On the Avenue

Sun Yisheng originally planned to go straight to Gongtianfu Yamen. After all, Gongtianfu is responsible for the governance of the Xijing area, and Chen Shi wanted Gongtianfu to apologize, but then he thought: "If this matter gets serious, Mr. Chen will still be the one to suffer! This is a serious crime of beheading! Please inform Mr. Chen Tang first!”

He immediately ran towards the Hubu Yamen, but at the same time as he turned around, the school inspector who had followed them to Guangjiku rushed towards Gongtian Mansion. Sun Yisheng's heart sank, unable to stop the other party.

"This is Xijing after all. If it's in the wilderness, just do it..."

He was startled by his own thoughts. He had always been law-abiding, so why did he suddenly have such an idea? "I haven't met any bad people along the way, so why did I become a bad person?"

Without thinking too much, he rushed to the Hubu Yamen.

On the other side, in Gongtian Mansion, Gongtian Mansion Yin Xia Jiuge was discussing matters with the Mansion Prime Minister Gao Zhihuan, Zhizhong Yanqian, Tongpan Magistrate Gu Dangli and others. At this time, Guangjiku Inspector rushed over and shouted: "Mansion Master Yin, something happened in Guangjiku!"

Xia Jiuge looked at each other and smiled, as if he had known about this.

The general judge Gu Dangli said with a smile: "Master Fu Yin is indeed a clever man!" Everyone expressed their praise and stroked their beards.

When Guangjiku, the inspector, saw that everyone was not in any hurry, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Xia Jiuge, the prefect's governor, smiled and said, "Don't be impatient. Speak slowly. If something goes wrong in Guangjiku, you should tell the Ministry of Household Affairs why they came to me." The inspector bowed and sent Ma Zongzhou and others to Guangjiku. He was beaten up by the new Ambassador Guangjiku and hung on the dragon's head rocket. Everyone laughed, and Gao Zhihuan said with a smile: "I have wronged my nephew Ma Shi. When things get serious, I have to promote him."

The governor Xia Jiuge ordered the governor to ask the inspector to step down. The governor led the inspector to a secluded place outside the government office, secretly gave him a few taels of silver, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you have done a good job." The inspector thanked him and turned around. Went.

Prefect Xia Jiuge smiled and said: "My new appointment experience, training, and training in Gongtian Mansion and a group of sixteen people have just taken office. According to my handwriting, I went to Guangjiku to collect the firecrackers, waist knives and other weapons for my duty, but they were ignored by the newly appointed Ambassador to Guangjiku. Is it a big crime to beat them, lynch them, and tie them to rockets to fly to heaven?”

Everyone laughed and said, "Big! Of course it's big!"

Fu Yin Xia Jiuge said: "But it's not big enough. Mr. Yan, go over and ask him to beat you up and tie you to a rocket." Yan Qian is an official of the fifth rank in Zhizhong. Hearing this, he paused The prefect Yin wanted to put Chen Shi to death, so he smiled and said: "Okay! I'll go there!" The prefect Xia Jiuge asked: "Do you know what to do?"

Yan Qian laughed and said: "When I go to a lower official, I don't tell him who I am, nor do I take out the adult's handwriting. I just ask him to let him go. If he doesn't let him go, I will insult him. He is just a thirteen-year-old child, so he can naturally endure it." He won’t stop taking action against me.”

Fu Yin Xia Jiuge said sternly: "Don't fight back. I'm worried that your cultivation level is too high and you will beat him to death." Yan Qian smiled and said: "I just have to be patient." After that, he left bravely.

Governor Xia Jiuge waited for a quarter of an hour, then stood up and said with a smile: "We can go there."

The officials of Gongtian Mansion, big and small, stood up one after another and followed Xia Jiuge out of the government office. Xia Jiuge got on the chariot, and everyone also got on the chariot or horses and headed towards Guangjiku.

