Luo nine needles

The heat of the capital in early autumn faded away, and there was still some shade in the city gate early in the morning.

"Have a drink to warm up."

Zhang Yuan came over with a jug of wine and an oiled paper bag, and greeted the guards at the city gate who had just come off duty.

The guards were not too surprised.

"Old Zhang, you are here again."

"It seems that your patrol job is much more leisurely than ours guarding the city gate."

"Boss, what you said, he used to be here with us, and he was very leisurely."

That's true, the leader of the city guard twirled his short beard. Although he didn't like Zhang Yuan, who was difficult to manage, but now that Zhang Yuan went to the patrol guard and was no longer under his control, it didn't look so unpleasant. , not to mention that this old boy did not come empty-handed.

"Come on, tell me what you did with those things before." Zhang Yuan said, and handed the wine and oil paper bags to the guards, "Try, the mutton buns from Wang's shop."

He was really hungry and sleepy when he was on duty all night, so the guards were not polite, they took the buns and ate them.

"Has Huo Lian from Duchasi come back?" Zhang Yuan squatted beside them and asked in a low voice.

This is not the first time Zhang Yuan asked. When he first asked, everyone was puzzled. A guy who was chased away by the city gate guard asked Ducha what the Dudu did?
"Have you forgotten, I have friendship with Captain Huo?" Zhang Yuan said proudly.

Zhang Yuan and Huo Lian had a friendship, and everyone was a little dazed. It took a long time to remember that there seemed to be a rumor a long time ago that Zhang Yuan was working as a running dog for the Ducha Division to track down some suspects.

"So I made up my mind, I can't mess around like this, I have to find Captain Huo, and for the sake of my past friendship, give me a better place to be an official or something." Zhang Yuan said triumphantly.

Duchasi has always only had friendship with prisoners and dead people. What kind of friendship does he have with him? It is obvious that Zhang Yuan was in favor of him at the beginning, but if he really had friendship, how could he not care about it in the past few years.

Everyone thought that Zhang Yuan was bewildered, anyway, he was bewildered a lot.

Everyone is laughing and joking, just listen to it.

But after all, he is soft-spoken, and he will answer five times when asked ten times.

"No, Duchasi came and went a lot." A soldier said while eating a steamed bun, "I haven't seen Huo Dudu come back."

"I know, Dudu Huo escorted the brothers of the Liang family back together." Another soldier said.

This remark caused the other guards to retort, "It's not an escort, it's an escort." "This time, the Beihai Navy has made meritorious service, and captured so many, most of the chiefs' heads were beheaded." "Yes, Your Majesty wants to reward."" Who knows, you'll know when you come."

The topic turned to the Beihai Navy. Zhang Yuan was not interested in this, but he did not leave. He squatted aside and stared at the city gate. Simple, well-dressed servants, this is a very common house in the capital, no need to check, unimpeded, squatting Zhang Yuan suddenly rushed out——

"Stop!"

The coachman who was driving hurriedly reined in his horse, but fortunately he slowed down after passing the city gate, otherwise Zhang Yuan would have been knocked down under the chariot and horse.

The chariot and horses swayed, exclamations sounded from inside the chariot, and the city gate guards rushed in one after another, all startled by the sudden appearance of Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan only looked at the carriage and said, "Routine inspection."

Everyone around was stunned, why check?What's more, you, Zhang Yuan, are not city gate guards, so it's your turn to investigate?

The leader who was eating the buns was angry and ashamed, knowing that Zhang Yuan was a bad guy, he threw the buns on the ground and rushed to grab Zhang Yuan.

"Check your father!" He yelled, "Get lost!"

As a result, the quiet city gate in the early morning became noisy. Pedestrians coming in and out stopped, and the curtains of the cars that were blocked were lifted, revealing a young gentleman.

"What's the matter?" He asked, his voice was not the slightest bit angry and dissatisfied, it was fresh and sweet.

The leader of the city gate hurriedly looked over. There are many people in the capital, but there are also many people who are well known to everyone, and this young son is among them.

"Lord Lu." The leader hurriedly said respectfully, "It's all right."

After finishing speaking, he grabbed Zhang Yuan and kicked him backwards, and then cursed, "Get out."

Zhang Yuan didn't roll away, and the leader couldn't kick him. He looked at Lu Yizhi's chariot and horses: "Boss, there will be spot checks every morning and night. You can't just ignore the other party because he is an official."

Lu Yizhi smiled when he was messing around all day, but he still remembered the messy rules, what the leader wanted to scold.

"I accompanied my parents to worship Buddha." He said, "My parents have not been in a good spirit recently."

He turned sideways, and the people standing in front of the car saw the Lu family and his wife in the car. They didn't look very well, and Mrs. Lu seemed to be frightened.

"The following car is accompanied by servants." Lu Yizhi continued, and at the same time ordered the rear car to also raise the curtain.

The rear car not only lifted the curtain, but the maids also got out of the car, and Zhang Yuan really looked carefully.

