The ship slowly docked at the port away from the imperial capital. After Liu Yijin and others disembarked, the Wolf Guard cavalry from the Supervision Department who had been waiting for them arrived on horseback.
Standing at the front of the wolf guards was Zhang Bing, the famous director of the Supervision Department.
He was dressed in black clothes, with a medium build, and his appearance seemed plain, but his eyes were like a wild wolf staring at everyone who came out of the dock.
Liu Yijin noticed this kind of gaze that was born with scrutiny and supervision at first sight.
"It is said that the Supervisory Department is the fang of the Daqian Dynasty. Most of the Wolf Guards I came into contact with were people who acted like wolves and tigers, but now this person is different from them."
Lan Yuer, who followed Liu Yijin down, smiled and said, "My lord, you are more accurate in judging people now."
Zhang Bing greeted him with a smile: "Master Liu, you have worked hard all the way. I, Zhang Bing, am the head of the Supervision Department. From now on, you and I will be officials in the same court."
This is his immediate boss. Liu Yijin hurriedly greeted him, but was pulled up by Zhang Bing: "I am young and promising, and my future is limitless. I hope that I can help you more in the court in the future."
Liu Yijin was a little flattered by Zhang Bing's kind words: "Sir, I'm just your subordinate, your words are embarrassing to me."
Zhang Bing laughed loudly and whispered mysteriously: "Master Liu, you don't know something. Your Majesty has just passed down the imperial edict. If you arrive in the imperial capital, you will have to face the Holy Spirit as soon as possible. This is only for ordinary first- and second-class officials." What an honor.”
Liu Yijin was stunned: "Meet the Holy Spirit directly? This, I'm not ready for this yet."
Zhang Bing hugged Liu Yijin's neck like a ruffian: "If you have anything to prepare, just go over and kowtow. Our Supervision Department itself is His Majesty's eyes and sword. Even if you are a little rude, Your Majesty will not What about you? Besides, there is already a huge quarrel in the court because of you."
Liu Yijin was startled: "Is it because you asked me to be the deputy head of the Supervision Department?"
Zhang Bing smiled lightly: "No."
"Why is that?"
Zhang Bing laughed, and while directing a group of wolf guards to load Liu Yijin's luggage into the carriage, he said with a smile: "Brother, don't ask so many questions. You will understand when you see it."
Mengyao accompanied Song Lian and the others off the boat, and stood happily with Lan Yu'er beside her.
Zhang Bing was stunned and couldn't help but take a few more glances. Each of these five women had their own merits, and any one of them was much better than the women in his house.
Could it be that these five are all Liu Yijin’s wives?
But it would be fine if there are one or two maids.
"Are these all Mrs. Liu?"
Zhang Bing took a half step forward with a smile: "I, Zhang Bing, will be Mr. Liu's future colleague. My brothers and sisters have worked hard together."
Song Lian said openly and honestly: "I have met you, sir."
Zhang Bing waved his hands hurriedly, and several wolf guards stepped forward.
"If the ladies need anything done, just leave it to them directly."
"I'm going to take Liu Yijin into the palace to meet the saint."
Song Lian and others couldn't help but look at Liu Yijin: "Sir, what is this?"
Liu Yijin smiled and said: "Your Majesty has summoned you, so of course you have to go. Besides, I'll just go over for a while, and I'll probably be back soon."
"Oh, Mr. Liu." A man in official uniform from the front came over with a cheerful face and gave Liu Yijin a big hug enthusiastically.
"Master Wei!" Liu Yijin didn't expect that Wei Ming would come to greet him in person, so he greeted him enthusiastically.
Wei Ming was very relaxed when old friends met, and the two naturally talked about what happened back then.
Zhang Bing said with a smile: "Wei Ming is now a famous person next to the Minister of Civil Affairs. In half a year, I think the position of Minister will be gone."
Wei Ming was proud of himself: "I still think Wolf Guard is more suitable for me. It's just that His Majesty has made arrangements and specifically asked me to train in the staff department. I can only catch up with the ducks."
Liu Yijin laughed: "I think Mr. Wei thinks that the staff department is more suitable for him, otherwise he wouldn't be so prosperous."
The three of them walked towards the carriage while talking. Song Lian behind them remembered that she still didn't know where her new home was. Just as she was about to catch up, Mengyao on the side smiled and said, "Madam, I just asked the wolf guard next to me. Well, the Liu Mansion is on Xuanwu Street, it was the residence of an old man from the previous dynasty, and I heard it was quite large."
oh?
A smile suddenly appeared on Song Lian's face: "The house of the former state leader must be quite big."
