On the same day, we returned to the Royal Palace. Empress Dowager He signaled Shangshu to give amnesty to the world, and changed the name of the year to the first year of Guangxi, the first year of Zhaoning. However, something unfortunate happened, the jade seal of the country was lost and could not be found. Fortunately, the other five jade seals used by the emperor were found.

Then, the court began to reward meritorious deeds. Because of my meritorious service in saving the driver, the Empress Dowager He issued an edict to make me the Marquis of the Duting, and rewarded me with 1,000 taels of gold, 2,000 taels of silver, 5,000,000 copper coins, and 5,000 horses of silk and silk. Such a rich reward made the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty unable to help but be dumbfounded. However, I don't think so, this reward is just a drop in the bucket compared to the small treasury of the Spirit Emperor during his lifetime.

In addition to the knighthood and financial rewards, Empress Dowager He also specially instructed Shang Shu to issue an edict appointing me as Lang Zhong and letting me be in charge of the guard work of Xianyang Yuan. Lang Zhong was a Lang official who was in charge of the palace guards, and his duties were mainly guards, attendants, and advisors, that is, he was equivalent to a bodyguard and advisor in later generations. Those who have served for one year will be promoted to Shangshulang, and those who have served for three years will be promoted to Shilang. Xianyang Yuan is the ordinary living place of Empress Dowager He, and it is estimated that she was also a little worried about the previous events, so she wanted to transfer me over to protect her. In other words, my current identity is similar to that of the Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty.

As for these rewards, I gave half of them to Dong Zhuo, so that he could distribute them to his subordinates and Wu Kuang and other soldiers of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army, so as to buy people's hearts so that he could gain a firm foothold in Luoyang and avoid being squeezed out by other ministers of the court. Dong Zhuo was very happy about this, and he couldn't stop smiling. I handed over the remaining half to Feng Xian, and asked him to ask Wei Xu, Chen Wei and other Huo Village brothers to be responsible for transporting them back to the village.

On the first day of the edict, I will take office. But Empress Dowager He designated me to be on the night shift and be responsible for guarding the gate of the inner courtyard. I just shrugged my shoulders about this, and it was the same for me anyway whether I stayed up late or not. After I completed the handover procedures, I returned the seal letter to Dong Zhuo.

In the evening, when the sun was setting, I went to change the guard with the day shift after dinner. In other words, when I first arrived at the post, I found that the person on the day shift did not look very old, and he looked like a weak crown. When he saw me, he smiled and said, "Here we are." ”

I nodded and said, "Well, how is it, are you tired from standing on the post for a day?" ”

He has a characteristic that he likes to greet people with a smile. However, his Danfeng eyes were a little small, and when he smiled, his whole eyes narrowed into a slit, which looked quite joyful.

He smiled and said, "Hey, what is not tired, I have long been used to it; Your name is Min Gong, right, my name is Gao Feng, the word Tianyu. ”

I couldn't help but nod and say, "Oh, I'm glad I will." ”

He suddenly said: "You are really lucky, you can easily become a Langzhong without showing filial piety and giving financial gifts, such a good thing is not touched by ordinary people." ”

I was puzzled: "Isn't it just to be a palace guard, why do you still have to go through the back door?" ”

"Through the back door?" He looked a little puzzled.

I said, "Oh, it's just spending money to find a relationship." ”

"Oh." He couldn't help but be relieved, and then said: "Let me tell you the truth, if you want to become a guard in front of Empress Dowager He or the Son of Heaven, it is impossible to do it without a good reputation and a strong family background." ”

"Oh?" I couldn't help but look moved, and immediately asked, "Then I don't know what your family's background is?" ”

He smiled and said, "It's easy to say, I'm the younger brother of the nephew of Yuan Shao, the captain of Sili; When the court Taifu Yuan Kui you know, right? He is the uncle of Captain Si Li, my maternal uncle. ”

I couldn't help but say, "Oh, it turns out that you are related to the Yuan family." ”

He nodded and said, "yes, that's why I said you were so lucky." ”

I'm a little funny what he said, to put it bluntly, isn't he just a bodyguard, what's unlucky, don't let me be uncommon when I am.

