Chapter 228: Endless Calculations
Out of the palace gate, Xiao Dezi was already waiting outside the palace gate in his own carriage, accompanied by a pair of heavily armed city guards. Beijing, like other cities in Datang, also has a curfew, but compared to other cities, it is considered a curfew when it is dark, and the curfew officially starts after the second watch in Beijing, and once the curfew time comes, unless there are proper procedures, anyone can run around. These city guards were the "temporary procedures" ordered by the emperor to avoid trouble for Tang Jin.
"Shizi, you're back." Xiao Dezi looked sleepy and said strongly.
Tang Jin didn't speak, still with a faint anger on his face, and went straight to the carriage, ignoring the many soldiers who nodded on the side, "Go!" ”
Although Xiao Dezi didn't know why Tang Jin was angry, but after following Tang Jin for so many years, he knew not to ask what he shouldn't ask, so he jumped into the carriage without saying a word, turned the head of the car and walked back, and the city guards on the side immediately followed.
Tang Jin didn't ask where they lived now, as early as when he came, Tang Duo told him that there was a prince's mansion in the capital that he built for Tang Jin, and he lived there when he arrived in the capital, and when he entered the palace in the evening, he had already instructed Xiao Dezi and them to clean up, and now it should be almost cleaned up.
Slowly moving all the way, he bumped into the soldiers who had patrolled many times head-on in the middle, but because of a team of city guards following the carriage, Tang Jin and his party were not stopped.
"Shizi, it's here." Slowly, the carriage listened, and Tang Jin, who closed his eyes and recuperated, also opened his eyes and bowed down to get out of the carriage. In sight, a small version of Dongxian Wang's Mansion stood not far away, and two family members at the door were cleaning overnight.
"The mansion is well built." Muttering, Tang Jin walked straight to the mansion, as for the carriage and the pair of city guards, someone else cleaned it up.
After entering the Shizi's Mansion, Tang Jin found that the basic structure of this mansion was similar to that of the palace, but the area was relatively smaller, and there was only a small courtyard inside, but on the whole, it was better than the prince's bedrooms in the palace.
"Whew, forget it, I don't want to worry about the two hundred and five, I'll be scared when we meet in the future, so let's rest first." didn't wander around the mansion too much, after Tang Jin saw Fang Xiaoer, he went straight back to his bedroom, and after some washing, he pulled Fang Jieqing, who looked curious, and went to bed. After a tiring day, I have to talk about it tomorrow because of the big things.
Following
Tang Jin, who wanted to sleep well, was shouted by Xiao Dezi as soon as it was dawn, as for the reason......
"Gift-giving?" Tang Jin, who was wearing obscene clothes and looked sleepy, asked in surprise.
Although Xiao Dezi also had an inexplicable look on his face when he heard this, he still nodded and said: "It should be a gift, the family at the door said that Wang Huaijin, the squire of the military department, came to pay a visit, and he was still holding a big one in his hand."
The red box is supposed to be a gift. ”
"The Squire of the Army?" Tang Jin's brows furrowed even deeper. He hadn't even heard of this Raushzi Bingbu Squire, but he knew that he had cheated himself once five years ago.
But whether you recognize it or not, you always have to be low-key when you first arrive, and if you leave a domineering and domineering image to people, then you won't be able to mix it up in the future.
"Okay, you greet him first, and I'll be there later." After saying that, he yawned and returned to his room, and washed up by himself.
After a while, Tang Jin, who had changed into a dark red brocade robe, walked into the living room with a smile in one hand, and saw an old man wearing an official mansion, gray hair but a sturdy figure sitting in the hall, and saw Tang Jin hurriedly get up and salute.
"Squire of the Ministry of War, Wang Huaijin has met His Royal Highness the Prince."
"Squire-sama, get up!" Tang Jin just stepped forward to support the old man, he was worshiped by a group of ritual masters yesterday, he already felt that he was very old, and now he came again in the morning, he just had three lives that were not enough to break.
