"Wu Gong!" Suo Etu, who had been guarding the bridge for a long time, saw him coming, and greeted him with a smile on his face, "Please wait with us here." Wu Yingxiong looked up and saw that Suo Etu and Xiong Cilu were also wearing new robes and yellow coats, standing side by side, so panicked that he hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile: "How dare Wu Yingxiong be in the same column with the two auxiliary ministers, don't make fun of Lord Suo." Xiong Cilu smiled and said: "Don't be polite, this is the will that Wei Dongting just handed down, you are the son of the closest relative, and the minister of the court, in detail, we people can't compare with you!" ”

"Master Suo," Wu Yingxiong saw that Xiong Cilu was holding a copper cigarette pot to smoke, and hurriedly took out the fire dismantle from his arms and lit it for Xiong Cixu, and then turned his face and asked Suo Etu: "Why haven't you seen Lord Mingzhu for so long?" Haven't you come back from Shaanxi? Suo Lingtu said with a smile: "Early, Mo Luo, the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, went to Shanxi, and has not returned to Xi'an?" Xiong Cilu was unhurriedly spewing out clouds and mist, and said coldly: "There are a few things to talk about, the road is easy to walk, and it will be faster to return to Beijing, if you encounter such troubles as Oolong Town, it will inevitably be delayed for a few more days." ”

This refers to the matter of using a sword to cut off the West Election Officer in the Pearl of Oolong Town. Suo Etu smiled and turned his face away. Wu Yingxiong's heart sank, and he felt that it was quite difficult to deal with this, whether it was to accuse Mingzhu or to make some complaints about Wu Sangui's Western Electorate, it was very inappropriate. He swallowed aggrievedly and said with a smile: "Whether it is appointed by the officials or chosen by the father, they are all the officials of the Qing Dynasty." All corrupt officials are among those who can be killed. My father's letter praised the Ming people for enforcing the law impartially, and the thieves like the Zhengzhou prefect would not allow him to know about it, otherwise, what else would there be to deal with the king's law? Xiong Cilu smiled, and wanted to say anything more, Suo Etu suddenly pulled the sleeves of the two and said: "The second prince is silent, the emperor is about to come out!" The three men said no more, shook off their horseshoe sleeves, and knelt down one after another. Hundreds of ministers and ministers who were serving in Beijing from Anmen to Zhengyangmen, as well as senior officials from other provinces who had entered Beijing to report on their work, suddenly became silent when they saw the three of them kneeling, and they also knelt down together and waited for the big ride.

After a while, dozens of chamberlains lined up neatly out of the city gate hole, led by Mao Zi, and loudly proclaimed: "The holy car is coming, and the hundred officials are waiting!" "Strike. The dust swept back and retreated. Immediately after, the deacon of the Ministry of Internal Affairs passed it one by one.

Yu Gai has already gone out of Anmen. Wu Yingxiong is a person with a heart, carefully checked, the front is the four nine dragon bright yellow crank cover, followed by the Cuihua Zizhi two covers, twenty handle straight handle nine dragon cover (divided into green, red, soap, white, yellow five colors), eight colors of pure purple, eight colors of pure red square cover followed behind...... At that time, it was the time of the Chen card, the sun was in the sky, the breeze was shearing, and the canopy was dancing with streamers, which was very spectacular. After the canopy, it is a seventy-two palace fan, there are those who write the word longevity, there are those who paint double dragons, peacock pheasant tails, warblers and phoenixes, and the sun is dazzling on one side. Then there are sixteen big pans, on which are written "teaching filial piety", "table festival", "Ming punishment", "Bijiao", "Xingqing", "benevolence", "praise", "Huaiyuan", "Zhenwu", "Fuwen", "Nayan", "Jinshan" and other words, as well as the four gold festivals, four instruments, eight flags, the flag is painted with the phoenix, crane, peacock, yellow bird, white pheasant and other birds, the scales, the color lion, Bai Ze, Jiaorui, the red bear, the yellow bear, the evil spirit, the rhinoceros and other Rui beasts, people are dazzled to see. The front guard of honor has passed for a long time, and the back is still coming in a steady stream. Hao Yingxiong sighed silently, thinking to himself: "No wonder Han Gaozu saw Qin Shi Huang going out on patrol and sighed 'The big husband should be like this'!" When he came to his senses again, the one hundred and twenty flags had been out. Wei Dongting rode on the yellow horse with the wrong golden saddle in a lofty manner, and behind him Mu Zixu and Wolf Blind, Donkey and Zhao Fengchun led forty guards, one color of gold armor uniform, red top and green feathers, and hundreds of forbidden soldiers held golden Yue, lying melon, standing melon, golden bottle, golden chair, golden pestle, big sword, bow and arrow, sword halberd and so on and followed out. The leopard tail gun was a single one, and Wu Yingxiong already knew that another one had been given to ******, so he couldn't help but sneer. At this time, the drums inside and outside the city were moving, and a mountain was shouting, and Kangxi, who was sitting on the first chariot, nodded and waved frequently. Wu Yingxiong saw Kangxi staring at him, and hurriedly knocked his head on the hard stone floor a few times, and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live!" It wasn't until the car was over that he dared to raise his head.

