Although it is not clear whether Xie Jin is a good person or not, it is certain that he is a harmless person, he reads poetry and books at an early age, works hard to make a name for himself, the Golden Palace seals the eyes, and Hanlin is waiting for the edict, his life is smooth and prosperous, but that was before he knew Xiao Fan.

After getting to know Xiao Fan, Xie Jin suddenly felt that life had become full of bad luck and bad luck, from being beaten, to being threatened, to being fined, to jumping off the building today...... Xie Dacai felt that the sunshine in his life had disappeared, and his life had become gloomy, and he found that he and Xiao Fan were simply eight characters against each other, and it was Xiao Fan who was dead to death, and he was almost killed by him.

"Now that it has fallen into your hands, you want to kill or chop, listen to it, if Xie frowned, he would ...... is not considered a disciple of Confucius! Xie Jin lay on the ground and hummed dying, trying to hold on to the last few bones of the reader. -- That is, as the saying goes, "death is about face."

But in his heart he was terrified.

It has only been more than a month since the Jinyi Wei was rebuilt, and it is clear how many ministers they have killed Xie Jin, Your Majesty has issued an edict, dozens of officials have been killed, and even their Hanlin Academy has killed several bachelors.

Xiao Fan squatted down and looked at him curiously: "Bachelor Xie ......"

"How?"

"Are you cold?"

"It's not cold!"

"Why are you shaking if you don't speak cold?"

“…… Scholars speak in this tone, what do you know! Xie Jin said stiffly.

Xiao Fan smiled, then lowered his face and said, "Say!" We're chasing you, why are you running? Did you do something wrong? ”

A hint of weakness flashed on Xie Jin's face, and he argued forcefully: "...... If you don't chase, can I run? ”

"If you don't run, can we chase after you?"

"Of course you have to run after me!"

"Of course we have to chase you if you run!"

"I ...... What crime have I committed, and why are you chasing me? ”

Xiao Fan rolled his eyes and said, "How do I know what crime you have committed?" No matter what bad things you have done, you have entered the Jinyi Guardian Prison, I don't believe you don't confess honestly, but I advise you to recruit it now, few of the ministers who have entered the Imperial Prison have come out alive, I believe you should be very clear about this, right? ”

Xie Jin's face turned white suddenly, and he couldn't stop trembling.

"It seems that you are a master who does not cry when he sees the coffin, very good! Come! ”

"In!"

"Take Master Xie to prison, first wash him with a brush to relax his muscles and bones."

"Yes!"

"Slow...... Wait! Cold sweat broke out on Xie Jin's forehead, and even his tone changed: "...... My lord, what does it mean to 'wash with a brush'? ”

Xiao Fan smiled evilly, revealing Sensen's white teeth: "This is the characteristic punishment of our Jinyiwei, which is to fix you on a wooden shelf, tie your hands and feet, and then gently tease your whole body with feathers, teasing and plucking, you will feel very itchy and want to scratch, right?" At this time, our Jinyi lieutenant will come to help you. They use the kind of iron brush full of sharp iron nails to help you stop the itch, and use the brush to brush you vigorously until your skin and flesh are brushed off alive, revealing the white bones in your body, and you will definitely not feel the itch anymore, because all you have left is pain......"

The more Xie Jin listened, the more pale his face became, beads of sweat the size of beans flowed like spring water, his lips turned dark purple with fright, and he kept swinging up and down, and even his crotch felt a burst of wetness...... Xiao Fan still winked at him very narrowly, and said with a smile: "Do you feel itchy now?" ”

"Yes...... Yes! No no! My lord! Don't brush me! I recruited, I recruited! I'll do anything! My lord, I am guilty, I will confess my guilt, I should not have accepted bribes from others, I was wrong......" Xie Jin cried out in a bitter cry.

Xiao Fan's eyes lit up when he heard this, he quickly glanced at Yuan Zhong and the others, and said with a cheerful smile: "It's just a casual scare and scare, no wonder you ran away as soon as you saw our Jinyi Guard, I didn't expect to dig out a huge greed, and it was not in vain that we were tired and tired to chase you......"

Xie Jin's voice in the crying paused, and he was stunned: "Huh? Huge greed? Am I a big greed? ”

"Tell me honestly! How much money have you received? Who sent it? What do you want him to help, do you use persuasion for personal gain, and ignore the king's law! Say! ”

"Lord Xiao, it's only ten taels of silver, it can't be said that the huge greed is so serious, right?" Xie Jin is really anxious at this time.

"Ten...... Ten taels? Xiao Fan said, "Who sent it?" ”

"A silk village in the west of the city opened, and the merchant invited me to inscribe a plaque for them, and gave me ten taels of pen fees......" Xie Jin looked ashamed, as if it was a very shameful thing to give people an inscription and take silver.

