Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 349 Ranking
"The craftsman is indeed an expert." Shangguan Min agreed: "If he can be used by Miss Ouyang, it will be twice the result with half the effort. However, Vice General Cao..."

"Speaking of which, I'm going to talk about you." Fang Zilan interrupted him seriously, "Although Lao Cao injured his leg, it's not that he can't walk. What do you mean by talking about his leg?"

"I..." Shangguan Min was speechless by her question, so he had to listen to her obediently: "I know you have good intentions, but you have to pay attention to the way you do it. If you always talk about Lao Cao's legs, it's not because of He is good, but repeatedly pulling his scars is harmful rather than beneficial."

"I see." Shangguan Min nodded solemnly, "I will pay attention to the method in the future."

Fang Zilan looked relieved, "Besides, there are some things that Lao Cao can handle better than you, and he is more suitable than you. His rank can be suppressed, even if the Ouyang family guessed my intentions, they dare not say anything more. "

Shangguan Min frowned, "Master, do you mean that Ouyang's family won't want to give anyone?"

"Does the Ouyang family have to give it to me when I open my mouth?" Fang Zilan sighed helplessly, "As one of the nine princes, will the Ouyang family be inferior to me?"

Shangguan Min remained silent, Fang Zilan raised her hand and frowned slightly, "However, most of Ouyang's family will go to watch the New Year's drama on New Year's Eve tomorrow, so I don't think they have much energy to take care of a small craftsman. You and Lao Cao will go up at this juncture The Ministry of Industry is an important person, and the Ministry of Industry will not be very serious on duty at that time, you must assign the person to our house, and there will be no mistakes."

"Okay." Shangguan Min thought for a while, "But what if the Ministry of Industry refuses to let him go?"

Fang Zilan said with a look of resentment, "Shangguanmin, I have taught you so much, if you don't even come here, don't say that I am your master in the future, and insult the teacher."

Shangguan Min agreed, and finished his meal with a heavy heart.

Seeing this, Fang Zilan felt inexplicably sad. How did such an open-minded young man become what he is today, worrying about gains and losses?

Shangguanmin put down the bowl and chopsticks, and was about to clean up when Fang Zilan stopped him, "Shangguanmin, no matter what it is, just let go and do it, and don't think too much about it. I will support you for a day day."

"Master, I don't want to cause you any trouble." Shangguan Min lowered his eyes and dared not look at Fang Zilan, only heard her softly snort and said, "Aren't you causing me too little trouble?"

Shangguanmin didn't say a word, Fang Zilan took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions and said: "Shangguanmin, let me teach you one more thing, don't be afraid of trouble, and don't be afraid of causing trouble. Some troubles will not be because you shy away or I'll let you go if you accept it. If that's the case, why be afraid? Solving the trouble is more important than anything else."

"But..." Shangguan Min wanted to say something more, but she interrupted, "Shangguan Min, if you feel that you are troublesome, you should take responsibility to solve it. If you are afraid yourself, then no one can help you .”

After she finished speaking, she called the servant girl to come in to clean up the table, left a sentence "Tomorrow's New Year's Eve will be busy, you should rest early", got up and left.

"Master Fang." Xiao Xuan'er waited in the corridor, Fang Zilan walked in front of her, "Miss Xiao is waiting here, but do you have something to tell me?"

"The Ministry of Rituals sent someone to the mansion, saying that the ranking of the year-end ceremony will be changed tomorrow. Here are the specific documents. Please have a look at Mr. Fang." Xiao Xuan'er said and handed over the documents, "Mr. Fang, you and Mr. Shangguan I have been talking in the hall all the time, and I have ordered no one to disturb. But I saw that it was getting late, and I was afraid that there would be some problems that I would not have time to deal with, so I read it privately, and hoped that Mr. Fang would not be surprised."

"It's not a big deal, just look at it." Fang Zilan scanned the ten lines at a glance, "My ranking has been advanced?"

"Yes." Xiao Xuan'er nodded slightly, "I'm afraid I may have misjudged myself, so I made a detailed comparison with the previous one."

Fang Zilan weighed the document and said thoughtfully: "Miss Xiao, do you think there is any problem?"

Xiao Xuan'er said lightly: "If there is a problem, I think the previous one is more suspicious."

"What does Miss Xiao mean by this?" Fang Zilan looked at Xiao Xuan'er, and seeing her serious expression, she said: "Early before, the Ministry of Rites sent flower papers for the banquets of various houses in the first month. Our house is ranked on the fifth day of the first month. As usual, two days before the opening of the banquet, the clan and royal family will hold a banquet, so even if the fifth day of the lunar new year is placed among the nine princes, it is extremely high."

She paused as she spoke, and said while deliberating: "As far as I know, the order of banquets in the first month of each year is different in each prefecture. Not much difference."

Hearing that Fang Zilan opened the document again, counted the number of times and said: "This time it is right."

"Yes." Xiao Xuan'er added: "Although the banquet in the first month is not a formal ceremony, the traditions of so many years are not perfunctory. For example, Mr. Fang, you closed the house on the day of the banquet last year, and the public minister who held the banquet afterwards The aristocratic families have all changed to running water mats, so it can be seen that if there is a slight change, it will have a huge impact. Therefore, after the date is set by the Ministry of Rites, it must be reported to the palace before sending flowers to the various houses."

"That is to say, the day of the first month banquet set on the flower paper will not be wrong, but the first version sent by the Ministry of Rites is wrong, and the second version will be sent with the correct position." Fang Zilan played with her hands repeatedly. "This is interesting."

"Master Fang, do you want to..." Xiao Xuan'er was cut off by Fang Zilan as soon as she opened her mouth, "No, we will investigate matters outside the court, it's no big deal. Matters in the court must be cautious These are."

Xiao Xuan'er pursed her lips, "What does Master Fang mean..."

Fang Zilan raised the document in Yang's hand and asked, "Who sent this thing?"

"A lord surnamed Xue from the Ministry of Rites." Xiao Xuan'er said as if remembering something: "It's the lord who came back from the house."

"I see." Fang Zilan looked at the document in his hand, then looked at Xiao Xuan'er and said: "Miss Xiao, please help me check the adults in the Ministry of Rites, just check the human relationship, don't go deep, so as not to be caught Watching."

"I will act carefully." Xiao Xuan'er saluted and said, "Master Fang, please rest assured."

Fang Zilan hummed, and said: "Miss Xiao, go and rest. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I'm not at the house during the day, and I need you to take care of many things."

After seeing off Xiao Xuan'er, Fang Zilan just walked back to the room when she saw A Wan worrying about the stack of invitations on the desk, and couldn't help but smile when she saw her back, "You're finally back."

"What are these?" Fang Zilan sat next to her, her brows furrowed, "Didn't all the invitations for the first month banquet in our house be sent out?"

As soon as she said the words, she immediately responded, "Is this an invitation from another family?"

　It’s finally coming to New Year’s Eve, Fang Zilan: It’s really not easy to celebrate the New Year...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)