I am the county magistrate in Daming

"Will there be wars in the future?" Mu Qingtian asked while lying in Zhu Jingshou's arms.

The candles outside the tent had already been extinguished, and a little breeze from the window blew the gauze curtain, bringing in the dim moonlight.

"Go to sleep."

Zhu Jingshou smiled softly, but did not answer Mu Qingtian.

"En." Mu Qingtian nodded, nestled into Zhu Jingshou's arms, and said in a voice that only he could hear.

I am quite afraid of death, but Master Mu stands upright, and his wife who is in charge of the case is going to the battlefield, so she should go with her.

After another seven or eight days of laziness in Prince Qing's Mansion, Mu Qingtian returned to his lively appearance.The emperor summoned him to report on his duties, and there was no longer any delay.

Zhu Jingshou had arranged everything early on, and bought clothes for Mu Qingtian according to his stature - the style imitated the princess's uniform and changed it into a man's style, but the front of the clothes was useless, only the white embroidered on the cuffs representing the second-rank princess. Honghu pattern.

The whole set of clothes is based on red, and the embroidery pattern is outlined with silver thread, which looks festive and elegant.

"Is it too flamboyant?" Mu Qingtian raised his hand to let Shuhui change his clothes, and asked Zhu Jingshou with his head turned.

Mu Qingtian usually puts on his clothes by himself, or if he can't stand Zhu Jingshou's soft-heartedness, let him enjoy the fun of "putting it on and taking it off by himself".

However, because face sainting is a very serious and solemn matter, the clothes he wore were much more complicated than usual, and Zhu Jingshou couldn't completely dress Mu Qingtian well, so he called Shuhui, who was still familiar, to help.

"Unassuming, Qingqing looks good in anything." Zhu Jingshou picked and picked on the table, and finally chose a jade hairpin inlaid with silver and rubies to wear on Mu Qingtian's head.

Mu Qingtian stood there and let the two fiddle with it for a long time before he remembered.

"How do you know the size of my clothes?" He raised his arms and found that they fit everywhere, and they were docile and not tight.

Shu Hui had a premonition that something was wrong, put the last ornament on the table, nodded to Zhu Jingshou and said, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."

Zhu Jingshou nodded appreciatively and let her go out.

"What did Qingqing say?"

Zhu Jingshou smiled and leaned close to Mu Qingtian's ear, took a breath, and watched the red spread up little by little.

"Only familiar with hands."

Mu Qingtian felt that Zhu Jingshou had completely changed after returning to Shuntian Mansion, from being sullen to being an upright hooligan.

"Is that so, no wonder." He was thoughtful, and put his hands on Zhu Jingshou's face.

"If the master in charge of the case wants to kiss the king, the king will not refuse." Zhu Jingshou cheekily pointed at his own face, "Your lord is truly magnificent."

Indeed, Mu Qingtian usually only wears plain clothes, and he doesn't like to fiddle with decorations, so he looks pretty.Now that he has been dressed carefully, the red clothes make his face more delicate, and there is a sense of elegance, at first glance, he thought he was a young master from somewhere.

"My lord is also unique." Mu Qingtian smiled.

"I'm afraid the only one in the whole world who can grow this look is His Royal Highness King Qing."

Zhu Jingshou raised his eyebrows, hearing that Mu Qingtian was mocking him, he circled him indifferently and interlocked his fingers.

"Master Mu is also a 'hands-on familiar'?"

"Naturally." Mu Qingtian was very reserved, and was kissed firmly by Zhu Jingshou the next moment.

The freshly arranged clothes loosened and became crumpled in the struggle and movement.

After about half a stick of incense, Mu Qingtian changed his breath five or six times before Zhu Jingshou finally let him go.

"Your Excellency, you must also remember this feeling. If you are more proficient, I will be happy to accompany you."

rogue! !

