Delong

Chapter 128 Going to the Forest (7)

Zhang Xing's mentality has undergone obvious changes since last winter and this spring he went abroad twice, and went to Jiangdong to Huaishang twice and came back.No one knew what he was thinking, and even he himself might not have made it clear what he wanted to do.

This point, such as Bai Yousi, Qin Bao and other close partners are obviously aware of it, and made their own expressions.

As for Li Ding, a middle-aged man from a big family, Yuanwailang from the Ministry of War, who has a career and family, even if he has a beautiful wife, he has no time to take care of others, so he has nothing to say about it.

And no matter what Zhang Xing thinks, it is very clear when it comes out, that is, he is looking at the affairs of the court more and more with a cold-eyed attitude, as if he is enduring something, and he seems to be waiting for something .

This point does not change because of the splendor in the court.

In late March, the spring breeze gradually smouldered, and in the last ten days, a jaw-dropping drama was staged in the core power organization of the Eastern Capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.

There are three main characters in the play.

The sage Cao Che, the emperor's uncle Cao Lin, and Mr. Zhang Han Zhang who is not easy to define by official position.

Zhang Han is in his forties this year. Although his surname is Zhang and his ancestral home is also Hedong, he really has nothing to do with the Zhang family in Hedong. On the contrary, he is a standard southerner like Zhang Wenda, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment. A member of Nanchen... It's just that he is a bit higher-level, and he has seen that Nanchen is no longer good. The enthroned sage showed his favor, so he was able to become a servant at this age.

But that's all, because after all, he is a descendant from the south. If there is no special honor, according to Zhang Xing's world, the invisible ceiling of the workplace has also reached... It is estimated that he can be a minister for half a year before retirement, and then retire.

The greater probability is that he won't even be able to find a minister, and he will just be transferred to a wealthy southern state and county close to his hometown, and then end his official career.

Obviously, Zhang Han didn't want to just live his life in peace. He wanted to be a minister, a husband, otherwise he wouldn't have risked the disapproval of the world and followed the old path of Zhang Shangshu, who was born in the south.

It is to throw away some things and take the initiative to join His Majesty in exchange for the power he desires.

Of course, saints also like such people very much, so when Zhang Han applied to bring the Ministry of Civil Affairs to undertake the preparations for the Great Golden Pillar, Zhang Shilang immediately became Zhang Shangshu.

But this is only the first step, and the fun has just begun.

After two days, I don't know if he has recovered from Nanya's betrayal, the emperor's uncle Cao Lin chose to enter the palace again, and asked to see the saint.

The sage said he was "ill" and refused to meet.

On the second day, Cao Zhongcheng publicly wrote a letter, saying that Zhang Han had no merit, and that he was only responsible for the preparatory tasks, and the servant was enough. Minister Wei Chong transferred to Yedu to stay behind.

In the book, the sage did not reply or move.

So another day later, Cao Zhongcheng wrote a letter for the second time, and directly said that Zhang Han was a villain, and that promoting a villain in this way would cause Xiaoxiao to follow suit.And probably because I felt that I was really sorry for Cao Zhongcheng before, Prime Minister Su Gong and Minister of the Ministry of Officials Niu Gong also jointly signed the memorial again. .

Of course, the words are a little more relaxed.

The memorial to the second admonishment entered Da Nei, and the sage finally responded by issuing a central decree—Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Jiamin, went to the provincial servant to enter the Nanya to discuss politics.

There is a sentence in the imperial decree, which is particularly interesting: "The appointment of the Minister, the Zaizhi has its own judgment, and the assignment of the Zaizhi, I will do it myself."

As soon as the news came out, the government and the public were stunned. Su Gong and Niu Gong immediately shut up and stopped talking.

However, Cao Zhongcheng became more and more furious, but he republished the memorial the next day, copied a copy of his memorial just like the previous incident, and posted it in front of the gate of Nanya.The content is very simple, and it is still opposed to the unwarranted promotion of Zhang Han.But this time, he bluntly said that Zhang Han, a villain, moved twice in a few days just to please the emperor, which is simply absurd, and if this person enters Nanya, he will beat him face to face!
The grand master wanted to "beat him face-to-face", probably more directly than any threat.

