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Yan Linsu served him tea, took the meat from King Cheng's hand to hang in the courtyard, and then came back to sit in front of King Cheng.

King Cheng took a sip of tea and almost spat it out, "Which year old tea leaves can be made into tea?"

Yan Linsu said: "The shopkeeper Wang on the next street has soaked tea, ten copper coins and a sack. If Cheng Wang likes it, he can take some away later."

Cheng Wang thought about the tea mountain that the king had grown into, took a sip, and narrowed his eyes with a smile, "I said that my nephew expressed his kindness, but my king Ruo Tui is sorry for you. Where did I say it?"

Yan Linsu felt a little regretful, "My lord made a bet."

"Yes, back then, your father and your brother-in-law and I were close friends. No, your father and I were equal friends, only your brother-in-law. Your brother-in-law not only made friends with us, but also married your sister. At that time, your father When the Inspectorate was built, I persuaded him at the time that this was roasting himself on the fire. Who is happy to have a sharp sword hanging over his head when he is an official for thousands of miles. So the three of us were in the winter solstice that year. Drinking here, you were just born at that time, your father and the two of us clapped hands and couldn't say that Daning will have a peaceful and prosperous life in three years, the bet is your mother's dowry ten altar daughter red."

Yan Linsu sighed, "Father lost."

"In just over three years, Neifu was ordered to die, your father was beheaded, and within half a year after their death, Waifu was also assassinated. Sigh..."

Yan Linsu said: "Then, since the prince knows that the Inspectorate is not likable, why did he reopen it this time?"

King Cheng sighed leisurely: "This king is not reconciled. Now that Zhao Fu, the foreign assistant, has taken care of himself, this king is only an old bone. Now that Beiyan soldiers are strong, if we don't hurry up and do something, this king will I'm afraid this country won't last long, and I will see your father in the ground after a hundred years, there is no place for this old face of my king."

Yan Linsu's eyes were slightly warm, and he said with a smile, "Thank you, my lord."

Cheng Wang said: "This incident is close to death, maybe it will also harm you."

Yan Linsu said: "Learn the sword with Linsu, without fear of life and death."

King Cheng nodded, and said: "Okay, this king is going back, bring me my loin meat, just take one piece, and leave the other piece for you, the loin meat is the most tender, so fill it up more. I think Your child is too tense, and his face is pale. Relax. Some of the capital is full of red dust. Come to my house for dinner another day. I will introduce my child to you. Yongning, have you seen him? Not as good as you, but he knows how to play, I will let him accompany you around the capital, how close you two are."

When Yan Linsu heard Zhu Yongning's name, his eyebrows jumped slightly, and he quickly smiled nonchalantly, "Thank you, King Cheng."

The setting sun shone on the red palace wall, and a man dressed as an eunuch hurried up to Zhao Fu who was standing under the dripping eaves, cupped his hands and said, "Master Zhao."

Zhao Fu returned the courtesy and said, "Your Majesty."

There was no expression on the eunuch's face, "Your Majesty declares Mr. Zhao to go to Qingxin Pavilion."

Zhao Fu raised his eyes suddenly.

The eunuch continued: "Your Majesty ordered that Mr. Zhao may not go."

Zhao Fu said yes, adjusted his official uniform, and said, "Eunuch Lao leads the way."

The eunuch looked up at him, then quickly lowered his head, "Master Zhao please."

Qingxin Pavilion is located in the southeast corner of the palace, and it is almost at the edge of the palace.

At this moment, the sky was already a little dark, and a corner of an inconspicuous green brick building flew up under the sky.

The eunuch stopped by the lotus pond with a pool of fallen leaves and said: "Master Zhao, I can only send it here, you can go in by yourself."

Zhao Fu nodded and said, "Thank you, Eunuch."

The emperor was flipping through a book on the case by the window, Zhao Fu came in and knelt down first, "My minister, Zhao Fu, sees Your Majesty."

