Cheng Yuanzhen coughed lightly and continued to say in a sharp voice: "As for the Zoroastrian Holy Maiden, first of all, Cheng Yuanzhen will be introduced into the Persian Pavilion after the Liquanfang Ancestral Hall, and it will be arranged by the Honglu Temple and the Sabao Mansion. The rest awaits His Majesty's will. Chin this—"

After Cheng Yuanzhen finished announcing the decree, he bent down and smiled at the Zoroastrian saintess in the sedan chair and said: "After the envoy has finished conveying, if the saint has no problems, she will follow the envoy to the Zoroastrian Temple in Liquanfang to settle down." ”

After a long silence in the sedan chair, the woman's voice said, "So it's annoying to make Cheng Zhong." ”

"Where, where." Cheng Yuanzhen had a flattered expression, which made people wonder if he had not been castrated.

He waved his hand lightly and said, "In this case, our family will lead the holy woman to Liquanfang." A few steps to the north is the north gate of Liquanfang. Let's go from here, closer. ”

He was so happy that he wanted to walk in front of the sedan chair of the Zoroastrian saintess, but Huo Ran found that the people on both sides, as well as Shi Siming and the soldiers of the Pinglu army, were still kneeling on the ground, so he remembered that he hadn't told them to get up yet. He patted his forehead, strode up to Shi Siming, and said with both hands: "Look at our family's memory." General Shi quickly asked, and the generals who had their own left and right leading guards and left and right guards in front of him led them to Xingqing Palace in sections. ”

"I'm tired of it." Shi Siming thanked him.

"Where, where-" Cheng Yuanzhen said with a sneer: "General Shi has been personally received by the saint twice, and it can be said that the saint is very grand." Not only is there a holy family, but also has been appreciated by General Anda, and the future is limitless. If you want to come to General Shi to enter the palace this time, it is inevitable to add officials and become knights. ”

Shi Siming's face moved slightly, and then solemnly arched his hand to the north: "The grace of heaven is vast, and the death of a minister is not enough to repay the kindness of the saint." ”

"Good, good. It is rare for General Shi to be loyal. Cheng Yuanzhen glanced at the sedan chair in which the Zoroastrian saint was riding behind, and said with a slight smile: "The saint is still waiting in the Nanxun Hall of Xingqing Palace. General Shi will start the way. Our family also has to lead the saint to the ancestral hall in Liquanfang to settle down. ”

Cheng Yuanzhen said that, and then walked in the direction of the sedan chair where the Zoroastrian saint was riding. Shi Siming gently held Cheng Yuanzhen's arm and said, "Wait." ”

"What, does General Shi have anything to explain?" Cheng Yuanzhen looked stunned.

"Huh." Shi Siming rarely smiled and said: "The holy woman has been in Hebei for a long time, and when she first entered Chang'an, she is unfamiliar with the etiquette of the Beijing master. Please wait a while, and Siming will first give a message to the holy woman. ”

"I see." Cheng Yuanzhen said with relief: "In this way, it should be." ”

Shi Siming turned his head and waved his hand gently, and then the two young generals bowed their heads and walked in front of Shi Siming and Cheng Yuanzhen, and bowed to the two with respectful expressions.

"Who are these two?" Cheng Yuanzhen glanced at the two generals and asked puzzled.

Shi Siming pointed to one of the young generals wearing standard fine-scale iron armor, and said in a solemn and solemn manner: "This is the deputy lieutenant of Zhaowu who is under the rank of the sixth grade, and his surname is Yin Mingziqi. The current deputy military envoy of the Lu Long Army under the management of the Pinglu Domain, he is resolute and resolute, and he is the new military general of my Pinglu Town. ”

"The last general, Yin Ziqi, has met the envoy." Yin Ziqi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"He's Yin Ziqi?" Gu Yuanxi's body shook slightly, and then his eyes turned slightly, glanced at Nan Jiyun beside him, and said in his heart: "Isn't this Yin Ziqi the rebel general who besieged Suiyang for a year in history and finally killed Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun?" I still remember that in the Battle of Suiyang, this Yin Ziqi was blinded by Nan Jiyun......"

As soon as he thought of this, he glanced at Nan Jiyun beside him again, and then smiled bitterly: "God is too good at playing tricks on people. It's really a narrow road......"

And Cheng Yuanzhen, who was on Jinguang Chunming Avenue, felt inexplicable, he was just a low-level military attache in a border town, even if he was good, what did it have to do with him, a lieutenant official of the Inner Servant Province?

Cheng Yuanzhen looked a little displeased. Although he is a eunuch, no matter how he says it, he is also a eunuch with status and status!

