Golden Stage

In front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Yan Xiaohan passed by the General of the Jinwu Guard who had just exited the hall.

Accidents happened one after another to the Jinwu Guard. As a superior, Yi Siming couldn't absolve himself of the blame. What's worse, the trust he had built up in the emperor's heart plummeted.After all, the Jinwu Guards had little knowledge and experience, and the emperor was willing to use them to kill chickens, but when it came time to slaughter cattle, Feilongwei was the first thing that came to mind.

As a minister, what fears most is neither greed nor adultery, but "unbearable use".

Yan Xiaohan had just been reminded by Fu Shen, so he paid extra attention.He hadn't seen Yi Siming for a while, and he almost didn't recognize him at first glance.The man's face was pale and blue, his eye sockets were sunken, his expression was haggard and gloomy, and when he looked at people, his eyes were straight and straight, which was inexplicably creepy.

Yan Xiaohan remembered that he was the same age as him, but when they stood together, their distance was nothing but a world of difference.

"General Yi."

If the Imperial Guards from the north and the south don't deal with it again, the two upper officials will have to say hello when they meet on the road.Yan Xiaohan bowed his hands to salute, but Yi Siming didn't return the salute, and didn't speak, just stared at him somberly for a while, then turned and left.

Yan Xiaohan: "..."

The eunuch who came to lead him into the palace was the newly favored Eunuch Liu Ji, who quickly smoothed things over and said, "The emperor is furious when such troubles occur, and General Yi is afraid that he will be in a hurry, so the etiquette is not good enough, my lord, please bear with me. The burden of finding the murderer and finding out the truth can all be placed on the shoulders of adults."

Tian Tong, who was originally serving in front of the imperial court, was kicked away by Yan Xiaohan for a reason, but now Liu Ji stepped on Tian Tong to enter the imperial court, knowing who he had borrowed from, so he was extra polite to Yan Xiaohan.

He watched as the young Flying Dragon Guard Envoy walked steadily into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and thought to himself that Duan Linglong was covering the sky with one hand in the palace, and Yan Xiaohan was his adopted son, and he had been promoted all the way since entering the palace. Honor and favor never fade.The holy family is like this, Tian Tong's overconfident idiot actually wants to challenge him, isn't this the old birthday star who hanged himself, and thinks his life is too long?

And today's General Yi Siming of the Jinwu Guard, whose face was as stiff as a coffin board, looked like a red eye disease with a higher heart than paper.

Emperor Yuantai's complexion was not very good, probably because he was old and had many worries, his complexion was sallow and bags under his eyes were loose.Yan Xiaohan saluted, and with drooping eyelids, he asked calmly, "You know everything?"

Yan Xiaohan: "The minister has asked people to collect the files, question family members and witnesses separately, and strive to find out the truth as soon as possible and bring the murderer to justice. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Emperor Yuantai remained silent for a long time, and after a long silence, he suddenly let out a long sigh.

"For outsiders to do things, after all, it's better for you to make me feel at ease." As if the anger he was holding tightly was suddenly vented, Emperor Yuantai's words actually contained a bit of concession, "Menggui, what happened the day before yesterday, I wronged you .”

Yan Xiaohan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, Your Majesty is too serious."

In fact, he wasn't quite sure what Emperor Yuantai was talking about, but it was always right to be humble and give in.Emperor Yuantai thought for a moment and asked, "I heard that Fu Shen is not in the capital?"

Yan Xiaohan said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Jingning didn't want to stay in Weichen's mansion, so he moved to live in another villa outside the city the day after the wedding. I thought that living in a different mansion from the beginning of the wedding would be inconsistent with the etiquette, and it would be even worse for His Majesty's integrity." Therefore, I have been staying in Biezhuang for the past few days."

"You did a good job." Emperor Yuantai praised him, and then sighed with emotion, "Fu Shen...it's no wonder he doesn't want to stay in the capital."

A strong general, his future was ruined by him, and he forced him to marry a man. It's no wonder that Fu Shen is willing to stay for a long time in this sad place in the capital.