Wang Ying smiled and said: "The old man's house doesn't need to be decorated at all, we can just live in it." '
The group of people walked towards Xuanwu Street under the escort of wolf guards.
The prosperity of the imperial capital naturally aroused the curiosity of several women, who all poked their heads out of the carriage and looked at the busy shops on both sides.
"Sister, look at those women's clothes that look really nice, but they are much better than what we wear." Sun Sangxiang looked straight at the girls not far away with a look of envy.
Wang Ying also looked at her with curiosity: "She's really pretty. The Imperial City is the Imperial City. The girl looks good, and she dresses well too."
While several women were looking around curiously, on the second floor of a restaurant, a man in brocade clothes looked down with cold eyes.
The man was thin, with white clothes and long hair, and his face was slightly pale. He looked like he was recovering from a serious illness.
Next to the man, stood an old man in black clothes. The old man's eyes were shining with a faint light, and his temples were raised high. He was a standard foreign master.
"Sir, these women below are Liu Yijin's wives."
"And the most charming one is Mengyao who killed Liu Chang together with Liu Yijin. This woman used to be the oiran of a brothel and was brought home from the brothel by Liu Chang."
The man who was called Young Master looked disdainfully at Mengyao and the others below, and said in a contemptuous tone: "I really didn't expect that someone like Liu Chang would also have the illusion that he could grow a second spring by eating brains?"
"He deserves to be killed." The man tapped his fingers gently on the railing: "Although Maitreya Buddhism emphasizes teaching without discrimination, even I will not tolerate such cruel methods of killing children, let alone him It happens to be known by others.”
"Master, Xikun's younger brother Xishang also died in the hands of Liu Yijin this time."
The old man's words made the man slightly stunned: "Didn't you say that Xishang committed suicide out of fear of crime?"
The old man shook his head: "Xishang did not tell the secret to protect Liu Chang. This news was found out by the old slave from Qingfeng County. It is of course different from the official document reported to the court by Qingfeng County."
"Interesting." The man's eyes were playful: "Does Xikun know this news?"
"We don't know yet."
A cold smile appeared at the corner of the man's mouth: "Now that Liu Yijin has arrived in the Imperial Capital, it's time to let him know."
The old man paused: "Then I will make arrangements now."
The man waved his hand: "There's no rush. We have plenty of time."
"It's just these women."
The man looked at the women below him playfully, "What would happen if these women came to the imperial capital and were unfamiliar with the place, and suddenly lost one or two of them?"
The old man's eyes suddenly flickered: "With a population of one million in the imperial capital, it is normal for one or two people to be missing. Besides, it is impossible to find them even if we look for them."
The man laughed: "Then I'll leave this matter to you."
In the carriage below, Wang Ying raised her head slightly as if she was aware of it. When she saw the old man and the man standing above, looking at them with a faint smile in their eyes, Wang Ying couldn't help but feel moved, and then He showed a meaningful smile.
Song Lian on the side looked up in confusion: "Wang Ying, what are you looking at? You are smiling so happily."
Wang Ying chuckled and said, "I saw two men looking for death."
Song Lian thought Wang Ying was joking, so she couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Don't you see that the men on the street look at us with a kind of hostility."
"Sister, that's not hostility, that's bad intention."
The fifth girl came to the third gate on the right side of Xuanwu Street. She couldn't help but get excited when she saw the two characters "Liu Mansion" on it: "This gatehouse is much more elegant than our old house."
"That's right. I never dreamed that we would live in such a big house, and it would be exclusively ours."
Erzhuzi and Gouzi who followed were even more excited: "Grandma, I never dreamed that one day I would be able to work as a long-term worker in such a house."
Gouzi on the side slapped him directly: "You said something stupid. Brother Yijin is now much richer than the landowner. He is the second-in-command of the Supervision Department, understand? He is His Majesty's mouth, tongue and eyes."
Wang Ying smiled and said: "Okay, you two hurry up and ask them to move their things in."
"Xiao Rui, Du Juan, you two and a few maids will sort out everything in the house and clean the room."
Sun Sangxiang on the side volunteered: "I think it's better for me to take them to do it."
Lan Yu'er chuckled: "You are now the wife of the Liu family. If others see this, they will criticize you."
"What's the matter? I liked to do things when I was in Qinghe Town. I don't want to be idle, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable."
Mengyao smiled lightly and said: "What the third lady said makes sense. Sometimes things can be done just by playing. Besides, with such a big yard, it naturally makes sense to sort it out by yourself."
Song Lian walked forward with a smile: "Let's go in and take a look."
