Just when Shang Cheng was teaching Duan Si, a few horses came running on the official road in the south.

This time it was Zhen Qian and several officials from the military department who came back.

Zhen Qian saw Shang Cheng from afar, but after getting off the horse, he didn't come over immediately, but first greeted the pillar country sitting in the second official pavilion and a few generals and talked a few words, and then walked to the first pavilion to greet Shang Cheng.

Zhen Qian sat down at the stone table and asked Shang Cheng, "Why are you here too?" ”

"The people in my family came with Sun Zhongshan. They are in Beijing today, and I will pick them up here. ”

Zhen Xiang's eyes widened with an "oh", and she smiled self-deprecatingly after a few stops. Hey, he also thought that Shang Cheng didn't understand the system of the imperial court, and came to greet Sun Fu and the Yanshan team that entered Beijing. Foreign garrisons who enter Beijing for reading can only be stationed in the military camps outside the Beijing Division designated by the Ministry of War; Only by waiting until two or three days before the military exercise can he obey the order and gradually move to; After performing martial arts, if there is the permission of the Son of Heaven, you may be able to stay in the capital for two or three days, otherwise you will have to withdraw from on the same day, and you must withdraw the camp and return to the establishment within ten days......

After listening to Zhen Qian's words, Shang Cheng didn't say anything, just smiled. He has been a soldier for several years, and even if no one around him reminds him, this rule is still understood.

He asked Zhenqian, "What are you doing here?" ”

"I'm here to greet Yan Gu and Lin Xiao."

"Both of them have arrived in Beijing?" Shang Cheng asked in surprise. Admiral Yan Gu of Longxi will not talk about it, his personal enmity and public grudge with him have reached the edge of the sky, and he doesn't want to resolve it in this life. Dingjin Admiral Linxiao, the title of Pillar State, the founding marquis, is the number three person in the army Yang Du's faction; The number two person of the Yang family is Wu Chen, the commander of Bohaiwei, who is also the Shangzhu State and the title of Duke of Lu Guo. From here, it can also be seen why the Yang system is always shorter than the Xiao family. The Xiao family has three Shangzhu states, two founding princes and one Shifeng county uncle, and has long controlled the two most powerful and important Wei towns in Wuwei Town, one Jinggi Wei and Longxi Wei. Whether it is high or low in rank, the size of the knighthood or the scope of the jurisdiction, Yang Du's family is all at a disadvantage.

"They all arrived yesterday evening, only half an hour earlier than Sun Fu." Zhen Qian said with a strange expression, "The old county king of Qinghe and the two clans rushed over to visit and comfort him last night. Early this morning, Cen Shangshu also rushed to Beiying to visit the soldiers who came from Yanshan. ”

Shang Cheng laughed. The people of Xiao Yang's two factions have been fighting for twenty or thirty years, and they have long formed a grudge to fight for real fire, no matter what they do, they have to distinguish between high and low; Even if it's a piece of shit, as long as it's taken by the other party, it's unbelievable, and it must be fought for, even if the result of snatching it back in the end can only teach yourself to fall into a stinky, you have to fight!

He asked Zhen Xiang again, "Who is sitting over there?" Is it to welcome Yan Gu, or to welcome Lin Xiao? He bowed to a few of the officials next door.

"Shangguan Rui." Zhen Xiang only said a name.

That's enough. Although Shang Cheng didn't know Shangguan Rui, at least he had heard of this person, although he was not directly in charge of the army and led the troops in the Liyuan battalion, but the transfer and command of the various departments in Liyuan must be signed by him before he could be executed, so he was a very high-ranking real power figure in the Liyuan battalion. This person is also one of the backbones of the Xiao family; Of course, he couldn't come here because of Lin Xiao, but only to greet Yan Gu.

Shang Cheng was wondering why he only saw Shangguan Rui but not Yang Du's people came to greet Lin Xiao, and a group of people came from the direction of the capital. The leaders are the two red-robed pillar countries, he can't name them, but he has seen them at the Zhengdan court meeting, and they are all Yang Du's soldiers. The two of them also saw him, Zhenqian and Shangguan Rui, and bowed two salutes from afar, and directly went to the third official pavilion.

