Putting on a vermilion official uniform and an official hat, Kou Ji has more prestige, a kind of prestige unique to important ministers in the court.

Kou Zhong looked at Kou Ji, who was dressed in a vermilion official uniform, and exclaimed: "The little young master is really in good spirits when he wears this...... The old servant remembered that when the old man wore this outfit, he was almost thirty years old......"

Kou Ji also nodded with satisfaction: "It's a bit of an official, much stronger than that toad robe." ”

When Kou Zhong heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh.

The toad robe that Kou Ji dislikes in his mouth, others can't wear it if they want to.

After Kou Ji was dressed neatly, he put on the Chaohu and sat on the official sedan chair and walked to Donghua Gate.

He didn't accompany Kou Zhun to the court, the more powerful Kou Zhun is now, the better the treatment.

Every day when he arrives at the court, there will be eunuchs in the palace who will rush to the Kou Mansion in person and carry him into the palace.

The same is true after the next dynasty.

It is said that a side hall was also vacated in the palace for Kou Zhun to live in, not far from Zhao Zhen's bedroom.

Kou Ji arrived at Donghua Gate, and as soon as he got off the sedan chair, some low-ranking officials greeted him, and climbed Kou Ji one by one to say some flattering words.

They were still denouncing Kou Ji in the court before, but now they don't say anything about Kou Ji's killing in Baozhou, they just say good things.

Kou Ji dealt with a few words casually, and then found Xiang Minzhong, Wang Zeng, and Li Di to chat.

When the officials saw that Kou Ji had entered a circle that was unattainable for them, they did not dare to appear in front of him again.

The four of them chatted for a while, and the topic was withdrawn to the woodcarved frog by Xiang Minzhong.

Xiang asked Kou Ji in a strange tone to the old man, "Boy, I heard that you gave a small thing to the old man's second granddaughter?" ”

"Hmmm! A carved frog made of wood, made a little trap, can move ......"

"Didn't you send it to the old man's eldest granddaughter?"

Xiang Lao's tone became more and more strange.

Kou Ji blinked and said seriously: "Sent it?" ”

Xiang Lao Qi coughed, and said faintly: "Why didn't the old man see it?" ”

"Maybe she's hiding it and not showing it to you."

"Ahem......"

Xiang Lao Qi coughed again, and said in a deep voice: "Boy, the old man remembers that when you wrote a letter to the old man's eldest granddaughter, you wrote a story about the prince and the frog. ”

Kou Ji was a little confused.

Xiang Lao Qi stared at him and said seriously: "The old man's second granddaughter has already promised someone last year. Don't have bad intentions for you...... kid."

Kou Ji was even more stunned, seeing Wang Zeng and Li Di looking at him with strange expressions, Kou Ji knew that these two old men also wanted to be crooked.

As soon as he was about to open his mouth to explain, he heard Wang Zeng say quietly: "Boy, you can't be too greedy......

Li Di snorted: "Sisters eat all, be careful of broken teeth." ”

After that, Li Di also looked at Kou Ji Yi and Er, and said with a look of disgust: "The old man thought that your kid was a decent gentleman, but he didn't expect that he was also a golden and jade outwardly ruined goods." ”

Kou Ji hurriedly explained: "I just sent a wooden frog, I didn't do anything. ”

Xiang Minzhong snorted, "What else do you want to do?" ”

Li Di and Wang Zeng looked at Kou Ji, and this was the meaning in their eyes.

Kou Ji said angrily: "I didn't just send one woodcarved frog, I made several of them, and sent them all together." ”

Li Di said disdainfully: "I want to cover it...... Why don't you see you sending wood carving frogs to the old man's house? ”

Wang Zeng said lightly: "The old man also has grandchildren. ”

Seeing that he couldn't explain clearly, Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Send, send, send, go back and send a car to each of you's mansion." ”

Li Di and Wang Zeng nodded with satisfaction, "It's almost ......."

Xiang Minzhong stretched out two fingers and said lightly: "Two cars? ”

"What about blackmail?"

"There are many old husbands and concubines......"

It wasn't until the three old men crossed the Jinshui Bridge leisurely that Kou Ji realized that he seemed to have been deceived by the three old men together.

It must have been the second sister of the Xiang family who got a woodcarved frog and took it out to show off.

When the juniors in the Wang and Li mansions saw each other, they climbed the two old men one by one to beg for it.

The two old men couldn't give up their faces to ask Kou Ji for something, so they set him up with a set.

"These old guys are idle......"

Kou Ji complained, and followed them across the Jinshui Bridge to the Vertical Arch Hall.

Zhao Zhen was on the dragon chair, Kou Zhun was sitting under him, and Chen Lin was carefully waiting on the side.

