As the sun sinks in the west, the sun shines through the clouds and emits colorful light, and the whole of Kyoto is shrouded in afterglow, like a fairy garden.

People turned their attention away from Zhuang Yuanlang and raised their eyes to see the spectacle.

At this moment, the main gate of the Xuande Gate in the Imperial City opened again without warning, and a well-informed person exclaimed: Could it be that there are two champions?

Xuande Gate is the main gate of the imperial city, only the emperor walks alone, and the ministers of the court on weekdays are all in and out from the side doors, even if it is the princes and nobles, they are not allowed to go through the main gate.

However, there are two kinds of people who can receive this honor.

The first is the day of the emperor's wedding, and the queen's phoenix sedan chair can be entered through the main entrance.

The second is the champion of the new department, after the palace examination, wearing red and flowers, riding a high-headed horse, from this door out of the imperial city, to announce the world.

And today, the main gate of Xuande Gate has just been closed, and Zhuang Yuanlang has not yet walked out of a hundred zhang away, how can he reopen it?

It turned out that after Zhao Ji returned to the harem, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and secretly blamed Liang Shicheng for not doing things well, and almost ordered Wang Fu and others to be beheaded.

Fortunately, Queen Zheng stopped him, so he didn't do the stupid thing of cutting off his arm.

Zheng was born into a family of eunuchs, and was born with a handsome face since childhood, and was deeply favored by his father, who not only allowed Zheng to learn female virtues, but also allowed her to study books such as the Analects and the Book of Poetry like men.

It can be described as a double cultivation of blessing and wisdom.

Zheng saw that Zhao Ji was depressed, and in order to coax him to be happy, he came up with a plan.

"Since Cai Jingdian tried to overstep his power, regardless of the face of the Son of Heaven, he should have been appointed by the official family, but he was monopolized by the old thief, and the official family could also do something to overshadow the limelight of the champion, wouldn't it be comfortable?"

Cai Jing listened, hesitated, and said, "I'm afraid this will cause the prime minister's dissatisfaction." ”

Zheng knew that Zhao Ji was cowardly, and encouraged: "Why are the officials worried, no matter how many henchmen Cai Jing has in Kyoto, they are just Wenchen, and Marquis Yu is still loyal to the official family." ”

"Yes, yes, I have the Marquis of Yu in charge, why am I afraid of Cai Jing's old thief, but, what can I do to overshadow the limelight?"

Marquis Yu is the cousin of the Zheng family, deeply favored by the emperor, and in his early twenties, he commanded the forbidden army in Kyoto, and like Luo Zhu's Imperial City Division, he was not under the jurisdiction of the three provinces and six departments, and obeyed Zhao Ji's orders.

Zhao Ji passed Luo Zhu and learned from Luo Zhu that the Li Mansion was having a feast and was preparing to eat hot pot.

Then he instructed: "Give Li Yan the golden pot of the imperial palace, and send all the high-quality ingredients in the palace, as many as you want, you go in person, remember, the golden pot must go to the main gate of Xuande Gate, the pomp must be big, and it must surpass the limelight of the champion." ”

How could Luo Zhu not understand Zhao Ji's thoughts and take the order.

……

The onlookers stared at the step who came out of Xuande Gate in a daze, born at the feet of the Son of Heaven since childhood, and can be regarded as having rich experience, but they have never seen such a strange thing.

I saw that there was no one sitting on the step, but there was a steaming golden pot, and after following the step, countless palace maids and eunuchs lined up in two teams to walk out of the big one, five miles apart, and the number of good things was down, there were as many as four hundred and eighty people, not counting the forbidden army that maintained order on the side of the road.

Luo Zhu and Yu Hou rode side by side at the front of the procession, and when they saw Yang Ruobing's procession from a distance, Luo Zhu sneered and said, "Yu Hou, there are people blocking the road ahead." ”

"What do you mean?" Yu Hou asked rhetorically.

