Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 339 Homecoming!

In the early morning, the snow that had fallen for many days finally stopped temporarily, and the warm sunshine poured down through the clouds, making people feel warm all over.

Walking out of the Yuelai Inn, looking up and squinting at the slightly dazzling sunlight, feeling the warm light, Xu Guangqi smiled slightly and lowered his eyes and got on the carriage with his hands behind his back, and said after Xu Guangqi sat firmly, "Let's go." outgoing.

The carriage started to drive slowly, heading towards the Fort Pingxi Imperial Office...

On the carriage, Steward Xu looked calmly at Xu Guangqi, who seemed to be in control of everything, and asked worriedly, "Master, is it appropriate for us to go find Zheng Fangping at this time?"

Xu Guangqi rolled up his sleeves calmly, and said with a calm expression, "Don't panic, your master and I have done something that I'm not sure about. Everything is ready, and I will wait for your master and me to have a good relationship. Why panic?"

Perhaps it was his master's calm appearance that gave Steward Xu confidence, and his uneasy heart gradually calmed down. The carriage did not become silent again, only Xu Guangqi's melodious little tune that rang out from time to time came out.

It was a ditty from Jiangnan. It told the story of a general who had made various preparations before going into battle, strategized thousands of miles away on the battlefield and finally returned with great victory.

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At the end of Mao, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the Beiyu Office.

Fort Pingxi has been in the hands of Jiannu for at least several years, so most of the city has been expropriated and impoverished. Although the houses of the common people are not rainy, the walls are leaking, but they are dilapidated.

However, the reconstructed Beiyu Office is completely different from other buildings in the city.

Look at this mansion with red bricks and green tiles and carved beams and painted buildings, then look at the brand new gatekeeper and high threshold, and this huge land that can't be seen at a glance.

All of this shows that this building has been paid for!

Although as a government residence, it should be built more solemnly, but such luxury is obviously not a normal situation. The imperial court has always carefully calculated the appropriations in this area, and it is impossible to give so much money. It is already conceivable where the extra money comes from. up.

Looking at the gorgeous Beiyu Office, Xu Guangqi let out a disdainful cold snort from his nose, and said in a low voice: "The rat of the country is disgusting!"

Then put away the disgust on his face, and calmly ordered: "Go and inform the people inside that my officer is here."

"Yes! Sir!"

Steward Xu immediately responded when he heard the words, and then strode up to the closed door of the Imperial Guard Office, and slapped vigorously.

"Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!  …"

"Who is it! Do you know where this is?! This is the Beiyu Office, a place where anyone can knock on the door! It's so early in the morning, you want to die!"

As the door was slammed by Butler Xu, after a while, there was a sound of cursing inside, and then, the closed door was slowly opened, and a guy wearing a snap cap came out with an angry face , glaring at Butler Xu angrily.

I saw that this guy was holding a thick stick with the mouth of a bowl tightly in his hand, waiting for the butler Xu who came to spare him early in the morning before him, but he couldn't tell why, so he rushed up to teach him a lesson and let him grow up. memory!
Seeing his appearance and aura at first, Housekeeper Xu was a little flustered, but when he turned around and saw his master with a calm expression, he suddenly regained confidence!
snort!My master is a minister of the cabinet, and the person in front of me looks like a guard or yamen guard who is not even of rank, and I can be regarded as a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, which is quite different from the person in front of me. How different!
Why should I be afraid of him?

Dang even straightened his back, looked confidently at the Yawei in front of him and said, "Hurry up and inform your guards. Let's say that Xu Guangqi, a senior scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, has arrived. Come out quickly to greet him, and you won't be here for a while." delay!"

"What! The old cabinet?"

The Yawei was taken aback by Steward Xu's words on the spot, he didn't turn his mind for a moment, and realized that the cabinet is always a big official, and his legs trembled a little after he realized it!

Obediently boom!
The cabinet is old!

His own garrison is only at the fifth rank!I heard that the elders of this cabinet are all bigwigs under the emperor and above the hundred officials. It can be said that it is the peak level task of officials. How big a person must be to come to Pingxi Fort!

This is too incredible!

But after his legs softened, the yamen guard realized that he couldn't believe it. How could such a dignified elder come to such a small place as Pingxi Fort?Could it be a fake liar?

Immediately, the Yawei asked aloud, "Do you have evidence to prove your identity?"

Steward Xu snorted disdainfully, took out from his bosom the official seal that Xu Guangqi had kept for him all this time, showed it in front of the yamen guard and said, "This is the official seal of my elder, do you think it is fake?"

