A few people were talking, and Su Jing came in from the outside. She glanced at Wu Zhong and hesitated to speak. Chang Yu had just heard Mr. Wu say that the two of them almost started fighting outside the city. This gave him a huge headache. Su Jing's personality You can't treat her perverseness with common sense, but you can't force her to do so, which will force her away, but Chang Yu can't bear to lose such a good sword.
Chang Yu waved his hand to signal Wuzhong to go out and asked him to call the Chen family brothers and other personal attendants.
"The governor will leave Beijing tomorrow, would you like to accompany me?" Chang Yu asked Sujing.
Su Jing stood at the door and said nothing. Chang Yu sighed helplessly and signaled Chunxiang to leave: "Although you like to be alone, it is better to have a few friends than a few enemies."
"I don't need friends." Su Jing looked up at him: "After the master died, I didn't trust anyone, and I didn't want to get close to anyone. It's good to be carefree."
"Then don't offend others casually. If you don't get what you want, you'll draw a knife or a gun. It's okay if you meet ordinary people. People like Wuzhong...you are more likely to be in trouble than in danger!"
Su Jing snorted and said with disdain: "If you let me kill him, I guarantee that he will not survive tomorrow morning."
Chang Yu sighed: "That's an assassin's method. How confident are you that you can beat him if he's fair and aboveboard?"
Su Jing stopped talking.
"You two don't have a life-or-death feud, there's no need to be like this..." Chang Yu didn't say anything, Su Jing suddenly said: "Do you like me to stay in the Yamen?"
Chang Yu quickly shook his head: "Both the yamen and the governor need you, and the governor values you very much. Otherwise, look at who in the entire Dongchang can come in and out of the yamen and the governor's house at will, but you are the only one."
An imperceptible smile appeared on Su Jing's face: "There's nothing going on in Beijing. I'll go with you tomorrow. It's time for me to go back and take a look." Then he turned and left.
As soon as Su Jing left, a kind of personal attendant from the Chen family brothers came in: "Master Governor, I have an order."
"The governor is leaving Beijing tomorrow and needs to bring some manpower." Chang Yu said as he glanced at the faces of the Chen brothers intentionally or unintentionally. The two of them looked a little uncomfortable.
Chang Yu smiled: "Your brothers are very thoughtful, and the governor knows that those who cannot escape must follow them out of the capital. Young people are more adventurous, and they are not yet at the point of leaving a town house."
The faces of the Chen brothers turned red. Chang Yu could tell that they both liked Lian Xin. Whoever stayed in the capital would have a greater chance.
In the end, it was agreed that Chen Wangting, Jiang Fa and Qiao Sanxiu would be in charge of the capital. Wuzhong and Song Luoshu, brothers and sisters, could not go out if they wanted to arrange their weddings. The rest of the younger generation would use all their talents.
In the yard, Song Luoyu and Wuzhong were talking in a low voice: "Then why is the Night Demon always provocative?"
"She has an extreme temperament and is very proud at heart. She was defeated by me once when she was at Prince De's Mansion in Jinan. She is still grudged against her and always wants to get her back."
"In this case, you have to compete with him once to make him convinced," Song Luoyu said. Wuzhong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If we compete again, it will be a life-and-death struggle. Either she dies or I die. If she is too weak to me, I will She can still control the situation, but she...".
"Is she very powerful?" Song Luoyu glanced at him with an unconvinced look on his face. Wu Zhong nodded: "She practices assassination swordsmanship. Her moves are deadly, vicious, pungent and as fast as lightning. Coupled with her light body kung fu, the world is full of people. There are few rivals."
"How does it compare to me?" Song Luoyu snorted.
Wu Zhong is a straight man and has nothing to say: "Although you two are both killers, you mostly use assassination methods, while she directly takes people's lives. In a head-on confrontation, you are no match for him, but if it comes to life and death, each depends on his own ability. , this is really hard to say..."
Later, Fanzi came to report that some officials from the Ministry of War, Shi Kefa, Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Punishment asked to see him. The Dongchang Yamen has always been a gate of ghosts, and officials rarely come to the door on weekdays, but today it is very rare to see so many, and It was the Minister of the Ministry of War who took the lead.
They came for no other reason than to go with Chang Yu to inspect Jiubian tomorrow, so they wanted to meet each other first today.
Shi Kefa is the boss of the Ministry of War. It is reasonable for him to follow Chang Yu to inspect and rectify military affairs, but why does the Third Law Department follow him?
This is the cunning point of Chang Yu. Emperor Chongzhen gave him the Shangfang Sword and asked him to kill him first and then kill him, but he just asked the three law divisions to go with him. Those who committed crimes would be caught on the spot and the cases would be brought to me for trial on the spot. I would kill those who deserved to be killed. In order to avoid being accused of killing generals in the aftermath of the fall.
I went to Jiubian for inspection, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were responsible for arrests, the Ministry of Punishment was responsible for trials, and Dali Temple reviewed (these two yamen in the Ming Dynasty were opposite to those in the Sui and Tang Dynasties). Dare to chew your tongue.
