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Wang Fu untied a small leather bag from his waist, took a sip, handed it to Chu Huan, and continued, "The [-]th Office of the Western City, speaking of which, except for our Ximen Office, every other office has oil and water to fish for. The closer you are to the market, the more oil and water you get. At the Eryuan Department in Eryuan City in Xicheng, ordinary soldiers earn a lot of money every month, and they have a fixed income every month, which is much more than the military salary. ...!"

"The Eryuan Department is in charge of Eryuan City. There are several streets in Eryuan City, all of which are shops and inns. It seems that they all need to be filial." Chu Huan gradually understood.

Wang Fu nodded and said: "Xicheng [-]th Department, the Eryuan Department is the most lucrative, everyone wants to squeeze their heads to transfer there, but if they don't have a backstage background, they can't go there in their dreams. There are hundreds of people in the Eryuan Department , there is no one who is not related behind the scenes...!" Taking the leather bag that Chu Huan handed back, he spat and said, "It's his grandma, I have been working in the Ximen Office for three years, so I don't expect to be transferred to the Eryuan Office." , It’s fine even if you transfer to another department... Staying in Ximen Department, you will never be able to get ahead, here you only rely on the monthly salary, no other income, no money in hand, want to get a relationship There is no other way, so I can only endure like this forever." Looking at Chu Huan sympathetically, he sighed, "Chu Huan, your luck is extremely bad, I'm afraid you offended someone and you don't even know it."

Chu Huan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Perhaps, the water in the capital is too deep, and there are too many gods, so I don't know which god I offended."

"If you have money and want to continue working in Wujingwei, I advise you to spend some money to open up joints and transfer to other places." Wang Fu said earnestly: "If you can really transfer to other places, sooner or later you will earn back the money you spent. Staying in the Ximen Office, not to mention earning money, even if you want to make meritorious service, it is impossible to be rewarded, and you may even have to worry about your life."

"Worries about life?"

"That's natural." Wang Fu said with full experience: "Our Ximen Office is in charge of Santiao Street and Ximen Square. If there is a mistake here, the responsibility will be on the head of our Ximen Office." Pointing to the front and back, he said: "This There are official mansions on both sides. I took you for a long time today, and you saw it yourself. There are more than 20 mansions in these three streets. We have brothers to patrol here every day, responsible for the safety of these mansions, and do a good job. It's your duty, no one will reward you with a penny, if you do poorly, it's like a certain mansion is stolen, or a stranger breaks into a certain mansion, this responsibility has to be borne by us." With a wry smile: "How many times A month ago, the plaque on the door of a mansion was removed, and I don't know who did it, do you know the result?"

Chu Huan shook his head.

"The four brothers who were in charge of patrolling the streets that day all had forty rods, and only half their lives were left, and all four of them were dispatched to the border by the whole family." Wang Fu leaned against the wall and said, "Do you think this is still human?" where to stay?"

Chu Huan rubbed his chin and sighed, "It seems that we really have to be careful."

Wang Fu felt very sympathetic to Chu Huan, and said, "If you have money, hurry up and make connections. If you don't have money, just ask for blessings. Don't make trouble when you are patrolling the streets. If something goes wrong, no one will be able to protect you. "

Chu Huan nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Wang, for your advice."

This day, Wang Fu took Chu Huan to familiarize himself with the streets in charge of the Ximen Office. The next day after [-]:[-] am, the head of the office, Zhao Yang, called Wang Fu and ordered him to lead the three of them to patrol the West Square. It was personally roll call for Chu Huan to follow.

After giving the order, Zhao Yang called Wang Fu alone, and whispered a few words, Chu Huan didn't know what to explain, and when Wang Fu came back, he felt that Wang Fu's expression was a little weird.

In addition to being responsible for the security of a few streets, Wu Jingwei of the Ximen Department is responsible for patrolling the West Square. Fortunately, although the West Square is huge, there are no criss-crossing streets. The stone field is the row of erected archways. In Chu Huan's eyes, the row of archways built with huge sums of money is just for embellishment, so that the square will not be too monotonous, and it will add a little domineering.

Although it is said to be patrolling in the West Square, in fact, there is really no need to walk around in the West Square, find a place to sit, and it is clear at a glance. As long as there is a situation, there is still time to take action.

Moreover, there are royal guards guarding the west gate of the imperial city. The duty of Wu Jingwei is only to monitor whether there are idlers appearing rashly in the square.

Except for Chu Huan, Wang Fu and the other three were obviously familiar with the work here, found a place to sit down, Wang Fu pointed to the west gate of the imperial city and asked with a smile: "Chu Huan, do you know what is going in and out of this gate?" people?"

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I'm just here for the first time, so please give me some advice from Brother Wang."

"The east gate produces important ministers, and the west gate produces beauties." Wang Fu said with a soft smile, "Have you never heard of this?"

Chu Huan read it again, and asked with a smile, "What's in it?"

Wang Fu laughed and said: "All officials enter the court through the east gate, and when the dynasty is scattered, they also leave through the east gate. Grand Dukes, Neishi Ling, Nayan, and Shangshu all come from the east gate. The east gate goes in and out, so it is said that important ministers come out of the east gate."