Zhen Qian returned the salute and sat down, pretending to whisper to himself: "Today's official pavilion is lively enough." One by one, it seems that I really didn't lose this trip. As he spoke, he glanced at Shang Cheng. You Shang Yanshan and Yan Gu are mortal enemies, and you don't deal with Yang Du, everyone else is a lot of Zhuguo on the pillar, you bring a five-grade general guard, and wait for the "Three Governors" to be staged here, you have the upper hand on the scene......

Shang Cheng knew that he was teasing himself both inside and outside of his words, so he turned the topic to another matter. He asked Zhenqian and said, "I heard that a few days ago, the Prime Minister's Office called the Zhengqing of the Taishi Bureau to scold him. He pretended to be curious. What is the reason? ”

As soon as the originally happy Zhenqian heard the Taishi Bureau, his face immediately became gloomy.

The Taishi Bureau and the Ministry of Industry teamed up to test the glass-burning, which caused an uproar in the capital, and all the gods and ghosts went out together, almost fighting for the ownership of the two shares sold by the Taishi Bureau. Because of this, the Ministry of Industry did not dare to spend the Lantern Festival in the capital, and under the pretext of being busy with official business, he nested in Xiangzhou City on the north bank of the Yellow River, and would rather die than move. As time went by, more and more people rushed to hear the news, and the market price of the two percent of the shares also became higher and higher. On the first day after the Lantern Festival, a sea merchant who happened to be in Beijing raised 20 million yuan and hired more than a dozen Hao Ben carts to pull tens of thousands of catties of money outside the city; These tens of thousands of catties of miscellaneous copper directly caused the market price of the two shares to overflow by one to ten, which immediately caused an uproar among the government and the opposition, and they accused the Taishi Bureau of "not thinking about progress and greedy for profit". Zhang Pu called Zhengqing of the Taishi Bureau to the public office for half an hour, and then took advantage of the situation to take back 20% of the shares of the Taishi Bureau, and then the public party officially issued a document to hand over the matter of testing the glass and the shares of the Taishi Bureau to the Ministry of Industry with full authority. As soon as this move came out, the government and the opposition suddenly calmed down, and occasionally a few people who were proud of their wealth were not angry, but in the face of the official documents of the imperial court, they only dared to scold two sentences behind their backs. The glass storm then disappeared into invisibility.

Among the incidents caused by the test burning of glass, the most proud is of course the Ministry of Industry, with the support of Zhang Pu and the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Industry can generously invest money in the glass-burning kiln. The most frustrated seems to be the Taishi Bureau, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is actually Zhang Pu who solved the great difficulty for the Taishi Bureau. And the Taishi Bureau Zhengqing is just a five-rank official, and in ordinary times, he doesn't want to step into the prime minister's office for three years and five years, this time he can be surrounded by several prime ministers and take turns to teach for half an hour, it seems that he has lost a big ugly, but in fact, he has greatly increased his face and is qualified to listen to the teachings of the prime ministers in person, which one will be an ordinary person? There were also people who were punished in the incident. Li Mu, a bachelor of Hanlin, "did not report his knowledge" and was fined for three months; However, according to well-informed sources in the Sixth Ministry, Li Mu was punished, and his status in the public party rose a lot, and his *** case was transferred from the third room in the left wing of the public party to the first room in the right wing the day before yesterday. The other one who was punished was Tian Xiu, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and even the bachelor's position was removed. However, it is also rumored that the Ministry of Industry has issued a letter to the Ministry of Officials, asking Tian Xiu to be appointed as the Observer of the Ministry of Industry; The ministry also approved it. The Ministry of Industry of the Ministry of Industry observed that it was the eighth grade, which was two orders different from the seventh grade of the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and it seemed that Tian Xiu had suffered a big loss. However, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is a fictitious title, but the observation of the Ministry of Industry is a real job, and the position that the Jinshi who has been in the office for several years can't find a position has fallen on her, a woman who is not even a Jinshi, and she actually took a big advantage! There are also rumors that the Ministry of Industry will appoint her to supervise the firing of glass. It is foreseeable that if the glass can be fired smoothly, her official position can be further advanced......

