Chapter 627: A Gentleman Is Also Seen Under the Dangerous Wall

Both Tatars and Warats had the past of detaining envoys, so it was never a good errand to send an envoy to the steppe on behalf of the imperial court. After all, no one wants to risk their lives to deal with the Tartars. It's just that these things are not up to you whether you want to or not, so the current envoys who go to Warat must be ordered, and I don't know how many people are relieved, but Zhang Yue was shocked.

He never imagined that he would not have to go to that kind of place to take risks, but Wan Shijie, who had not been transferred from the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Rites, had this first-class drudgery. After the news was transmitted from the court meeting presided over by the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, at noon that day, he went to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and waited at the door after being reported. Since it happened to be lunchtime at this time, several young officials who came out of it saw such a person at the door, their faces were a little delicate, and they all walked quickly with oil on the soles of their feet.

"I knew that as soon as the news came out, you would definitely not be able to hold back the Yuan Festival, and sure enough, you still came!"

Wan Shijie knew what he wanted to say as soon as he saw Zhang Yue's expression, and hurriedly made a gesture to make him patient for a while, and then dragged people out of the alley. When he got out of this Liubu Hutong, there were fewer officials around, and he looked around for a while before letting go of Zhang Yue and stretching lazily. It wasn't until Zhang Yue's angry question came from his ears that he turned his head sideways.

"Don't tell me you volunteered!"

"Am I the kind of person who is willing to risk his life and ask for a long journey? I'm newly married, and of course I don't want to go to a place where the Tartars call the shots! Besides, the reputation of the Shunning King is not very good, his old son Mahamu deducted the Ming envoys when he was there, he is better than the blue, I heard that the leaders of the other two tribes are fighting for power, and the other end is still staring at Tatar Arutai. If you want me to say, Arutai shouldn't have let this person go in the first place, and if he killed him with a knife, there would be no trouble now. ”

Listening to Wan Shijie's calm tone, Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh: "I only knew such a thing when the early dynasty announced it, but there was no rumor at all before. At the beginning, Li Shangshu asked me to prepare, and I thought that it must be the Ministry of War that picked people, but who knew that it would be such a stubble in the end. Presumably that Lu Shangshu had a good wishful thinking, you used to be in the military department, and now you are the host and guest secretary of the Ministry of Rites, this qualification is just right, and the emperor will naturally not have a second word. But there are so many people in his Ministry of Rites, can't he find other suitable ones? ”

"The up and down of the Ministry of Rites is like an iron bucket, all of them are pulled by Lu Shangshu, but the slightest disobedience is either dethroned or transferred, and he doesn't need to play any tricks with me, a foreigner. If I can complete the task safely and come back, then I have merit and he will be even more meritorious; If not, then it is just a small official, and the emperor is now annoyed that there is no reason to start a war, and it may be time to raise troops to fight, but it is not Arutai but Warat...... I'm joking with you, who doesn't know that Lu Shangshu was the first to oppose the Northern Expedition, and now that the news is confused and can't be decided, he naturally wants to dispel the emperor's idea, so he likes me, who can speak well. Ahem, it's not me who goes, someone else goes, someone has to take a risk on this thing. Besides, the three tribes of Warat have been paying tribute all these years, and they will not be as reckless as Mahamu at the beginning. ”

Despite what Wan Shijie said, Zhang Yue's heart was still heavy. This person is always selfish, although someone has to take on this dangerous deed, but when it comes to his relatives and friends, it is naturally not comparable to outsiders going to risk, not to mention that Wan Shijie and Xiao Wu have only been married for more than a month, even if there is a little bit of ...... He could hardly have imagined the consequences!

"Don't worry, I begged for a sign in the temple at the beginning, and the great monk said that I was killed in a good fortune, which is a first-class hard life, and I can live to be eighty years old in this life! Besides, I'm not like you, you're Arutai's killer enemy, and you'll probably be targeted as soon as you get out of the jam, and I, a poor boy with no backing background, is much simpler, who will get along with me? ”

Seeing a restaurant on the side of the road, Wan Shijie dragged Zhang Yue in without saying anything, asked for a quiet table against the wall, and ordered the food three times five divided by two. While waiting for the meal, he gently tapped the bowl with chopsticks: "After the next dynasty, Lu Shangshu called me over, because he was an envoy, and there were about 200 guards in his entourage, all of whom were selected from the Jingying Jingwei, and they were definitely elite." In addition, this kind of deed-only case is accompanied by a lieutenant, do you know who is going with me? ”

Although he was full of worries, seeing the attitude of Wanshijie, Zhang Yue could only accept this helpless fact. At this time, seeing that Wanshijie was still interested in selling Guanzi, he couldn't help but be angry and funny: "I'm not a roundworm in the emperor's stomach, how do I know who is going with you?" Those eunuchs are shrewd and shrewd, and I am afraid that the proud ones will not go. ”

"That's natural, I think Lu Feng and you went to Xinghe together at the beginning, but they were already excluded, let alone this time? Gee...... This time he was accompanied by the celebrant Feng Yu Cheng Jiu. I heard that this guy is not yet twenty, and he used to be Lu Feng's henchman, but since he was sent this kind of errand this time, I am afraid that he will either lose his position, or have some other hidden secrets. ”

Cheng Jiu? As soon as Zhang Yue heard this name, he remembered last year's incident, and after being surprised for a while, he took it for granted. According to Lu Feng's temper, as long as there is doubt in his heart, he will not keep it on hold, and now I am afraid that the liquidation has begun. But the more this was the case, the more he felt that it was unsafe for him to go to Warat this time, so he couldn't help but think of his four guards. Thinking that they had also just married their daughters-in-law, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

"Alright, don't talk about me, talk about something else. The township test is coming up in August, how are Xiao Fang and your fourth brother preparing? ”

"I've almost studied the problem solving and the like, but this exam is only seven points in three points, and you don't know it!"

