In the evening, the sky that has been cloudy for a long time seems to be finally clearing up.
Far far away in the west, among the heavy clouds, some sunlight finally shined through, illuminating the snow in the capital so brightly that it made it difficult to open one's eyes.
Lin Ji yawned, stretched and stood up, looking sleepily at Wang Zheng who was constantly reviewing the papers.
No matter how quiet the years are, there are always people carrying the burden forward.
"Wang Zheng." Lin Ji became more interested.
"Here, what are your orders, sir?" Wang Zheng stopped writing and looked up.
"Are you so busy every day while I'm away?"
Wang Zheng nodded and said: "The Commander-in-Chief of the General Office has always been like this. Not only are all kinds of papers handed over from all over the Kyushu Province, but there are also sentences that have been sentenced and require the permission of the Chief Government before they can be executed... After all, the Commander-in-Chief is the one who Those involved are basically officials from all over the Supervisory Office, so the procedures are a bit more troublesome."
Lin Ji nodded.
This was the case with Jian Tiansi. It was nominally a subordinate organization of Da Qin, but in fact, he had never seen Pei Emperor give orders to Jian Tiansi for so long.
Except for a name, Jian Tiansi seems to have been specially separated from Da Qin to govern itself.
Da Qin had a Ministry of Punishment, so the Supervisor Tiansi had a commander-in-chief who also took on some special errands of the Ministry of Punishment.
"Thank you, let's put the remaining eucalyptus rolls aside and do it tomorrow." Lin Ji said.
Wang Zheng hesitated and said: "Sir, some papers are urgent..."
"Then we'll do it tomorrow. Let's go and have a drink with me tonight."
Hearing this, Wang Zheng saw Lin Ji's resolute attitude and finally couldn't hold on any longer.
Take Wang Zheng and leave the Jiantiansi General Office.
Walking on the streets of Beijing, Lin Ji asked casually: "Is there anything interesting happening in Beijing during my absence?"
"What's the interesting thing you asked me?"
"Whatever, let me tell you." Lin Ji just asked casually.
The reason why he brought Wang Zheng out was just to get acquainted with his deputy. After all, Lin Ji went to Yunzhou not long after he came to the Commander-in-Chief.
Even counting today, he has never had any dealings with Wang Zheng.
Wang Zheng was thinking hard.
"The interesting things in Beijing...are just the young masters of certain families who have fallen in love with the young ladies of certain families. I don't think you are interested in them either."
"What about other than that?" Lin Ji asked casually, "It can't be all these bullshit things, right?"
"There are also... Over at Jingzhou Prefecture, I heard that many people have been killed during this period." Wang Zheng lowered his voice slightly and said, "Sir, you also know that there are large mountains and forests to the south after leaving Beijing. I don’t know why there are a lot of evil spirits, and for this matter, Lord Sun personally took action.”
"Oh?" Lin Ji was really surprised now.
What kind of evil spirit is so bold and dares to cause trouble near the capital?
Wang Zheng continued: "This is all I know. No matter how detailed it is, I, as a clerk, can't inquire about it."
Hearing this, Lin Ji did not embarrass him and asked: "If we don't talk about official matters, let's talk about other things in Beijing."
"There's not much else... Oh, but there's a new brothel opened in Beijing called Qunfang Garden. I don't think adults will be interested in it." Wang Zheng said to himself.
Lin Ji originally thought it was a bit boring, but when he heard this, he suddenly became interested.
"Tell me more about Qunfang Garden."
Wang Zheng was stunned and subconsciously looked at Lin Ji, only to see that Lin Ji's expression remained unchanged and she didn't even look at him.
With a bit of weirdness in his heart, Wang Zheng continued: "I don't know the background of the group of Fangyuan people, but they bought a piece of land in the east of the city, spent a lot of money to hire monks, and started a garden in less than a month. "
"There is a background." Lin Ji nodded.
It is impossible to buy land in Beijing, or in the east of the city, without some background.
Who lives in the east of the city? Lin Ji's house is in the east of the city. Diagonally opposite is the Zhen Guo Gong's mansion. A mile around is the Mu Mansion of Right Prime Minister Mu Hanfei, and further away is Luo Xuanyi. 's mansion.
As for officials of the second, third and fourth grades, they are countless.
The east part of the city is where dignitaries live.
Being able to buy land and build a building in this place obviously means something.
Wang Zheng continued: "I don't know what the background of this Fangyuan group is. In fact, when the garden opened, not many people came to support it, but those who like Fengyue places will always try to find something new."
"That's the truth." Lin Ji agreed.
"As a result, the guests who visited were full of praises, and everyone spread the word of mouth. In fact, Qunfang Garden became famous."
Seeing Lin Ji's noncommittal look, Wang Zheng thought for a moment and then said: "You may not feel it, but since Qunfang Garden became famous, 60% of the brothel business in the city has been attracted by them. "
"Qunfang Garden is in the east of the city?" Lin Ji looked at Wang Zheng.
"yes."
"Originally I was going to take you to my house for a drink, but now you're on the way." Lin Ji looked at Wang Zheng, "Have you been to Qunfang Garden?"
"I have never..."
"I haven't been there either. Let's go there tonight to open our eyes."
It’s not that I want to go to Goulan to listen to music, it’s mainly because I’m curious and want to see the world.
...
Lin Ji and Wang Zheng didn't know the specific whereabouts of Qunfang Garden, but they just grabbed someone to ask for directions. Who would have thought that that person was also going to Qunfang Garden, and they were brought to the door by the way.
Standing outside the gate of Qunfang Garden, Lin Ji was not in a hurry to go in, but looked carefully outside.
From the outside, this garden is quite interesting. It is clearly a brothel, but it looks like someone's mansion.
If the door hadn't been open, and you could often see the birds and warblers coming and going inside, who would have thought that this place was actually a brothel.
Originally, Lin Ji was planning to wait for the old madam to come out to greet him, but he excused himself to save his face before going in to broaden his horizons.
Who would have thought that after waiting for a long time, it turned out to be an old bustard, not even a turtle man.
"Master, won't you go in?" Wang Zheng asked from the side.
"Well... come in!" Lin Jidang walked towards the door first.
No one came to greet him, and he stood at the door without going in, just like a prostitute who couldn't afford it but was salivating.
Just for a moment, he attracted the attention of several people. It was embarrassing not to take care of it and to lose people.
Walking into Qunfang Garden, a warm feeling hit me right after entering the door.
It was clearly the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the door behind him was clearly open.
But inside and outside the garden, it's like two worlds.
The wind is biting outside, but the spring flowers are blooming inside.
"Interesting." There was a little curiosity in Lin Ji's eyes. Whose Chunlou was so generous and had people set up formations.
This formation is not unusual, but it always requires the formation master to take action.
Lin Ji didn't know the market situation, but if he wanted to invite a formation master to come to the capital, even if it was just a superficial formation, it would probably cost thousands of yuan crystals.
"I have the support of high-level monks." Lin Ji thought to himself, while also slightly concentrating his consciousness.
Knowing that there are monks in charge, it is better not to explore unscrupulously, lest it cause trouble.
At the same time, someone finally took the initiative to greet him.
"You two gentlemen, are you here for the first time?"
