Need for a Guard

Shi Yue knew this personal guard, and he cupped his hands affectionately and said, "Brother Liu, are you looking for me? Are you looking for me for a drink? Come! Let's go drink together, I'll treat you, and you won't return if you don't get drunk. i^"

The guard wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said anxiously: "It's not that I begged Shi Qianhu for a drink, it's the Eldest Princess who went crazy and insisted on begging for your drink."

"what?"

Shi Yue was stunned for a moment, then said: "Brother Liu is Lord Kang's personal guard, what does he have to do with the eldest princess?"

The personal guard sighed, and said helplessly: "King Fu hosted a banquet for the courtiers at noon, and the Commander will naturally go to the appointment, and the Eldest Princess doesn't know what's wrong, so she insists on asking the Commander to tell you who to protect the Eldest Princess , Commander can't shirk it, so I have to perfunctory the eldest princess and let me come out to find you."

When Shi Yue heard that the eldest princess wanted to go there by himself, he had a headache, shook his head and said: "No! No! Brother Liu said that he didn't find anyone, so just perfunctory the little widow."

The personal guard surnamed Liu was taken aback: Shi Qianhu is so bold, he dared to call the eldest princess a little widow?I'm not afraid that it will be heard by the eldest princess. In a rage, the eldest princess cut off your head?

"Shi Qianhu, that's what I thought at first, just let it go perfunctory."

The personal guard surnamed Liu said with a bitter face: "But when I went back to report, the eldest princess heard that no one was found, so she drew her sword and tried to cut off my head, which made me scurry out of my head, Shi Qianhu, what are you doing?" You can't escape, the eldest princess is not easy to mess with, Brother Shi, you must pity me."

Shi Yue couldn't escape, so he had to order Fu Qiang to stay here, accompany Old Master Geng to have dinner, and bring Sun Meng, Lei Dahu and other confidantes, and follow Liu's personal guards to Fu Wang's mansion for a banquet!

Fu Wang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with a developed handicraft industry and a large number of merchants. Under the management of Yantong's finances, a prosperous scene emerged.

The finances are good, and the civil affairs are naturally developed!

The civil affairs are well-organized, and the treasury is naturally abundant. %&*";

Therefore, King Fu spent a lot of money on this trip in order to win people's hearts.

More than 300 high-ranking officials of the fourth rank or above in the capital, regardless of whether they have real power or not, all received a great gift from King Fu.

Come and go without indecent!

King Fu hosted a banquet in honor of the officials today, and the officials naturally flocked to him, no matter whether they sincerely had friendship with King Fu or dealt with the matter, they all came to return the gift.

Therefore, in the past, only the butler stayed in the mansion, but now it is full of people, with horses and sedan chairs crowding together, and there are hundreds of bearers and coachmen alone, huddled under the wall and chewing their tongues. like.

There were many officials who came to give gifts, but after the third-rank officials gave gifts, they said a few compliments to the officials who received them, handed them name stickers, they were familiar with each other, and they knew that they were not qualified to attend the banquet, so they turned around and left ——Of course, there are also some low-ranking officials who are powerful, but this is not the case.

As a result, there were only seventy or eighty officials who actually attended the banquet!

There are Zhongshu Provincial officials represented by Prime Minister Xiao Yan, six ministers, left and right ministers, and Kyoto Fuyin series!

There are officials headed by Bai Mochou, the censors of the left and right, the supervisors of the left and right, the supervisors of Tongzhi, and the minister of Dali Temple.

There are generals from all walks of life headed by Kang Shanzhen, the commander of the black guards, the deputy commander, the co-knowledge of the black guards, the military commander of the five cities, the admiral of the nine gates, the counselor of the nine gates, etc.!

There are more than 80 officials in these three lines, forming the complex structure of supreme power in the imperial court today.

The officials of the three departments are criss-crossed, I am among you, and you are among me, each has the right to infiltrate.

But among the three lines of officials, there are also strong and weak points. Bai Mochou's line is the most stable and solid, not fighting, not grabbing, and extremely low-key.

The Kangshan Township is the most powerful, but has suffered repeated setbacks and has shown signs of decline.

Xiao Yan's lineage has gradually risen, and has expanded from a simple civil service system to a military general system, and has a great tendency to catch up with Kang Shanzhen.

And those responsible for receiving more than 300 high-ranking officials are indeed King Fu's right-hand man, Prime Minister He Dan, and cabinet scholar Kong Qingfeng!

He Dan felt very useless!

He was terribly humiliated by the assassins last night, seven of his left teeth fell out, and only two or three were left hanging there, crooked and not daring to exert himself.

The left cheek was swollen like a pig's head, and it was so red and purple that it was very embarrassing.

Although King Fu heard the news, visited him personally, and had been diagnosed and treated by the best doctor. After taking the medicine, there was no serious problem, but there was still a burning pain that went all the way to his heart.

In principle, he should take good care of his wounds today, and should not show his face and ask for guilt, but he can't do that, and he is reluctant.

Today is the day when King Fu hosted a banquet for senior officials in Kyoto, and ministers and generals from all walks of life came together.

There were only two people appointed by King Fu to receive the dignitaries, one was Kong Qingfeng, a cabinet scholar, and the other was himself.

He Dan understood King Fu's arrangements and intentions.

Kong Qingfeng was originally a famous minister in Kyoto, a former Minister of the Household Department, with great power in his hands, and he was very familiar with the details of all the officials in the court.

Kong Qingfeng receives them, has the inherent advantage, and is easy to communicate with each other.

The reason why King Fu let him receive him was firstly because of his trust in him, and secondly because he was extremely talented, and he just happened to show the demeanor of Jiangnan celebrities to officials like Dayan!

He Dan has no objection to this.

But the bad thing is that I was seriously injured for no reason, my face was swollen like a pig's head, my toothache was trembling with pain, and if I said a few more words, the pain would kill me!

The King of Fu took pity on He Dan, and prepared to work hard for Kong Qingfeng, so he only let one of them meet the officials, but He Dan was not willing to obey, and forced himself to be competent in order to repay the king's kindness.

In fact, how can He Dan be so loyal?

He was clearly afraid that at such an important banquet, he would be hidden in the snow, and let Kong Qingfeng stand out alone, which led to the illusion that the officials regarded Kong Qingfeng as the No. 1 minister in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is precisely because of this worry that He Dan had to "accept orders in the face of danger".

Kong Qingfeng and He Dan greeted the officials in the side hall.

Who is Kong Qingfeng not familiar with the officials of the Great Yan Dynasty?Whether it is the former party allies or political opponents, their positions have changed due to the change of identity.

Regardless of previous suspicions, he treated everyone equally, and chatted with all the officials indiscriminately, eloquently and eloquently.

He Dan was not reconciled to being left out, even though his mouth was full of wounds, he still scrambled to receive guests, which only surprised the officials: Who is this guy with three pig heads?Where did the monster come from?Why don't you hurry up and beat them out with sticks?

After a closer look, he recognized He Dan, a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River.

All the officials held back their laughter and greeted He Dan, who looked like a pig, but He Dan was speechless, slurring his words, and swallowed his words.

The officials couldn't understand what he was talking about at all, they just exchanged a few words with him, then found an excuse to leave, and only talked and made friends with Kong Qingfeng.

This made He Dan hold back his anger, but he couldn't vent it.

He glanced angrily at Kong Yiqin, who was talking and laughing happily, shook his sleeves, and left the side hall, feeling even more resentful towards Shi Yue in his heart: This damned guy, if he hadn't been behind the scenes, how could I have suffered such a great humiliation?Shi Yue, Shi Yue, you really deserve to die!