Chapter 147 - 106, Public Opinion
Noon sunlight was just perfect.
Outside the Medical Hall, four bearers slowly lifted Zhang Zhuo’s dark red official sedan chair, merging into the stream of people on Anxi Street.
A faint fragrance wafted through the Medical Hall. Bai Li leaned against the counter and looked outside, asking, "I think I just saw Lord Zhang Zhuo. Why did he rush away as soon as he peeked in and saw us?"
Chen Ji gathered the chess pieces into the basket: "Lord Zhang said he had a banquet to attend at noon, so he left early."
Bai Li puzzled: "Did Lord Zhang come especially to see you? Was he hoping to be a matchmaker for the Chen family and persuade you to return home?"
Chen Ji was equally perplexed: "No, it seemed like he was actually trying to persuade me not to go home..."
Bai Li: "Ah?"
The recently wall-scaling Princely Heir, while dusting off his clothes, teased, "Maybe Lord Zhang appreciates your talent and wants to recruit you to work in the government office."
"Can one become an official without taking the imperial examinations?"
The Princely Heir smiled: "Of course, with Lord Zhang’s status and background, recommending an official position for you would be a piece of cake. He might really be wanting to invite you to take up a post. You could start as a staff member in the government office for a couple of years, followed by an assignment to govern somewhere else."
Liu Quxing said sourly: "What position could Chen Ji possibly take? He hasn’t even learned medical techniques as well as I have; at the beginning of the year, I could accurately locate all Twelve Main Meridians, yet he still couldn’t remember where the Yongquan acupoint was..."