On June 27, a fleet of ships slowly docked in Dengzhou Water City, and the shore was full of waiting crowds. The two civil officials stepped off the springboard first, the first person played a golden chicken complement on his official uniform, and the latter one was a peacock complement, which was a second-grade and third-grade civil official.

Wang Tingqian knelt down and bowed after greeting him: "The left deputy governor of the Imperial Palace, Denglai Dongjiang Wang Tingqian, has seen the Inspector. Chen Xin and others in the back also knelt down one after another.

Xiong Mingyu, the Jiliao Governor who was walking in front, hurriedly took a few steps to catch up, and politely helped Wang Tingtry up, and he said to Wang Tingli excitedly: "This official suddenly learned that Lord Wang resigned in Shanhaiguan, and he was really surprised in his heart. After a while, the emperor asked the official to send Lord Yang to take office, and the official thought that it was okay, and he just had something to say to Lord Wang. ”

"Thank you, Lord Xiong, for your concern." Wang Tingtry said kindly, but with the accent of Jiangxi, he and Xiong Mingyu are both from Nanchang, Jiangxi, the Ming Dynasty Jiangxi out of the Jinshi is very much, in the early Ming Dynasty someone once said "Hanlin Duoji water, the courtiers half Jiangxi", Jiangxi out of the court officials are not under the south of the Yangtze River, the Ming Dynasty only Jiangxi Ji'an Mansion appeared ten elders, twenty-two scholars, eleven champions. Jiangxi has such a tradition of civil officials, and the relationship between fellow villagers was one of the most important relationships among officials in the Ming Dynasty, and often became a link between them.

Xiong Mingyu nodded and spoke, both of them changed to the dialect of Nanchang, which was quite different from the northern official dialect at this time, Chen Xin had never been to Jiangxi, so he was naturally confused, it seemed that Xiong Mingyu was excited, maybe he was sorry for the royal court, or maybe he was encouraging the royal court. However, Chen Xin knew that Xiong Mingyu was also embarrassed, his backer Zhou Yanru had fallen, and he had done nothing in the appointment of Jiliao Governor, although Denglai had a few victories, but Chen Xin's Tangbao never assigned the credit of planning to him, and only said Denglai Governor, Supervising the Army, Shangshu of the Military Department and Wen Shoufu every time.

He is stationed in Shanhaiguan, and after Ningyuan is the territory of Liaozhen, of course Zu Dashou does not listen to him, Denglai Mountain is far away from the emperor, Chen Xin is not willing to deal with him, the only one who can command is You Shiwei, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, so his nominal supreme commander of Liaodong is not as effective as Wang Ting's governor.

Wang Tingtry was neither Zhou Yanru's party nor Wen's party when he was in Beijing, and after arriving in Denglai, he began to favor Wen Tiren's faction, this time the emperor wanted to change the governor of Denglai, and he also found Wen Tiren when he was active, and this first assistant was considered to have contributed, which was also one of the reasons why this matter was delayed for so long.

The relationship between Wang Tingyu and Xiong Mingyu has always been good, because the two are fellow countrymen, Xiong Mingyu has come to Denglai several times and also lived in Wang Tingyu's house, and the private relationship has been established.

Chen Xin knelt on the ground and looked behind Xiong Mingyu, and saw Yang Wenyue, the new governor of Denglai, who was also a little embarrassed, Yang Wenyue used to be the right political envoy of the Shandong Buzheng Division, and now he is the right deputy governor of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Denglai Dongjiang, Chen Xin has seen Yang Wenyue several times in Dengzhou, and he met again in Jinan Mansion when he led the troops to Henan, and he was barely able to get a relationship. Yang Wenyue also saw Chen Xin, and both of them smiled and nodded slightly.

Xiong Mingyu talked to himself for a while, and suddenly clapped his hands and turned around and pulled Yang Wenyue, and when he was about to open his mouth to introduce, Wang Tingyu had already said: "When the true nature of Dongjiang was delivered, there was a lot of trouble for Lord Yang, and thanks to Lord Yang's dedication, Dongjiang has eaten and worn a lot in the past two years, and only a few years of peace and death." ”

Yang Wenyue hurriedly politely, "The supply of Dongjiang is an explicit order of the imperial court, and it is a matter within the scope of the subordinate matter, which should not be praised by Lord Wang." "The true color of Dongjiang Town has always been supplied by Shandong, which is another heavy burden for Shandong farmers, Yang Wenyue has been doing this for the past two years, and has dealt with Wang Tingqian a lot when he went back and forth to Dengzhou to deliver his true colors.