Not long after Shuhui left, she was called back, and when she entered the door, she saw that most of Mu Qingtian's clothes were scattered, and the clothes on their prince's chest were also crumpled into a ball.

Whoa, that's intense enough.

After tidying up, she just picked up the jade pendant that had not moved from the table and wanted to put it on for Mu Qingtian, but she saw the prince walking over first, and pushed it aside in disgust.

Shuhui's eyelids twitched slightly.One must know that it was warm jade brought in as a tribute from Lantian, which was hard to find, but only the empress got a bracelet, and Prince Qing's mansion got a piece of seed material.

This jade pendant was made by Zhu Jingshou a few days ago by ordering people to hurry up and make it.

"Ask Chang Shi to open the warehouse, and I will pick it out myself."

"Yes."

Mu Qingtian looked at the white belly that had already appeared outside the window, and stopped him: "Time is running out, this one is pretty good."

"It's okay." Zhu Jingshou reassured, "It's too late."

Chang Shi had followed Zhu Jingshou for a long time, and he was infected with his vigorous and decisive style. He quickly counted the inventory of jade pendants in the treasury, and stood quietly waiting outside the door.

"My lord." He knelt down on his knees and presented the roster.

Zhu Jingshou already had a suitable choice in his mind, so he just flipped through it casually and asked, "Where is the other half of the concentric jade gifted by the Queen Mother?"

When he first went to the battlefield, the queen mother was worried, so she insisted that he choose a daughter from a noble family to marry before leaving, and leave behind an heir before leaving.

At that time, Zhu Jingshou only had his family and country in his heart, and he wanted to stabilize the country for his elder brother, so he directly rejected the queen mother on the grounds of "military emergency".

Zhu Youtang was also on the younger brother's side, the queen mother had no choice but to let go, and gave a concentric jade pendant instead, urging Zhu Jingshou to get married early.

Now he is wearing half of the concentric jade around his waist - the last time he went back to the palace, he specially ordered someone to find it out, hoping that the jade pendant would bring him good luck, so that Mu Qingtian could also fall in love with him, and the two would be happy.

Chang Shi's eyes trembled, and he replied: "My lord, it's in the treasury, but you want to take it out?"

"take."

The palace attendant's legs were very nimble, and it didn't take long after he entered, he came out holding a carved and hollowed-out red sandalwood box.From the outside, the wooden box is hollow, but no matter which direction you look at it, you can't see the whole picture of the inside.

Zhu Jingshou gently flipped the locks on the top in order, and only heard a "click", the mechanism of the wooden box was activated, and the top cover popped open. With the sound of the gears turning, a snow-white jade pendant slowly floated up and appeared in front of everyone. in front of you.

He took off the jade pendant around his waist, overlapped it with the jade pendant in the box, and slowly closed them.

The design of the concentric jade pendant is ingenious. Separated are two complete jade pendants. The patterns are yin and yang to each other. When they are put together, they lock each other and fit perfectly.

"Change this one." Back in the room, Zhu Jingshou personally put the concentric jade pendant on Mu Qingtian.

When the jade pendant was separated, the patterns were completely different, so Mu Qingtian didn't see anything wrong.

Although Zhu Jingshou said that there would be no delay, when Mu Qingtian was fully dressed, it was already dawn.

"How long will it take to arrive?" Mu Qingtian was in a hurry, and the wind was blowing under his feet, so he couldn't fly.

Zhu Jingshou rushed up and walked beside him, saying, "Don't worry, I've already handed over the paperwork."

His voice was so low that only two people could hear him.

Mu Qingtian glared at him, then took a few steps forward angrily.

It is nothing new for Zhu Youtang to favor his younger brother King Qing. Not only did he allow him to enter and leave the palace at will without notification, but he also gave him a magnificent palace in the most precious place outside the palace city.

However, the two brothers had just had a quarrel a few days ago, Zhu Jingshou didn't dare touch the Emperor's brother's back, obediently handed over the booklet to enter the palace, and asked to be interviewed later.

