Chapter 245: Keeping silent (VIII)

When Xu Fengnian got into the car, Xu Yanbing asked, “Why don’t you walk in and take a few glances?”

Xu Fenian laughed, “The place where Xu Snapdragon pretended to be a grandson with someone when he was young, so I won’t go in.”

Xu Yan Bing smiled knowingly and nodded, “Great General should think the same way.”

The carriage drove towards the not-so-distant Zhao Family Urn, just as the court was retiring, many carriages greeted them, after all, in addition to the powerful Six Ministries in the capital, there were also a sufficiently large and complex number of large and small government offices located elsewhere.

A carriage, a horseback-riding official and this inconspicuous carriage brushed past.

Xu Yan Bing parked outside the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites officials’ carriages or mounts have long occupied the position, so that the original wide road in and out of the court became still crowded, there is no way, the Ministry of Rites is now the first class of noble and noble dynasty, ushering in the extremely heavy, many previous officials are not willing to step on the Ministry of Rites half a step of the Ministry of the Ministry of other ministries, but now also every once in awhile to the Ministry of Rites to find a Langzhong Langlang catch up on old times to get close to, as to the Secretary Sima Si Ma, the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites is the first to be able to get a good relationship with the Ministry of Rites. As for the Ministry of Rites Secretary Sima Park Hua and the left minister Jin Lanting don’t have the luxury of hope, unless it is the Ministry of the Ministry of Ministers level of characters, otherwise it is simply can’t see each other. Then again, itself to the position of the minister, neither too pull down face, of course, do not need to use this crude method to enlist relations.

So when Xu Yan Bing just casually stopped a position, soon there is the Ministry of Rites of the minor officials came over, but not immediately chiding bad language, Tai’an City, deep water dragon more, there have been countless blood drenched in the previous lesson summed up the truth, and people are good, can be tolerated, surely there is no mistake. When a shrunken head turtle, always better than to do the head of the king to give people a knife to chop down?

That petty official soon was all too glad to be cautious, when he saw the clothing of the young man who lifted the curtain, he immediately woke up, worthy of being from the Ministry of Rites, compared to the ridiculous antics of the two men from the Ministry of War’s Arsenal Division, this guy soon made a deep bow and said respectfully, “My humble servant, see the King of Beilang!”

Xu Fengyen stepped off the carriage, nodded, and walked straight towards the court of the Ministry of Rites.

Behind him, the official of the Ministry of Rites waited until Xu Fenian had walked into the gate, but still did not dare to get up.

He had a humble demeanor that he couldn’t wait to bend over and bow to the end of time.

For the young feudal king to lead the way, is a bad luck to the extreme Ministry of Rites Shrine and Ritual Clearance Division Langzhong, coincidentally and this Beilang King narrowly met, there is no place to escape, peer a few subordinates are instantly with the Langzhong adults pulled away from the distance, half a little bit of awareness of the righteousness of the sacrifice of their lives are not there.

Now the threshold of the Ministry of Rites is not easy to enter? If there is no rank enough acquaintances to lead the way, will be held many years of resentment of the other Ministry of Rites officials to make things difficult?

The truth is the truth.

But this one in front of me, will care about these bullshit rules? When he was still His Highness the Prince of Northern Liang, he could already wear a sword to the temple!

Therefore, when the Shrine and Qinglian Department’s Langzhong heard that the Beiliang King wanted to see the old minister, he didn’t even dare to let out a single fart, and bowed down to help lead the way, only to say that there was still a thunderous Imperial Study Room meeting after the minister retired from the court, and that it might be necessary for the king to wait for a while.

Xu Fengyen walked into Sima Park Hua’s room, and did not refuse the ceremonial minister’s tea and water.

Seeing that the young feudal lord stood in front of the Lord Shangshu’s favorite “frogs out of the spring”, carefully handed over a hot tea, Langzhong Lord remembered something, after the Northern Liang hereditary recklessness, the young man was scolded as a waste of heavenly possessions, wantonly in the value of the real handwriting and painting on a haphazard inscription and signature, and even simply stamped “fake” word, initially I do not know how many people, but I do not know how many people, and I do not know how many people. Two words, at first I do not know how many capital officials and the Central Plains literati, after getting from the Beilang Wangfu circulated word painting, one by one, chest thumping, hate to that young man from the wutong courtyard to catch a beating, do not think only a few years of work, immediately change face, a more than a smile can not close their mouths. The reason is very simple, no matter how the leaders of the scholars of the strong bones of how to resist, these words and paintings by the hands of the young king, as long as you are willing to sell, the next family’s bid at least to double, even so, there is still a price for the market!