Zhang Han, Zhang Xianggong, who was extremely excited, came to Nanya with vain footsteps. Seeing the memorabilia posted on the door, he didn't dare to go in. In the end, he could only wander around, and sadly returned to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. At the same time, he wrote a letter asking himself to return. As a servant, he still undertakes the preparations for Da Jinzhu.

So, the will of the saint came again——Jia Minbu Shangshu led the minister Zhang Hanjin, doctor Ziguanglu, and sent ten members of Fulongwei to accompany the palace ban, square city, and family courtyard as guards during the construction of the Great Golden Pillar.

Zhang Xingben was enjoying watching the excitement, but when he was confused, he hit his head.

"Who's going?"

Gao Dugong didn't come here with the imperial edict, nor did he put on airs, he just arrived at the White Pagoda, hurriedly explained the purpose of his visit, and looked around, looking impatient. "Do you want to invite a formal order? You are Fulongwei, the saint's will, can you still avoid it?"

Of course you can't avoid it, but for the emperor's uncle, the theoretical immediate boss, and the number one master of Wei, no one has a guilty conscience, right?

"Dare to ask Duke Gao."

Bai Yousi was inexplicably absent, Zhang Xing had no choice but to show up in front of the pagoda and surrender. "Is there a quota of ten people for this matter, or is it just enough for Fu Longwei to send people, and they can deploy by themselves?"

"It's up to you." Duke Gao didn't move, but just stood there, looking even more impatient. "Anyway, we have to return the order quickly... For the extra logistics materials and allowances, just fill out a form and send it to the Beiya, there will be no trouble."

The meaning is obvious, the sage's will comes first, and it's easy to say how to obey the decree, don't try to make any excuses, or push the slightest responsibility to Bei Ya.

"Since that's the case, let's take turns to be on duty!" Zhang Xing turned his head to look at the white ribbons behind him. "A new duty list will be made, and logistics materials and allowances will also be sent to Beiya...Let Qin Bao take eight people, and follow me now."

Gao Dugong was startled when he heard the words, and finally laughed: "It's fine for others, isn't Deputy Changjian Zhang afraid of being torn apart by Zhong Cheng?"

"Zhong Cheng is not that kind of person." Zhang Xing replied calmly. "Besides, even if there is something wrong, the regular inspector is not here right now, and I am the deputy, so I can't hide behind others."

"Sure enough, you are so courageous. You are not a desperate Saburo who comes from a false name." Gao Dugong looked him up and down, and finally nodded. "Then let's go... Your family husband is still waiting for you."

Shit's boss.

Deputy Zhang cursed inwardly, but his mouth became more and more high-profile: "Serve the king, don't dare to spare your life, Mr. Gao left someone to lead the way, we will go after the assembly."

"It's okay, I'll take you there myself." Duke Gao just bowed his head with a smile. "Serving the king, you don't dare to spare your life. How can I dare to spare my life as the governor of Beiya?"

"Brother Zhang, Han Baishou asked if you want to wear armor?" During the waiting period, Zhou Xingfan came to report, but his face turned pale, as if he was really afraid that something would happen.

"What a ghost! Could it be that Zhongcheng is the enemy?" Zhang Xing was speechless. "Ask Lao Han, why doesn't he wear the seal of Fulong?"

Xiao Zhou wakes up and turns back in embarrassment.

But Dugong Gao just smiled and said nothing.

However, no matter what, there is no way to avoid this encounter. Even if Zhang Xing has 1 people who want to scold their mothers, he can only take Qin Bao and a few other Fulongguards and follow behind obediently after a while up.

It was approaching noon, inside the Duanmen of Ziwei Palace, outside the Dainai, in front of the small courtyard of the Nanya Conference Hall, there was no one else, only Zhang Han and Mr. Zhang Xianggong, who had reached the highest rank and power in the dynasty, were alone in purple robes. He stood with his hands tied, bowed his head and said nothing, like a punished official servant.

