hua Ju suppressed his laughter, leaned against the armrest of the chair, and said seriously: "Just experience a privilege. Aren't you always envious of those who have privileges? When the time comes, take off your clothes and go out onto the street.

Once you leave, everyone in the street will have to avoid it. It is more powerful and more majestic than the emperor going out on patrol."

Hua Yaozu himself couldn't help but feel happy, and said: "Isn't that awe-inspiring? It's because people regard me as a madman and hide themselves out of fear that I will hurt others."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and prepared to hit Hua Ju. Hua Ju stood up and dodged first, smiling and saying, "You don't care what other people think, you just treat it as a privilege, don't you?"

"You brat, you still dare to talk nonsense, see if I don't teach you a lesson today."

The two men were walking around the table. At this moment, a servant came in and said, "The eldest lady, the second lady, the third lady, the fourth lady, and the fifth lady are back."

The two men quickly stopped and walked to the door, only to see five young couples coming in from the outside. They were Hua Yaozu's five daughters and son-in-law.

"father."

The five daughters walked to Hua Yaozu together to pay homage and said: "Daughters pay homage to daddy."

Hua Yaozu was very happy to see his daughter back and said: "No need, no need."

Then the five sons-in-law came forward to pay homage and said: "My son-in-law pays homage to my father-in-law."

"Okay. Come on, let's all go sit in the inner hall." Hua Yaozu leaned in and stepped in.

The five sisters did not go in immediately, but gathered around Hua Ju and asked questions.

This is not because they are like this because he has become an official, but they will always ask him around like this every time he comes back. After all, he is the only boy in the family and the only brother in their natal family. The sisters care about him from the bottom of their hearts.

So every time they came back, they would gather around him and ask questions, but now that he had become an official and a knight, they had more questions to ask.

"Brother, I heard that you were knighted after saving the emperor, right?"

"What does the emperor look like?"

"I heard that you have entered the palace. What is it like in the palace?"

"What do you, the deputy commander, do?"

"Can the deputy commander manage Kaifeng Mansion?"

Hua Ju was surrounded by five sisters who were asking all kinds of questions. Her head was almost spinning, and she said: "Sisters, sisters, how do you want me to answer this question? Let's go to the inner hall and sit and chat.

I’ll tell you whatever you want to know, okay?”

"Yeah, my little brother can't run. Why don't you go inside and sit and talk? If you surround him like this and ask him, how do you want him to answer?" said the eldest brother-in-law Song Shihui.

The five sisters thought about it, so they all went to see their mother first. Hua Ju then breathed a long sigh of relief, and then greeted her five brothers-in-law.

Although Hua Ju's five brothers-in-law also came from merchant families, their conduct was very bad, and they never wandered around the streets and willow lanes like the children of other merchant families. It was precisely because of the conduct of the five of them that Hua Yaozu took his daughter

Marry them.

Hua Ju has a relatively good relationship with these five brothers-in-law. They regard him as their biological brother, and he also treats them as his biological brother. They talk a lot every time they meet.

Arriving at the inner hall, as soon as Hua Ju and the five brothers-in-law sat down, Mrs. Zheng came down accompanied by her five daughters. The five sons-in-law hurriedly came forward to greet him. Mrs. Zheng smiled and asked him not to, and then walked to the right in front.

The chair sat down.

"Brother, please tell us quickly, what is going on?"

As soon as they sat down, the eldest sister Hua Yuzhi couldn't wait to ask. The other four sisters also looked at Hua Ju.

Hua Ju had no choice but to take out the same rhetoric he had told Hua Yaozu and his wife before, and the five sisters and brother-in-law were all happy for him.

While everyone was chatting happily, a servant hurried in and said, "Sir, the imperial edict has arrived."

"What, the imperial edict is coming!" The whole family stood up, everyone was very nervous.

Hua Ju was also puzzled. He didn't know why Huizong suddenly issued an edict and said, "You guys sit here while I go and take a look."

When I came to the front hall, I saw that the person announcing the decree was the eunuch beside Huizong, named Qian Haicheng. He came to Huizong after Yang Jian left the palace.

I heard from Yang Jian that this guy looked honest, but was actually very dignified. Although he didn't have much contact with him or Cai Jing on the surface, he was very close to the prince in private.

Yang Jian analyzed that he probably knew that he could not compete with him, and Cai Jing and others for Huizong's favor, so he bet his treasure on the prince, hoping that one day the prince would be reused after he ascended the throne.

"Hua Ju receives the decree." Qian Haicheng shouted, holding the imperial edict high.

Hua Ju knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Hua Ju, accepts the order."

Qian Haicheng unfolded the imperial edict and said: "There is a strange case in Kaifeng Prefecture that cannot be solved for several months. Hua Ju, a man from Yongning County and deputy commander of the escort army, has been specially ordered to take full responsibility for investigating the case. The case has been solved within one month. I hereby express it."

"

"Chenhua Ju received the order."

Qian Haicheng handed over the imperial edict to Hua Ju and was about to leave. Hua Ju said, "Father-in-law, please stay."

"Master Hua, is there anything else you can do?" Qian Haicheng asked in a sharp voice.

Hua Ju called the servant over and whispered something in his ear, and the servant ran away.

"Yesterday I went to the palace to meet the emperor. My father-in-law was busy handing calligraphy and paintings to the emperor for me. It was really hard, so I prepared a small gift for my father-in-law. I originally wanted to find an opportunity to give it to my father-in-law. Now that my father-in-law is here,

Then I can give the gift to my father-in-law." Hua Ju said with a smile.

Hearing that Hua Ju was going to give him a gift, Qian Haicheng showed a smile on his face and said in a pretentious manner: "Master Hua is so polite, how can this make our family embarrassed?"

"Yes. Father-in-law, please wait a moment. The servant will bring the gift soon." Hua Ju made a gesture to the chair next to him to sit down.

Qian Haicheng immediately walked over and sat down. Hua Ju asked someone to serve him tea, and then sat next to him and talked with him for less than five minutes. The servant came back with a food box.

Hua Ju took the food box and placed it in front of Qian Haicheng, saying, "Father, this little thought is not respectful."

Qian Haicheng glanced at him and slowly opened the lid of the food box. He saw that there was a food box full of twelve gold ingots inside. It looked like the food box could hold at least fifty gold ingots.

Fifty is equivalent to five hundred taels of gold, which can be converted into five thousand taels of silver. This is a huge sum of money.

The Xiangyin that Qian Hai presented to the palace was only five taels of silver a month, and less than a hundred taels a year.

Therefore, in private, he would secretly accept bribes from officials and secretly leak some information about Huizong to them. But those officials did not give much each time, the most was only five hundred taels. There had never been anyone like Hua Ju

Such a generous move would result in five hundred taels of gold.

"Master Hua, the gift is too heavy. How dare our family accept it?"
To be continued...