Chapter 11: The beloved brocade guard

"You're Liu Chengfeng?" An old lieutenant in an old flying fish suit looked at Liu Chengfeng in surprise, his cloudy eyes flashing with a playful smile. Bayi Chinese Network

Liu Chengfeng was speechless, coming out of the thousand households, there were not ten but eight captains who bumped into him, and every captain who saw him seemed to have admired his name for a long time, the first sentence was to ask, and then he showed a sneer or a look of pity.

Are you famous? Has it become popular all over the country? Rub, something is wrong.

Liu Chengfeng's heart was full of slander, but this old lieutenant was different from other lieutenants, the lieutenants who went in and out of thousands of households, which of them were all freshly dressed and angry, and they were not good, but they were also clean and clean, and they were decent enough to go out. But the old lieutenant was much shabby, I don't know how many patches were on the flying fish suit, dirty, slightly thin and thin, with vegetables on his face, because he wore less, the weather was cold, and there was still sticky snot on the beard on his upper lip.

Such an image turned out to be the captain in the brocade guard? I'm afraid that even the old pawns in the Beijing division are not as good, and Liu Chengfeng has a bad cold.

The old lieutenant saw that Liu Chengfeng looked like he kept a distance from him, but he was not angry, he smiled very worldly, and said: "My surname is Huo, just call me Lao Huo, hehe...... Speaking of which, you and I are also destined, just now I also came from Wang Si's side, saying that Guozijian sent another detective here, isn't it you? Go, go, go, follow me to the national prison. ”

Only then did Liu Chengfeng know that this Lao Huo was his colleague. I will work with him in the future and sit in the prison of the country.

At this time, the early morning mist has dissipated, and the inner west city is gradually becoming lively, the merchants and vendors along the street have come out, shouting and selling, Liu Chengfeng and Lao Huo walked on the street, the flying fish suit and Jinchun knife on their bodies are eye-catching, but soon, when these people saw Lao Huo, the fear on their faces disappeared all at once.

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but be speechless about this old Huo, Jinyi Wei was mixed to the point that everyone loved him, and this guy was really a failure.

Lao Huo was chatting with Liu Chengfeng on the one hand, but he was secretly observing Liu Chengfeng, and finally lowered his voice and said, "Since Brother Liu is a relative of the secretary of the Nanzhen Mansion, how can he arrange to come to the Beizhen Mansion?" ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but say: "What relatives? ”

Lao Huo laughed, a pair of eyes seemed to penetrate Liu Chengfeng's mind at a glance, and said, "What is there to hide from this?" Who in the Qianhu Office doesn't know that Brother Liu squeezed the nephew of Lord Qianhu down, and it is not a secret, Lord Qianhu has lost face in the guard house this time, Brother Liu, your life will not be easy in the future. ”

Liu Chengfeng listened to Lao Huo's words, remembered the strange attitude of Qianhu and his colleagues in the health center, and couldn't help but understand, he was embarrassed in his heart, it turned out that on the first day he came to work, he offended his top boss, no wonder that Qianhu Lord ignored him.

Liu Chengfeng thought about it, although he felt a headache, but then he suddenly became offended, if he was offended, he should be offended, as long as the thousand households did not resign from their jobs, they just ate with their mouths.

Who knew that Lao Huo continued as he walked: "For example, this time, Lord Qianhu asked Brother Liu to go to the Guozijian, hehe......" Lao Huo's face flashed with a trace of despondency, and continued: "Brother Liu's suffering has just begun. ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help asking, "What?" What is the reputation of Guozijian? ”

Lao Huo has been in the guard for more than 20 years, and he knows the joints in the Jinyi guard well, but he has not hidden it from Liu Chengfeng. Talking about his own experience, Liu Chengfeng realized that he had become a subordinate in the brocade guard.

There are three, six, nine and so on, and the same is true of the brocade guard, among the brocade guards, the top one is the Han general who stands in the palace. These people are paid a lot of money, and occasionally get close to the Son of Heaven, and if they are not careful, they may not be able to soar. Again, the first class is the captain who usually patrols the streets, these people are often the head snakes in the capital, extortion, rich in oil and water, walking on the street can be described as majestic, even the Shuntian Mansion has to give them a little face.

Secondly, it is the yamen and the prince's mansion sitting in the court, for the prince and the lord of the yamen, although they are just a pawn, but after all, they have the right to arrange people, so every New Year's holiday, they can always give them a little reward, to the end, there are always a few catties of bacon to pay respect.

The more miserable ones are the captains who patrol certain things and certain places, these people are often assigned to go to the vassal country or go out of the customs, spy on intelligence in foreign countries, not to mention the disgrace, and finally have merits, which are often intercepted. And you may encounter danger at any time, and it is common to accidentally lose your life, for example, when the army went on an expedition to Annam, Annan found out dozens of inspectors' spies, all of which were cut off and hung on the city wall, and the corpses did not know how many holes were poked.