The leader hurriedly grabbed him and pulled him back, and then saluted Lu Yizhi: "Okay, I read it, thank you Master Lu, you go quickly."

Lu Yizhi nodded gently and politely with a smile, and put down the car curtain.

The carriage passed by slowly, this time Zhang Yuan did not stop him, listening to the people on both sides discussing in low voices.

"Master Lu and Mrs. Lu's spirits are not very good."

"Is it okay? I met my prospective daughter-in-law and was robbed."

"It's time to worship the Buddha. If you worship the Buddha earlier, maybe you won't encounter this bad luck."

In the past, Zhang Yuan might have felt the same way, but now, Huo Lian is very scary, but the daughter-in-law of the Lu family is also very scary. Who knows who is scaring the Lu family couple.

Staring at Huo Lian is a must, and this Lu Yizhi can't let it go, that woman will appear by their side at any time, Zhang Yuan clenched his hands, and the leader of the city gate guard scolded endlessly in his ears, he turned around and left without paying attention.

Lu Yizhi was not angry at being stopped suddenly. Although he didn't know what the soldier was crazy about, he just wanted everyone to see what he was doing.

The carriage drove steadily, and the soft cushions and hot tea were all ready, but Mr. and Mrs. Lu's expressions became more and more bad.

"Did the gate guard stop us—" Master Lu couldn't help asking.

Before finishing speaking, Lu Yizhi interrupted: "No."

Mrs. Lu asked softly, "Then what does she want us to do?"

Lu Yizhi looked at the shaking car curtain and said, "Spend money."

Respecting the Buddha depends on sincerity, and it will also cost a lot of money, as well as engineering.

In the Royal Study Room of the imperial city, the emperor looked at the drawings made by the five son-in-laws, and on the other side, the eunuchs unfolded the finished drawings drawn by the painters. This is really a beautiful, exquisite and unique palace.

Without the majesty and dullness of the imperial palace, coupled with all kinds of ingenious workmanship, it is like a fairyland in a fairyland.

As an emperor, he should have such a palace.

The emperor was very happy to see it, but when he looked at the account books on the table, he couldn't help taking a breath because of the numbers on it.

The national treasury is really not rich, although it is to build a palace for myself, but I am really reluctant, and if the ministers find out, they will inevitably be nagged and questioned, and some bad words will be left in the daily record.

"It costs" the emperor frowned.

Before finishing speaking, the fifth consort laughed.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the Shaofu Prison will pay half of this cost." He said, looking at Uncle Li Guo who was standing beside him, "Lord Li will pay the other half."

The emperor looked at Li Guojiu in shock. First, he was shocked that Uncle Li would pay half of the money, and then he was shocked that the Li family was so rich.

For more than a year, the queen's hands have been getting more and more generous. I thought it was just not so petty, but it turned out to be really rich.

The Li family turned out to be a secret?

"In the past, the family background was weak, and later, thanks to the grace of the saints, I became a queen. The elders in the family have been admonishing me to stay poor and avoid arrogance." Uncle Li Guo said, "Over the years, we have seen with our own eyes how difficult and diligent your Majesty is. Try to turn the tide and bring the precarious Dazhou back to prosperity. The elders in the family said that if we want to do our best for His Majesty, we can do nothing to help His Majesty in state affairs, so we should do our best in family affairs, so that His Majesty can have a place to relieve his fatigue. Place."

The emperor did not speak, thoughtful.

Uncle Li Guo then saluted: "However, we have an unfeeling request. In the future palace, the empress's residence, please give me your majesty's words."

The emperor laughed when he heard this.

"The empress should write inscriptions for all the residences in the palace." He said, "This should be the empress's palace. When the time comes, I will enjoy the honor of the empress."

The fifth son-in-law laughed and said, "Your Majesty is the queen's lord, and she is also the queen's husband. What are you and me?" He joked, "But we are all outsiders. When the time comes, please remember to bring the princess with you."

The emperor laughed: "What are you talking about, why did you and the princess become outsiders? We are all one family."

Uncle Li Guo breathed a sigh of relief, and took the words: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for fulfilling our wishes."

When the emperor wanted to say something, a servant told him at the door, "Master Liu Yan is here."

Hearing this sentence, the emperor hurriedly waved his hands to the fifth consort and Li Guojiu, and the two understood that they hurriedly put away the account book of the engineering drawing for the eunuch to hide, and the emperor then ordered "Xuan" to the servant.

Liu Yan walked in and saw the fifth son-in-law and Uncle Li at a glance, and his eyes stayed on the fifth son-in-law. Although the fifth son-in-law is not so timid now, he is still afraid of a minister with a straight face like Liu Yan, and he is guilty of being a thief. , couldn't help but dodge his eyes, and stuffed and stuffed the blueprints in his sleeves.

"I have seen Your Majesty." Liu Yan saluted and got up again, "Last time, I asked you to re-examine the Qizhou women's murder case. Will Your Majesty give you an answer?"

