Bao Zheng out of the palace at dawn, today is not the day of the dynasty, walk home along the bustling Prancing Horse Bridge, the Bao family's house is on the edge of the imperial city, if you go to the court to walk a few steps away, but to go to Kaifeng Mansion to sit on the Ya need to pass through half of Kaifeng City, no matter where you go, Bao Zheng does not have the habit of calling and hugging.

Kou Zhun's luxury Bao Zheng doesn't like it, Han Qi's pomp Bao Zheng doesn't like it either, since Kou Zhun died was criticized for using too many candles and living too extravagantly, Bao Zheng's family began to use oil lamps, unless the candles were lit when writing folds and reviewing official documents, and after the business was done, he would blow out the candles and light the oil lamps again, so that the vegetable oil on his body smelled very strong, Zeng Gongliang laughed at him and said that others were officials, and they were all fat buttocks, but Bao Gong was an official, mixed with vegetable oil.

The family also said that there was no need to be like this, reading under the oil lamp would hurt his eyes, and Bao Zheng always laughed at this.

Now that Bu Lu is home, he asked his family to go to Wazi City to call He Laozhang, who specializes in pedicure, to come over, although pedicure only costs ten yuan, such a move is rare for Bao Zheng.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty were generous, Bao Zheng was a bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, although he was one level behind the prime minister's privy envoy, but he also had 240 taels of regular money every month, and his majesty gave 20 horses of silk, 30 horses of silk, 100 taels of winter cotton in spring and winter every year, 100 stones of Lu Su every month, 70 people of clothing and food for the humble people, 1200 bundles of monthly salary (firewood and grass), 1600 scales of charcoal every year, and 7 stones of salt.

Like all the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, the dispatch officer on his body has not been removed, he is also the judge of the three divisions of the household department, the transfer envoy of Jingdong, Shaanxi, and Hebei Road, and the deputy envoy of the three divisions of the household department.

The hometown of Luling is not a rich place. Lao Bao only bought ten hectares of fertile land for the elderly, and all the rest of the money was used by him to fund poor students in Luling, and most of the cost of Luling Academy came from Lao Bao's Yulu.

Sponsoring students is not only the practice and tradition of scholars, but also the importance that literati attach to the inheritance of saints. Only when an endless stream of outstanding scholars emerges can this world continue to form the existing civil and official government, and this matter cannot be slackened!

Lao Bao put his feet into a wooden basin full of medicinal herbs, closed his eyes to enjoy He Laozhang's craftsmanship, and had to praise He Laozhang's craftsmanship, his hands are like two small hammers, constantly knocking Lao Bao's feet, endlessly, a little painful, but this kind of sour feeling can make people relax the most.

A sharp pain came. But it was He Laozhang who bent his middle finger and twisted the drill in the center of Lao Bao's foot with a heavy bone joint, and the pain stretched from the center of his foot up until the top door rested, and when he relaxed a little, Lao Bao felt that his scalp was numb. Feel comfortable.

I opened my eyes unintentionally, but found that Zeng Gongliang was sitting under the windowsill with a book in his hand, reading and reading in the warm spring sun, and I didn't know how long I had been here.

"Ming Zhong has arrived, why didn't anyone remind the old man." Lao Bao got up, and he was about to signal Uncle He to retreat.

Zeng Gongliang looked at the book, and said without raising his head: "You should continue to discount the soles of your feet." It's about to go a long way, and you can't do it without a pair of neat soles. I'm here to read the books, these three sets of books, I, a small three-grade official, are not qualified to borrow from the palace, so I can only read the books here. ”

Lao Bao smiled and motioned for Uncle He to continue. He closed his eyes again to enjoy the rare leisure, and waited until He Lao Zhang's dead skin on the soles of Lao Bao's feet was removed, then wrapped in a clean linen cloth, put it on a small charcoal basin and fumigated, and waited until the white cloth was smoky. Only then did he put Lao Bao's feet on the soft couch and bowed down with a wooden basin.

Lao Bao closed his eyes for a while, and said, "You have never cared much about the affairs in the palace, why did you come so quickly today?" ”

Zeng Gongliang reluctantly put down his book and said to Lao Bao: "I really don't care much about the palace, I always think that it is unseemly for ministers to care about royal private affairs, but as long as it involves Yun Zheng and Yun Changsheng, I have to ask about everything." ”

Lao Bao picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Why? ”

Zeng Gongliang took a chair and sat directly opposite Lao Bao and said: "Because wherever this kid goes, there will be thunder falling there, the last time was the smoke view in Shuzhong, a three-zhang high hall was razed to the ground, and now it is the Xixia Prince's Mansion, and it was bombarded by the thunder, I don't care who the dead person is, I just wonder, is that guy the youngest son of Lei Gong, and the thunder is rolling everywhere he goes." ”

Lao Bao continued to drink tea, tasted the tea soup for a while, and then smiled: "Are you complaining for those Taoist priests, or are you complaining for Li Yuanhao of Western Xia?" Old man, how to listen to you, there seems to be infinite anger in your heart. ”

Zeng Gongliang stood up and shouted with an impassioned expression: "I am known as the No. 1 gunpowder master in the Great Song Dynasty, but it is absolutely impossible for the gunpowder made by my hands to tear apart a strong hall lightly, and it is impossible for the Western Xia Prince's Mansion to completely become a ruin."