On the gate of the small courtyard in front of this purple-robed official servant, there was a simple memorial document with the cover removed, as if the Tathagata Buddha in another world had uncovered the post, and he could not move forward.

At the same time, on the main road of Nanya behind him, countless officials from the Eastern Capital came and went, but they couldn't help but look sideways.

Everyone wanted to see, how did this matter end?

It was under such circumstances that Zhang Xing and Gao Jiang arrived here.

"Zhang Xianggong." Gao Dugong really did not hesitate to sacrifice his life for the sake of the holy will, and went directly to greet him with a smile. "Our family is Gao Jiang from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was ordered to go to Xiyuan to find Fu Longwei. Now we have brought them here. There are no more than ten people. Let's go in together?"

Zhang Han raised his head immediately, his eyes were burning, then flashed out immediately, and he lowered his head slightly, so startled that Zhang Xing, who was following Gao Jiang, almost trembled - why didn't he know, don't look at what he said to Bai Yousi yesterday, What another Zhang Shangshu, at this moment, it seems that this person is obviously younger, more eager, and more unscrupulous than Zhang Wenda.

In fact, thinking about it, Zhang Wenda came here in stages. He sold it once many years ago, and became a lot more honest. After that, he got the position of Shangshu. of.

As for this...

In fact, not to mention Zhang Xing, even Gao Jiang was obviously taken aback after meeting Zhang Han's flashing burning gaze, and then continued to laugh.

"It's the holy will. Those who are ministers dare not disobey their orders." Zhang Han calmed down, replied earnestly, and even bowed slightly to Gao Jiang and Zhang Xing. "It's just to implicate the two of you."

"It's okay, it's okay." Gao Jiang turned around and looked around, smiling nonstop. "It's a coincidence today, I really don't have to be afraid of trouble... Let's go for a walk... Deputy Changjian Zhang will take the lead."

Zhang Xing was startled, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the people inside.

He never imagined that it was the first time in his life that he entered the most core meeting hall of Nanya in this way.

With mixed thoughts, when he came to the gate of the small courtyard, the two Jinwu guards inside cast complicated gazes, and then they all went to look at the memorial on the gate of the courtyard, and Zhang Xing followed the gazes of these people to the memorial. He moved slightly again, and actually stopped, turned around and went to the door, and under the strange gazes of the people behind him, he took off Uncle Cao's memorabilia and stuffed it into his arms.

The timing was subtle, and the location was also subtle. Zhang Xing didn't explain, and the people behind didn't ask, and there were people coming and going on the avenue behind, and there was some disturbance for a while, but it didn't delay Zhang Xing's head-on, and walked straight into the middle of the small courtyard. Just turned around.

"Ms. Zhang." Zhang Xing asked earnestly. "Do you want us to stand guard in front of the public house, or do you want us to stay close at every step?"

"I'm new here. I'll open the public room in the afternoon. I'm going in now. Allow me to make amends to Duke Cao and you in person." Zhang Han thought for a moment, and immediately replied with a blank expression on his face, but pointed to a small hall directly in front of him. Unexpectedly, that should be the place where the princes of the Nanya government discussed and discussed. "As for how you guard, I really don't know."

Zhang Xing nodded, and went to look at Gao Jiang with his sword: "Governor Gao, you passed on the decree... The sage said that we should come to guard, so it's no problem, but the important place of the meeting hall, is it allowed to enter or not? We Do you stay at the door, or follow in?"

Gao Dugong also thought for a moment, and immediately gave the answer: "Follow up."

There was nothing to say, Zhang Xing turned around and walked forward, pushing open the concealed door.

Zhang Xing was greeted by seven ministers sitting or standing, with different expressions—Prime Minister Su Wei, Emperor Uncle Cao Lin, Shangshu Zuocheng Zhang Shizhao, British Duke Bai Hengqiu, Minister of Shangzhu Kingdom Ma Changying, and Tianguan Niu of the Ministry of Officials. Hong, Shangshu Youcheng Yu Changji, almost everyone was startled, and then they all looked at it.

Among the few people, Zhang Xing only recognized three or four faces, but he lowered his head slightly, entered the door with his knife in his hand, then quickly turned around and walked behind Bai Hengqiu at the innermost table, standing proudly with his knife in his hand.