Speaking of which, it seems that no one has suffered in this turmoil. In fact, there are indeed people who are unlucky. The unlucky person is the left squire of the military department, Lang Zhenqian. At the beginning, there were many people who knew that Zhenqian refused to join forces with the Taishi Bureau to test the glass, and he himself talked about it as a joke, but when he saw that the big bargain he got was picked up by the Ministry of Industry, the military department immediately complained. The boss complains about the subordinates' complaints, plus the jokes of friends, and makes a real mess of people inside and out. Now when he heard Shang Cheng reveal his "scars", he darkened his face at that time, and said with a sneer: "I don't think the Ministry of Industry can make this glass!" ”

"That's hard to say." Shang Cheng said with a smile. Since Zhenqian rejected his "kindness" at the beginning and sneered at him, then Zhenqian is now "in trouble", and he will definitely "fall into the well". "Burning glass is actually very simple. As long as you try to remove the messy impurities in the sand, and then mix some soda ash, it will be easy to burn. He simply omitted the process of doing experiments over and over again to find the best formula ratio, just to crack down on the real herb. The lower Zhenqian's mood became, the happier he became.

Zhen Qian now had a headache when he heard the word glass, so he simply ignored him and turned around to talk to Duan Si. He asked Duan Si, "General Duan, are you still used to staying in the capital?" ”

This is obviously out of words. But the left waiter of the military department asked him face-to-face, and Duan Si couldn't help but answer. Duan Si had no choice but to say, "It's okay." ”

"The scene of the Central Plains is different from Yanshan, if General Duan is not on duty, he should walk around and have a good look."

"I remember." Duan Si squeezed out a smile and said, "This, I'll go see if the horses have been fed." Lord Yiyi, you and the general of my family will talk slowly. As he spoke, he stood up and saluted and left. Before he had taken two steps, he heard the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground from the north, and the wind swept towards the ground like a storm. Looking up and looking closely, the two horse teams carrying the tall and tall horses were one after the other, like the white-haired wind of the grassland, whistling and chasing and swarming; Pedestrians and caravans along the road have taken refuge. No need to ask, this is the arrival of Yan Gu, the governor of Longxi, and Linxiao, the governor of Dingjin.

Zhen Qian stood up, shook his robe with a crowned hat, and led five or six military officials out of the official pavilion to wait on the side of the road. The generals who came to greet them in the two pavilions behind also poured out, and began to stand on tiptoe and shake their hands from afar, greet affectionately and shout loudly. In the blink of an eye, the leading horse team came to the front, and Daxu stationed eight opening flags to both sides, and a red-robed general took a few steps forward with the horses, and on the horseback, he bowed his hand to Zhenxiang: "Lord Lao Zhen is far away!" Zhenxiang returned the courtesy, and said solemnly: "Yan Shangzhu has worked hard for me Da Zhao!" The official next to him immediately took a plate covered with red brocade, on which were placed three green porcelain bowls, which were served by Zhenqian one by one. followed by Lin Xiao, and he also responded to the food in this way......

This kind of scene of the generals of the border towns entering the Beijing court to greet them, not to mention the pedestrians and merchants resting on the pavilion corridor is the first time I have seen or heard of it, even the guards and soldiers of the generals of the Beijing division who followed Shangguan Rui and their guards and soldiers have not been there, and they are all standing outside the pavilion under the corridor and looking blankly. Not to mention Duan Si and Li Feng, the earth leopards from Yanshan, since the arrival of the two horse teams, their eyes have not turned, for fear of missing a detail. After a while, Duan Si came back to his senses, and asked in a low voice with admiration in his mouth: "I said, you are also a Shangzhu country, and you are also a general who fights for the country, why is there no such thing, such a ...... What about such a courtesy? ”

Shang Cheng sat on the drum stool and laughed, and said, "When you reach the Pillar Kingdom, you will probably be able to figure out the truth." "The first two times he entered Kyoto was to rush on his schedule, and he didn't stop at the outskirts of Gyeonggi at all, and the soldiers at the front station had just informed the military department of his itinerary, and he had already entered the city on the back foot, and the military department didn't have time to prepare even if he wanted to have some welcome ceremonies. Besides, the scale of Yan Gu and Linxiao's guards is around 100 people, but he only has a little more people around him when he first enters Beijing, only more than 30, and the other two times are more than a dozen guards and guards, where can they compare to others with pomp?