On the other side, Sun Yisheng had already informed Chen Tang, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, in a hurry. When Chen Tang heard what he said, his face darkened: "Chen Shi fell into the trap! Their purpose was to make him hurt others. He Still too young and not calm enough.”

Sun Yisheng asked: "What should we do now?"

Chen Tang pondered for a moment and then said: "Go to the Sandaokou Hutong of Chang'an Street. After entering the alley, look for the fourth Tingyu Building. Go up to the second room upstairs, knock on the door, and speak politely. Bow at the door. They say your son Xiao Shi is in danger, go and rescue him immediately. Remember, don’t wait until the door is opened, something could happen. Also, leave immediately after saying so, and don’t meet the people inside.”

Sun Yisheng was slightly startled: "Son?"

Chen Tang said: "Don't ask too much, just do it." Sun Yisheng took note and said: "Sir, what about you?"

Chen Tang continued to look through the documents in the eight warehouses and four warehouses of the Ministry of Revenue, and said calmly: "I will wait for a while and go to block Gongtian Fuyin on the road." Sun Yisheng left in a hurry and went straight to the outer city. Not long after, he arrived at the third intersection of Chang'an Street alley.

He found the location mentioned by Chen Tang, went upstairs to the second room, knocked on the door, and told Chen Tang Jiao's words. A voice came from inside: "My son Xiao Shi? Haha, did Chen Tang teach you to say that?"

Sun Yisheng didn't dare to speak, so he was about to go downstairs. At this time, the voice in the room behind him said lazily: "I'm not going." Sun Yisheng was stunned, his heart felt cold, and he lost his voice: "You're not going?"

"Not going."

The voice in the room was very straightforward, saying, "My brother wants to take advantage of me, but how can I be plotted by him? I won't go." Sun Yisheng's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he hurried downstairs, thinking: "He won't go, If he doesn’t go...who else can Mr. Chen go to?”

After burning the incense, Chen Tang put down his pen, closed the document, washed the ink again, wiped his hands clean, and then walked out of the household department. A moment later, he happened to meet Fu Yin Xia Jiuge's motorcade.

"It turns out to be Mr. Chen Tangchen!"

Xia Jiuge's voice was quite surprised. He ordered someone to stop the car, opened the window, and said with a smile, "Master Chen, where are you going?" Chen Tang said, "Something is wrong in Guangjiku. I'm going to take a look."

Xia Jiuge said with a smile: "I also heard that something happened in Guangjiku. Several of my Gongtian Mansion's officers were captured in Guangjiku. I went to take a look. Since we are on the same journey, why don't you, Mr. Chen? Going with me?

Chen Tang said happily: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful."

Xia Jiuge asked him to get in the car, and the two sat in the carriage, their faces facing each other.

Xia Jiuge broke the silence and said with a smile: "Master Chen served as the right minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs at a young age, and he was an official of the third rank. Even if I am the Yin of Gongtian Prefecture, I am only of the third rank. Master Chen is not from a noble family, so he can do this. One step is really rare.

Chen Tang said: "It's not that Tang has any talent, but it's his responsibility. He can only be cautious and dare not slack off. The court saw that I am dedicated and diligent, so he appointed me as the right minister." Xia Jiuge smiled slightly and said: "The third-grade officer is over. ”

Chen Tang said: "I don't understand."

Xia Jiuge said leisurely: "Without wealth, no background, and not joining any aristocratic family, being a third-rank official is already the limit for everyone. To go further, you need a background from a thirteenth aristocratic family. Mr. Chen, you are of the highest rank. As a minister, you have reached the end of your career as an official.

Chen Tang looked at his nose and heart without saying anything.

Xia Jiuge looked out the window and said, "You should have asked someone to rescue the young master, right? You deliberately didn't go to Guangjiku first, just to wait for me here and delay for a moment so that the man who asked for help could do his best. Prepare. But Mr. Chen, have you ever thought that the target is not your son?"

Chen Tang raised his eyes, looked at him, and said, "I don't understand."