Yan Xiaohan observed his words and expressions, and seemed to have a little understanding of Emperor Yuantai's state of mind.

Emperor Yuantai asked, "What was Fu Shen doing before you came back?"

Yan Xiaohan wondered: "This..."

Emperor Yuantai: "What's the matter? It's okay to be blunt."

Yan Xiaohan was strangely silent for a while, hesitated to speak, and finally said embarrassingly: "The Marquis of Jingning needs to recuperate and has nothing to do. He is currently in the villa...to grow vegetables and raise chickens and ducks, and—"

Emperor Yuantai was stunned: "What else?"

Yan Xiaohan coughed dryly, and said with difficulty, "Salted duck eggs."

Emperor Yuantai: "..."

"Salted duck eggs?" Emperor Yuan Tai couldn't believe it, "He, why did he suddenly think of this?"

When a gentleman cooks far away from the kitchen, people at that time prided themselves on not touching the spring water with their hands, and the status of the cook and handyman was extremely low.Fu Shen, a pampered and spoiled son of a family of Zhongming Dingshi, who grew up so old that he might have never even been in the kitchen, how could he suddenly pickle salted duck eggs in a whimsical way?

Even if he pickled a flower, it was also a salted duck egg. If it got out and was called "General Salted Egg", wouldn't he feel ashamed? !

Yan Xiaohan made all the moves: "The chef of the villa is from Jiangnan, and the Marquis of Jingning grew up in the north. I didn't know that Jiangnan's salted duck eggs are all salted."

"According to Marquis Jingning, when he was in the army, most of the salted duck eggs he ate tasted bitter or had a bad smell, and half of the ten eggs had no oil. He thought that all the salted duck eggs in the world were like this... he Now I know that the pickling method is different in the south, so I want to try it myself.”

Emperor Yuantai thought it was funny at first, but his smile faded away when he heard the part in the army. In the end, there was only complete silence, a little bit of regret, and almost imperceptible guilt.

Seeing that he was silent, Yan Xiaohan seemed to be in a daze, and said softly, "Your Majesty?"

Emperor Yuantai closed his eyes slightly, and murmured: "Marquis Jingning, Fu Jingyuan..."

Back then when he watched the young general go away on the golden platform, his inner feeling was very similar to what he feels now.It's just that none of them thought at that time that one day, Marquis Jingning and Emperor Yuantai would go to completely different ends.

This time, there is no turning back.

After a long time, Emperor Yuantai said: "In a while, when you give a banquet on the Longevity Festival, you can let him come back."

Yan Xiaohan lowered his eyes, covering up the flashing ridicule in his eyes, and respectfully said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

"There's nothing else to do, you step back."

Yan Xiaohan saluted again, and just as he was about to leave, Emperor Yuantai suddenly called him to stop, and asked without thinking: "How is Fu Shen's salted duck egg...how?"

Yan Xiaohan stopped, thought for a while, and replied: "I will not hide this from Your Majesty, but in my humble opinion, it might... not be very good."

Emperor Yuantai sat up straight: "Huh? Tell me."

"Hand strength is too strong," Yan Xiaohan said calmly, "He crushed two of a basket of duck eggs before sealing the altar."

Emperor Yuantai finally laughed.Yan Xiaohan bowed and exited the hall.

The warm spring breeze blew by, and his back was actually a little bit cold.Yan Xiaohan walked alone on the blue brick palace road, the more he thought about it, the more ironic he felt, and in the end he couldn't help but laugh.

The palace maids and eunuchs who passed by saw that he looked like a maniac, and his smile was creepy, so they ran away in fright, and didn't dare to approach him at all, for fear of touching the bad luck of this madman.

Emperor Yuantai is really old now, and he has learned to remember and regret.

The Jinwu Guards couldn't clean up the mess they caused, so they turned around and brought Yan Xiaohan back.Now Emperor Yuantai finally knew who was the truly capable official.He felt wronged by Yan Xiaohan, but at the same time he thought of Fu Shen, and was fooled by Yan Xiaohan's few words, finally a little bit of guilt arose in Emperor Yuantai's holy heart cast in copper and iron.

