The official smiled slightly awkwardly, noncommittal. He actually spent half a copper coin to enter the door, but how can this kind of messy matter be mentioned casually to others?

Lai Xing'er stood in front of the gate of the mansion, idle and bored, and after a while, he wanted to chat with the official again to relieve his boredom, so he asked him, "What is the official residence of my lord?" What do you call it? ”

The official seemed to be full of thoughts, and was in a daze, and when he heard Lai Xing'er's question, he suddenly came to his senses, and replied with a smile: "Xiaguan Bazhou Assassin Shi Tangkuan, he doesn't dare to claim respect in front of the little military master of the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

Lai Xing'er has been locked up in the forbidden army camp in recent days, isolated from the outside world, and knows nothing about King Mu's return to Beijing.

Lao Huang is not, he guards a pile of dead people's graves all day long, and he is about to suffocate to death, and he specifically asks his sergeants to collect new things that happen in Chang'an City for him every day for him to relieve his boredom, of course, he knows that King Mu was identified in Bazhou, and he was sent back to Beijing with him. This time, I dare not go back to a small place like Bazhou, I don't know where the Lord plans to promote the adult? ”

Tang Kuan was asked about this, just as someone sprinkled a handful of salt on his wound, the indescribable pain and grievance, he shook his head with a smile, and replied with some embarrassment: "Xia Guan has not received the edict yet." No, today is the purpose of meeting with Master Li to ask what is coming? He only said that the sergeant guarding in front of Li Jinzhong's mansion must be a trustworthy person in the mansion, so he did not hide the purpose of asking to see Li Jinzhong.

However, after all, Tang Kuan is a veteran who has swam in the sea for most of his life, and the core intention of his trip is not to say it to Xing'er and Lao Huang.

It turned out that after Tang Kuan personally accompanied Li Qi, the king of harmony, back to Chang'an, he began to wait with hope for the emperor to reward him generously. In the first two days, it was faintly rumored from Daming Palace that the emperor had seen King Mu return safely, and he was ready to ask him to fill the vacancy left by Zeng Qingze's release and serve as Jing Zhaoyin. This time, Tang Kuanle was broken, and he jumped from the third-class state assassin of the fifth grade to the ranks of the third-grade masters, which is many times stronger than when he went bankrupt and sought office.

However, he waited in the post house for three days, and did not wait for the book appointing himself as Jing Zhaoyin, but unexpectedly received a set of robes and uniforms of a four-rank official. The eunuch who came to preach the message said very concisely and clearly: Bazhou Thorn Shi Tang Kuan, who has meritorious service in supporting King Mu, rewards and obeys the four-grade robes. Other than that, there is not even a specific position.

At this time, Tang Kuanke panicked, he hurriedly spent money to ask people to inquire about the reason, only to learn that Li Jinzhong deliberately squeezed Zeng Qingze away, in order to recommend his henchman Wei Chang to take charge of Jingzhao. Later, for some reason, Wei Chang was promoted, but instead of Jingzhao Shaoyin Fuzheng as the big Yin, he was transferred to the household department as the household servant and envoy. Jing Zhaoyin's position was temporarily replaced by Li Jinzhong because he did not have a suitable candidate at hand, and the emperor did not explicitly object to this.

Originally, if there were no initial rumors, Tang Kuan would not have coveted a high-ranking fat shortage like Jing Zhaoyin, and he would have been satisfied ******** just want to go back to the capital to be a four-grade waiter. And now in front of him, it is clear that someone has put a large piece of fragrant fat meat, and he only has a set of robes without any content, how can he be willing to be willing with such a big contrast?

Thinking of a few years ago, Li Jinzhong had taken over half of his family property, and he could barely be regarded as a person on his line, Tang Kuan's eyes couldn't help but light up, and the flame of hope rekindled in his heart. He planned to go to the Jin State Mansion to see Li Jinzhong, cut out his liver and gall, and show him his heart, so that he could pick the fat of Jing Zhaoyin into his arms in one fell swoop.

Lai Xing'er had no interest in officialdom, but heard from Lao Huang's mouth that King Mu had returned to Chang'an safely, which attracted his attention.

On his recent trip to Luo, he was ordered by the emperor to pretend to be King Mu all the way, and when he arrived at the Nongge Post outside the city of Luo, he was forced to continue to pretend to be King Mu because he had an accident in Jiangling and could not come on time to meet with the delegation team, so he was forced to continue to pretend to be King Mu and enter the city to meet Tubo Zampu

In those days, he almost always recognized himself as King Mu, but he still didn't even know what King Mu looked like, and when he heard that King Mu had successfully escaped from King Gangneung's detention and returned to the capital safely, he couldn't help but feel a surge of longing in his heart: It would be nice to see King Mu, and how interesting it would be for the real and false King Mu to gather together to meet each other!