The emperor snorted, and asked the servant beside him: "I have finished writing, and I will leave it to Lu Hanlin to sort it out, go and call him."

The servant left in a hurry, and came back soon, holding the memorial in his hand, but Lu Yizhi didn't follow.

"Lu Hanlin asked for leave the day before yesterday, saying that his parents were not in good health, so he accompanied him to worship the Buddha." The servant said, "The memorial has been sorted out."

The emperor patted his forehead: "Yes, he told me."

Too busy to forget.

He gestured to the servant to give it to Liu Yan, who took it and looked at it thoughtfully.

Li Guojiu winked at the fifth son-in-law, and they saluted together: "Your Majesty will leave first." Then he made up a random excuse, "For the banquet, I hope Your Majesty's permission."

The emperor nodded: "I know."

The two retreated out, and when they reached the door, they heard Liu Yan say inside: "Your Majesty, you should stay away from your relatives, don't indulge them, and don't indulge in fun with them. Although Mrs. Liu has skillful craftsmen, it's too late. He's so skillful. Hurt the country and the people"

The fifth son-in-law's face turned pale, Li Guojiu hurriedly pulled him to walk a few steps, left the imperial study, and then smiled to comfort the fifth son-in-law: "Don't worry, these ministers have this problem, if you don't scold your relatives, you will be sorry for your salary."

The fifth son-in-law squeezed out a smile: "Lord Liu has never scolded me like this before, it's really scary."

When Uncle Li Guo wanted to say something, several officials rushed over and saluted the two of them.

"Master Liu, the merchants came to ask for instructions on some of the materials you withheld earlier, saying that there was an urgent request."

Before the fifth son-in-law said anything, Uncle Li Guo raised his brows: "Who?"

The official said: "It's Lu Hanlin who said he would donate a pagoda to the temple."

Uncle Li Guo smiled: "It turned out to be him." Looking at the fifth son-in-law, "It seems that Mr. Lu's father and mother are seriously ill."

The fifth son-in-law waved his hand: "Give it to him, give it to him, it wouldn't take that much, let him take it if he needs it, and he's not an outsider."

Yes, he is an official appointed by the imperial court, and he is valued by the emperor. He has a bright future and is not a random person. Uncle Li Guo smiled and said nothing.

There was no secret about the movements of the officials, and the emperor soon found out. Zhu Chuan walked into the imperial study, and was scolded by the emperor as soon as he probed his head.

"Your Majesty!" Zhu Chuan said aggrievedly, "I haven't said anything yet."

The emperor said angrily: "Whatever you say, it's Huo Lian's fault!"

Zhu Chuan complained even more: "Our governor is not here, and we almost lost our lives in the northern border. We have made such a great contribution, and we haven't been rewarded yet. The world doesn't know, how can His Majesty still scold him—"

The emperor slapped the table to tell him to shut up: "When will Huo Lian come back!"

After hearing this, Zhu Chuan hurriedly stepped forward to complain: "This is even more wronged, Your Majesty, it's all the fault of the brothers of the Liang family. They dawdled and didn't know what to do, which made our governor unable to set off—"

The emperor became even angrier, grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at him: "Then why are you still sticking around, why don't you check what they are dawdling about!"

Zhu Chuan skillfully took the teacup and held it up: "I obey the order!"

At night, the Duchasi was brightly lit, and Zhu Chuan sat behind the table, almost buried by the pile of booklets.

On the other side, several clerks were quickly flipping through, copying, and marking.

Accompanied by the beating of the candlelight, a civil servant stood up.

"Your Excellency." He said, and handed over a few volumes in his hand, "It has been sorted out within five years. These volumes are excellent records of praise, and these volumes are impeachment reports and gossip."

Zhu Chuan raised his eyelids and knocked on the table: "All the good ones stay here."

It turned out to be good?The clerks looked at each other. It seemed that the emperor really wanted to reward the Liang brothers of Beihai this time. He responded and put down one of the volumes.

Since the Liangsi incident, everyone has avoided the Beihai Navy. It is much more difficult to collect things and words that praise them than to list crimes.

Zhu Chuan still didn't look at it, yawned, and waved his hands: "That's it, if you have something to say when His Majesty asks, go and rest."

The clerks responded, packed up their things and retreated, but they could not go to rest immediately. Two of them returned the documents to the warehouse, and one took the unaccepted booklet to sue the Liang brothers of Beihai Navy to the back of the warehouse. go.

The tall houses blocked the lights, and the place was shrouded in darkness by the night.

The clerk walked into the darkness with his head down, and then lifted the file respectfully.

"Captain." He said, "Vice Envoy Zhu doesn't want these."

The figure swayed in the dark, someone knocked on the table: "Put it down."

At the same time, a dim light lit up.

The clerk looked at Huo Lian, who was sitting on the ground and wrapped in black in the light and shadow in front of him, and put down the document respectfully.

There is no fixed seven o'clock update, for example, I don't know what time it will be tomorrow, haha, let's go with the fate.