I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 279 Hai Rui Enters Beijing
After that, a few more days passed, and Hai Rui finally arrived in the capital!

Under the escort of the accompanying guards, Hai Rui and his wife, Wang Shi, got off the boat.

"Is this the capital city? There are so many people!"

Hai Rui's wife, Wang Shi, looked at the towering city wall in the distance, and the bustling crowd by the pier, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Yes, this is the capital city!"

Even Hai Rui was shocked by the prosperity of the capital at this moment.

At this moment, Zhao Zhenji came up with a smile on his face, hands behind his back, and said.

"Now we have finally arrived in the capital, Hai Rui, do you have a place to stay in the city?"

Seeing Zhao Zhenji's question, Hai Rui quickly replied respectfully.

"My lord, the lower officials have their own solutions."

And Zhao Zhenji seemed to see what Hai Rui was thinking, and explained with a chuckle.

"This is the capital, and it's not comparable to your little Chun'an County!"

"How about this, I have a spare house in the city, you can move in first."

Hai Rui originally wanted to say no, but when he saw the unquestionable look on Zhao Zhenji's face, he quickly gave up this idea, and immediately saluted respectfully.

"Thank you sir, I will move out when I find a suitable place in the future."

Zhao Zhenji had a panoramic view of the expression on Hai Rui's face, and then continued.

"You don't have to worry, I haven't been to that house for a long time, so you can live in it with confidence!"

"Whenever you get tired of living, it's never too late to move out."

Just when Hai Rui was about to continue to refuse, he saw a large group of guards suddenly appearing not far away, and quickly marching towards the pier.

Seeing this, Hai Rui showed some doubts on his face, turned his gaze to Zhao Zhenji, and asked.

"Sir, this..."

"It's okay, this may be sent by His Majesty to meet me."

And Zhao Zhenji seemed to have expected this long ago, with his hands behind his back, he looked calm and breezy.

Seeing that Zhao Zhenji was so confident, Hai Rui quickly felt relieved, and then waited on the spot with Zhao Zhenji.

Soon, this large group of guards arrived in front of Zhao Zhenji.

Seeing this, the leader immediately knelt down respectfully and said to Zhao Zhenji.

"My lord Zhao, I have received His Majesty's orders, and come to meet my lord!"

"Well, you lead the way ahead."

When Zhao Zhenji heard that it was the person sent by the emperor to take care of him, his expression froze immediately, and he ordered so.

"Yes, my lord, please come with the officer, I have prepared a sedan chair for you over there."

Seeing that he had successfully received Zhao Zhenji, the imperial envoy sent by His Majesty, the visitor was immediately relieved, and then said.

"All of you, take Hai Rui to live in the house that I have vacated."

Zhao Zhenji did not forget to give instructions before leaving with the guard.

"Yes, my lord!"

Seeing this, Zhao Zhenji's subordinates quickly responded.

"Ah."

Seeing that there were not many orders left, Zhao Zhenji nodded, and then followed the footsteps of the visitor, boarded the sedan chair prepared in advance, and set foot on the road to the Forbidden City.

"Hai Rui, the next official, send off the imperial envoy!"

Hai Rui looked at Zhao Zhenji's leaving figure and saluted respectfully.

"My lord, please come with us."

When Zhao Zhenji's subordinates saw this, their faces were full of respect, and they said so to Hai Rui.

"Well, you guys lead the way ahead!"

After looking at each other with his wife Wang Shi, Hai Rui ordered so.

……

Soon, the sedan chair on which Zhao Zhenji was riding arrived at the east gate of the Forbidden City.

The guard who was in charge of receiving Zhao Zhenji earlier took out a certificate from his arms, and after handing it over to the imperial guards for viewing, the sedan chair that Zhao Zhenji was riding was put inside.

Not long after, Zhao Zhenji, who had been resting with his eyes closed in the sedan chair, heard such a voice.

"Sir, here we are!"

"Ah."

After Zhao Zhenji responded, he got out of the sedan chair, looked at the familiar Forbidden City in front of him, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Afterwards, the person in charge of guiding Zhao Zhenji was replaced by an eunuch, and Zhao Zhenji followed the footsteps of the visitor all the way to the outside of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Master Zhao, please come in!"

"Your Majesty has been waiting for you inside for a long time."

I saw the previous eunuch turned around and reminded.

"There is Mr. Lao."

Seeing this, Zhao Zhenji's face was full of respect, and immediately stuffed a stack of bank notes into the sleeve of the visitor without making a fuss.

"Master Zhao is too polite!"

After the eunuch had a general perception of the thickness of the bank note, he immediately said with a smile on his face.

"Where, where, His Majesty..."

After Zhao Zhenji hesitated for a moment, he asked his question.

Hearing this, the smile on the eunuch's face remained unchanged, and he lowered his voice.

"Lord Zhao, don't worry, His Majesty is in a good mood recently!"

"Well, thank you, father-in-law."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhenji instantly felt relieved, saying so.

"Master Zhao, let's go in quickly, don't make His Majesty wait in a hurry!"

Seeing that the eunuch had been delayed for a long time, he couldn't help urging.

"Ah."

Zhao Zhenji calmed down immediately after responding, and stepped up the steps of the Hall of Mental Cultivation step by step.

When Zhao Zhenji entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Jiajing was practicing calligraphy, and Lu Fang stood beside Jiajing like a sculpture, motionless.

Seeing Zhao Zhenji coming, Jiajing had a look of surprise on his face, then put down the brush in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said.

"came back?"

"My minister bows to His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Seeing this, Zhao Zhenji immediately knelt down on the ground and said in a deep voice.

I saw Jiajing sitting on the dragon chair, rubbing the dragon head carved on it with his hand, then turned his gaze to Zhao Zhenji, and asked.

"Zhao Zhenji, how are you doing what I ordered you earlier?"

Hearing the emperor's words, the expression on Zhao Zhenji's face instantly became serious. He took out a memorial from his bosom, held it high above his head, and said loudly.

"Report to Your Majesty, here is the truth and the corresponding list that I have investigated!"

Jiajing heard what Zhao Zhenji said, and glanced at Lu Fang beside him.

And the latter also quickly signaled that he came to Zhao Zhenji quickly, took the memorial from his hand, and handed it to Jiajing.

Jiajing took the memorial from Lu Fang, took it apart, and carefully browsed the contents above.

Zhao Zhenji saw his memorabilia just in the hands of the emperor, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Time passed by like this, Jiajing nodded and said calmly after reading the contents of the memorial submitted by Zhao Zhenji.

"Well, Zhao Zhenji, you did a good job."

Hearing the emperor's words, the big stone that had been hanging in Zhao Zhenji's heart finally fell to the ground, and then he spoke.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the situation in Zhejiang, according to my recent observations, is quite good!"

"The whole of Zhejiang is governed by Hu Zongxian in an orderly manner, and the lives of the people are still passable."

"Thus, those things that happened before..."

Before Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, Jiajing interrupted him coldly.

"I know what you said, let's talk about something else!"

"Those on the list, I will deal with them soon."

"Yan Song and Xu Jie, these two fellows, are fairly knowledgeable and know what I want."

Jiajing withdrew his gaze from Zhao Zhenji, and said silently to himself.

(End of this chapter)