Ministers and others get married by decree

Changli Kingdom, Yongqing ten years.

Guards prison.

"You said, it was Wang Shoufu who instructed you to bribe the examiner Cui Yi?"

The young man dressed in black and gold bowed his head to review the case paper, "But you even misremembered the name of the chief examiner, you wrote 'Cui Ying', can't it? Our emperor is the chief examiner who was selected only three days before the provincial exam. The proctors were all taken directly to the Suogong Academy."

He looked up in confusion, "You were still in the country at that time, where did you go to bribe people?"

The middle-aged man on the opposite side was wearing a handshake, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "The student doesn't know! The student is innocent! The adult knows the truth, but the student really doesn't know--" He wailed, grabbed the ground with his head, and smashed the ground. Blood marks.

"My lord, do you see?" The warden at the side looked at him inquiringly.

Qin Fengchi Shi Shiran walked over, raised his foot and stomped the middle-aged man's head to the ground.

"People say 'horse shit is shiny on the outside, but full of pulp inside'," he said with a smile on his face, but his tone was extremely disgusting. "I think you are the same as the outside, you are ugly, and the mouth is smelly, and the pig squeals better than you!"

Warden: "..."

He looked at the prisoner who had started to roll his eyes on the ground, and couldn't help but remind him, "You can't die, so show mercy..."

"What kindness do you want?" Qin Fengchi raised his boots, and naturally rubbed against the other party's prison uniform, "The emperor told me that this is Wang Zhizhong's first year in the cabinet, and no one can tolerate anyone pouring dirty water on his head. Cui Yi is Wang Zhizhong's closed disciple and a rising star in the imperial court, this is the person you want to protect."

He strode out, and the warden hurriedly followed behind, holding his hat and asking in a low voice: "My lord, do you think it has something to do with Mr. Tang Ge? The official family directly allowed Tang Ge to let Wang Shoufu join the cabinet." The old man is sick, he doesn't even have a title, and he clearly despises him..."

Qin Fengchi stopped suddenly, and looked at the warden with a half-smile.

"Our Guards Department only monitors the officials, as for the suppression of corruption and rebellion, that is the business of the Jiufu Yamen."

The warden didn't dare to ask any more questions, and Wei Wei said yes, "Then this person..."

"What do you think?" He crossed his arms and asked back.

The warden was sweating anxiously, and clapped his hands with an idea: "Your Majesty, I will send you to the prison in the Jiufu Yamen! We will also be punished, and the confession will be recorded. Right and wrong, it has nothing to do with us!"

Qin Fengchi patted him with satisfaction: "Good job, let's do it like this."

He threw the pot away and walked away easily.

That night, Zhao Yiqing, the leader of the Yamen of Jiufu, who is known as impermanence, came to the door.

Qin Fengchi was reading the script, when he moved his ears, he looked up and saw two windows were carefully opened, and a man in blue rolled in.This man has a strong body, handsome and gentle features, and has a sense of righteousness that is unique to a man in the public family.

Looking up, the two looked at each other.

The atmosphere is awkward.

"Zhao Tongdai—" he frowned, and mocked in a drawn-out tone, "The moonlight is beautiful, why don't you play through the window?"

Zhao Yiqing had no choice but to sit down slowly with a bitter face.

"...Commander Qin knew I would come, so why don't you laugh at me?"

When Qin Fengchi heard this, he leaned over and asked him with interest, "So, you guys have been interrogated? Could it be that old man Tang did not give up and asked his old disciple to frame Wang Zhizhong?"

"It has nothing to do with Mr. Tang Ge himself," Zhao Yiqing moved the stool back calmly, "it has something to do with his son-in-law. In addition, we found that there are also local officials colluding with him. I am afraid it is not a simple attempt." Fraud issue."

With a straight expression on his face, he clasped his fists at Qin Fengchi: "That's exactly why Zhao asked Mr. Qin for help with something."

"Don't be busy," Qin Fengchi raised his hand to stop him: "You talk about things first, and then discuss whether you can help or not."

Zhao Yiqing suddenly frowns.

But he also knew that the person in front of him was a master who didn't like oil and salt, so he had to go through the matter from beginning to end.

