fast and ferocious

Chapter 401 Going to the Banquet (One More)
The next day, the old monk felt like nails growing on his buttocks from the moment he got up, he couldn't sit down anywhere, until the time was almost up, and the Marquis of Yongcheng also sent someone to report that the people for the banquet at the Marquis's mansion were almost all there, so Qin Wubing finally He got into the carriage with the old monk.

Feng Ming led the Feng team of more than 20 people plus Sherlock Holmes, all of them rode horses, surrounded the carriage, and walked slowly and mightily towards Yongcheng Hou's mansion.

The carriage belonged to Prince Rui's residence, it was spacious and comfortable, Qin Wubing sat in it with his eyes closed, listening to the old monk's nagging, imagining the difficulties he might encounter today.

The old monk complained about walking slowly and yelled several times to tell the coachman to hurry up, but the members of the Feng team who were riding in front were not fast, how could the carriage go faster?

The old monk was so anxious to drive himself, Qin Wubing had no choice but to open his eyes and persuade:

"What kind of noble person is Uncle Seven? If you don't let them wait, how can you show that Prince Rui is superior? Why should we be in a hurry? Uncle Seven can just sit still."

After hearing this, the old monk felt that it made sense, so he became quiet.

But only for a quiet sip of tea, the old monk quit again: "It must not be close from your house to Yongcheng Hou's mansion, and you don't talk with me, isn't this journey going to suffocate me?"

Qin Wubing scratched his forehead, thinking which of Holmes should get into the car and suffer, when the carriage stopped suddenly.

Just as the old monk was about to lose his temper, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, Guo Yi got into the carriage, and the carriage moved again.

"The mansion ordered someone to burn a stick of incense to report the arrival of Prince Rui's carriage, so I followed it." Guo Yi explained after getting into the carriage.

Knowing that there was an extra panting person in the car, the old monk was equivalent to having an extra mouth. He immediately cheered and said, "You should have come a long time ago. He didn't sleep well last night. He started to sleep when he got in the car. I was alone. It's very boring."

Guo Yi smiled, then lowered his voice and said:
"Yesterday, when I returned to the mansion, I found out that the emperor ordered someone to come to our mansion to deliver an edict, saying that banquets should not be extravagant, and we must bear in mind the hardships of the people's lives. He said that the banquets consume a lot of silver a day, and when the people have more than enough food for a hundred families, the emperor feels distressed when he thinks about it." , the emperor also said that he knew that the purpose of the Marquis of Yongcheng this time was to make Prince Rui happy, and he gave a special reward of [-] gold, and finally said that there will be no next time!"

Qin Wubing raised his eyebrows and said: "The emperor has a good intention!"

The old monk frowned tightly, as if he heard something.

Guo Yi said with embarrassment again:
"My grandfather said that this time, in order to help the third younger brother, he almost embezzled my mother's dowry silver. Fortunately, there is the emperor's will, and the one hundred gold, otherwise, the rest of the Yongchenghou Mansion this year After a few months, it will be impossible to uncover the pot."

"Old fox!" Qin Wubing murmured, and asked again: "Your grandfather will definitely read the emperor's will to the people attending the banquet today, so no one will be able to pick and choose what to eat or drink today. .”

"What do you mean?" the old monk asked.

"I agreed with the Marquis Yongcheng's mansion that the banquet was before the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the Mid-Autumn Festival the day before yesterday, Marquis Yongcheng sent out invitations in the evening. How could the mansion wait until yesterday afternoon to accept the order before buying?"

"What do you mean?" the old monk asked again.

"It means that Marquis Yongcheng has discussed it with the emperor a long time ago. It's just a show for others to see. The emperor gave a hundred gold, and Marquis Yongcheng only earns but not compensates!"

Guo Yi looked embarrassed.

"It was Yongcheng Hou who asked the second brother to tell me this, right?"

Guo Yi chuckled.

"Second brother has no time to tell Yongcheng Hou when he goes back, I blame me for not thinking about the silver in advance about the banquet, but, you are my second brother, your grandfather is no different from mine, so tell me directly if you have anything to do in the future! Love, I take it!"

The old monk laughed loudly, and said: "I want to have a good chat with Hou Yongcheng later, he's got the abacus, he's saving face, he doesn't lack for anything, he's got both the fish and the bear's paw!"

"Seventh Uncle can understand, Second Brother will go back and tell Lord Hou..."

Qin Wubing hadn't finished speaking when the old monk suddenly changed his expression and said with a sinister smile, "What if I get out of the car at this time? I'm not going! Don't think I didn't realize that today's matter can't be done without me!"

Guo Yi was shocked.

Qin Wubing's face remained unchanged, he waved his hands and said:
"Do you like to go or not? When you arrive at the Marquis of Yongcheng, I will tell you that you are weak, and you can't bear to go back to the mansion to rest after walking halfway, so that the people in the capital, and most importantly, your daughter-in-law, who has never been married, will know that your The bones of the body... are useless!"

The old monk's proud expression froze there, Qin Wubing simply shouted: "Stop! Send Prince Rui back to the mansion!"

The old monk came to his senses and hurriedly yelled: "Stop the fart! You forgot that you want me to help with poetry and poetry? If I don't go, what are you going to do?"

Qin Wubing didn't bother to talk to the old monk, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The old monk turned to Guo Yi and asked, "Can we have some singing and dancing today?"

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Today can be said to be the happiest day in his life for Marquis Yongcheng. The last time he was so proud was the day when he became Marquis of Yongcheng. The pride of that day cannot be revealed because the old Marquis just passed away not long ago.

Today is different, he doesn't have to hold back, he can enjoy himself to his heart's content!
Just ask who else in the capital can invite all six books?Uh... Even though the Ministers of the Ministry of Rites, Ministers of the Ministry of Industry, Ministers of the Ministry of War, Ministers of the Ministry of Punishment, and Ministers of the Ministry of Households were unable to come in person due to various reasons, they still ordered their son-in-law to attend the banquet on their behalf. Prince Rui didn't go to anyone's house after he arrived in Beijing, he was the first one to come to Yongchenghou's mansion, how could this not make other honorable families envious?

Coupled with a few second and third-rank servants, and a few governors of the Fifth Army's governor's mansion, all the old princes and masters in the capital who can still move have arrived!

What dignity!Not to mention that there is no one before, there must be no one in the future, because the emperor has already said that this time, it is also to make Prince Rui happy.

But Qin Wubing couldn't be happy, especially looking at Yong Chenghou's smug face, he couldn't be happier!

The list he and Guo Zheng researched are mostly officials of the third grade and below in the six departments, especially without these nobles with titles, they are unlikely to participate in the scientific examination fraud case, isn't that full of food?These people are neither customers nor have any real power in their hands. If they have nothing to do, they still have the opportunity to enter the palace and say a few heartfelt lies to the emperor. How could these people be taken in by that person?
Besides these several ministers, Qin Wubing did write the names of the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Officials, because these two had participated in the Chunwei in previous years, and the former Minister of the Household Department had already been imprisoned because of being implicated by Jiang Yidong, the Governor of Jiangnan. , now the Minister of the Household Department is the emperor's man!As for the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Qin Wubing never thought of inviting them.

Qin Wubing deduced that, not to mention the person behind the scenes, the main culprit of the Tonghui county posthouse homicide would not be too high-ranking. The person who helped Tian Yougui murder and became an official, according to time calculations, should be a powerful official now, but he couldn't do it. Even if he is here, except for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the other five departments are all from his son, so what's the use?

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(End of this chapter)