Chapter 68 Pretending to be cool
The three of them looked at Ji Zheng at the same time. With Ji Zheng's arrival, Ji He'an felt like he had a backbone and they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The other two were looking at Ji Zheng.
The clothes he wore were worse than Ji Hean's. Although he was very handsome, he didn't look like a rich man.
Ji Zheng took two steps to Ji Hean's side, glanced at Ji Hean, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that he was fine.
Just as he picked up the meal, he saw a group of people surrounding Ji Hean. He was so scared that he rushed over with his lunch box.
"What happened?" he asked Ji Hean in a low voice.
Before Ji Hean opened his mouth, the young man beside him spoke first. He pointed at the lotus in Ji Hean's hand with his fan and said, "We want to pay twenty taels of silver to buy the flower in your husband's hand, but your husband won't sell it."
The voice emphasized the twenty taels of silver, and the tone was as if he was accusing Ji Hean of being ignorant, just like Ji Zheng.
The woman next to him also came out and said softly, "Sir, I really like this flower, otherwise we wouldn't have paid so much money for it."
Ji Zheng ignored the two of them and looked down at Ji Hean, waiting for Ji Hean's answer.
"They wanted to buy my flowers, but I refused to sell them, but they...thought I didn't have enough money."
After listening to Ji Hean's explanation, Ji Zheng stood in front of Ji Hean and protected him behind him.
He said calmly to the brother and sister in front of him, "Sorry, we don't sell flowers."
The brother and sister were stunned, looking at Ji Zheng up and down for a few times as if they were a little bit unconvinced, "This is twenty taels, huh? Do you know how long twenty taels is enough for the two of you to live on?"
Ji Zheng frowned impatiently and said, "Let alone twenty taels, we won't sell it even if it's two hundred or two thousand taels."
Then he took Ji Hean's hand with one hand and carried the lunch box on the table with the other hand and walked away.
And just as he pulled Ji and An's hands, the bracelet he had bought for Ji and An suddenly appeared from his sleeve.
There was a jingling sound, and the brother and sister saw it at a glance. Both of them were knowledgeable people, so they naturally realized that the texture and style of the jade came from Jinmanlou.
People who can afford to buy jewelry in Jinmanlou are certainly not short of money, not to mention that the jade must start at at least one hundred taels of silver.
The two of them were stunned for a moment, thinking of what they had just said, and felt awkward. It turned out that the other person was not lying when he said he had no shortage of money, he was just more low-key than them.
Finally, the young man snorted coldly and complained: "Who is this person? Is it necessary to be so low-key?"
Unlike the young man's complaints, the woman stared blankly at Ji Zheng and the others' disappearing backs. Her heart beat faster when she recalled the scene of Ji Zheng protecting her husband so domineeringly just now.
But then I thought again, this person is actually married, and I felt a little disappointed.
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
Ji Zheng pulled Ji Hean to the other corner.
"You must be hungry. Come eat."
Ji Zheng took out the vegetarian food from the box, including a dish of boiled tofu, a dish of boiled cabbage, two steamed buns, and a dish of lotus cake.
It couldn't be any lighter.
"Just eat it for now. I'll take you to eat something delicious when I get home in the evening."
Ji Zheng handed the chopsticks to Ji Hean.
Although the lotus cake is said to be a plate, there are actually only three pieces.
Ji Zheng only took one bite and gave it all to Ji Hean, because Ji Hean thought the rice was not tasty and only ate two bites.
After eating the vegetarian meal, the two went to the temple to ask for a piece of red cloth, wrote their names on it and tied it to the big tree at the gate of the temple.
After finishing these, the two went down the mountain.
There were still a lot of people on the way down the mountain, and by coincidence they ran into the brother and sister who had wanted to buy their lotus flowers before.
They wanted to pretend they didn't see anything, but the woman came up to them and started talking to them.
"What happened just now was caused by our brother and sister being too abrupt. I hope you two gentlemen will not take it as an offense."
The tone was very sincere.
As the saying goes, you should never hit someone who smiles at you. Since the other person apologized so sincerely, Ji Zheng and Ji Hean didn't know what to say, so they smiled politely and replied, "Nothing."
Of course the young man following behind the girl had a very bad look on his face, and he didn't understand at all why his sister wanted to apologize to these two people.
But Ji Zheng and the other guy didn't care about him.
The woman smiled and introduced herself and the young man next to her: "My name is Feng Ya, and this is my brother Feng Yin."
"Sister, why did you tell them our names?" Feng Yin jumped up and down, very dissatisfied with his sister's behavior.
But after Feng Ya's look, Feng Yin dared not say anything anymore and walked aside dejectedly.
Hearing their last names, Ji Zheng frowned slightly, "Your father is Feng Zhang?"
"Young Master, you know my father?" Feng Rou was surprised, and even Feng Yin beside her was surprised and asked, "How do you know?"
Ji Zheng rolled his eyes in his heart. Of course he knew that the Minister of Works Feng Zhang was his direct superior.
Ji Zheng smiled his standard formal smile, "The reputation of Minister Feng is naturally well-known."
At this time, Feng Yin on the side suddenly snorted coldly: "Since you know who my father is, why don't you give the flowers to us as soon as possible."
