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Most of the guests were accommodated in the royal quarters, and when they came out of the banquet hall in the vestibule, they went to their respective quarters in groups.

General Ma Hanze belonged to the chief distinguished guest, and he exchanged a few words of greetings with several political envoys and envoys, and left the main hall one after another.

When they went out, several adults did not rush to leave, but stood in the open space outside the vestibule, chatting and waiting for their daughters.

Ma Hanze's expression was normal, he couldn't see his joy or anger, and he didn't have anything to worry about because of the pointing and pointing of the officials passing by.

Not long after, Qi Jinzhi and other low-grade petty officials came out, and a bright color flashed in Ma Hanze's eyes.

Qi Jinzhi saw his uncle early, walked a few steps quickly, walked closer, bowed and saluted, "Say hello to uncle." ”

Ma Hanze raised his hand and helped him down, raised his eyes to look at Qi Jinzhi's face, and saw that he did not show an anxious or confused expression, and he was a little satisfied.

"I heard you live in a post house?"

Ma Hanze, like Qi Jinzhi, was very sure that the Annan Mansion would rebel, but what happened today was somewhat unexpected by them, and he was a little worried.

He was not worried about the tricks of the Annan Palace, but he was afraid that under the repeated 'weakness' of the palace, everyone would relax their vigilance.

Especially Qi Jinzhi, Ma Hanze has great expectations for this nephew, and hopes that the nephew can take advantage of this incident to make more achievements, and from then on support the façade of the Qi family.

At this time, seeing Qi Jinzhi's appearance of not being arrogant, not impatient, not depressed or depressed, his hanging heart also relaxed.

"Thanks to the prince's respect, I was specially invited to participate in the old lady's birthday banquet, but the noble person is self-aware, I am humble, it is not good to rush to the nobleman's mansion, or live in the post house is more in line with my identity and official position."

Qi Jinzhi replied calmly.

But his appearance, in the eyes of some officials who have a good impression of the palace, is 'ignorant of lifting' and 'not knowing what to do'.

"Hmph, what a yellow-mouthed kid who doesn't know the height of the sky,"

I only heard a cold snort, a middle-aged man in his forties happened to pass by the pair of uncles and nephews, listened to Qi Jinzhi's words, couldn't help but snort coldly, and then said to Qi Jinzhi in a tone of admonition: "Qi Zhixian, it's a good thing for young people to have a sharp spirit, and it's not a bad thing to be vigilant and know that it's not a bad thing to be enterprising, but you can't talk nonsense for the sake of ideas. It's not good to do too much. ”

Qi Jinzhi's expression remained unchanged, and after seeing the face of the person who spoke, he first bowed without humility or arrogance, and said: "I have seen the prefect of Yu in my humble position." ”

This is the prefect of Yizhou, surnamed Yu, married to Yun. And the youngest sister of the Yun family married the son of Shouchun Bo in the capital.

If you count it from the Yun family's side, Yu Zhifu and Qi Jinzhi are still cheap relatives who are turning a corner.

However, Qi Jinzhi saw it clearly, this prefect was probably not here to talk to him about his relatives, listening to the meaning of his words, it was clear that he was fighting for the Annan Palace.

The other party is the four-rank prefect, and the two lists of jinshi, whether it is from the official position or from the imperial examination, Yu prefect is regarded as Qi Jinzhi's 'senior'.

At that time, whether it was in officialdom or in Shilin, he paid attention to seniority.

The prefect of Yu held the shelves of the officials and his predecessors, and admonished Qi Jinzhi under the banner of caring for and promoting his juniors, but Qi Jinzhi not only could not refute and protest, but also made a gesture of gratitude.

There is no way, the world is like this, but if he has the slightest dissatisfaction, there will be a bad reputation of 'frivolity' and 'disrespect', and the road in the officialdom and Shilin world will become difficult to walk in the future.

"Hmph," Seeing that Qi Jinzhi still knew humility, Yu Prefect's tone softened a little, but he still preached: "The concubine's birthday banquet has ended, everything is safe, I will go to the new mine tomorrow to inspect, and I hope that Qi County will abide by the rules." ”

Didn't you keep saying that people would rebel, but now you have seen it with your own eyes, the whole palace is frank and open, where is there half a point of disobedience?

In the future, you kid will still be more responsible, don't jump up and down for the credit of the idea, the food is too ugly!

With such a straightforward reprimand, even Ma Hanze couldn't listen to it anymore.

It's not that he's sensitive, it's that the performance of those people is too obvious, which is more about the prefect scolding Huai.