After the meeting of the three civil officials, Wang Tingqian began to introduce Yang Wenyue to Denglai's civil and military officials, if it was the civil and military system of the general place, it should have been Haiphong Dao, Denglai Dao, Dengzhou Laizhou Prefect These civil officials are in front, but Denglai is not the case here, in the past, when Wang Ting's trial ranking, Chen Xin was directly ranked behind him, Chen Xin did not refuse now, and the military attache was ranked in front of the military preparation road and the prefect, which is regarded as the political characteristics of Denglai. It is not strange that a group of Denglai civil officials in the back are not surprised, they are officials in Denglai, and the advantage is that they can make a lot of money, but their status is not high, they can't usually see Chen Xin, Denglai is overhead by military forts everywhere, where do they dare to put civil officials on the shelf.

Chen Xin still knelt down and saw Xiong Mingyu and Yang Wenyue, the two of them accepted it with a high profile, and they also put on a show for Liu Pojun and others behind them, and the attitude towards the military attache of Dengzhou Town between the old and new governors was completely different, but Chen Xin did not have any dissatisfaction on his face.

Wang Tingqian led Yang Wenyue and Xiong Mingyu to meet the prefect, governor, county and other civil officials of Denglai in the back, revealing a person wearing a python robe behind, Chen Xin immediately saw that it was a eunuch, this person had gray hair, a white face and beard, and a red undershirt was exposed on the collar.

The eunuch looked at Chen Xin and grinned, but Chen Xin just smiled and nodded, and did not go up to salute. He had already obtained information in advance, and this new eunuch was named Tang Youyou, which Chongzhen used to replace Lu Zhi. Since last year, Chongzhen has also strengthened the inquiry into Denglai news, Dengzhou Town has made a huge military and civilian system over the years, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are also easy to hear some rumors, although it has not yet involved the most core things, but it has made Chongzhen very dissatisfied, he first thought of removing the incompetent prison army.

Chen Xin looked behind Eunuch Tang, there were three little eunuchs, and there were more than a dozen people who looked like fans, who should be the entourage he brought, and there must be people from Dongchang among them.

When Wang Tingqian came back, Tang's friends came over with a smile, Xiong Mingyu coughed and said to Chen Xin: "Lord Chen, this is Tang's husband who is the imperial supervisor, and he is here to be the new supervisor of Dengzhou Town." ”

"It turned out to be Tang's husband." Chen Xin arched his hand and said, "The emperor even sent Tang's husband, who was in charge of food, clothing and daily life, to Denglai, it can be seen that the care of Dengzhou Town, the lower officials admired it in their hearts, and they were a little frightened, afraid that if Tang's husband left, if the emperor was not used to eating and drinking, the sins of the lower officials would be great." ”

Friend Tang seemed to have a sarcastic meaning in Chen Xin's words, and said with a smile: "When I came, the emperor told our family that Mr. Chen is loyal, and Dengzhou Town is the strongest town in our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, our family came to Dengzhou, either to supervise the army, or to help Lord Chen live better. ”

Chen Xin arched his hand and said, "How dare the lower officials." ”

Xiong Mingyu laughed dryly a few times and then said to Tang's friend: "Husband Tang, let's go to the prison army yamen first, which is in the water city." ”

Tang Youyou looked at Wang Ting and said with a smile: "Lord Xiong is not in a hurry, our family wants to ask first, where is Husband Lu?" ”

Wang Tingqian said with a surprised face: "The person who is the celebrant came to give the order ten days ago, but the official doesn't know if he found Husband Lu, because of the recent training in Dengzhou Town, it is unknown if Husband Lu went to the army. ”

"How do you know that ten days ago, the celebrant had sent someone to Dengzhou two months ago, but he didn't see Lu Zhi return to Beijing, so he sent someone over, and Lord Wang was afraid that what he saw was the second time to come, and our family was also a little worried about Lord Lu, would something happen to Denglai."

After Tang Youyou finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Chen Xin meaningfully.

"Speaking of where Lu's husband went, the official knows" Chen Xin calmly looked at Tang Youyou and said lightly, and the civil officials around him all turned their heads to look.

"Husband Lu said that he was sick recently, I heard that there was a miracle doctor in Kunlun Mountain in Wendeng, so Husband Lu went to visit, and he has been there for more than ten days.

Friend Tang's face changed slightly, and when he was about to speak, Chen Xin continued: "But I heard that there is also a miracle doctor in Daze Mountain in Pingdu Prefecture, and Husband Lu may have gone to Daze Mountain again, where the mountains are high and dense, and it is the place where the gods come out." ”

Tang Youyou put away his smiling face, nodded to Chen Xin, and said: "Although Denglai is a mountain, compared with the Great Tomorrow, it is just a corner of the place, our family is slowly looking for Denglai, and there will always be a time to find Lu's husband." ”

Chen Xin smiled and said: "Denglai is not big, but the people here are fierce, and there are not a few people who block the road and rob, if Husband Tang wants to find Husband Lu, it is best to tell the official first, and the official will send hundreds of people to guard it, so as not to hurt Husband Tang." ”

The two of them were full of gunpowder in a few words, Lu Zhi did not return to Beijing according to the order of the celebrant supervisor, and Chen Xin's words were threatening at this time, obviously wanting to take over Lu Zhi's affairs, and the surrounding civil officials were dumbfounded. Yang Wenyue didn't expect that he had just landed on the territory of Dengzhou, and he encountered such a thing, Chen Xin was his subordinate, but he couldn't think of anything to say now to resign and order Chen Xin, he turned his head to look at Wang Tingqian and Xiong Mingyu, these two were like colleagues who didn't care about themselves, Xiong Mingyu turned his head to the side, and Wang Tingqian was looking at his shoes carefully.

