Detective in the Red Chamber

Seeing that Zhao Wutong had already admitted his cowardice, the man didn't take it too seriously, he raised his hand to stop the laughter of his subordinates, and arrogantly lifted the gown up, revealing a shining bronze waist plate.

When Zhao Wutong saw the waist card, his expression suddenly changed, he hurriedly bowed and said 'disrespect' a few times, then turned around and apologized to Sun Shaozong with a smile, "Master Sun, I'm really sorry, you can condescend for a while, How about living in the Xikua courtyard?"

Sun Shaozong watched coldly from the sidelines for a long time, seeing that the matter finally involved himself, he smiled sassyly, shook his head and said, "It was the same wherever I lived, but now it's not the same - I'm afraid I have to live in Dongkuayuan. gone."

As soon as these words came out, the face of the master with the bright waist card on the opposite side suddenly became gloomy, and the burly men around him even yelled

"How dare you!"

"I think you don't want to get better!"

"Hey~ I really ran into a stubble today!"

Another person imitated the tone of the leader just now, cocked his nostrils there and sneered, "This lord is also a great official. Could it be that the Dusi, Fantai, and Jintai are in front of you? But looking at your official uniform, the color seems to be different." Isn't that right?!"

When the rest of the strong men heard this, they laughed again.

Sun Shaozong was not annoyed at all, he just said with a smile, "I am neither the capital, nor a vassal or standard, but just a mere fifth-rank Shuntian government, and the governor of the North Town of Longjinwei and the inspector of thousands of households."

When they heard Wupin Shuntian Fu Zhizhong, several men were still laughing, but the leader had already changed his color, and when he heard the words 'North Town Fusi Inspector Qianhu', the inn was instantly quiet down.

I saw those men one by one, as if they had been immobilized, staring and opening their mouths, but they couldn't make a sound!

"how?"

Sun Shaozong's face suddenly turned cold, and he also lifted up the official robe, revealing a copper waist plate of the same style, and shouted in a deep voice, "Is it possible that I still can't live in this Dongkuayuan?"

"Live, live, adults can live naturally!"

The man in the head woke up with a start, hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and said respectfully, "Wang Fenghua, deputy leader of the Shandong Division Qianhu, the humble leader, I have seen the Inspector!"

But it turned out that Wang Fenghua just lifted up his robe, and what he revealed was a waist card of the Deputy Thousand Households of the Dragon Guard!

This Dragon Guard is notoriously lowly because he has the right to hear about local officials. Not to mention a co-prescient, even the magistrate or even the three yamen above may not be willing to offend them.

But using this identity to scare Sun Shaozong would be purely ridiculous.

At the beginning of February, the Fusi of Beizhen had already issued a clear document, appointing Sun Shaozong as the inspector of thousands of households, and leading the responsibility of picking up the discipline of the Fusi of Beizhen. The officials of Beizhen Fusi are all under his supervision, and he is the veritable head of a thousand households.

Don't say that Wang Fenghua is just a deputy Qianhu, even if he is a real brand Qianhu, he is definitely not qualified to rob his residence!

At this time, Wang Fenghua naturally knew that he had kicked the iron plate, so after seeing the salute, he smiled tremblingly and said, "I don't know that I don't know that the inspector is in front of me, so I... actually..."

slap~

He suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard, then turned around and scolded, "A bunch of blind people, hurry up and slap your mouth!"

Those dragon guards under him hurriedly fell to their knees, swung their palms round and made a crackling sound!

"okay."

After they each smoked a few times, Sun Shaozong called out 'stop', frowned and said, "Since you belong to the Shandong Division, why did you come to this Jinmen mansion?"

The Dragon Guards are divided into the North and South Town Fusi. The South Town Fusi is mainly responsible for guarding the imperial palace and inspecting the Beizhen Fusi. As for the Dragon Guards scattered in various places, they are all under the jurisdiction of the Beizhen Fusi.

As for the official Qianhu of Fusi in Beizhen, there are only six people in total, four in Beijing and two in Yangzhou. Deputy Qianhu like Wang Fenghua is already the supreme commander of Shandong Dragon Guards. AWOL.

But let’s say he’s coming to Beijing to report on his duties. Seeing that the waterway is only half a day away from the capital, there is absolutely no need to stay in Jinmen Mansion—and to listen to what he said, he just made a special trip to Zhili Governor’s Mansion.

This is even more strange. Why did Long Jinwei, who was monitoring Shandong, visit the governor of Zhili?

