Duan Chengsun was Cao's clerk from Mu Mansion and was in Mu Mansion with Song Fang, so it was very convenient to call him.

"You go and see Ji Wei again."

Duan Chengsun lay on the ground, raised his head and looked at Song Fang quietly. When he met Song Fang's cold gaze, he quickly lowered his head again. The floor was very hard, which hurt his knees. He moved his butt crampedly, adjusted his kneeling posture, and responded respectfully: "Yes."

"Do you know what to say to him? How to say it?"

"The subordinate official is stupid, I dare to ask for a notice."

"Last night, Huang Rong went to the guest house of Kaogongcao."

"Have Huang Rong gone?"

Song Fang did not take his words and said to himself, "After Huang Rong left, the lights in Ji Wei's room had not been turned off until dawn... What do you think Huang Rong would say to him?"

"The following officials' guess is nothing more than threats and temptations."

"Relying on the favor of the central palace, Xin Er, a farm slave, has become increasingly unreasonable recently! He is arrogant and despised the king's law! Although Ji Wei is just a small county magistrate and a famous minister of the country! He dares to send people to threaten him, and he is very bold!" Song Fang scolded Xin Er a few words, his eyes became more and more ruthless, staring at Duan Chengsun, and said, "Do you know what to say to Ji Wei?"

Song Fang's curse at Xin Er was completely unfounded, but Song Fang's cursing at Xin Er has become the norm in recent months. From time to time, in front of Duan Chengsun and other confidants, he would curse him. He was just venting his anger and didn't need any basis.

Duan Chengsun thought to himself: "You are going around, and it's like you're not saying anything. How can I 'know' what to say to Zhaowen?"

Zhaowen is Ji Wei's name. Duan Chengsun thought so in his heart, but he was just a complaint that he didn't dare to say anything.

What did Song Fang want him to say to Ji Wei? Without saying it, he was clear.

Duan Chengsun said: "Yes, Chengsun knows."

After leaving the Tingshi Hall, Duan Chengsun walked towards his official party.

Two officials who came to report to Song Fang saw him in front of him, hurriedly avoided the side, bowed and gave him a way out.

Duan Chengsun felt the sun shining, raised his sleeves to cover his brows, ignored the two officials, and passed by them with great worries.

After all, Ji Wei was a good friend, and both families had in-laws. Although they were less likely to move around because of their careers, they were ruthless. How could Duan Chengsun completely forget the time when he was young when he was smiling, walking on the horses and walking on the terrace, and the red sleeves of the building?

When he recalled the listening hall, Song Fang's aggressive and vicious eyes and the sentence he said lightly, "I heard that Ji Wei is addicted to mutton, and you are also friends with him. When you go to see him again, don't bring a lamb leg empty-handed, bring a short dagger, and leave it with him."

Even though the sun shines again in the early summer afternoon, Duan Chengsun Ru, who is walking on the stone slab of Zhuangyan Mu Mansion, is in the ice cave.

He murmured, "What does it mean for Mr. Song to ask me to give Ji Wei a short dagger?" He didn't dare to guess deeply, and thought to himself, "Even if Xin Er turned the case over to Ji Wei, it would be a trivial matter. You can shirk this matter to the person who is responsible for taking the courses, at most, you will be 'not careful' and fined some salary. Why is this? Why is this?"

Last time, he asked himself to threaten Ji Wei's younger brother Ji Chu, but this time he asked him to bring a dagger.

Although I have known Song Fang for a long time, the object involved this time is his old friend and in-laws. Not to mention that he has this relationship, I already feel pitiful. If this "threatening old friend" is spread, how can I be a human being in the future?

Duan Chengsun couldn't help but complain, which was really extremely resistant to Song's orders and was unwilling to follow them.

He thought, "Mr. Song didn't say when I want me to see Zhaowen. Forget it, it's a day to delay. I'll go to visit Ji Chu tonight and see Zhaowen tomorrow!"

That night, Duan Chengsun came to Ji's house and met Ji Chu.

Ji Chu was young, only seventeen years old. He had been studying behind closed doors and rarely had contact with the outside world. He was not aware of the dilemma facing his brother. Not only was he not worried about Ji Wei, Ji Chu was still very happy. After all, being evaluated as a "Dian" is a bad reputation and will greatly affect Ji Wei's future career. If he could take off the hat of "Dian" with this, it would be a good thing for Ji Wei and the Ji family.

Ji Chu was gentle and kind, and was very respectful to the elder Duan Chengsun.

Under the candlelight in the hall, looking at Ji Chu's still tender face, Duan Chengsun thought of him and Ji Wei in a daze.

Isn’t it that age when he and Ji Wei got along? Ji Chu looked quite similar. From his face, Duan Chengsun found some of Ji Wei’s charm back then.