Although it is just a yamen guard, not even a grade, but it is inevitable that they will cause trouble, and there is still some basic court keepsake training. The yamen guard carefully looked at it and immediately confirmed that the official seal in front of him was genuine, and almost collapsed on the spot Going down, but fortunately the reaction was fast enough, hurriedly stabilized the figure, bent the body at [-] degrees in an instant, bowed deeply, and said respectfully: "Your Excellency is joking, it is naturally true, and I will inform the guard immediately My lord, you guys later, later..."

After finishing speaking, the yamen guard forced his limp legs to slip in quickly, and went to inform the guard Zheng Fangping to go.

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In the backyard, Zheng Fangping was having breakfast with Master Zhang, and at the same time, the two were waiting for someone to arrive.

While eating the millet porridge in mouthfuls, Zheng Fangping asked worriedly, "Old Zhang, why hasn't the person you mentioned come yet? Could it be that you guessed wrong?"

Master Zhang put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and then assured him with full confidence: "My lord, don't worry, that person will come today, but I don't know when it will be. Please be patient."

Zheng Fangping shook his head and said, "I hope so." Then he started eating again.

However, before the spoonful of porridge in his hand could be brought to his mouth, a loud shout from outside the house made him tremble and threw the spoon out of his hand in fright.

"Master Garrison! Sir Garrison! People are coming from the capital! The current cabinet elders are here! I ask you to go to greet them quickly! Don't delay for a moment! Your Excellency..."

Zheng Fangping, who came back to his senses, looked at Master Zhang with trembling lips, and said tremblingly: "Old...Old Zhang...you said...the person who said it...ju...is actually a cabinet boss! "

Compared to him, although Master Zhang was also shocked, he was not out of control, and shook his head slightly, saying: "The students guessed that it would be a certain important minister from the capital, but they didn't expect that this time it would be a cabinet minister." Old dear."

"Then...then what should we do now?!"

Zheng Fangping panicked and lost her sense of proportion.

Master Zhang pressed his hands to comfort him and said: "My lord, don't panic, no matter who the person is, as in yesterday's situation, the person who came here must have come to help you. Don't panic, my lord. The most urgent thing now is to go out to meet this elder. Don't procrastinate and offend this elder, it will really be a disaster."

"Yes, yes, yes! Hurry up to meet him! Don't delay! Old Zhang, you are right!"

With a goal in mind, Zheng Fangping quickly calmed down, and when he got down, he opened his mouth and shouted to the outside: "Come on, tell everyone to gather in the front yard of the mansion as quickly as possible to meet the old man! Who dares to miss it?" If the important matter of this official has been discussed, whose head will this official want afterward!"

After some subordinates responded and went to summon people, Zheng Fangping hurriedly wanted to go to the front yard, but was stopped by Mr. Zhang. After stopping him, Mr. Zhang grabbed the Yawei who came to report the letter and asked: "Come here! Which elder is it?"

Zheng Fangping also came to his senses, and hurriedly asked: "That's right! Which elder is here?"

The Yawei guard was stared at by his two big bosses, and cold sweat continued to ooze from his forehead. After thinking about it carefully, he hurriedly replied: "My lord, master, it seems to be an atmosphere. Xu Guangqi, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, is right! That person is like that." As he said, he also took out the official seal to show the villain, it can't be wrong!"

Master Zhang just nodded slightly, let go of the yamen guard, turned to Zheng Fangping and said, "My lord, I heard that Mr. Xu Ge is upright, not as tactful as the other elders. You need to be more prudent in your actions later. Don’t deal with them the way you treat those people, just treat them with normal etiquette.”

After hearing this, Zheng Fangping nodded quickly: "Old Zhang, you are polite, so let's do it."

After discussing the way to deal with it, the two of them didn't delay, and at this time, the people in the mansion were almost assembled in the front yard, so the two of them didn't delay any longer, and walked quickly to the front yard.

And outside the mansion, under the watchful eye of Xu Guangqi who had been waiting quietly for a while, the closed gate of the Pingxi Fort Beiyu Office finally opened slowly. After the two walked out first, a large crowd of people from left and right followed. After coming out, not far from Xu Guangqi, a group of people immediately bowed and saluted:
"I've seen Mr. Xu Ge!"

Xu Guangqi's gaze instantly focused on Zheng Fangping, who was standing directly in front of him, bending over to salute.

A chill gushed out from his body, and the official authority and coercion of being a cabinet elder swept out and covered the audience in an instant, and the atmosphere in the audience was suppressed in an instant.

ps: It was supposed to be coded last night, but the company had a dinner, vomited, and fell unconscious, so I had to postpone it until today, sorry everyone.

Can you forgive me? (Poor little Piaoxue.)
(End of this chapter)