Chapter 7: Monkeys, Chickens, and Eggs

When Xie Xiuqi stood in front of the gate of the Wangbei Supervision and Embassy Office again, the young man felt a little emotional.

More than ten days ago, he led a group of scholars to beat the drum of injustice and went straight to the government office, setting off the beginning of his reversal plan.

Today, more than ten days later, I once again came to this mysterious and noble and inviolable government office in the eyes of Wangbei people.

Different from government offices and other important government places, the cars and horses in front of the Wangbei Supervision Envoy are scattered, but they are deserted.

However, a water-blue hanging sword flag waving in the wind on the flagpole in front of the door let everyone know: this is the important place in charge of the supervision of Wangbei Province, and this is the representative of the will of the king of the three poles of imperial power in Wangbei, and it is also the only representative!

Even the occasional passer-by, looking at the gate open and seeming to welcome anyone to enter and exit, and the Wangbei Supervision Embassy Office with only two sergeants standing in front of the door, were full of awe.

"Stop, this is the Imperial Yongwang Waifu, Wangbei Supervision Embassy Office! Miscellaneous people are not allowed to enter. ”

Seeing Xie Xiuqi walking in leisurely like a tourist, a sergeant standing majestically in front of the gate had already taken a few steps forward to stop him.

Xie Xiuqi smiled, but handed over a token, which was the one that Yang Yizhang left for Xie Xiuqi before he returned.

The sergeant took the token and examined it carefully.

"Requisition Order?"

He said with a shocking expression, a thick trace of strangeness suddenly flashed in his eyes, but it was also mixed with a hint of envy.

"Please wait a moment while I inform your lordship."

Subsequently, the sergeant seemed to be a lot more respectful, and he bowed his hand and said politely.

I saw him return to the door, whisper a few words to his companion, and after the sergeant was also shocked, he hurried to the depths of the office alone.

……

"Gongzi Xie!"

In a short time, a rush of footsteps was accompanied by a loud laughter from the office.

Xie Xiuqi looked at it, but it was a knight named Li Cheng, who had accompanied Yang Yizhang to Changzhi to investigate the Fang family's reverse case, although Xie Xiuqi was familiar with him, but he could only be regarded as a general friend, but he didn't think that this person was very affectionate to himself at this moment.

Xie Xiuqi thought in his heart, but he also greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Brother Li is good." Xie Xiuqi looked at Song Cheng and bowed his hand with a smile.

Li Cheng looked flattered, and returned the salute again and again: "How dare you, Gongzi Xie is really exalting my Lao Li, I am also a personal guard sent by the old man to the adult, and I really don't dare to call Gongzi a brother." ”

"Am I just a notorious prodigal in Changzhi, and dare to be praised by Brother Li like this?"

Seeing that Li Cheng glanced at him, Xie Xiuqi's heart moved, and he had already walked to the side with him, and said with a smile as he walked.

Li Cheng also laughed, and when he saw that he had walked to a secluded place on the side of the door of the government office, he had already lowered his voice: "Xie Gongzi's great talent, others don't know, my old Li is running with adults, isn't it clear?" ”

He smiled mysteriously: "If it weren't for Gongzi Xie giving great merit to my family, Gongzi Xie would probably have become famous at this moment." ”

"When I came, my lord also specially instructed me to apologize to Gongzi Xie - for a long time, my lord strictly ordered everyone not to leak half a sentence. The people who were in the hall when Gongzi Xie made a big fuss about my government office that day, and those who went to Changzhi with the adults afterwards were also adult henchmen, and they could all keep their mouths shut. It's just that he was wronged that Gongzi Xie still had to bear the name of a bastard, and he was despised. ”

He looked at Xie Xiuqi with a sincere face and chuckled.

"It doesn't matter." Xie Xiuqi suddenly waved his hand: "Lord Yang's contribution is important, I have suffered a little grievance, what is it?" ”

After the two of them looked at each other tacitly and smiled, they walked towards the government office together.

"Master Xie, my lord is busy with official business at the moment, I hope you will forgive me. The lord asked me to take my husband to his official office to have an interview with my son. ”

Li Cheng looked back and smiled as he walked.

"That's very good." Xie Xiuqi also smiled.

……

Yang Yizhang's independent official office is located in the depths of the Supervision Embassy, and he was led by Li Cheng, and after finally arriving, Xie Xiuqi drank a few cups of tea in Yang Yizhang's official residence, but he finally waited for Yang Yizhang's footsteps.

"Brother Xiuqi, it's great that you can help me."

As soon as he entered the door, Yang Yizhang smiled happily.

"Adults are not stupid, how dare they live up to the good intentions of adults, and do not come to serve adults and horses?" Xie Xiuqi also smiled.

"So good, so good." Yang Yizhang smiled and sat down with Xie Xiuqi.

After the two exchanged a few words, Yang Yizhang suddenly frowned, and sighed faintly: "I am looking forward to the arrival of Brother Xiu Qi in Fucheng, which can be described as a long drought and looking forward to Ganlin." ”

He sighed.

Xie Xiuqi thought for a moment, and he asked, "My lord...... But what is the difficulty? ”

"Brother Xiu Qi's clever calculation, the younger brother admires it." Yang Yizhang gave a thumbs up, but it made Xie Xiuqi look a little secretly funny.

This little grandfather Yang is pretending to be today, putting on a corporal Lixian who is even more exaggerated than in Changzhi, and even his personal guards are blowing himself to the sky and the earth--what do you want to do?