Perhaps it was in his impression that Fu Shen was always stubborn and rarely backed down, so Fu Shen's behavior of leaving the capital to recuperate with peace of mind, and even retiring to the countryside to pickle salted duck eggs, was a rare and sensible act in the eyes of Emperor Yuantai.It was also because of this that he could finally condescendingly pity the crippled general who was dismissed and returned to the field, and even moved with compassion, so he was extra merciful and gave him a chance to return to the capital.

"It's so ridiculous," Yan Xiaohan thought disrespectfully, "Why don't you think about who forced him into this?"

And the emperor is an emperor after all, guilt is only for a moment, but fear can never be let go.Yan Xiaohan knew that he couldn't see Fu Shenhao, even if he was talented in salted duck eggs.

Fortunately, there is no need to make too many concessions, as long as you tell him that the salted duck eggs are not successful, Emperor Yuantai will be self-righteous and fulfill his own fantasies and suspicions——Fu Shen is a mortal after all, so what if he is good at leading troops and fighting, what next? After leaving the battlefield, isn't it that you can't even pickle a salted duck egg?

This logic is so stupid that it makes people laugh, but this kind of abnormal satisfaction is enough to pry open a gap in the layers of iron chains that bind Fu Shen.

In a sense, Yan Xiaohan and Fu Shen are a match made in heaven, Fu Shen is a general, Yan Xiaohan is a genius, and the skills of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and turning things around are exactly the same.

After leaving the palace gate and walking a few dozen steps to the north, Feilongweizhangyuan is in front of you.Yan Xiaohan restrained his smile, pushed the door open and walked in, and the people sitting in the hall seemed to have seen something rare, and stood up one after another: "My lord!"

"My lord is back!"

"Thank goodness!"

Yan Xiaohan asked suspiciously, "Huh? Thank you for what?"

Tang Guo, the youngest member of Feilongwei, who is in charge of the Punishment Division of "Northern Prison", is an honest boy with a solid heart. Hearing Yan Xiaohan's question, he immediately sold out his colleagues: "They said you If the sky doesn’t come, it’s because you were captured by a monster and sucked your energy. Now that you’ve returned safely, of course you have to thank God for your blessing.”

After finishing speaking, he also recited "Namo Amitabha Buddha" devoutly.

Yan Xiaohan: "..."

There was a dead silence in the courtyard, Wei Xuzhou and others were betrayed, and they automatically and consciously stood in a row against the wall, dejected and silent.

Yan Xiao sneered coldly: "It's okay, all my wedding wine has been poured into the dog's belly? I'll count to three, and I'll be conscious."

After the three beeps, all the flying dragon guards in the yard climbed up the wall in unison, like a row of big monkeys, squatting on the top of the narrow wall with sad faces.

This was a bad move Yan Xiaohan came up with after taking office as the imperial inspector.In the north, there is not only Feilongwei's government office, but the six army's government offices are all on the same street.As long as someone passes by, they can see the generals hanging on the wall waving in the wind as soon as they look up.

Through the wall, you can still hear the gleeful laughter on the street: "Hey, old Wei, have you been hung on the wall by your inspector again?"

Tang Guo, who had betrayed his colleagues, looked up for a while, then turned to go back to the room, but saw Yan Xiaohan still standing there: "Little Tang, why are you going?"

Tang Guo looked at him innocently.

Yan Xiaohan said: "You also have a share. Go up."

Tang Guo couldn't understand it at all, and asked aggrievedly, "Why?"

"I'll give you a good memory," Yan Xiaohan said ruthlessly, "You believe what others say, and sooner or later you'll be deceived."

The author has something to say: an irresponsible follow-up:

After Fu Shen heard about this incident, he thought that Yan Xiaohan's claim that he could not marinate salted duck eggs was purely a rumor and slander.So when the first batch of salted duck eggs was opened, he didn't save any of them for Yan Xiaohan.

But Lord Yan finally ate eggs that day, two.