Then I said, "Aren't you going to leave?" ”

He wondered, "What are you going?" ”

I said, "Aren't you on the day shift, why hasn't it been time for the changing of the guard yet?" ”

He couldn't help but say, "Hey, the changing of the guard is gone, and I'm a vigil like you." ”

"Huh?" I couldn't help but be stunned, but said, "Am I late?" ”

He waved his hand and said, "Where, I came a little early, and you came just in time." ”

I usually pay the most attention to the concept of time, and being late for work on the first day is not what I want, so I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when I heard him say this. I nodded and said, "That's good, I'm a little worried about being late." ”

"Ahem." At this time, someone suddenly coughed twice. Gao Feng couldn't help but change his face and said, "Hurry up, stop talking, Ye Neisi is here." ”

Tsukasa Hachi? I wondered, so I turned my head to look. Hey, what a cold and extraordinary beauty, looking at her appearance, it seems that she is not married yet, right? But I saw her come straight over with a few maids, and said, "When you are on duty, don't you talk to each other, don't you two know?" ”

Gao Feng couldn't help but smile and said, "I know, I know, Ye Neisi, please forgive my sins, and I won't take an example." ”

I saw that she had a bad attitude and was a little unaccustomed to it, so I said, "I'm sorry, I don't know." ”

"Huh?" She immediately looked at me with a look of displeasure in her eyes. At this time, Gao Feng on the side hurriedly said, "Brother, don't answer nonsense." ”

She immediately rebuked: "Shut up for me!" ”

Gao Feng immediately wilted and stopped talking. I couldn't help but say, "I said, little girl, can you be polite?" Don't think that you are the chief in charge of everything in the inner palace, so you can yell at us guards; You're just an ordinary layman, what's the big deal. ”

"You—" She glared at me instantly. I glared back, "What? ”

But seeing her squint her eyes, she said: "In this inner palace, there have never been few people who dare to be so rude to this department, even the ministers of the court have to give this department a little thin face; I can't imagine that you are so bold that you will contradict this company! ”

I rolled my eyes and said, "I don't care if you are an internal secretary or an eunuch and palace maid, in my eyes you are just a woman, and you are an old woman who looks older than me." ”

"You—" She was a little furious when I said this. However, I couldn't help but interrupt her again: "Ah, by the way, I guess you haven't married yet, right?" Then you can't call it a woman, you should call it a girl or a girl, or maybe it's a stinky girl. ”

"You are presumptuous!" She couldn't help but immediately get angry. At this time, Gao Feng on the side couldn't help but laugh. She glared at him again and said, "Laugh at what you laugh at, and then laugh and pull you to cleansing!" Gao Feng was scolded by her like this, and immediately held back again.

But when I saw her look at me again, I said, "Today's events, you remember to this company, sooner or later, there will be a company that will make you look good." ”

I couldn't help but pull the corners of my mouth and said, "Hey, even if you come, who is afraid of whom." ”

"Hmph." I saw her shake her hand and leave. After she left, Gao Feng on the side couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said, "Hey, brother, I really admire you, even the famous thorny head Neisi Ye Xun you dare to contradict, it's amazing." ”

I couldn't help but pull the corners of my mouth and said, "Snort, isn't it just the head of a palace maid, what's the big deal." ”

But he said: "You don't know, this Ye Neisi and her sister Ye Zuosi are both cronies of Empress Dowager He; If you offend her, it is equivalent to offending the Empress Dowager He, and your future can be regarded as worrying. ”

But I said disapprenously: "Whatever about her, it's a big deal that this guy has been hit." ”

He couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and then shook his head with a smile and said, "It's the first time I've seen someone like you." ”

At night, the lights come on. Empress Dowager He suddenly sent a maid to her, saying that she had something to summon me to meet her. In this regard, Gao Feng couldn't help but sigh and shook his head, expressing deep sympathy for what happened to me next. However, I still don't care, no matter how big it is, it's a big deal to stop doing it, anyway, there is nowhere to talk about it if it makes sense here. Don't say that I have a lot of money now, even if my family is poor and poor, I can't eat anywhere with my ability, and I can suffer this stench here.

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