marquis of jingan

Chapter 710 Jiankang Has No Secrets
Early the next morning, Shen Yi, who had been promoted, went to the palace to thank His Majesty the Emperor as usual, but this time, he was unable to see His Majesty the Emperor. He just kowtowed in Deqing Palace and then went home.

This is also a good thing.

After all, it is normal for a fifth-rank official to enter the palace to thank the emperor and not see the emperor. It is abnormal for Shen Yi to see the emperor in seconds as long as he enters the palace.

After meeting the emperor, he had to go through a word or even an action several times in his heart in advance, and he was really tired. Besides, now, Shen Yi really had nothing to tell the emperor, and the emperor should have nothing to tell Shen Yi.

It's better not to meet at all.

When a eunuch came to Shen Yi and said that the emperor knew about it, Master Shen left very bachelor and was going to go home from get off work.

He just turned around and was about to leave when he saw an old man in scarlet clothes coming out of Deqing Palace. With the support of Eunuch Gao, he came out of Deqing Palace.

It was old Xiangguo Zhang Jing.

When the old man was in office, he was awarded as the prince’s young teacher, so he had a rank of first rank. Although he has retired now, he is still treated as a first rank, so he is wearing a scarlet official uniform that symbolizes rank four or higher. Without a position, it is just a simple red robe, without the patch that symbolizes the position.

Maybe, but the old man didn't wear it...

Seeing the old man coming out of Deqing Palace, Shen Yi, who originally wanted to turn around and leave, hesitated for a while, but went up to meet him, bowed his head slightly to the old man, cupped his hands and said, "Old Xiangguo."

Zhang Jing looked back at Gao Ming, who was helping him by his side, and said with a smile: "Gao Gonggong, you have a lot of things to do in the inner court, so you don't have to give this old man away. If you are really worried, let Shen Langzhong send this old man away." .”

Zhang Jingyi smiled pointedly and said, "Anyway, he's free now."

Gao Ming took a deep look at Shen Yi, then nodded slightly to Shen Yi and said: "Then there is a doctor Shen."

Shen Yi nodded to Gao Ming, then walked to Zhang Jing's side, stretched out his hand to support the old man, and said with emotion as he walked: "I thought this junior was up early enough, but I didn't expect that the old Xiangguo had already woken up as soon as this junior entered the palace." I've seen His Majesty."

Zhang Jing raised his head to look at the sky, then glanced at Shen Yi with a half-smile, and said, "It's already the hour, it's not too early for Bachelor Shen to get up."

Shen Yi smiled awkwardly and didn't answer.

He has always had the habit of sleeping late, anyway, entering the palace is not a big deal, so he didn't get up very early.

"I heard from San'er that Langzhong Shen doesn't get up very much in the morning."

While walking, the old man smiled and said: "It used to be nothing, but from now on Langzhong Shen will serve in the court, and the Langzhong of the Ministry of War is a real fifth-rank official, and you can't escape even the big or small court meetings."

Shen Yi heard the words, and smiled helplessly: "Fortunately, the court meeting is not every day. The junior gritted his teeth and could still get up."

The big dynasty will be once every ten days, and the small court will be once every five days, it is not impossible to persist.

However, it is quite abnormal during the Great Court Meeting. According to the rules, they have to wait at the gate of the palace before dawn.

Fortunately, one of the emperors of Dachen reformed the Xiaochaohui. The Xiaochaohui only started at Chen Shi, so there was no need to get up very early.

Thinking that in the future, he might have to get up at three or four o'clock in the morning, Master Shen felt a headache.

He was already thinking about how to change the time of the court meeting.

While the old and the young were talking, they had already left the palace city and walked into the imperial city. Zhang Jing cast a sidelong glance at Shen Yi and asked, "Your Majesty has been neglecting Mr. Shen recently, isn't it?"

Shen Yi's face was calm, and he said with a smile: "It's not considered indifferent. If I have to say something, I can only say that His Majesty treated the younger generation too generously."

"You can think so."

The old man said lightly: "For you, this is naturally not a good thing, but it can't be a bad thing either. It's just a chance to let you clarify your duties."

"Otherwise, Langzhong Shen, you are the same age as His Majesty, and His Majesty treats you too close and generously. After a long time, you may feel in your heart that you and Your Majesty are friends."

"This kind of thinking is absolutely unacceptable."

The old man stopped and glanced at Shen Yi.

"If you don't keep your duty as a courtier, if you are not careful, you may be doomed forever."

Shen Yi's heart trembled when he heard the words, and he quickly lowered his head and said, "The junior is taught."