The emperor raised his eyes from the book, and looked at the first-grade purple official uniform, the meticulous Chief Assistant, "Does Zhao Aiqing know what this is?"

Zhao Fu reported, "This Qingxin Pavilion was where the Neifu used to be."

The emperor looked at him and said, "This was also where I and Yuan Aiqing lived."

Zhao Fu said: "Your Majesty."

The emperor looked at him and said, "Does Zhao Aiqing know why I called you here?"

Zhao Fu's voice was difficult, "Chen..."

The emperor said: "Today is the winter solstice, and I sent him a glass of poisoned wine on the road, and it was also in this room. It has been 15 years, what are you doing here? Let me go see the Yan family's child, and use him to remind me, How wrong it was to kill Yuan Qingnian back then!"

Zhao Fu felt that today's emperor seemed a little unreasonable, and he regretted that he didn't check the almanac and come to touch the dragon's scale today.

The emperor looked at the low-browed Shoufu, leaned on the chair, and called lazily: "Since you are here, you can stay and sleep. See if you can make me forget Yuan Qingnian. If I am in a good mood, maybe Just listen to what you say."

Zhao Fu straightened his back and trembled, his hands were clenched in his sleeves, and his eyes showed a look of struggle, "Your Majesty, I have been in the court for 16 years, and I am over [-] years old, and my appearance is no longer that of a teenager. If Your Majesty wants to , Rong Chen chooses some for His Majesty..."

The emperor glanced at him and said with a low smile: "Don't you understand, Aiqing? Is there any kind of beauties in the harem? If Aiqing wants to leave, the door is over there. I won't keep you, but from now on, what kind of beauties do you want?" I don’t want to hear the principles of governing the country. If you don’t want to leave, come over and help me undress, or you still have to wait for me to serve you?”

Zhao Fu's eyes darkened, and his stomach ache that had started in the morning became even more painful. The emperor actually used his country to coerce his subjects into his dragon bed.Looking up at the Ninth Five Lord, he said, "Your Majesty, this Daning..."

The emperor laughed and said, "Does Aiqing want to talk about internal and external troubles?" He approached Zhao Fu and put his lips in his ear and whispered, "I don't care, the country belongs to me, so what if I am happy, so what?"

He slid his hand down Zhao Fu's shoulder to untie the jade belt around his waist.The official uniform of the Daning Dynasty was decent, but the emperor couldn't tear it apart a few times, a little impatient, and with internal strength, he tore off the belt with a click.

When the emperor was young, he used to fight with horses and swords. Zhao Fu's eyes turned sad and angry when he asked how a literati could beat him.

Looking up into a pair of eyes, the emperor's eyes were smiling, but his eyes were cold.

Zhao Fu looked at him for a moment, then finally lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Rong Chen will remove the official uniform by himself."

The emperor nodded lightly and said, "Yes."

He backed away a little and watched Zhao Fu unbutton his official robe, revealing the moon white jacket. This shoufu's body was slender and his waist could only be grasped.

The emperor's endurance was almost up to this point, he pulled him into his arms, opened his clothes and touched his hands, then swept the books on the table to the ground, pushed him down on the desk, and pulled off his pants , and sent it in.

Zhao Fu was trembling with pain, looked up to see the emperor's eyes were red, and the expression on his face was a bit crazy.

In a drowsy state, Zhao Fu felt sad, angry and cold, as if in a trance, he had returned to having a long night of drinking with Yuan Qingnian. He smiled lightly at the man under the lamp and said, "To Jun Yaoshun, why is this so difficult."

When Zhao Fu woke up in a daze, the window paper turned white.

I don't know when the emperor had had his fill of fun and had already left, leaving himself lying on the bed in a mess.He picked up the clothes and endured the pain and put them on one by one. When he picked up the official uniform, a mouthful of blood from the depression in his heart finally spewed out.

The emperor slept with his first assistant, and he finally felt better when he went to court.