Xiao Fan couldn't cry or laugh, intellectuals were really stupid at reading, ten taels of silver, and it was completely legitimate income, he actually regarded it as a bribe, and he was scared like this.

Looking at Xie Jin's panicked and desperate look, Xiao Fan felt a burst of amusement in his heart.

"You have two choices, one is to go to Jinyiwei Prison, explain your bribery clearly, and then ......"

"And then?" Xie Jin's face was full of anxiety.

Xiao Fan looked at the night sky with his eyes and said poetically: "Then...... No then. ”

"Huh?" The despair on Xie Jin's face became more and more intense, and he stayed for a long time, and stammered: "But...... But ......"

"No swearing!"

"But what can be sentenced for ten taels of silver?"

Xiao Fan smiled evilly: "The crime of greedy ink, even if you only receive a penny, it is also a crime of greedy ink." ”

Xie Jinleng for a while, then hung his head and said, "What about the second option?" ”

"The second option is much more pleasing to the eye, and it is absolutely as peaceful as the blessing of heaven......

Xiao Fan smiled and patted Xie Jin's shoulder and said, "...... Don't mix with those so-called clear streams in the future, really, I'm for your good, it's no good to get mixed with them, they are rigid, old-fashioned, stubborn, don't think that this is the so-called loyal ministers, in fact, they are misleading the country and the king, follow me in the future, follow me, your life will definitely be very different, I promise. ”

Xie Jin subconsciously opened his mouth and waited to object, but when he saw Xiao Fan's smiling face, somehow, a chill came out of his heart.

"I ...... If I don't follow you, what are you going to do with me? Xie Jin tried to regain some initiative.

Xiao Fan smiled: "Master Xie is a smart person, you know." ”

Xie Jin snorted angrily, stiffened his chest, and said loudly: "Mencius said: Mighty and unyielding!" I'd rather be broken than broken! Never mess with you thieves! ”

"Come on, give me a beating!" Xiao Fan ordered lazily.

"Wait! Wait! I'll pick the second, the second! I'm not okay with you...... It's too domineering! Xie Jin said with a sad face.

Scholars are cheap!

At noon, Xiao Fan and Cao Yi walked slowly down the street. The two were followed by several Jinyi captains, all of whom were wearing a brand-new flying fish suit, looking mighty and solemn, and the pedestrians on the side of the road all avoided it, it seems that the notoriety of Jinyi Guard has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone is afraid.

Xiao Fan did not wear an official uniform, he was wearing an elegant gown, his hair was neatly combed, he tied a bun on the top of his head with a square scarf, and a piece of Nafu jasper bought for him by Xiao Thrush was hung around his waist.

"Jinyiwei has opened a thousand households, and the thousand households are the standard-bearers of the Wei Qianhu Guo Huai'an six years ago, because Kaifeng is the fief of the King of Zhou, we are not too publicized to build a thousand households, everything is just carried out in secret, and the King of Zhou has not been informed." Although Cao Yi is a thousand households in the Fusi of Jingshi Town, he is able to do things, and he has the faint style of the third person in Jinyiwei, and many of the affairs of Jinyiwei are in his hands.

This is also a matter of no choice, the No. 1 person commanded Li Jinglong is a gentleman who plays birds and dogs all day long, and has not done a serious thing all day long, and the No. 2 person Comrade Xiao Fan uses the enterprise management methods of his previous life to fully delegate power to his subordinates, so that each of them is busy every day, and he is called "having a sense of belonging to the post", but he himself only firmly controls the personnel and financial rights, in fact, in the final analysis, this is just an excuse for Xiao Fan to be lazy.

Xiao Fan listened carefully to Cao Yi's report as he walked, nodded and said: "Brother Cao did a good job, but our speed should be faster, we want to extend the power of Jinyiwei to the north within this year, and as for the south, you can put it aside for a while." ”

Cao Yi was puzzled: "Why are you in such a hurry to extend to the north?" Jianjin Yiwei is a matter of urgency, the development is too fast, not only the financial affairs are tight, but also the speed is not reached, the wrestlers, captains and spies are not trained enough to let them go out to take office, loyalty and ability can not be guaranteed, it may be self-defeating. ”

Xiao Fan sighed, he may be the only one in this world who knows, the big change is coming, Zhu Yuanzhang only has one year to live, in May next year, Zhu Yuanzhang will die, and in another year, King Yan and King Ning will be reversed, if you don't take advantage of the preliminary work of the war now, will history go back to the old way?

Of course, he can't say these words, and he won't believe them, this is the entanglement of the traverser, many things are like dumplings in a teapot, and they know it but can't pour it out.

