In October, it is another year when the autumn wind kills.

Gu Qingning stepped into the construction department with a bundle of official papers, bypassed the corridor, passed by the public houses, and the staff had noticed her, and they all knew that she didn't like to be polite, so they all nodded to her and continued to pretend to work seriously, she smiled back, and then walked alone in the official office, they knew that she was in a good mood today.

She went straight to the outside of the fortification room in the most corner of the construction department, did not go to the supervisor first, did not let people report, only stood silently in front of the door, the counselors in the lobby immediately quieted down, and turned their heads to look at her in unison, she even felt that at this moment these young people were full of sparkling light.

It turns out that being expected is what it feels like.

There was no sound until she smiled and nodded.

Suddenly, the inside of the fortification room was boiling like a sudden thunderstorm, and the young counselors all jumped up from the drawing, cheered, and rushed all over to surround her, and hugged her into the fortification.

Gu Qingning opened the Huang Feng decree in his hand and said to them loudly: "Congratulations, you have finally become an official official of the imperial court, the official position is from the seventh grade, and you enjoy the official treatment, from now on, your stay will not be decided by only one person! Your works and deeds can bring you your own opportunities and honors!"

The whole fortification room rejoiced, and it was the first time she had seen them so happy.

After the surprise, many counselors gradually realized something, and this excitement turned into trepidation.

Because once this decree is established, it means that half of them cannot stay......

Zhang Yuanning, the supervisor of the public housing department, came out of the public room, did not squeeze over directly to talk to Gu Qingning, but stood at the door of his public house and watched the full house, and glanced at Gu Qingning in the crowd from a distance, his face was full of pleasure and frowned, showing a little sadness. At this moment, the complicated mood of the whole fortification room was reflected in the face of this supreme officer.

Gu Qingning smiled unchanged, and while talking to the counselors, he walked through them to Zhang Yuanning, who entered the public house and closed the door.

Everyone in the lobby immediately fell silent, thinking about it.

She handed the decree to Zhang Yuanning and asked him to implement it according to the order, and Zhang Yuanning took it with one hand and handed the other document to her.

She didn't open it directly, but looked at his somewhat tangled expression and asked, "Is this the list of counselors to be cut?"

Zhang Yuanning nodded, "Yes, the lower official has prepared it and reviewed it for the deacon, and he said that he should show it to the lord, and then make the final draft." Xia Guan also felt that this should be the case, after all, these counselors had all worked with Lord Langzhong...... Contingent friendship ......"

Gu Qingning understood what he meant, and also knew that Zhang Yuanning was not a person who was used to doing this kind of trick, so it was obviously unnatural at this time, but she couldn't help laughing, and stuffed the unopened document back into his hand, and said, "If you talk about working together, haven't you and your deacon worked with these counselors outside?" I'm afraid that the friendship is deeper than mine, right?"

Zhang Yuanning choked, lowered his head and looked at the Chinese book in his hand, speechless for a while.

Gu Qingning continued: "Supervisor Zhang, I would have recommended you as the supervisor of the fortification room, just because you are not only talented but also have a good character, don't be confused by the messy atmosphere in this officialdom, it's useless to think too much, I don't care if you get rid of the people I care about, even if you see me one day when you don't like me and report me, I don't care, what I care about is, what kind of talent you have left for my contractor, how many good drawings have you produced in the fortification room, understand?"

Zhang Yuanning was convinced, and he saluted: "The lower officials will be taught." ”

She said with a smile: "This is the last time you have the right to directly decide whether they go or stay, cherish it." ”

Zhang Yuanning also laughed, but only laughed a few times, and then stopped, looking serious again, "Is it to announce the news in person today?

Gu Qingning sat down on the side of the tea house, with a casual posture, put down the scroll in his arms, and couldn't help but tease: "Supervisor Zhang, Ben Langzhong is your boss, and it's not a big girl who admires you and pursues an attempt, can't you give more good faces?

Zhang Yuanning finally couldn't hold back, laughed, coughed a few more times, and deliberately lowered his face and said: "Yin Yin is flattering, it is not my generation's doing, I have been taught by Lord Gu, and I dare not go against the style of adults." ”

"What do you mean?"