Xia Jiuge said calmly: "You are in charge of eight warehouses and four warehouses in the position of right minister, including the dispatch of money, the dispatch of grain, grass and baggage, the dispatch of gunpowder and firearms, disaster relief and wages for the fifty provinces of Xiniu Xinzhou. I don't know how many people depend on you. You are alive, but you are too unsociable, you are like a nail, nailed to the position of the right servant, and cannot be moved. If the tree is moved, it will die, and if the person is moved, it will live.

He looked directly into Chen Tang's eyes and said: "You don't accept money or beauty. If you don't accept it, how will others accept it? How will the minister accept it? I don't know how many people are staring at your position, eager for you to get down."

He leaned back slightly and said: "Whether you live or die today depends on whether you can move your seat.

Chen Tang was silent for a moment and said: "The imperial court uses me because I have a bottom line. I am in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the money and food supply of the Ming Dynasty will not collapse. Therefore, the Cabinet, Sangong, Sixth Department, Dongchang, Fifth Battalion, Shenji, Shenshu, They are all relieved. It was not their idea to move me.”

He looked directly into Xia Jiuge's eyes and said softly: "Then, whose idea was it?"

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Xia Jiuge said with a smile: "After you become the number one scholar, you will need to master money, food, grass, supplies, gunpowder and firearms." Chen Tang said: "Young master, you want me to give up the position of Right Minister of Household Affairs?"

Xia Jiuge smiled slightly and said: "Young Master admires you very much. He said that you are an able minister in governing the world. He is upright and will not touch you. But we think that you need to give up your seat. Mr. Chen, please give up your right servant. If you retire and return to your hometown, your son will leave Xijing safely and return to Xinxiang with you. "

He looked out the window: "I don't have much time for you to think about it. Get to Guangjiku before getting off the car. If you don't move, you can collect the body." Chen Tang's face was as pale as an ancient well, and he could not make any waves.

Finally, Gongtianfu's motorcade arrived outside Guangjiku and stopped.

Xia Jiuge looked at the motionless Chen Tang, raised his eyebrows, and said with a half-smile, "Master Chen is indeed ruthless." He stood up, and Chen Tang stood up and came to him and said, "I will open the door for you."

Xia Jiuge made eye contact with him. Xia Jiuge snorted and stepped out of the carriage. Chen Tang got out of the car behind him and closed the door.

A group of officials from Gongtian Mansion came behind the two of them, and government officials and soldiers came quickly and surrounded the gate of Guangjiku with murderous intent.

Outside the gate of Guangjiku, the fort was pushed out. A two-foot-long dragon-headed rocket was placed on the fort. Ma Zongzhou, Zhou Qianying and others rode on the rocket and were tied up. Many people were beaten to death, but The few who were awake were yelling curses, and some were begging for mercy.

During the treatment, Yan Qian was also beaten with a bruised nose and face. While he sternly scolded Ambassador Chen Shi for what he had done, he quietly gave a thumbs up to Xia Jiuge and others who were approaching.

Xia Jiuge glanced back at Chen Tang, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Ambassador Guangjiku Chen Shi, you want me to come over and apologize to you, but do you know that you have violated the king's law and your crime cannot be forgiven? "

Fu Cheng Gao Zhihuan took a step forward and shouted: "You are so brave, how dare you touch the imperial officials of Gongtian Mansion! These imperial officials came to collect the weapons of the servants with the handwriting of Fu Yin, but you were seriously injured. Hanging on a rocket! You are lawless!

Zhizhong Yangan shouted: "My lords, please help me!"

The officials of Gongtian Mansion came forward to take a closer look, and they were all surprised and said: "It's Master Yan Qian from Zhizhong!" "How come Master Yan Gan was beaten too?" "You have committed a heinous crime and dared to hang Master Yan Qian on a rocket!"