An order was issued to the Ministry of Officials to cooperate with the Inspectorate in selecting candidates, and even ordered a banquet in the palace next month, and ordered Linsu to enter the palace to meet him.

King Cheng sighed slightly when he saw that the usual place where Zhao Fu stood was empty before the hundreds of officials lined up.

The emperor made a decree, but the bureaucrats encountered difficulties. The Inspectorate was clearly a hot potato, and it was not kind enough to send anyone there.

On the seventh day, a person who had just arrived in the capital to wait for a job after his release period had expired, was sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Yan Linsu recognized it at first glance, it was Liu Zhi County in Jiangzhou.

As soon as Liu Zhixian saw him, he immediately felt sad, and babbled about how snobbish Beijing was, how he was bullied by various ministries like a flutter.

Yan Linsu had no choice but to let him stay.Liu Zhixian served as the secretary of the Inspectorate, and his grade was one level higher, and he was the sixth grade.

"Zhixian, please draw up a notice."

Liu Zhixian's surname is Liu, and his first name is Zhixian. According to him, the biggest official his father has ever seen is the magistrate, so he gave him this name. He never thought that his son would make a successful career and become the sixth rank.

Since the Procuratorate has the responsibility of picking up all officials, naturally it cannot rely on one person in charge to be a thug. The officials said that the thug, oh no, the head arrest should be done by the Ministry of Punishment. The Ministry of Punishment said that they just lost a chief arrester, Yin Yang. The emperor's birthday card was lost, and the case of Jiangzhou's escorts was still unsolved, and the manpower was not enough.

The Ministry of Officials thought for a long time, and passed a letter to Yan Linsu, saying that he was allowed to do things cheaply, that is to say, as long as the Yanzhang Academy liked him, he could be recruited as a head arrester and directly receive the title of the sixth rank. The number of qualified places is naturally limited, four.

Liu Zhixian accepted the order, he was also one of the three list, and he came from a serious Jinshi background, and he came over with the draft notice within a moment.

Yan Linsu looked at it, crossed out the background of innocence, and changed it to unlimited background, and said: "When I employ people, the heroes of the world don't ask where they come from."

Liu Zhixian agreed, and was just about to post it.Yan Linsu called him again, changed the recruiting of four males to four males and females.

Liu Zhixian said: "This is the head of the courtyard?"

Yan Linsu said: "There are many chivalrous women in Jianghu, but they are not inferior to men in terms of martial arts."

Liu Zhixian said: "Exactly, my mother beats my father, and my father always beats her to the brim."

Seeing that the director had nothing to explain, Liu Zhixian took a notice and pasted it at the gate.

In less than half a day, someone came to apply for the job. Yan Linsu saw that it was the butcher who was selling pork with a big knife at the door, Liu Zhixian said quietly: "If the director takes him in, we don't even have to hire a cook, just look at his I don’t know how much I eat on weekdays because of my body.”

Yan Linsu scolded in a low voice, "Nonsense."

Let the butcher play a knife skill before accepting it.

The butcher's surname is Jiang, and he has a very domineering name, Jiang Shan.

Three days later, the Inspector's Office had one more person to apply for a head arrest. Yan Linsu saw that it was Xie Ruozhi, a scholar who had parted ways in Jiangzhou.

Xie Ruozhi was still carrying his book basket, his blue clothes were stained with dust.

The third captor was sent by King Cheng.

The man was wearing a black cloak, his eyes were so beautiful that he didn't look like a man, and his voice didn't look like a man, but there was a cold murderous look in his eyes.

King Cheng laughed and said: "This is a painting knife. It was originally a man in the palace. The most capable person around my king can help my nephew Yan."

Yan Linsu was still smiling when Hua Dao pulled out his weapon. The blade of Hua Dao was a black ruler, cold and heavy.

When Hua Dao used the tenth move, Yan Linsu let out a long breath, and said to Cheng Wang, "Thank you, my lord."

