The sedan arrived at the gate of a mansion. The young eunuch who led the way asked the sedan bearer to stop. Then he ran back to the sedan and whispered, "Eunuch Wei, we are outside the gate of Lord Luo, the commander of the Jinyi Guards."
"Call the door." Wei Zhongxian's faint voice came from the sedan.
The little eunuch ran to the door of Luo Mansion, raised his hand and slapped the door knocker hard.
This time, Wei Zhongxian didn't need to tell him, so he slapped her with all his strength.
"Does anyone know where this place is? It's dangerous to knock on the door so loudly."
The impatient voice of the concierge came from behind the door of Luo Mansion, and then the door was opened a crack, revealing half of the concierge's body.
"Go and ask Luo Sigong to come out and receive the order." The little eunuch said arrogantly and in a high voice.
The porter heard the little eunuch's voice and when he heard the word "acceptance", his legs went weak and he held on to the door to prevent him from falling.
"Why are you still standing there in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and call your elders? It's delaying Eunuch Wei's edict. Be careful of your life." The little eunuch pointed at the concierge of the Luo Mansion who was still in a daze.
"Yes, yes, yes, father-in-law, please wait a moment. I will call our master now."
The porter came to his senses and hurriedly ran into the yard to deliver the message.
Eunuch Wei, who was sitting in the sedan, said at this time, "Let's take our family into Master Luo's house."
The two bearers lifted the sedan and walked towards the Luo Mansion.
The young eunuch outside the gate pushed the gate of Luo Mansion completely open and asked the bearers to carry the sedan inside.
As soon as they arrived in the courtyard, Luo Sigong came over with his son Luo Yangxing and several servants of the mansion.
The little eunuch came to the sedan window and whispered, "Father, Luo Sigong is here."
"Get off the sedan," Wei Zhongxian in the sedan ordered.
The two bearers gently lowered the sedan and pressed it down.
The little eunuch lifted up the curtain of the sedan chair and helped Wei Zhongxian out of the sedan chair with his hands.
Luo Mansion was brightly lit, and Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, recognized at a glance that the person who came was Eunuch Wei, a popular figure next to the emperor. He hurriedly took a few steps, came closer, knelt down on the ground, and shouted, "Your Majesty, Luo Sigong, I would like to invite you." St. Ann.”
"Holy greetings, Holy Gong." Wei Zhongxian responded lightly, and then said, "Master Luo, please get up. Your Majesty asked our family to pass on oral instructions, so there is no need to kneel."
"I thank the Holy Grace
kindness. "
Luo Yangxing kowtowed respectfully before standing up.
Luo Yangxing on the other side took two steps forward, stretched out his sleeve towards Wei Zhongxian's hand, and stuffed a silver coin into Wei Zhongxian's hand.
Wei Zhongxian secretly curled his lips after receiving the money.
However, twenty taels of silver ingots are nowhere compared to the thousands of taels of capital bank notes that were sold by shopkeeper Wang.
I just got a few thousand taels, but I really look down on these twenty taels.
Because it was dark, no one in the Luo Mansion noticed the subtle expression on Wei Zhongxian's face, even though there were many lights lighting up the yard.
Wei Zhongxian raised his sleeves, put the silver ingot in his hand in, and then said, "Sir Luo, the emperor's instructions tell you to send the Jin Yiwei to Datong."
Luo Sigong stood aside respectfully.
I waited and waited, but found that Eunuch Wei in front of me only said this and stopped. I still don’t know what the emperor asked him to go to Datong for.
He had no choice but to turn around and wink at his son Luo Yangxing.
Luo Yangxing understood. He took two steps forward and stuffed another ingot of silver into Wei Zhongxian's hand. At the same time, he said with a smile, "I dare to ask my father-in-law, why did the emperor ask us Jin Yiwei to go to Datong?"
Wei Zhongxian weighed the silver in his hand, found another twenty taels, raised his sleeves and poured it into the cuffs.
He then said calmly, "Your Majesty was reviewing the memorials today and saw two memorials from the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They said that there was a big bandit in Datong. He was very unhappy and asked you Jin Yiwei to go to Datong to check. Whether this is the case or not, the emperor specifically asked not to alert the local officials and only verify it privately."
Luo Sigong understood that the matter was caused by the two censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Luo Yangxing said, "I dare to ask my father-in-law, does the Holy Master also think that there are giant bandits in Datong?"
Wei Zhongxian's face sank when he heard this, and he scolded, "How can the emperor still explain to Mr. Luo what he thinks?"
"I don't dare." Luo Yangxing was frightened and fell to his knees in a hurry.
"I'm sorry you don't dare." Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly.
"Yes, yes, yes, father-in-law is right."
Luo Yangxing didn't dare to refute. He did speak inappropriately just now. He shouldn't have directly inquired about the Holy Emperor's intentions. It was disrespectful.
"I also hope that my father-in-law Haihan will do it." Luo
Sigong took out a page of paper from his sleeve and handed it over.
Wei Zhongxian glanced at it with his eyelids drooping. It was a meeting ticket from a bank in Beijing. Although he didn't know how much it was, it was no less than the previous forty taels, so he put it away.
Luo Sigong then said, "I hope my father-in-law can give me some advice."
"Guidance is out of the question." Wei Zhongxian said in a calm tone, "The Emperor is very dissatisfied with the recent memorials to impeach the chief minister."
"Thank you, father-in-law." Luo Sigong cupped his hand.
"Okay, it's time for our family to go back after being away for so long." Wei Zhongxian said, "Master Luo, please don't let the emperor down."
After saying that, he walked back to the sedan and got on the sedan.
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Luo Sigong stood behind and said, "Best farewell to my father-in-law."
The sedan was lifted up by two bearers, and the young eunuch walked in front to lead the way. He walked straight out of Luo Mansion and towards the palace.
After the door of Luo Mansion was closed again, Luo Yangxing said in confusion, "Dad, what does the Holy Lord mean by this? Could it be that he doesn't trust the local officials?"
"Come to the study with me." Luo Sigong did not answer, but turned around and walked towards the study.
Luo Yangxing followed his father to the study.
The servants of the Luo Mansion lit all the candles in the study, covered them with covers, and placed them in different places. The study suddenly became bright.
"Please step back first," Luo Sigong said to the servant.
The servant retreated from the study.
"Dad, what's going on?" Luo Yangxing asked in confusion.
Luo Sigong sat behind the desk in the study, and then he said, "We are Jin Yiwei. We are only responsible to the Holy Emperor. If you can't get involved in other matters, don't get involved. I didn't expect that I would be found in the end."
"Dad, I don't understand a word of what you said." Luo Yangxing looked confused.
Luo Sigong said, "When Eunuch Wei left, he said that the Holy Father was very dissatisfied with the recent memorial to impeach Fang Congzhe. Did you hear anything?"
"The Holy One wants Chief Assistant Fang to continue to serve as Chief Assistant," Luo Yangxing said tentatively.
"Confused," Luo Sigong scolded, and then said, "Someone needs to be responsible for the defeat in Liaodong. This responsibility can only be shouldered by Fang Congzhe. Who made him the chief assistant, so he will not be the chief assistant for long."
Luo Yangxing said, "But what does this have to do with Jin Yiwei going to Datong?"
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