Half an hour ago, Leng Mei suddenly received an order from the Military Aircraft Department and immediately went to the meeting place for the undercover agents.
In a house.
Most of the undercover agents in the entire capital are here.
Then sit in order according to your status.
When Leng Mei arrived there, everyone else had already arrived.
Mr. Jiang, who was sitting directly in the middle, looked at her and then gestured: "Yilan, sit down."
Leng Mei nodded and sat next to him.
Today's meeting is mainly to discuss how to let our people climb higher to the six positions of the Daqing Dynasty.
"Master Shi, how many people have infiltrated your household department?" Master Jiang looked at one of the middle-aged men.
The middle-aged man raised his hands, saluted and said, "Mr. Jiang, after half a year of our deployment, there is already a chief and two officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs. The chief among them will be the inspector of the Ministry of Household Affairs next month."
Mr. Jiang nodded: "Well, yes, it seems that your deployment is very effective."
Immediately afterwards, he asked other responsible people and also gave certain suggestions and evaluations.
Then, he looked at Leng Mei, who was silent and said: "Yilan, according to your opinion, how should we obtain a more favorable official position?"
Leng Mei replied: "I believe that the imperial examination in the spring is the best opportunity. At that time, we can select high-quality talents and enter the palace examination. If we can win the Jinshi, then the chance of entering the Daqing Dynasty as an official will be much greater. .”
After hearing this, Mr. Jiang agreed: "Yes, I have this intention, but at the moment, it is not easy for our people to win the Jinshi with certainty."
At this time, someone in the audience asked: "I remember that Miss Yilan had reported before that Xue Mu from the Divine Catcher Division had written poems at Xiao Xun's house. He must have some knowledge. Why didn't you tell him his identity? , let him help our undercover work?"
Hearing this, Leng Mei immediately shook her head: "Your Majesty has removed Xue Mu. He is no longer on our undercover list."
"Why?"
"Yes, his father was an old man among our undercover agents before he was alive."
"Yes, Yilan, did you never tell him your identity as an undercover agent?"
"You have to tell him and let him make his own decision. Maybe he is willing to join us?"
Leng Mei listened to everyone discussing this matter. She was silent for a while, and finally said: "Your Majesty has removed Xue Mu from the list, so please stop discussing it."
"Yilan."
At this time, Mr. Jiang spoke.
He looked at Leng Mei with an indifferent face: "I know that you have a good relationship with His Majesty, and you even made a special trip back to Daxia because of Xue Mu's matter, but you must know that our mission is to complete it for Your Majesty. For the great cause of unification, you can't personally remove Xue Mu from the undercover list just because you like him. It's unfair to your colleagues who are still lurking in other places."
Mr. Jiang's words made more people become more and more dissatisfied.
They all criticized and complained: "Yes, Yilan, Xue Mu is now the Qianhu of the Divine Catching Division. If we have his help, we will definitely be even more powerful."
"Yes, you are a subject of Daxia Kingdom, so you naturally want to share His Majesty's worries, instead of messing up your sense of proportion just because of these matters of affection between children."
"Yilan, you are still too young. You must put the overall situation first."
At this time, someone said to Mr. Jiang: "My subordinates suggest that we send someone to invite Xue Mu and explain the situation to him. If he is willing to help us, then that is the best. If he is not willing, then kill him."
When Leng Mei heard this, she slapped the table and took out the sword in her hand. She looked at everyone fiercely and said, "Who dares?"
When she finished saying this, everyone in the audience was stunned.
There was total silence.
Naturally, they would not have thought that Leng Mei, who was usually taciturn, would openly become an enemy of everyone because of Xue Mu.
One of them, Deputy Shi, seemed to be trying to ease the atmosphere on the field. He smiled and said: "Okay, okay, everyone, calm down. What a big deal. Without Xue Mu, wouldn't we be able to do anything? Without him, we wouldn't be able to do anything. We can still complete the mission entrusted to us by His Majesty."
He also looked at Leng Mei and consoled her: "Yilan, listen to Uncle Shi and put down your sword."
Leng Mei also knew that she was impulsive, and she felt a little regretful.
I was just about to apologize to everyone.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Jiang slapped the table and roared: "Presumptuous."
Everyone else immediately knelt down from their sitting position.