Huadao was originally a eunuch in the palace, neither male nor female, but the fourth one was a woman at all.

When Xiao Ruan stood at the door, Jiang Shan was not convinced.Smiling, Xiao Ruan took a hairpin from her temples and took Jiang Shan's eyes like lightning, raising her hand to stop the painting knife.

Jiang Shan paled, "You, you plotted to hurt someone."

Huadao said coldly: "Before confronting the enemy, there is only victory and defeat, no light or darkness. Although your martial arts are higher than hers, but your experience in confronting the enemy is too poor. If you really fight, you will hurt this girl."

Xiao Ruan smiled and said, "How? Can I be your head catcher?"

The four headhunters gathered together, and half of them were Yan Linsu's acquaintances in Jiangzhou.

The Inspectorate has started to operate, and Liu Zhixian hangs out with the new junior officials from Beijing and China every day, which makes people feel that the Inspectorate is really well treated and has too much time to spare.

Xie Ruozhi went to and from various post houses to get acquainted with the students who went to Beijing.

Xiao Ruan is simple, she goes to play Pai Gow with her sisters in the brothel every day, and easily scouts out high-ranking officials in Beijing.

Huadao stayed in the inspector's office, and Yan Linsu gave him a list of martial arts figures in the capital.

Time flies, one month passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day of the palace banquet, which was also the emperor's birthday.

The Procuratorate determined the rank of the third grade, Yan Linsu changed into a red official robe, followed the officials across the Jinshui Bridge, and met Zhu Yongning in front of the Palace of Political Affairs.Today, the little prince was wearing a neat princely robe and a golden crown in a dignified manner, turning all living beings upside down with a smile on his face.

Zhu Yongning clasped his fists at him and said, "I haven't seen Brother Yan for a long time, are you okay?"

There were so many people at the moment, Yan Linsu said calmly, "It's okay."

Zhu Yongning entered the hall with him, and whispered in his ear: "After the banquet, I will come to find you."

The warmth of the little prince's breath was still in his ears, Yan Linsu's eyes turned cold, and Zhu Yongning had already leisurely walked towards the royal family's table, and he was bowing hands with several acquaintances, talking and laughing happily.

Yan Linsu entered the seat of hundreds of officials, and seeing the leader was wearing a purple first-grade civil official uniform, he thought to himself, could this be the chief assistant Zhao Fu?

Seeing that his complexion is uncomfortable, it is actually the appearance of smoldering emotions, thinking about coming to the position of chief assistant is like walking on thin ice.

The emperor sat in the hall, his eyes fell on him, "You are Yan Linsu."

Yan Linsu had no choice but to get up, saluted and said, "The next official is Yan Linsu."

The emperor smiled lazily: "Yan Aiqing has been in the capital for more than a month, what have you gained? Can Aiqing see clearly which ones in my palace should be killed and which ones should be shut down?"

The atmosphere in the hall was tense for a moment, and many of the eyes cast on Yan Linsu were hostile.

Yan Linsu smiled calmly and said, "It's a pity that His Majesty established the Inspectorate, not for the lower officials to kill and imprison people."

The emperor became a little interested, "Oh? Tell me, what have you done in the past month?"

Yan Linsu said: "The lower official is still at a loss, thinking about what the Inspectorate should do." He paused lightly, then met Zhao Fu's gaze and continued: "It's a pity that the lower official is stupid and hasn't figured it out yet. "

The emperor couldn't help laughing, "Interesting, if Yan Aiqing has any questions, let's hear."

Yan Linsu said: "The Inspectorate is the name of the inspector of all officials, but if it is only an inspector, it will inevitably rob the officials of Yushitai."

The emperor understood it as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile: "I remember that I agreed to the Superintendent's Office to set up the post of head arrester. The rank is the same as that of the Ministry of Punishment. I haven't treated you badly."

Yan Linsu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I don't dare to take Li Shangshu's case."