The hundred officials entered the vertical arch hall, and after the usual ceremony, the early dynasty began.

There is a royal history that dragged Zhao Zhen to the fact that he did not go to the court one day before, and said a few nonsense.

Then after Kou Zhun said that the matter was revealed, and there was no need to mention it again, he closed his mouth.

This was followed by the selection of candidates for the governor's office.

There were few twists and turns in the candidates for participating in political affairs, and the final candidates were Li Di and Wang Zeng.

In the end, it was decided by Kou Zhun, and the position of participating in political affairs fell on Wang Zeng's head.

After the candidates for the governor's affairs were finalized, the officials withdrew for a while in order to dismantle the Xiang Army.

Then in Kou Zhun's impatient reprimand, the hundred officials left the vertical arch hall and went back to their respective yamen to deal with government affairs.

For the first time, Kou Ji rushed to the yamen of the ministry to go on a business trip.

When I walked to the yamen of the official department, I saw the little official guarding the door dozing.

Kou Ji did not meet them regularly, and quietly entered the yamen of the ministry.

Then I saw the officials of all sizes in the ministry getting together and drinking tea and having fun.

From time to time, someone will get up and recite a poem.

A group of people were having a good time, and they didn't see it even when Kou Ji arrived.

It wasn't until Koji arrived at them that they realized Koji had arrived.

They all knew Kou Ji, so after seeing Kou Ji, they hurriedly got up and said, "Xiaguan and the others have seen Kou Shilang." ”

Kou Ji looked around them and asked, "Who are you, what are your officials?" ”

They didn't hide it either, and began to report themselves one by one.

In addition to the general name, I will also bring what rank I am in.

Some people who have some status in the literary world will also vaguely reveal their famous works and other things.

After they finished introducing themselves, Kou Ji nodded and asked, "Don't you have to do things?" ”

They were stunned when they heard this, but they didn't panic, and they opened their mouths one by one, saying that the officials had nothing to do.

When Kou Ji heard this, he really wanted to give them a thumbs up and praise them one by one.

A dignified ministry of officials, controlling the promotion and dispatch of hundreds of thousands of officials in a country, will there be nothing to do?

Terrific!

Although the ministry had no power before, there was nothing to do.

But since the collapse of the Criminal Division, the officials have more or less grabbed some power, how can there be nothing to do?

Kou Ji was so angry with this group of salted fish that he had nothing to say, and he didn't bother to waste any more time on them.

"Where is Wang Shangshu?"

"After getting off the court, you should go to the courtyard of the public house to cool off, right?"

When Kou Ji heard this, he turned around and went to find Wang Qinruo.

Kou Ji searched around the yamen of the Criminal Department, and finally found Wang Qinruo in a remote public house.

Wang Qinruo was holding the wine jug, lying on the Hu bed, covered with a blanket, and was sleeping soundly.

A cool breeze blows from the tuyere next to the public house, which is very comfortable.

Seeing this, Kou Ji frowned.

He didn't know that Wang Qinruo was like this on weekdays, or knew that he was coming today, so he specially gave him a dismount.

He stood in front of Wang Qinruo's Hu bed and arched his hand: "Xiaguan Kou Ji, I have seen Wang Shangshu." ”

Kou Ji called three times in a row, but he didn't see any movement from Wang Qinruo.

The corners of his mouth twitched, he squatted down slightly, found a rivet on the Hu bed, poked it with a hairpin, quietly pulled it out, and stuffed it into the cuffs.

Then he quietly withdrew from the public house and walked to the place where the officials of the Ministry had gathered.

hid in the corner and shouted, "Wang Shangshu has fallen ......"

When a group of officials heard this, they shouted one by one, and rushed to the outside of Wang Qinruo's public house.

A group of them rushed over, shouting and screaming, which naturally woke up Wang Qinruo, who was asleep.

As soon as Wang Qinruo opened his eyes, he saw a group of officials crowded in front of his bed.

"What are you doing in front of the old man's bed? Don't you have to do things? ”

"Shangshu, we don't have to do things, have you forgotten?"

"Oh! The old man forgot that our officials don't have much power...... Why did you all come to the old man's bedside? ”

"Hui Shangshu, someone said that you rolled off the Hu bed."

When Wang Qinruo heard this, he scolded: "Nonsense, isn't the old man good?" ”

"Get out of the old man! By the way, go down to the old man to find out, which god is cursing the old man? The old man is going to swallow him alive! ”

Seeing that Wang Qinruo was indeed fine, a group of officials and officials shouted and frightened Wang Qinruo one by one and fled from here.

Wang Qinruo sat on the bed and said sadly: "Don't let the old man catch you, otherwise you will be worse off than dead." ”

Wang Qinruo sat up slowly.