Now there's always thunder, do you think I can still sit still? And that kid is a lawless lord, everything is wanton by his temperament, the old way persecuted his wife, he just exploded the thunder to put people even in the pot, Qingtang Xixia is not an exaggeration to call Longtan Tiger's Den, but he walked lightly, killed other people's people, killed people's emperors and princes, and even cheated away people's 3,000 war horses, the powerful gunpowder is in the hands of such a guy, can you sleep Lao Bao?

If you are a pedantic person, or a reckless man, don't worry about it, the most important thing about this thing is to use, not to be powerful, as long as it is used well, it will produce the kind of reaction that Yun Zheng did in Western Xia, it is obvious that this kid has used gunpowder superbly. ”

Lao Bao put down the tea bowl and sighed and said, "You plan to let the old man go to Jingzhao Mansion to investigate the case?" Chengyanguan is in Shuzhong, Shuzhong Taishou has already closed the case, what can I find out now? In addition, Ning Lingge's mansion has clues to check, do you plan to make my Great Song officials responsible for the death of the Western Xia people? ”

Zeng Gongliang sat on the chair and said: "That's it, that's it, this kid is not only proficient in gunpowder, but the most hateful is also very proficient in the way of being an official, what does it matter to me to die a few old ways, I will only clap my hands when Li Yuanhao dies, I am just worried about gunpowder, I only care about gunpowder, that thing is too dangerous in his hands, he is like a willful child, but he holds the most powerful murder weapon in his hand."

I'm even worried about your safety, this time the court plans to exchange 5,000 guan and a golden phoenix hairpin for 3,000 war horses, if you are too persecuted, I'm afraid he will attack you! ”

Lao Bao laughed and said: "The old man is going to talk about business, there are countless doorways to drill here, you are just a supervising officer, you only know the herdsmen on weekdays, supervising the construction, where will you know the mind of the businessman, do you know that people are unwilling?"

Don't say that these are your guesses, even if there is really such a thing, it is also people's own, if you don't steal or rob it, you can still rob it? The doctor of the Great Song Dynasty still wants to lose face? ”

Zeng Gongliang smiled bitterly: "I also know that people shouldn't be thought of so darkly, but after I read this guy's resume, the more I look at it, the more afraid I become, killing people in Da Song Dang Street is already considered a hero, but this guy's resume shows that he has always killed people in groups, and it is not strange that he kills people in anger."

He doesn't look like a big Song person, Lao Bao, he is different from you and me, not even like anyone, the secret spy department's file on Yun Zheng has a big box, but no one knows where he is in the fourth year of Qingli, just live in seclusion with the stranger, and now the secret spy department has no interest in tracking down. ”

Bao Zheng smiled: "Left and right is still a young man, the old man will have an evaluation after seeing it, the so-called alien, is different from ordinary people, he has lived in isolation since childhood, naturally different from us, but his education is still the way of the saint, we distinguish a person, do not have to distinguish his skin color, but look at his education, if a blonde and blue-eyed alien has been educated since childhood is the way of the saint, the old man will think that he is a Song Dynasty, Ming Zhong, you are too biased." ”

Zeng Gongliang had nothing to say at this point, took a bag of books from behind him and put it in front of Bao Zheng and said: "This is a new edition, please give it to him at the right time, two years ago I have asked someone to send him some literature on gunpowder, and he replied that I don't understand what it is at all, since he has better gunpowder, it doesn't hurt him to look at these things of mine." ”

Bao Zheng nodded and agreed, seeing that Zeng Gongliang was excited, but he didn't persuade him, sent him out of the house, shook his head with a smile, and returned to the study, looked at Zeng Gongliang and took some books and said to himself: "The deep responsibility of love is also serious." Ming Zhong actually takes this son so seriously, the old man wants to see if my Great Song Dynasty has produced a generation of talents, or a dragon. ”

Yun Zheng is looking at the dragon, to be precise, he is looking at the dragon vein, Han Lin pointed to the bare mountain in Guanzhong to say that this Luolong Ridge is a dragon vein that is not too big, Han Lin said that the dragon is erviant, that is, the so-called dragon sees the head but does not see the tail, and the mountains are also undulating, hidden and peeling.

Yun Zheng's eyes were about to split, and he didn't see where these barren mountains looked like dragons, there was a dragon head in Jingzhao Mansion, but he knew that as for other fish jumping and flying kites, it was for the birth of the dragon, what was rough and stubborn, and the otter was low, like a dead fish, it was for the dead dragon. Don't say you understand these words, even if they sound confusing.

Hanlin said faintly: "Scholars are known as: one luck, two lives, three feng shui, four merits, five reading, I think you are now very much in need of atmospheric luck to cover your life, this time Kongtong Mountain case, more than 140 officials were implicated, almost the first major case since the founding of the country, I really don't know how to describe your current situation!" ”

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The first chapter is delivered,