He is the internal servant of the province from the five products of the internal affairs, in charge of the will of the labor, the division of the province. Compared with the second real power figure of the Pinglu Army in front of him, that is, Shi Siming, the Pinglu soldier and horse envoy, is only one order behind him in terms of official rank. Moreover, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is extremely valuable to Beijing officials, and in Chang'an, Kyoto, any Beijing official of six or seven grades looks down on the feudal officials of the four or five grades in the border town. What's more, he is a royal eunuch, the emperor's royal servant, how can he have so much time to be delayed by a little person who is like a mustard in his eyes.

For a while, Cheng Yuanzhen couldn't help but be a little angry. The eunuchs in the palace are usually used to being domineering outside, if he weren't in the palace, he would know how the Shangguan behind Shi Siming, that is, the big fat man in An Lushan, was favored in front of the emperor and Taizhen Yang Guifei; Coupled with the fact that the emperor received this Shi Siming twice and valued him a little bit, he might have gone crazy on the spot.

"Oh? This Captain Yin is really young and promising. Cheng Yuanzhen praised in his mouth, but there was no trace of appreciation in his eyes. If it weren't for the An Lushan behind Shi Siming and Shi Siming himself who were quite favored in the eyes of the emperor, if it weren't for these concerns that made him throw a rat bogey, I am afraid that this adult who gave things from the inside of the five products would not give them a good look on the spot, and even would have to scold.

Shi Siming smiled knowingly. He nodded, and scolded at the other young general: "Little brute, why are you still stunned there, and you don't greet Cheng Zhong's envoy." ”

The young military general was stunned when he heard this, and then his face turned red, and he finally squeezed out a sentence: "The last general will visit Cheng Zhongyi from the seventh rank of the school captain Shi Chaoyi." ”

Cheng Yuanzhen's face darkened when he heard this, and he could see that he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and he was extremely close to the edge of going berserk. First, there was a lieutenant of Zhaowu under the sixth grade, and now there is a more inferior lieutenant from the seventh grade. He really didn't understand why Shi Siming wanted him to introduce these nobodies, ants-like little people, and delay his seemingly extremely precious time.

Shi Siming naturally saw Cheng Yuanzhen's anger, and he smiled lightly and explained: "This is the dog Shi Chaoyi, because of a little bit of work by his subordinates the year before last. By the grace of the emperor, Yin is the captain of Yilu who goes up from the seventh rank to the martial arts, and also guards the left Qianniu under the sixth grade. In the future, I will ask the Chinese envoy for more advice. ”

Zuo Qianniu under the sixth product has added the word "guard" in front of the body, which is not the official rank under the sixth product. The so-called lowly and quasi-high is said to be kept, and the high-ranking and quasi-lowly is said to be lined. In the official system, because the official quality of loose officials is lower than that of ministry officials, the word "keep" is added. "Keeping" a certain official is generally because of insufficient qualifications. For example, although Shi Chaoyi is prepared by Zuo Qianniu under the six grades of integrity, he still counts as a loose official in terms of stipulating the status of officials, the treatment of Yulu and other treatments, and the uniforms. What's more, many of the official positions of the Sixteen Guards are now used to add officials, and he, the official who is prepared by Zuo Qianniu under the sixth grade, is naturally meaningless, in the final analysis, the emperor is just used to show favor in his father's face.

But for Cheng Yuanzhen, this seven-grade sesame military attache Shi Chaoyi is Shi Siming's son in the end, and his face looked a little better when he heard this, but he also said casually perfunctory: "Ling Gongzi is really a talent." In the future, it may not be as good as General Shi. ”

"I also forgot to take care of it in the journey." Shi Siming arched his hand slightly, and his eyes glanced at Yin Ziqi's face.

Yin Ziqi nodded in understanding, and Shi Siming gave up his hand again and strode towards the sedan chair of the Zoroastrian holy woman.

Seeing this, Cheng Yuanzhen was about to follow, Yin Ziqi's eyes rolled, and he strode forward to grab Cheng Yuanzhen's hand and said, "Cheng Zhong, please wait a moment, there is something I want to ask at the end." ”

"Let it go!" Cheng Yuanzhen stared at Yin Ziqi's five fingers that grabbed his arm in disgust, and snorted with an unkind face: "What else is there to say!" ”

"I don't know if Cheng Zhong's envoy has an outer residence outside the Chang'an Imperial City?" Yin Ziqi let go of the hand that caught Cheng Yuanzhen and laughed dryly.