Duan Si didn't understand the truth, but he was very aggrieved for Shang Cheng, and said: "If you knew that the imperial court still had this rule, you should have also stayed outside Gyeonggi for one night!" ”

Shang Cheng smiled and said nothing. It's not that he doesn't disrespect these institutional etiquette. He just felt that if he had time to make trouble with these vain things, he might as well spend more time figuring out how to clean up the Turpent people. Just like Sun Zhongshan, who is neither Shangzhu nor the Admiral of Weizhen, he will definitely not be able to enjoy the liquor offered by the court officials. However, who in the whole world doesn't know that he, the general who destroyed Blackwater City? I'm afraid that even these places like Nanzhao Tubo and Dayue now know that Da Zhao has a Sun Fu.

Now, the two Wei Zhen Commanders had dismounted, and they were accompanied by Zhen Qian and several Zhuguo generals into the pavilion. Shang Cheng didn't stand up, let alone greet him with a smile. He is a Shangzhu country, higher than Linxiao's honor, and he can't pee in a pot with Yang Du, so there is no reason to get up to greet him; Although he and Yan Gu have never faced each other, the two of them are enemies who cannot be resolved, and it is impossible to give Yan Gu a good face. So he sat on the stone table in the pavilion, without raising his head, just staring at the broken pottery bowl at the fork in his hand, as if he was attracted by the production process of this pottery bowl.

Zhen Qian joked just now that he wanted to watch "The Three Governors", but Shang Cheng sat still and felt that things were very tricky. He first introduced to the two admirals: "This is Shangshang Yanshan, Shangzhu Guoying County. He also pointed to Linxiao and said to Shang Cheng, "This is the general of the Zhu Kingdom, the founding marquis, and the admiral of Dingjin, Lin Xiaolin." ”

Shang Cheng nodded at Lin Xiao, waved his hand, pointed to the stone drum bench on the right and said, "Lao Lin, right?" You sit. I have something to say to you...... "He plans to play the big drama of "Yang Shang's discord", and when Yan Shanwei entered the grassland to fight twice, Ding Jinwei was a matter of not making a soldier and looking for trouble with Linxiao.

Lin Xiao heard about the martial arts on the Zichen Hall on the day of Zhengdan on the way. His mind was lively, and he knew that this was Yang Du and Shang Cheng acting, and now he saw that Shang Cheng pointed out the stone bench on the right to himself, and the seat on the left must be Zhenqian, so he hurriedly gave a military salute and said "Don't dare", and sat down opposite Shang Cheng. Good guy, this Yixian Shang Yanshan dares to single-handedly fight Yang Du Gushi in the Zichen Palace, and he is really a ruthless character! However, is he still going to challenge himself and Yan Baisheng single-handedly today?

Zhen Qian pretended not to see Shang Cheng's troublemaker, and pointed to Yan Gu and introduced: "This is General Yan Guyan, the governor of Longxi, the Shangzhu Guoan Guogong. ”

Shang Cheng finally raised his head and solemnly faced the top. He looked at Yan Gu from head to toe, sniffled, turned his gaze to Zhen Qian and then back to Yan Gu, and said, "Oh, you are the Yan Baisheng who soaked in the manure tank in Hezhou for two days and two nights?" Oh, I've often heard people say that 'it's better to be famous than to meet', and today I finally understood the truth in the words......"