"Recalling the past, my brother, Song Xian, Jia Qin, and the four of us met almost every day, had sex with each other, and were in love with our brothers.

"I still remember that once, a monk came from the Western Regions and came to the altar to preach. I went with my brother Ru and others to listen. Jia Qin was too late to take a good seat, so he picked up brother Ru, threw him outside the door, and snatched his brother's bed. Everyone laughed. Brother Ru was gentle by nature, but he was not annoyed. He got up calmly, patted the dust, and sat outside the door to listen.

"Brother Ru was at that time the same age as you are now, and his demeanor at that time really did not allow celebrities!"

Duan Chengsun was immersed in the past and smiled on his face.

He raised his head and unconsciously slapped the desk a few times. After a moment, his smile gradually faded away. He said, "Time flies, and more than ten years have passed in a flash. Song Xian is now in the position of the emperor. Jia Qin is implicated by Jia Zhen and his family is destroyed. Your brother has been in a foreign county for a long time, and we are in the Muslim Mansion. We, the four old friends, are not common now, even people can't get together!"

Ji Chu said respectfully: "When I went to deliver meals to my brother today, I heard from my brother that you had gone to the guesthouse last night and met with me. When my brother mentioned you, he smiled, just like the current one. The friendship between you and your brother is really envious of me."

Duan Chengsun was in a complicated mood and speechless for a while, finally said, "Is that true?"

"yes."

"I'm going to visit Brother Ru tomorrow. Do you have anything to tell me?"

Ji Chu just said that he delivered food to Ji Wei today, and Duan Chengsun asked him this question. He didn't want to see Ji Wei, why should Duan Chengsun ask him to lead a message? Ji Chu felt that Duan Chengsun seemed absent-minded and felt strange and difficult to ask, so he replied: "The food in the Caogong Cao's guest house is simple. Chu will deliver food to his brother every day. He can see his brother every day, and he dare not ask for advice."

Duan Chengsun came back to his senses, said "Oh, yes." He seemed to be talking to himself, and also to Ji Chu, saying, "Yes, the food in the guest house is crude. Brother Yours loves to eat mutton, and every meal is full of meat. I will bring him a roast lamb leg tomorrow!"

When I left Ji's house, there were no pedestrians on the street covered with night.

Both Ji and Duan clans are surnamed Wuwei, and Ji Wei and Duan Chengsun’s families are in the old city. If you look down from the night sky, you can see that shortly after Duan Chengsun’s long-eaves cart left the Ji family and walked onto the street, a ox cart drove out of the Xin house in the middle city, left the inner door, turned on the street, without any pause, and went straight toward the direction of the Tang Ai family. On this ox cart, Huang Rong, who was going to meet Tang Ai.

The next day.

Drag until dusk, there is nothing to drag.

Duan Chengsun went to the guest house of Kyoko and went to see Ji Wei again.

The golden roasted lamb legs were placed on the table and the fragrance was scented.

Two bottles of wine from the Western Regions and a jar are produced in Hebei, and famous wine from the Wei Kingdom are placed on the edge of lamb legs.

Duan Chengsun took off his crown and robe and invited Ji Wei to take off his crown and robe.

The two of them were wearing only two mats, showing their arms, and sitting on the table.

Before he saw him for a day, Ji Wei's expression became much haggard.

Duan Chengsun poured bright red wine into the bowl and smiled and said, "This is the fine wine from Kucha, don't give it to me by Gong Song. I have never been willing to drink it. Zhaowen, come, come, try it, is it different from the wines produced in Long Real Estate?"

Ji Weiluo took a sip, put down the bowl, and said with a smile: "It is indeed a little more mellow than the local ones."

"You have never been to the Western Regions, nor have I been to it. But we all know that the sun is large and suitable for grape growth. The wine you make is better than the ones here, which is natural. If you think it is better, then drink more!" Duan Chengsun sent a bowl and persuaded him diligently.

Ji Wei had no choice but to take another sip.

Duan Chengsun drank it all, touched the wine stains on his beard, and smiled and said, "Zhaowen, do you know? The people of Kucha like wine as their lives. I heard from the soldiers who returned from the attack on the Western Regions that after the general of the auxiliary country broke through Kucha, he ordered the rich families in the city to contribute gifts to reward the three armies. The rich families of Kucha had hundreds of thousands of stones of wine at home, and a single wine was given as much as 10,000 stones!"

Hearing the four words "General of the State of Assistance", Ji Wei's eyelids twitched and he said, "So much?"

"Isn't that true!"

Duan Chengsun cut off a few slices of mutton and sent it to Ji Wei's plate. Then he opened the jar of white wine, poured two more bowls, and said with a smile: "Zhaowen, this is Zhongshan sake, which is called 'Thousand Days of Wine'. If it is placed in the past, although this wine is expensive, it is probably not very rare. Now Zhongshan has been occupied by the Capitol Wei, and there is a Capitol Qin between me, Longzhou, and this wine is extremely rare! Don't reward me by Gong Song. I am also reluctant to drink it. I have been left to this day, and it just so happens that you and I can drink it!"

