Chapter 211: Meeting Baoyu on a Job
A moment later.
In the spacious meeting hall, only Sun Shaozong and the pacification envoy Lu Hui were left, staring at each other.
Seeing that Lord Lu's expression changed from bright to dark, Sun Shaozong's heart began to tighten. He thought to himself that Lord Lu's face was full of emotions and desires. Could it be that he wanted to arrange for him to carry out some life-threatening mission?
If he really dares to bring it up, should I refuse or should I refuse firmly?
"well."
Just when Sun Shaozong was getting anxious, Lord Lu finally sighed, "I am old, I am really old. Seeing Lord Sun so young and promising, I can't help but recall everything that happened yesterday."
As he spoke, he shook his head vigorously again, as if he couldn't bear to look back on the past.
It has to be said that Lord Lu is indeed old. Not only are his hair and beard gray, but the corners of his eyes and eyebrows are also covered with fine wrinkles.
However, his body still looked strong and majestic, especially the scar above his left eye that was so deep that the bone could be seen. Whenever he moved his eyebrows, he exuded a terrifying murderous aura.
Sun Shaozong heard him sigh like this, but he still did not dare to be careless, so he cautiously complimented him: "Your Excellency is wrong. Since His Majesty has entrusted you with such an important task, you must be still as skilled as ever!"
"Ha ha……"
Lu Hui laughed, raised his hand and pointed at Sun Shaozong, saying: "Don't flatter me - I don't want to beat around the bush with you, let me be frank, I kept you here because I want you to take up the newly created position of Internal Affairs Supervisor and clean up the atmosphere of our Northern Pacification Division."
"You have no connection with anyone in this government office, so this position is perfect for you."
Internal Affairs Supervision?
So from now on, wouldn't it be called "eunuch" in short?
Although this is not a life-threatening job, it is also the job that is most likely to offend people.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong hurriedly stood up and said, "Sir, the discipline of our Northern Pacification Division has always been supervised by the Southern Pacification Division. I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate to set up a post of internal affairs supervision for no reason?"
"Southern Pacification Division?"
Lu Hui snorted and said, "The Southern Pacification Office has always been under the jurisdiction of Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch Xia. Although our commander Dai is not as hostile to him as water and fire, we will never let him interfere in the affairs of the Northern Pacification Office."
After saying this, seeing that Sun Shaozong was still full of resistance, he continued, "Just put your mind at ease. With Eunuch Dai watching over you, I would not dare to cheat you even if I want to cheat anyone else. Besides, you only need a title to be the Internal Affairs Supervisor, and the specific matters can be handled by the people below."
It seems that there is an open and covert struggle between the Northern and Southern Pacification Offices.
Seeing that he had said this, Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "Since this is the case, I will respectfully obey your command."
The other things are fine, but the one that Eunuch Dai took care of was real.
"That's right ."
Lu Hui immediately smiled and said, "How can someone who is hesitant and cautious be described as 'young and frivolous'?"
Who would be willing to be described as 'young and frivolous'?
Besides, Sun Shaozong's mental age is far beyond the age of being "young and frivolous".
Seeing that he had almost finished speaking, Sun Shaozong took the opportunity to say goodbye and left.
Lu Hui did not stop him, but when Sun Shaozong turned around, he said meaningfully: "Captain Sun, please pay more attention to our Northern Pacification Division when you have time. After all, you are a military man, and the positions of the prefectural chancellor and prefectural governor are not so easy to get."
Based on his words alone, Sun Shaozong would not think too much about it.
But Dai Quan seemed to have expressed something similar at the beginning. Could it be that Eunuch Dai really intended to promote himself to the position of pacification commissioner?
——Dividing line——
But he said to the Beizhenfusi that it was not too late and the Lantern Festival was still to come.
Sun Shaozong thought about going around and buying some windmills, wind chimes or something like that for his son and tying them to the head of his bed.
Unexpectedly, just after walking a short distance, someone shouted loudly from the side: "Second Brother, Second Brother Sun!"
Sun Shaozong tilted his head and saw that the curtains of a carriage in front of him were open, revealing a baby-like face as delicate as jade. Who else could it be but Jia Baoyu?
When Jia Baoyu saw Sun Shaozong looking at him, he hurriedly waved through the window, then tilted his head and gave an order, and the carriage slowly approached.
When they got closer, Baoyu jumped out of the car swiftly, circled around Sun Shaozong several times, and praised: "Second brother, you look even more majestic today than usual. I almost didn't recognize you when I saw you from a distance just now."
When he jumped out of the car, the curtain was lifted up, and there seemed to be a woman sitting inside.
Could it be that he kidnapped Lin Daiyu?
Sun Shaozong thought about this and asked with a smile, "I heard Miss Ping'er tell your sister Rong that there is a big show going on in your house today. How come you have time to come out and hang out?"
Jia Baoyu curled his lips in disdain and said, "The plays that elder brother Zhen ordered were too noisy. I really couldn't stand listening to them. And I thought Xiren was going home to visit her family, so I just went to her house to sit for a while. I was just about to go back home when I ran into you, second brother."
As he spoke, he smiled again, took out a jade Maitreya Buddha from his sleeve, and stuffed it into Sun Shaozong's hand, saying, "This is what I prepared for my nephew. I left a little early this morning, and I didn't know that Sister Ping'er had gone to your house, otherwise I would have asked her to bring it over as well."
The Maitreya Buddha statue looks naive and its jade-green color is juicy and very pleasing to the eye.
"Then I'll keep it."
Sun Shaozong put away the jade Buddha and invited him casually, "Would you like to come to my house and meet your nephew?"
"It's better to let it go."
Baoyu shook his head hurriedly: "My nephew was only born a few days ago, I'm afraid he can't stand seeing a vulgar person like me."
Then he added, "But I heard that a new restaurant has opened near Chongwenmen, and the chef there is very good at braising venison. Since I happened to run into it today, why not call my cousin and Brother Feng and Brother Liu to go and try it together ?"
The above-mentioned people all gave generous gifts, and according to the rules, Sun Shaozong should indeed invite them to a private gathering.
Baoyu just mentioned it, and Sun Shaozong thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "In that case, I will host the party tonight, to celebrate the birth of your little nephew, and to thank you brothers for your kindness."
Jia Baoyu had originally wanted to compete for the host position, but when he heard this, he knew what he meant, so he said cheerfully, "Then I'll go and inform the brothers now. Second brother, you should also go home and change your clothes quickly, otherwise I'm afraid the cook will be so frightened by you that he will even forget his ancestral cooking skills."
Sun Shaozong laughed and asked where the restaurant was. Then he got on his horse again and said goodbye to Jia Baoyu for a while.
