Early the next morning, Zhao Hongrun also got up early, because he was going to the Ministry of Officials today to meet Xu Rong of Dali Temple and Chu Shuli of Daliang Mansion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he and the guards went out, the group unexpectedly found that Wen Qi, the newly recruited doorman in the mansion, was standing near the gate of the mansion for some reason.

"Mr. Wen, what are you doing here?" Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.

"Your Highness." Wen Qi first bowed to Zhao Hongrun, and then said seriously: "Yesterday, His Royal Highness has recruited Wen as a guest, and the so-called merit is not punished. After that, he added: "I know that Your Highness is going to the Ministry of Officials today, although I don't know much about the investigation of criminal cases, but I think I can act as an entourage for His Highness's call, and I also ask Your Highness to bring your Highness with you, maybe you can do your best." ”

I have to say that Wen Qi's words were very beautiful, but unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun and the guards behind him were not fooled, and they all showed weird smiles.

Even, Mu Qing ignored Wen Qi's face and revealed the truth with a smile: "I said Mr. Wen, that little girl in Lu'er, is it really so scary for you?" ”

"Hehe......" The corners of Wen Qi's eyes twitched twice, but he didn't dare to say anything.

After all, yesterday, he was scolded by Lu'er pointing his nose in front of Zhao Hongrun, and once again scolded him speechless, patting his chest and saying that Wen Qi had never seen such a murderous woman.

Although he was a little embarrassed, Wen Qi had to admit that he, who had a very poisonous mouth in the past, was not an opponent at all in front of that little girl.

What embarrassed him even more was that because Lu'er was born in the market and grew up in the fireworks and willow alleys of a water pavilion, the words that sometimes popped out of her mouth really made Wen Qi's face red and his heart jumped.

It's not that Wen Qi is a chick, in fact, he has not been to the fireworks and willow alleys of a water pavilion to drink flower wine in the past, in the end, it is still a good face for scholars, so some filthy words can't be said at all, so that he was scolded by Lu'er and opened his mouth.

"I was so scared by a little girl, I really grew you for nothing, look at our Royal Highness, although you haven't grown ...... tall"

Mu Qing, who said this openly, didn't notice that the rest of the sect guards walked away from him with tacit understanding, drawing a clear line with him.

"Mu Qing, what's wrong with this king's height?" Zhao Hongrun turned his head with a smile, and although he had a thick smile on his face, it made Mu Qing's whole body tremble unnaturally, swallowed his saliva, and said, "The meaning of the humble position is that His Highness is just the right height...... It's not, uh......"

"Run to the Ministry of Justice." Zhao Hongrun said expressionlessly.

Mu Qing's face collapsed when he heard this, and under the sympathetic gaze of the brothers who shook their heads and sighed, they wanted to cry without tears: "Your Highness, the palace is a long way from the Ministry of Rites, and it will run away from the dead......

"Let's talk about running to death."

"Yes...... The lowly duty goes first. With a sad face, Mu Qing opened his legs and ran towards the distance.

It's really hard to learn......

I bet he did it on purpose......

Is it good?

I don't know if it's any good, anyway, if it goes on like this, sooner or later, that kid will be demoted by His Highness to the Horse Army to collect horse manure.

The guards whispered in a gloating voice.

So far, many people have known that height is a great taboo for a certain His Royal Highness King Su, but the guards, some of the guys who died still have to open which pot to mention.

Although this can be regarded as some kind of amusement between master and servant, but the guy who violates this taboo often ends up quite miserable.

"His Royal Highness's relationship with several Zongwei lords is really good, it seems to be a master and servant, but in fact, he is a brother......

As a bystander, Wen Qi seemed to be able to clearly feel the bond between Zhao Hongrun and the Zongwei, which made him very envious, after all, he could be said to be alone in Daliang.

Listening to Wen Qi's words, Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly, after all, Wen Qi was right, in a sense, the Zongwei were the siblings of a prince like him, who could treat each other honestly and never abandon him.

As if seeing something, Zhao Hongrun said softly: "Mr. Wen can also trust this king, of course, this king will also trust Mr. Wen's ......"

Wen Qi was stunned and didn't say anything, maybe he hadn't thought about whether he wanted to really serve His Royal Highness King Su in front of him.

After all, contemporary scholars pay attention to the idea of starting from the beginning to the end, and the idea of loyalty and not two masters has a great influence on them.

And to defect to King Su, this choice has certain limitations.

For example, if Wen Qi really becomes Zhao Hongrun's staff, it means that his career path will be restricted: the Ministry of Officials will definitely have no drama, and most of the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs will not want him, and the Criminal Department may still have a little chance, counting and counting, only the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Smelting Bureau, which have a good relationship with King Su, are left.

And the most embarrassing part is that Zhao Hongrun has no intention of competing for the throne, so to put it mildly, if the new monarch of Wei in the future has a conflict with this Su king, if this Su king cannot gain a foothold in Daliang, Wen Qi, as a staff member, can only follow Zhao Hongrun to Shangshui County, almost cutting off the way to serve as a courtier.

This is the reason why almost no aspiring students are willing to come to Zhao Hongrun, the hottest His Royal Highness King Su at the moment - no one knows what His Royal Highness King Su will be like in ten years, who is currently powerful.