Because the news of Mu Qingtian's work report in Beijing is still a secret, so this report should not be related to Qing Palace.Zhu Jingshou was worried about letting Mu Qingtian go alone, and he didn't want to be separated from Mu Qingtian for too long, so he thought of a way to change his appearance.He and Mu Qingtian first came out from the back door of the palace, walked all the way to the outside of the palace gate, and were picked up by the sedan chair sent by the palace.

Prince Qing's Mansion is not far from the imperial palace, and it takes less than two sticks of incense to walk there.

"Hey! Who doesn't have long eyes, dare to bump into the young master!"

Mu Qingtian walked in a hurry and didn't pay attention to the road ahead.It was obvious that the person on the opposite side bumped into him first, but Mu Qingtian was a good tutor.He took two steps back to stabilize his figure, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, are you okay?"

Zhu Jingshou frowned and stepped forward, but before he got close, he could smell the strong smell of wine.

The people living here are either rich or noble, and most of them are relatives of the royal family and important officials in the court.

"Bold, you offended my young master, and you still don't kneel down and beg for mercy!"

Seeing that the person who touched the porcelain was about to fall backwards, the guards around him hurriedly surrounded him to support him, and shouted at Mu Qingtian in a vicious voice.

In order to keep a low profile, Zhu Jingshou not only changed his appearance, but also changed into a very ordinary guard uniform, pretending to be Mu Qingtian's bodyguard.He only took one servant with him when he went out, so it's no wonder that the other side was arrogant and looked down on them.

Mu Qingtian frowned, and said again: "Sorry."

"What do you think you are, just say 'sorry'?!" The servant was reluctant, and even asked other people to surround Mu Qingtian and Zhu Jingshou.

"Kneel down and kowtow!"

Zhu Jingshou's hand was already on the scabbard, as long as the opponent moved, he would draw the sword.

"Noisy!"

The young master who was surrounded slapped the arrogant young man's face, stood up tremblingly, and stared at Mu Qingtian with narrowed eyes.

"Young Master." Mu Qingtian cupped his fists, "I accidentally bumped into you just now, I hope you will forgive me."

Zhu Jingshou didn't want to see his own people being bullied, but Mu Qingtian stopped him when he was about to explode.He turned his head and saw Mu Qingtian shaking his head vaguely at him.

With the imperial palace close at hand, it is better to avoid troubles.

Mu Qingtian spoke very sincerely, under normal circumstances, as long as he was a sensible person, he would not bother him anymore.

The drunk young man staggered up to Mu Qingtian and stared at Mu Qingtian without saying a word.

With the smell of alcohol, Mu Qingtian suppressed his nausea and held his breath to look directly at him.

After a while, the drunk young man gave a wretched smile, and stretched out his hand to pinch Mu Qingtian's chin.

"Beauty, why have I never seen you before?"

Mu Qingtian turned his head away in disgust, letting the other party miss.Zhu Jingshou also made a move in an instant, and severely knocked off the hand that wanted to molested Mu Qingtian with the scabbard.

"what!!!!"

Most of the wine is sober.

"Bold!" Seeing that the master was injured, the guards drew out their knives and attacked Zhu Jingshou.

Zhu Jingshou embraced Mu Qingtian with one hand, stood up on his toes, and shuttled through the crowd like a swimming dragon, howling constantly wherever he went.

But in the blink of an eye, a circle of people fell on the ground, including guards and servants.

The drunk boy was about to pee out of fear from Zhu Jingshou, he covered his limp and drooping wrist and shivered back, he still muttered: "You, you are so bold, do you know who I am and who my father is!!"

Mu Qingtian laughed out loud.Fighting father is really an enduring "traditional virtue" since ancient times.

Zhu Jingshou pressed the cold back of the sword to the young master's face, looked proudly at him, and said, "Ma Jie."

