The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1102 Letter

Seeing that Sheng Yuan looked unhappy, Xiaoyao asked with concern, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Sheng Yuan waved his hand to signal him to be quiet, while he himself was immersed in confused thoughts.

  Something is wrong! It is so wrong!

"Deputy Commander Dong, are you sure this is the urgent report from the court?" Sheng Yuan held up the letter and confirmed with the deputy commander.

"Lord Sheng, I can guarantee that this letter was indeed sent urgently via the internal security line." Although Deputy Commander Dong did not understand why Sheng Yuan asked this, he nodded firmly in response.

As Sheng Yuan, who grew up under two emperors, he had some understanding of the basic business structure of the Internal Guard Bureau.

The official letter delivery channels of the Great Chu were roughly divided into three categories: one was for exclusive use by the army, one was arranged by the official post station directly under the court, and the other was the Neiweifu mail service exclusively for the emperor.

The Neiweifu postal routes are divided into three types: ordinary letters, encrypted letters, and express letters.

Since the time these three routes came into effect, they have been subject to strict regulations and constraints, requiring that each route must perform its respective duties without any room for confusion.

Speaking of which, the Internal Guard Bureau has indeed done a good job. So far, they have not made any mistakes in the business of letter delivery.

The reason why Deputy Commander Dong was able to respond so confidently just now was because of this.

"But..." Sheng Yuan muttered to himself as he looked at the letter.

But this is clearly a letter of encouragement to the governor to work hard as per the rules!

Since the time of Emperor Ning of the Yan Dynasty, the imperial court had imposed many more constraints and concerns on the governors and inspectors sent out, and the greeting letters sent regularly by the court were one of them.

Although it was a letter of greeting, the gentle and caring words contained inquiries and warnings to the governors.

  The original letter is quite lengthy. If translated, it roughly reads:

"My dear, it's a beautiful day today, I'm very happy, but I wonder how you are doing in a place so far away?

Are you happy to eat and get the card? !

Is there any music that makes you miss home? !

  Do you share the same interests and collude with corrupt officials?

Have you ever taken advantage of the power of the tiger and lost yourself in the process? !

Have you kept a clear mind and remembered to perform your duties conscientiously? !

My dear, are the local wines and delicacies delicious? Do you still remember that the governors come and go but the officials in Beijing are always there?

You must remember that you will return to Beijing one day! Don’t break the law knowingly!

I really don't want to shed tears and send all of you off in one go, so please don't force me to do so!"

Well, that’s the general idea.

When Sheng Yuan read it for the first time, he was amazed at the strangeness between the lines of the letter! He was even more surprised that Emperor Ning, who was recorded in historical records as a kind and honest man, could be so utilitarian.

Later, when she learned that this template greeting letter used in three dynasties was written by a minister of Emperor Yan Ning, she even went to look up the author's information. Unfortunately, there was no record in historical materials and the details were no longer available for verification, and she didn't know why.

Sheng Yuan rubbed his head, barely gathering his wandering thoughts back to focus all his attention on the greeting letter again.

Soon, she discovered the clue.

"Why is the seal on the letter the Queen's seal?" Sheng Yuan rubbed her eyes to make sure she was not mistaken. After all, she could still distinguish between the words "Queen's Seal" and "Respect Heaven and Work for the People".

"My sister's seal." Sheng Yuan bit her lip, her eyes rolling around.

Since the matter involved her sister, she couldn't help but think about it.

"Huh?!" Sheng Yuan knocked on her useful head for a while, and suddenly, a flash of lightning exploded in her mind.

It seems that the order of the greetings in the greeting letter her sister sent to her is different from the template, as if some minor adjustments were made? !

Sheng Yuan's memory was really useful. As long as she was willing and tried to rack her brains to think more, she could really find traces in the long-forgotten memory bank.

As Sheng Yuan stared at the letter for a moment, the order of greetings in the original greeting letter emerged in her mind.

"If the original questions were arranged in the order of one, two, three, four, five, and six, then the current order would be three, five, two, four, six, and one...!!!"

  Sheng Yuan is so familiar with these numbers!

The last time the imperial court investigated and punished a large number of corrupt officials and confiscated their illegal gains, An Laokou was very happy to see the materials piled up like mountains. But when it came time to count and put them into the warehouse, all the people in the Ministry of Revenue had to follow him to check and calculate the accounts day and night.

Finally, victory was in sight, but someone found a promissory note, which clearly stated: "Borrowed 35,246,100 taels of silver, expecting repayment."

Seeing this number, An Lao scratched his eyes and reddened. Fortunately, she and Yang Wennong were still rational and stopped him, making him understand that this number was unrealistic! Even the treasury of their Great Chu might not have that much.

Sure enough, not long after An Laokou reluctantly handed over his financial difficulties to the Internal Guard Bureau, this set of numbers was confirmed to be a code.

According to the other party's code book, the real meaning of the numbers that looked like a promissory note was: "The situation is not right, return quickly!"

"Return!" Sheng Yuan's thoughts raced and he figured it out.

  Her sister said that the situation in Kyoto has changed and asked her to return to Beijing as soon as possible!

"Xiaoyao, tell someone to get ready immediately. We'll set off back to Beijing tonight!" Although he couldn't understand why there would be a problem in Kyoto, Sheng Yuan couldn't wait any longer.

"Return to Beijing?!" Xiaoyao didn't expect that her young lady would make the plan to return to Beijing after being in a daze for a while. "What about Madam Ge and the others? They are still waiting for you in the reception room! Also, although you didn't agree to General Rong's request, you also promised that if the emperor sent an imperial decree to ask you to help guard the garrison before the end of the governor's trip, you would help guard it..."

"General Rong?" Sheng Yuan was startled by her reminder. Her slowly returning rationality reminded her that there seemed to be something fishy about General Rong.

"His transfer order was stamped with the seal of the cabinet. Could it be that someone doesn't want me to return to Beijing so soon?"

Sheng Yuan just thought so, but soon overturned his guess: "No, no! The emperor said that I have the power of governor, not necessarily the cabinet compilation... If so, letting me get involved in military affairs and staying here temporarily may not be the same thing."

She felt as if she had grasped the clues, but somehow she just couldn't piece them together into a complete reason.

"You're right. Even if we have to leave, we can't be in a hurry." Sheng Yuan managed to calm down and nodded slightly. "If the emperor is interested in the military power here, then we really can't let others take over."

"Xiaoyao, you let... forget it, you go and appease Mrs. Ge and the others first, and just tell them that I will be there in a moment... wait for me to write a letter, and you will take someone to personally deliver the letter to Sheng'er's cousin." After thinking quickly, Sheng Yuan decided to take a risk and put his cousin Lu Sheng and girls such as Ge Qingyu in the support camp.