Xie Xiuqi thought in his heart, but his mouth was intimate to pick up Yang Yizhang's words: "If the difficulties of adults are not confidential, and they are not stupid, can you let them also advise adults for one or two?" ”

"It's really annoying...... Yang Yizhang shook his head with pain on his face: "I shouldn't have troubled Brother Xiu Qi, after all, Brother Xiu Qi still has to take the special exam, but this ......"

Yang Yizhang's face was full of words and stopped, but he sighed deeply again.

"My lord, but it doesn't hurt to speak, if you can do your best, you will do your best." Xie Xiuqi smiled secretly in his heart. If the people of his two lives can't even see the careful thinking of Little Grandpa Yang, he will live in vain.

Immediately, he thought of something again: "Oh, by the way, I have been taught by my mentor Changzhi Master Li to take the word 'Zhiping', and the adult can call me directly in the future." ”

Yang Yizhang was stunned: "But Li Mao and Master Li? ”

He hesitated.

"Exactly." Xie Xiuqi said with a smile.

Yang Yizhang suddenly gave a thumbs up again: "Xiu Qi...... Brother Zhiping is a talent, and he can break out of the bag anywhere. Mr. Li is well-known in the capital, but he deserves to be repaired...... Brother Zhiping's teacher. ”

Then he smiled again: "But I think Brother Xiu Qi is better, and he is used to it, so I will call Brother Xiu Qi." Anyway, since His Royal Highness the Ancestor King called others back then, he always used words when he should use his name, and he used his name when he should use his name, and he repeatedly called the wrong person, and he was so angry that the people in my Yongfu were only allowed to call each other by name, and not allowed to call each other, and the empire gradually became very casual between names and titles. Words, gradually, are just more expectations of the elders for us. ”

Xie Xiuqi was stunned, no wonder he felt that people in this era seemed to call words sometimes, and sometimes they didn't call words, so there was still this stubble? This is also good news - otherwise not only would he find it troublesome, but my brother would also find it troublesome......

Just thinking about it, he saw that Yang Yizhang's face changed, and his face gradually became full of bitterness, and he changed his words: "Brother Xiuqi, since you said so, I will also talk to you about my troubles." ”

"The younger brother has benefited from the family, and I am the temporary supervisor of the North Supervision Division, which Brother Xiu Qi must understand. The origin of the word "tentative" must be known to everyone in the Empire. ”

"The little brother is annoyed by the word "temporary signature" on his head now...... Since taking up the post of Wangbei, the younger brother can also be said to be trembling, but fortunately, with the help of Uncle Pan, he was able to barely control my Wangbei Supervision Division. As soon as the Changzhi case came out, I benefited from Brother Xiuqi, which boosted my prestige, but it was ...... It's not enough, it's even more steep......"

He sighed deeply again.

Xie Xiuqi's eyebrows raised, and from Grandpa Yang's words, he gradually understood what the other party wanted to say.

Feelings: Grandpa Yang is now gradually not satisfied with the role of a humanoid stamp and a shield for handling cases, but he is ambitious?

However, it is no wonder that the new meritorious service, and his noble status, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and thoroughly master the supervision envoy, but he also wasted such a good situation today - you must know that he has to return to Beijing for evaluation when he is released, which is not only related to his personal future, but also related to his family's honor and interests, so he can't help but be ignored by Grandpa Yang.

"And now......" After a pause, Yang Yizhang picked up his words again and detailed the situation he was facing at this time.

"To this...... Can Brother Xiu Qi teach me? ”

After Yang Yizhang finished speaking, he already looked at Xie Xiuqi with burning eyes.

Xie Xiuqi was a little puzzled.

This kind of thing, those old treacherous and slippery people around Grandpa Yang can't think of a solution? Just like Pan Xiang, the deputy envoy of supervision, he knew at a glance that he was an unfathomable person, otherwise Yang Guogong might not just send such a think tank for Yang Xiaogong.

After thinking about it, Xie Xiuqi pressed the doubts in his heart: "My lord is in a good situation now, his prestige has been established, and his status is even more noble, and his status is unshakable. It's not very difficult to subdue the deputy envoy - whatever he wants to do, you can just follow the same example. There is no need to kill chickens and monkeys, that is not beautiful. But with the chicken in his hand, the monkey couldn't ignore it. ”

He smiled slightly.

"I know this, and Uncle Pan taught me the same." Yang Yizhang nodded, and then, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face: "It's just that this allows me to borrow a chicken that I can learn from...... But it's not that easy to carry......"

He sighed deeply again.

Yang Yizhang shook his head and sighed, but Xie Xiuqi was even more puzzled.

He asked me this? He knows so well that it's not easy to choose the Supervision Envoy Division, is it possible that I, a newcomer who has not even joined the Supervision Envoy Division, can teach you how to carry it?

Wait, why did he ask me about it with all the fanfare today?

For a while, Xie Xiuqi's mind was already racing, and gradually, a clear smile appeared on his face.

"It's hard for adults to carry, I'm afraid it's also because of ...... Some monkeys happen to be evenly matched with adults, which makes adults deeply jealous, so you need a legitimate reason, right? He looked at Yang Yizhang and smiled.

"Exactly, if you want to have chickens, you have to have eggs first......" Yang Yizhang suddenly said meaningfully.

"Didn't you just bring a good egg to your door?" Xie Xiuqi said with a smile.