As soon as this person came in, he said: "Just outside, I heard that it was very lively inside. The two of you were talking about something."
Hearing this, the two of them fell silent, and then apologized to the person who came, saying: "This slave has just lost his decency, please punish me."
At this time, Li Hao saw Rong Xian standing up and quickly followed to greet the visitor.
When he heard two internal officials talking about promotion, Li Hao knew that the person coming was Cao Jingxiu, the Secretary of the Imperial City, who was also Cao Guojiu, one of the Eight Immortals in the myth of later generations.
In addition, this man also has the identity of Empress Cao's younger brother, which is why the two internal officials were so afraid when they saw him.
After Cao Jingxiu came in and listened to the two people's pleas, he did not intend to pursue them, so he only asked a few people to sit down and talk.
After everyone sat down, he looked around the four people, and finally his eyes stopped on Li Hao and said: "Master Li, this is my first time meeting you. When I was in the palace, both the officials and the empress treated you very well." Much appreciation.
At that time, I was still thinking about what kind of person he was, who could receive such praise. But when I saw him today, I realized that the officials and the empress had not lied. "
Hearing Cao Jingxiu's compliment, Li Hao quickly said: "This is the love of the official family and the empress. Please don't say that, sir."
Cao Jingxiu smiled after hearing this, then changed the topic, and then said: "This should be your first time coming to the Imperial City Division. Have you met anyone else?"
Li Hao replied: "It is indeed my first time here, but I haven't had time to talk to others yet."
After hearing this, Cao Jingxiu said: "Then let me introduce to you. Inspector Zhang is from Concubine Rong's palace and is now in charge of ice well affairs; Inspector Qi is from the Queen's Palace and is now in charge of the detective department; and this is Rong. Xian, Concubine Shi Rong’s brother is now the deputy commander of the imperial army and is responsible for the imperial guard."
Following Cao Jingxiu's introduction, Li Hao greeted everyone again, and then Cao Jingxiu asked everyone to sit down and talk about business.
Cao Jingxiu said: "I invite you all to come here today because the Qianyuan Festival, the official's birthday, is approaching, and this year is the official's fiftieth birthday, so there are some arrangements that need to be discussed with you."
Hearing this, Li Hao was a little confused. Holding celebrations has always been the job of the ceremonial court. At most, it requires some manpower from the palace. What does it have to do with him.
However, Li Hao looked at the indifferent expressions on the others' faces and figured he knew what was going on, so he simply waited for them to speak and listened to what was going on.
So when everyone made suggestions, Li Hao just sat down.
At this time, Cao Jingxiu noticed this and said: "Everyone else has participated in the birthday event, but they have forgotten that Mr. Li is an official and has never participated in the birthday event."
Li Hao replied: "That's true. I don't know what I need to do for Shoudan. It's better to ask your Majesty for your instructions. I can just do as I am told."
Upon hearing this, Cao Jingxiu introduced: "Actually, the main reason for inviting Mr. Li to come is to maintain the safety of this ceremony. In the past, the Imperial City Division and the Dianqian Division were responsible for maintaining security on birthdays.
Now it happens that your subordinates have also been assigned to the Imperial City Division, so I asked the officials for instructions.
This time, the Imperial City Division will not be involved in maintaining public security on birthdays, and the Imperial City Division will be responsible for it alone. "
Li Hao felt a little relieved when he heard that he had to do the security work himself. At least this was simpler than other preparations, and there were not so many etiquette problems.
However, Li Hao put his mind at ease, but Rong Xian asked anxiously, "I don't know how the arrangements will be made."
He may have felt that his tone was a little anxious, so he added: "Because none of Mr. Li's men have participated in the birthday event, and the birthday date is not far away now, I am a little worried that there will be mistakes."
Hearing this, Cao Jingxiu explained: "It is indeed true. I have also considered this issue, so I have reported it to the officials, otherwise Lord Li and his subordinates may make mistakes because they are not familiar with the process.
So this time, Commander Rong and Mr. Li’s subordinates were asked to mix the situation in half, and then they had to trouble Commander Rong to send more people who were familiar with the process to help Mr. Li handle it. "
After hearing this, Li Hao and Rong Xian's first reaction was whether this part of the swapped team would be retained in the future.
But for Li Hao, if he could take this opportunity to intervene in the palace guards, it would be a good opportunity for the future rebellion of King Yan.
But for Rong Xian, this matter was not a good thing, so he quickly asked: "Oh, it is natural to help Mr. Li, but after this incident, will the fallen people return to the team.
After all, Su Wei Palace has a heavy responsibility, so it would be better to use more veterans. "
Cao Jingxiu replied: "This is natural. After the birthday is over, the soldiers and horses must still go back to their respective camps."
After listening to Cao Jingxiu's words, Rong Xiancai finally felt relieved, so he said: "I will definitely help Mr. Li in the future, and together we will maintain the security of the Qianyuan Festival and ensure that nothing goes wrong."
Li Hao thanked him: "Thank you Rong for your instruction."
After hearing what the two said, Cao Jingxiu finally said: "In this case, the matter has been determined, and then everyone needs to work together."
Then he discussed the details with everyone and asked everyone to leave.
After the four people came out, Inspector Qi and Inspector Zhang went back to the palace directly, while Rong Xian took Li Hao to have a drink, saying that they would work together for a while and get acquainted with each other.
At the banquet, Rong Xian seemed very close to Li Hao. If Li Hao hadn't known that the Rong family and King Yan were in the same group, he might have been fooled by Rong Xian.
After drinking, the two agreed to go to the Imperial Guard Yamen tomorrow to discuss the personnel swap in detail.
After that, the two of them separated. Li Hao naturally wanted to go back to the camp to discuss. As for Rong Xian, he didn't know whether he went back to the Imperial Guard or where he went.
When Li Hao returned to the camp, he ordered people to call Yang Wenyuan, Gu Tingye, Xu Ning, and Yuan Wenshao to discuss matters.
Then Li Hao told everyone that the imperial army would be jointly responsible for the Qianyuan Festival, and that some troops would be transferred to Rong Xian's command. Li Hao asked everyone to discuss who would be suitable to lead the team there.
However, none of the four people had any opinions on this candidate, so they just let Li Hao make his own arrangements.
After Li Hao thought for a while, he said: "Let Gu Tingye and Xu Ning take the people this time, and leave Wen Yuan and Wen Shao to work with me."
After hearing Li Hao's arrangement, Gu Tingye asked curiously: "Why should I go? What's the reason?"
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "Didn't you ask me to arrange it? Why do you ask so many questions after I arranged it?
And am I asking you to go? I asked Xu Ning to go there, and you are just a partner.
Remember that this time you are running an errand in the palace. Listen to Xu Ning's advice and don't make any mistakes, otherwise we will all be in trouble. "
After listening to Li Hao's words, everyone except Gu Tingye laughed.
After laughing, Xu Ning asked: "Do you want to pick some people when you go this time? Or should we go directly with the current staff?"
Li Hao replied: "Not only you, but the rest of us also have things to do this time, and we also have to cooperate with the people of the Imperial Guard. The remaining people cannot be too weak, otherwise they will not be able to suppress them.
We don’t choose our people here, everyone leads their own people. "
After finishing speaking, Li Hao asked everyone to go down to prepare, except Gu Tingye, who said he wanted to give a few more instructions.
