The high-alert city is still bustling, with nobles, gentry, tourists and businessmen coming and going in an endless stream, with different expressions and makeups, especially the East Market and West Market are full of people.

Although the city gates of Fandu are usually guarded by foreign imperial guards, most of them are just guarding. Now, due to the registration and interrogation of entering the city, there are always long queues at the gates in the morning, and they can't arrive until after noon. Check it out when you arrive.

The scorching sun was in the sky, the heat was unbearable, the number of pedestrians on the street dropped sharply, and people who had nothing to do and were not in a hurry found a shady place to rest their feet and enjoy the cool air. The business of the teahouse was booming, and even the fan sellers were busy smiling from ear to ear.

A caravan of 40 to [-] people outside the Zhongnan Gate gradually approached. The people sitting in the carriage kept fanning their fans. The sweat was still streaming down their temples, but their faces were smiling. The people below reported that they had arrived. Outside the city gate, the team was stopped immediately, and they got out of the carriage excitedly.

Qian Suiyou looked at the majestic and tall Zhongnanmen gate tower in front of him as before, as if he could only leave yesterday, he was overwhelmed with emotion, wept with joy, he finally came back, to the capital city he had been away for a long time.

Seeing him like this, the rest of the people also smiled wryly. They had narrowly escaped death on this journey, but now they finally came back, and brought back a lot of good things, so they must be very happy.

Some Yan's guards outside the gate and the attention of a few passers-by were suddenly attracted by this group of people with wry smiles. Seeing them looking at the tower as if they were about to see a flower, many people shook their heads, feeling They are crazy, and they are far away from them like fleeing from the plague god.

Qian Suiyou didn't have time to talk to these people. After venting his emotions, he cleaned up conveniently. After confirming that there was no problem, he took the lead and prepared to enter the city. However, he was stopped by the foreign guards guarding the gate and asked to show his identity certificate and explain his purpose.

Seeing that the master was blocked, the people behind immediately ran forward to block in front of the master, their faces were guarded, their hands were already on the handle of the knife, the meaning was self-evident.

Seeing the battle, the gatekeeper suddenly said angrily: "This is at the feet of the emperor, are you trying to plot rebellion by doing this?" With a wave of his hand, the foreign imperial army immediately surrounded Qian Suiyou and his party.

The entourage moved too fast, and Qian Suiyou reacted like this. He took a closer look at the goalkeeper and didn't recognize him. The hat the other party put on him was a bit big.

"Back off" Qian Suiyou scolded his followers displeasedly. Seeing that the followers had all retreated behind him, he calmly took out the seals, documents and family tokens from his chest and handed them to the followers and gave them to the gatekeeper. His hat is too big, it’s not like you, a little general, can count it casually.”

When the gatekeeper saw that the opponent took out an iron seal, his eyes widened a lot, and when he saw the opponent took out the family token again, he became even more confused, and he was even more confused. Since His Majesty implemented the New Deal, the rank of the seal has been reformed. And the material, the honorable private seal is listed separately as the noble seal.

The material of the prince's seal is gold, the seal of the prince is silver, and the seal of the marquis and earl is brass. The seal and the title are given together and taken back together.

Shiyin is divided into four grades instead of the original two grades. The first grade is grades one to two, made of brass; the second grade is grades three to four, made of Tianhuang stone; the third grade is grades five to six, made of marble ; the fourth grade is below the sixth grade, and the material is boxwood or white peach wood; officials are allowed to purchase and equip themselves, and ordinary people can only use pear wood for their private seals.

However, the iron seals exclusive to senior officials before the New Deal were submerged in the long river of history, and the collected iron seals were also forged into weapons or farm tools, which truly played the role of iron.

In addition, the family badge of the honored noble family was also abolished by His Majesty as a status symbol. It no longer has an official nature, and there is no need to go to the Yamen for filing or cancellation. If you like it, you can keep it for fun or use it as a clan badge. No longer an officially recognized status symbol.

That's why the gatekeeper would have such a reaction when he saw Qian Suiyou took out these two things. After taking the things, he directly took the document. It seems that the information of the iron seal and the family token is far less detailed than the document. reliable.

The gatekeeper's expression didn't change after reading it, and his heart was already turbulent. He didn't expect that the person in front of him was actually the prince, Shaobao and envoy. Tianfu left in four years. No wonder the seal is still made of iron.

Although Prince Shaobao has an honorary title and idle position, he is a second-rank official after all, and he was sent on an envoy. His Majesty will definitely summon him in person. He can't afford to offend him, so he immediately waved his hand to let the people below withdraw, and returned the things respectfully. He went back and said: "Your Majesty has ordered to strengthen the security in the city, and the subordinate officials are also following orders, and they have no habit of labeling their hats indiscriminately. If there are many offenses, please forgive me, Mr. Qian."

The gatekeeper's attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, and he didn't flatter and flatter him because of his high official position, but it was Pohe Qian Suiyou's temper, not to mention that his entourage was also at fault in this matter, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, everyone is doing things for His Majesty, but the responsibilities are different. That's all, can I go now?"

"Please, Mr. Qian." The gatekeeper sent them into the city before turning back and continuing to stick to their posts. The foreign forbidden soldiers who had been muttering and whispering immediately shut their mouths when they saw him come back.

Although they shut up in time, the gatekeepers who should have heard heard it too. Not to mention they were curious, even he was also a little curious about what was in the two cloth-covered carriages behind?