It was already late at night when Shi Kefa and others left. Chang Yu sent everyone to the entrance of the alley and returned to the Yamen. Chunxiang held a stack of brochures and put them in front of him.
"What is this?" Chang Yu was puzzled and picked one up and looked at it. It turned out to be a greeting card.
"The following said that after the housewarming banquet, people posted every day, asking for your help." Chunxiang casually flipped through a few Beijing officials, most of whom were fourth or fifth rank: "I heard that these Beijing officials are very poor. Most of them rent houses, and some even rent houses." They live in villages outside the city, and some new arrivals have settled in temples."
Chang Yu nodded and sighed: "The salary given to officials by the imperial court is too low!"
After hearing this, Chunxiang quickly said: "Brother, don't ask for trouble. If you dare to propose an increase in salary, the emperor will dare to let you provide the money. Now the court can't even afford food, so where can we get money to increase the salary?" .
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and was speechless, silently reading through the greetings.
The night breeze was cool, Chang Yu walked out of the Yamen, Chang Bian had prepared the carriage and was waiting at the door. Chang Yu made a gesture to him, and then walked slowly towards the alley entrance with his hands behind his back, Chunxiang followed behind him, he knew this The little big brother is worried again.
Not far away, the towering city wall shrouded the entire alley in darkness. Chang Yu walked slowly while looking at the city wall with his hands behind his back, followed by a carriage with dozens of men behind him, and a few people ahead of him to clear the way.
There were almost no people on the street. Even if they saw a group of them, they quickly walked around the corner, looked up at the stars, sighed, and walked to Changfu in silence.
When the sky was slightly bright and the city gate was wide open, hundreds of horsemen and warriors headed northwest from Desheng Gate. The passers-by stopped to watch and exclaimed knowingly: "The people from the East Factory Guard are out to arrest someone." went".
Someone immediately retorted: "The people arrested in Dongchang are all Fanzi and Jinyiwei. Dongchang Wei has three battalions with no more than a thousand soldiers and horses. They are mainly responsible for fighting. How can they be used to arrest people?"
Then what are they going to do?
You ask me, I ask who to go to, I am not a great eunuch...
Changfu.
Chang Yu and Chunxiang were having breakfast in the hall. The servants and servants were all packing their bags and preparing to leave the capital. Lao Hu hurriedly ran over: "Master Governor, there are... distinguished guests." Before he could finish his words, a smiling person appeared behind him. Looking at him.
"Nonsense" Chang Yu flicked his chopsticks and bowl: "No!"
"Why not? I came here with a request." Zhu Cixiang walked into the hall and nodded slightly to Chunxiang who was saluting. Chunxiang quickly backed out knowingly.
"His Royal Highness, does he know the purpose of my visit?" Chang Yu's expression was solemn. Zhu Cihong walked to him and smiled: "Don't be so serious. Of course I know what you are doing there. You are the governor of Jiubian, rectifying military affairs and investigating corruption."
"Then do you know the risks? One careless move can lead to mutiny and conflict, which will lead to death and bloodshed. It's not as easy as the last time we went out for a walk."
"I don't believe there are still people who dare to rebel now." Seeing Chang Yu's serious face, Zhu Cixiang didn't dare to be too casual.
"What can't you do when a dog jumps over the wall? This kind of thing has rarely happened in all dynasties. Let alone the previous dynasty, it has only happened in this dynasty? If your identity is exposed, the other party will most likely take risks in the event of a conflict. I will use you as a hostage. You are restricted and cannot go!" Chang Yu said firmly.
"I have received approval from my father. My father also said that if I want to broaden my horizons and see the world, I should see more."
"No, I'll go into the palace and talk to the emperor." Chang Yu stood up and was about to leave. Zhu Cixiang coughed lightly and said, "Father left the capital early in the morning."
ah! Chang Yu was startled: "Where have you gone?"
"Baoding Mansion".
Chang Yu stamped his feet and sat down with a long sigh. Zhu Cixiang quickly poured him a cup of tea: "Don't worry, we will dress up as Dongchang eunuchs for this trip. We will never talk nonsense and we will listen to you in everything."
"You also know that talking too much will lead to trouble, right?" Chang Yu rolled his eyes at him and was suddenly startled: "Wait, you guys?"
"Look." Zhu Cixi pointed toward the door. A handsome young man stood at the door, holding a fan and looking up at the hall with a smile on his face.
Chang Yu almost fell over and said, "It's absolutely not okay to mess around."
"Chang Yu" Princess Kunxing rushed into the hall angrily, her expression suddenly changed to a sad one: "Chang Yu, do you think I will have many opportunities to leave the capital in this life?"
Ahhhh, Chang Yu held his head in his hands and rushed to the door and yelled several times. He turned around angrily and looked at the two handsome young men with bright smiles. He raised his head and howled again: "What evil have I done?"