It wasn't until noon that Wu Yingxiong dragged his heavy steps and returned to Shihu Hutong among the hundreds of officials who were interested in Xing Shan. Qing Ke Gonggong Lang Tingshu was waiting at the door early, and when he saw Wu Yingxiong coming back leisurely, he hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Dong Weng is back?" Although it's not far, it's half of grinding and it's tired, why don't you take a sedan chair? ”

"Not tired." Wu Yingxiong was full of worries, and replied lightly, "Everyone didn't sit in a sedan chair, it was too conspicuous - by the way, did Zhou Quanbin come?" He came to worship today. Lang Tingshu smiled: "It's early, according to your wishes, it will be placed in Haochun Xuan!" The two of them walked in, zigzagged in, and when they reached the second gate, suddenly a person arched and said, "Young master, hard work!" "One ended, the other came out. Wu Yingxiong looked at it with his eyes, and the person who came was wearing a crimson Ning silk coat and a green satin coat, a pair of Beijing-style fast boots under his feet, and a half-pale hair braid hanging straight from behind the melon skin hat to his waist. This person is Zhou Quanbin, a member of the Ministry of Engineering who has been running here the most diligently in the past few months. Wu Yingxiong smiled politely, and while "tired of waiting for a long time", he let Zhou Quanbin inside.

"Young master," the two sat down in front of Hao Chunxuan, Zhou Quanbin used the lid of the bowl to pluck the tea leaves floating on it, half-closed slightly puffy single bubble eyes, and opened his mouth straight to the ground, and Wu Yingxiong was thrilled with one sentence: "Do you know? The third prince of Zhu has already gone to Lord Lingzun of Wuhua Mountain in Yunnan, maybe the articles there will be more lively than this suburban festival tour! ”

"I don't know what I mean." Wu Yingxiong has been a hostage in Beijing for more than 20 years, and he is well versed in Tao Hui's technique, although he was surprised in his heart, his face was cold, "I don't know these things, and I don't believe them." Even if it's true, I think this third prince of Zhu with a suspicious background is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down! Zuxia was originally the nephew of the former Ming Chongzhen Emperor Zhou Guifei, and I don't understand why you came to me these words, I don't want to hear it, and I don't dare to listen to it. If you come from the West Drum Tower without tireless work, it is better to go back and rest as soon as possible! He stopped for a long time, took a deep puff of his cigarette, and looked at Zhou Quanbin's reaction through the thick smoke.

