That night, the Forbidden City of Tai'an City saw snow and blood, and the assassin who sneaked into the palace became a pool of abstract paintings splashed on the ground, bright red, and the method of killing people was the same as the method of cramping and skinning the royal cat that died in the north of the Great Wall, many people suspected that it was Yu Qing, the personal disciple of the great eunuch, who did it, and the joy of the old royal cat without a corpse was still in time to taste more, and the new royal cat has quietly arrived, it seems that the Great Wei Kingdom can not get rid of the shadow of the imperial cat.

In the early spring, it is rare to see snow, but that night is sprinkled, and it has been solid all night, the whole world is white, and the spring of the five years of Dawei Xiangfeng has been pushed back, and the new green that has just emerged is beaten by the heavy snow, and it has retracted back into the willow sheath branches, and it has become a touch of cold wrapped in snowflakes.

It was in this cold that Kong Feili took a hundred scholars into Beijing, and the young and almost immature Northern Wei Yan Shenggong was greeted by Su Shangshu and Suo University, the two auxiliary ministers stood outside the city gate, ranking first among the hundred officials, side by side, and behind the two was the newly promoted auxiliary minister Sun Jingchu, extremely respectful.

And further behind are the civil and military ministers, each standing still.

Tang Zongfei stood in the middle of the military department, surrounded in the center, presenting a scene of stars and moons, talking and laughing with his colleagues, although he had just come to Tai'an City from the Zhenbei Army to serve as an official, but Tang Zongfei wanted military merits, meritorious fame, and generous shots, informal, able to chant poems, play the piano and paint, bend bows and dance knives, tell meat and vegetarian jokes, and soon adapted to the life of Tai'an City.

Huang Hanting stood in the middle of a group of people in the Ministry of Industry, originally wanted to be nameless, low-key and low-key, but he was pestered by Zhou Yunyi, the supervisor of Qintian, and kept asking, "When will you get married?" Huang Hanting kept explaining, "No, no, please rest assured that Lord Zhou will not disappoint Miss Zhou." Zhou Yunyi pouted: "I talk about marriage, and I still call me Lord Zhou and Miss Zhou, but it is not what a scholar should do." Huang Hanting blushed, and the sentences of "father-in-law" and "Rong Rong" made the old man of the prison more drunk than drinking Shaoxing's daughter red. And this scene caused whispers and bursts of laughter from colleagues around him.

Hu Hanbin stood in the Hanlin Courtyard, there was no living creature in the three feet around, everyone was far away from him, Hu Hanbin was unconscious, standing upright, even if it was cold, he never stomped his feet to keep warm, let the southeast and northwest winds, I did not move, coupled with the promise of His Majesty the Emperor in broad daylight and Lang Lang, Hu Hanbin became the person who could not move the most.

As for Wang Siying, he stood at the back of the Ministry of Rites, inconspicuous, as soon as he looked up, he could see the back of the heads of all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he looked from the people in front of him, and always saw the auxiliary ministers in the front, sometimes he looked at people from behind more clearly than from the front, this habit he maintained for many years, even after he became an unsealed court minister, he still liked to go behind everyone when he went to the court, and slowly and shallowly admired the backs of everyone.

As far as the imperial court is concerned, there is no difference between the four major auxiliary ministers, let alone high and low, but the Northern Wei Dynasty knows that Wu Changhe, the lord of the middle hall, is unique, is the head of the auxiliary ministers, the person who makes the final decision, followed by Su Shangshu and Suo University Scholar before and after, and then the fourth auxiliary minister, the first three positions are solid, and the last one is the feng shui turn, which needs to depend on luck.

Although Sun Jingchu is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, his reputation has not been very good, and there are groups of wives and concubines at home, adding "the waiter climbs the wall at night" The greatest merit is that he once sent a holy decree and a decree to the Zhennan Army to confuse the Tai Domain, the biggest fault is that he failed to manage the bad things in the family, so that the court was humiliated, and the merits were equal, and he sat on the post of auxiliary minister, and hit the shit luck, after Wei Haokun's death, the ancestor was noncommittal to Sun Jingchu's promotion to the auxiliary minister, and the Zhongtang only smiled and did not speak, so Sun Jingchu took office in the eyes of everyone who was not convinced。

Hey, this Sun Jingchu is not as good as Wei Haokun, Wei Haokun is ridiculous on weekdays, he doesn't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, but in terms of recommending talents, he is unremitting, this Sun Jingchu is purely brainless, and Sun Jingchu knows this, so he has been careful in doing things, walking on thin ice, like facing the abyss, and took the initiative to resign from the post of the country's priest of wine, there should be a scholar in charge, Lord Zhongtang finally nodded and spoke: "Zhong!"

With a sigh of relief in his palm, Sun Jingchu speculated on his words: "Lord Shangshu, scholar, Na Yan Sheng Gong doesn't know when he will reach Tai'an City, why don't you go back to the city to rest first, and when there is news of Yan Sheng Gong, it will not be too late to go out of the city to greet you." The "

"Lord Sun's mind has been understood, but since Your Majesty has already issued an order, it is not good for civil and military officials to go out of the city to welcome Yan Shenggong. Su Shangshu said.

Suo Bilong squinted his eyes and looked at the silver white all over the ground, the weather was sunny today, but there was little warmth: "Lord Shangshu, have you ever remembered who rewarded the hundred officials to go out of the city, and greeted them?"

Su Kesha's face was straight, and his tone was quiet: "It is to welcome the rebellious ministers and thieves of the Taiwan Domain, from the ninth year of Yuanfeng to the fifth year of Xiangfeng now, a full six years have passed. ”

"That time, the old ancestor and His Majesty never went out of the city, and the Lord Zhongtang never went out of the city, which is very similar to today's events. Sobilon began.

"Yes, it's too similar, the chess game between the old ancestor and His Majesty is really scary!" Su Kesha shook his head, he was a relative of the emperor and an auxiliary minister, he was completely kept in the dark, he didn't know at all, it was indeed a little scary in retrospect, but he didn't know if Sopilon next to him knew the truth: "Scholar, do you know the inside story of what happened back then?"

"What if you know, what if you don't know?" Sobiron turned his head to look at Sukesha, "Isn't it more comforting not to know?"

Su Kesha was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help laughing: "Indeed, the old man is too persistent." Looking up at the place where heaven and earth are connected, a team of people has arrived, and when they saw the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces who greeted them, more than 100 people from the horse team on the opposite side dismounted and walked towards Tai'an City.

The first person is the Northern Wei Dynasty Yan Shenggong Kong Feili, Eguan Bo belt, with a jade belt wrapped around his waist, and the two behind him are not dressed as scholars, but more like the dress of Jianghu martial artists, on the left is a middle-aged man, and on the right is an old man with extremely long arms.