Of course, there are those who are even worse than them, Lao Huo said this, he couldn't help but point to his nose with a wry smile, and said, "It's you and me who sit in the palace in the national prison." Brother, don't you know, this Guozijian is different from other yamen, in other yamen, people are more or less in awe of our Jinyi captain, but which of the prisoners of Guozijian is not rich or noble? Some are the sons of princes, and the worst ones also have a reputation, besides, these people have read books, and the one they despise the most is our Jinyiwei, so we went inside, not only did we have oil and water, but also suffered from people everywhere, you can't be angry with them, otherwise if you let the imperial historians know that we bully scholars, even if Your Majesty doesn't punish you, the cabinet will have to make us suffer. Today's emperor relies on the cabinet the most, and even our commanders and envoys are all respectful when they see all the cabinet ministers, these noble people casually release a word, you and I will be unlucky. ”

Liu Chengfeng understood, it turned out that he was worse than being an undercover agent in the desert, Liaodong, and Gaoli.

Lao Huo showed a sneer of sophistication, and said: "Actually, that's all I said, except for being looked down upon and popular, there is no oil and water." There are still a lot of hardships here, for example, ordinary doctors have to teach, and we have to audit, but we are coarse, but we have to listen to them patiently every day, is this the life of people? ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled faintly, he didn't have too many complaints about this, just as if he had returned to his student days.

Lao Huo finally said: "The second most headache is that these scholars are all mouthful, today they talk about the palace in vain, and tomorrow they will attack the government, anyway, there is no day to stop, you come and see, what should you and I do if we listen to it?" ”

Liu Chengfeng followed his words and said: "The duty is, of course, to report it immediately." ”

Lao Huo still sneered, and said: "That's what I said, but if the real report goes up, the commander will have a headache, these scholars are the treasures of our Ming Dynasty, God knows how many of these people will order Hanlin to be a Jishi in the future, and how many will enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister?" Let's arrange them today, and in the future, people will clean up your little sitting, isn't it as easy as pinching an ant to death? ”

Liu Chengfeng felt reasonable, so he said: "Then simply don't report it." ”

Lao Huo shook his head again and said: "If something really happens in the future, the boss will investigate, and if you find out, you and I are derelict in our duties." I'll tell you the truth, the captain in the Guozi Prison is like a marquee, do you know why? Of these replaced, nine out of ten were dragged to the Nanzhen Prefecture Division, and all of them were killed. Why? The prisoners are making trouble, and the guards always have to find a scapegoat to clear up the blame, and you and I are the scapegoat. ”

Liu Chengfeng was speechless and said, "Will the prison student still make trouble?" ”

Lao Huo pursed his lips and said: "Not only the prisoners, but even those doctors will make trouble, when Hongzhi was in the third year, the prisoners made a fuss with the eunuch Guo Yong's request to select concubines to enrich the six palaces, and hundreds of prisoners rushed to the outside of the palace to plead their grievances, and fought with the eunuchs who came out to appease. Just for this matter, all the thousands of households in the inner west city were taken care of from the thousands of households to the bottom of the house, and none of the people who entered the Nanzhen Mansion came back alive. Every three or two years in the future, the inmates always have to make a fuss, but whether it is a stab or just a small moth, the unlucky ones must be you and me. ”

Liu Chengfeng finally understood why going to Guozijian was worse than going to the desert, and the good spirit of the first day of work was swept away at once, and he couldn't help thinking: "I thought it was something very majestic, but it turned out to be a grandson with his tail between his legs, and he would be a scapegoat if he made a mistake." ”

Lao Huo saw that Liu Chengfeng's expression was gloomy, so he patted him on the shoulder, looked like a difficult brother, snorted, and said earnestly: "Brother Liu, you and I are destined, and we can't hope for common prosperity, but we will share hardships in the future." Doesn't it say in the play? I don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but I can probably catch up if I die on the same day and month of the same year. ”

Liu Chengfeng listened to his comfort, and comforted himself: "Liu Chengfeng, Liu Chengfeng, what fucking tragedy have you not encountered?" A good doctor has crossed over here, is there anything worse in this world? Damn it, isn't it just a little Guozijian, is it more terrifying than a mountain of swords and a sea of fire? ”

The two walked and walked, and the majestic Guozijian had already appeared in Liu Chengfeng's eyelids. Tall buildings one after another, the entrance stands a large glazed archway, the archway is written with the four words of 'learning the sea festival view', behind the archway is a square heavy eaves to gather the spire of the temple. The door is open on all sides, and there are six steps. The temple is surrounded by a long corridor, and a small bridge is erected on all sides to cross the pond to make the temple and the courtyard communicate, which is exquisite to the extreme, and also atmospheric to the extreme.

Lao Huo patted Liu Chengfeng's shoulder and said, "Go, go in." ”

Liu Chengfeng took a deep breath before entering side by side with Lao Huo.