"You, you, you, you know who I am, so hurry up and put down the sword!" Ma Jie was at a loss for words.

"Be careful, my father knows, you can't eat and walk around!"

Zhu Jingshou seemed to hear something funny, put away his sword and looked at Ma Jie with a half-smile, and said: "Tell Ma Shangshu that the king is waiting for him at the palace."

After speaking, Ma Jie was knocked out by him.

Mu Qingtian ran over and took Zhu Jingshou's beating hand, shook it several times in disgust, and wiped it vigorously with a handkerchief.

"Qingqing is jealous?" Zhu Jingshou smiled, "I didn't touch him, it was through the clothes."

Mu Qingtian kept moving, and said unhappily: "His clothes are also dirty, and there is a foul smell."

"really."

He was drunk early in the morning, and his body still smelled of rouge. You can tell where he just came out.

Zhu Jingshou's eyes were deep, and he said, "It's better for Qingqing to go out less in the future, so as not to be stuck with dirty things."

Sure enough, he still should take the carriage. Qingqing's beautiful appearance should only be seen by him, and no one else should think about it.

Coupled with Ma Jie's episode, when Mu Qingtian and Zhu Jingshou arrived at the gate of the palace, it was already a long time late.Fortunately, the person who came to pick him up was from Jin Yiwei, and he would wait until he received the prince.

Mu Qingtian and Zhu Jingshou took two sedan chairs, with the same destination, bypassing Taihe and going straight to the Hall of Martial Arts.

"Why did you enter the palace?" Zhu Youtang came back after the morning court, and listened to the report from Jin Yiwei's commander Mu Bin.

"It seems that something happened on the road." Mu Bin replied.

"That's all, where are they now?"

"Going back to the emperor, he is heading for the Hall of Martial Arts, escorted by Jin Yiwei."

Mu Qingtian sat in the sedan chair, swaying from side to side following the footsteps of the Dongchang eunuch, feeling uneasy.Although Emperor Hongzhi had a good evaluation in history, he was also the king of a country after all, and he was the most powerful person in the world.In case of saying something wrong, beheading is a matter of minutes.

"King Qing is here!"

The servants outside the hall knelt down neatly to greet Zhu Jingshou.

"Excuse me." Zhu Jingshou stood still, waiting for Mu Qingtian to get off the sedan chair, and went in together.

Those who can serve the emperor, even if they look kind and honest on the outside, have seven orifices and exquisite hearts in their stomachs.Two sedan chairs came, but the pass call only Zhu Jingshou's name, everyone was watching, not curious about Mu Qingtian's identity.

"His Royal Highness King Qing, please see me!"

"Come in." Zhu Youtang sat on the dragon chair and said in a deep voice.

Mu Qingtian made up for the etiquette in the palace. After entering the palace, she didn't look around. She bowed her head and stood behind Zhu Jingshou to pay respects to the emperor.

Zhu Youtang nodded in satisfaction, feeling that Mu Qingtian was a generalist, and just wanted them to get up, but accidentally saw the jade pendant hanging on Mu Qingtian's waist.

Why does this jade pendant look so familiar?

Zhu Youtang: Where did the jade pendant come from?

Zhu Jingshou: It was given by the Queen Mother.

Zhu Youtang: Concentric jade pendant?

Zhu Jingshou: Yes.

Mu Qingtian didn't know that the two brothers were making eye contact behind his back, he only heard the emperor sneer inexplicably.

Zhu Youtang: The jade pendant is for Concubine Qing. I haven't decreed the marriage yet, and the Queen Mother doesn't know.

Zhu Jingshou: Wear it first, then recognize the Lord.

"Mu Qingtian, come forward and talk." Zhu Youtang said he couldn't stand his younger brother, so he took Mu Qingtian to the knife.

"Yes." Mu Qingtian tremblingly walked over.

Zhu Youtang first asked about Mu Qingtian's situation, how old he was, where he lived, how many people were there in the family, and what did his ancestors do...