The emperor laughed at himself when he heard this. Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment is notoriously stingy and addicted to crimes. It is rumored in Beijing that Li Shangshu used to think about cases while eating and sleeping. Even his first wife couldn’t stand him. Please come down from the court, saying that there is no way to get through with the lunatic.

The emperor smiled and said: "Could it be that what Yan Qing said is that Li Shangshu is too independent? In fact, Yan Qing doesn't have to worry, you can investigate even the cases handled by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I just ordered you not to touch the old cases of the year, and the rest There is no limit."

Yan Linsu showed a look of embarrassment and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, but the inspector's office is full of people who can't count, such as a scholar who can't lift his shoulders, a butcher who sells butcher, and even a woman... You can't compete with the investigators of the Ministry of Criminal Justice." Compared with human hands."

The emperor said: "Oh? The meaning of Aiqing is that I will also support the people of the Ministry of punishment for you?"

As soon as the emperor's words fell, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs did the calculations, and the six departments were all allocated by hundreds of people. Each person's salary was calculated at four taels a year, which was thousands of taels of silver, and his face turned pale.

Yan Linsu said with a smile: "That's not necessary. With the foundation laid by Li Shangshu, the Inspectorate doesn't have to start from scratch, as long as the ministers can benefit from Li Shangshu's glory."

The emperor said: "Oh? What do you think of Li Aiqing?"

Li Shangshu thought to himself that this is not just a big Buddha for the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but Yan Linsu's words are beautiful, he has no way to refuse at the moment, so he can only say: "Your Excellency Yan is polite, the Ministry of Criminal Justice will naturally fully cooperate with the Inspectorate."

The emperor smiled and said, "Master Yan, are you satisfied?"

Yan Linsu said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yan Linsu saluted, Fang waited to sit down, looked up and saw Zhu Yongning was looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, he felt depressed again.

The emperor waited for all the officials and relatives to take their seats, and said, the emperor smiled and saw that Zhao Fu was unwilling to take a seat, and said with a smile: "Tonight is my birthday, it is rare for all the relatives to gather together, it is also a prosperous event. Tonight the moon is full, please In this garden, we all imitate the ancients' Qushui Liushang."

Starlight shines on a stream, and everyone's seats are arranged along the stream.

The emperor first picked up the wine glass on the case, and said: "I will make a sentence first, and then I will look at the Lord Shoufu." Xin Chengen."

Zhao Fu succeeded the emperor once in the Qingxin Pavilion that day, and has been avoiding it for a month. He first said he was sick for a few days, and then he gritted his teeth and went to the court.This palace banquet tonight cannot be avoided no matter what, the foreign assistant is in front of the Weiyang Hall, and the location is Weiyang Street. At this moment, Zhao Fu heard that the emperor's poem was provocative. from that

The emperor was like a cat, thinking of teasing his chief minister. "Fifteen years ago, I had internal and external chief assistants, but now there is only Zhao Shoufu, who can be said to be favored by thousands of people. Master Zhao, do you understand what I mean?"

Zhao Fu's eyes turned shame and indignation, and he looked at him. The emperor smiled, but it was cold and bloodthirsty.

The inner eunuch slammed down the emperor's verse, and urging the drum again, Zhao Fu drank the wine in the cup and continued, "The black magpies stepping on the branches come back early, and the pine and bamboo moss is cold in the moonlight."

The emperor chuckled.The ministers are most accustomed to listening to the drums and the sound, and they were disheartened when they heard the meaning in Zhao Fu's poem that they were not as good as going home, and the emperor had such an attitude, so he didn't dare to say anything.

The ministers of the household department and the official department both drank three glasses of wine as punishment.

The cup was passed to Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Li Shangshu was a bold man, and replied: "One case is one case, one is bold, and everything is right and wrong."

When Li Shangshu uttered this sentence, he still looked like he was sitting in the courtroom.