"Thousand-day wine" means that after getting drunk, you will be drunk for a thousand days.

This wine is quite strong at present.

Ji Wei had an average alcohol tolerance, and knew that he was full of sorrow, and he was afraid that the wine would get drunk more easily, so he didn't dare to drink too much. After taking a sip, he put down the bowl. He couldn't drink it. He used to be the favorite roasted mutton, and he didn't know the taste and almost didn't move his dagger.

Duan Chengsun couldn't eat or drink.

There was a bowl of Western Regions wine on the left and a bowl of Zhongshan Thousand Days wine on the right. There were two sips of mutton. In less than half an hour, he drank all the two wines, and his legs were almost eaten clean.

I feel drunk and can say something I can't say when I am sober.

Duan Chengsun held the desk, stood up shakingly, and said, "Zhaowen! I went to your house last night and met your younger brother. He looked really similar to you when you were young! The past day cannot be restored! But Zhaowen, we can still chase you in the future! Why did I come to see you again tonight? I think you must know it! Seeing that you and I have an old relationship, don't ask me to take the last words back. This time, give me a happy word! So that I can go back and hand in the work. How about it?"

Ji Wei thought to himself, "He went to my house last night and saw my younger brother?" He thought of Duan Chengsun's threatening words last time, and couldn't help but feel nervous. He grabbed the edge of the desk, looked at Duan Chengsun, and asked, "Did you see my young brother? Did Mr. Song ask you to go?"

Duan Chengsun said, "I am going to go by myself. But I came to see you again tonight, but I was indeed ordered by Mr. Song." He raised the table and just used the short gilded dagger to cut his flesh and said, "Mr. Song not only ordered me to visit you again, but also ordered me to give you this short dagger!"

Ji Wei fell on the dagger with a short look. The dagger was not long and was not very sharp, but it should be because it was covered with sheep oil. When the candlelight shone, it shone brightly and shined with eyes.

Duan Chengsun threw the sheep leg on the desk to the ground, lowered his body, crossed the desk, and approached Ji Wei, with his eyes facing him, lowered his voice, and said, "Zhaowen, I was ordered to do this, and I had no choice."

He said in a sincere tone, "Zhaowen, you have not been in the royal city for many years, and you do not know the current situation in the court. Since the death of the previous king, the fight between Duke Song and General Fuguo has become increasingly fierce. I know that this is not your business, but who asked you to be the county magistrate in Xianmei County? Since you are involved in this, Duke Song and General Fuguo, you must choose one side to surrender!

"Although the general of the auxiliary country has been valuable recently, the clan's voice is weak, so how can he compare with the Song family? Zhaowen, which side should he choose? Can't you still see it?

"I know, you are very unfair. With your political achievements in Xianmei County, you should never get the evaluation of a palace queen. It is more than enough to be named as an excellent one. But if Mr. Song wants to use yours to attack the reputation of the general of the auxiliary country, what can you do? Receive your fate, Zhaowen! After admitting this, in the past few years, I will be in the Mufu Palace to make a breakthrough, and you will still lose your future. If you refuse to admit it, Zhaowen, think about Ji Chu! How old is he? If Mr. Song is angry, how can Ji Chu resist it?"

Duan Chengsun put the dagger in front of Ji Wei and said, "Don't talk about Ji Chu and Zhaowen, even if it's you, can you resist it?"

The doors and windows are closed, and the room is very stuffy.

Ji Wei's chest hurt, as if something had caught his heart, and he felt a little breathless.

He stood up with difficulty and pushed open the door.

The night wind in the yard was blowing, and it was as cool as water. Goosebumps appeared on his shirtless arms.

Ji Wei slowly put the robe back, handed Duan Chengsun's robe to him, and said, "You go back and report to Mr. Song, and you will say I understand."

Duan Chengsun was overjoyed.

After seeing Duan Chengsun away, Ji Wei returned to the room and stared at the short dagger on the table without any hesitation, and looked at it for a long time.

He remembered one of his clan brothers. His clan brothers were rarely famous and had been expelled many times, but his clan brothers never accepted it once. Until now, his clan brothers are still living in the forest. For a wealthy family, his clan brothers lived a poor life, but compared with his current situation, his clan brothers lived at least with peace of mind.

Ji Wei thought to himself in annoyance: "Why did I respond to the precepts of the county government and embark on the road to becoming an official? Why did I refuse to learn from my clan brother?" It's too late to regret it now.

On the way to the Gongcao Guest House.

Duan Chengsun's car squeaked away, and a figure sneaked out from a darkness under the courtyard wall of the guesthouse.
Chapter completed!