Seeing him asking about this, Wang Fenghua glanced at Zhao Wutong in embarrassment.

Zhao Wutong immediately bowed his hands knowingly and said goodbye, "Master Sun, I have to go to the governor's mansion to meet other colleagues, so I can only go one step first - I will leave two servants in the inn, just ask them if you have anything to do. "

But he said that Sun Shaozong sent Zhao Wutong out of the door, and then followed Wang Fenghua to Dongkua courtyard.

Wang Fenghua asked his subordinates to make tea, and reported like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube, "Master Inspector, since the second year of Guangde when the imperial court granted Dengzhou Prefecture to be used as a port for trade with North Korea, our Shandong Division has been collecting North Korean A few days ago, I suddenly heard a rumor..."

12 years ago, during the second expedition of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Koryo Kingdom fell apart. However, due to the sudden death of the general Bao Linghou, he could only help it hastily. Today's Cao's North Korea.

In the spring of the second year of Guangde, Cao Minxiu sent envoys to meet the new emperor, agreed on the rule of three-year one tribute, and begged to open Dengzhou Prefecture as a port to facilitate mutual trade between the two sides.

Although Cao Minxiu and Cao Dongxu, who succeeded Guangde in six years, had always been very respectful to the Great Zhou Dynasty, but after all, they were new vassals, and after two bloody battles before, the court secretly still had some wariness against it.

That's why the Shandong Division of Dragon Guards took the initiative to inquire about North Korea's news in Dengzhou.

However, a few days ago, Wang Fenghua suddenly received an urgent report from the Dengzhou Hundred Households Office, saying that the tribute mission from North Korea was going to cross the Bohai Bay this year and rush to the capital via Jinmen Mansion.

When Wang Fenghua first heard the news, he thought it was absurd. After all, North Korea had always paid tribute by land, and the route was also appointed by the imperial court. How could it be changed just by saying it?

But he sent his men to Dengzhou for a tour, and when he came back, he reported that not only the North Korean merchants, but also the Dazhou merchants who traveled between North Korea and Dengzhou, spoke with certainty about this matter.

Now Wang Fenghua didn't dare to be negligent, and he wanted to report directly to Beizhen Fusi, but he was afraid that the news would not be complete or true, and he was so tired that he would have a bad impression in the heart of the new Zhenfu.

Don't report it, if the North Korean mission suddenly appeared in Jinmen Mansion, and the news from my side leaked out, it would be a serious crime.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to report to the Zhili Governor's Mansion first, so that the Jinmen Mansion can prepare in advance. Anyway, even if this matter is purely an oolong, the Zhili side and him are not under each other's control. There is no cure for his crime of lying about military information.

Chapter 244

He sent Wang Fenghua and his men to the pier to help him carry his luggage.

Sun Shaozong leaned on the grand master's chair, thinking about Wang Fenghua's report just now.

After all, the local officials were short-sighted, and since Wang Fenghua was only a fifth-rank official, he couldn't figure out why the North Korean mission suddenly changed to the waterway, but it was normal.

However, when Sun Shaozong was in the capital, he had vaguely heard some rumors. It is said that after the black water mohe had secretly linked up with Mongolia, although he did not dare to directly raise the flag to rebel, he just confronted Da Zhou.

However, secretly annexing other tribes, or even pretending to be bandits to loot the frontier people, happened from time to time.

During this period, Cao's North Korea was harassed several times more than the border of Dazhou. Now the tribute is changed to a waterway. It may be that they are afraid of being robbed halfway by the Blackwater Mohe, and secretly they also want to force Dazhou. It means to use force against Heishui Mohe.

After all, Taishanghuang's most proud achievement was to destroy Koryo, which refused to accept the kingship, and re-established North Korea, a foreign state.

But in just over ten years, the Great Zhou has declined to the point where even the North Korean tribute missions cannot be sheltered. How can the Supreme Emperor accept this?How embarrassing did Emperor Guangde feel?

However, it is not so easy to use force against Heishui Mohe.

Most of the Heishui Mohe are mountain tribes. When the soldiers came under pressure, they fled into the mountains to hide. Once the soldiers retreated, they immediately reverted to their old ways. If you want to eradicate them, you must be prepared for a protracted war.

However, the Japanese plague in the southeast has not been eradicated, the six countries in the southwest are ready to move, and the Mongolian tribes are gradually recovering in the north. In addition, the country is in the sky for two days and the bulls are out. It is impossible to support a protracted encirclement and suppression battle. .

It's really a house leak and it rains all night!