The emperor had nothing to do with him, the wine cup continued to be passed on among the officials, and no one dared to pick it up all the way. The emperor was bored listening to the monotonous drumbeat and a group of ministers pleading guilty, so he couldn't help but yawned. It's all for saying something, but when he raised his eyes and saw the cup was in front of Yan Linsu, he regained his energy.

Yan Linsu picked up the cup from the water, and said with a smile, "I don't know the depth of a new official, so I dare to continue with the last sentence: The way of the world is here to play a sword, and the wind in the forest can leave a sound."

Zhao Fu thought the phrase "Here is the way of the world, the sword can be played, and the wind can leave the sound in the forest" in his heart, knowing that Yan Linsu was enlightening him, his heart warmed slightly.

The emperor saw Zhao Fu's face in his eyes, his eyes sank, and he said, "Bold, Yan Linsu, you flick the sword, leave a sound or something, could it be that you are thinking the wrong way?"

"Your Majesty," before Yan Linsu could speak, he saw a young man in brocade robe standing up from the banquet, it was Zhu Yongning.Zhu Yongning smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the last line that Mr. Yan put in is in line with the lofty aura of Your Majesty's whole poem."

The emperor thought to himself, this poem of mine is an obscene poem, and if I want to see the first assistant make a fool of myself, where is the air coming from?

Immediately said: "Oh? How should I say it."

Zhu Yongning looked at Yan Linsu and said, "Master Yan, I will speak for you?"

Yan Linsu didn't want Zhu Yongning to take the initiative to help, the so-called people who don't smile, so he could only follow along: "Your Majesty's poem is wonderful, with a lofty air, and there are not many people who dare to accept it. If Your Majesty agrees, I will trouble the little prince to take his place The officer said it."

The emperor nodded.

Zhu Yongning said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please send someone to read this poem."

The inner eunuch handed Teng's poems to the emperor, and the emperor saw that the couplets of this round were written on the paper:

During the past 15 years, the time has passed, and the new Chengen is in front of the Weiyang Palace.

The black magpies stepping on the branches return early, and the pine and bamboo moss is cold in the moonlight.

One case, one case, one body, and everything is right and wrong.

The road of the world can play swords here, and the wind can leave a sound when it passes through the forest.

The emperor said: "You two go forward and answer."

Zhu Yongning responded with a smile, left his seat and stood side by side with Yan Linsu in front of the driver, and said: "The sentence written by your majesty has the meaning of re-opening Weiyang's prosperous age in 15 years. And the sentence written by Mr. Shou Fu is indifferent to fame and fortune. If you become famous, you will go back to seclusion. The appearance of mountains and forests. The words of Li Shangshu can be seen as the upright and upright ministers of the court. As for the words of the adults, they can be said to have a long history, which is exactly the meaning of congratulations to His Majesty."

After hearing Zhu Yongning's words, the emperor raised his eyes and said with a smile: "So Yan Qing meant that, I almost blamed you by mistake."

Yan Linsu lowered his eyes and said, "Yes."

All the ministers were wary of Yan Linsu at first, but now listening to this argument, they couldn't see that this man was capable of pouring ecstasy soup.Well, the Inspectorate is not so pedantic, maybe you can get close to it a little bit.

The emperor said: "I didn't expect Ning'er to be Lord Yan's bosom friend. I don't see that Yongning, you are used to having fun, and you have such insights. Uncle Huang underestimates you."

Yan Linsu's heart sank. Zhu Yongning defended him, did he arouse the suspicion of the uncertain emperor for no reason?

Zhu Yongning laughed, and cupped his hands and said: "The emperor's uncle praised Ning'er too much, so I want to continue. The emperor's sentence - 15 years of time, Xin Chengen in front of the Weiyang Palace, I took it..." He saw Yan Linsu stood tall under the moonlight, the shimmering waves shining on the red clothes, thinking of the man in the deserted temple that night with hairpins scattered under him, he said with a smile: "On the sand, mandarin ducks can hang their necks together, a romantic and cold stay."