As soon as these words came out, Ji Zheng's face darkened instantly, and Feng Ya's face also changed, and he scolded in a low voice: "Feng Yin!"
Seeing that his elder sister was really angry, Feng Yin's expression froze. He looked at Feng Ya aggrievedly, lowered his head and said nothing.
"I'm sorry, my brother is still young and doesn't know much."
Feng Yin is the youngest son in the family. He is chubby and is very much loved by Feng Zhang. His family pampers him very much, which has led to his arrogant character.
After hearing Feng Ya's words, Ji Zheng's expression did not improve. He said coldly: "With your brother's personality, it's easy for him to suffer losses outside."
Ji Zheng said this expressionlessly, then turned around and took Ji Hean away quickly, leaving the Feng siblings standing there.
"Sister, how dare he talk to me like that!" Feng Yin stamped his feet in anger, "I'm going to tell Daddy!"
Feng Ya looked at her brother helplessly, "This is your fault in the first place. It's no use telling Dad."
After saying that, he left without caring about Feng Yin. Looking at Ji Zheng going away, he felt very disappointed. He hadn't even asked the man's name yet.
It is difficult to go up the mountain but easy to go down. Ji Zheng and his companions soon reached the foot of the mountain. After finding their own carriage, they got on and went home.
The two of them didn't take this little incident to heart. After returning home, they had dinner and spent a lot of time kissing and hugging each other.
After the holiday, it happened to be the time for the grand court meeting.
So Ji Zheng got up before dawn the next day. With squinting eyes, he looked at his boyfriend who was nestling in his heart. Ji Zheng was very reluctant to get up.
But there are many things that you can't choose not to do just because you don't want to.
After kissing Ji Hean's forehead, Ji Zheng, who had already put on his official uniform, was about to leave.
When he arrived at the main hall, Ji Zheng was still a little sleepy and yawned through the wide sleeves of his official robe.
Ji Zheng had participated in many grand court meetings. In his opinion, the content of each discussion was not very important, so he usually just watched and listened attentively, but his mind was actually elsewhere.
However, today's court meeting was a little different. He finally heard something important, which was the once-in-three-years audience with the emperor.
Audiences with the emperor were an important diplomatic and political activity, generally referring to leaders or envoys from neighboring countries or regions coming to pay homage to the emperor of the Jin Dynasty.
To show respect and submission, this activity not only helped to strengthen the relationship between the Jin Dynasty and its neighboring countries, but also promoted cultural exchanges and trade.
Generally, each country or tribe would bring its own cultural specialties to trade with the cultural specialties of the Jin Dynasty.
For example, colored glassware is a specialty brought from other countries in previous visits.
Whenever the foreign nations came to pay homage to the emperor, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Revenue would be extremely busy.
The Ministry of Rites was busy with ceremonial receptions, while the Ministry of War was busy with security and order in the city.
The Ministry of Works was actually under a lot of pressure. Every time they were responsible for developing new weapons to shock other countries on the day of tribute, in order to safeguard the dignity of the Jin Dynasty.
The Ministry of Revenue was busy liquidating assets and conducting transactions for the day.
But in Ji Zheng's view, these have nothing to do with him. He just wants to muddle through his days and retire when the time is right.
After the court meeting, Ji Zheng came to his workplace. Their Ministry of Works was divided into many departments, and he was in charge of repairs and the dissemination of public information.
So he had quite some free time. After finishing the few tasks he had, Ji Zheng started to slack off.
Ji Zheng held the back of his head with his hands, leaned back lazily, and sighed: "Fortunately, I was not assigned to the weapons manufacturing department."
"Don't be too happy too soon." The colleague sitting next to him suddenly said, "Do you think we will be fine if we are not in the weapons manufacturing department?"
Having a bad feeling in his heart, Ji Zhengdan stood up and asked, "Where did you come from?"
Before the man could answer, the Minister of Works came in from outside.
The people sitting there quickly stood up, bowed and said, "Hello, sir."
The Minister of Industry waved his hand and waited for everyone to stand up. "As in previous years, you will select three people to help out at the weapons manufacturing department."
Well, now there is no need for that colleague to explain, Ji Zheng understands what that meant.
Then, because Ji Zheng was new, he was pulled over.
Coming to the weapons manufacturing department and seeing everyone busying about, Ji Zheng felt like the sky was falling.
Who is it that says that being an official was good in ancient times? Who is it?
But complaining was useless, Ji Zheng also joined this busy team.
Ji Zheng was busy counting the old weapons and armor all day long. If Ji Zheng had not learned Arabic numerals, he would have gone crazy.
"How come you're so fast?"
The officials who were counting with him looked at the pile of booklets that had already been counted in Ji Zheng's hand in shock.
In fact, it was not that Ji Zheng was fast, but that they were too slow. They were all using abacus and Nine Chapters of Mathematics, and Ji Zheng was a science student, so he could basically figure out this simple addition and subtraction by mental arithmetic.
Ji Zheng raised his eyebrows and said in a very pretentious manner: "Isn't this simple?"
After these words were spoken, everyone else fell silent and looked at Ji Zheng with admiration.
After his vanity was satisfied, Ji Zheng squinted his eyes happily, ready to catch some fish while waiting for the end of get off work.
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