Although Ma Hanze did not publicly say that the Annan palace had different intentions, in fact, he was very supportive of Qi Jinzhi and other cadres, and it was his persuasion that Yizhou and other prefectures and counties reluctantly strengthened their vigilance.

Now that everyone thinks that the 'Hongmen Banquet' has not appeared, the hearts of the vast majority of officials are not without opinions on Ma Hanze.

The main reason is that it is because of the situation, and Ma Hanze has the military power in his hands, even those feudal officials do not dare to conflict with Ma Hanze.

If you can't afford to provoke the big one, then take the small one and go under the knife.

Therefore, when the prefect jumped out to be embarrassed, several second-grade officials didn't seem to see it, and there was not even a person who came up to play the round.

Ma Hanze was not stupid, he saw the cattiness at a glance, and his face suddenly sank.

Qi Jinzhi hurriedly took his hand, shook his head slightly, and then turned his head to look at the prefect Yu, and replied respectfully: "Be taught!" ”

The children are so humble, although the adults are angry, they don't have a seizure on the spot. The officials, including the prefect, will no longer be in trouble.

Yu Zhifu hummed, with a look of approval, flicked his sleeves slightly, and walked away.

The other officials witnessed this scene, and they had their own plans, and it happened that at this time, the female dependents also came out, and everyone picked up their female dependents and went back to the guest house to rest.

“…… Yes, you kid is calm enough. ”

The people around left one after another, Ma Hanze stretched out his hand and wiped his face, Fang Cai's anger suddenly dissipated, and the two uncles and nephews left the vestibule together, Ma Hanze said with satisfaction.

Qi Jinzhi said lightly, "The facts are in front of you, and it is useless to say more." The palace behaved strangely, and allowed everyone to leave, which was a bit frank. Even so, we can't ignore the kindness of others. Uncle, there are many things going on in the southwest camp, and you may not have the eyes to look at the newly mined jade rough. ”

Ma Hanze paused, turned his head, and looked at Qi Jinzhi fixedly.

It took a long time for a bigger smile to bloom, and his big hand patted his nephew's shoulder hard, and Ma Hanze praised proudly: "Good boy, clever enough!" ”

Yes, the palace is so generous, and let everyone leave at will without any guilt, so Ma Hanze will take the opportunity to return to Shuixi and see how the palace responds.

You must know that Ma Hanze alone is worthy of a group of sour and rotten civil officials who only know how to drop their bookbags.

Qi Jinzhi was not carried away by his uncle's praise, but reminded him very calmly: "The mountain road is rugged, uncle must be more careful." ”

Beware of the palace setting up an ambush on the way.

Ma Hanze smiled more and more satisfied: "Don't worry, what is Lao Tzu doing?" Nothing is missing, and there is no shortage of brave soldiers. Although there are many mountain roads, they can't stand the number of soldiers in my camp. ”

Like Qi Jinzhi, he only brought a dozen or so people into the city on the surface, but privately arranged for hundreds of people, some of whom blended into the city in disguise, and some of whom simply stayed in the mountains and forests outside.

……

The birthday feast lasted for most of the day, and by the time the guests left, the sun was already in the west.

After Ma Hanze separated from his nephew, he led a few personal guards back to the guest house, called the steward, and said, "The concubine is warmly invited, but there is an urgent matter in the camp, and the general must rush back as soon as possible." The day after tomorrow, the new mine trip will not be able to participate. Please forgive me! ”

When the steward heard this, he immediately became serious, and said: "The stakes are very high, and the little slave and maid dare not call the shots, so please wait for a while, and let the little one reply." “

Ma Hanze waved his hand indifferently, indicating that the steward was free to do so.

The steward didn't dare to delay, and ran to find the chief butler.

The chief housekeeper also looked solemn when he heard this, and hurriedly went to the concubine to get an idea.

Concubine Ning has been busy all day, and she can't help but be a little tired, she is old, no matter how well she is maintained, her physical fitness is not as good as that of a young person.

At this moment, she had taken a hot bath, changed into a homely dress, removed the hairpin rings on her head, and let the maids massage her long hair with her long hair.

"Concubine, what do you think should be done with this matter?" The big butler stood outside the screen and quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

Concubine Ning didn't care, and said lightly: "Let him go!" ”

The chief steward was stunned, saying that Ma Hanze was not an ordinary civil servant, but he controlled the entire Shuixi camp in his hands, tens of thousands of horses, enough to level their palace.

If you let him go, wouldn't you let the tiger go back to the mountain?!

"This, this ......" the big butler stumbled and tried to persuade him.