At that time, everyone thought that Lu Zhi's return to Beijing might not end well, the eunuchs in the palace were no better than civil officials, and there was a system of the court to deal with civil officials, at least there must be a reason to punish them, eunuchs are the emperor's house slaves, once they are hated by the emperor, the end will be very miserable.

I didn't expect Lu Zhi to play missing, and recently there was news that Lu Zhi capsized when he went to sea, and a boatload of people died in the sea, but no one in Denglai officialdom believed it, looking at Chen Xin's current appearance, Lu Zhi has probably taken refuge in Dengzhou Town. But they still don't quite understand why Chen Xin fought with the court for a eunuch.

A fan behind the Tang eunuch was about to walk up with his eyes glared, and was stopped by Tang Friend who stretched out his hand to stop him after just two steps, and Tang Friend took a smile again and said to Chen Xin: "Then it will be troublesome for Lord Chen to send troops to protect our house." ”

Chen Xin smiled and said: "It's not troublesome, Dengzhou Town is going to train soldiers, and walking is nothing, but if you can find Husband Lu, the official doesn't know." ”

Tang Youyou stared at Chen Xin for a moment, and with a wave of his sleeves, he walked away with a group of subordinates, leaving a group of Denglai civil and military officials in place.

Wang Tingqian hurriedly came out to play a round, led Yang Wenyue and others to the governor's yamen, after what happened just now, all the officials had no intention of talking, from the Zhenhai Gate into Dengzhou City, after arriving at the governor's yamen, Wang Tingtry and Yang Wenyue's staff casually prepared to hand over, the two sides of the staff will be cleared dozens of things, storage and armament still need to be checked one by one, it will generally take seven or eight days. Of course, according to the unspoken rules of officialdom, it is impossible to completely deliver clearly, and each term will leave some unclear accounts, and if the successor has to be more serious, it will involve a large number of officials and former officials.

Xiong Mingyu is Shangguan, he will not participate in this kind of thing, after explaining a little, he went to the inn to rest, Wang Tingyu led the participants of both sides to discuss Cheng, Chen Xin accompanied Yang Wenyue in the garden of the mansion behind the second hall while walking and talking, this used to be the place where Wang Tingyu's family lived, and the Ming Dynasty officials were generally like this, the front was office, and the back was residential, and the officials generally lived like this.

After confirming his resignation, Wang Tingqian moved out in advance, and at this time the inside was empty, and there were only some Chen Xin's guards in the garden.

Yang Wenyue suddenly took the initiative to bow to Chen Xin. At this time, if the civil officials are not subordinate to each other, they do not need to kneel and salute, as long as there is no official business, the lower civil officials can bow down when they see their superiors, so Yang Wenyue is actually a lower official salute.

Yang Wenyue politely said to Chen Xin: "Lord Chen is also familiar with him, and this official has always admired Chen Zongbing in his heart. There were some outsiders at the Shuicheng Wharf just now, and the official had to put up some shelves, and asked Lord Chen not to take it to heart, and said that in the future, if there is something wrong in the governor's office, I also ask General Chen to mention more. ”

Chen Xin glanced at Yang Wenyue twice, and bowed politely and replied: "My lord has tormented Xiaguan, Xiaguan is a martial artist, and some etiquette is rough, but he is the most affectionate in his heart, and he didn't want to collide with Tang's husband, but Husband Lu was a lot of help to Xiaguan back then, and Xiaguan didn't want to see him being embarrassed." Whoever has helped the subordinates, the last general will remember that he will not do those things of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. ”

Yang Wenyue clapped his hands and said: "The eldest husband should be like this, the official thought, then Husband Tang will understand when he thinks about it." ”

Chen Xin said with a smile: "That's the best, the lower officials still have military affairs to deal with, and they won't accompany the adults today, and they will be in Penglai Pavilion to pick up the wind for the adults." ”

Yang Wenyue hurriedly said, "Master Chen, just go and get busy." ”

After Chen Xin saluted again, he turned to leave, Yang Wenyue looked at Chen Xin's back and sighed: "The emperor can't look at Denglai's harmony, we are forced to act for others to see, Xiong Mingyu and Tang Youyou are also played for others, but Chen Xin is the most similar, and by the way, he also buys people's hearts." ”