On the fourth day of the seventh month, before the end of the day, it was already dawning, but there was already a commotion in the capital, and as usual, the officials in Beijing had to take a sedan car early in the morning, and hurried to the palace, waiting to participate in the indispensable morning court meeting every day.

Lu Zhen also left the house early. But unlike in the past, today he did not go out in a car, but on a horse. Not only that, but what he was wearing today was no longer the previous official uniform of the three-rank squire, but a more eye-catching yellow flying fish suit.

This flying fish is not a fish, but a strange creature that looks like a dragon, but is not a dragon. But even so, wearing this garment, the oppressive force is much greater than that of the peacock supplement of the third-grade civil official. When Lu Zhen swaggered onto the street with a few guards, many of the people around flashed to the side with some fear, and a few of them peeked at them with strange eyes.

In addition, the officials of the DPRK and China who passed by in front of his house also seemed to recognize his identity and looked at him with strange eyes, and it was not until Lu Zhen turned his gaze that they hurriedly turned their heads and left in a hurry.

Feeling the pressure brought by this change of identity to others, Lu Jin smiled bitterly, and then shook the reins and rode away. However, this time he went against the officials, not in the direction of the palace, but went straight to the east of the city. Because what he is going to today is the Fusi Yamen of Jinyi Weibei Town, which is located near Dong'anmen.

After a busy period of time, Lu Zhen finally handed over all the relevant errands in the military department. So after a short rest, he set to go to the Zhenfu Division for today. For this reason, he also sent a letter to the Zhenfu Division two days earlier, asking those Jinyi guards with more than 100 households who stayed in Beijing to wait in the yamen early this morning.

Even though he knew that his sudden arrival as the commander of the Jinyi Guard as a civil official would inevitably make the old people among them dissatisfied, and he had heard that some of them would have trouble getting along with him, Lu Zhen did not mean to back down at all. Going to work today, he is mentally prepared to fight with others.

After going against the flow of chariots and horses in the direction of Dongcheng for a while, the road was finally empty, and Lu Zhen had a rare glimpse of the relatively empty streets of Beijing. To tell the truth, during this period of time, he has become accustomed to the crowded city of Beijing because he has to go to court every day like other officials. It was only at this time that I found out that the imperial capital today was still very empty compared to a few hundred years later.

This kind of understanding was even more profound when I came to the vicinity of Dong'anmen, and there were almost no people in the area ahead, and people were a little hairy when they saw it empty. This is naturally because there are two yamen in this place that people hate and fear - the existence of the Zhenfu Division and the Dongchang, which have long frightened the surrounding people to dare not approach.

However, Lu Zhen and his party had to continue to move forward, and soon turned into one of the alleys, all the way to the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen, which was quite powerful and serious. The other yamen of the town is not much different from the ordinary official office, the same stone lion standing at the town gate, and the same guard standing in front of the door, but the color of this gate is not vermilion like the general yamen, but painted with a layer of black paint, which makes people tremble when they look at it.

Seeing that Lu Jin's group of more than ten people rode over in such a big way, the four guards guarding the door were obviously stunned. In the past, the high-ranking officials of the six Shangshu came to Jinyiwei, and they were all cautious, and they got off the horse and got off the sedan chair as early as the entrance of the alley, and these guys were too bold.

But just when someone was about to go up and ask, they had already seen the clothes on Lu Jin's body clearly, so they quickly swallowed back the words of questioning that came to their lips, and then saluted with crossed hands: "I have seen my lord, but my lord is the new governor of our Jinyi Guard?" ”

Fortunately, they had already received orders and knew that the new commander would take office today, so they didn't make any trouble. Lu Zhen glanced at them, and then nodded: "It's this official." How about it, have all those officials from 100 households or more in Beijing arrived? ”

"This ......" The guards glanced at each other, and then replied: "Back to the governor, most of the thousands of households are already waiting for orders inside. ”

"Mostly?" Lu Zhen snorted lowly, and then jumped off the horse lightly, shook his hand and handed the reins and horsewhip to one of them, and then said, "Then lead this official in to speak." ”

"Governor, why don't you let the little one go in first, and let the adults come out to greet you?" One of the guards stammered. Although there are many people in it who look down on this new commander who was born as a civilian official, it is better to be respectful to them ordinary captains.

Lu Zhen didn't appreciate it: "No need, the official will go in, and he won't bother them to come out to greet him." As he spoke, he opened his mouth and ordered the head of the man to lead the way.