"Zhang Xing!" It was only now that Cao Lin realized it, but he was furious and threw his cup on the ground. "Nanya's meeting hall is an important place, and only the prime minister is not allowed to enter it. It has been like this since the completion of the Eastern Capital! Who gave you the courage to enter here?"

Even Bai Hengqiu looked back at the boy behind him with a gloomy expression.

Regarding this, Zhang Xing just kept silent, it was not his turn to speak here, and he didn't believe that with Cao Lin and Bai Hengqiu's cultivation, they couldn't hear "can't see" the things and conversations happening outside the door.

Not to mention the will of the saints.

Sure enough, the next moment, Gao Dugong and Zhang Han stepped into the meeting hall, attracting everyone's attention.

"The lower official is eager to serve the country, but he acted carelessly, and offended all the gentlemen, so I come here to make amends." Zhang Han bowed his head as soon as he entered the door. "But state affairs come first, and your kindness is like a mountain. Please don't abolish the public for personal reasons and ruin the country's major affairs... Mr. Bai, we must cooperate sincerely in the future."

Bai Hengqiu, who was looking back at Zhang Xing just now, was twirling his beard, stunned for a long time, and could only nod blankly: "It's easy to say, easy to say."

Seeing it, Zhang Xing almost wanted to laugh.

After hearing Bai Hengqiu's words, Zhang Hanfu went to see Cao Lin again: "Mr. Cao, you are the foundation of the nation, why are you angry with me?"

Cao Lin had no choice but to yell: "You villain, didn't you see the memorial I posted on the door? How dare you come in?"

Zhang Han was silent for a moment, and just cupped his hands: "Forgive me for being slow, I didn't see any memorials posted on the door."

Cao Lin was stunned, and smiled angrily, and turned to look at Gao Dugong who was standing with his arms tied: "Gao Jiang, come in with him, can you see my memorial?"

Gao Dugong immediately bowed his head and responded: "Reporting to the emperor... When our house came in, we really didn't see any memorials, and the door was clean."

Cao Lin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhang Xing again: "Zhang Xing, how about you?"

"My subordinates didn't see it either." Zhang Xing remained expressionless, and raised his voice to answer earnestly.

Cao Lin immediately flicked his sleeves and turned out of the meeting hall.

The atmosphere in the hall was slightly relieved for a while.

After a while, the prime minister, Su Wei, coughed dryly, and smoothed things over: "It's noon today, so let's call it a day. Everyone go back to the public room to put down the documents and orders they have got, and let's go."

As he said that, he probably felt embarrassed, so he walked out directly.

Standing in the threshold, Zhang Han hurriedly bowed his head in salute, followed by Zhang Shizhao, Niu Hong, and Sima Changying, all of whom left without saying a word. It was Bai Hengqiu's turn to stop, but he stopped in front of Zhang Han. , and leave.

The last one, Yu Changji, seemed to be a little more free and easy. He paused for a while, bowed his hands and returned a half salute, and then left.

As soon as Xianggong Yu left, there were only a few Fu Longwei, Gao Jiang, and Zhang Han left in the meeting hall.

Zhang Han was silent for a moment, then slightly cupped his hands and looked at Gao Jiang: "Gao Dugong, I don't want to thank you for your kindness. I am very grateful for this matter. You can go back, and I will go to the public house next to me to have a look."

Gao Jiang nodded and left without hesitation.

And Zhang Xing and others also followed Zhang Han to a new room in the small courtyard. The public room is narrow and can only accommodate two or three people. It can be seen that it is usually used to store memorials or something, not a real office place. And Zhang Xing also arranged the others outside the door, and stood alone in the public room, watching the new husband calmly tidy up his private room.

But after a while, Qin Bao suddenly came to see him from outside the door: "Deputy Changjian Zhang, please report something."

Zhang Xing looked at Zhang Han, and the latter nodded slightly before responding, "Come in and talk about something, and talk about it in front of Mr. Zhang."

Qin Bao entered, and calmly reported: "Zhong Cheng asked Vice Changjian Zhang to go to his room."

