I have food in my hands and don’t panic in my heart!

After the most important matter was dealt with, Hong Jinglai had to consider another matter, how to contact Shekov!

If any one of Jin Douji, Lin Sangwo, and Li Heizhu were present, then they could win Shekov's trust when they were sent there. After all, it was a person who drew a sword in the middle of the night and let go of harsh words. It is impossible to forget. Looks.

But now that these three are not here, after much thought, I really can only go there myself if I want to win Shekov's trust.

There is no rush here in Qingxing City. Cui Zhengji and Han Que are both local officials. Now there are local snakes organizing the secretariat. The grassroots ruling order has been basically restored. As long as they sit in the yamen and issue orders, there will be no chaos in the city.

What's more, these two are not really our own, and we cannot and will not lead them to understand this matter in depth.

But Hong Jinglai is still planning to take Cui Zhengji with him, and he needs to help him regain Xiongwu! Otherwise, what is the point of this loyal minister who protects the land and stabilizes the people without being in Xiongwu?

Han Que was left with ten men to suppress the people, and the remaining men followed Hong Jinglai to recover Xiongwu.

"Captain Cui, let me tell you again, you had been holding on to Xiongwu until you summoned Ambassador Min to restore Qingxing and then led the rebels to meet with you."

"No matter how much you save, I'll save you all!" Cui Zhengji didn't know where he found a gauze robe and patchwork uniform. The chick on the chest had faded, but he still looked like a dog in the official uniform.

People say that wearing a dragon robe doesn't look like a prince, but Cui Zhengji really looks like a corrupt official wearing an official robe.

He is short, small and thin. If he had two small mustaches, he would look like a dog official.

"I would venture to ask, how did you fare when it came to selecting officials?" Hong Jinglai knew that ugly people were not allowed to be officials these days.

Of course, this ugliness is not the ugliness we think of now. The ugliness these days mainly depends on whether the person has a posture, or whether he can show off his official power.

As the saying goes, "I care about my innocent son, and I want to wear clothes and eat at night, so I entrust the commander to raise An Sui."

The king asked you to be an official. You want to represent the "King Father". How can you be an official if you can't show the majesty of the "King Father"?

"This? I'm not from a yangban family, I'm just a member of the middle class in my family. And I'm not chosen by choice, I'm listed on the list."

"Recommended for an official? I'm disrespectful. Who is your grandpa?" Hong Jinglai immediately thought of a Korean drama.

A senior official of the third rank or above had sex with a middle-aged woman after drinking. He became pregnant in ten months and gave birth to Cui Zhengji. The cave in the cold cave was broken, and the mother and son struggled to survive.

Many years later, before the official died, he was told that he had a biological son outside. So the father and son recognized each other, hugging each other and crying. The old man wrote a recommendation form for his son to Heaven, and the son changed his color and became Liangban.

In the meantime, there are other dramas such as the royal wife chasing and killing, brothers of the same clan fighting for property.

Seeing Hong Jinglai's eyelids rolling up and his thoughts drifting away, Cui Zhengji quickly came over to stop it.

"Mr. Ge, our family has been a middle-aged man for generations. This is not a recommendation form, but a legacy form."

"Suicide note?" Hong Jinglai never expected.

Cui Zhengji said that his fate was not much better.

Their family is an ordinary middle-class family in Gyeonggi Province. Their parents are small vendors selling clothes and belts. They have three sisters and he is the youngest brother.

According to the saying at the time, the three "losers" in the family were so poor that they couldn't even blame them.

It just so happened that the palace needed to select new female officials due to the ascension of King Zhengzong, and their family had many daughters. So without any hesitation, the eldest and second sisters were sent to be selected, hoping to reduce the burden on the family.

Fortunately, both sisters were chosen. Once they entered the palace, they were as deep as the sea, and there was no news for ten years.

Until one day, the eldest sister was released because she failed to pass the examination and was already over twenty, so she was an old woman of that age. So she was allowed to leave the palace and return home to marry herself.

There is nothing to be happy about, since you can only marry the right person anyway. But the eldest sister brought back the news that the second sister was selected by the authentic king, entered the hall, and became the concubine of the hall.

Eight years later, news came out from the palace that his sister had been promoted to the rank of Mishang Palace, and she was a female official of the fifth rank.

Now the family's life has been getting better. Although they are still middle-aged people, even the county guards and local police officers and township guards treat their family with respect.

Everyone knows that there is a daughter in their family who is in front of the king. Who dares to offend someone who sees her holy face every day?

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. A few years later, when his second sister became the king's minister, she contracted gas syndrome and was not rescued. It took half a year and was finally sent home, where she died.

This high-ranking female official left only such a sweet relationship to the family.

The palace was promoted to the Shang Palace and handed her suicide note to King Zhengzong on her behalf, so Cui Zhengji, a small clothing and belt vendor, was awarded the position of ninth rank in charge, ranking in the second class.

Of course, since my sister died, there was no one at home, and I had no money for activities, so I have been working as a small manager in the valley of Hamgyong Province for the past two years without moving an inch.

"What a sad experience..." Hong Jinglai sighed after hearing the story.

"It's just that I don't make any money at all in this official position, I just make a living." Cui Zhengji seemed to look away.

"Your sister is serving as the chief minister in the palace. For such a high-ranking female official, she must have had several good friends at the same time. Why don't you go and do some activities?"

"Of course there are, but I don't have any money, how can I talk to them?"

Human kindness exists, and a man's death is worse than a dog's!

With their hands spread out, it doesn't matter if they are related, they are not their biological aunts. Even if they are friends with Cui Zhengji's sister, they don't know Cui Zhengji.

"Oh, it's just money, it's all trivial. Now that you and I have a relationship, what's one or two thousand taels worth? I have to help you appoint the Qingxing County Magistrate to be complete."

"Huh?" Cui Zhengji never expected that Hong Jinglai, who he had just met two days ago, suddenly said this.

"Gelang seriously?"

"really!"

"Oh, Gelang has treated me so kindly and graciously. Please accept my respect." After saying that, Cui Zhengji jumped off the bullock cart and knelt down in front of Hong Jinglai.

"It's not that, it's not that, get up quickly!" Hong Jinglai jumped off his horse and tried to help Cui Zhengji.

He helped the person up and continued walking forward. The relationship between the two people suddenly became much closer.

Not only his tone, but also his attitude was like a brother he hadn't seen for many years.

Of course Hong Jinglai didn't give him these two thousand taels for no reason. No matter how rich he was, he wouldn't give them like this. He had his own plans.

"I wonder if Guizi's friendships in the palace include those from Cining Palace or Jiaotai Palace, or from Concubine Sui. Please introduce them to me."

"Of course it does. Is Gelang going to do it?"
Chapter completed!