Wei Ni

Chapter 2 Entering the Que
Two days later, Luoyang Imperial Palace, Nanque.

As soon as the dawn broke, Xia Houhui, dressed in court clothes, entered the palace from Yiyang Gate and came to Sima Gate, waiting for the guards to report and let him go.

Court clothes were given along with the edict.

However, the seal of the official position and the identity certificate for entering the palace can only be held after he enters the palace and registers at the official office of the leader of the army.

This is also to avoid misunderstanding.

Because Simamen separated (forbidden) the inside and the outside, it was equivalent to the inner city of the imperial palace, and anyone who entered or left without permission would be punished as treason.

During the previous period of Wei Duoyi, Cao Zhi opened the Sima Gate (Wei Palace in Yecheng) without authorization because of drunkenness, which completely disappointed Wei Wu Cao Cao, so he made Wei Wen Cao Pi as his son in the same year.

However, I don't know if he came early, or he was delayed when he was on duty to report to the leading army office. Xia Houhui had been waiting outside the gate for more than an hour, but he was not led in by the soldiers.

During this period, there were many officials from the Sangong Mansion and Shangshutai, as well as those from various prefectures and counties who came in and out.

When everyone passed by, they couldn't help but glance at Xia Houhui curiously, and then doubts bloomed in their eyes.

The assistants who worked in the imperial palace felt that this man in the costume of the Huangmen servant on a loose horse was so unfamiliar that they couldn't recognize which powerful family he came from.

Those who wrote the letter to the prefectures and counties were curious why the emperor's servants were blocked outside the Sima Gate.

Could it be that someone disobeyed the emperor?

Or was it because of his behavior that he was accused?
Many people's speculations turned into peripheral vision from the corner of their eyes, falling on Xia Houhui from time to time.

But Xia Houhui's face remained unchanged, his eyes drooped, standing like pines and cypresses.

In fact, he was also very strange.

After returning to the Luoyang mansion yesterday, the elder brother Xia Houheng also specially instructed him to knock down the que to take orders today, and claimed that the emperor will listen to the court today.According to common sense, the current leader of the army is also very leisurely, but why has the imperial guards not allowed to lead him in after a long time? 【Note 1】

Could it be that the leaders in the temple were summoned because the princes in the temple had important matters to argue about?

However, apart from the fact that in February of February, Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, reported from the army, saying that Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, sent Chen Shi to seize the Wudu and Yinping counties to stop the army, it seems that there is no major event, right?
Furthermore, if there is a military event on the temple, the eldest brother Xia Houheng who has been in Luoyang will also know about it, and he also notified it in advance last night, so that he does not have to waste time today.

Amazing!

Xia Houhui thought about it a lot, but couldn't understand it.

At this moment, there was a faint ups and downs in the distance, as if a respected or powerful official came towards Simamen.

Xiahou Hui didn't want to pay attention to it, anyway, the place where he stopped and waited was not in the way.

And now he doesn't recognize the appearance of the ministers.

But the ups and downs of the noise came from far to near, and somehow came behind him, which made him suspicious.

When I turned around and looked at it, I couldn't help being dumbfounded.

It turned out that the person who came here was not a public official, but Xia Houxuan, who had already been demoted to Yulin Supervisor.
Under General Yubayashi Zhonglang, there are left and right supervisors, and Xia Houxuan is one of them.

As for why he came to the office when he was running out of time~~
He annoyed the emperor Cao Rui and was moved to the left. The Yulin supervisor was only a temporary post, with no real power at all, and he was fine all day long. He only needed to show his face in the palace office occasionally and then he could leave.

"Hey, I don't want my uncle to come back to the capital!"

Xiahou Xuan smiled, and bowed his hands in salute, "The clan uncle quietly went back to his hometown without saying goodbye, and it has been three years. I don't know when I come back today. From this, it can be seen that the clan uncle doesn't kiss me!"

Although there is a difference in seniority between the two, they are similar in age and both are just young, so there is no need to restrain their words.

"I miss Lao Taichu."