But no matter what is on the carriage, it must be dedicated to His Majesty in the end, and they have nothing to do with them. Later, they realized that it actually had something to do with themselves, which they dared not think of at all.

Qian Suiyou is also full of doubts about the fact that the gatekeeper only reads the documents and completely ignores the seal and the family token, especially the look in his eyes when he saw him take it out. He has used it all the way since entering the country. They were all documents, and it was the first time today that they used the official seal and others to do this, and immediately arranged for an attendant to inquire about the matter, while he changed his official uniform in the carriage to prepare for the audience in the palace.

This year's heat is unbearable, much hotter than in previous years, so Shi Min had to move her daily office from the Wenxuan Hall to the current Hanliang Hall. In previous years, she would only occasionally take a lunch break, sleep or work here.

The Hanliang Hall and the hot spring room are located on both sides of the Yuqing Pool. They are not only symmetrical about the central axis, but also on the same line when viewed horizontally. However, the functions are completely opposite. One warm and one cool is like the sun and the moon in the sky, giving people a completely different feeling. Same,

Bu Qianxue has been away for almost a month, during which time they only met secretly once, as if they were thieves, they didn't dare to speak for a long time, and they separated after hastily confessing their hearts to each other, which made her sleepless at night thinking about it for a few days .

When we are together every day, I don't feel that I don't see anything at all. Now I really only see each other secretly once in half a month, so she knows what lovesickness is. She is obviously in the same city, and the distance is not hundreds of thousands of miles. Her feeling seems to be as far away as a galaxy.

I don't know that the ancestor here invented this custom. If she knew that she must go to the grave of the other party to say a few words, the new couple in the previous life didn't meet the day before they got married?The most normal thing is to engage in some feudal superstition.

In addition to this incident, there was another incident that made her even more unhappy. The old dean's family found them after searching, but they were all dead. There is no trace, nothing to check, as if the world has evaporated.

How could Shi Min not be angry that so many people were sent there and the case was handled like this?But professional people can't find out, even if she goes in person, it may not be better, so she can only transfer people back, leaving only a few secret words to observe in secret, hoping to stay on the sidelines until the rabbit.

Therefore, the case is of great importance, and there are many people who pay attention to it. The murderers were executed according to the law, and they were executed immediately. Impossible to save it until after the fall and ask to be killed.

In addition, Shi Min also decreed to posthumously confer the posthumous title of Uncle Huaiyi on the old dean, and to give him the posthumous title of Wenjing, to give him a lavish burial according to the etiquette of the earl, and his family members to also have a lavish burial according to the earl's family.

Shi Min doesn't think much of people doing such nonsense even after they're dead, but this world is completely different from modern times, especially the nobles who are so fanatical about posthumous titles that they still worry about whether posthumous titles are good even when they are dying , even the emperor is not exempt, forgive her for not being able to understand.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand or disagree, as long as you know how to use it, it's for living people to see anyway. According to the etiquette, it is completely impossible for the old dean to get this posthumous title if he dies, and it can be regarded as an extra gift from her to the old dean.

If one member of the old dean's family is still alive, the speaker will definitely not be silent. Shi Min knows them too well, and he will not give up easily if he has a legitimate reason to persuade him.

It was also because the executioners didn't know what to do, and the old dean's family left again, making it impossible for Shi Mian to judge whether the matter had been leaked.

This forced her to plan for the worst, and asked the people who whispered to increase their efforts to keep an eye on teahouses and other places where there are many people and the news circulates quickly, and if they find clues, they will be controlled in time.

She has done propaganda work and deeply understands the truth that blocking is worse than sparse, but how to sparse, she has no idea, she can't make this matter public by herself, right?

So these two days she was in a bad mood and irritable, and her appetite was a little less than usual. Only when she devoted herself wholeheartedly to reviewing memorials and secret letters, she felt the most relaxed, because she didn't have to think about those things.

But today I don’t know what’s wrong, the left eyelid keeps twitching, jumping when going to court, jumping when eating, and jumping when reviewing memorials, so I just got angry and decided to go to the coolest side hall for a lunch break and rest. rest.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard Lu Guanchu shout from the interviewer outside: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Shi Min lost all sleepiness, and immediately said in displeasure, "Come in, I can't sleep peacefully, what's the matter?"

Lu Guanchu knew that His Majesty was in a bad mood for the past two days, and he didn't want to disturb His Majesty's afternoon nap, but the person who asked to see him this time was very important, and His Majesty had been talking about Qian Suiyou a lot in the past two years, so she dared not delay, so she hugged and tried The idea of ​​a try was to call out a few times to the interviewer outside. She originally planned to stop shouting if His Majesty didn't respond after calling three times, but she didn't expect to hear His Majesty's voice after only shouting twice, and immediately went to the hospital happily. walk.

Seeing His Majesty sitting by the bed with a sullen face, Lu Guanchu immediately withdrew his smiling face and reported softly as he stepped forward to serve: "Your Majesty calm down, Qian Suiyou is back, and he is waiting outside for an audience. I know you Looking forward to his return, I will not delay for a moment."

"Xuan" Shi Min was overjoyed when he heard the words, and instantly became full of energy. The anger of being disturbed and drowsy all of a sudden dissipated. Qian Suiyou had been away for so many years, but she was back. As soon as she got dressed, she went out in wooden clogs. ?

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