"The official family has spoken, seeing that the golden pot is like me coming in person, but we are behind the official family, shouldn't the champion give it a go?"

Yu Hou immediately understood, in his eyes, the new champion is not bullshit, his brother-in-law is the son of heaven, and he is in charge of all the city defenses in Kyoto, how can he care about a poor scholar with such an identity and status.

Immediately nodded and summoned his subordinates: "The official family is driving to travel, no one is allowed to stop along the way, if there is a disobedience, you can cut it first and then play." ”

How could his subordinates not understand that this was obviously coming from Zhuangyuanlang, and immediately led a team to run towards the parade.

This group of rough men don't care so much, they can't help but say, they beat the drum band, dragged Yang Ruobing, the champion Lang, off the horse, and threw them into the crowd like chickens, and the signs of "quiet" and "avoidance" were scattered all over the place, and the people who watched them exclaimed again and again.

Yang Ruobing was terrified, didn't know what to mean, and sat on the ground stupidly.

An old man beside him gently tugged at the corner of his clothes and said, "Champion Gong, please do it." ”

……

Li Yan saw Geng Xiaosan'er rushing in, and he panicked for a while, and said in his heart: Could it be that the prime minister is looking for revenge?

A hearty laugh came, the door curtain was lifted, and Luo Zhu and Yu Hou walked into the dining hall one after the other.

Li Yan immediately recognized Luo Zhu, hurriedly got up and approached, bowed and saluted: "Villain Li Yan, I have seen Lord Tiju." ”

Luo Zhu opened the fan and looked at Li Yan with a smile, this was the first close contact with Li Yan, and he couldn't help nodding again and again, quite fond, as if he was a sister-in-law.

Yu Hou and Li Yan glanced at each other, both of them showed embarrassment, they should have been recommended by Luo Zhu, but Luo Zhu only cared about appreciating it, but forgot about it.

"I've seen adults." Although Li Yan didn't know Marquis Yu, he could stand side by side with Luo Zhu, and guessed that it was not official and noble, so he humbly gave a deep salute.

Marquis Yu clasped his hands together and said: "A certain surname Zheng, appointed by the emperor to the post of Kyoto garrison and patrol, today at the behest of the official, and Luo Tiju are celebrating the achievements of Lord Li together." ”

Last name Zheng?

The current Li Yan is not as ignorant as when he first entered Kyoto, he has studied with the old man Yan for many days, and he already knows everything about the officials in Kyoto.

Then he asked tentatively, "Isn't it Uncle Guo?" ”

Luo Zhu had come back to his senses at this time, and said with a smile: "Call Yu Hou, he is most tired of being called Uncle Guo." ”

"Give Yu Hou a salute." Li Yan said again.

"Okay, okay, a rough person, not so particular, but the soup in the pot is about to be boiled dry." Yu Hou smiled.

After hearing this, Luo Zhu immediately inserted the fan on his belt, raised his hands into fists and raised it above the top, his expression instantly became serious, and said, "Holy Command." ”

Led by Li Yan, such as Chen He, Song San, Fan Er and other people from Yanggu County were stunned, where had they heard this word, but fortunately, Wang Dalang took the lead in kneeling, so they followed suit.

Only Yan Jiuniang understood among the female dependents, and pulled everyone to kneel down to listen to the order.

Luo Zhu continued: "I have dinner with Qing. ”

Well?

Li Yan raised his head and asked weakly, "Gone?" ”

"It's gone." Luo Zhu said with a smile.

"This ...... What does this mean? Li Yan wondered.

Luo Zhu didn't answer immediately, but said to everyone: "Get up, the official family only has one sentence." ”

But when I saw the women's private room, the smile on my face suddenly dimmed, although I couldn't see clearly through the curtain, but I also saw that there were all women in the room, and I couldn't help but think of my sister-in-law.

Yu Hou said: "A certain task is completed, there are still business to deal with, one step ahead." ”