The fog in Shuiyun Mountain Stream falls earlier in the evening and disperses later in the morning.
The mood of autumn is stronger, but the autumn chrysanthemums are more beautiful.
When the sun rose and the clouds gradually subsided, finally revealing the mountainside where people gathered in the back mountain of Bieye, Li Chenan and Xiao Wu came to the tomb again.
In the blink of an eye, it was Sun Tiexian's first seven.
Zhongli Ruoshui also wanted to come, but was dissuaded by Li Chenan because the fog in the mountain stream was cold and the wind was strong on the mountainside. Zhongli Ruoshui was ill and had a cough yesterday.
When the two of them stood in front of the tomb, they were suddenly surprised because there were actually two plates placed on the altar in front of the tomb!
One plate contained pig tails in sauce.
The other plate also contained pig tails in sauce!
The two looked at each other, with inexplicable surprise in each other's eyes.
"You came before?"
Xiao Wu shook his head.
"Who else could it be?"
Xiao Wu still shook his head. He suddenly squatted on the ground, picked up a dead branch, and wrote on the dirt in front of the stage:
"Grandpa has no friends. I think he is Mrs. Fan from the Dingguo Marquis Mansion."
"Because very few people know that grandpa likes to eat soy pig tails. Apart from the third lady and me, it's probably only the old lady."
Li Chenan also squatted down, reached out and twisted a piece of pig tail and squeezed it. It was very elastic, which means it had just been put here not long ago.
He stood up and looked around, but there was nothing except the kind white mist and a few birds flying in the white mist.
Dingguohou Mansion is some distance away from here.
If Mrs. Fan had been here before, why didn't she go and sit in Yunji Villa?
He suddenly remembered that two days ago under the crooked-neck tree in the Imperial City Division, there was also a plate of soy pig tails on the stone table in front of Changsun Jinghong.
Li Chenan raised his eyebrows and did not ask any more questions.
The little warrior erased the words on the ground, and the two of them put on scented wax, burned the paper money, knelt down and worshiped before going down the mountain.
After taking a short break in Yunji Bieye, Li Chenan decided to visit the palace.
Go take a look at the overgrown Supervision Department, and then go to the Imperial City Department to further familiarize yourself with the Seventh Department. You also need to go to the eight-story building to look through the intelligence on those officials collected by the Imperial City Department.
"Which one to wear?"
Zhongli Ruoshui was a little worried because Li Chenan had two sets of official robes.
"I still like this black better. I have to look pretty all over. The black one looks better."
Zhongli Ruoshui gave him a white look, took the black robe and put it on Li Chenan, and tied the small golden sword that could go in and out of the palace around his waist.
After looking around for a moment, Zhongli Ruoshui laughed, because she also felt that the black color did look better.
"Just stay in the room, don't go out and catch the cold."
"Okay... I'll wait for you to come back at home."
"Well, Xiao Wu is good at burning charcoal. Ask Xue'er to make a charcoal fire, but remember that the windows cannot be closed tightly."
"Um."
Li Chenan reached out and held Zhongli Ruoshui's shoulders, hugged her into his arms, and then let go after a moment.
He turned and walked out.
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It was almost noon when we arrived at the palace.
He was probably the last one to come to the palace to attend court.
It was very quiet in the huge palace.
So much so that he had the illusion that he was sleeping today?
But when he passed by those yamen, he clearly saw someone inside.
Not just people, but many whispers.
"The Prime Minister has not been here for three days... Sir, have you ever gone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to visit the Prime Minister?"
"Why……"
A voice sighed: "I have been there, but the concierge of the Prime Minister's Mansion said that the Prime Minister is ill and is in bed recuperating. It is not suitable to see guests! What can I do?"
"It's strange to say that His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Emperor, has not entered the palace in the past few days... What happened to him?"
"Don't make random guesses, he's fine! Mr. Huang from the Ministry of Industry said that he went to the Plum Garden two days ago and wanted to turn all the houses in the Plum Garden into some sort of thermal pavilion."
"What is Nuan Pavilion?"
"How do I know? But Mr. Huang said that if that thing is built well, there will be no chill in the room for twelve hours throughout the winter."
"Oh, that's a good thing. Sir, it seems that the second prince hasn't gone out in the past few days! Has the wind direction changed?"
"Shut up! Can you think about it now?"
"That's not what I mean."
"Then what do you mean?"
"I thought... Your Excellency, it's time to think about it!"
"..."
Li Chenan raised his eyebrows and walked through many yamen. What he heard was roughly the same words. Well, they were all gossiping and no one was doing serious business.
He wanted to go for a walk around the yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but after thinking about it, he really had nothing to say to his second uncle, so he gave up and went to the remote Supervision Department, which was forgotten by all the officials.
He didn't know that there were many heads poking out of the yamen behind him.
Those people all looked at his back and his dark clothes.
Suddenly, a voice of surprise came from behind: "Look, I said he was going to the Supervision Department and not the Imperial City Department!"
"If you lose, give me some money!"
"..."
Li Chenan turned around.
All heads shrank back at that moment.
He walked towards the Inspectorate again.
When I walked into a courtyard, I saw a garden full of dead grass.
The palace in the courtyard is actually not small, with two podiums on the left and right.
It's just that it's really stale.
It's as old as the old man lying on a chair in front of the temple and basking in the sun!
The old man's official robe had been washed white and even had a few patches on it.
He was not wearing an official hat, and his gray hair was not too sparse, just like withered grass.
Li Chenan smiled slightly and walked over.
Maybe his shadow blocked the sunlight falling on the old man's face. The old man opened his eyes a little and saw the dark clothes.
The old man suddenly opened his eyes wide, sat up, and then stood up quickly.
He bowed and said, "Master of the Imperial City Department?"
"We have no one left in the Oversight Council...Who do you want to investigate?"
"Are you Tang Jianguan?"
"That's right, the official."
"Oh, my name is Li Chenan, the admonishment officer of our Oversight Council, and after all, you are still my superior!"
Tang Buju was immediately startled, and his old eyes opened wider. His body was slightly squinted, but when he heard this, it became even more sultry.
"I don't dare. I have seen, seen... Mr. Xiao Li!"
"I wonder what Mr. Li's orders are when he comes here?"
Li Chenan waved his hand and said, "It's okay. After all, I am also an admonishing doctor. I came here to take a look. You...you continue to sleep."
Tang Buju was startled when he heard this, "Master Xiao Li...it's not that the lower official likes to sleep, but..."
"I know. Just keep your spirits up first. I'll have some work for you in a few days."
"By the way, I'm not familiar with the officials here, but you are an old man from the Supervision Department, so you should be familiar with them."
"Normally, as an official, I shouldn't have to take care of so many things, nor can I take care of so many people, but I still have to do something when I'm in charge of my position."
"In a few days, you will call all the officials who are idle at home. Tomorrow I will ask Mr. Huang from the Ministry of Industry to take care of our place."
"Make it brighter and newer... after all, it needs to have a new look."
"That's it, you continue to sleep while I go to the Imperial City Division."
After Li Chenan finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Tang Buju then straightened up and looked at Li Chenan's back.
He suddenly smiled, shook his head, and lay down on the chair again.
He just didn't close his eyes, but squinted slightly and murmured:
"Winter has not yet come, could it be that spring is coming?"
He suddenly sighed: "Hey... a newborn calf can't defeat a tiger after all!"
