When Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, returned home, it was already past the end of the day. Everyone in the family knows that although the old man is over eighty years old, his ears have gradually turned a little down, but he is still meticulous in doing things, so no one dares to persuade him to cherish his blessings and maintain his health, and stop working so hard. The two family members came up and took his arm and got out of the sedan chair, and one by one lifted him up from the armpits, but they sent him to the main hall as if his feet did not touch the ground.

As an old minister of the Five Dynasties, a member of the first rank, and a heavenly official at the head of the Six Dynasties, Ma Wensheng also enjoyed this, and the subordinates raised in the entire house were these who showed their heads in front of him. At this moment, he was holding a hot towel and pillowing his face on the lotus leaf head on the Taishi chair, no one could see what expression was on his face, only the old housekeeper stood next to him and reported who had come to visit today, all for what it was, and only he heard the inaudible sigh from Ma Wensheng's mouth.

"Master, Zhang Cai in the Wenxuan Shilang asks to see you."

Hearing this voice at first glance, Ma Wensheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, until the little guy who reported the incident raised his voice and said it again, he sat up straight all of a sudden, ripped off the hot towel from his face, and ordered loudly: "Go and invite him in!" ”

Ma Wensheng and Zhang Cai are both from Henan, but if you want to talk about love, it is only after Ma Wensheng was transferred from the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Officials that he was slowly born in the past few years. At this time, when he saw Zhang Cai striding in to pay respects, he said with a smile: "You came by chance, the old man just came back, and he hasn't even had time to eat dinner, so it's just right for you to have a meal." ”

"I can't ask for the light meal of the ministry family." Seeing that the servant woman quickly washed Ma Wensheng's feet, and served the people to put on shoes and socks, and immediately withdrew with the other subordinates, he said apologetically, "I was waiting for the ministry to come home in a small teahouse nearby and hurried over, forgetting for a moment that you have been busy in the yamen for a day, and even disturbed your little loose time." ”

"If you know to bother, you will give the old man a comeback to do things!" Ma Wensheng interrupted Zhang Cai's words mercilessly, and when he saw that people were a little surprised, he said angrily, "Manly man, you said before that you were not afraid of impeachment, but now you are hiding like a turtle with a shrunken head!" This ministry was originally the busiest yamen in the world, where can you afford to pick a son among the anthologists! ”

"I also know that it will be difficult for the ministry." Zhang Cai lowered his head and sighed, then suddenly raised his head and said, "However, the previous Wenhua Hall was in the court, and the ministry should have participated, don't you think that those bosses have fallen into a battle of will?" Regardless of whether Xu Xun and others exceeded their authority or were arbitrary, it was a big victory after all, so calculating, I thought that the first emperor had given more than 20,000 people military merits because of the protection of the country, and I didn't see them insist so much. I think Xu Xun has a sentence that I think is extremely reasonable, making the soldiers bleed and cry, how can it not be chilling! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Cai suddenly aggravated his tone, and said word by word: "Moreover, it is not the lower officials who accuse the minister behind his back. Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, is far worse than the ministry in terms of strategic military affairs! ”

Ma Wensheng governor of Shaanxi for seven years, and then attached to the Mongolian rebellion, he supervised the pursuit of the capture of Pingzhang Tieliesun, and then on behalf of Wang Yue general control of Ningxia Yansui Gansu, after being recalled, and with the rank of the military department to rectify the Jimen to Liaodong armament, three to Liaodong, in the military department of the secretary and recaptured Hami. Although he has never been out of the capital since the beginning of Hongzhi, compared to those bigwigs with little experience in side affairs, he has been in charge of the military department, and this chest is just a little bit.

"Say no more!"

After interrupting Zhang Cai's words, Ma Wensheng did not reproach Zhang Cai, but said lightly, "It's useless to just say it." Therefore, the old man has already written a recital and intends to submit it, saying that the merits of the soldiers should not be erased, and a reward should be sent to them as soon as possible. No matter who makes the credit, a big victory is a big victory, and the merit is a merit, so why bother to get to the bottom of the cold people's hearts! ”

Zhang Cai couldn't help but come to Ma Wensheng, but he felt that this crooked wind in the DPRK and China was too breathtaking, and at this moment, he couldn't help but bow deeply to Ma Wensheng with admiration and said: "The ministry is wise!" ”

"What kind of wisdom, if it is really wise, the old man will not be confused by the war of words in Wenhua Hall that day, and he just let things go into such a mess. Yuan Fu listened to Li Xiya most of the people in military affairs, and Li Xiya listened to Liu Dongshan of the military department most of them, and he pressed Xu Xun purely from the perspective of power, didn't he know that the emperor was young, wouldn't he be angry when he saw such a situation, not to mention that Miao Kui and others added fuel to the fire! After rewarding the military merits, after giving Xu Xun to the knighthood, he was ordered to continue to manage the avant-garde of the government army, where would there be so much to say! ”

Ma Wensheng said this in one breath, he couldn't help but feel a little tired, and after coughing a few times, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Cai and said: "You are all sick at home, but you still care about these, which shows your sincerity." Come out and do things, or help the old man with this old bone, I still have a lot of things to entrust to you. ”

"The ministry ......" Zhang Cai took a deep breath, and then said in a hoarse voice, "I came today not only to persuade the ministry to use its prestige to turn around in the cabinet and the six ministries...... I myself have already sent a fold to it, except that the meritorious service should be approved as soon as possible, and it is the Ministry of Responsibility...... The Ministry of Responsibility is slow and undedicated, and Liu Daxia, the book, should be responsible! ”