Hearing this, Xia Houhui nodded and smiled, and said with a little apology, "I just returned home yesterday, and I came to knock on the que today. It is true that I have no time to separate myself, and I must miss my relatives. However, the elder brother at home had something to say last night, and I will set up a house soon. For the family banquet, if Taichu has free time, I hope to come."

Have a family dinner?
Instead of inviting talented people from the capital to discuss the Tao with joy?

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Xia Houxuan nodded and said loudly, "If you are free, you will go to bother me. Clan uncle, the palace is not a place for chatting, so I will go first."

"Okay, Taichu is free."

Looking at Xia Houxuan's figure who was slowly leaving like the stars holding the moon, Xia Houhui put away her smile and continued to lower her eyes to rest.

He knew that Xia Houxuan would never invite him to make friends with him again; just as Xia Houxuan also knew that the family banquet he claimed just now was just an excuse to reiterate that he still likes to be quiet and self-confident.

The two have different ways, so they have a tacit understanding of keeping their distance.

It can be considered that gentlemen are harmonious but different.

The hustle and bustle outside the Sima Gate, as Xia Houxuan returned to calm after entering the Nanque, the eyes of the people passing by would still fall on Xia Houhui.

Compared with the previous curiosity, the difference is that there is a little more puzzlement in their eyes.

Perhaps, it is because Xia Houhui, who is also weak, is so indifferent to Xia Houxuan, who is famous in the capital.

Another long wait.

About two quarters of an hour later, a man dressed as a small official came in a hurry. After looking around outside the palace, he came to Xia Houhui to salute, "I am the secretary of the army, and I dare to ask that I am Xia Houzhi." Do you have the right?"

"it's me."

"Please follow me into the palace with one step."

He should have been recruited by the emperor, and the leader of the army is not in the official office.

The little official led Xia Houhui to him, took the seal and asked him to register, then led him to the first building and left, "This is the place where the scattered horses wait for orders. You enter by yourself. I have other things to do here. I can't stay." After that, he bowed and hurriedly left.

The buildings here are small.

There are only a dozen pillars to support it, there is no extra screen to block it, it can be seen clearly from the outside, and it is divided into upper and lower floors, which should be divided into ranks based on the difference in honor between the regular servants and the servants.

Also very deserted.

There were no soldiers outside the building, and there was no one inside. There were only four cases on the first floor, which were sort of scattered.

There are pens and ink, blank bamboo slips and a little silk on the side of each table. The difference is that there are some letters and personal belongings on the top two tables, which obviously belong to others.

Xia Houhui, who walked in slowly, took a general look around, and chose the last seat on the left side of the lower head to sit.

If you're new here, it's better to be humble.

There is no need to cause dissatisfaction among colleagues on some small details.

However, sometimes things don't go as planned.

Just when he felt bored and simply closed his eyes and looked back at the situation between North Korea and China that his elder brother had told about last night, a rather cautious voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Well, this is my seat."

Huh?
Someone snatches the last seat?
Hearing this, Xia Houhui opened his eyes and followed the sound.

I saw a man who was less than seven feet long and about the age of a weak crown, leaning forward, with his head slightly bowed and shoulders slightly shrugged, looking at him with embarrassment.Clearly wearing a crimson suit and a martial crown, he is a noble minister, but his whole body is filled with the humbleness and restraint of living under others for a long time.

This son should be Mao Zeng, right?
With a secret thought in his heart, Xia Houhui quickly got up to give up his seat, bowed his hands with a smile and apologized, "I'm sorry, I was impolite when I was banned from entering the palace. call?"

"me."

The person being questioned looked more and more restrained, his face was blushing and he couldn't speak a complete sentence.When I was young, I seemed to remember something, returned the gift clumsily, and finally managed to say, "I am Mao Zeng."

uh~
really!

Hearing the answer, Xia Houhui immediately understood why she waited outside Sima Gate for a long time today and left in a hurry with the book assistant.

It's nothing more than the emperor Cao Rui testing his ears! ——
[Note 1: Since Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty (68 B.C.) began to listen to the court every five days, it became a custom.Wei Cheng Han system, no change. 】

(End of this chapter)