Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

But when he saw Master Mu holding the rein with one hand, and holding a long whip in the other, and looking at him with the same surprise, he suddenly felt bad, isn't this too shabby?In the past, how could a well-behaved master from a county now look like a groom from a rich family driving horses?

He couldn't help frowning and asked with concern: "Master Mu, what's the matter with you? Why did you ride the chariot to drive someone else's horse? Magistrate Gu, oh no, where is Master Gu?"

Chapter 509 The Current Situation of the Old Boss

"Your Majesty, you can pass!"

Guo Ye was asking Master Mu what to say, the groom had already returned to the car and rushed to Guo Ye to report.

At this time, the guard in charge of guarding the three gates of the imperial city under martial law had already waved his hand towards Guo Ye and said, "The Suzaku gate is the first of the three gates of the imperial city, and there must be no obstruction under the gate, my lord, please pass quickly! "

Several guards with bright helmets and armor, holding golden daggers in their hands, with solemn expressions, pulled like two to five or eight thousand.

Guo Ye knew that these guards of the imperial city were just like Qianniuwei who was in charge of guarding the palace.

Then he greeted Master Mu softly and said: "Master Mu, let's enter the imperial city and meet at Yongfu Street!"

After saying that, he ordered the groom to "enter the city", then got back into the carriage, and drove slowly through the Zhuque Gate, entering the imperial city.

As soon as Guo Ye passed the Suzaku Gate, the guard with the golden dagger in his hand continued to yell at Master Mu: "Next one, please show your waist card, token or city entry document!"

"Yes, yes." Master Mu jumped off the shaft of the car, trotted to the guard at the Zhuque Gate, untied a token from his waist, and negotiated, "This captain, this is the access token of the Kusi of the Ministry of War. , please check!"

Master Mu's behavior at this time is quite cautious and responsible, cautious to the extreme, not daring to be arrogant at all, he is no longer pampered and bossy like Longxi County.

"Well, the token is correct, let's go."

The guard responded softly, waved his big hand and shouted to his companions behind him: "Kusi of the Ministry of War, let go!"

Da da da……

Master Mu jumped back to the shaft of the car, drove through the Suzaku Gate again, and entered the imperial city.

After passing the Suzaku gate is the boundary of the imperial city.As soon as you enter, you will see a surrounding moat in front of you. An arch bridge is erected on the river. The end opposite the arch bridge is the entrance of Yongfu Street.

Guo Ye's carriage was parked there, waiting for Master Mu to drive over.

The two cars met at the entrance of Yongfu Street at the other end of the arch bridge, Guo Ye got off the carriage early and waited for Master Mu.

Master Mu stopped the carriage, jumped out of the carriage again, and said joyfully, "Guo Ye, it's really you! Haha, I never expected that we would meet again in Chang'an after a few years, and even in the imperial city. Really! Destiny is tight!"

For Master Mu, Guo Ye thanked him from the bottom of his heart.Although he and Gu Weiyong were suspected of using him at the beginning, if he hadn't relied on Mr. Mu when he was in the Longxi county government, how could he have been used by the county magistrate Gu Weiyong? , and managed to survive in the cracks between the county magistrate Wu Kui and the county magistrate Gu Dezhao?

As Master Mu said, it was fate that we worked together in the county government a few years ago and met in Chang'an, the imperial capital a few years later.

Seeing Mr. Mu, Guo Ye couldn't help but think of all kinds of past events in the small county town of Longxi, and his thoughts rushed to his face like the wind, and went straight into the depths of his mind.

Suddenly, Guo Ye remembered that Ma Yuanju once crossed the river and told himself that Gu Weiyong was promoted to the imperial capital and served in the Ministry of War because of his outstanding political achievements?

It seems that he is still the same as himself, both Yuanwailang from the Yamen of the Ministry of War, except that he is Yuanwailang from the Military Division, and he seems to be the Yuanwailang from the Treasury Department.

Under the same jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, although they each perform their duties, their ranks are the same, from the sixth rank.

Immediately, Guo Ye asked: "Master Mu, where's your master, Mr. Gu? I remember he was also transferred to the Ministry of War?"

Mr. Mu nodded and said: "That's right, my master has been serving as a member of the military treasury officer Wai Lang for three years. Last night, my master led people to check the military equipment in the various treasuries of the Kusi, and stayed up all night without returning home. , won’t I bring breakfast to my master?”

Sure enough, Guo Ye secretly thought that Gu Weiyong was still serving as a member of the Ministry of War's treasurer, Wailang, and the county magistrate of stammering is really not easy to move. After staying in Longxi county magistrate for so many years, he never expected that the Ministry of War would not move for another three years. What a mother It's so easy for a chicken to lay an egg!

Guo Ye glanced at the carriage behind Master Mu. Sure enough, the carriage was empty and there was no one there. Instead, there was a bamboo basket covered with a floral cloth, which should be the breakfast for Gu Weiyong.