Zhou Quanbin was also observing Wu Yingxiong, a short man who was not good-looking, with a slightly bloated body, thin eyebrows and big eyes, thick lips, and he looked very loyal and simple at a glance, but he unexpectedly went against his usual habit of slowing down, and very simply touched him back with a "wall of words". Zhou Quanbin was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "I don't dare to listen to it, maybe it's true, I don't want to hear it...... Since the earthquake, why did His Royal Highness the Prince of the World gallop through Yunnan with a fast horse a day? It's a pity, it will be a few days before King Pingxi gets a reply. You and I are both former ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and we have always had old friends, so why not listen to my opinion first? ”

While listening, Wu Yingxiong carefully picked up the oil sludge in the cigarette stick, and said unhurriedly: "Beijing earthquake, I am worried that there is also an earthquake in Yunnan, so I wrote a letter to greet my father, what's so strange about this?" ”

"Tongshan Mountain collapses, Luo Zhongdong should be-" Zhou Quanbin leaned forward and said, "It turns out that the prince is also worried about the Yunnan earthquake?" This is with the imperial court. Otherwise, why bother to mobilize the people to pray for blessings on Wutai Mountain? ”

"Wutai Mountain?" Wu Yingxiong's eyebrows jumped, only at this moment could he get a glimpse of the thousands of hills and valleys in his heart, but this was only a moment, he immediately returned to normal, "Wutai Mountain is a Buddha resort. Going there shows that my empress dowager and the emperor are worried about the people. Zhou Quanbin then said: "Not only worry about the people, but also worry about the country!" The earthquake came from the southwest, and the ****** in the west, the Geng family and the Shang family in the south all came. Only the Lingzun of the southwest will not come! Wu Shizi is poor, can't he see the scheming and far-sighted plan of the saint's trip? Then, I looked at Wu Yingxiong. Wu Yingxiong smiled sarcastically and asked, "You are the one who knows the poor!" I don't know where to pick up these bird words? ”

"The first is to soothe the hearts of Jingshi." Zhou Quanbin didn't care about Wu Yingxiong's sarcastic words, "The second is to go to the West Road to inspect the people's feelings. This west road is the passage for the king of Pingxi to take the three Qins and to the Jingshi! It seems that the next step of the withdrawal of the feudal domain will not be far away! ”

Wu Yingxiong was stunned for a moment, then smiled dumbly, pointed at Zhou Quanbin and said, "What kind of work do you have?" It is a matter for the imperial court to withdraw the feudal domain or not, what does my father do with Sanqin? The ancestor and father of the family guarded the north gate for decades for the former Ming Dynasty, and only at the most urgent and critical juncture did they seal the father of a Ping Xibo, and after returning to the Shun Dynasty, he was given the title of king in one fell swoop! You say that my Wu family is the same as your Zhou family? ”

"Peppers are worth a lot when they're red, and it's dangerous when they're red." Zhou Quanbin was determined to knock on Wu Yingxiong's door for the third prince of Zhu today, so he didn't give in, "The prince just said it well - Xipingbo is already a 'king', and this is not a very popular person?" ”

"Presumptuous!"

"Presumptuous?" Zhou Quanbin stood up, buttoned the melon skin hat to his head, and Gege sneered, "Uncle Wu is still not satisfied with the tiger in Yunnan, with heavy troops and sitting in the silver hall. You still have to carry the imperial court to smelt iron and boil salt, cast copper to make money, collect grain by yourself, choose your own officials, and disobey orders, which is called presumptuous! "With a hand arched, he was about to resign.

"Why hurry!" Wu Yingxiong hurriedly got up and pulled it, and said with a smile, "Finish talking." ”

"It's fine." Zhou Quanbin saw that he softened, and couldn't help but feel a little proud, "Although the emperor is young, you have seen this clever and wise strategy, how can you allow Ling Zun to go like this?" This time I am fortunate to drive Shanxi, there is only a hundred harms and no benefits to the king of Pingxi, I hope that the king of Pingxi and Wu Shibrother will do it for themselves, so I don't want to say much! He threw his head back and said in a loud voice:

Don't compete with flowers, cold buds are more fragrant at night,

The number of stems is quite showy, and Jiaer is proud of the wind and frost!

"Wu Gong, do you know who wrote this poem to whom?" Wu Yingxiong was stunned and said: "I only know that it was made by the saint, but I don't know who it is written to." ”

"Gan Wenkun!" Zhou Quanbin didn't look back, and said loudly, "Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yungui!" "After that, he walked away.

Wu Yingxiong stood on the steps with his hands behind his back and smiled: "Don't send it." But in his heart, he was thinking: "Your young master has a lot of hole cards that he hasn't played, bastard, you wait and see!" ”