As soon as these words came out, from Zhenqian to Linxiao to Shangguan Rui, together with the generals and guards who heard these words in the pavilion and under the pavilion, they all felt a chill. The most jealous thing in Yan Gu's life is that others mentioned Hezhou, and they dared to say in front of him that most of the people who suffered in those two days and two nights did not end up; But the Shang Yanshan in front of him said Hezhou when he opened his mouth, and said that "it is better to be famous when you meet", which is completely humiliating Yan Gu in person! Shangguan Rui and the three Xiao generals of Liyuan didn't know what to do, and a Longxi general who came with Yan Gu took a step forward suddenly, and his hand pressed on the hilt of his sword and was about to shout loudly, and he stopped him with his arm one by one. Yan Gu's eagle-like eyes stared at Shang Cheng, and he turned around with a sneer and said, "I heard someone say that Shang Yanshankou is clever and eloquent, and it seems that it is indeed worthy of its reputation!" ”

Shangguan Rui and several Xiao generals all squeezed out a smile at the corner of their mouths, but no one dared to laugh out loud. The blind man of Shang is famous, and he is a character who dares to fight with Yang Du in the Zichen Palace, who wants to provoke him for no reason? He dared to pick Yang Du Gushi even and wanted to clean up a general in a red robe who wore a red robe, but it was not a matter of hand?

Lin Xiao and several Yang generals kept their faces silent, as if they hadn't seen anything or heard anything, but everyone was shouting in their hearts that it was a pity. The guy who jumped up to trouble Shang Yanshan was Yan Gu's right-hand man, not Yan Gu's fast stop, as long as a word popped out of that guy's mouth, most of them would have to be ruled by the military to half death, and a few downgrades would be light, and maybe he would be kicked out of the army. Hey, what a shame!

Yan Gu had a cold face and sat down on the stone bench that Shang Cheng had just pointed out to Lin Xiao. It was just like these two or three steps, and he had already thought of a way to deal with Shang Cheng. Shang Cheng's rise was so fast that he was transferred back to the capital to relax before he even had time to make mistakes, and it was obviously impossible to blame him for his mistakes in this regard; In addition, this guy's past record is not easy to evaluate, he fought a war when he became the commander of Yanshan, and he could retreat calmly and calmly in the situation of 30,000 strong enemies, even if he lost the battle, he was still honored...... He sat down and stared at Shang Cheng and said, "You're here to pick up people, right?" ”

"Good eyesight, I can guess it." Shang Cheng said with a smile. Several Yang generals were all smiling. Shang Cheng was obviously mocking Yan Gu. What else could it be when they came to this pick-up pavilion to greet their friends?

"Excuse me, which family is Uncle Ying waiting for today?"

Shang Cheng glanced at him and said, "I didn't plan to tell you." But seeing that you are so sincere, it doesn't hurt to tell you. I'm here to pick up my family. ”

"I don't know if Uncle Ying knows, this is the official pavilion." Yan Gu glanced left and right, and said with a false smile, "I heard that Uncle Ying's wife has passed away a long time ago, could it be that the rest of your family members are also members of the court?" ”

Shang Cheng smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be wearing a military uniform, and you still have splendid articles in your belly." One by one, I underestimated you. "That's what he really said. This Yan Baisheng is not all in vain, there is still a little bit of color in his eyes. After a pause, he continued, "I won't tell you, I have two concubines who have been registered in the Ministry of Rites, and they will be able to have the imperial court's seal in just these two days." As he spoke, he shouted, "Duan Si,"

"My Majesty!"

"To Xiu Niang and that really, really...... What a mother! I told you earlier, Xiu Niang and Zhen Niang's seal, the Ministry of Rites said that it didn't say when it would come down? ”

Duan Si is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and when he heard Shang Cheng speak, he immediately understood, his face changed just right, and he immediately stood up: "Oh, this, this ......"

"Huh?"

