In the past few years, Wang Zhen's mansion in the capital has always been a place where all kinds of dignitaries and dignitaries flock to, even if he often only stays in the palace to serve the Son of Heaven, those local officials who are officials in Beijing, or who report to Beijing will also find all kinds of excuses to visit the door, and at the same time send a staggering gift.

Today, the prince has just taken turns to rest at home, and there are more officials who have heard the news, and all kinds of carriages and horses have parked the square in front of the palace that covers a wide area in the morning, even though it is almost dusk at this time, but the carriages and horses here are still not reduced.

The only thing that many people with insufficient status can do is to bribe the Wang family's disciples to get a chance to enter. Of course, they can't really meet the prince in person, but as long as they can meet one of the stewards in this mansion and express their hearts, then they will be regarded as people under the prince in the future. At that time, their status in the officialdom will naturally be different, especially for the officials who are released to the outside world, and this will become their capital for doing evil in the local area.

It's just that even the steward of the Wang family is not so easy to see. is the so-called seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, the current Wang Zhenke is much more powerful than the prime minister of the previous dynasty, how can the steward of his family pay attention to some local petty officials? This is to let them show their own means, and use more gold and silver to bribe Menzi to let them in.

The scene in front of him competing for gifts completely fell into the eyes of Lu Jin, who had just arrived in front of the Wang's Mansion, and when he saw this, he shook his head and sighed. This is now the court officials under the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, and they have put more thoughts on speculation, which is really the sorrow of the world.

For a moment, he didn't even think maliciously, I wonder what these guys will think when they find out that Wang Zhen made a big mistake and was killed next year. But this thought is just a flash, Wang Zhen deserves to die, but those Ming soldiers who went north with him are innocent. So you have to do everything you can to stop this from happening, and today is a great opportunity!

Thinking of this, Lu Zhen had already jumped out of the carriage, and after a little tidying up his clothes, he took Qinggel to pass with the officials waiting in the open space, and then came to the side door of the Wang family with a high threshold.

Most of the officials waiting for news around them came to Beijing from other places, so they didn't know this colleague who had recently made a lot of noise in the capital. At this time, seeing that he was young and only brought an entourage, many people showed disdain, feeling that this young man was just here to make a trip for nothing.

The doorman of the Wang family happened to send another official away at this time. Just fifteen taels of silver just want to let himself pass for him, this official from Huizhou is too underestimated on the threshold of the Wang family, right? And when he saw the inconspicuous Lu Zhen coming, he even looked at the urn with his nostrils and said angrily: "Where are you an official, do you know the rules?" ”

Generally speaking, if an ordinary official saw his attitude, he would have been three points shorter, and after smiling and reporting his official name or something, there would be a greeting post or something, and of course the worship post naturally hid the gold and silver given to him.

But the young man in front of him didn't pay such attention at all, but after glancing at him with a smile, he said in an unquestionable tone: "Your Excellency is tired of going in and saying that Lu Zhen wants to see the prince and have something to discuss!" ”

"Do you think you are something, and the prince is also casually let people see it?" That disciple subconsciously snorted rather disdainfully, but then reacted quickly, his face quickly changed, and he exclaimed, "What did you say your name was?" ”

"This official Lu Jin!" Lu Zhen looked directly into the other party's eyes, and his momentum was quite amazing, and he was so frightened that he retreated from this Wang family, who had seen a lot of the world. However, this one quickly calmed down again: "The prince is busy with official business today, and you can see how many people outside this gate are waiting to see his old man, but it is not something you can see if you want to see it." ”

Although Lu Jin's name is indeed not small, and as an official who dared to oppose Wang Zhen and has never been taken down, he has also left a deep impression in the hearts of his family, but this is still not enough for this family to inform him. To put it bluntly, Lu Jin, a small five-grade official, is not yet taken seriously.

Although the conversation between the two of them was not loud, this somewhat strange negotiation was still clearly seen by the people around him. Seeing that this young man dared to talk to the Wang family so loudly, many people were surprised. They haven't been here once or twice, but they haven't seen anyone dare to come to the Wang family with such an attitude, what is the origin of this young man?

Some of them also showed disapproving looks, guessing that Lu Zhen would soon be touched by a gray nose, and then driven down by this tough doorman.

