It is difficult for the ministers! [system]

An hour before leaving the Duke's Mansion.

Xiao Yunfei asked Du Tao to accompany him to the Prime Minister's Mansion. When he arrived at the high gate, the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion saw that she was wearing a red robe with a round collar and knew that she was not an ordinary official who came to curry favor.

It's just because Xiao Yunfei brought a person here, which seemed to be very low-key, so the person who notified him didn't report too much.

Prime Minister Zhao Kan is nearly fifty years old, and his face has some traces left by the years, but it still can't hide his extremely calm aura and official authority.

In the thirty years since he has been an official, Zhao Kan has not experienced any storms. He once accompanied Emperor Mingguang to help him sit on the throne.

Zhao Kan is also in a high position now, with a full house of children and grandchildren, but his son Zhao Bingtian seems to be a little unsatisfied. He always disagrees with himself. The head is the minion of a tiger.

Zhao Kan doesn't know how many such things he has dealt with, but this time, he has really violated His Majesty's restricted area in the case of the disappearance of grain and grass.

He now thinks he has been targeted.

His Majesty first sent Liu Shoucheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, to investigate him privately, and then began to collect evidence of Zhao Bingtian's crimes from the local county magistrate, obviously planning to take action against the Zhao family.

Zhao Kan thinks that he has been an official for decades and is still clean, and what he gets now is everything he deserves, and he will not go beyond half a point to make the emperor unhappy. Courtiers will always be jealous.

A competent emperor will definitely attack him in order to consolidate his imperial power, so what should come will come sooner or later.

Now the second person sent by the Holy Spirit finally came again.

Zhao Kan said: "Housekeeper, go and meet him in person."

Butler Zhao said: "Master Xiang, does this person need your special treatment?"

Zhao Kan has always trusted the housekeeper, he said: "Look at Bingtian carefully, and tell him not to mess around. This time, she is different from the person who was directly ordered to investigate. Moving her is equivalent to provoking Your Majesty's Longwei."

Butler Zhao went out respectfully after hearing this.

Xiao Yunfei just arrived at the door at this moment.

The butler led a large group of people to stand in two rows to welcome Xiao Yunfei into the door.

The moment Xiao Yunfei entered the door, he could feel the difference in the prime minister's mansion from the servants. He was not as arrogant and domineering as he heard in the rumors, but he was much more humble.

Or is Zhao Xiang good at teaching?

But if you teach well, will you not be corrupt?Do not embezzle money, do not monopolize half

The power of heaven, can he still maintain his own power?

Otherwise, how did Zhao Xiang get his fortune now?

It's a joke.

Although Xiao Yunfei has just come to officialdom, she is not yet deceived by the illusion in front of her.

The moment she walked into the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she saw Prime Minister Zhao sitting on the main seat, and she immediately cupped her fists and said politely: "Your official, Xiao Yunfei, will see Prime Minister Zhao."

It's really the first level of officialdom that crushes people. Xiao Yunfei peeked at Zhao Xiang, who knew the age of fate in front of him. His face was still a handsome old man, but it was too solemn. Everyone looked like the dean was going to teach others.

If it wasn't for Xiao Yunfei's contact with this kind of yin and yang man like Emperor Mingguang, she probably couldn't hold back her expression, or wanted to run away.

Sure enough, this is an intermediate boss other than the big boss.

Zhao Kan glanced at Xiao Yunfei, and saw that she behaved without any disrespect or flattery, and was calm and sophisticated, not like a young and impetuous new official.

Compared with his son who has been in the court for eight years, he is not as stable as the child in front of him.

He sighed a little.

"Excuse me, Mr. Xiao. Your Shangguan Liu Shoucheng and I are classmate friends. You don't have to feel unfamiliar. Sit down first!"

"Look at the tea."

Xiao Yunfei lifted her official robe and sat down gracefully. When the servant girl brought tea, she modestly took it.

Ding—[Brother]—I'd rather be able to pretend, Zhang Guogong's attitude is another attitude here.

Ding—the host is acting like a gentleman now.

Ding—[Brother]—Maybe the old man's daughter will rush to marry you tomorrow.

Pfft—Xiao Yunfei choked a little.

Hey, hey, don't say such things when others are handling a case, and don't cause me to complain at this time! ! !

Otherwise I will show my true colors! ! !

Although Xiao Yunfei tried her best to cover her movements with her official robe.

But Zhao Kan's vicious eyes still noticed.

He asked concerned: "Are you choking?"

Ouch, this attitude is like an approachable elder caring about his younger generation.

Xiao Yunfei's heart was favored by this enemy.

What should I do, this old man seems to have the charm of his boss? !

Ding—[Brother]—If you don’t turn your back on the water, kick Emperor Mingguang off the dragon chair with him.

Ding - this suggestion is acceptable.

Hey, hey, the painting styles of the two brothers and sisters are almost in sync.

Ding - the system supports any method of the host.

To be honest, although Emperor Guang has a bad temper and is unpredictable, I can still figure out his mood, but the old monster in front of me is different. It seems polite but you don't know what he is thinking.

Following such an unpredictable person, I might as well choose Emperor Mingguang.

Ding—【Brother】—to put it bluntly, he is a coward and dare not take risks.

Ding——Brother's words are wrong, the host's analysis is very correct.

System, you have finally restored your style of painting.

Xiao Yunfei then put down the teacup and said: "Just now I rushed from the Duke's mansion in a hurry, my mouth was dry, and I tasted Xiangye's tea again, so I couldn't help but drink a few more sips."

"I was rude in front of the official, and I ask the Prime Minister to punish me."

