marquis of jingan

Chapter 587 Greeting the imperial envoy
When Mr. Shen patted the dust off his body and had time to go ashore, a man from the inner guard had already waited on the shore, bowing his head respectfully to Mr. Shen: "Tang Lian, captain of the inner guard, pays homage to Mr. Shen."

Shen Yi glanced at him and said with a smile: "This big brother is a stranger, isn't Captain Qi here?"

Captain Tang lowered his head and said: "Go back to Mr. Shen, Captain Qi has another appointment in Jiankang, and he will be responsible for guarding Mr. Shen from now on."

Shen Yi thought for a while and asked, "Captain Qi, the last time I went back to Jiankang, did I go back with me?"

Captain Tang nodded and didn't say much.

Shen Yi thought for a while, then looked at the cruise ship in the West Lake, and asked, "What's going on?"

Tang Lian hesitated for a moment, then slightly lowered his head and said, "There is an official who willfully messes around and offended you, but there is a prostitute beside this official, some..."

"Not quite right."

"Preliminary investigation shows that today's incident was instigated by this prostitute. However, the humble officials still need to learn more about the specific situation."

"Well."

Master Shen touched his chin and thought for a while: "Someone sent from the north?"

"possible."

Tang Lian lowered his head slightly and said, "However, even if it was sent by the Qi people, it was too rough, but Mr. Shen's trip to the lake today was just a whim. I guess these people think it is a rare opportunity. Still doing it."

"If people from Qi really did it, then these people from Qi should want to knock you, Mr. Shen, into the lake, you..."

Captain Tang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can you swim?"

"will not."

Shen Yi shook his head, and said helplessly: "I am from a scholarly family, and the elders in my family have not allowed me to go into the water since I was a child, for fear of danger."

"That's possible."

Tang Lian lowered his head and said, "The inner guard will investigate the specific situation as soon as possible and report it to Mr. Shen."

Shen Yi squinted his eyes and nodded, and asked, "Whose family does that idiot belong to?"

"It has not been verified yet, but he claimed to be surnamed Zhou, and said he was... the son of the governor of Zhejiang."

Hearing this sentence, the smile on Shen Yi's face became stronger.

He turned his head to look at Jiang Sheng behind him, and said with a smile: "That arrow must be put away, don't throw it away."

Jiang Sheng quickly bowed his head and said he understood.

Only then did Shen Yi look back at Tang Lian, and asked, "Brother Tang, your internal guards...can withstand the pressure from the Zhejiang government?"

A smile appeared on Tang Lian's face.

"Shen Xianggong, Zhejiang is too close to Gyeonggi."

"It's not like the sky is high and the emperor is far away."

This sentence is equivalent to answering Shen Yi's question.

Master Shen nodded, and said: "Then you will detain these people. No matter who comes to you to ask for someone, you will say that they plot to assassinate the imperial envoy, and you need to interrogate them in detail. Is there any problem?"

"That's what it should have been."

Tang Lian squinted his eyes and said: "This official family is lawless. He dares to stretch his bow to people in broad daylight, or to imperial envoys. If you look closely, this alone is already a capital offense!"

"If someone uses it, it won't be dead."

Master Shen smiled and said: "It's his father, I'm afraid it will take some effort to succeed."

Master Shen looked back at Jiang Sheng, Jiang Sheng immediately took out a wallet from his arms, and handed it to Shen Yi, Shen Yi took out a few gold leaves from it, put it in Tang Lian's hand, and said with a smile: "Brothers, follow me You've worked hard all the way, take some tea."

Tang Lian raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi. Seeing Shen Yi's sincere expression, he hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take it, bowed his head respectfully, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Shen, for the reward."

"You're welcome."

Shen Yi patted the shoulder of the inner guard captain, and said with a smile: "Tang captain, let's go to work now, let them come to me for official matters, I have been in Lin'an for a day or two, and one of those officials More than one can pretend to be dead, pretending not to see me, and now they can't hide."

Although Shen Yi's visit to Lin'an was considered sneaky and he did not greet the Zhejiang and Hangzhou officials, he did not deliberately conceal the itinerary. It stands to reason that those well-informed officials should have known about it long ago.

But they ignored Shen Yi.

In other words, they more or less looked down on Mr. Shen, a "lucky" imperial envoy, and they pretended not to know as long as Shen Yi didn't write for them.

Tang Lian nodded, clasped his fists together, turned and left.

After the captain of the inner guard left, Shen Yi stretched himself, yawned and said, "Let's go, go back to the inn to sleep."

Jiang Sheng scratched his head and said, "Master, don't you want to vent your anger on that bastard who shot you?"

Master Shen rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily: "He and I are not of the same generation, what should I do with him? Just let the inner guard lock him up, and he will suffer later."

As he said that, Shen Yi glanced at the arrow in his hand, and said with a smile: "You must keep this arrow away. With this arrow, our affairs in Zhejiang may be much easier."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi laughed, left the side of the West Lake with his hands behind his back, and went back to the inn to sleep with Jiang Sheng.

This sleep lasted from afternoon to evening, and Master Shen was sleeping soundly, when there was a cautious knock on the door: "Shen...Master Shen..."

Jiang Sheng opened the door and saw a little old man in his 40s standing outside the door.

He is the shopkeeper of this inn.

The shopkeeper bowed his head to Jiang Sheng again and again, smiling all over his face: "My lord, is your Master Shen...wake up?"

"No."

Jiang Sheng held his head high, and said, "My son has been running outside for a long time, and now he is tired and resting, what's the shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper had a bitter face, lowered his head and said, "Master, the prefect of Lin'an is here, and he is waiting outside, saying that he is here to ask to see Master Shen, see if you can wake up Master Shen, please... one side?"

Jiang Sheng curled his lips: "The prefect of Lin'an..."

"You go and report to the lord of the mansion, and say that my young master was frightened in the afternoon, and I'm afraid he won't be able to get up for a while, let him go back to the mansion first, maybe tomorrow my young man will go to the mansion to visit his old man .”

The shopkeeper sighed, and could only report tremblingly to the prefect of Lin'an. After hearing this, the magistrate below knew that Shen Yi had a big airs, and it was unlikely that a shopkeeper would invite him.

So, the Master Fu Zun sighed and asked the shopkeeper to lead the way. He came to Shen Yi's room in person. After reaching the door, the Master Fu Zun coughed and cleared his throat.

"Chang Mingyuan, prefect of Lin'an, please see the imperial envoy!"

His voice was quite clear, but what he said made the shopkeeper behind him tremble with fright.

Changfu Zun spoke politely, but the expression on his face was not very good-looking.

He is the magistrate of the provincial government, and also a civil servant of the fourth rank. He is only half a step away from being promoted to the province to be a big official in the frontier.

Now, in order to wipe the ass of the leader, he has to come to pay homage to Shen Yi, a fifth-rank official, which naturally makes him feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Shen Yi didn't refute his face too much. Not long after, Shen Yi, who was in plain clothes, pushed open the door and glanced at Chang Zhifu at the door in surprise.

Master Shen was stunned.

"Why is Chang Fu Zun here?"

Chang Zhifu suppressed his emotions, and squeezed out a professional smile as much as possible.

"Xia...Xiaguan, on behalf of the officials of Lin'an Prefecture, came to welcome the imperial envoy."

(End of this chapter)