Shuangfu asked him to move, but Han Xiufeng couldn't rush to move to the Wengu Hall, because he still had to meet the two deputy envoys, and he had to say hello to the Manchu Senate, Manchu and Han experience, Manchu and Han governors and other colleagues, as well as the Xiaojing officials who learned to walk in the Yamen of the General Administration, the scribes of various departments and rooms, and even the servants of the tea room.

I inquired at night, and the two deputy envoys, one of the Bujirgen clan, Zachdan, was born as a translator and a chief examiner of the Manchurian Township Examination, and also served as an imperial historian, and I don't know if it was because of his advanced age or other reasons, and he stopped moving forward when he was promoted to the deputy envoy of the General Political Envoy Department, and he was the official who had worked in the Yamen of the General Political Department for the longest time.

Maybe the career is not going well, and some are discouraged. It is said that in the past few years, he has been obsessed with the stories of gods and monsters in "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai", and even plans to translate "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai" into Manchu. Because of this, Han Xiufeng didn't see it, but only saw Yan Zhengji, another deputy envoy who had also just arrived.

The name Yan Zhengji has long been heard of by Han Xiufeng.

Hunan Lipu people, deputy tribute background, changed the test to Beifu, took the official study and teaching, served in the Han army inlaid with yellow flags, after the expiration of the term of office, he used the county, and successively did Henan Wu'an, Yu County, Mengxi, Xinzheng, Lingbao County, and was later promoted to Jiangning Prefect, Changzhou Prefect, and even did Huaiyang Bingbeidao, that is, he did Guo Peilin's current errand.

Three years ago, he went to Guangxi with Saishan'a to quell the turmoil, the prime minister passed the grain platform, and then transferred to Youjiang Province, Guangxi, and was promoted to Henan in the same year, but he still stayed in Guangxi, and then later entered Hunan with the army, assisted in Changsha, and chased Changmao to Wuchang. After the recovery of Wuchang, he served as the political envoy of Hubei and the prefect of Wuchang. In April last year, he was ordered to return to Guangxi to handle grain and Taiwan affairs, and was transferred to Guangdong as a political envoy, but remained in Guangxi. Last month, he was ordered to return to Beijing and Jin to supplement the deputy envoy of the Political Envoy Department.

Although he was only born as a deputy tribute (the deputy list of the township test, which is a little worse than lifting people), but after being a foreign official for so many years, he has to have political achievements and military merits, and his qualifications are beyond the reach of Shuangfu and Li Daosheng. What's more, after the old man is a famous family, it is said that his father is a famous Confucian in Hunan and once taught the famous Yuelu Academy, so no one dares to look down on him.

Han Xiufeng respectfully presented his resume, and was about to say a few more polite words, but the old man put down his resume and said with a smile: "Brother Han, although you and I are meeting for the first time, I am like thunder about your Han Zhixing's name!" ”

"Lord Yan is really good at laughing, it's true that the lower officials have admired adults for a long time."

"Lao Yu didn't joke with you," Yan Zhengji didn't know that Han Xiufeng hadn't slept all night, let alone what Han Xiufeng was here to do, and sighed while motioning to his family to make tea: "Lao Yu has not only heard of the victory of Wanfuqiao, but also knows that you are from Ba County, a fellow villager with Xiang Shuai, and you also know the origin of your family with Wu Wenrong and Lord Wu." If it weren't for you to help take care of the Wu family's small family, I'm afraid Lord Wu would really die! ”

"Lord Yan, how do you know these things," Han Xiufeng was taken aback.

"Didn't the old man be a political envoy in Hubei for a few days, and after a few days with Lord Wu, every time I thought that Lord Wu was martyred like this, I was heartbroken, I was really jealous of the talent!" Yan Zhengji sighed for a long time, and said solemnly: "Lord Wu died for the imperial court, but suffered injustice, the Wu family and several students of Lord Wu have repaired books for me in order to help Lord Wu clear his grievances, and asked me to speak up and help me say a few words of justice, one of the letters mentions Wu Wenming, the cousin of Lord Wu, and also mentions you. ”

How Wu Wenrong died is still inconclusive to this day.

Chonglun, the former governor of Hubei who killed Lord Wu, even framed Wu Wenrong for not dying before Changmao's second attack on Wuchang, saying that Wu Wenrong was greedy for life and afraid of death and escaped, for fear that the imperial court would not know where to hide. As a result, before the matter could be clarified, he abandoned the city and ran away, causing Wuchang to be occupied by Longhair again.

