It was the same familiar darkroom, the same man in black robe, and the same Eunuch Gao standing behind him.
The face of the man in black robe was still hidden in the darkness, and he kept turning something in his palm. Ten years have passed, and Gao Cai's hair has turned a lot whiter. He can only lament that time is not forgiving.
"What is the origin of the young man named Shao Xi who entered the palace yesterday? Why does the Holy Emperor value him so much that he directly made him a fourth-grade inspector of the 'Jingcheng Division'?"
The man in black's voice was as gloomy as it was ten years ago, showing no emotion.
"I sent someone to inquire about it. This person is from Bailu Academy. He is Bai Dinggong's newly admitted disciple. He is quite talented and knowledgeable. He single-handedly promoted the reconciliation and cooperation between the Bai and Liu families, and proposed the idea of a hundred schools of thought co-governing the world. Thoughts, now not only won the trust of the Bai and Liu families, but also received the attention of the Holy One. As for the origin of this person, it is only known that this person is from Yingzhou, and the rest is not clear, but the slaves have been sending people Checking."
Gao Cai still looked respectful and respectful, no different from ten years ago.
"Yingzhou? Don't you think it's a coincidence? Back then, Feng Changlin was the fourth-grade inspector. Although not many people knew about this identity, he couldn't hide it from me. Now there is such a person coming out of Yingzhou Don’t you think it’s a coincidence that you are still named a fourth-grade inspector?”
"The Lord suspects that this young man named Shao Xi may be the child from back then? Logically speaking, that shouldn't be the case! The old man and the young man fled into the grassland back then. Although it is not within our control, we in Yingzhou are We have been keeping an eye on him, if the two of them return to Yingzhou, we will definitely know."
"The overlap between the two points of Yingzhou and Inspector Shi is very suspicious. If he were an ordinary person, it would be impossible for the Holy One to give him such an official position at the first meeting. The Holy One cannot do things without purpose. There must be some connection between them. You immediately send people to Yingzhou to investigate and find out which family this Shao Xi comes from? What is his background? What is his relationship with the Feng family?"
"This slave is going to arrange for people to go to Yingzhou to investigate. I believe it won't take long for the results to be obtained. I wonder if the master has any other orders?"
The movement of the man in black robe stopped, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "Let the pigeons go out! You should have a good idea of what kind of tasks to arrange. I don't need to say more, right?"
Gao Cai was stunned for a moment, then bowed and replied: "I understand! If you really find something like that, you will definitely bring it back and hand it over to the Lord at all costs."
The man in black robe once again resumed the movement of turning the objects in his hand, and said slowly: "I have been paying more attention to this person named Shao Xi recently to see what is so special about him that he has attracted the attention of the Holy Emperor."
"My slave will find a way to arrange for people to explore his background and see how capable he really is."
"Well, don't make it too obvious, and remember not to lose the big for the small."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. You will be well-controlled and will never miss your Majesty's important events because of this."
The man in black robe gently smoothed his sleeves and continued: "Did the people sent to the north find such a thing a while ago?"
Gao Cai carefully replied: "I just asked about it. No one has seen it yet. I heard that it is now useless. It seems to have become a legend over the years."
"Being a legend has its own reasons for becoming a legend. Let them keep looking."
"Your Majesty, I have arranged for someone to go there to urge you. I believe it won't be long before new news comes back."
"Go ahead! Take care of all the things arranged today. You don't have to come to see me again in the next period of time, so as not to attract other people's attention and cause unnecessary trouble."
"I understand, I'm resigning."
After speaking, Gao Cai bowed and turned around to leave the secret room.
After Gao Cai left, the man in black robe was silent for a moment, raised his hand to look at the thing in his hand, and muttered to himself.
"This game is getting more and more interesting now..."
On the early morning of the seventh day of the lunar month, in the stargazing inn room.
At this time, Shao Xi was dressed in a dark crimson official uniform, with an eleven gold belt and a silver fish bag hanging on his waist. He looked dignified, decent, heroic, and looked like a proud young man, very handsome.
Ning'er walked around Shao Xi, looking in front and behind, with a curious look on her face. She never understood why the brother in front of her was an ordinary person a few days ago and became an official now.
Old Wu stood aside, looking at Shao Xi and shaking his head.
"The owner of the village looked so majestic, solemn, and mature when he wore this official uniform. Why does it always feel like it was stolen when it was worn on you?"
Shao Xi replied with a look of disdain: "I think you are an old guy who is stubborn and stubborn. Everything looks like it was stolen. It's only when you wear these clothes that it looks like they were stolen. Young Master, I Wear clothes that look so handsome."
Old Wu kept shaking his head, muttering, "No, no! Compared with the owner back then, I always feel like something is missing."
Shao Xi lowered his head, looked left and right, there was nothing missing, nothing missing!
Just when Shao Xi felt at a loss, Lao Wu seemed to have figured out something and said something that almost made Shao Xi faint.
"Oh——! I know what is missing! If you have no hair on your mouth, you will not be able to do things well! What you are missing is a beard. It would be great if you could stroke your beard a few times."