He raised his eyebrows and said seriously: "Since there is a female chief, the entire construction department has become cooler, so there is no need to pretend." ”

This really made Gu Qingning laugh out loud: "Haha, okay, keep it up." ”

With her elbows propped up on the table, she easily picked up a scroll and handed it to him.

Zhang Yuanning opened the scroll and saw that it was a sample of the drawing, and asked, "This is?"

Gu Qingning asked him: "Two days ago, you should know that the general supervisor was ambushed by a mysterious gangster on the way to the DPRK and almost died, right?"

He nodded: "Also, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were maliciously attacked in the official office before yesterday, and a large number of important weapons were stolen from the Ministry of War, and even the concubines in the palace were almost molested by gangsters...... I don't know what's going on lately? Why is it that the court is so unpeaceful? There has been a lot of turmoil during this time, and if it is a coincidence, it is too ......."

Gu Qingning was no longer facing him, he was fiddling with the tea set on the case, and said, "Don't you feel like there is a mysterious and terrifying force approaching us......?" However, it can also be seen that there are problems in the defense of both the official offices and the palace, and they are not safe enough to give enough protection to the officials of the imperial court......"

Zhang Yuanning had been looking at the drawings carefully, and when he heard her words, he was inevitably surprised: "So...... Your Excellency, do you want to suggest that the Imperial Court should build a dangerous room for both the official office and the Imperial Palace?"

Gu Qingning affirmed and said: "This idea is not yet mature, but you can try it first, this is the first draft of the secret room conceived by me according to the building structure of our Ministry of Industry and the official office, I need Zhang Sijian to complete the reduction of the counselor of the fortification room as soon as possible, and select a few of the most outstanding people from the remaining talents, and start to draw a detailed construction drawing of the secret room according to this sample." ”

Zhang Yuanning faintly felt that something major was in front of him, and he became more and more motivated: "Yes, the subordinate will receive the order." ”

She didn't want him to have doubts, and added: "Although I have never officially presented this idea to the court, I have already discussed this idea with your deacon, but because you are the one who finally chooses the talent, I feel that it is necessary to personally hand over the drawings to you and give instructions to you, so I am not overstepping my level to interfere with the affairs of your fortifications." ”

Zhang Yuanning understood her solemnity, and responded with a salute, promising to do her best.

……

After the dismissal of the office that day, he returned home early, and buried himself in the workshop to make a map carefully, and then Gu Qinghuan came back and handed over a thing to her: "Sister, this is the structure of the official office, which is privately stored by the headquarters, borrowed it for you, remember to return it early." ”

Gu Qingning opened the tightly sealed scroll, spread it on the painting case, and examined it with his eyes: "There is Lord Lao Gu, and the lower officials are grateful." ”

Gu Qinghuan spread his hands helplessly, and also smiled back: "Gu Langzhong is polite, no thanks." ”

Hearing the voice of Uncle Tang in Qianyuan greeting Gu Qingxuan, Gu Qinghuan continued: "Oh, sister, there is another Master Gu who has sent you a picture." ”

Sure enough, Gu Qingxuan returned, and also brought Gu Qingning the architectural structure of the Yushitai, which is one of the three divisions, and the project is huge, so it is not easy to get this map.

Gu Qingxuan also came directly to the workshop, handed over the drawings sealed in the brocade box to Gu Qingning, and said meaningfully: "Qingning, you should understand that the Yushitai is extraordinary...... Be more attentive ......"

Gu Qingning immediately realized: "My father is acting in this official office, how can I not be more attentive?"

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and Gu Qinghuan asked, "Father, do you want to do it tonight?"

Gu Qingxuan replied: "It depends on how well your Uncle Jiang is prepared, the first few times it cost a lot, and this is the most critical one, so you have to be more careful in deployment." ”

……

At night, at the time of the second watch.

Yin Jiheng held a banquet in Jiangyue Tower to invite all the high-ranking officials in the political hall, and the banquet was quite grand, because today, they completed the deliberation of the governance and commercial regulations that lasted for several months, and only waited for the emperor to seal and issue the decree tomorrow, and the curtain of the commercial reform of Daqi will be completely opened, which is an immortal merit and an unprecedented huge test.

Naturally, he wanted to use a feast to unite the hearts of his subordinates, and then give them the last stimulus and boost the morale of the political hall. Qiao Huai'an and Qin Yongnian, the two ministers of state and auxiliary affairs, both attended, and they didn't have the intention to think about anything else this night, but only drank with their colleagues to relieve their long-term fatigue.