"Gaba ......"

A soft sound came to his ears.

He sat up straight and listened, but heard no more sounds.

He continued to get up, one foot just about to step out of the bed.

"Boom ......"

Hu's bed collapsed.

Wang Qinruo collapsed to the ground with Hu Bed, rolled around twice, and hit the corner of the wall before stopping.

His eyes were black, and he collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

"Help...... Save the old man......"

Wang Qinruo shouted for help on the ground, but no one paid attention to him.

It wasn't until a long time ago, when a small official came in to report to him, that he saw him lying on the ground with a disgraced face and trembling.

"Wang Shangshu is down!"

The little official shouted loudly.

When the officials heard this, some of them were skeptical.

An official sent a small official to the public house to take a look, only to know that this time it was true.

As a result, the officials and officials flocked to Wang Qinruo's public house again.

By the time they arrived, Wang Qinruo had already fainted.

They hurriedly asked people to protect Wang Qinruo, and then sent someone to ask for an imperial doctor.

After the imperial doctor arrived, after treating Wang Qinruo, he prescribed a prescription to Wang Qinruo.

And told the officials who were nervously standing aside: "Wang Shangshu is fine, but he is old, and he suddenly fell and his body was a little unbearable, and he will be fine after a period of bed rest." ”

Wang Qinruo woke up faintly at this time, and when he heard the words of the imperial doctor, he hurriedly shouted: "The old man didn't fall suddenly, someone wanted to assassinate the old man!" ”

When the imperial doctor heard this, he said two good words with a smiling face, and after turning around and leaving the public room, he immediately lowered his face.

I secretly scolded my mother in my heart.

The heart of the official! It's just an ordinary fall, and it has to be related to the assassination!

If people really want to assassinate you, they won't choose to be in the yamen of the ministry.

In a place like the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, it is a big crime to assassinate the officials of the imperial court.

Not only the imperial physician thinks so, but even the officials of the ministry think so.

They spoke according to Wang Qinruo's thoughts, coaxed Wang Qinruo to be happy, and immediately sent people to the palace, found Wang Qinruo's descendants, and carried Wang Qinruo back to the palace to recuperate.

As for Wang Qinruo's confession to investigate the person who assassinated him behind it, no one cared at all.

In their opinion, Wang Qinruo fell purely because he himself was old, his legs and feet were not dexterous, and he had nothing to do with other people.

After all, during the period of time when Wang Qinruo was planted, he was the only one in the public house, and there was no one else.

Can others still assassinate him in the air?

No one connected the matter to Koji.

Because the officials of the Ministry watched Kou Ji leave, after Kou Ji left, they rushed to Wang Qinruo's public house and saw that Wang Qinruo was fine.

So they naturally thought that this matter had nothing to do with Koji.

Wang Qinruo's fall, Kou Ji didn't know.

He dug the pit, and if Wang Qinruo could be planted in the pit he dug, he was not completely sure.

Today, he took a turn in the yamen of the ministry, and he was very disappointed in the yamen of the ministry, and he was also very disappointed in the inaction of the officials of the ministry.

When I arrived at the public house, after seeing Wang Qinruo, who was more salted than salted fish, he was naturally a little angry.

He called a few times, but Wang Qinruo ignored him, which made him have bad thoughts.

Out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, Kou Ji rushed all the way back to Kou's Mansion.

I went to the courtyard where the craftsmen were, and told them to make some of the wood-carved frogs they sat on yesterday and send them to Xiang, Wang, and Li.

Then he changed into civilian clothes and went to the orchid garden outside the city to meet Xiang Yan.

I didn't return home until late in the evening.

As soon as he returned home, he was called over by Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun asked the kitchen to make a table of rice, and asked Kou Ji to sit down and eat some with him.

After he was full of wine and food, he asked, "How do you feel when you go to the ministry today?" ”

Kou Ji groaned for a moment, looked at Kou Zhun, and asked, "Are you honest?" ”

"Hmm!"

"Rotten! It sucks! A group of people who are in charge of the promotion and dispatch of hundreds of thousands of officials in the world are like a group of idlers.

Eating, drinking, and merrymaking, reciting poetry, drinking and sleeping soundly, there is everything, but none of them do the right thing.

If they are still like this, what can the officials who are in their hands be good?

Every year, they do not review the political achievements and reputations of officials from all over the country who are sent to the imperial court from all over the country.

Doesn't anyone else think of this as a huge loophole?

If I were an outsider, I wouldn't have to do anything. I only need to make enough money and give it to Shangguan, so that he can help me say a few more good words to the court, and I can be promoted. ”

When Kou Zhun heard Kou Ji's words, he nodded slowly: "So you are angry and assassinated Wang Qinruo?" ”