"Bah, bah, bah! Who said you can't do things well without a beard? You old guy has a beard, so it's not that bad. What kind of beard does a handsome young man like me want? You can think of it!"
"No, no, you still have to have a beard, young master. Otherwise, I'll put some hair on it for you!"
Shao Xi became angry when he heard this, "Get out of here, don't mess with me here."
After saying that, Shao Xi turned around and left the room. He couldn't communicate normally with this old guy, so he should ignore him as soon as possible and go do what he was supposed to do.
As soon as Shao Xi walked out of the inn door, he saw the innkeeper waiting at the door holding his horse.
Ever since I learned that there was such a fourth-grade official living in my inn two days ago, the daily life of Shao Xi and the three of them had been personally attended to by the innkeeper. The night before, I knew that Shao Xi was going to the palace early today, and the innkeeper would take care of him early in the morning. The horse was fed and brought out, and stood waiting for Shao Xi at the gate.
Shao Xi didn't want to cause trouble to others, but the shopkeeper insisted on doing this, and Shao Xi couldn't resist. He couldn't sway people's good intentions.
He took the reins from the owner's hands and was about to mount his horse when he heard someone calling him. Looking back, Shao Xi was shocked!
I saw an extremely luxurious and gaudy carriage parked on the opposite side of the street. When he saw Bai Jinqing and Hu Yushan jumping out of the car, Shao Xi knew that this was another fault of them.
"What are you...?"
Shao Xi didn't realize it for a moment. The carriage looked like a sedan for picking up a bride, but Bai Jinqing had just gotten engaged! What kind of fuss are they having right now?
Zheng Yuanxiu pointed to the carriage with pride on his face.
"How do you like it? It's beautiful! Our brothers dressed up all night just to send you to the palace this morning. Now that you are a senior member of the fourth rank, how can you still ride a horse by yourself? Brothers have prepared it for you. This luxurious carriage, you can only have dignity by riding it into the palace!"
Shao Xi opened his mouth wide and pointed at the carriage across the street and asked: "You are planning to let me take it into the palace? Are you not wrong? I am entering the palace to be an errand, not to be a concubine for the Holy Lord! You guys The car is decorated like a sedan, and those who didn’t know better would have thought you were sending a beautiful lady to the palace!”
Han Shaoguang still looked carefree and said nonchalantly: "What does it matter? Look at you now, you look like a handsome young man in official uniform. Maybe the Holy One will just like this and let you sleep in the palace. Maybe!"
Shao Xi almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. Earlier this morning, it was the old guy Lao Wu, and now there are so many goods coming. Can't there be someone more normal? What a fool!
"I asked you guys to stop making trouble, okay? If I enter the palace sitting on this thing, I will be kicked out at the door."
Bai Jinqing shook his folding fan and said to Hu Yushan and others with a smile: "Look, look! I told you not to do it a long time ago, but you refused to listen and came up with such a fancy thing. If it weren't for you... A strong man pulled me, not to mention Shao Xi, I am too embarrassed to sit on it, you guys should stop fooling around, let Shao Xi enter the palace quickly, don't miss the business, let's go back quickly while there are fewer people in the morning!"
Hu Yushan raised his hand and slapped Zheng Yuanxiu on the back of the head.
"It was all your bad idea, which made us busy all night. When Brother Shao comes back from the palace, you must treat us to this drink."
Zheng Yuanxiu rubbed the back of his head and said aggrievedly: "Don't I have good intentions? Brother Shao has become a high official now, so he has to be a bit ostentatious. The flowers on this carriage are a bit expensive, but they are still pretty. Besides, Aren’t you also participating?”
Shao Xi clasped his fists and said: "I appreciate the kindness of the brothers, but this thing is really not suitable. The brothers worked hard all night for me. Anyway, I am very grateful. I will invite you when I come back from the palace. The brothers are drinking."
Bai Jinqing also cupped his hands and said, "Then I wish you all the best this time. We brothers have booked a banquet in advance at Junxiao Tower and are waiting for you to come back to celebrate your first business trip after taking office."
"Thank you, thank you! Thank you very much brothers, I will leave first."
After saying this, Shao Xi quickly got on his horse and headed towards the Yintai Gate in the north of the palace city.
Shao Xi was secretly glad that Hu Yushan and the others did not insist on letting him ride in that carriage, otherwise he might have become the biggest joke in Daliang City this year, and that person would have been really embarrassed.
When they arrived outside the gate of Yintai, the guards from Gongcheng bowed and saluted when they saw Shao Xi wearing a fourth-grade official uniform. However, after saluting, the required inspections still failed to pass.
Shao Xi took out the badge from his pocket and handed it over. The guard took it in his hand, looked at it, and said, "Sir, your official waist badge cannot be used as a palace badge."
Shao Xi took the badge handed back and saw that it was actually the badge of "Jingcheng Division". He quickly took out another badge from his pocket and handed it over.
"grown ups……"
The guard looked at Shao Xi as if he were a fool.
Shao Xi took the sign that was handed back by the guard again and looked at it.
Damn it, it’s actually the brand of Taihe Trading Company...