Mu Qingtian's eyelids twitched.

Why does it feel like asking about family status on a blind date? ?

Tucao belongs to Tucao, the question asked by the emperor still needs to be answered.

"Returning to the emperor, Xiaguan is twenty-one this year. He lives in Taicang Prefecture. His ancestral home is Suzhou. His father is in business. There are no brothers or sisters in the family. Only his parents and Xiaguan are alone."

Zhu Youtang frowned after hearing this, and said: "The incense is not strong, so how will it bloom in the future."

???

Mu Qingtian didn't know what Zhu Youtang was playing dumb, so he could only echo: "The emperor said so."

"But it's the right age."

After checking the household registration, Zhu Youtang slowly asked about the business.

"I heard that you are extremely witty and have solved the 'silkworm god murder' case that the prefect of Huzhou couldn't find out."

Mu Qingtian said modestly: "The emperor is too famous, the magistrate is upright, and the methods used by the lower officials to investigate the case are not on the table."

"No matter what, it's good to find out the murderer."

"Give a seat."

Mu Qingtian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Jingshou also wanted to sit down next to Mu Qingtian, but Zhu Youtang stopped him when he moved his foot less than half a step.

"Come over to my side."

Look at his younger brother's appearance, his eyes are glued to Mu Qingtian's body and he hasn't moved away for a moment, does he still have his elder brother in his eyes!He, Zhu Youtang, is going to be the Queen Mother of the West who beats mandarin ducks today!

Mu Qingtian was logical and well-organized, and recounted the case of "Murder by the Silkworm God" from the beginning, including the story of the Wu family behind it.

"Not bad." Zhu Youtang sat up slightly.

Mu Qingtian was much better than he had imagined. Leaving aside his younger brother, he was good in character, speech, and appearance.

"Mu Aiqing, do you know why I sent you to Beijing this time?"

coming!Mu Qingtian squeezed the sweat in his palms, got up from his seat, and respectfully said: "I know that I am vulgar, and it is a blessing in my life to be appreciated by the emperor. A man dies for his confidant, and a woman is for the face of a man who pleases him. I will go through fire and water for the emperor. No hesitation."

"If I want to lend you something, would you be willing?"

Mu Qingtian instantly thought of the conversation between Cao Cao and Wang Hou.

"Please speak, Your Majesty."

"I want to borrow your head, how about that?"

Mu Qingtian thought for a moment, and replied: "Is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's subject on the shore of the land, the head of the emperor who wants to be demoted, the minister will naturally give it, but..."

"But what?" Zhu Youtang became interested.

He used this sentence to ask more than one minister, as well as the top Jinshi in the imperial examination.Most of them were terrified after hearing this, and shouted that they were innocent, while a few people were righteous and said that it was worth dying for the emperor.

The former one is the truth, but it sounds uncomfortable; the latter one is a lie, which sounds even more unpleasant.

Only Mu Qingtian said "but".

"To tell the truth from the emperor, the lower officials are afraid of death, so the lower officials don't want to borrow it." Mu Qingtian's heart was raised in his throat, "What does the emperor think of exchanging one's life with a scheme."

"Not bad, not bad." Zhu Youtang clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "I also said that King Qing has been alone for so many years, why did he fall on you."

"Seeing her now, she is really different from others, and she has a true temperament."

Mu Qingtian raised his head and looked at the emperor in surprise, then turned his head to look at Zhu Jingshou stupidly.

"I called you to Beijing this time, not for any other reason, but to ask if you dare to offend the court officials."

Mu Qingtian resolutely said: "If it is for the common people in the world, dare."

"Okay! Come here."

The servant came out from behind holding a wooden tray, on which were placed two copies of the same imperial decree.

"If you didn't answer well just now, you will be in prison now." Zhu Youtang picked up one of the copies, read it hastily, and threw it into the stove.