Lu Dudu said this, and the guards in front of the door naturally didn't dare to insist, so they hurriedly separated two people to lead the way in front of the leader with their bows, and led a few of them all the way to the head of Fusi in Beizhen.

In fact, the pattern of the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen is no different from the ordinary Yamen, but there is just one more school field after entering the door. At this time, the school yard was empty, only a few lieutenants were practicing martial arts there, and when they saw such a group of people coming in, they all stopped their movements and looked at them curiously.

Lu Jin didn't mean to talk to them, just glanced over there a few times, and continued to move forward, and after a while, he passed through a door and came to the second hall where Jinyiwei usually worked.

And after entering this door, the original cold atmosphere was swept away, and I could faintly hear bursts of laughter in the lobby in front of me. Seeing this, one of the captains who led the way was about to take a few steps to report the news, but was pressed on the shoulder by Lu Jin: "You all go back, this official can go by himself." ”

"Huh?" The two lieutenants couldn't keep up with Lu Jin's rhythm, but since the governor had ordered so, they couldn't disobey, so they had to retreat with some anxiety. And Lu Zhen led people to follow the sound inside, with an unpredictable smile on his face.

"My lord, isn't there something wrong with that?" It wasn't until the two guards retreated that Qingle frowned slightly and said, "This is not in accordance with etiquette." "Indeed, how can there be a reason why a new official is so sneaky when he arrives, and he doesn't even say hello?

The corners of Lu Jin's mouth curled: "If you go to the general yamen, you should naturally come according to the rules." But how can this Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division be a place to talk about rules? Let's go, I'm going to see what their attitude is. ”

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Qingle was not easy to persuade again, so he accompanied him all the way inside, and soon came to the front of the lobby that covered an extremely large area. At this time, the high-pitched voices that came from inside were already clear to them. And when they heard this, the faces of Qingle and the others suddenly sank.

I just heard that someone was complaining at this time: "Our Lu Du Governor is a big shelf, and he said that we should come here early this morning, but now it has passed the day, and I don't see him coming, isn't this a pastime for us?" ”

"What's this? Now that he is in the ascendant of the Holy Family, he naturally can do whatever he wants. What's more, he is the governor of our Jinyi Guard, can he still be guilty if he arrives late? ”

"Ying Qianhu, what you said is right, he is a civil official, he knows what it means to be a little mao, isn't it because of the favor of the Son of Heaven that he can get such a position. If you want me to say, we shouldn't have come here early at all, and learn how good it is to sleep at home like Qiu Qianhu and them. ”

Hearing that they arranged Lu Jin like this, Qinggele and a few other relatives suddenly felt annoyed, and wanted to enter the door to reprimand, but then Lu Jin raised his hand to stop their movements, shook his head at them, made a gesture of calming down, and listened attentively. A few people looked at each other a few times, but they had to be patient and follow him outside to listen to those guys' nonsense.

At this time, the topic of the discussion had fallen on how to deal with Lu Jin, the new boss, and one person said lazily: "Actually, he is a civil official who doesn't know anything, and it's the same as if he didn't come, let's do our errand ...... the same."

"The words are good, but if we can bear this breath, Liao Tongzhi may not be able to swallow this breath. Originally, according to his qualifications and the merits he made for our Jinyiwei, he should be the governor this time. But now it's good, Your Majesty has sent such a powerless scholar to lead the Zhenfu Division, how can this convince people? ”

"What you said is reasonable, no wonder Liao Tongzhi hasn't come to the yamen in the past few days, it turns out that he has a heart disease. Song Qianhu, you have always thought that Liao Tong knew that the horse was the first to look forward, so you didn't think about helping him get his position back? ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall was tense, and everyone was silent, obviously waiting for this Song Qianhu to say something. After being silent for a while, he snorted: "I naturally want to help Liao Tongzhi, but I also need you to stand on my side." Won't Governor Lu come over later, and then we will rectify him in a good way, so that he can know that not everyone can come here to point fingers! ”

"Song Qianhu said it well, we should do this, otherwise our group of noble military attaches will let a literati who don't know anything about military affairs ride on their heads, and they will not have the face to meet people when they go out in the future." The others immediately chimed in, as if they were eager to try.

But their enthusiastic speech soon stopped suddenly, because at some point a figure flashed in front of the door, and a man with a calm bearing and dressed in a flying fish suit was smiling at them.