Most of the eunuchs served the nobles in the court, and naturally they also lived in the palace or palace. However, some eunuchs with status, status or accumulation of some small net worth will still find a mile outside the imperial city to buy a foreign house, and even marry wives and concubines to live like a normal man.

Like the current famous, powerful Gao Lishi has several mansions in different lanes, two of which are not less luxurious than the palace, and he also has his own wife, who is the daughter of Yingzhou sword and pen officer Lu Xuanyu, who is beautiful and beautiful. The combination of this eunuch in power and the beauty of the country is a romantic story among the eunuchs.

The atmosphere is like this, and Cheng Yuanzhen is naturally no exception. As an internal minister from the five grades, he can be regarded as a high authority in the internal service province, and a eunuch like him naturally has his own outer house and wife.

Rao is like this, Cheng Yuanzhen still looked around impatiently, and replied casually: "What is the matter?" ”

"That's right, although the Pinglu Domain is a poor and remote border town, there are still a lot of local specialties such as ginseng, mink, deer antler velvet and so on." Yin Ziqi smiled slightly and said: "This time General Shi entered Beijing, and An Dashuai specially ordered to wait for these soil objects to enter Beijing. A small clay object, if you want to come, you can't get into the eyes of the envoy in the process, so you can only talk about it. If the envoy does not dislike it, it is better to leave the location of the outer house to the last general, so that the last general can personally send a few boxes to your mansion, and ask the envoy to accept it with a smile. ”

Cheng Yuanzhen originally had a frowning expression, but when he heard it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his expression slowly showed a happy smile.

"Oops-" Cheng Yuan waved his hand with a smile and said, "General Shi and Captain Yin are really polite." Hey, General Shi is valued by the saints, and naturally he has a bright future. This Captain Yin is also young and promising. Okay, good, my Datang talent is numerous. Our family is so happy. ”

You're glad that the man sent the goods. Gu Yuanxi scolded in his heart, he immediately glanced at Shi Siming, but saw him standing tightly next to the sedan chair, not knowing what he was talking to the woman in the sedan chair, and his brows suddenly wrinkled.

"I also hope that Cheng Zhongcheng will laugh." Yin Ziqi still has that signature smile.

"Good, good!" Cheng Yuanzhen couldn't support it: "It's rare that Datang has a young and promising general like Captain Yin and Shi Gongzi, and our family is also very happy." Our family's outer house is in Anrenfang on the right east of Suzaku Street, which is the Anrenfang where the Little Wild Goose Pagoda is located. Go to the east gate and walk a few steps to see it. ”

Cheng Yuanzhen held Yin Ziqi's hand with his left hand and Shi Chaoyi's hand with his right hand, with a smile and a very concerned expression.

He held the hands of the two, his expression of concern and sincerity made people think that a relative he hadn't seen for a long time was greeting him. It was really different from the previous frowning attitude, and the expression and attitude changed quickly, which made Gu Yuanxi in the back look amazed.

At this time, Shi Siming thought that he had finished explaining, he walked in front of Cheng Yuanzhen, and arched his hand: "The holy woman asked the envoy to lead." The lower official still had to face the saint, so he took his leave. ”

Cheng Yuan raised his eyebrows and nodded with a smile: "It's easy to say." As soon as our family saw General Shi, they were very close. If General Shi doesn't dislike it, when our family returns to the house in a few days, please go to the house for two days, so that our family and Neiko can be entertained. ”

Shi Siming naturally knew why Cheng Yuanzhen's attitude had changed one hundred and eighty turns, and he nodded quietly: "That's natural." ”

Cheng Yuanzhen nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "In this way, our family will take the holy maiden to settle down first." General Shi, please open the way. ”

Shi Siming and the others nodded, and watched Cheng Yuanzhen lead the Zoroastrian team to the north to enter the north gate of Liquanfang, and then his face changed suddenly.

"Da Lang will take the soldiers of Pinglu to the Pinglu Jinju Academy to settle down first." Shi Siming waved his hand and said to his eldest son Shi Chaoyi.

"Yes. Father. After Shi Siming nodded and waved, he rode up to the horse he was riding, waved at the Pinglu cavalry behind him, and walked straight forward with them.

After Shi Chaoyi's team left, Shi Siming's face suddenly changed. He said to Yin Ziqi in a dialect that no one else could understand or hear: "I will go to Xingqing Palace to meet the emperor first, and you will go to meet with Liu Luogu, who is in charge of intelligence in Chang'an." An Shuai means to act as planned. ”

Yin Ziqi nodded solemnly when he heard this. Shi Siming said "um", then turned on his horse and galloped towards Xingqing Palace on the other side of Jinguang Chunming Avenue with a few guards.