They know that in this house.
Mr. Jiang has the absolute right to speak.
If he is the life in this room, then everyone must live.
If you want someone to die, that person won't survive tonight.
The requirement of the Military Aircraft Department is absolute obedience to orders.
Today Leng Mei actually defied openly. To a certain extent, she was defying the military department.
He was also disobeying Mr. Jiang’s orders.
This is absolutely intolerable in Master Jiang's eyes.
So he looked at Leng Mei angrily and said, "I ask you, why can't Xue Mu join the undercover team? If you can't explain the reason, I will have him killed today."
When Leng Mei heard this, she held the sword in her hand and said, "He can't join. He just can't join. If anyone dares to hurt him today, I will protect him even if I risk my life."
When Deputy Shi heard this, he quickly said awkwardly: "Okay, okay, let's not discuss this anymore. Let's all calm down and calm down."
Others were also frightened, and they all echoed: "Yes, yes, calm down."
But Mr. Jiang didn't seem to buy Leng Mei's account. Instead, he threatened: "Okay, if you don't let Xue Mu come today, then either you go and kill him, or I send someone to kill him. Also, don't forget Yes, His Majesty once gave me a token, indicating that I can do anything, including taking your head."
Leng Mei knew that fighting hard now would be fruitless.
In the end, she endured the humiliation and begged Master Jiang again: "Yilan was impulsive just now and is willing to be punished, but Xue Mu really cannot be an undercover agent. If he learns that he is an undercover agent of Daxia Kingdom, he will never agree to help us. "
"If we kill Xue Mu, with the character of the God Catcher, he will never let it go."
"Our situation will also be more dangerous, so please, sir, please be patient and put the overall situation first."
"But my subordinates can encourage him to take the exam in the spring. If the adults want to arrange any tasks in the future, my subordinates can also ask him indirectly."
Seeing Leng Mei's change of words, Deputy Shi softened his attitude. He quickly looked at Mr. Jiang and said, "Sir Jiang, why don't we put this matter aside for now?"
Master Jiang also knew that if he pushed Leng Mei too hard, there might be backlash.
She has a good relationship with His Majesty, and she will suffer some unpleasant consequences.
Now that Leng Mei had taken the initiative to step down, he finally said: "In that case, forget it, but he must take the imperial examination in the spring."
"Yes, I understand."
After a while, the meeting ended.
Before leaving, Leng Mei was stayed by Deputy Shi.
"Uncle Shi." Leng Mei looked at him.
Deputy Shi looked at Leng Mei with a serious face and said, "Yilan, you are usually the representative of calmness and calmness. Why are you so impulsive and reckless today?"
"Uncle Shi, this subordinate realizes his mistake." Leng Mei replied.
"That's all, you are also worried about that Xue Mu, but I am also curious about what this Xue Mu looks like and how he can charm you like this. I will definitely meet him someday." Deputy Shi said with emotion.
Then he warned: "The words you said today have already made Mr. Jiang dissatisfied, so you have to be more careful in the future and don't get caught by him, otherwise he will make a fuss out of a molehill, and you will be finished by then." .”
"I understand, Yilan, thank you Uncle Shi for reminding me."
Just like that, Leng Mei left the house and returned home.
As soon as he walked in, he heard Xue Mu's voice.
"Meier, where have you been?"
"Come here and try this rouge."
Xu Ruyan also said excitedly: "Sister Leng, come here and give it a try. Master bought us two boxes of rouge. It's very useful."
Leng Mei forced out a smile: "Okay."
When she came over, Xue Mu already had time to open his eyes.
He noticed that Leng Mei's expression seemed a little absent-minded.
So while Xu Ruyan was putting on makeup, she asked, "What's wrong? You look worried."
Leng Mei pretended to smile: "How can you see that I am worried?"
"Listen to your tone, your mood was not right when you came in." Xue Mu explained.
Leng Mei didn't say much, just smiled: "It's nothing."
Then she thought about that matter again and asked tentatively: "By the way, every year at the beginning of spring, there is a big palace examination. Do you want to take part?"
Xue Mu shook his head, "I probably won't participate. After all, you are going to be an official. I think Qianhu of the Divine Catcher Division is already very good. If there is a chance, he can also be a deputy commander or something."