Gao Zhihuan was furious and said sternly: "Master Yangan in Zhizhong is a fifth-rank official. He came to question him on the order of the governor. How dare you do this to him!" The officials in Gongtian Mansion were furious and shouted. , take down Chen Shi and punish him.

Chen Shi looked around and shouted: "What is the dog barking? Shut up!"

As soon as these words came out, even the governor Xia Jiuge was furious and said sternly: "Bandit, really a gangster! Come on, get him for me!" Sun Yisheng rushed over in a hurry, walked quickly to Chen Tang's side, and gently He shook his head lightly and whispered: "Sir, the person in the room does not want to come."

Chen Tang was startled and looked at Xia Jiuge's back with a complicated expression. He hesitated and immediately walked towards Xia Jiuge.

All the government officials and soldiers of Gongtian Mansion formed their own formations, and they were about to surround them with murderous intent. Suddenly, they heard a sharp voice shouting: "Stop! Everyone stop!" Xia Jiuge, the governor, saw the person coming, and his heart was slightly shaken. He quickly stepped forward to greet me, bowed and said, "Brother, why are you here?"

The person who spoke was none other than Xia Canghai, the Minister of Rites, who was also the cabinet bachelor. He was the face of the Xia family in the court. He glanced at him coldly, walked quickly towards Chen Shi, and laughed and said, "Master Chen just arrived today. It was a misunderstanding that this unpleasant thing happened.”

Xia Jiuge was stunned and quickly stepped forward and said: "Brother, this person is lawless...

Xia Canghai glanced back at him, his eyes stern, and his voice almost jumped out from between his teeth: "You bet on the young master, don't bet on the entire Xia family! Fu Yin, don't do it, go back!"

Xia Jiuge's head was buzzing, and his heart felt cold, but he saw Xia Canghai was smiling, not looking at him, but greeting Chen Shi, talking and laughing.

At this time, another cabinet minister came over and said with a laugh: "It's the first day that Mr. Chen took office. I came here in a hurry. I didn't buy any gifts. I came empty-handed. Please forgive me!"

Gao Zhihuan was surprised and happy, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, saying: "Brother, Chen Shi has committed a crime..."

Gao Quan walked towards Chen Shi with a smile on his face, and his eyes were extremely cold. Gao Zhihuan was shocked and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Gao Quan laughed loudly, cupped his hands to Chen Shi and said, "Congratulations, congratulations!"

Another cabinet minister, Yan Shuhe, also came over with a smile and congratulated Chen Shi on his new appointment. He didn't even look at Zhizhong Yangan who was tied to the rocket. He only exchanged greetings with Chen Shi. Sun Yisheng looked at this scene blankly. , walked to Chen Tang and whispered: "Sir, is Mr. Chen the young master?"

Chen Tang frowned: "He is my son, definitely not that young master."

Sun Yisheng murmured: "Then, why did Master Xiao Chen ask these cabinet ministers to come over and clear up the relationship between the major families?" Chen Tang was also extremely confused and said: "You have been to Xinxiang, do you know anything? , is something I don’t know?”

Sun Yisheng shook his head and suddenly remembered something and said, "Old Mrs. Wuzhu from Huangpo Village was very rude to him." Chen Tang said, "Old Mrs. Wuzhu was not rude to anyone."

At this time, the three cabinet ministers finished their greetings and said goodbye to Chen Shi. They said repeatedly: "Master Chen, please stay here. There is no need to see him off." Chen Shi did not see him off.

Sun Yisheng whispered: "Sir, Mr. Chen's official position seems to be higher than that of your right minister!" Chen Tang snorted.

Xia Canghai walked towards Fu Yin Xia Jiuge, with a smile on his face, and said softly: "My Xia family can support the young master, but we will not all support the young master, let alone offend another taboo. Jiuge, you are not young anymore, please retire." Come back home.”

Xia Jiuge lowered his head, with tears in his eyes. He is in his prime, not old at all.

But for the Xia family, he is already old and is not suitable to continue sitting in the position of Gongtian Fuyin.