When Zhao Kan heard what she said, a smile appeared on his lips: "Mr. Zhang Guogong has a bad temper. Did he trip you up? I have dealt with him before. He has a bad temper but he can handle it clearly. Next time I meet him, I will persuade him a few words."

It was this kind of intimate inquiry again.

Xiao Yunfei almost blurted out.

Thank you, this uncle, for being so discerning!

Xiao Yunfei said: "Thank you, Mr. Xiang, it's just that the official came this time to fulfill the emperor's order."

Zhao Kan was very cooperative and said: "Did you bring the officers and soldiers? You can go to the prime minister's mansion to check. I have allowed them to open special places for you, especially the grain depot."

Hearing the word "grain depot", Xiao Yunfei's ups and downs just now felt like his fingers had left the strings, and the strings became silent and deserted without moving, which calmed the mind.

Xiao Yunfei immediately stood up and clasped her fists and said, "Don't you dare, you don't just come here to investigate the case, I just came to Lingui's mansion to consult about something that I don't know."

Zhao Kan stared at Xiao Yunfei without moving his eyes, and his eyes didn't seem to be tired: "As a senior, I have an obligation to answer your doubts."

"Your name is Yun Fei, right?"

"The next official is Xiao Yunfei."

Zhao Kan laughed and said, "Can the truth call you Yun Fei?"

Xiao Yunfei was overwhelmed with flattery: "How dare you?"

"Then how about I call you in private, so that I can answer you better."

"Then the official will accept it."

After all, Zhao Kan may be old, and it is always easy to show an expression of nostalgia for the past.

He said: "Your grandfather used to be my senior, but now that he has passed away and you have grown up, I am also your senior. I have nothing to do with the officialdom, but only because of personal affection."

Xiao Yunfei said: "Master Xiang, how about the younger generation calling you senior?"

"can."

"Senior, may I ask your son's travel range ten days ago?"

Zhao Kan agreed without hesitation.

"The housekeeper came over to talk."

Butler Zhao seemed to be ready for a long time.

He said: "Master Xiao, the scope of activities of the eldest son within ten days is probably, in, Qinglou and Jiyuan."

"Later, the office and the kerosene in the house were stolen. The eldest son was cold. Because there was no kerosene to heat up at night, he lost his temper all night."

Xiao Yunfei asked strangely, "The kerosene from your place was also stolen?"

Housekeeper Zhao: "Actually, it's not a theft. The young master was drunk and accidentally smashed a tank of kerosene."

A liter of kerosene costs ten taels of silver, and a tank is equivalent to several hundred taels of silver.

Xiao Yunfei couldn't help but twitched her eyes when she heard it: You're a prodigal, and you'll fly away if you move your hands for a few hundred taels.If I were your father, I would definitely break my legs.Of course, she couldn't tell these testimonies face to face whether she believed it or not.

Xiao Yunfei immediately said: "Master Xiang, can I go to some granaries to see in person?"

Zhao Kan nodded in agreement.

"The butler goes with Yun Fei."

Butler Zhao was a little surprised by the master's address. Why did Master Kung Fu call this lord's name after a while? It seems that the master had a very good first impression of this person, so he was willing to accommodate her.

"Master Xiao, please come with the villain."

Xiao Yunfei saw half of the prime minister's mansion during the period. It is luxurious but low-key, elegant but quiet, with everything from rockery, winding water and cups, and the combination of birds and flowers is like a small ecological garden.

She thought that people who liked people who lived in such a unique and peaceful environment probably had nothing bad in their minds.

That's right, the first time she saw Prime Minister Zhao, she felt that he was serious and upright without any treacherous appearance, cunning, speaking in a reasonable and polite manner and being close to human feelings, which would not make people feel uncomfortable.

After all, he is the second-in-command of the imperial court, with one person under ten thousand, and besides Emperor Mingguang, he is the most powerful in the entire imperial court. How can such a powerful official talk to you in the tone of an elder and cooperate with you very much, what do you think? think?Naturally, you can't look at others with speculation.

In short, this first impression, Zhao Kan really gave her an incredible impression.

And there is still the power of the princess in the imperial court, but the princess has been relatively low-key recently, so she is not so conspicuous.

Xiao Yunfei walked with Butler Zhao, while Du Tao naturally stayed in the outer court, his level was not high enough to meet Zhao Xiang.

After going back and forth to several granaries, she found that the granaries of the Prime Minister's Mansion really had everything, all crops, and even the little millet used to make cakes had a lot of grain in stock.

Butler Zhao saw that he was watching very carefully, and smelled: "Have you finished reading, my lord?"

Xiao Yunfei felt that there was no need to check it any further, because nothing could be found in this way, and since people were willing to give her face, she had to take it easy.

She said: "After reading it, I will go back first, please say hello to Master Xiang."

Butler Zhao quickly agreed.

Wait until she leaves the prime minister's mansion.

Du Tao quickly chased after him.

He asked: "My lord, what have you found?"

Xiao Yunfei sat on the upper sedan chair: "Yes."

"What discovery?!"

"Zhao Xiang is a charming old man."

Du Tao: ...

"anything else?"

Xiao Yunfei opened the curtains and said in surprise: "The rice in his house actually has coarse grains, mixed with whole grains, and millet porridge to nourish the stomach, which is really good for health."

It must have been a long time to find out these things, wouldn't it be a waste of time.

Du Tao had a headache: "My lord, what did you find in the end?"

"Have."

"Don't let it be something unrelated to the case."

Xiao Yunfei said: "This matter has nothing to do with Zhao Xiang."

These words came from her heart.

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