Thinking about it, I really feel aggrieved for Emperor Guangde. The two generations of my father and grandparents beat up all the neighbors and eight families.

"grown ups."

But he said that Sun Shaozong was worrying about the Forbidden City, and suddenly heard a small flag with a swollen face outside reporting, "Jia Shanyao, a hundred households in Jinmen Mansion, I heard that your lord is here on business, and you are currently serving outside."

This Hebei is next to the capital, and if any accident happens, the Town Fusi can directly send people to deal with it, so there is no arrangement for thousands of households to sit in the township, and Jinmen Mansion only has one hundred households.

This is also the reason why Wang Fenghua went to the inn directly without contacting the local dragon guards when he arrived in Jinmen Mansion.

It's just that Wang Fenghua insisted that he was a senior official, and he didn't pay attention to the hundreds of households here, but Jia Shanyao, a local hundred households, didn't dare to ignore him, so when he heard the news, he hurried over.

Who would have thought that before Qianhu saw this, another inspector Qianhu appeared!

Facing this kind of person who knows the sky, Jia Shanyao didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly begged Xiaoqi, the gatekeeper, to come and report, but he didn't dare to say that he was asking for an audience, but only said that he was waiting outside.

Since he didn't dare to 'ask for a meeting', Sun Shaozong didn't bother to see him, and ordered someone to inform Jia Shanyao that he was going out this time on an errand for Shuntian Mansion, and he didn't need people from Baihusuo to wait on him, so he just went about his own business.

And when Wang Fenghua was in a hurry, he was transported from the official ship to salute, and Sun Shaozong also ordered him to rest in the inn for the reason that he was responsible for guarding the land and not leaving without authorization, and then rushed back to Shandong with his troops.

Although all the guards of the Dragon Guard had been dismissed by Sun Shaozong, it was well known in Jinmen official circles that he also served as the guard of the Thousand Households of the Dragon Guard.

Therefore, the fellow magistrates who rushed to follow up treated him with courtesy, but kept them at a respectful distance.

After all, a group of warriors in the Dragon Guard can supervise civil officials everywhere, so their reputation will not be so good.

Although Sun Shaozong didn't care much about being isolated by his colleagues in the short few days, facing their vigilant attitude, he still couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, so he wandered around the city for several days, rarely Communicate with colleagues.

Seeing the fifth day of the lunar new year, the Governor's Mansion finally sent people to gather the colleagues from all over the place to the Governor's Mansion Yamen, and briefly announced the so-called new regulations.

It is said that it is a new regulation, but according to the homework Sun Shaozong has done in advance, it is actually just old wine in a new bottle-except for some changes in wording and sentence construction, the actual content has not changed much.

It seems that the Governor's Mansion really just wants to be lively and lively, and hold a listing ceremony on the ninth day of March.

This vanity is really boring!

I don't know what's going on with Wei Ruolan and Qiu Yunfei in the criminal department...

Although there was nothing serious about it, they dawdled until Xiangwu, and seven or eight fifth-rank officials left the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

Sun Shaozong didn't care what others thought of him, so he took off his official robe and threw it to the accompanying officials, and then rushed to the Sanchahekou wharf with two followers.

When he was having a crab banquet at Wangjiang Tower yesterday, he ordered some fresh lobsters from the store, and planned to have a good lunch at noon today - this is the only advantage of coming to Jinmen Mansion. to such fresh seafood.

When we arrived at the Wangjiang Tower, the owner of the store had been waiting at the door for a long time. Being able to run the largest restaurant in the area, the owner was naturally well-established, so he knew Sun Shaozong's identity a long time ago, so he was courteous to him in every possible way. take care of.

Even the lobster was caught yesterday afternoon by asking the fishermen to go out to sea overnight. It took three boats to collect a dozen or so one-foot-long lobsters. The chef spent half a day frying and frying them himself. Pile the accessories inside, the taste is naturally excellent.

I also caught up with Sun Shaozong's "broad-mindedness", and for about half an hour, he ate with messy cups and plates, dripping heartily.

After he was full with wine and food, he rinsed his mouth with the top grade Tieguanyin. Sun Shaozong held his slightly protruding stomach and was thinking about what kind of seafood would be suitable for eating tomorrow, when he heard a commotion on the pier outside.

Sun Shaozong opened the window curiously and looked out, and saw hundreds of officials and yamen servants driving away the people on the pier, and in the middle of the pier, three large ships with strange appearances were docked.

The people on the boat were dressed in strangely tight clothes, but the big flag erected on the bow was in authentic Chinese characters.