"Brother Cao, don't ask so much, you speed up, I'll find a way in terms of finance, and the training of personnel should also be accelerated, especially the top masters of secret agents, collecting intelligence and assassinating the enemy, their training must be fast, I need these people very much now."

In addition to supervising the hundred officials, the most important thing to the outside world is to arrest criminal investigations, as well as to probe the military situation and suppress the enemy, the so-called suppression of the enemy, is to use the top masters to infiltrate the enemy area, assassinate the enemy's senior generals, these masters recruited into the Jinyi Wei before they were all famous martial arts people on the rivers and lakes.

For supervising hundreds of officials, Xiao Fan is not very interested, after all, they are just some civil officials, except for a little cheaper, basically they can't do anything too out of line, at present, what Xiao Fan values most in his heart is all the information about King Yan's fiefdom, from military deployment, to combat ability, and even the name, ability, preferences, surname, etc. of every general under King Yan, this is the information he needs most.

"This ...... Be! The lower officials will try their best to speed up again. Cao Yi groaned for a moment, and then responded with a heavy fist.

Xiao Fan patted Cao Yi on the shoulder with a smile and said, "At most, it will not take more than two years, and you will know how correct and timely my deployments are." ”

Cao Yi was confused: "............"

- Qu Gao and Widow!

Everyone unconsciously walked to Fudong Street, at the corner of the street, a group of brocade guards were surrounded from afar, with a fierce face and a sloppy old Taoist priest saying something, like a threat, and like an argument, and the old Taoist priest was full of red light, as if he had drunk a lot of wine, he rolled his eyes to the sky, and looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

Cao Yi looked at it and said in surprise: "Huh? My lord, isn't that man your master? He...... What's causing trouble again? ”

Xiao Fan had seen it a long time ago, but Taixu's appearance made him feel very embarrassed, so he didn't say anything.

"Cough, Brother Cao, you are mistaken, there are many Taoist priests in the world, how can they all be my master? …… How did we get here? Let's go back to the Yamen, there is still a lot of official business to do today......"

"Although there are many Taoist priests in the world, there is only one Taoist priest in the world who looks like Lingshi, there is no semicolon, I can't be wrong."

Cao Yi pulled Xiao Fan's body hard, pointed at the old Taoist priest and said, "My lord, see clearly, that's really your master!" ”

So, serious people are the most annoying!

"Huh? Is it? Yes! Sure enough, it's my master......"

Xiao Fan had no choice but to step forward, and as soon as he approached, he heard a shouting that was too vain and arrogant.

"Where did the poor road pee on the side of the road? Look for the clean earth, where did you pee? ”

The brocade-clothed lieutenant who surrounded him said viciously: "Old thing! Dare to quibble in front of our Jinyiwei, don't want to live anymore? Lao Tzu obviously saw you pick up your robe and take out the guy who was ready to pee, do you dare to deny it? Less nonsense, fines! Five coins of silver! One less son, Lao Tzu will take you to prison and let you taste what it is like to pee! ”

Tai Xuan said angrily: "You dare to threaten Dao Ye? Do you know who Dao Ye is? Xiao Tongzhi of your Jinyi Guard is the apprentice of the Taoist master, if you dare to arrest me, my apprentice must kill you! If you don't believe me, just try. ”

The lieutenants in brocade clothes were stunned when they heard this, and looked at each other a few times with weak hearts.

Is what this old guy said true or false? If he is really Xiao Tongzhi's master, then we will be in trouble...... "Can ...... But let's do business and follow the rules...... The rules are set by Lord Xiao, you take out the guy on the side of the road and prepare to pee, it's always true, right? A brocade-clothed lieutenant said with courage and a hard mouth.

Taixu rolled his eyes and said leisurely, "Which of your eyes saw me peeing?" Who said I dig dick just to pee? ”

"You're okay digging guys on the street, not to pee what?"

"Master Dao, my guy is tiger-headed, vibrant, coarse and cute, Master Dao likes it, it's okay to take it out and appreciate it, can't you? Which of the Ming laws stipulates that men are not allowed to pick up guys on the street to admire? ”

The lieutenants in brocade clothes retreated in shock when they heard this, and they were all speechless.

Such shameless excuses can be found, what else can they do?

Suddenly, a captain in brocade clothes felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and when he looked back, he was immediately frightened.

"Subordinates, see Xiao ...... Lord Xiao, Cao Qianhu ......"

Xiao Fan looked ashamed and embarrassed, and Cao Yi also looked embarrassed.

Reaching out and taking out five coins of silver, Xiao Fan handed it to the captain in brocade clothes, Xiao Fan said sadly: "...... Take it, the rules must not be abolished. ”

Captain Jinyi was taken aback: "My lord, that old ...... Dao Ye, is it really your master? ”

Xiao Fan nodded his head.