Lao Huang heard Tang Kuan reply that he asked to see Li Jinzhong in order to inquire about his future, and remembered that Li Jinzhong had said before leaving that he would not return to his house until dark, so he kindly persuaded Tang Kuan: "Master Tang is going to sit in front of the door and wait like this?" I'm afraid that Lord Li won't come back to the house until it gets dark, and in my opinion, Lord Tang might as well wait until the evening to come again, it's better than waiting in vain. ”

Tang Kuan accompanied King Mu back to Beijing without a note in advance. If he had only been given a robe from the fourth rank and his ministry had not changed, then there would have been no reason for him to stay in the capital for one more day. Although Bazhou does not border with Tubo, Nanzhao and other states, it is responsible for transporting troops and delivering grain and grass to the Song, Wei, and Bao states in front.

Therefore, when Tang Kuan left the pavilion in the morning, he secretly made up his mind that he would see Li Jinzhong today no matter what, and take 10,000 steps back to say that even if he could not sit on the throne of Jing Zhaoyin, he had to beg Li Jinzhong to transfer him back to the capital to take up his post.

With such a thought in his heart, how could Tang Kuan be willing to follow Lao Huang's advice and leave the door of the Jin State Mansion easily?

"It's okay, it's okay," Tang Kuan put on a calm look, waved his hand to Lao Huang, and explained, "His Royal Highness King Mu successfully entered the palace to meet the emperor, and the lower officials have nothing to do in the capital, so let's just accompany the two military masters here today to talk." After a while, it will be time for Chen, and the lower official will give some money, please ask this little military master to move a few steps and buy some Hu cake sauce and meat, let's talk while eating, how about it? ”

Lao Huang and Lai Xing'er came to duty early in the morning, and they hadn't eaten yet, and they needed to stand in front of the house until after noon before they could return to the camp to eat.

The three of them stood and sat together, and in front of the Jin State Mansion, you and I chatted one by one. Seeing that the sun was on the three poles, and the time had come, Tang Kuan reached out and took out a purse from his waist, poured out a half-run copper coin from the drawstring purse, and greeted Lai Xing'er with a smile: "Xiaguan has a half-run copper coin here, bother the little military master to go outside the fang." I don't have to pay back the rest of the money, the two guards have worked hard, and they can get some wine to eat, and they can also relieve their fatigue. ”

Lao Huang saw that Tang Kuan's words were trustworthy, and he really did what he said, his eyes were staring at the half-run copper coin in his hand, his face was full of smiles, and he urged Lai Xing'er to say: "Lord Assassin Shi has a reward, you should take it quickly, and do what Lord Assassin Shi said." Obediently, this money is worth a month's worth of me. ”

Lai Xing'er listened to the words of the gang elder Huang, and he was also hungry, so he took the money handed over by Tang Kuan with one hand, and said to Tang Kuan: "Please wait here, and come when you go down." Then he spread his legs and ran out of the square as if flying.

Li Jinzhong's Jin State Mansion is about three or four miles away from Chang'an East City, and Lai Xing'er rushed all the way, and came to East City without a pillar of incense. He first bought a large piece of fat and thin sauce meat in a sauce butcher shop on the street, and bought four or five steaming Hu cakes with meat to eat, and then came to a shop selling vegetables and fruits to pick up a few bright red tomatoes to bring, thinking in his heart, this thing can both quench greasy and quench thirst, and sweet and sour, is Jinping's favorite melon and fruit, take a few back, when the three of them chat and talk dry, you can use it to quench your thirst.

After such a purchase, when Lai Xing'er walked out of the East Market, he counted the remaining money in his hand and found that he had spent less than forty percent. At that time, the situation in the north and south was unstable, the east road was blocked, the tributes and goods from the southeast provinces could not be transported to Chang'an in time, the prices in Chang'an City were boiling, and the price of dou rice had skyrocketed more than ten times from the sixty or seventy before the rebellion. And Tang Kuan is just a small state assassin, and he is so generous as soon as he makes a move, which surprises Lai Xing'er.

Although he was born in a family of eunuchs, scholars, and later entered the palace as a eunuch, he did not have a personal feeling for the difficulties of the people's livelihood and the suffering of the people, but when he was young, his mother taught him to recite many of the poems of his predecessors, such as "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road", "Changtai breathed to cover up the tears, mourning the difficulties of the people's livelihood", which made him have more sympathy and compassion for the poor people who were not enough to cover his body and not enough to eat enough to cover his stomach, and he had a disgust and contempt for the poor and extravagant eunuchs who spent a lot of money.

At present, this Thorn Shi, who is more than half a hundred years old, is so generous to himself and Lao Huang, the two little gatekeepers, he must be a good official who is honest and upright, and he must return the money left over from the purchase of food to him later.

Lai Xing'er thought about walking while walking, and after a while he returned to the door of Lifang, where the Jin State Mansion was located, and when he was about to step into Lifang, someone behind him suddenly stopped him. (To be continued.) )