At the moment when everyone was speculating, Lu Zhen did not see annoyance or embarrassment, but took out an object from his sleeve with a smile and handed it over: "I think as long as someone sees this thing, they won't say that." ”

Hearing him say such arrogant words, the man unconsciously showed a mocking look. But then, his smile quickly froze on his face: "This ...... This is the waist card of ...... Dongchang Juetou, and he has naturally seen a lot as a disciple of the Wang family.

"What, do you still want to spend it? This official doesn't have too good patience, if you make a mistake because of this, the prince will blame it, and you won't be able to eat and go around! Lu Jin seemed to be a little impatient, and immediately sank his face and whispered such a sentence.

The man was intimidated by its momentum, and after slamming the spirit, he finally took the waist card casually, and said: "You wait for ......" and hurriedly went in to report. And this scene fell into the eyes of those officials on the side, which made them even more dumbfounded, and they couldn't imagine that it would be such a result. This young man obviously didn't hand over any silver or silver tickets, how can a sign make people obey? What the hell is this guy's origin?

Lu Jin, who was outside the door, was still standing calmly under the strange eyes of everyone, but the Wang family across the door was no longer calm. After seeing this waist card, the steward knew that something must have happened, otherwise the waist card of Dongchang Juetou would not have fallen into the hands of Lu Jin, the opponent. So he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly sent it to the backyard and handed it over to Wang Zhen, who was half-lying on the chair, beating his back and pinching his feet by several girls, and at the same time listening to the babbling and singing of music on the stage in front of him.

After taking a look at the waist card, Wang Zhen, who was originally lazy, sat up suddenly, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. After thinking about it for a while, he finally nodded: "Since they have all come to the door, let's see you." Let him in and see what he has to say. ”

When Lu Zhen was welcomed in by the Wang family's subordinates, it once again provoked a discussion among those officials outside. At this time, someone had already recognized his identity, so everyone felt even more weird, and they couldn't guess what kind of medicine Lu Zhen was selling in the gourd.

Lu Zhen didn't have the heart to pay attention to what others thought, but just walked inside along the long thousand-step corridor with the people of the Wang family. This Wang Zhen's mansion not only occupies an area of the aurora, but also has an extraordinary style of carved beams and paintings, which is not inferior to the real palace.

After passing through the front yard, he finally came to a flower hall, and at this time Lu Zhen had already heard a burst of babbling opera singing, which made him laugh, this Wang Zhen is a person who will enjoy it. Without waiting for the person leading the way to go in to report, he walked directly into the flower hall.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Wang Zhen half-lying on a chair, and at this time, he also happened to shift his gaze from the opera performance in front of him to the door, playing with the waist card in his hand, and the corners of his mouth showed a trace of an unpredictable smile: "Lu Jin? ”

"I've seen the princess." Lu Zhen stepped forward without humility or arrogance, and arched his hand slightly at the other party, which was considered a salute. His casual behavior made Wang Zhen's complexion change slightly, you must know that at this time, except for a few important ministers and dignitaries in the court, ordinary people have to respectfully bow when they see him. And this person in front of him is just a five-grade petty official, so he dares to be so rude.

Fortunately, Wang Zhen is still a bit of a city mansion, although he was unhappy, he didn't have an immediate seizure, just stared at the other party and said, "You don't have any friendship with our family, why do you want to come to my mansion today?" And he brought such a strange thing......" As soon as he let go of his hand, he threw the ivory waist card on the ground.

This move is undoubtedly a reminder to Lu Jin, even if you really hold the owner of this waist card in your hand, don't think that I will back down and compromise because of this.

Lu Zhen immediately understood what the other party meant, but he didn't panic at all, he just said calmly: "Xia Guan took the liberty to come here today because he wanted to make a deal with you, the princess. ”

"Buying and selling?" Wang Zhen sneered disdainfully: "You and I are not businessmen, what kind of business can we make?" ”

"What we're going to do, of course, isn't buying and selling in the ordinary sense." Lu Zhen still said his words calmly: "What I want is just to let the prince promise me two conditions, one is not to wronged Lang Zhong Jibin of our military department, he is indeed innocent." Second......"

"Wait!" Before Lu Zhen could say his second condition, Wang Zhen had already interrupted: "Why do you think that our family will be coerced by you and act according to your wishes?" Is it just this piece of waist card, or is it its owner?

"Although Shi Hui does have some identity in Dongchang, since he is incapable of being captured by you, why should our family stand up for him again? So surnamed Lu, you better die of this heart as soon as possible, go back quickly. Wang Zhen completely put on a posture of not wanting to talk, and it seemed that Lu Jin's calculation was wrong......