"North Korean tribute ship?"

tsk~

The envoys of the Korean court tribute had indeed changed to the waterway, and the next thing to see was whether the Great Zhou court wanted face or liking.

However, according to Emperor Guangde's behavior in recent years, it is likely that he will choose to be patient for the time being. After all, he is not a young man like Wei Ruolan.

Seeing the guard of honor from the governor's mansion welcome the North Korean mission into the city, Sun Shaozong guessed that this week the governor probably wanted to stabilize the mission first, and then Pegasus sent someone to the capital to report.

After all, the tribute route of a small country in Fanbang is usually determined by the imperial court. It was fine on the sea before, anyway, there is no 'territorial sea right' to speak of these days-but since you have already set foot on the land of the Great Zhou, what should you do? How to go, how to go, and how to go, naturally have to be decided by the court.

As for the reasons for stabilizing the mission...

It is very likely that Governor Zhou will invite North Korean envoys to attend the listing ceremony on the ninth day of March.

In the future, Master Zhou would brag a little bit. The king of Korea 'personally sent' envoys to congratulate him on his promotion. Isn't that enough to be proud of him for a lifetime?

Chapter 245 Annihilation

Things really happened as Sun Shaozong expected. Governor Zhou sent people to the capital to report, and at the same time tried his best to invite North Korean envoy Li Enxian to attend the listing ceremony on the ninth day of March.

Since Li Enxian was sent to pay tribute, he was naturally very familiar with the rules of the Great Zhou, knowing that Governor Zhou would never dare to let him go to Beijing without the approval of the superiors, so he readily agreed.

The book does not go into details.

After a few days, it was the ninth day of the first lunar month.

Early this morning, colorful flags were flying outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion, and gongs and drums were blaring.

The team of dragon and lion dancers mixed with the women with wide sleeves and fluffy clouds, but they didn't appear to be half chaotic. Among them, the thousands of firecrackers roared in unison, shaking the people in the city until they felt peaceful.

This is not only the case in front of the Governor's Mansion, but also some small-scale businesses in the city are required to wear red and green in front of the door, and set off firecrackers to celebrate the grand event of being promoted to governor.

How can all these things be described by the four words 'very happy'?

But this time Governor Zhou used the name of 'promoting the prestige of our country', and no one dared to question him, especially the businessmen in the city, in order not to be labeled as 'stingy and misleading the country', they all clenched their hands Grind your teeth and throw the silver into the 'water'.

However, although the scale has increased, in Sun Shaozong's eyes, it is still extremely boring-compared to the sound and light effects of modern society, these are really nothing at present.

As for the seats in the Governor's Mansion...

How can the things fried in the big pot be compared with the exquisite small stove in Wangjiang Tower?

Therefore, after arriving at the Governor's Mansion, Sun Shaozong became listless and tense. All he could think about was to return to the capital immediately to settle the overall situation after the farce was over, so that Qiu Yunfei would not be able to hold on anymore and Wei Ruolan really took it away. authority.

Not to mention how bored Sun Shaozong was huddled in the corner, thinking wildly.

However, it is said that the governor of Zhou and the North Korean envoy Li Enxian stood side by side under the unsealed plaque.

Because the upper echelons of North Korea also use Chinese characters and speak Chinese, there is no obstacle to communicating with each other, so Governor Zhou pointed at the performance on the street, and said a few words in high spirits, and Li Enxian nodded frequently, with a serious look on his face. The color of envy.

Regardless of whether he is being polite or really envious, Governor Zhou is getting more and more proud anyway.

At this moment, I saw a group of teenagers dressed as big-headed dolls spread out a dozen tables to the left and right, each pile was about two feet high, and they used a long bamboo pole to stir up three balls of hydrangea, attracting two silver balls. A lion with a golden back and a red beard and fire tail.

Seeing this, Governor Zhou knew that the performance was coming, so he hurriedly explained a few words to Li Enxian, and Li Enxian immediately widened his eyes and looked at the two lions with a good eye.

I saw the two lions circle around 'Table Mountain' for a few times, chasing and fighting, running and jumping. He stretched his neck and watched.

After the two lions finished warming up, they began to climb up the table in different ways. The "golden rooster is independent and the lion's tail is curled upside down" caused the surroundings to exclaim and applaud continuously, even Li Enxian couldn't help but praise.

Governor Zhou was even more proud, secretly thinking that he spent a lot of money to hire a top-notch lion dance troupe from Cangzhou Mansion, and he did the right thing.