Seeing that he was about to reach the gate of the imperial city, the old man turned his head and glanced at Shen Yi, and said quietly: "Your Majesty has already asked this old man to beg for his bones to return home."

"It's thanks to Shen Langzhong's reminder, otherwise the old man is still addicted to the dream, unable to extricate himself."

"Don't dare..."

Shen Yi quickly shook his head and said: "The boy is ignorant, just talking nonsense, showing off in front of Xiangguo..."

"Do not."

The old man said silently: "There are some things that the authorities are obsessed with and must be exposed by the bystanders."

Having said that, he paused, then looked at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Just now His Majesty asked the old man why he insisted on returning home, and the old man told His Majesty that you, Shen Ziheng, persuaded him."

Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment, but before he could react, the old man continued: "It should be a good thing for His Majesty that the old man left Jiankang."

"You, Shen Ziheng, deserve the credit for this."

Speaking of this, the old man put his hands behind his back and walked towards the gate of the imperial city: "If you really annoyed His Majesty because of Zhu Gui's matter... then this credit should be considered as compensation for San'er by this old man. "

After saying this, the old man stepped out of the gate of the imperial city.

Outside the imperial city, there was already a carriage of the Zhang family waiting. Seeing the old man walking out of the imperial city, someone immediately stepped forward to help him, and carefully helped the old man onto the carriage.

Before getting into the carriage, the old man glanced back at Shen Yi for the last time, and then left in the carriage.

As for Shen Yi, he stood silently on the spot for a while, then let out a long breath of foul air, and stepped out of the gate of the imperial city.

Directly facing the gate of the imperial city is a wide street.

It was already early in the morning, Shen Yi was walking on the streets of Jiankang, and took a look around the streets of Jiankang.

At this time, the end of the new year is approaching, and the atmosphere in Jiankang City has already had some New Year flavor. The streets and alleys are full of peach charms and spring couplets, as well as some firecrackers.

Of course, the firecrackers here, only some of the expensive firecrackers contain gunpowder. Most of the firecrackers are sun-dried bamboo. When they are burned during the Chinese New Year, there will be crackling sounds, which can be regarded as loud.

Shen Yi wandered around this street, bought a few trinkets to amuse children and put them in his sleeves, ready to take them home for his eldest son to play with.

He had just bought two gadgets, and when he was about to leave for home, he suddenly heard a burst of shouting.

Old man Shen raised his head, followed the sound, and saw seven or eight servants who were aggressively clearing the way for a large sedan chair on the street.

These servants were quite vicious, and quickly cleared a path on the main road to let the big sedan chair pass.

Even Shen Yi was pushed aside by passers-by, watching the large sedan chair carried by eight people slowly heading towards the imperial city.

Shen Yi was fiddling with a rattle in his hand at the moment, he glanced at the stall owner with a smile, and asked, "Brother, which sedan chair is this, so domineering?"

Shen Yi entered the palace in the morning to thank him, and he was naturally wearing an official uniform. Hearing this, the stall owner gave Shen Yi a strange look, and then said cautiously: "Looking at the master's outfit, he should be a fifth-rank official, but he didn't recognize him." This sedan chair?"

Although Shen Yi is a newly promoted fourth-rank Zhongshun doctor, the new official uniform given to him by the Ministry of Officials has just begun to be customized. It is estimated that Master Shen will not be able to wear the crimson official uniform that symbolizes his status until the spring of next year.

Therefore, he was still wearing a fifth-rank official uniform.

Master Shen smiled and said, "I wasn't in Jiankang before, but I was transferred to Jiankang in the past two years."

"That's not surprising."

The stall owner bowed slightly, lowered his head and said with a smile on his face: "This sedan chair is the sedan chair of Master Yang."

"Master Yang has retired for many years, it's normal that you don't know."

The people at the foot of the Son of Heaven like to gossip about things in the hall. The owner of the stall came alive and added: "The little one has been setting up a stall on this street for many years. I used to see Xiangye Yang's sedan chair often. Tsk... are you I don’t know, Mr. Yang was very powerful a few years ago, when his old man’s sedan chair crossed the street, the imperial guards cleared the way!”

Shen Yi nodded with a smile, reached out and took out a row of copper coins from his sleeve to pay, thanked him, got up and left.

After leaving, Shen Yi turned his head and glanced at the eight-person sedan chair that had gone further and further away.

If nothing else...

Yang Jingzong will also write a letter to tell his old age to return home.

Tsk...

Master Shen sighed deeply in his heart.

It's really hands and eyes, and ears and eyes are smart...

(End of this chapter)