Zhu Jingshou glanced at Brother Huang disapprovingly, and was stared back again.

"Mu Qingtian accepts the order."

Zhu Youtang believed in Li Guang, but he had been the emperor for so many years, no matter how stupid he was, he would not follow Li Guang's advice and appoint an envoy at will.Zhu Jingshou gave him a reassurance. After today's inspection, he can safely hand over the right to supervise civil and military officials to Mu Qingtian.

In addition, he also tested Mu Qingtian's loyalty - Mu Qingtian is an indispensable chess piece in order to build Yuxiu Pavilion.

"I'm tired, let's step back." Zhu Youtang waved his hand, "Chang'an, don't leave yet, wait and see the Queen Mother."

Mu Qingtian snickered, and gave Zhu Jingshou an expression of "seeking good fortune", then cupped his hands and said, "I will take my leave."

How could Zhu Jingshou let Mu Qingtian go to have fun alone, he immediately had bad thoughts.

The more Mu Qingtian listened, the more something was wrong, he stood behind and gave Zhu Jingshou a wink, telling him to stop talking.

"...Why don't Master Mu also go to the Empress Dowager's Palace and have a chat with the Empress Dowager."

Zhu Youtang thought about it, and felt that what his brother said made sense, so he changed his mind and took Mu Qingtian to the Queen Mother's palace.

"Thank you, Brother Huang." Zhu Jingshou turned to leave.

"Wait!" Zhu Youtang said in a strange tone, "You're going to the Queen Mother just like that?"

Let the queen mother see the concentric jade pendant hanging on a man, so she won't faint from the old man's anger?

Zhu Jingshou followed the line of sight of the emperor's brother to see his waist, and understood.

"Brother Huang is still thoughtful, thank you Brother Huang for your suggestion."

Mu Qingtian was dragged by Shengla to Renshou Palace, just in time to meet Empress Zhang and Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao who also came to visit the Queen Mother.

"The emperor is really messing around, what is sending an outsider here to Ai's house!" Although the Empress Dowager Zhou is in her sixties, her momentum has not diminished at all, and her words are sonorous and powerful.

Zhu Jingshou came out to help Mu Qingtian out of the siege, and said: "The emperor's grandmother misunderstood, the emperor's brother was afraid that you would be bored, so he specially sent Mr. Mu to tell you interesting things outside the palace."

Empress Zhang also said, "Lord Mu? But that Mu Qingtian who broke the case of 'Murder of the Silkworm God'?"

"Exactly."

Mu Qingtian shrank her head like a quail, stared straight at the floor, and decided to sleep in a separate room with Zhu Jingshou tonight.

Looking at it, a pair of white and fat little hands suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

The little hand waved, as if testing whether Mu Qingtian could see it.

Empress Zhang noticed sharply that the prince had run to Mu Qingtian's side at some point, and quickly asked the maid to bring the prince back.Only then did the nanny come in a hurry and kept apologizing.

"This is rare." The queen mother asked someone to drag the nanny down, and teased the prince by herself.

Zhu Houzhao lay in Grandma's arms and giggled, reaching out to reach Mu Qingtian while laughing.

"I don't usually see the prince getting close to strangers. You are the first one."

Mu Qingtian stepped forward and said humbly: "It's a great honor to be a junior official to be loved by the crown prince."

"Forget it, he looks like a kind-hearted child, come here." The emperor's grandson was happy, and the queen mother was also happy, and her attitude towards Mu Qingtian was also a little better.

"What happened to the 'silkworm god killing' that the queen said just now?"

Empress Zhang smiled and told the Queen Mother the reason, and then looked at Mu Qingtian kindly.

"Master Mu should know better than Bengong what will happen next."

In order to survive, Mu Qingtian tried his best to please the Queen Mother.

It turned out to be a bit of an overkill...

"Mu Qingtian is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. It happens that Zhao'er also likes it. Why don't you stay in the palace and accompany the prince to read."

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