Thinking of this, Langzhong adults are a little weak, when the most hate the North Liang Jin Lanting into the Ministry of Ceremonies after the second chair, he will bear the pain to sell several paintings and calligraphy publicly, to show loyalty, but still secretly hidden a “cool post”, thinking of one day when he is old enough to leave the officialdom back to his hometown, only to take it out to people to show off a little bit. Or not sure which day to the key moment of the career can not be on, only that will be only a few words of the small post, “low price” to their own early years of science and technology room division, free gift? Dream on! Qingliang post, Qingliang Mountain, only with “Qingliang” this two extremely special meaning of the word, Langzhong adults conservative estimate is worth his 500 taels! Gold!

Xu Fengyen finished the tea, walked to the book near, casually open a beautiful sandalwood box, inside neatly placed six ingots of ink, take out one of the ingots, double dragons spitting beads depicting the gold pattern, in seal script “Huazhang Huancai”, obviously from the old Southern Tang ink production Chu straight court tribute ink. Rare objects like this, decades of transfer, think now have become the Liyang officials on the desk things. But compared to the displaced remnants of the Spring and Autumn Period, the same is uprooted, these dead things, it seems to be much more fortunate, they can survive to the other a certain literate readers love, many of the remnants of the dead country, you can only do not know where to die in a foreign land.

Shangshu adults Sima Park Hua still did not return to the Ministry of Rites Yamen, on the sidelines of the tormented Langzhong adults face more and more white.

Outside the door rang a cough, ancestral sacrifice Qingliangzhi Langzhong motionless out of the house, see is a good relationship with the fine meal Qingliangzhi staff, a good old man, as a whole ten years as the staff did not get promoted, the latter crying quietly said: “Liu adults, Lord Shangshu arrived at the Yamen entrance, then turned to go, said to go to the door of the province to do business. He also said that we must not let the king know, so we can only say that today’s political discussion is extremely long, before noon may not be able to leave the palace, but also let us entertain the king, who made a mistake, the adults will be asked for punishment.”

Hearing this bad news, Lord Langzhong almost jumped and cursed his mother, forcibly resisted the impulse to run away on the spot, and took several deep breaths outside the house, as if his heart and liver were hurting.

At this time, a flash of light, Lord Langzhong whispered in the ear of the officer, the latter looked embarrassed, Lord Langzhong heavily patted the latter’s shoulder, said in a decisive tone: “Hurry up!”

After explaining the matter, Lord Langzhong returned to the house as if he was walking on thin ice, and tried his best to speak calmly to the young vassal king about such a matter, speaking with a face full of sincerity and guilt, when he secretly collected a maid from the house to catch the shrew in bed a few years ago, he did not see Lord Langzhong groveling so much.

Xu Fengyen glanced at him, hmmmed expressionlessly and said, “Lord Shangshu is not here, Squire Jiang and Jin Lanting should always be here, right?”

Lang Ting did not bother to ponder over the implication of the two different titles, and pecked at his rice, “Lord Jiang is here, here, originally Lord Jiang was on leave, and temporarily returned to the Yamen to handle political affairs. Lord Jin returned to the Ministry of Rites directly after the retreat, also in!”

Compared to the cranes of the Shangshu house, the two ministers of etiquette of the house although also each one person, but the house is connected to several other langzhongs, it does not seem that unique.

The Ministry of Rites, this is the place where people are taught rules, their own rules, red tape to the realm of fault-finding.

Xu Fengyen and Langzhong walked towards the right minister Jiang Yongle’s house, as a result, Langzhong found Jiang Yongle happened to run all the way back from the outside, panting, couldn’t care less about what to maintain in front of the subordinate officials what the temperament and demeanor.