Zhang Xing went to look at Zhang Han again, but Zhang Han looked as usual, but nodded naturally again, as if he didn't care.

Turn around, but a few dozen steps away is Cao Lin's small mansion. According to the habit, he should have already fled back to the Black Tower at this time, but he didn't move today.

Zhang Xing stepped into the room, compared to entering the black tower that day, he had a calm state of mind.

"You are so brave, tear up my memorial." Cao Lin looked at it coldly.

"It's really a public heart, and there is no selfishness." Zhang Xing took out the memorial from his arms and respectfully placed it on the table.

Just like what he thought, Cao Lin didn't make any unnecessary movements, but Zhang Xing still felt a specious wave of true energy suddenly radiate, enveloping the whole room without any movement.

"It's the same as before...acting more than the rules, but I have to admit that it's the best result." Cao Lin turned to sigh. "I wanted to take you in as a think tank that day, but you stayed by Sisi's side with treasonous words. I almost took your life...but today...today...today..."

"What is right and wrong about today's events is meaningless." Zhang Xing came to persuade him earnestly. "Because in terms of the overall situation, there are still many people outside the imperial court who are eyeing... The powerful, powerful, Dongyi, and Lich clans are all watching. The trouble has reached the extreme at this point, and if it continues, it will only make them think The sage and Zhongcheng had a fundamental relationship, thinking that the court had lost its backbone, and then a lot of courage and disasters happened for no reason."

Cao Lin shook his head: "It's all nonsense, I'm tired of hearing it these days."

Zhang Xing had no choice but to continue to respond: "Then just say a word of nonsense... More than ten days ago, Zhongcheng had already lost, so it is meaningless to make a gesture, it will only make Nanya's authority more criticized, As a national and an important minister, the most important thing for Zhongcheng is to balance the middle and fill in the gaps... If he froze, Zhongcheng himself is open-minded and a great master with his own roots, but Nanya will be even more difficult It will be even more difficult for Zhongcheng to balance in the future."

"After the previous incident, how can the Nan Ya be able to balance?" Cao Lin raised his forehead with his hand, sighed, like a real old minister, but raised his hand impatiently. "Focus on this person for me, go down!"

Zhang Xingru was granted an amnesty, so he quickly surrendered.

But when he was about to go out, he suddenly got stuck as if he encountered an invisible wall, unable to move an inch, and then immediately woke up and turned his head back.

"I'm still angry...go and pass a message to Bai Hengqiu who hasn't left yet." Cao Lin suddenly opened his eyes and took a deep breath. "After you pass it on, I'll go back to Jing'an Terrace."

Zhang Xing could only respond.

After a while, Deputy Inspector Zhang knocked on the door of Mr. Bai's mansion, which was also only a few dozen steps away, with a complicated mood, then saluted respectfully, entered carefully, and faced each other loudly at the threshold:

"Cao Zhongcheng asked me to give Bai Xianggong a word!"

Bai Hengqiu was holding a pack of memorials and was about to leave. Hearing this, he looked at him in a daze: "What?"

Zhang Xing hesitated for a moment, but he didn't report it immediately.

"Hurry up!" Bai Hengqiu was obviously impatient.

"Cao Gong said..." Zhang Xing suddenly stood up straight, and pointed his finger at the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the British public leader in front of him, and then his voice was loud and fierce, and it almost instantly spread throughout the small courtyard of the meeting hall. "Tell Bai Hengqiu, if it wasn't for him to flatter the sage and first open the Mingtang, why would this happen today? If you do such a shitty thing, wouldn't you be afraid of retribution in the future?!"

Bai Hengqiu was stunned for a moment, a golden light flashed beside him, his true energy surged, but it disappeared immediately, and Zhang Xing escaped early, and quickly rolled back to Zhang Han Zhang Xianggong's public house.

The latter looked at Zhang Xing, and finally laughed: "Vice Changjian Zhang has worked hard enough."

Zhang Xing faced each other with an awkward yet polite smile, replaying the role of a dedicated guard.

PS: Good night.

(End of this chapter)