Thinking that the Wu family and Wu Wenrong's students had already found Yan Zhengji for Wu Wenrong, Han Xiufeng realized that Chonglun was in danger of being in a catastrophe, and couldn't help but stand up and bow down and say, "How did Lord Wu die for the country, the lower officials don't know. But Lord Wu's cousin Wu Wenming died, and he had more or less something to do with the lower officials, so I implore the adults to help Lord Wu and Lord Wu's cousin Wu Wenming avenge their grievances! ”

Yan Zhengji didn't expect Han Xiufeng to ask him for help like Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi and other Hunan fellow villagers, and secretly thought that he was really a person who values love and righteousness, and while motioning for Han Xiufeng to get up, he said in a low voice: "The old man who should do it has done it, and the old man who should say it has already been said, and the person who framed Lord Wu is a greedy person who is afraid of death, so the old brother can rest assured, the old man estimates that he will soon have eyebrows when he touches this matter." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

"What's so thankful for this, Lord Wu is a model for my generation, even if the Wu family and those students of Lord Wu don't look for old decay, they have to speak up."

"My lord's righteousness, please accept the inscription of the lower official."

"It's not enough to worry about it, my brother doesn't need to be polite, and this is not the place to say this." Yan Zhengji was worried that there were ears outside the wall, so he immediately changed his words: "Look at your resume, you have acted as the Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture and the supervisor of Jiangjiang Customs, so you should have met Xiang Shuai, Xiang Shuai is okay?" ”

"My lord, although Xiaguan and Xiang Shuai are fellow villagers, Xiaguan really didn't have the time to go to the Jiangnan camp to meet Xiang Shuai when he was the governor of Songjiang Prefecture, Haiphong, and the letters are common. Xiang Shuai didn't say anything in the letter, and the fellow villagers who worked under Xiang Shuai said a lot in the letter, and it can be seen that his old man's situation is not very good. ”

Thinking that the emperor had issued an edict to reprimand Xiang Rong a few days ago, Yan Zhengji sighed lightly: "It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and how to attack and suppress him with few soldiers under him!" ”

"It would be nice if everyone could think like adults, but it's a pity that they don't even go out of Beijing to kill thieves, how can they know the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it."

To Han Xiufeng's surprise, Yan Zhengji stared at him and said meaningfully: "They don't know, you just let them tell them and let them know!" ”

"The adults laughed again, Xiufeng people are soft-spoken, Xiufeng ......"

"Brother Zhixing, people don't necessarily speak lightly, you are already in the official position at a young age, and you have already been made a senator of the General Political Department, and even received the Segu Batu Lu Yong, which shows that Jane is in the heart of the emperor, and the saint is thick. The emperor is about the same age as you, and he is more willing to summon you young courtiers than us old ministers. If you have the opportunity, you will help the emperor to say a few words to Shuai, he was born in the army, he has been fighting abroad, there is no one in the court, and now he can only count on you, a fellow countryman. ”

can hear this from the bottom of his heart, and can imagine that he has a good friendship with Xiang Shuai.

Han Xiufeng's unhappy mood just after being sneered at by Li Daosheng suddenly disappeared, thinking that he could at least talk to the deputy envoy in front of him in the Yamen of the General Administration Department.

Just as he was feeling emotional, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Immediately afterwards, a pen post bowed down and walked to the front of the hall to report: "Lord Yan, someone has come to the palace." ”

Yan Zhengji subconsciously asked: "Someone from the palace?" ”

The pen post was about to explain, and a little eunuch followed up in the lobby, first respectfully saluted Yan Zhengji and Han Xiufeng, and then looked at Han Xiufeng with a smile and said, "Master Han, the emperor has an order to order you to go to Xiyuan with the little one to meet you immediately." ”

"Okay, I'll go now," Han Xiufeng bowed back, and then turned around and said, "Lord Yan, then Xiufeng will go to Xiyuan with this father-in-law first?" ”

As soon as he took office as the emperor, Yan Zhengji was taken aback, and hurriedly got up and said: "Hurry up, hurry up, you can't let the emperor wait for a long time." ”

……

Han Xiufeng followed the eunuchs in the palace and left, and Gu Jinyan, who was guarding in front of the public house, suddenly became six gods and no masters.