Chu Huan asked, "So what if there are beauties coming out of Ximen?"

Wang Fu smiled, then lowered his voice and said: "The nobles who come in and out of the Ximen are all concubines...!" Having said that, he felt that he was still talking too much, so he patted Chu Huan on the shoulder and said, "The only one in the Ximen Department The advantage is that if you are lucky, you may see the figures of those concubines and empresses, this... may be the only advantage."

In order to distinguish the astrology in the sky, the ancients divided the stars into three stars and 28 constellations. Because the Ziwei constellation is in the mid-heaven, the ancients believed that Ziwei Gen was the place where the emperor lived, so the imperial city was usually called Ziwei City.

The construction of Luo'an City began in the era of the Great Wu Dynasty. With the benefit of the stars and weather, and the concept of the unity of man and nature, it was built to lead the Qin River to pass through the capital, to resemble the Tianhan, cross the bridge to the south, and use the law to lead the cows. Qinshui Guandu actually means the Tianhan Galaxy, there is a heavenly palace in the sky, there is a Milky Way in the heavenly palace, and there is an imperial palace in the world, Qinshui is the Milky Way on earth, which means the unity of heaven and man, and further shows that the emperor is the son of heaven.

Although the capital is abbreviated as the Four Cities of South, East, North and West, in fact, the four cities have very particular names. Taiyin City, in addition to Qinshui and Yinhe, there are Gushui and Raoshui, which twist and pass through the city like two jade dragons. Looking from the sky, Qinshui is like a giant dragon, while the other two rivers are like two small dragons lingering. Holding the giant dragon, the design of the entire capital is designed and constructed according to the concept of the unity of man and nature, so the meanings represented by the four gates of the imperial city are also different.

The ancients believed that the east ruled yang and the west ruled yin, so the west gate of the imperial city has always been a place where family members haunt the palace. Passing through the lower ones will show their dignity, and if the favored concubines in the palace get the emperor's permission to go out to visit their relatives, they must also come out from the west gate. After the west gate, it is essentially the west palace of the imperial city, which is the place of the harem.

Except for the nobles of the harem, the selection and release of the maids of the harem also came in and out through the west gate, so Wang Fu's claim that "beauties come out of the west gate" is not false.

When Wang Fu said this, Chu Huan seemed to understand something, but someone beside him laughed softly: "Old Wang, Ximen doesn't only produce beauties, but also produces something."

Chu Huan asked, "What happened?"

Wang Fu mocked: "Return the eunuch!"

The two people next to him immediately laughed, and one of them whispered, "Eunuchs are nothing."

Wang Fu waved his hand and said: "It's better not to say this. If people really listen to it, you will always get into trouble. It's not like you don't know that the Holy Majesty trusts two kinds of people the most. If we offend these two kinds of people Yes, maybe they will be copied and executed by the whole family."

"Two kinds of people?" Chu Huan was a little puzzled.

Someone nearby said in a low voice: "Taoist priests and eunuchs!"

"Oh!" Chu Huan suddenly realized and understood.

Wang Fu leaned against the wall and said, "Forget it, don't talk about it, it's still early at noon, and it's not time to eat, so let's get up and stare at it. Chu Huan is out on business for the first time today. Come on, brothers, let's get together and help Chu Huan."

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Chu Huan is very grateful to the elder brothers for taking care of them. In this way, there is no need to add up the share, and the younger brother also has a few taels of silver. If a few of them value it, after the rotation, the younger brother will be the host, and the older brothers will be treated. Cup, how do you know what to do?"

The Wu Jingwei of the Ximen Department is different from other places. They all have less income and have to support the family expenses. They can't be as free and easy as other departments. If they want to open a small restaurant in a tavern, they have to think about it for a while. Huanxi, Wang Fu patted Chu Huan's arm and said, "Chu Huan, that's interesting."

It was still early in the day, Wang Fu was holding the knife, the Ximen side was deserted, and the West Square was even less crowded, so he yawned and said, "I slept late last night, I'll take a break first, you keep an eye on it, and call me if you need something. "

He closed his eyes, and after a short while, he seemed to think of something, opened his eyes, looked at Chu Huan, and said in a low voice: "Chu Huan, if someone comes out of Ximen, you must not...!" , the voice paused, his expression was a little weird, he pondered for a while, shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's okay, just keep an eye on it."

He closed his eyes and fell asleep leaning against the wall. Chu Huan was a little surprised to see Wang Fu hesitate to speak. This Wang Fu obviously had something to say, but he seemed to be scrupulous. I don't know what the last half of his sentence is.

Wang Fu soon began to snore, but it was silent. The other two were also leaning against the wall, wanting to sleep. Seeing that Wang Fu had fallen asleep, one of them whispered to Chu Huan, "Chu Huan, you just came. You are full of energy, it’s not like we’re too tired these days, we’ll all take a break first, keep your eyes sharp, stare at the square, and call us if you need something.”

Chu Huan nodded and said, "I'm watching." But he also understood the rules in his heart. No matter where, newcomers are newcomers, and they always have to do more things.