However, Wen Qi is not because of this, after all, he disturbed the order of the examination room a while ago and offended too many officials in the DPRK and China, so even if the imperial court allows him to take the exam again regardless of his previous suspicions in the future, and Wen Qi has achieved excellent results in the examination, he may not be able to serve as a Beijing official, and most of the officials who have been disgruntled will be squeezed down to the place, and if he is lucky, he will become a county commander with real power, and if he is unlucky, he will be transferred to a county town like Zhengcheng, which is full of big nobles, and the dignified county order may be just a puppet that has been set aside.

Therefore, Wen Qi is no longer very enthusiastic about his career, what he cares about is Zhao Hongrun's character and ambition.

The former is important, the latter is even more important - who wants to follow a lord who has no ambitions?

Therefore, for Zhao Hongrun's hints, Wen Qi did not pick up the stubble, he wanted to take another look.

And seeing that Wen Qi didn't pick up the stubble, Zhao Hongrun didn't care, after all, the days are long, why rush for a while?

The carriage drove for about a quarter of an hour, and Zhao Hongrun and the others came to the Ministry of Officials.

After getting out of the carriage, Zhao Hongrun found that outside the office of the Ministry of Officials, there were guards standing guard everywhere, and he even saw a team of patrolling guards.

If nothing else, the government of the Ministry of Officials has been monitored, and the only person who has the right to do this is the chief official in charge of the case, Dali Temple Qing Zheng Xu Rong.

Just when Zhao Hongrun introduced several important points of the case to Wen Qi, Zongwei Changwei arrogantly walked straight to the head of those guards, negotiated with the other party, and obtained the qualification to pass in the name of King Su and the inspector.

Walking out of the Ministry of Officials with Wen Qi and others, Zhao Hongrun found that although the house was full of guards, it did not seem to affect the daily work of the officials.

Of course, some of them inevitably pointed at the guards with a worried look on their faces.

"Well deserved!" Wen Qi sneered and scolded in a low voice, with a faint look of joy on his face.

It's no wonder, after all, he tried to fail the list three years ago, which was caused by the interference of officials in the ministry, if Wen Qi's hatred for Zhao Hongrun accounted for two points, then the hatred for the ministry may not be enough for the remaining eight points.

Probably hearing Wen Qi's low scolding, several officials standing in the corridor immediately cast their eyes and stared at Zhao Hongrun and his party with unkind expressions.

Zhao Hongrun couldn't cry or laugh, you must know that his reputation in the Ministry of Officials is bad enough, and now with the addition of a Wen Qi, I believe that the officials of the Ministry of Officials will have to put them on the list of the least welcome objects, and they will be far ahead on the list.

However, it was the head of the Zongwei Wei Jiao who reminded Wen Qi: "There is no other reason to set up an enemy for His Highness." ”

Wen Qi was stunned, and then the hatred on his face subsided a lot, but with that gloating smile, Zhao Hongrun felt that he might be even more hated by the officials of the ministry.

Under the guidance of some guards along the way, Zhao Hongrun came to the treasury of the Ministry of Officials.

Outside the warehouse, Xu Rong of Dali Temple was looking thoughtfully at the rows of buildings in front of him.

"Lord Xu."

Zhao Hongrun stepped forward to greet Xu Rong.

It may be that he hasn't slept all night, Xu Rong's complexion is not very good, and his eyes are a little sunken.

"Your Highness? …… Hey, who is this? Xu Rong noticed Wen Qi who was standing beside Zhao Hongrun.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun then introduced: "This is the king's newly recruited guest, Wen Qi. ”

"Wen Qi ......" Xu Rong stroked his beard, and then said with a smile: "Haha, it turned out to be Mr. Wen and Mr. Wen, who made a name for themselves in this year's examination venue...... Look up for a long time. ”

Wen Qi returned the salute in embarrassment.

In fact, after calming down and thinking about it carefully, he gradually felt that he was a bit of a bastard at that time - he was a grass man to take revenge on the court? It's good for him to survive.

Seeing the embarrassment on Wen Qi's face, Zhao Hongrun diverted the topic: "Lord Xu, have you found any clues?" ”

Hearing this, the smile on Xu Rong's face gradually retracted, and after glancing at Wen Qi, he said in a low voice, "Please borrow a step from Your Highness to speak." ”

Zhao Hongrun wanted to show his trust in Wen Qi, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

Because this is not a relationship of trust and distrust, but the relationship between this case is too big, if it is in front of strangers, the Dali Siqing in front of him will not be revealed.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said apologetically to Wen Qi: "Mr. Wen, wait here. ”

Wen Qi was very calm, after all, he also had self-knowledge: "Your Highness, go." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun took the sect guard Changwei Jiao and followed Xu Rong to a no-man's corner, at this time, he heard Xu Rong say in a low voice: "Your Highness, look at this." ”

As he spoke, he took out a booklet the size of two palms from his bosom.

"What is this?"

"The book of the treasury of the ministry, but whenever someone comes to look through the official register, they need to leave their names in this book, as well as the time of visit and return, which also has a record of Zhou Shangshu."

"So, Zhou Shangshu was killed after leaving the ministry?" Zhao Hongrun was a little confused.

At this time, I saw Xu Rong sneering, conjuring an oil lamp from his sleeve as if he was juggling, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, take a closer look...... It is impossible for Zhou Shangshu to leave the ministry until this hour. ”

Glancing at the oil lamp, and then at the time of Zhou Yan's visit and return recorded in the record book, Zhao Hongrun's face gradually became darker.

For he had realized that the murderer, perhaps an accomplice, had committed a fatal negligence. (To be continued.) )