When I was chatting with the servants in the teahouse just now, I heard those servants say that in front of them are the big yamen such as Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department, and outside the red wall is the Thousand Step Corridor, and on the east side of the Thousand Step Corridor are the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, the Zongren Mansion, the Tai Hospital, the Qin Tianjian, the Ministry of Industry and the Soldiers. Tiananmen Square in the north, Duanmen, and then inside is the Imperial Palace!

He never imagined that he would come here one day, and although he was so hungry, he did not dare to go out to buy something to eat, and he did not even know if there was anything to sell outside. I wanted to drink a few more sips of tea to mix it up, but I didn't know where the toilet was, so I was already uncomfortable, so I didn't dare to drink water again.

Just when he was in a hurry, a soap officer ran over and said: "The criminal department came to a master, saying that he was looking for your master, didn't your master just enter the palace, do you want to help your master go out and have a look." ”

"Okay, I'll go, thanks."

"Thank you...... Hahaha. Soap Li shook his head with a disgusted expression.

Gu Jinyan really couldn't figure out what was so great about a servant, so he pretended not to see it and locked the door of the public house, and rushed to the door of the yamen, only to see a civil official wearing a five-grade supplement uniform, talking to a few subordinates guarding in front of a carriage.

Before coming to the capital and even coming to Zhili, Gu Jinyan had ever seen the biggest official Guo Peilin, no matter how big Guo Peilin's official was, he was only a Taoist platform, and the Taoist Yamen was simply incomparable with the Criminal Department.

Because of this, Gu Jinyan couldn't help but be a little nervous, and rushed to help for a while before he stepped forward and bowed and said, "Dare to ask my lord, are you here to find my lord, my lord's surname is Han, and his name is Xiufeng......"

"Are you a member of Zhixing's family?" Jiang Haoxuan asked subconsciously.

"Exactly, the student is the long-term follower of Master Han."

"I'm still a scholar, when did I talk to your master, why have I never seen it."

"The student has just come from Taizhou."

Without waiting for Jiang Haoxuan to speak, Xiao Shandong asked eagerly: "What is your surname, what is your name, do you recognize Brother Datou and Su Jueming?" ”

As soon as he heard Xiao Shandong's big head and Su Jueming, Gu Jinyan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "The student's surname is Gu, his name is Jinyan, he is from Taizhou, when Master Han was in Taizhou, the student served under Master Han, and the student not only recognized Yuan Qian and Su Jueming, but also Ji Dajier and Chen Hu. ”

"Mr. Gu, so you're from Hai'an?"

"Exactly."

"Master Jiang, you can't be wrong, this Mr. Gu is really his own person."

Jiang Haoxuan smiled slightly, and then looked into the yamen while asking in a low voice: "Brother Gu, when did you arrive, where is your master?" ”

"Mr. Gu, this is Master Han's fellow countryman, and Master Jiang Haoxuan, a member of the Criminal Department." Afraid that Gu Jinyan didn't know what to call it, Xiao Shandong hurriedly introduced.

Gu Jinyan glanced at it gratefully, and then arched his hand and said, "Master Yujiang, we arrived at night, and as soon as Master Han arrived, he was busy handling official business until dawn. Just after meeting the two Tongzheng adults, and was meeting the deputy envoy, a father-in-law came to the palace and asked my lord to go to Xiyuan with him to meet him. ”

Everything that happened in the morning Jiang Haoxuan felt so incredible, Ao Xixian, who went to the Hanlin Academy early in the morning, listened to the discussions of his colleagues, saying that a fellow who was born as a donor was actually transferred to the general political department to senate, and after listening to it, he found that the fellow was actually Han Si, and hurriedly ran back to the hall to tell Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen, who were going to invite the literary friends to chant poems today.

Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen couldn't believe it, so they simply let Xiao Shandong and Yu Youfu Bing split into two ways, all the way to the Criminal Department to find Jiang Haoxuan, and let Jiang Haoxuan, who was closest to the Yamen of the General Political Division, come to inquire, and go all the way to Wu Zhaoling to inquire, because Wu Zhaoling is close to Su Shun and even Prince Zheng, and he is better informed than others.

Jiang Haoxuan felt that this was groundless when he first heard what Xiao Shandong said, and it wasn't until the soap Li of the General Administration Department said that it was indeed true, and Han Si had already arrived, that he found out that it was true.

Thinking that Han Si not only really became a counselor of the General Political Division, but also summoned him as soon as he arrived at the emperor, Jiang Haoxuan was extremely excited, and pointed to the carriageway: "Brother Gu, outside is not the place to talk, let's go, let's get in the car and say." ”