Leng Mei felt confident after listening to what he said.
Xue Mu knew that she would not ask this for no reason, so he asked: "What, do you want me to take this test?"
"If I want you to take the exam, will you take the exam?" Leng Mei asked again.
Xue Mu smiled and said, "Even if you ask me to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will still do it."
Hearing this, Leng Mei shook her head instead: "I just wanted to think of this matter suddenly. Whether you take the exam or not is entirely up to you. I can't interfere with your decision."
"Actually, it's okay to take the exam, but I can't see, so I can't let someone write it for me, right?" Xue Mu joked.
Leng Mei suddenly became happy.
yes.
He is blind, how could he pass the exam?
Leng Mei was also upset.
Why didn't she explain this situation when she was in the house just now?
If it had been explained in advance, there might not have been a subsequent conflict.
She immediately laughed: "Yes, you can't see it, so you probably won't be able to pass the exam."
"yes."
"Okay, I don't want to think about it anymore. Which rouge did you buy for me to see?"
"This is it."
Leng Mei's unintentional words made Xue Mu think about it while sleeping at night.
Does Leng Mei want to become an official?
Do you think this official is too young?
But now Qianhu of the Shenhua Division is already a fifth-grade official. In the eyes of most people in the capital, he is already an official.
Xue Mu didn't know Leng Mei's thoughts for a while.
But he didn't think much about it.
On the contrary, I felt that I was blind and would not be able to take the imperial examination in the spring.
But on the other side, after Xiao Xun saw Zhao Ruoli's letter, he immediately started taking the spring exams.
He didn't quite understand why Zhao Ruoli had to remind himself about Xue Mu's exam.
He is a blind man.
How is it possible to take part in the imperial examination?
And he also had to ask someone to ghostwrite for him.
This has never happened in exams throughout the ages.
But since it was Zhao Ruoli's request, Xiao Xun did his best to do it.
He knew that this time the palace examination would be extremely lively.
After all, all forces hope that their people can win Jinshi, so that they can be placed in suitable positions and be controlled by them.
This is the case with Prince Kang and Prince Jing.
Late at night, Zhao Ji grabbed Xia Ji's hair while moving.
In that room, some sounds could be heard from time to time.
Not long after, Zhao Ji was lying on the bed.
Looking down at Xia Ji, she was holding her breath.
He then asked his concubine: "How is your cousin preparing?"
Xia Ji looked at him, wiped her lips and said, "Your Highness, my cousin has been studying hard for ten years. There is definitely no problem. He may not be the number one scholar, but there is definitely hope for the top three."
"That's good!" Zhao Ji stroked him, and then said with his head held high: "For this year's palace examination, I must arrange for more people to go in. Only in this way can we compete with the second child."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, we will definitely win most of the Jinshi quotas this year." Xia Ji said to him.
"Yeah." Then Zhao Ji looked down at her and signaled: "Go on."
"yes."
On the other side, His Royal Highness King Kang Zhao Chengqian summoned Du Youkang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, late at night.
"Your Highness."
Zhao Chengqian looked at him and asked: "How many people do we have on hand this year?"
"There are thirty candidates in total."
"Is it reliable?"
"They are all carefully selected by my subordinates. They are absolutely reliable. I have also promised them that as long as they become Jinshi, their official positions and subsequent prosperity and wealth will follow His Highness Prince Kang."
"good!"
Zhao Chengqian laughed: "In this way, after the beginning of spring, most of the people in the entire court will be mine."
"Let's see how big brother fights with me."
"Ha ha ha ha."
In the palace, Qing'er saw that Zhao Ruoli was still busy reading the book, and asked cautiously: "Your Highness, the Spring Palace Examination is about to begin. I recently heard that His Royal Highnesses Prince Kang and Prince Jin are recruiting candidates from all over the country. Is Your Highness interested?" Be prepared too.”
Hearing this, Zhao Ruoli laughed: "Qing'er, isn't this what I am doing today?"
When Qing'er heard this, she was confused for a moment.
Finally, he was surprised: "Could it be that Mr. Xue is His Highness's trump card?"
Zhao Ruoli just smiled and then said something.
"If he takes part in the palace examination, one person will be better than a thousand people."
(End of chapter)