With Shang Cheng's dull nasal voice, Duan Si immediately bowed his waist lower and whispered, "...... There are too many things in the past few days, and I forget about it when I get busy! I'll do it myself right away! Dereliction of duty, please punish the general! ”

"Really!" Shang Cheng said unhappily, "Forget it this time, you must pay more attention next time." Remember to do it as soon as you get back. He asked Zhen Qian again, "Lord Zhen, you are an old Beijing official, and the principles of the system are clear and clear." Do you think that if my two concubines have not been sealed, I can't sit and wait in this pavilion? ”

Zhen Qian grinned. He felt that even if the two singers didn't have a fate, as long as no one jumped out and had many things, Shang Cheng could sit in the pavilion as well. But now that Yan Gu has made it clear that he wants to find a fork in business, things are not easy to say. He pondered for a moment and said: "Uncle Ying is a county earl, and according to the court system, family members can have a wife and four wives. Although the nobles have not yet recorded the scrolls in the Ministry of Rites for filing, there are far and near passages and the speed of the texts, and it is not much hindering that the volumes cannot be changed in time. ”

Duan Si leaned over and whispered, "Miss's carriage has arrived." ”

Shang Cheng nodded, turned to Yan Gu and said, "You understand the advice of the real adult, right?" He also said, "When a husband walks in the world, he should be upright." If you only dare to play a conspiracy behind your back, it is a trick used by villains! After speaking, he no longer looked at Yan Gu's pale face with anger, stood up and hugged his fists to give a salute, and walked out of the official pavilion.

More than a dozen carriages had been parked on the official road.

Erya, wrapped in a sable fur, stood on the wheel of the first carriage, and her round goose egg face did not know whether it was blown by the cold wind on the road or because she was too excited, in short, it was as red as a rhododendron blooming in spring. When she saw Shang Cheng coming out of the pavilion, she was even more happy and stomped her feet vigorously, shaking her hand and beckoning him vigorously, but she just didn't jump out of the car. Seeing Shang Cheng approach, he suddenly screamed "ah", and the fit slammed into his arms from the wheel.

Shang Cheng didn't expect her to come to this hand, and originally wanted to say hello and joke with her, but Er Ya threw himself down and hugged him, and took two steps back in succession before he finally gained a firm foothold. He put Erya down, smiled unnaturally, and said, "It's all big girls, and you still make such jokes?" ”

Erya felt that even the back of her neck was so red and hot, she didn't dare to raise her head to look at him, and whispered, "How many years have you ...... Oh, Yue'er and I are in a car. You, you...... She also wants you to carry her down. The last few words were almost quieter than a mosquito humming.

Yue'er was already standing by the wheel. Her face was redder than Erya, and she looked at the monk's outstretched arms and hesitated, closed her eyes suddenly, jumped down one by one, and was still hugged by him......

Sitting in a car in the back were the big girl and Pan'er. The two of them obviously didn't have the courage of Yue'er and Erya, and they didn't dare to let him get out of the car in public. But they were reluctant to go down on their own, and finally took a compromise and let him take the hand and come down. That's it, they don't dare to raise their heads, and their hearts are beating so much that they panic.

In the third car were Aunt Seventeen, Xiao Shi'er and Sang Aiai, and Shang Cheng greeted them all. It was windy outside, and it was warm in the carriage, so Shang Cheng didn't say anything to them for fear that the little guy would cause trouble. Anyway, Uncle Seventeen's family will live in Beijing in the future, and there will be more time to talk. As for Sang Xiu and Zhennu in the next car, they had already quietly got out of the car by themselves, standing respectfully on the side of the road with their heads down. For them, Shang Cheng is their heaven and their land, and they don't ask him to give them anything in this life, just ask him to treat them well, and this is enough......

On the way back to the city, Duan Si asked Shang Cheng in a low voice, "Do you really want to go to the Ministry of Rites to record the book?" ”

Shang Cheng was silent. If you don't record it, can you get it done? He fought with Yang Du in front of Emperor Dongyuan, and the reason for the choice was to fight for Sang Xiu, and today he said in front of so many people that he wanted to ask for a seal for Sang Xiu and Zhennu, and if any guy "had the heart" to inquire about the Ministry of Rites, he found that he actually didn't record these two girls, and it was estimated that he would have to walk around without eating......