"...It's about the salt tax, the emperor was very angry, and ordered us to strictly investigate the party members. You also know that the yamen of the Nine Houses are mainly responsible for arresting thieves, but not everywhere. The Tianjin government can't get in, but the top None of the spies are under my control..."

After that, he glanced at Qin Fengchi with resentful eyes.

Because the most powerful spies were all under the command of the rumored leader of the spy organization Eagle Feather Guards in front of him, and none of them were left to the Jiufu yamen.

You asked him if he dared to rob someone?

Alas, he is not idle.

After all, this Commander Qin is well-known in their inner circle.Although people don't show up often, or people may not recognize them when they show up, but the reputation of his cruel words and high force value is still spread throughout the capital.Zhao Yiqing was fine eating melon seeds to watch the fun, but he really didn't intend to go to learn it himself.

Qin Fengchi lived up to everyone's expectations and started with a sneer.

He slowly counted for Zhao Yiqing with his fingers: "Zhao Tongdai, you see, last year our Eagle Feather Guards made three patrols and found seven cases of local corruption and twelve strongholds of the White Lotus Sect. Worked in a salt mine. For this credit, let me ask you if you are big or not?"

Zhao Yiqing felt guilty: "It's big, it's naturally big."

Qin Fengchi turned to be puzzled and asked: "But it finally fell on the head of my Eagle Feather Guard, and only the White Lotus Sect base is left. Where did the rest go?"

He had a half-smile: "Could it be that you were bitten by a dog?"

"..."

Zhao Yiqing almost wanted to surrender.

He said weakly: "Well, the Jiufu yamen is in charge of torture and arrest, corruption and rebellion are also my responsibility, really—"

It's really not a credit, is it?Isn't that a specialization in real estate?

"Really?" Qin Fengchi's complexion changed, and he said indifferently: "Since that's the case, you go and specialize in the Jiufu. Qin wishes you success soon."

"Don't, don't, don't," Zhao Yiqing hurriedly begged him for mercy, "I know Mr. Qin is very busy, but only Yingyuwei can do this, just treat it as if I owe you a favor, and you must help me!"

Qin Fengchi's expression softened upon hearing this.

The Jiufu Yamen is equivalent to the former Three Jurisdictions. As the person who single-handedly established the Jiufu Yamen, Zhao Yiqing's favor is naturally very important.He weighed it in his heart and felt that he had no reason to refuse.

In fact, to put it bluntly, even if he was really asked by the Eagle Feather Guard to swallow it, he still wouldn't be able to swallow so many benefits.What's more, how could the emperor let his Yingyuwei family dominate?

He nodded reluctantly and agreed: "Just get the evidence? Don't you need a confession?"

Zhao Yiqing waved his hand happily: "No, the ledger is the most important thing." He continued, "The man you threw into our prison confessed to a head of a commercial firm in Tianjin Prefecture. For a banquet, you can check him first."

After all, in the middle of the night, Zhao Yiqing settled the matter and left in a hurry.

Qin Fengchi poured a glass of water and drank it, and as soon as Zhao Yiqing left, he raised his hand and threw out the tea lid.

"Puff-"

A thin man in black fell from the beam, snorted, and huddled up with his hands on his thighs.

"Get over here!" Qin Fengchi reprimanded in a deep voice.

The man in black hurriedly scrambled and limped up to him, and then took off the kerchief covering his face.

It was a ten-year-old child.

"Master..." The child raised his hands timidly, holding his tea lid in his palm.

Qin Fengchi took the tea lid and put it on the cup, the crisp sound startled the child and almost knelt down again.

"Now you know you are afraid?" He sneered, "I see you were buried in an empty coffin—no one in your eyes! Really thought Zhao Yiqing was deaf, didn't you notice that you were lying on the beam like a gecko? That's his good man, don't want to You have no face!"

Qin Song wept bitterly, "Master, didn't I just watch him sneak into the yard and worry about your safety?"

"It's very unnecessary," Qin Fengchi sneered, "You should still worry about your own month-end assessment. If Xiao Shisan surpasses you, I will replace him as an apprentice."

"I will never lose to Xiao Shisan!" Qin Song raised his head fiercely.

"I only look at the result," Qin Fengchi said lazily, "Go and pack your luggage, and I will go to Tianjin Mansion with me early tomorrow morning."

He rubbed his chin and looked up and down the little apprentice, "The snow-blue dress I made for you last time is very suitable, remember to bring it."