"No, no, no, the old Taoist is right, he didn't pee on the street, we shouldn't punish him......" The captains in brocade clothes trembled with fright.

Just kidding, who would dare to punish the master who knows the same thing in brocade for his silver? Don't want to die?

Taixu looked up to the sky with a smug smile.

Xiao Fan glanced at him lightly, and said to the captains in brocade clothes: "Give it to you, you will take it!" No one can be special when they should be punished, but in the future, you must strengthen legal education......"

"My subordinates are stupid, what do you mean by this?"

"Digging a guy on the street, even if he is not peeing, is guilty of immorality, according to the law, in addition to the fine, the immoral tools must be confiscated as evidence in court. Do you understand? ”

The captain of the brocade clothes suddenly said: "My subordinates understand!" ”

The arrogant laughter was as if someone had suddenly choked his neck, and he immediately stopped coughing, coughing so that his old face turned red and purple.

"My lord, you are really a master...... What a strange person! On the way back to the Yamen of Zhenfu Division, Cao Yi held back a smile and praised insincerely.

Xiao Fan sighed: "It's all idle, the so-called boredom is a disaster, I have to find something to do for this old guy." ”

"What's the matter for him?"

Xiao Fan looked up at the sky, his eyes were deep and melancholy: "Just cut him off and go into the palace to serve the emperor, and from then on there will be another hidden master in the palace......"

“…… You are so cruel to your master! ”

"Man, you have to be cruel to Master!"

In late spring, the Beijing division of the six dynasties shape the place of beauty, the willow green flowers are red, the warbler sings and swallows dance, it is the season of "green plums such as beans and willows such as eyebrows, and long butterflies fly", on the banks of the Qinhuai River, visitors are like weaving, the strings are moving, a song is clear, the east is down, ten miles of spring flowers, compete for the strange and beautiful.

In the Qinglou wine shop where literati and writers gathered, and poetry and music were recited, there was no one to see today, and many of them were in boats, or carriages, or sedan chairs, and rushed to the Jiangnan Gongyuan on the north bank of the Qinhuai River.

Today is the 30th year of Hongwu Ding Chouke Spring Release, the lifters worked hard to go to Beijing to catch the exam, went through hardships, and suffered a lot of hardships in the ten years of cold windows, in order to have their own place in the string of names on the red emperor list today.

Chen, the gate of the Gongyuan is wide open, the officials of the prison field hold high the big red list, under the siege of the sergeant of the guard, in the noise of firecrackers, the officials will post the list in front of the Gongyuan Gate, for a time, the lifters have rushed forward, thousands of heads are crowded, thousands of pairs of eyes are eagerly and expectantly looking for their names on the list, and then the demeanor of the lifters is different, the Zhongjin Shi is ecstatic, and the loser is depressed, and leaves gloomily.

At this moment of joy and sorrow, turmoil occurred.

An unsuccessful person was unwilling to look for it again on the list, and then said loudly: "Strange, there are a total of fifty-two tributes from the undergraduate, why are these fifty-two tributes all southerners?" None of our northern sons have been hit? Why is that? Is it true that we have reached this point in the north? ”

The shout of this lifter immediately attracted everyone's attention, and everyone stared at the list to see that all the Zhongjinshi were really southerners.

Yin Changlong, Liu Shige, Wang Hong, Wu Xiu, Song Cong, Yao Youzhi...... All Southerners! Another lifter read the list from the list, and then his face was full of anger.

"The chief examiner Liu Sanwu is from Chaling, and the deputy chief examiner Bai Xinyu is also from the south, they are openly protecting the township, focusing on the south and thin the north, and I will not accept the north!"

"That's right! Defy! We're going to sue the king! Please the Son of Heaven will judge! ”

"Ten years of cold window, I was mistaken by the imperial court examiner for my own selfishness, Liu Sanwu, you misunderstood my life future, heaven is intolerable, and the crime deserves death!" The lifters raised their arms and cried out.

In a few words, all the people who fell off the list leaned over to pick up the stones, melon skins, mud balls and other things on the ground, and smashed them into the big red imperial list, and the crowd was full of anger, some shouted and shouted, some beat their chests, and some cried for their fathers and mothers.

"Everyone! Let's go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites together and ask the officials of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to give us an explanation! Walk! ”

"Let's go!"

Two hours later, a eunuch came to the Yamen of Jinyiwei Town, he hurriedly shook off the dust, and shouted to Li Jinglong, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Xiao Fan, the same acquaintance of Jinyiwei: "Spread the word of Your Majesty, Jinyiwei commanded the envoy, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Jinyiwei also knew Xiao Fan, and he was in the Ming Dynasty to see the Heavenly Palace, and participated in the early dynasty of the hundred officials in the Ming Dynasty, Qin this!" ”

(To be continued)