When Langzhong saw this right minister, he had only one thought in his mind, Mr. Jiang, take care of yourself, it is not that I intend to drag you into the water, but Mr. Shangshu has already ruthlessly pitched the next official, if I don’t let someone to get you back even with deception and fear, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to see tomorrow’s sun. Well, in fact, the official home that little brat has a sentence as a mantra of the jianghu slang, now think about it really quite in the right, mixing jianghu, is to mix out of a dead Taoist friends do not die of poverty. Really, if you Jiang adults accidentally died, the next official will try to put on your shoulders that the burden of the Ministry of Rites pick up.

Invited the king of Beiliang into the house, Jiang Yongle closed the door, did not say anything, just flopped, kneeling on the ground dead not get up.

Xu Fengyen also some tears and laughter, in fact, with the outside world imagined the opposite, Northern Liang from Xu Snapdragon to Li Yishan to his Xu Fengyen, for the posthumous matter has long been in mind, Xu Fengyen hereditary recklessness after refusing to receive the holy decree, even the eunuchs did not get into the realm of the state of Youzhou, this is Xu Fengyen’s responsibility for the son of the people, but also the Northern Liang must take out of the gesture. It does not mean that Xu Fengyen to Jiang Yongle this Ministry of Rites little man, there is really any deep grudge, not to mention that at that time, the temple, the civil and military officials, only the left priest of the Imperial College, Yao Baifeng, for Xu Snapdragon said a fair word, others, the university scholar Yan Jiexi, Jin Lanting, Lu Shengxiang, etc., for the posthumous evaluation of the advice, are more than Jiang Yongle ruthless too much. In fact, at that time Xu Snapdragon and Li Yishan laughingly discuss his “afterlife”, said a bad posthumous is absolutely not escape. Coincidentally, very few books Xu Snapdragon in boredom, will often go to the Wutong courtyard to take out the Ministry of Rites, their own coffin to finalize, in the end, Xu Snapdragon to pick the two words, exactly is Wu Li!

I Xu Snapdragon is a martial artist, to what the Wu Chen Mei posthumous “Wen” word! The word “Li” is even better. I have served my country well, but I have done too much slaughtering, so my merits and faults will be balanced out. Consider my Xu Snapdragon and Liyang an old debt, two clear!

Of course, Xu Fengnian does not have any hatred for Jiang Yongle, does not mean that he will have any good face to this Ministry of Rites number three. But such a hall of ceremony minister adults, dead kneeling there to put out the neck to kill the rogue look, let Xu Fengyen eye-opening.

Not long after, when the young feudal lord walked out of the house, the shrine rituals clearing the mandarins Langzhong vaguely heard a burst of sobbing inside the house.

The Langzhong had both a sense of relief, but also a few regrets deep inside.

Xu Fengyen walked outside the house of the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, the door of the house was wide open, the elegant Jin Lanting was sitting frankly behind the book case, looking at the once high and mighty young feudal lord, this Jin Sanlang, who had risen through the ranks of the officialdom in Tai’an City, had no fear in his face, and coldly stared at the other side of the room.

Jin Lanting narrowed his eyes and didn’t move a muscle, even the gesture of rising to greet him was dispensed with.

You have become the King of Northern Liang by hereditary disregard, and you have advanced a hundred feet.

But I Jin Lanting has long since ceased to be that small county’s small scholarly family!

Next, the Ancestral Sacrifice Clearance Officer heard the King of Northern Liang say, “You guys back away.”

This young man with his hands on Bei Liang’s 300,000 iron horsemen did not close the door after crossing the threshold.

But no one dared to look up to see what was going to happen inside.

Soon, a loud bang came from inside the house.

The Shrine Clearance Priest jumped in fright and shivered.

After an unknown amount of time, the young feudal lord walked out of the house, lightly patted his sleeves which were not dusty, and left.

The Ancestral Ritual Clearance Officer hesitated to enter the room, when he heard that Left Minister, who paid the most attention to his speech and demeanor, hiss at the top of his voice, “All of you, get out of here!”

The entire Ministry of Rites Yamen had the bone-chilling chill of mid-winter.

Xu Fengyen walked towards the carriage, seeing Xu Yanbing’s curious eyes, he laughed, “No one was killed, but someone should be worse off than dead.”

Xu Yan Bing’s eyes were a bit odd.

Xu Fenian said helplessly, “I didn’t take off my pants. But if you have this fetish, you can lead you there, right now that guy is probably still pear-shaped.”