After a period of greetings, he finally pressed the old man of the military department back to the chair, Tang Jin went straight to the point and said, "I don't know what Wang Shilang is doing to find this son early in the morning?" ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just that this morning, His Majesty praised the prince in front of hundreds of officials, and said that he would personally give the prince a big recognition gift. The old man made a special trip to congratulate the son, and the adults from the other departments must also be on their way. Wang Huaijin looked at Tang Jin with envy on his face.
However, when Tang Jin heard this, his face couldn't help but twitch, "I'm Nima, I'm gone, right?" The master has just arrived in the capital and has been calculating me all the time, can you be a dignified Ninety-Five Supreme prisoner who can't get along with me? Can't mess with my dad, don't you mess with me? ”
Even though there were countless complaints in his heart, on the surface, Tang Jin still pretended to be flattered, and waved his hand again and again: "Where is it, the emperor's uncle is wrong to love, this son is immoral and incompetent, where can he take responsibility." ”
Although Tang Jin didn't know what political achievements the old man had before, and the old man didn't know what Tang Jin had done, the two still blew very happily, and in the end, they even called "old hero" and "little hero", and those who didn't know thought that the two were forgetful friends.
With the nonsense of the two, many officials came to the door one after another. The waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, the waiter of the Criminal Department, the waiter of the household department, plus the waiter of the military department who came first, the six waiters are all together, and Tang Jin's house is like having a small court meeting for a while, the difference may be that the wat board has been replaced with a gift box, and the performance has been replaced by a commercial blow.
A bunch of old men get together and hard from the morning
The blows to each other dispersed until noon, and Tang Jin also sent them out one by one. Smiling and waving his hand at a group of uncles, until he saw them gradually moving away, Tang Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face instantly converged.
"A group of old fox ......" all say that people are old and sophisticated, not to mention this group of old things who have been in the officialdom for many years, it is a routine after a routine when it comes to talking, trying their best to get closer to Tang Jin At the same time, they also want to get some words out of Tang Jin's mouth, and Tang Jin also fought back without leaking, and generally did not leak any important information, but the same Tang Jin did not take any words out of their mouths.
Of course, in addition to talking to each other, some of them also threw an olive branch of alliance to Tang Jin. But out of caution, Tang Jin would not choose to form an alliance with either side until he was sure of the faction to which these ministers belonged, in case he was pulled on the thief ship of that prince, it would be troublesome.
After tidying up his clothes, Tang Jin went straight back to the house, he was tired until midnight yesterday, and he was still a little tired when he got up early today, but after such a fuss from this group of uncles, Tang Jin was completely refreshed.
When he returned to the mansion, he pulled over Xiao Dezi, who was arranging a meal on the side, and ordered: "You go and prepare a prayer note for me and send it to the Dingguo Mansion." ”
"Dingguo Gong? Okay, I'll go. Although I don't understand why my son wants to go to the Dingguo Mansion, after all, his every move at this time is watched by all forces, but Xiao Dezi wisely didn't ask, as a subordinate, you have to have the corresponding awareness.
And Tang Jin also nodded, expressing his satisfaction that Xiao Dezi didn't ask much about it. After all, he really can't say any good reason, he has been doing it for a long time to visit Dingguo Gong, this is not because of how powerful Dingguo Gong is, but purely because of the silence among the ancestors.
As a senior of the traverser, Tang Jin is very curious about him, even if he can't see himself to visit his descendants, it is good to ask some silent deeds back then, and he doesn't ask his predecessors to leave any special legacy, just listen to the deeds and know that he is not alone here.
After lunch, take the post, Tang Jin did not take the car, but went to the Dingguo Mansion by himself, yesterday as soon as he came, he went straight to the Ministry of Rites, and he didn't even see what the capital looked like.
Walking along the wide street, listening to the cries of the vendors around and the conversations mixed with accents from all over the world, from time to time you can see a few tall barbarian men, who everywhere reveal the word prosperity, which is not much better than the modern cities of the previous life.
However, Tang Jin didn't come to play after all, and after walking for a long time, he arrived at the destination of this trip, the Dingguo Mansion.
(To be continued)