"You...... It's just that the old man is going to the book, what are you doing with it, blindly mixing! And also pointed at Liu Daxia, are you afraid that this trip to the muddy waters is not chaotic enough? ”

Marven was so angry that he was smoking, but he raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Cai, seeing that the person's face was calm and he didn't say anything, he couldn't help but lean back with his hand on his forehead, and said after a long time: "You are a member of the ministry, the last time you reversed the selection of the law, the old man tried his best to speak for you, since your recital is written like this, others must think that it is my instructions...... That's it, the old man is a big deal, so he relies on the old man to sell the old man and point fingers at the military department once...... The old man has been away from the military department for many years, but the military department has become a pool of stagnant water. The old man remembered that Liu Daxia relied heavily on the squire Xiong Xiu, and it happened that there was some unevenness in Liangguang, so the surname Suo recommended him to go to the governor's military affairs. ”

Zhang Cai never expected that Ma Wensheng's protection of him would reach such a point, and at this time, it was not so much that his heart was hot, but that he could not repay him. After a long time, he bowed down deeply and said word by word: "Ministry, you have repeatedly promoted the lower officials, if the lower officials still have to recuperate at home, they are too sorry for this love." Tomorrow, tomorrow I will go back to the Ministry of Officials to take charge of the Department of Literature and Selection, unless people really knock me down and drive me out of the capital, otherwise I will be in the Ministry of Officials! ”

"Good, good!" Ma Wensheng showed a smile full of satisfaction for a while, nodded again and again, stroked the pale beard on his chin, and said again, "I've been verbose for so long, go out and let them bring food in, and you accompany the old man for a drink." ”

When Zhang Cai came out of the Ma family's house, it was already very late. There was a curfew in the city, he was a five-rank official, although he could also sit in a sedan chair, but he thought that he was at home to complain about his illness, and he didn't want to be too ostentatious, so even the carriage was hired, and only a small servant accompanied him.

After all, he had just resigned from Ma Wensheng's kindness in sending him a car, and it would be a little inappropriate to go in and borrow a car from someone at this time. After thinking about it, he calculated that he would walk for half an hour when he arrived at his home, and as soon as he was ruthless, he asked for his surname and walked back with someone in a car.

He hadn't gone far from the alley when he came across a fence. This is the new policy in the first year of Hongzhi, set up a fence and the sergeant of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division defended, the purpose is to prevent theft, however, at this time, the fence is not locked, and there is no one on the left and right, he can't help frowning, and he called the little guy to push the fence and continue to move forward.

That little guy is the son of the Zhang family, young and smart, this was chosen by Zhang Cai to serve closely, at this time looking at the black hole on the road, I can't help but feel straight hair: "Master, walking on the road in the middle of the night, even if you are not regarded as a night offender, maybe someone wants to write down your official name and surname, this is going back I don't know where, is it just to find a place to deal with the night?" ”

"I don't do bad things in my life, I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, what is there to be afraid of."

Zhang Caicai said this, but unexpectedly, a figure suddenly appeared in the alley not far in front of him. Rao was very bold, and he was also taken aback by this move, and when he found that the black shadow was coming straight towards him, he panicked even more.

It is useless to be a scholar, he is a serious imperial examination background, and he is not an alternative like Wang Shouren who loves to practice swords and bow horses. Therefore, by the faint light of the lantern carried by the little servant, he found that the person who came directly showed a sharp knife to untie his wrist, and an idea directly burst out of his mind.

It's over, it must have met a thief who cut the path! If he had known this, he should have listened to Ma Wensheng's words and borrowed the car and left!

However, just as the bright knife slammed into the door, he suddenly heard a sharp whistle, followed by the sharp knife in the man's hand, he didn't know what he had eaten, and it fell to the ground with a bang, followed by the person holding his wrist and staggering back a few steps, suddenly turning his head and fleeing. But the man didn't run far, but he ran back inexplicably, Zhang Cai's stunned strength hadn't passed, but he saw the person climbing the wall a few steps in front of him, and as soon as he reached the wall, he ate another hidden weapon, and he fell straight to the ground again. He was puzzled, but found that several big men dressed as sergeants appeared behind him, and then there was a sneer behind him.

"If I want you to run away again, my three-character name will be written backwards!"

With these words, several torches suddenly lit up on the dark street, and under the firelight, Li Yifeng's face was extremely eye-catching. Seeing more than a dozen subordinates rushing up to subdue people, he turned his head to look at Zhang Cai, who had not reacted much since he was frightened, and couldn't help but let out a long breath.

This Xu Xun didn't take the position of Jinyiwei's palm print, not to mention Ye Guang, even he confessed to it, so he asked him to pay more attention to Zhang Cai, he got a line report to Zhang Cai, who was only messing around in Xianyuan, suddenly came to visit Ma Wensheng, and the surname Suo was on it in person, who knew that he really encountered such a strange thing! Seeing his subordinates tying people together, he was about to step forward and say a few words of comfort to Zhang Cai, but unexpectedly, a captain over there ran back quickly and whispered in his ear: "My lord, this guy is a hunchback...... Speculate wildly, will he be the Jiang Shanfei who Lord Xu asked us to draw shadow graphics? ”

Flying in the mountains? Li Yifeng's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed for a while. If it's true, this is precisely the way to heaven that you don't go, and the hell that you have to run into!

(To be continued)