Xu Yan Bing hurriedly waved his hand and laughed.

Xu Yan Bing managed to stop his laughter, and asked when Xu Fengyen was about to drill into the carriage, “Going to that Qintian Supervisor next?”

Xu Fenian nodded, “Go.”

Xu Yan Bing suddenly looked sideways at a line of people on the street in the distance, a clear line of people on horseback, from the retreat of the dynasty has been some time, the road is not really congested, but the five horsemen’s brawny aura is very eye-catching.

Xu Fengyen lifted the side curtain when Xu Yanbing turned his head, the five horsemen except the first one did not look toward them, the remaining four horsemen had bad faces, and one of them even stopped his horse, holding the horse’s reins with one hand, his body slightly tilted back, full of arrogance and self-conceit.

Xu Yan Bing softly said, “Look at that old man’s official robe, it seems to be a full second grade military court dress that only the Four Conquests and Four Towns Generals and the Minister of War can wear.”

Xu Fengyen said, “It should be Wu Chongxuan who was previously appointed as the Great General of Conquest of the South by imperial edict, it seems that he came to the capital this time to collect his reward, maybe he has already become the Secretary of the Ministry of War. It’s no wonder that those few direct lines under his hand are so arrogant and domineering.”

Xu Yan Bing frowned, “Or else I’ll make a move to teach them a lesson?”

Xu Fengyen, who was separated by a curtain, shook his head and said, “Forget it, Wu Chongxuan at least still has some love left with a certain guy. If I want to teach him a lesson, I’ll let him do it himself later.”

A wave has not yet subsided, just when Xu Fenian was planning to ignore the other party’s eye provocation, that stopped his horse for a ride, raised his hand and made a palm wiping neck movement.

Xu Yan Bing said flatly, “Your Highness, you can’t let me come back and forth and really just be a horseman, right?”

Xu Fenian laughed, “Fine. Remember to not hit too hard.”

Xu Yan Bing asked, “Half dead?”

Xu Fenian replied, “The other party is not a powerless civil official, there is no honor in hitting them, but a battle-hardened southern frontier general, how is half dead enough, if you don’t beat him to death, you are sorry for the great name of their southern frontier army comparable to the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry.”

Xu Yan Bing who loosened the reins of his horse couldn’t help but say, “There is such a reason?”

Xu Fengyen lowered the curtain and slowly said, “As long as the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry is there, that is the reason.”

Xu Yan Bing flickered, the next scene was Xu Yan Bing kicked on the side abdomen of that big horse, the South Border military general even flew out horizontally with the horse, the steed with four hooves in the air, fell heavily in the distance, and rumbled.

No one saw how Xu Yan Bing struck, before the sturdy military general rolled off the horse, he was kicked and flew out another five or six feet, thanks to the fact that this street, which was second only to the imperial road of the capital, was wide enough, otherwise he would have to plunge into the wall.

Xu Yan Bing stepped on the head of the dying military general and looked at the remaining several riders, except for Wu Chong Xuan who did not move to turn his horse, all of them were furious and hideous.

Xu Yan Bing did not say anything, just used the sole of his shoe to twist the martial general’s head fiercely.

What do I, Northern Liang, care what kind of military official you are? What do I care what southern border general you are?

Wu Chongxuan slightly raised his horsewhip, stopping the attempted retaliation of the irascible three riders, the veteran general now wearing the official uniform of a lion of the second grade steered his horse slowly forward alone, looking down at Xu Yanbing, asking knowingly, “Northern Liang Xu Yanbing?”

Xu Yan Bing returned salaciously, “Have you brought one or two thousand elite soldiers to be stationed in the southern army camp in Gyeonggi, otherwise I’m afraid that there won’t be enough for a midnight snack.”

Wu Chongxuan pulled the corner of his mouth and turned to leave.

The three riders under his command sped towards the military general who did not know whether he was alive or dead to clean up the mess.

Xu Fengnian sat in the carriage, his hands like an old farmer gathering his sleeves.

The ten fingers inside the sleeves were intertwined and trembled slightly.

The Qin Tian Supervisor, is about to arrive.

The source of the capital’s white case is here!

Spring and Autumn sword and armor, die here!