Those who should have arrived and those who should not have arrived came, but only those who should have been at this celebration banquet did not come.

That is Gu Qingxuan.

Only Yin Jiheng himself knows that the feats he has made now are completely based on Gu Qingxuan's single-minded planning.

As the night deepened, the feast ended, and the guests dispersed.

The drunken and hazy Yin Jiheng was helped into the carriage by the domestic servants, leaning on the wall of the carriage half-asleep, and the bumps of the carriage made the drunken man's mind even more dizzy. The prime minister's official car, four horses drive together, the high-headed brown horse is majestic, the canopy brocade canopy, the diameter is the widest, even if it travels on Chang'an Avenue at night, it is quite dazzling.

Walking to the narrow road where no one is around, there are bursts of bell sounds floating from nowhere, ethereal and ethereal, but lingering in the ears, there seems to be a unique rhyme, lingering in people's ears and minds.

"Changsheng Sect!

The courtiers hate, and the family and the country are destroyed!"

……

Yin Jiheng's eyes suddenly widened, as if his nerves were pricked by something, his brain was dizzy, and his eyes were foggy, but his hearing seemed to be more sensitive, so he heard the sound from the streets and alleys outside, and the words and sentences formed a slam in his heart, all at once, in pain, and he couldn't breathe.

"Immortal Sect, Chang'an Tribulation!

The emperor is dark, and the society is tilted!

The family and the country are destroyed, and the courtiers hate it!"

……

Over and over again, hovering in the night sky, lingering in his ears, his heart shook, and he threw himself out of the canopy.

The carriage stopped, and the two coachmen outside and the attendants behind them stopped in shock, not frightened by him, but shocked by the sight......

In the dusk of the night, the light and shadow are dim, at the end of the long street a few feet away, wisps of smoke float up, a row of people with a fluttering figure are dressed in white, their faces are painted white, their long hair is scattered, holding black and white Tai Chi flags neatly connected in a row and slowly walk over, in the smoke is difficult to distinguish between people and ghosts, real and false are illusory.

The sound did not seem to come from them, but from all directions, but it was ethereal, sometimes near and sometimes far away, and human hearing could not catch it.

Yin Jiheng couldn't believe what he saw in front of him, couldn't bear what he was hearing, suddenly went crazy, grabbed the coachman's shoulders, his eyes widened, and asked loudly, "What did you hear?"

The coachman was so frightened by him that he trembled, and one of them stammered back, "Immortal Sect...... Chang'an robbery ......"

Yin Jiheng's hand instantly put down force, looked at the alley in front of him, and shook his finger ahead: "Chase me! Chase! You must catch up! I don't believe that they are still there! I don't believe that they can come back!"

The coachman whipped his horse with a shivering whip and drove toward the smoky place, but the people who walked there were long gone, only the ethereal sound of whirling in the air lingered.

Yin Jiheng retracted the canopy, and as soon as he entered, he didn't want to see a strange scene in front of him - the back of the carriage was frescoed with a huge white double unicorn pattern, and the white was particularly dazzling in the dim carriage, and that glance gave him a slap in the face. Yin Jiheng was even so frightened that he screamed out, threw out of the canopy again, almost fell out of the car, and died under the horse's hooves......

The carriage galloped away, fleeing the alley in a panic, not daring to chase anything, but to flee from the nightmare.

Chang'an Avenue in the middle of the night was quiet, completely silent, and the bright moon in the sky seemed to have seen enough of the farce in the world, and gradually sank, half-hidden in the dark clouds.

The people on the earth looked up at the moon in the sky, their eyes were sparkling, and the cold light flickered, only thinking that tonight would be resting.

At the back door of the "Ghost Building", Gu Qinghuan watched the white figures disappear into the door, laughed, and sneered: "Sister, you say it's ridiculous, isn't it ridiculous?

Gu Qingning looked at Gu Qingxuan in front of him, shook his head and said, "No, the person he is afraid of is not a ghost, but a human." ”

Gu Qingxuan withdrew his gaze from Mochizuki, put down his cloak, turned back to his children and said, "The play is over, and I'm done, it's time to go home." ”

"Yes, father. ”

……

The next day, Yin Jiheng fell ill and did not go to court.