However, this kind of thing is what a servant should do. After all, Master Mu is also Gu Weiyong's master. Could it be that after Gu Weiyong was transferred to Chang'an, he didn't find him a job in Kusi?Instead, he became an old servant of Gu Weiyong's family?

Immediately, he was puzzled and asked: "Master Mu, forgive me, why do you start driving a car to deliver food now, is Mr. Gu so poor that the house can't afford to hire servants?"

Master Mu laughed self-deprecatingly, shook his head and sighed: "Although Mr. Gu is not a rich and powerful family, he has some family background. How can he not afford to hire someone. It's just that Mr. Gu is kind-hearted and reluctant to let me go back. My hometown in Longxi was lonely, so I was allowed to live in the Gu Mansion. Mu stayed in the Gu Mansion all day with nothing to do, and he couldn’t always eat and drink the meals of Mr. Gu for free, so he volunteered to help him drive the car and deliver the meals. work."

Nothing to do?

its not right!

Guo Ye was even more puzzled and asked: "Master Mu, it stands to reason that Mr. Gu was transferred to the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War to take up the post of Yuanwailang. At least he should arrange an errand for you, right? How could you be idle all day long?" ? With his status as Yuanwailang, at least the post of Shu Lingshi in Kusili should be taken by you, an old man who is close to himself, right?"

"Ugh……"

Master Mu let out a long sigh, and said with a bitter expression: "Actually, when Mr. Gu was first transferred to the Ministry of War to serve as a member of the treasury, Mr. Mu served as a secretary for a few days. It's just that Mr. Gong later disliked When Mu got old, he re-promoted a small official from Kusi to the post of Shu Lingshi, and dismissed Mu from Kusi. So, he has been idle until now."

Lord Gong?Guo Ye was stunned for a moment, thinking, why is there another Mr. Gong?

Seeing this, Master Mu hurriedly explained: "Hey, look at my sloppy speech. Mr. Gong's surname is Gong Mingji. He is the doctor of Kusi, and he is the immediate boss of my lord. And the young official promoted by Mr. Gong, He is the brother-in-law of the right servant of the Ministry of War, so how can my lord have any objections? Besides, Mu can’t make my lord embarrassed, right? Oh, time is fate, how can the arm twist the thigh, replace it with it , the most important thing is not to delay my family's future!"

I rely on!

Guo Ye listened to what Mu Gong said, Gu Weiyong did not get along well in the Ministry of War, did he?

That Master Gong kicked Master Mu out of Cusi, just to curry favor with the right servant of the Ministry of War.

No matter what, the right servant of the Ministry of War is also the third in command of the Ministry of War. No matter how unconvinced Gu Weiyong is in his heart, even if he dares to challenge Mr. Kusi, he cannot challenge the immediate superior of his immediate boss, right?

Besides, with Gu Weiyong's stuttering problem, it is difficult to speak, let alone argue with others.

I thought he was doing well, but he didn't expect it to be so miserable, Guo Ye couldn't help feeling pity in his heart.

Master Mu continued to sigh and said: "Oh, it's not that my adults don't want to stand up for me, it's just that officials like us transferred to Beijing have no background, no background, and no backing. How can they afford to blame these native imperial capitals?" Officials? Let’s just say that Mr. Gong, the doctor of Kusi, right?

Just because he held a concubine and held a banquet a few days ago, and the gift money from my lord was too small, he deliberately made things difficult for my lord, and ordered Gu lord to take inventory of all the treasuries within five days by relying on his status as the doctor of the treasury.How big is the treasury of the Ministry of War?Not to mention five days and five nights, even ten days and ten nights would be hard to count!No, my lord hasn't gone home to wash up or close his eyes for three days and three nights.Sigh... What can I do about this, I blame myself for being rootless and rootless like floating weeds! "

"My grass!"

Guo Ye couldn't stand it anymore, and cursed angrily: "This grandson is too fucking bully!"

Suddenly, his buddy's righteous sense of justice was vented again.

Then he yelled at Mr. Mu: "Master Mu, you lead the way and lead me to the Ministry of War. I want to see what Master Gong looks like. Damn, why is he so awesome?"

Master Mu said suspiciously: "You? Guo Ye, you still can't change your impulsiveness. This is Chang'an, not our Longxi County. Hey, what are you talking about, Guo Ye, let's get together later, I Now I have to quickly deliver food to my adults, maybe I'm starving!"

"Damn, Master Mu, are you looking down on Guo Ye?"

Guo Ye grabbed Master Mu's arm and asked sullenly.

At this time, Guo Ye's groom saw that his master was underestimated, so he quit immediately.This fellow stood up from the shaft of the chariot, and said proudly: "My lord is the new military officer Wai Lang, old man Wuna, why do you look down on my family's senior officials so much?"

"what?"

Master Mu turned his head around again, looked Guo Ye up and down, and suddenly remembered the Chang'an morning newspaper he had read a few days ago, which seemed to read "Warmly congratulate the Supervising Censor Guo Ye, Mr. Guo, on his promotion to Military Division Member Wailang".

Could it be that this Guo Ye is that Guo Ye?