Qin Song's face suddenly collapsed, and he let out a grudging oh.

He was about to leave when Qin Fengchi stopped him again.

"Remember to shave your beard."

What? !Qin Song reflexively covered the hairs on his lips, his eye circles were red.

It's easy to grow a few roots in half a year...

Master is too bad——

Qin Fengchi couldn't help being in a good mood watching the little apprentice run away in tears.

He went to the window to look at the moonlight in the middle of the night. Although the poem says that the moon is round, but for some reason, looking at the moon in the palace, there is always a feeling of coldness.

It seems that the moon is also very depressed.

This moment.Chu Lou didn't know whether the moon was suppressed or not, but his little heart was beating so fast that the watchdog outside the corner door seemed to be able to hear it.

He shrank in the corner gate of the outer courtyard and confronted the dog outside the corner gate.

"Shhh—don't, don't bark," he coaxed the dog in a low voice tremblingly, "Brother, can I call you brother? Can you just let me go? This is the only time I've slipped all year round. , Brother Gou, show me some face?"

"Woo——" the watchdog slowly wrinkled its nose, opened its mouth to reveal a mouthful of sharp teeth, and began to growl in a low voice.

"..."

excuse me.

Chu Lou lowered his head and silently closed the corner door, bowing his head to the evil forces.

His father, this dog, is worth raising!Really worth it!The six relatives don't recognize it!

"I can't help it..." Chu Lou returned to his yard, looked at the three-meter-high courtyard wall, and murmured, "Old Liu, if I am caught by your nursing home, you must catch me!" I."

His wall is easy to turn over, and it is a dead end alley, across this alley, on the other side is the back garden of Liu Ge's hometown.As for why he didn't slip through the other end of the alley - because the other end would pass by the corner gate from which he failed to return just now.

Brother Gou is fiercer than his father's guards.

All he could do now was venture into the next garden and touch his brother's yard.

Liu Ge's hometown next door is single-handed for three generations. His brother Liu Jingyu is the only child of the third generation.

As long as he finds Liu Jingyu and asks Old Liu to find a way to send him to the pier early in the morning.

When his father saw his letter on the table, he probably had already boarded the boat.

Chu Xiaolou immediately geared up and became excited again.

Well, I really can't blame him for running away from home.

In previous years, he would go to Jiaxing to celebrate his master's birthday at this time, but this year his mother suddenly forced him to go on a blind date, not even allowing him to go on his master's birthday, he couldn't bear it!

the next day.

At two o'clock, Chu Lou already had a painted face and disheveled hair, sitting lazily on the shaft of the chariot, and followed the Liu family convoy out of the gate of the inner city.

This season is the peak season of sea and water transportation in the year, so you can see a variety of goods from various countries in the market, and people of all colors are bustling with people, and the sound of buying and selling is endless.

Chu Lou pulled off his pigskin hat to fan the wind, stretched his neck and looked towards the dense crowd. From a distance, he could see dozens of dark-skinned and tall foreigners carrying goods through the crowd.

Suddenly, exclamations sounded one after another in the crowded sea of ​​people like waves, and then came a burst of fragrant flowers.

When he smelled it carefully, he seemed to have smelled it from Liu Jingyu before. It didn't feel like the moist and quiet steamed flower dew from his own country, but it was more intense and tangy. Only the rose dew from Dashi Kingdom could have it. This direct olfactory stimulus.

So strong, could it be that a box of flower dew was smashed?

He was about to poke his head out to look, when the stable boy grabbed him and pushed him against the carriage.

"careful!"

The carriage was bumped by the sudden flow of people, and the horses in front were neighing restlessly.

I saw thirty or forty men dressed as porters yelling at you, squeezing me and pushing you, rushing to the outer city gate together. Several women dressed as women were carrying huge baskets, covered with wet cloth, with half of their corners exposed. cooking cakes.

Chu Lou held onto the shaft of the chariot and wondered, "Why are there so many people here?"

The old horseman comforted the horses, laughed and said: "Today, the tanker docks and brings goods from all over the world. It is a good day for porters and warriors. And those peddlers who walk around the streets are just waiting to pick fresh goods. Goods. The mansion is also going to move goods today, and most of the annual gifts on the ship were brought back by the master from Suzhou!"