The news that the Prime Minister fell ill due to fright somehow spread, and naturally someone explored the root cause, and then the words "Double Qilin" and "Immortal Sect" began to reappear among the officials and people of Chang'an.

What is even more surprising is that within two days, the Criminal Department, which was busy investigating the recent series of attacks on officials, found a "double unicorn" pattern at the scene of these cases.

As a result, the long-forgotten Immortal Sect flooded Chang'an City, bringing a haze to the Great Qi Imperial Capital.

And this haze will widen and widen......

For young officials, the Immortal Sect is either unfamiliar, but for the old people in the officialdom such as Yang Longxing, Yin Jiheng, etc., the Immortal Sect is a terrifying existence.

Yin Jiheng thought that this sect had been eradicated back then, but who would have thought that today, many years later, it would make a comeback......

He also knew that his fear of the Immortal Sect was not because of how terrifying the Immortal Sect was, but because he was weak-hearted, and he clearly understood that it was what he did back then that made this Sect unpredictable and terrifying.

Subsequently, officials continued to be attacked for no reason, and even died.

One day, a fire broke out in the back court of the Imperial History Observatory, and after the fire was extinguished, the people of the Criminal Department saw the inscription of the double unicorn at the scene without exception.

In just half a month, everyone in the imperial court officials was in danger, and who attacked the unpredictable and mysterious Immortal Church. The officials suggested that the imperial court send additional guards to the various official offices, and even so, such attacks were staged every once in a while.

Later, Du Jianwei and Dong Yehong jointly submitted a table, proposing that in order to ensure the personal safety of officials, while strengthening patrols, officials should be equipped with different numbers of accompanying guards according to their ranks.

Along with this excerpt before it was sent to the emperor, there were also three drawings made by the Ministry of Industry for the construction of the official anti-danger room.

The emperor and the hundred officials discussed this matter in the court, and the court officials all agreed with this proposal, so the emperor allowed the court to step up the investigation, ordered the criminal department to step up the investigation, ordered Chang'an to order the Yin Mansion to strengthen the patrol, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to start the construction of anti-danger rooms for the official offices.

The pressure on these three departments multiplied, and in the end, the only one who could get the most credit was the Ministry of Engineering.

As far as the Ministry of Industry is concerned, a major event is just around the corner.

The two Si Cheng went to the Ministry of Industry to discuss with Yin Shaochu before the proposal was made, and determined the feasibility of this matter, and Yin Shaochu asked Gu Qingning to try to make a drawing.

However, when the emperor officially issued an order approving this fortification, he still felt a little confused, because he knew how huge and complex the project was, and he had no idea for a while. Liu Yingxu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, was even more confused and completely caught off guard.

Yin Shaochu reacted quickly, only Gu Qingning could control this matter.

Therefore, Gu Qingning has become the focus of the Ministry of Industry again.

Liu Yingsu wanted to flatter Yin Jiheng, and after Yin Jiheng returned to the court, he went to the political hall to get the architectural structure drawing, and when he handed it to Gu Qingning, he told her in every possible way to put the political hall first, and only gave her five days to make the anti-counterfeiting secret room construction diagram of the political hall, how harsh. After that, he urged in every possible way, and made it a little difficult for Gu Qingning.

Others, including Yin Shaochu, can't look past it, and there are also grievances for Gu Qingning, and she just does nothing and rushes the work map in person, but she never implicates her subordinates and the fortifications.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he accidentally delayed until the morning of the sixth day before handing over the finished drawings and the architectural structure of the political affairs hall to the Shilang Court, because Yin Jiheng was not in the court on this day, and Liu Ying had to be one day late to go to the political affairs hall to invite merit, so he was resentful and had a good meal for Gu Qingning.

Liu Yingsu is a person who promotes narrow-mindedness and bullies, and it is difficult for Gu Qingning to endure it all the time. Because she stayed up late the day before to catch up with the work, and was blamed in the Shilang Court this morning, it was inevitable that she was a little weak, so she took a half-day leave to go home to rest after arranging the work for the construction department, and returned to the government office in the afternoon to continue to conceive and plan to deal with the fortifications.

On this day, as always, one person stayed in the official office until late.