Concubine Ning is impatient, tired of a day, what she wants to do most is to have a good rest, instead of explaining to a group of idiots.

"Didn't you hear me? Let him go! ”

Concubine Ning said coldly: "It's not just Ma Hanze, if anyone wants to leave, just let them go." Oh, by the way, not only did I promise to let them go, but I also sent them out of Xin'an with great fanfare. I want everyone to know that I, the palace of Annan, will never do such villain tricks. ”

The big butler was dumbfounded, this—this is not the same as a plan.

Isn't the concubine afraid that everyone will run away?

It was easy to invite officials from the southwest, but now they are ...... What the hell does this mean, concubine?

Seeing that the big butler was silent, Concubine Ning let out a cold snort from her nose.

The big butler was so shocked that he suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, the little one, the little one obeys the order." The small ones will do it. ”

Concubine Ning said impatiently: "Then don't hurry up!" ”

The butler almost jumped up and ran out with a roll.

……

Don't look at the big butler being so out of shape in front of Concubine Ning, when he came to Ma Hanze, he became very indifferent.

first politely retained the host, but after being politely refused, he diligently helped Ma Hanze pack his luggage and prepare for the road.

In the early morning of the next day, the chief housekeeper personally took a few small servants and enthusiastically sent Ma Hanze and his party out of the palace.

At the same time, he did not forget to order people to publicize everywhere, and thoughtfully reminded other officials that if there was something important in the yamen and wanted to go back in advance, he would directly tell the people serving in the guest house, and the palace would definitely send people out of Xin'an.

As soon as Ma Hanze and his subordinates left the palace on the front foot, the entire guest house knew about it.

There were a few people who did good things, and they also deliberately ordered someone to follow them quietly, and watched Ma Hanze and others go out of the city gate smoothly, galloping all the way towards the official road, and the people who were watching went back to recover their lives.

Well, there were still a few people who had a small abacus in their hearts, and seeing that General Ma had left safely, the doubts in their hearts disappeared.

Even the heads of the Zhan and Lu families began to be suspicious, could it be that everyone really wronged the Annan Palace?!

Even Ah Zhuo muttered in his heart. She didn't suspect that she had wronged a good person, but she was worried that a larger conspiracy was going on in the palace.

Everyone figured out and searched around for news, and they were very busy, and the day passed quickly.

The next day was the day when the palace invited guests to visit the new mine.

Early in the morning, all the guests got up early, washed and changed clothes, and had breakfast, and everyone took their entourage to the vestibule of the palace to gather.

Compared with the caution and vigilance on the day of the birthday banquet, everyone today is very relaxed, and there are only three or four people who serve in close service with them, and there are not many guards, family members or anything.

Everyone thinks simply, the so-called jade mine must be in the wilderness, where it is no better than the palace, there is no strict guard, and there is no city wall, if there is something wrong, everyone will flee in a hurry, and the people of the palace will not be able to catch it.

Why bother with so many guards?

Even for safety, the guards should be arranged in the most important places, such as mountain roads along the way, or at city gates, official roads, etc.

Qi Jinzhi was also a light car, and he only brought six guards with him, and even Qi Dayong, who was the most trustworthy and had the highest force value, was left in the post house by him.

Ah Zhuo was the only one who remained vigilant, and almost brought most of his entourage out, deliberately wearing loose wide-legged pants with a little bulging waist.

Qi Jinzhi glanced at it, and his first reaction was how many hidden weapons did this girl carry?!

After a while, the hour came, Concubine Ning and King Annan rode in a carriage, and the palace dispatched thirty or forty palace guards, without the slightest appearance of being ready for battle.

When the officials saw it, they felt more and more that the palace had no dissent.

The carriage of the royal palace opened the road in front, and a group of officials followed in a very orderly manner, either in carriages or on horseback.

The group marched out of the county seat and headed in the northwest direction.

The distance between the new mine and the county seat is about two or three hundred miles, and everyone has been on the road for a day and arrived in the evening.

As one might expect, the new mine was barren, with no fences around it, few guards, just rows of simple houses and hundreds of coolies working in the pits.

Seeing this situation, everyone became more and more relieved. There were no guards, no legendary private soldiers, and the palace really just invited them to visit.

They simply ignored the hundreds of miners who were suffering haha.

However, then the bloody truth told them not to think that the miners would only work with their heads bored, and that they were much more ruthless than the military households of the imperial guards.

……

Thousands of miles away in the capital, on the Wanshou Festival, the princes were offering congratulatory gifts to the saints, but nearly 200 Tartars appeared in the palace, and they bypassed the patrolling Janissaries and went straight to the main hall......

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