"Hey, too! Today, the Ministry of Rites has just invited the examiners of the Ying Tianfu Township Examination and the Shuntianfu Township Examination, do you know who Ying Tianfu Township piloted? In addition to Luo Rujing, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, there is also the champion of our subject, Li Qi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy. The examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination has not yet been ordered, and it is estimated that there are two in the Hanlin Academy. It's a pity that you and I don't get into Hanlin, it's hard to have protégés all over the world in this life, if the two of them can win, they can finally comfort us! ”

In the face of the gags of the Wanshi Festival, Zhang Yue simply thought that this time this guy was not unfortunate enough to win the lottery to go to Wara, but to go to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to play. After the comforting words were said in vain, the two of them simply ate a meal, and after filling their stomachs, Zhang Yue saw that Wan Shijie was slowly picking his teeth, and the depression and anger in his heart couldn't help but be swept away.

No matter how you look at this guy, he is a blessed person! However, he always had to pick a few people to help out with the Wanshi Festival.

When he went out, Wan Shijie said that he would go back to Yamen in the afternoon to make some travel preparations, but Zhang Yue did not agree. Seeing that it was still early, he suddenly pulled up Wanshijie and hurried back to Liubu Hutong, and then hurriedly led the envoy Soap Li out of the stable, dragged the person on the horse and left.

"Hey, where are we going this time? I still have something to do in the afternoon, and there is still a large set of rules to be taught by the host and guest Shiro, and I will have to go to the Lingji Palace to learn etiquette at that time...... Hey, Yuanjie, don't just walk! ”

There were no pedestrians on the streets at noon, so Zhang Yue and Wan Shijie hurried all the way and stepped on pedestrians. Zhang Yue is familiar with the way, and Wan Shijie is dizzy. When he got off the ground, the latter looked around blankly, and finally realized that it was a small teaching ground. Murmuring, he saw Zhang Yue jump off the horse and say something to the two young sergeants at the door, so he also jumped off the horse. After listening to it for a while, he finally caught those words.

The avant-garde ...... of the government army This is the guard army subordinate to the emperor's grandson?

Since Zhang Yue and Zhu Zhanji often came here to ride and shoot for parades before, everyone up and down knew him, but now that he came here again after many days, two young sergeants immediately reported to the top, and an officer came out after a while. Although he was very young, he was not a man of many words, and he only dutifully brought Zhang Yue and Wan Shijie to the teaching field and retreated.

As soon as the others left, Wan Shijie muttered in a low voice: "People outside say that the avant-garde officers of the government army are carefully selected young soldiers, I thought that the officers inside would be arrogant, but now it seems that I want to diverge." This person seems to be from everyone's background, and his every move is measured, as if he has a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away, and he doesn't know what his popularity is in the army. ”

"There were many children of the family in the companionship of the emperor's grandson, but most of the avant-garde of the government army were innocent civilian military households, and the officers were also inherited by virtue of martial arts, and they were only awarded after making meritorious contributions, so they were the reserve of the Beijing camp. To be arrogant...... Just now, he was the commander of the avant-garde of the government army, Juan, the brother-in-law of the imperial concubine, and he was really a relative with a prominent status. ”

Seeing Wan Shijie's shocked look with wide eyes, Zhang Yue was amused in his heart. Although he doesn't come much now, he occasionally comes to see Shi Heng, after all, this is the person entrusted to him by Wang Yu, and he didn't see anyone in the surroundings at this time, so he withdrew his gaze, but saw a commander on the path on the side, who had seen many times before, accompanied by a person. I saw that the man was wearing a red brocade treasure flower robe, with black shoes under his feet, and just as he looked over, the pair of dark pupils also noticed him.

"Ah, it's Lord Zhang."

"Grandpa Chen, Lord Wei."

As soon as Chen Wu saw Zhang Yue, he left the Wei Commander beside him and walked up quickly, and when he saw Zhang Yue bowing to him, he said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Taisun also said that now you are busy in the Ministry of Staff, and he has no one to try riding and shooting, I didn't expect you to come here today." Knowing this, the little one shouldn't have stopped His Highness before. Hey, this is ......."

"Grandpa Chen laughed, I'm so busy every day that my feet don't touch the ground, and today I just sneaked out while others were unprepared. This is the Wailang Wanshi, the host and guest secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and my brother-in-law is also the same year. Lao Wan, this is Gonggong Chen of the Imperial Sun Palace. ”

Knowing that Wanshijie didn't have much chance to deal with these eunuchs in the palace, Zhang Yue Shao had to explain it at both ends. Commander Wei rarely asked about political affairs, and his face was just ordinary, but Chen Wu looked at Wanshijie very much, and immediately nodded with a sudden understanding, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the Lord Wan who is going to Wara in the near future, the little one understands." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Commander Wei, and said indifferently: "The vanguard of the government army is also the Jingwei, so I asked Lord Wei to personally select some people to accompany Lord Wan, how about it?" ”